"Eleanor McKenzie, you know your mother does not like whiny children" Brooke said, picking Ella up and rocking her back and forth. It had been 2 weeks since August 3rd, when Ella had been born, and by now Brooke was already used to her daughter's little quirks. And one of those quirks was whininess.

"Aw Ella is mommy being mean to my little princess?" Lucas asked, walking into Ella's bedroom and kissing Brooke.

"NO, mommy is just simply stating that she doesn't like whiny children that are whiny for no good reason" Brooke giggled, kissing Ella.

"She just wants attention"

"I know…that's what I'm giving her" Brooke giggled, tickling Ella. "See?"

"Uh huh" Lucas said, taking Ella from Brooke and kissing her. "See, daddy loves you more"

"Nuh uh"

"Uh huh" Lucas mocked Brooke.

"See baby your daddy is mean"

"I am not!"

"Yes you are…ooh the doorbell- I'll get it" Brooke ran to open the door. "Karen…"

"Mom, what are you doing here?" Lucas asked.

"Hi Lucas, it's nice to see you…can I please talk with Brooke for a little while?" Karen asked, looking over at Ella. Brooke noticed her eyes softened when she saw the little girl.

"Yeah…I'll take Ella for a drive around the neighborhood…bye Brooke, I love you"

"Love you too…bye Ella Bella…be good for daddy"

"So is that my granddaughter?"

"Yeah" Brooke said softly.

"I'm so sorry, Brooke…I've been a bad person about this whole situation"

"You know what? You have! And I know you don't like me, but don't make Lucas and Ella suffer for it"

"Brooke, I-"

"Look, Karen, I don't regret falling in love with Lucas for a second, and though I regret the choices we made, I don't regret having Ella…you might have disagreed with the situation but I did what I thought was right and we're doing just fine"

"I know, and that's why I came to make amends…Brooke, I'm sorry. I see you with Ella and how much you love her and Lucas and I cant help but realize I had jumped to conclusions because I was afraid that some girl was gonna take my baby boy away from me forever"

"Well I love your 'baby boy' very much, Karen, and I won't do anything that would ever hurt him or Ella…but if you can't be supportive of that, then I can't make you be"

"I hope your mommy and grandmother haven't killed each other" Lucas said to Ella, who was whimpering in her seat. She already knew Brooke and Lucas would whimper when she didn't have either of them in close proximity of her.

"Hey baby girl what's the matter?" Lucas asked. "Don't cry mommy isn't here but don't you like driving around with your old man?" Ella's whimpering got louder and then turned into full fledged crying.

"Shh…Ella…what's wrong…oh I know. You want Brooke. Mommy's girl" Lucas laughed, pulling over to the park where Nathan took Emily and Alyssa. He unbuckled Ella and picked her up out of her car seat.

"Hush little Ella…don't cry" Lucas said, rocking her back and forth and rubbing her back soothingly. But she just would not stop crying.

"Hey…who is this adorable little girl?" a young girl, about 13, asked, coming over to tie her shoes on the bench.

"My daughter, Ella" Lucas smiled. He loved it when he got to brag about her. He also loved that the girl didn't flinch when he said 'my daughter'

"She is so cute! Why is she crying?"

"I don't know…new parent"

"Oh let me see may I hold her?"

"I don't want her mother to kill me" Lucas laughed.

"Its ok I'm good with children" the girl laughed, taking Ella from Lucas. "Oh, I think she's a little sick"

"She is!"

"Yeah…firstly, she's a little hot and second she's crying like she's uncomfortable"

"How'd you know that?"

"Babysitting classes, babysitting jobs…7 siblings"

"Oh…thank you so much" Lucas said. "What's your name?"

"Morgan"

"Well nice meeting you Morgan…I'm Lucas"

"Lucas Scott!" she asked, finally recognizing him.

"Yeah…look my little brother Sam loves you and he wants to meet you so badly"

"Sure! Why don't you guys swing by a game and I'll sign something for him?" Lucas asked.

"Well you see my family…we don't have much and we can't really afford the games…"

"Oh" Lucas said softly. "I have practice tomorrow at 5:30- bring him there and let the security know you're there for me"

"Thank you so much, Mr. Scott"

"Please…call me Lucas"

"So are we ok, Brooke?"

"We can try working on our relationship, Karen, but you sank pretty low"

"I know…and I'm sorry for that" Karen said softly, looking as Lucas burst in.

"Brooke! Ella's a little sick"

"How do you know?" Brooke asked worriedly.

"Well…uh, a 13 year old in a park informed me"

"Oh" Brooke said, confused. "What'd she say?"

"A fever"

"Not my little girl" Brooke said softly, taking Ella from Brooke and feeling her forehead. "Yea, she is sick"

"What are we gonna do?" Lucas sighed.

"You guys need to calm down" Karen said. "Ella will be fine, she's just got a little cold…can I hold her?"

"Of course" Brooke said.

"Hi Ella…I'm your grandma…oh she's a little warm" Karen said. "Lucas, can you get me a damp cloth?"

"Yeah" Lucas said, walking to the kitchen to get one.

"What's wrong with her, Karen?"

"Nothing, sweetie, its ok"

"It's my fault" Brooke sighed, biting her lip and watching her red faced daughter.

"No its not" Karen laughed. "That's what I said when Lucas got sick at 2 months old…I was ready to give him up and say that I couldn't handle it…she's fine, Brooke"

"But she's so hot!"

"She'll be cooler in a second; we'll call the pediatrician and ask about what we should do"

"Ok" Brooke sighed, taking Ella and the damp cloth and sitting down on the rocking chair. She applied the damp cloth to Ella's forehead, rocking back and forth and humming softly. She could feel the baby calming down and settling to sleep.

"See, she's ok" Karen smiled. "I'll be down the street in the hotel if you guys need me"

"No- Karen…please stay here" Brooke said. "We don't have much room, but"

"I'd love to" Karen smiled.

"So I see you and Brooke have made up" Lucas said. "I'm glad, I thought I was gonna have to choose"

"Yeah…we're ok now" Brooke smiled, pulling Ella closer to her and rocking back and forth.

"I'm going to get settled in" Karen said, walking out to the car to get her things.

"Brooke you are one force of nature"

"Yeah? And why do you say that?"

"For a lot of reasons" Lucas smiled. "I love you"

"I love you too" she smiled back. "Now kiss me"

"Why?"

"Because I love getting all tingly when you do…you know what someone once told me?"

"What?"

"You know you've found the guy for you when every time you kiss, it sends shivers down your back…and you do just that, Lucas"

"Really?"

"Yeah" she smiled, kissing him. "I love you"

"Love you too"

"Emmy, meet Ella…and Alyssa, meet Ella…Ella, your cousins" Brooke giggled.

"They're going to be best friends when they grow up" Haley said, watching the little girls coo and play with their feet.

"They will be" Brooke smiled. "Can you believe when they're 10 we're going to be 28?"

"Yeah" Haley said, looking over at all three girls lying on a blanket on the floor. "It's going to be a long, long, long 10 years"

"I know…but I don't regret having Ella for a second- if I could do it all again, I would have her again"

"Same with Emmy and Lyssa…I love them so much" Haley smiled. "And Nathan is so good…"

"I know…you have to admit, aren't they much sexier as dads?" Brooke asked.

"Yeah!" Haley giggled. "So much more sexy"

"Yeah" Brooke smiled, looking over to where Lucas was brooding in a corner while Nathan explained some crazy basketball play with his hands. He looked over to catch Brooke's eye, and they both smiled.

A/N: Ok review! There are only a couple more chapters left, and I have NO idea how to end it but Iwill come up with something! Lol and I haven't gotten as many reviews lately(sad face)so I would love more reviews! Thanks ;-)