Chapter 15! I am seriously sorry for making you guys wait… I went to my grandparents for 2 days which turned into 5 because they wouldn't let me drive home in the rain! Hahaha I was like I HAVE TO UPDATE and do a lot of other stuff… that didn't work so I am really sorry! Please don't kill me! Anyways… Here is Chapter 15! ENJOY! Thanks for ALL those awesome reviews!

Lucas sat with Brooke holding her hand. All of this was happening so fast! Too fast… an hour ago his biggest problem was having a cold… and now in a matter of seconds he was going to be a father of two. He looked down at Brooke still looked scared to death. She was gripping his hand hard enough to break it but he wasn't going to dare say anything to her. Instead he figured he should probably try and get her mind off of being so scared onto something happy… because from the looks of things they were going to need some happy, and lots of it. The doctors smiled and said everything was going to be ok, but Lucas could see the fear behind their eyes too. That quiet fear that is never talked about in front of the parents… especially in the operating room.

"What's her name Cheery?" Lucas asked trying to ignore the quiet looks and focus on Brooke so she didn't worry. That was the last thing she needed… so names seemed like the best idea. It would keep her mind off of the doctors and more on their babies.

"What?"

"We can't call her baby A forever, she'd get beat up on the playground"

"So true..." Brooke giggled. Seeing her smile made it better for Lucas too. The whole situation and how it was happening sucked but at the same time Lucas couldn't help but smile. This was one of if not the most important days of Brooke and Lucas's lives.

"Are you 2 ready for baby # 2? This one here is the trouble maker"

"Too much Jessica Simpson"

"Better than Britney I guess" Lucas laughed kissing her forehead.

"Here is your youngest daughter! She's smaller but don't let that fool you… she is breathing better than her big sister" The doctor laughed holding up baby number 2 for Brooke and Lucas to see. The doctor swore she was smaller than Baby A but neither Brooke nor Lucas could tell a difference.

"God she's so tiny"

"2 pounds even"

"That's only like 4 pounds… then how the hell did I gain 26?" Brooke ½ laughed ½ cried looking over at the little baby and rolling her eyes. It was amazing how tiny they were and how big she was…

"Lets see… ding dongs, Twinkies…" Lucas laughed taking her hand again. It felt good for both of them to laugh. By now they were both feeling better. Knowing that the doctors didn't look but so worried made things a lot better.

"Right…"

"Ok Mommy and daddy! We are going to take her to see her big sister while we finish things up here… quick kiss"

"They look just alike!" Brooke cried ½ worried ½ excited. How the heck were they ever supposed to tell them apart? From what Brooke could tell they weren't. Maybe she could get each of their names tattooed on their feet.

"Down to the birthmark"

"We're in for it…"

"Bye Baby! Lucas go with her" Brooke whispered after giving the baby a quick kiss. The more she saw of them the more she wanted to go with them… but since that obviously wasn't happening Lucas needed to go. At least the babies knew Lucas's voice and if they got scared or lonely he would be there with them.

"You don't want me to stay here with you?"

"I don't want them to be alone… they don't know those crazy people! What if they drop them or something"

"Brooke this is their job" Lucas laughed at her craziness. He was so torn in what to do. He didn't want to leave Brooke there alone for anything… but on the other hand he was with her… he wasn't sure how much he trusted these strange people with his children.

"But they're so tiny… Lucas" Brooke cried getting teary again. At this point Lucas didn't have a choice. Brooke would never forgive him if he didn't go and something happened. But he really didn't want to leave her… she wasn't looking great considering her stomach was sliced open and she was bleeding everywhere.

"Ok… if that's what you want"

"Take 1 hundred pictures" Brooke smiled. She knew Lucas was having a hard time with this. So was she… she wanted to go with him so bad it was killing her. How unfair was this? Not only did she have to get fat… but she had to get cut open and lay there while some stranger took away her babies! All the parenting books she read said nothing about this… of course she didn't actually read any parenting books but whatever

"I'm on it"

"And call everyone!"

"You got it babe" Lucas smiled giving her a quick kiss on the forehead before following the nurse out. Brooke watched as Lucas walked out. A sudden feeling of loneliness swept over her. She wanted Lucas there with her… she REALLY wanted to be going with him to see her babies but neither was happening and it was pissing her off. What had she don't to deserve this? As far as she knew she had kept her Karma pretty square over the past couple months. She hadn't killed Peyton, she had delt with Karen once a week and and had to get fat! What else did she have to do to appease the gods? Lucas gave her one last quick wave before leaving the room and Brooke remembered one last thing to yell.

"And tell them I love them"

Karen drove through Raleigh traffic. She was really starting to get worried now since she had heard nothing… but no news was good news right? Or maybe not in this case. No news meant no Lucas. Lucas would have called her if he knew anything… and since there had been no call she assumed Lucas had no idea any of this was happening. He was probably still at practice. Now she was just thinking the worst… and while doing this she wasn't paying any attention to the road. Then it happened. Her cell phone rang. The sound of her U2 ring tone made her heart jump up into her throat. This was it.

"Hello?" Karen asked anxiously. She was so nervous she almost ran into the car in front of her trying to find the phone

"Hey Karen…"

"Oh its you, Haley"

"Nice to talk to you too… do Brooke and Lucas know yet if those babies are girls or boys? I wanted to get them something really great for Brooke's baby shower next week but I need a sex" Haley whined obviously annoyed with Brooke and Lucas's dumb need to be surprised. It would make her life so much easier if she could just know already

"No idea… Haley someone's beeping in… hold on"

"Ok"

"Hello" Karen sighed still laughing at Haley's frustration with Brooke and Lucas. Personally she didn't get why they had to be surprised either. She just hoped they had boys.

"Mom"

"Lucas… god did Brooke get in touch with you?"

"Yea… where are you?" Lucas asked. Karen couldn't tell if he was upset or nervous or happy… There wasn't really much there to hint her through the crackled cell phone.

"Almost in Durham… why?"

"Driving?" Lucas asked. Karen could picture him doing the squinting thing with his eyes as he asked. Just like he always did when he was asking a question he already knew the answer too.

"Yea…"

"Don't wreck when I tell you this because I kinda need you here… alive"

"Lucas what's wrong?" Karen asked nervously as she slowed down and pulled over on the side of the road. She figured she might want to be stopped for this from the tone of Lucas's voice.

"Mom it wasn't supposed to happen this fast…"

"I know…Lucas talk to me, Brooke, the babies are they ok?"

"They're girls" Lucas said quietly. He sounded happy, nervous and scared all at the same time which was totally throwing Karen off. Not to mention the fact that her baby just became a father.

"Lucas…honey"

"2 pounds 2 ounces and 2 pounds even"

"Oh God… so tiny. How is Brooke?" Karen asked praying everything was ok with all of them. She wasn't sure if she could take bad news when it came to this.

"Scared, upset, and happy all at the same time"

"And you?"

"About the same… Just get here ok?"

Brooke sat up in bed feeling no real pain for the first time in what seemed like weeks. She felt groggy and her stomach was sore but mostly she just felt anxious. For a minute she had thought everything that had happened was just a dream, until she looked down at her stomach, which was somewhat flatter. Mostly she just felt empty inside, a sad empty. It took her a minute to come to terms with what had happened. That's when she started getting scared. She had no idea what time it was, how long she had been out of it… where her babies were or anything. Lucas was asleep in the chair beside her so she was guessing things weren't but so bad… Lucas didn't sleep when things were bad, he paced. So this was a good sign… at least she hoped it was. She thought about calling the nurse but changed her mind. She just wanted to lay there for a minute and take it all in. Everything had happened so fast it was just now hitting her she was a mom. At least she hoped she was… she had no idea if her babies were ok or not. Thinking about that was the final straw and made her decide to wake Lucas up.

"Lucas…Lucas" Brooke whispered hitting him with an extra pillow. She really wanted him to come and crawl into the bed with her and put his arms around her like he always did… it might at least make the room stop spinning and make her feel a little safer

"Hey… how are you feeling?" Lucas asked groggily, but smiling as he said it. He knew it was late… at least 11 and he just wished Brooke would get some sleep. But from the look on her face and the drugs in her system she had questions… and lots of them.

"Drugged…out of it, probably how Peyton felt most of our senior year"

"The good drugs huh?"

"Yep" Brooke giggled slowly sliding over to make room for Lucas. She was sore but it was bearable. Especially if it meant having his arms around her

"They look just like you Cheery"

"How did you know I was scared to ask? Give every single little detail! And don't you miss a thing or I might have to hurt you"

"Ok so you know how I have this damn cold?" Lucas asked wiping the hair out of her face. She was grinning from ear to ear which made him smile. He had heard the nurses in the hall talking about their worry she might not do well with the fact she was a mother… but of course being Brooke she had to prove them all wrong… and he was so glad she was.

"Yea… they wouldn't let you in would they?"

"No…but I saw them through the window… and they took some pictures for me to bring you"

"Wow… We did good Broody" Brooke giggled looking at the pictures of their beautiful babies. They of course looked just like her like she knew they would. But they had that little hint of Lucas in them, of course all the tubes and wires were blocking some of what she saw… but they were perfect none the less.

"They look just alike Brooke… we're in for it"

"My god they do… Baby A and Baby B? Lucas!" Brooke shrieked seeing that on the side of their incubators where it said name they were labeled Baby A and baby b like statistics.

"What?"

"They need names…"

"I guess we have to name them now huh?" Lucas sighed leaning back against the bed so Brooke could lean her head on his chest as they talked. She really needed to rest but they both knew that wasn't going to happen until she had things off her mind.

"Yea… Baby A first!"

"Are you sure you wanna do this drugged?"

"Lucas Eugene Scott! I will not have those damn nurses calling our babies Baby A and Baby B any longer… they need names" Brooke sighed giving him her pouty look. These drugs were making her feel seriously good… but really out of it. She wasn't even sure if she was going to remember what they named the babies tomorrow.

"Your way too giggly for this"

"We said Lexie…" Brooke sighed looking at the picture of the baby. She didn't look like a Lexie and she and Lucas both knew it

"Yea…"

"She doesn't look like a Lexie, Lexie's are blondes and our beautiful babies are not brunette challenged…"

"That they are not… what about Allie" Lucas asked squinting at he picture making Brooke giggle. She had made him watch The Notebook so many times the name Allie had grown on him.

"Allison! Lucas Scott you are brilliant! I dub the baby A, llison Riley Scott also know as… Allie!" Brooke insisted not giving Lucas a choice in the matter.

"She looks like an Allie…" Lucas laughed looking at the picture again. It was weird seeing them as real people. He knew they would be at some point… it just wasn't what or how he expected.

"That wasn't too hard… now for baby b… but no B names"

"My god you are giggly for someone who just had her stomach sliced open 8 hours ago"

"Yes well I got 2 babies out of it… ok names" Brooke said trying hard to be serious… but it was just too hard. Part of it was pure excitement. The thought she and Lucas could make those babies made her heart jump. It also kinda grossed her out they had been inside her… but that was beside the point now.

"She looks calmer"

"Little trouble maker… She looks like a Chloë" Brooke whispered running her finger across the picture. She was trying to ignore all the tubes as she looked but it still hurt seeing them like that.

"What's her nickname then?"

"Who says she needs a nickname?"

"If you say so" Lucas laughed knowing Brooke was probably going to regret naming them while she was this out of it. At least the names she was coming up with weren't totally crazy…

"I know that! Middle name time!"

"Caela?" Lucas asked naming the first C name that came to mind… luckily he liked it and so did Brooke. At the sound of it her face lit up and then she looked down at the picture.

"Chloë Caela Scott!"

"Allie and Chloë?" Lucas asked raising his eyebrows at her. He liked it… they weren't those dumb rhyming names like Sherri and Terri that most people insisted on using. This way both the babies were their own person.

"Perfectness!"

Peyton and Mary sat in Karen's café. It was basically their new hangout since it was the only descent place to eat in Tree Hill. Everywhere else made you worry about rats or bugs in your food. Plus here Peyton could get all the info she needed on Lucas from Deb. Deb knew what it was like to be the other woman so she seemed like she was on Peyton's side. Today it was pretty dead in the café. Karen wasn't there to glare at Peyton or give her dirty looks. It was so much different than it had been when she was dating Lucas. Use to it was Brooke who got the dirty looks from Karen. Part of her thought Karen probably always knew it was going to be Lucas and Brooke. That's why she fought so hard to keep them apart… and to keep Lucas and Peyton together. Every time Brooke would prance into the café with her newest boy toy Karen and Peyton would both see the hurt look on Lucas's face as he tried his best to ignore it. Even when he was with Peyton, it drove Lucas insane when Brooke had another man… especially Felix. Felix had long since moved… but since his parents still lived there he came home for holidays… that's when Brooke would decide it was time she needed some company and call Felix. She wouldn't ever sleep with him but she would have a good time leading him on for a couple of days dragging him to Karen's café with Peyton and Lucas.

"Brooke, Lucas… did you both forget you had a curfew last night?" Karen asked as Brooke, Lucas and Peyton sat down at a booth. Both Brooke and Lucas's faces went still learning that Karen had caught them. Brooke wasn't sure how she managed to catch them every time. They were always so careful!

"Felix was showing Lucas and I his new car"

"Why Lucas?" Peyton laughed staring awkwardly at Lucas. Really she knew deep down why. He just didn't want Brooke with Felix… or anywhere near him unless he was there too.

"I don't know… he wanted to come"

"You said you had to study last night Lucas"

"Busted" Brooke giggled raising her eyebrows at him and giving him her flirty "We're so bad" look. It drove Peyton insane… how with just that one look, it looked like Lucas's heart melted and he just smiled at her. Peyton wasn't sure Lucas had ever smiled at her like that…

"I was… studying cars… with Brooke?" Lucas asked attempting to cover his tracks but he knew it wasn't working, at least he had tried

"Sorry Luke… I'm going to go now… I'll be home by 10 Karen"

"She says that every night…" Karen sighed rolling her eyes at Brooke as she pranced out.

"Yea… at least I get Lucas home by 10 every night"

"Haha! Lucas isn't home by 10 every night… I'm lucky to see him walk in by 12"

"What?" Peyton asked totally shocked. She always had Lucas home by 10:00 just to make sure he didn't get in trouble with Karen. What was she talking about he wasn't home?

"He isn't with you?"

"I think I am going to go find Brooke now"

"Wait… Lucas come here… You come in every night with Brooke, you leave with her in the mornings… what's going on! Your with Peyton!" Karen whispered thinking she was out of Peyton's earshot. But of course she wasn't. Peyton heard every word

"I know… I'm with Peyton I'm just watching out for Brooke"

"Brooke's a big girl Lucas… I see the way you look at her and so does Peyton. If you're not careful your going to end up breaking both their hearts again. Peyton loves you Lucas… She can give you happiness ok? Let Brooke be"

Peyton had overheard the whole conversation. After that Lucas had stormed out. Peyton always knew Brooke was the one Lucas wanted… even during their best times dating. It was always Brooke and that's what hurt her so much. Now she wasn't even sure why she was fighting for Lucas. She wasn't even sure if she loved him at this point… it had become just like a game that she could never win no matter how hard she played… Brooke was always better. Peyton was always going to be 2nd best.

"Attention! I have an announcement! As of 8:49 tonight the owner of this Café, Karen became a grandmother! Twin girls! She called in a minute ago with Stats! Born at 8:49 was Allison Riley Scott (Allie) weighing in at a tiny 2 pounds 2 ounces! Then at 8:55 came Chloë Caela Scott weighing in at 2 pounds even. Since they are 8 weeks early and not out of the woods yet if everyone could keep them in their prayers it would be greatly appreciated" Andy announced loudly so the whole café could hear

"Wow… 8 weeks early… that sucks" Mary sighed un-phased as she ate a French fry. She didn't know these people so she didn't really give a damn. Tree Hill had way too much drama for her taste

"Girls… Nathan gets a boy and Lucas has twin girls… that's great"

"Are you going to send flowers or anything?"

"Brooke would probably send them back shredded or something…" Peyton laughed. Her heart was sinking into her stomach by the 2nd now. Brooke and Lucas had kids… She knew this was going to be an obstacle in her plan, but she also knew her statistics. Parents of multiples were 56 more likely to get a divorce rather than parents with just one baby. But then again Brooke and Lucas weren't even married yet… so breaking things off would be that much easier

"Might get you points with Lucas"

"Maybe"

Lucas sat in the waiting room with Karen while she made phone calls to everyone she could think of. She acted like nothing was wrong when she told people. Lucas didn't think anyone was getting the severity of the situation. It wasn't like he and Brooke had 2 healthy babies… they were in the NICU for god only knew how long hooked up to breathing machines and tubes and everything else. The doctors were confident they were going to make it… it was just going to be a long road from now until getting them home. Brooke was finally asleep again after crying for 2 more hours. The doctors had explained everything to her and then recommended that she not see them yet… for her sake mostly. Everyone thought between her surgery, becoming a mom, having the babies so early, and then realizing it could be her fault it might just be too much for her to see them like that… so they sent her doctored pictures instead… at least until she was healed a little better. Lucas didn't agree but what could he do? He knew Brooke better than anyone and he knew it had to be killing her inside waiting. It was going to be a long stressful couple of weeks and Lucas was dreading it.

"Mom… stop" Lucas sighed rolling his eyes at his mother. He wasn't sure if he had ever been this annoyed with her in his life. Of course she was only doing what grandmothers did… but with his sleep deprivation, and worrying about Brooke and the girls he just really wasn't in the mood for her yelling in excitement. It just didn't seem right… not without having Brooke yelling right along side her

"What?"

"Calling the world"

"I'm excited" Karen laughed returning Lucas's eye roll. He looked like hell and she hated seeing him like that. But this was her job… if she didn't call and tell everyone she knew that she had 2 grand babies who was going too?

"I see that… I am too, but give it a rest…"

"Well then I will just go and see my granddaughters"

"No you wont… you'll wait here with me" Lucas insisted showing her the seat beside him. She looked irritated now and that did give him a little but of pleasure, he had to admit. As Peyton always said, Misery loves company.

"Why?"

"You can't see Allie and Chloë before Brooke does! It just might kill her"

"Lucas…" Karen whined. She didn't think Brooke would give a damn… she was Brooke after all. She would probably rather see the hott nurses. She loved Brooke like a daughter, but that's just how she was.

"Mom… She is having a hard enough time with this as it is… do you know what it was like for me to hold her while she cried for 2 hours because in her mind this is her fault?" Lucas asked trying to hold back his own tears. He hadn't planned on telling Karen that much, for Brooke's sake but she couldn't see the girls before Brooke. When he said it just might kill her, he wasn't joking. It wasn't a fun thing to hold the love of your life in your arms while she sobbed into your chest, knowing there was nothing you could do to make her feel better other than tell her it wasn't her fault. Not that that worked… of course Brooke blamed herself. Even though she had nothing to do with it, that was just how she was. He just hoped after some more sleep and pain meds she would be feeling better.

"She looked fine when I saw her"

"Its called Morphine, toradol and whatever else they pumped her full of… it wears off and the real world hits"

"So I cant see them"

"Look at the pictures and try and tell them apart… I did it for an hour" Lucas laughed reluctantly handing Karen the Polaroid's of what he now referred to as "His girls"

"There's that smile I knew was in there… be happy Lucas, its ok to smile about this… its big… you're a dad"

"Alright alright go call people… I know you want too"

"Wait until Dan hears…" Karen laughed handing Lucas the pictures back and heading to the phone.

"Oh God"

In her room Brooke laid in bed plotting her way out. Now it was at least 10:00 in the morning she figured. After a good nights sleep pumped with pain meds and anti depressants they insisted she needed to help cope with the stress she was ready for a grand escape! No one was keeping her confined to this bed… not even the damn doctors. She had started off by feeling sorry for herself… but all that had ever gotten her was a lot of tears, and had upset poor Lucas. Now wasn't the time for tears… it was time for a jailbreak… Then she had tried sweet-talking the nurse; of course all that had gotten her was more pain meds. And poor Lucas was so caught in the middle he was useless. Just lying there asleep in the chair beside her. So the longer he thought she was sleeping… the better. Now it was time for her to get out of this place and see her babies (which were being held hostage in her opinion) Of course she knew the new pain meds they had given her to help with the pain/depression of Yesterday probably had a lot to do with her sudden change of attitude but she didn't really care. She was a girl on a mission… she didn't carry those babies for 28 weeks, 3 days for nothing! It wasn't like she was asking to take them home… or even hold them… she just wanted to see for herself that they were ok. She was ½ way out of bed when there was a knock at the door and then it opened.

"Hey there" A tall, vaguely familiar looking man smiled. He was holding flowers and kind of wobbling back and forth… although Brooke wasn't sure if he was actually doing that or it was yet again… the pain meds.

"Hi…"

"You probably don't remember me… I'm Adam?"

"Right… the paramedic! Yea…" Brooke smiled trying to get her sparkly fuzzy bedroom shoe Lucas had bought her from the gift shop on her foot. This sucked… he was probably going to wake Lucas up, meaning her jail break was going to have to wait until later.

"Shouldn't you be in bed?"

"I wont tell if you wont"

"But I will" Adam smiled giving her the same look the nurses had. At that moment any hotness Brooke might have seen in him disappeared and now she just wanted to hit him… or better yet see him and Lucas duke it out, with chocolate syrup… naked! Pain meds were wearing off now and she was starting to feel a little more like herself.

"This sucks"

"Why don't you lay down and tell me how things went"

"Interestingly… I had my stomach sliced open 8 weeks early and now they are holding my babies hostage and not letting me see them in person" Brooke pouted. She tried to play it off as funny but truthfully thinking about it made her want to cry again. She might just have to call Lucas back to let her cry in his arms again.

"Boys or girls?"

"Girls… Allie and Chloë now if you will excuse me I am just going to"

"Try and walk down to the NICU? You know the pain it's going to be when you step down?" Adam asked raising her eyebrows at Brooke. This frustrated her even more. Nothing was worse than a guy who THOUGHT he knew what he was talking about when it came to childbirth.

"Are you kidding me? What are the pain meds for then?"

"Lay down… you'll see them soon enough, tell me about yourself… I mean I didn't really get to talk to you much yesterday"

"Well Duh, I'd invite you to sit down but broody over there is hogging the chair" Brooke giggled. Yet another chance to show her fabulous fiancé off. Of course he was totally out of it but it was still fun to show people who she got to marry.

"Whose that?"

"Lucas… He's my pimp. He had a rough day yesterday too so I figure I should let him sleep too…"

"You have a boyfriend… you look so young… I thought" Adam started but Brooke broke in rolling her eyes at him. Not only was she cursed with beauty… but beauty that kept her looking young…

"Fiancé… Thank you and no I am not some single teenage mother"

"How old are you?"

"Almost 23" Brooke said cringing at the thought of being 23. She had to throw that almost in there as much as possible… she wasn't 32 yet and people needed to know.

"I didn't see that one coming"

"Hey" Lucas sighed sleepily running his fingers through his spikey hair.

"Broody!"

"Cheery… meds working?"

"Over time… this is Adam…" Brooke smiled pointing to Adam who looked totally dumb founded. She knew it sucked for him that she was engaged… it sucked for all guys that they would never have the privilege of being with her. Wow she was feeling full of herself.

"The paramedic?"

"Yep… woah…" Brooke giggled trying to slide down into Lucas's lap. It scared him to death, with her luck she would pull her stitches out. Lucas didn't care if the doctors told her to walk around the room or not. He liked her in the bed where she was safe.

"Loopy?" A nurse asked walking over to Brooke and helping her get to the chair to sit with Lucas.

"Very… but its better than depressed…"

"Looks like your miss popular Brooke… I want to see you up and walking around some today ok?"

"Ok… Can I go see Allie and Chloë?" Brooke asked hopefully. She knew the answer before the nurse said anything. She had that look, the same look everyone had when they talked to her about her girls and she hated it

"We'll talk about it later… walking first, Adam they need you downstairs"

"Bye… and Thank you" Lucas said sincerely. It made Brooke wanna puke. Now she was just made again and not in the mood for happiness. She was starting to realize how Peyton must feel a lot of the time.

"So I can walk but I cant go and see my children…" Brooke whispered once the nurse was gone. She was getting teary again and it was breaking Lucas's heart.

"Alright… come on"

"Really… Jail break?"

"Yep…" Lucas smiled pulling the wheelchair out of the hall. There was no telling how much trouble he was going to get into for this… but if it made Brooke feel better it was worth it

"Damn nurse… she's just jealous not only do I have a super hott fiancé… but I have Fabulously hott babies too"

"Lets go"