This chapter is all about closure for certain story lines! I had to end some because they were driving me CRAZY! You guys know I get bored with my own writing easily! Hahaha so I am going on vacation next week! I don't know if I will get another update up before I go or not but I will try really hard! I promise! Enjoy this chapter and thanks soo much for all the reviews!

"Sure come in" Erica said taking the babies from Brooke who was all to pieces. She was still in shock to see Brooke at her house, much less to see her with 2 infants

"Are you ok Brooke? What's wrong"?

"Hey Mouth… Something's wrong with Allie… She's all red and she wont stop crying and I didn't know what to do… I don't know what to do and I heard Erica were a pediatrician and"

"Brooke… calm down… ½ the problem is probably you crying. Babies can sense emotion and you freaking out is probably adding to it…she's just a little warm ok?" Erica smiled trying to calm Brooke down as she looked over the baby.

"Ok…"

"Here take…"

"Chloë" Brooke said taking Chloë back while Erica laid Allie down on the couch to look at her. Brooke's hands shook as she rocked sleeping Chloë back and forth to calm her own nerves.

"How old are they?"

"4 months… is she ok? The doctor said I could take them out and we had only been gone for like an hour when she started crying and"

"Brooke… calm down, I think your worse off than she is" Erica laughed motioning to Mouth to sit Brooke down somewhere.

"When did you have babies?" Mouth asked trying to get Brooke's attention off of Allie and onto conversation. But Brooke didn't want to talk… she was too worried. What she really wanted to do was go throw up…

"4 months ago… but they've only been home about 7 weeks and I really don't want to have to take them back and Lucas is gone for the week and my mother and Karen are going at it at my house and"

"Lucas?"

"Yea" Brooke smiled. She had forgotten she hadn't seen Mouth or Erica since right after graduation… and started to wonder why she hadn't kept up with them

"And we weren't invited to the wedding?" Erica laughed

"No wedding yet…we've been engaged for goddamn ever though… Chloë and Allie were kind of a surprise"

"Brooke… she's fine, tiny temperature, probably a little cold but I wouldn't worry… you look drained"

"I am…and you can only imagine Lucas who is playing in the play offs this week… it's just been crazy around our house the past couple of weeks and I'm a nervous wreck when them alone… I just don't know if I can do this" Brooke sighed leaning back against the couch with the both her girls in her arms.

"Looks like your doing ok to me… she's already asleep"

"Yes but now Chloë is awake… god forbid they sleep at the same time, right baby?" Brooke smiled at Chloë who was now wide awake from the excitement and ready for her fair share of attention.

"Its good to see you Brooke"

"You too! Thanks so much… seriously, I'll let you 2 get back to whatever before I pass out on your couch"

"You could stay for dinner, catch up if you want" Erica said seeing how tired Brooke looked. Plus it could be good to catch up with Brooke, find out exactly how she ended up with twins.

"Really?"

"Yea…we love company, you just have to let us play with the babies!"

"Go ahead… they love attention and my arms could definitely use the break"

"Hey there! You look just like your mommy!" Erica said in baby talk to little Chloë while Brooke handed Allie to Mouth and laid back against the couch.

"Identical?" Mouth started to ask but by the time he got it out Brooke's eyes were closed

"She's asleep!"

Lucas was standing with Peyton in the lobby when Mike and some of the other guys walked up. The whole situation didn't look good. In fact considering Peyton still had her hand on Lucas's made it look even worse. Mike of course didn't catch anything wrong with that picture. To him that was totally normal… but to everyone else it looked like they were holding hands and Peyton apparently realized this and took advantage of the situation by grabbing his other hand and smiling. He couldn't believe it, that she would sink that low just to get back at him. She had said it herself once… you cant help who you love. But where she was trying to force him into cheating on Brooke again with her and it wasn't going to happen.

"Scott! You're late"

"Sorry coach… my car wouldn't start so I had to catch a ride with Brooke's friend Peyton" Lucas said putting a huge emphasis on 'Brooke's friend' so that maybe the situation might not look as bad… or could possibly look worse now that he thought about it with what he had said.

"Uh huh… and how is Brooke?"

"She's great… she really wanted to come but she really wasn't ready to be away from the girls yet…"

"And the girls are?" The coach asked glaring at Peyton. It showed a lot for Brooke that his team and coach loved her so much and were so protective of her.

"They're great…I miss them already"

"Dude… those babies are going to be so hott"

"Mike!" Lucas sighed shaking his head. He hoped to god by the time Allie and Chloë were 18 that Mike would be long gone and far away from them.

"What… that should be a compliment"

"You idiot! You never say that about a man's daughters… they're cute, not hott! Go get a god damn taxi"

"Sorry coach… you're daughters hott too" Mike yelled as he ran towards the door to try and grab a taxi. Well more like pranced in Lucas's opinion. He would have sworn Mike actually was gay if he wasn't so into girls.

"We're all going to dinner Scott, you coming"

"Yea"

"And her" Coach asked glaring at Peyton. That should have been enough right there to make her want to say far far away from Lucas and the team. But just to be on the safe side Lucas added in his own comment.

"No… She is going to see her dad"

"Lucas…" Peyton said struggling to keep him from walking away. This wasn't going as planned at all… what the hell was this some kind of Lucas and Brooke love fest? People here acted like Lucas and Brooke had never had their fights. Like they were this perfect couple where nothing went wrong when really if there was a couple out there that was full of issues, it was them.

"Peyton… not here, not now"

"But"

"No" Lucas said finally giving up and walking away. He didn't have to stand there and argue with her… he didn't owe her anything.

"Everything ok with you and Brooke?" Peyton heard the coach ask once they had walked a little ways away.

"We're fine… it's her friend who needs the help"

That was the final straw for Peyton. She stood there watching the guy she had based her whole love life and existence around and he had turned her down again. Even worse… he had done it in front of everyone. Now she had a 2 choices… fight for him, or let him be. Either way she was never going to have him… all of him at least. She never had. As much as she hated to admit it a little piece of his heart had always been with Brooke. She had been on and off with Lucas a lot in high school but that final break up was for that reason alone. She knew then and she was learning again that it didn't matter how much she tried to get Lucas, and even if she did get him… what was the point if he was just going to spend all their time together wishing she was Brooke like they had done those few short weeks they were together the last time.

They were both sitting in her bedroom while Peyton drew and Lucas stared at her wall. At first she thought he was admiring her artwork, but then it hit her what he was really looking at. The picture she had drawn of Brooke Sophomore year reading "He said he just wants to be friends" In the picture Peyton had captured almost perfectly how hurt and sad Brooke had been at that time. The picture broke her heart but how good she had done on it was the reason she kept it up. Although now seeing Lucas stare at it so longingly was enough to make her want to take it down.

"So…should I leave so you and the picture can have a little privacy?" Peyton laughed snapping Lucas out of his daze. He hadn't realized he had been so out of it until he looked at the time. 10 minutes staring at the same piece of artwork probably wasn't making him look like the best boyfriend.

"How can you sleep with that thing up?"

"I don't know… it helps me remember what not to be I guess"

"Yea… I know what you mean" Lucas sighed. He didn't need to go any further with this… talking about Brooke just made things weird, especially since Peyton knew how Lucas felt about Brooke. Even if he was with her.

"Speaking of…where is our best friend?"

"At home… redoing my room for the 100th time"

"Why?" Peyton laughed trying to figure out why Brooke's newest fascination was redoing Lucas's bedroom. It was getting really annoying since Brooke needed him there every night to help her move furniture around

"I think it gives her a excuse to go through my stuff"

"Yea, Jake used to like…Never mind"

"Why do we do this to ourselves Peyton?" Lucas asked after a long pause. They both knew what he was talking about but Peyton decided to play dumb and act like she had no idea… maybe that would help the conversation be a little less awkward.

"Do what?"

"This… sit here and pretend we want to be with each other so that we have an excuse not to tell Brooke and Jake how we feel…again in my case. We spend our whole day together avoiding talking about them basically, and I don't want to do it anymore"

"Lucas… I don't want to be with Jake, I want you" Peyton cried not believing what she was hearing. And people called her the wishy washy one… why couldn't Lucas just choose a girl… ok so he had chosen a girl, better question. Why couldn't Lucas just choose her?

"Then why have we been 'together' now for almost 2 weeks and we haven't even kissed?"

"It hurts too much Lucas! Fine… you want Brooke! Go and get her! She is right here in Tree hill… you can go home right now, find her, kiss her and live happily ever after. But Jake isn't! I don't even know where he is and the second you leave me I am going to be alone again"

"Isn't that better than living a lie?" Lucas asked seeing the desperate look in Peyton's eyes. She looked so upset and scared he almost regretted saying everything. But if he didn't he was just going to be doing her more damage… she didn't need to be in a relationship that consisted of a lie, neither of them did.

"Maybe for you… I was ready to move on, with you"

"I'm sorry Peyton"

"And what if you get home and Brooke doesn't want to be with you" Peyton asked causing Lucas to stand silent for a second before finally speaking.

"At least she'll know I still love her"

Peyton assumed after that, that something she had said must have had some effect on Lucas because he didn't tell Brooke. At least not that she ever found out… that was the night she had turned to drugs to get her through everything she was feeling. Loosing Jake, then Lucas. There had come a point where all she knew was even after Lucas had broken up with her, he had still been there for her… and she was guessing now that's what she had based their 'love' off of. When really now neither of them was even the same person they had been in that bedroom. It wasn't so much anymore that she envied Brooke for being with Lucas. Lucas was a great guy and all… caring, sweet, honorable as hell apparently. It was the fact that Brooke Davis, the one other girl who had close to as many issues as she had had in high school, had someone. Not only someone… she had who she wanted. She had 'her' someone. While Peyton had no one…

Brooke woke up on Mouth and Erica's couch with a collie licking her in the face. Probably the nastiest wake up call she had ever had… Mouth, Erica and the girls were nowhere in site but she could hear them talking and laughing in the other room. At least she had gotten a quick nap in. Even if it was on someone else's couch. She figured before going to find the girls she's call Lucas and let him know the craziness that was today, but he had beaten her to it. Her phone was flashing 2 new voice mails when she pulled it out of her pocketbook. It was also flashing the time. 9:23! It was one thing to sleep on someone else's couch… but for 6 hours! Now she felt really bad about leaving Mouth and Erica with the girls that long… although they didn't really sound like they minded judging from the laughing coming from the other room. After calling Lucas and relaying him the events of the day, and of course whining to him to come home she walked back to the bedroom where Mouth and Erica were playing with the girls.

"Hey guys" Brooke smiled sitting down on the floor next to the girls who were for some reason stripped down to their diapers. At least neither of them were crying and they both smiled at the site of her which was their newest thing. They had both learned that when they cry loud enough, Brooke or Lucas ran to them. Now most of the time as soon as Brooke or Lucas walked into where ever they were crying, the crying stopped and it was all smiles.

"Brooke, your up"

"I'm really sorry… I don't usually fall asleep on people's couches… well at least not since high school"

"You're fine… we had fun" Mouth said handing both the babies to Brooke. It amazed her how much lighter both the girls felt when her arms weren't dead tired.

"Hey girls! Did you have fun? Yea…uh huh… I can't wait until they can talk"

"It wont be long…"

"They'll so say mama first, at least they better or I'll never hear the end of it from Lucas" Brooke laughed hoping she was right. But then as long as their first word wasn't 'grandma' she didn't really care.

"Just to make ya feel a little better, mama is easier to say than Dada… so chances are they'll say mama first"

"Or with my luck it will be something like shit or man whore…"

"I think we finally learned to tell them apart, Allie… Chloë" Mouth said trying to point them out to Brooke. It was insane how hard it was to tell them apart with Brooke holding both of them side by side. On top of that they both looked so much like Brooke, it made it that much harder to concentrate.

"Nope…"

"So close"

"You had a 50/50 shot too! Ok my little minions… are you ready to go home? We've still got so many people to corrupt and! Its Nip Tuck night, we'll go home, get wasted, pass out on the bathroom floor, just kidding before I give Erica a heart attack… But we will watch Nip Tuck and crawl into the nice warm comfy bed, miss daddy and ignore your 2 psycho crazy bitch grandmothers" Brooke giggled in something that was a mix between baby talk and sarcasm. She was ready to get home though… the more she thought about climbing into her comfy bed with the girls and doing nothing but watching Dr. Christian Troy… the sleepier she got again. The only thing missing was Lucas… and even though she missed him like crazy it was nice to spend some one on one time with the girls. At least that's what she kept telling herself to try and forget she was going to be without him tonight.

"Ah… That sucks"

"Tell me about it… try telling your mother your engaged and have twins girls all in the same day… when I left she and Karen were going all Jerry Springer on me. Hey! Maybe they killed each other and I wont have to deal with either of them!"

"Brooke" Mouth gasped. Apparently I n her absence he had forgotten her crazy sense of humor… which meant she was definitely going to have to stop by and visit the to of them more often

"Your right… That's too much to ask for, ok girly girls! As proud of you as I am for being little strippers and all… lets get you dressed and we'll go home and have out girls night, where I'll teach you to strip properly."

"Oh, they got a little dirty eating so I washed their clothes… here" Erica said handing Brooke the 2 little outfits. She wasn't ready to see them go but the longer they sat there the more tired Brooke started to look, and poor little Allie was already asleep in Brooke's arms with little Chloë not far behind.

"Thanks… seriously, for everything. Without Lucas here and my mom coming, and Karen being well Karen, and Allie crying it was just really overwhelming… I mean before these 2 I hadn't even really ever held another baby… and now being alone with 2 that are my responsibility, kinda crazy… crazy fabulous, but crazy I really, really don't want to screw anything up."

"I have to admit you were pretty much the last person I ever expected to show up at our door with 2 little babies… but hey! Look! You showed me… look how comfortable they are with you, and those little smiles! That's what matters… when they're older they won't remember the times you weren't sure, what they'll remember are the girls nights you had with them afterwards… Now go home and kick the crazy ladies out. And I expect to be these little ones pediatrician!"

"You got it… Bye Mouth" Brooke smiled trying to hug them both by with a baby in each arm…

"Bye Brooke"

"Wait… one last question, how the hell do you carry 2 babies in 4 inch heels" Erica laughed was Brooke walked out of the room with her 4 inch Coach pink polka dot wedges and carrying 2 babies without missing a single step.

"What can I say? I'm talented!"

After dinner Lucas and drinks Lucas walked back into his hotel room totally exhausted and lonely. Usually when they were at play offs Brooke was there with him to keep him company… and spend all their money. Now he was missing her life crazy… not to mention the girls who he was now worried as hell about after talking to Brooke. He hated that he wasn't there to help her, and that he wasn't there for him. But the more he thought about it the better it seemed that he wasn't there. If he had been there Brooke would have never had the courage to do anything she had done. Walk out of Karen and her mom, take the girls out alone, then find help when she needed it. When it came to her Brooke had all the self-confidence in the world, a little too much sometimes. But when it came to Allie and Chloë she just seemed so helpless sometimes. He hoped after this maybe she wouldn't. the hotel room was dark and empty until Lucas turned on the light. Someone had brought his bags up and turned down his bed. At least here there weren't boxes everywhere. On the table there was a bottle of whine, some colorful flowers with basketball ornaments around them and a card reading "Good Luck! We love you! Brooke, Allie and Chloë… your girls" which was enough to make him smile. Leave it to Brooke to know how he was going to feel on his first night alone.

Beside the flowers was an envelope sealed with Lucas written on the top in Peyton's handwriting. He really wasn't looking forward to whatever was in that letter. With his luck it was laced with anthrax or something… He thought about just throwing it away. Tonight wasn't really a night he wanted to read some love letter from Peyton, but curiosity finally got the best of him and he decided to read it.

"Lucas,

From previous experience I am really hoping you don't burn this letter like Brooke and I did yours. Maybe you wouldn't regret it like I do but what I have to say is important. For a long time you have been kind of like a security blanket for me. I always knew you were out there if I ever needed you, but as I grew I needed you less and less… or so I thought. I've had a lot of problems the past couple of years, drugs and drinking being 2 of my main ones. While those are problems I have been able to fix with rehab and support groups my biggest problem isn't that easy. That being my heart, and not knowing what it wants. Its been easy for me to pretend for the past couple of years that I was in love with you. Whenever I met someone nice or someone asked me out, it always made me feel better if I said no… there was someone else out there who was just waiting for me to come home. While seeing you with Brooke was a shock, I know now that how it was meant to be. It was always meant to be that way. A wise person once told me 'People who are meant to be together always find their way in the end' and you and Brooke did. She's a good person Lucas. Treat her right and please tell her how sorry I am for everything, she's always been the best of a friend even when I was trying to make her life hell, and lets face it I was. Be sure to tell those beautiful little girls of yours that they are lucky to have a mother like Brooke and a father like you. As for us… I am sorry for that too. For any problems I may have caused with you and Brooke, or you and your team. That wont happen again. As for me, I need to get away from it all… no I am not committing suicide like I know probably just flashed through your head. Europe sounds really good right about now, who knows maybe I might meet someone of my own. Please tell Jake where I've gone… I can't bring myself to face him and Jenny. This time its me leaving them and it hurts too much. Thanks

Love,

Peyton"

Brooke walked in through the side door with the 2 sleeping babies in her arms. Her mother's car was still here, bad sign… but it was quiet, surprisingly quiet. From the looks of things there was no blood on the carpet or hardwood floors and nothing looked broken. On the kitchen table there was a vase of pink and yellow roses with a card reading "I love you, Lucas" Did they think alike or what? Of course the one he had sent her wasn't near as decorative as the one she sent him, but not everyone could be blessed with her awesome taste.

"Look Chloë, look Allie! Look what daddy sent mommy! When you get married you have to find a guy who will send you roses too. 3 things in a guy… 1, he has to love you for you. If you have to change for him then he isn't who you want to be with. 2, he has to be considerate of you and respect you. That's really important. And 3, he has to be sweet! Of course money and fame don't hurt… and looks, very important. Luckily your daddy has all of that so I'm set… now we just have to work on you 2 some men"

"You 3 are home late" Karen said walking into the kitchen behind Brooke and the girls.

"Oh Karen, yea we lost track of time, and wow! Look! We're all still alive" Brooke said sarcastically, showing Karen that Chloë and Allie were back safe and sound and asleep in her arms. Maybe they'd sleep all night if they were worn out enough.

"I see that, Brooke sit down… lets talk"

"Talk, not lecture or yell?" Brooke asked laying back against the couch in the den. Luckily Karen didn't looked pissed or upset anymore… which meant there probably wasn't going to be yelling, but she did look sad possibly meaning a lecture, which was exactly what Brooke wasn't in the mood for.

"Just talk"

"Ok"

"Its not that I didn't think you could take care of them Brooke. Of course you can… you're their mother." Karen smiled trying to sound as genuine as possible, because she really did mean it. But talking to Brooke had never been as easy as she would have liked… especially now that she was more than just 'Brooke' she was her future daughter in law.

"Then why the big freak out?"

"Lucas is my baby Brooke… and its clear I've lost him to the world of being an adult. But you're like my child too, and having you a mom, a capable mom just proves I've lost you 2. Since I was 18 the one thing that defined me was being a mother. I was always needed as a mother, and now you 2 don't need me."

"Yes we do... just not every day doing everything. We need to be able to make out own mistakes Karen, and I love you for wanting to help us not but it's the only way I'm going to learn…" Brooke smiled. She felt like a cheeseball but that was the only way to get through to Karen she guessed. With her mother all she had to do was yell and scream and that did the trick usually but Karen was different, stubborn.

"I know… so Andy and I will be gone first thing in the morning"

"Or… you could stay for a couple of days…"

"How about when Lucas gets back" Karen laughed seeing Brooke's smile turn into a stressed out frown.

"Ok, will you go back to Tree Hill?"

"Tric and the Café need me and Andy sure as hell hasn't been getting any attention lately… I think we might do the un-thinkable and adopt a child… maybe a 10 or 11 year old.. I don't know… we have to talk"

"Karen, that's great"

"Yea… anyway, did you girls have fun today?" Karen asked changing the subject so not to get too in depth with the whole her and Andy thing… after all she didn't know what was going to happen and it was better if they didn't get their hopes up for nothing.

"Yea… for the most part we had a lot of fun. What about you and my mom?"

"That woman should be shot"

"Thank you! Where is she now?" Brooke giggled glad that someone else saw in her mother what she did. Lucas was always too nice to say anything bad about her and all of her friends were always too afraid too

"In the shower…"

"Damn it! She's staying? Shoot me instead"

"I had her leaving until I mentioned wedding" Karen sighed. Why hadn't she known wedding bad! You never mention wedding around a rich woman! Especially her daughters wedding…

"Oh no… she'll never leave now"

"Let her change 1 diaper, she'll leave"

"Lets hope… I'm going to take the girls upstairs, watch nip tuck, call Lucas and whine for presents, fun stuff like that" Brooke sighed giving Karen her ½ smile. That hadn't been too painful… actually it had been a lot of help and made her feel a lot better. Karen was leaving, AFTER Lucas got home… they were going to have their house alone again… good day.

"Have fun…"

"Actually… I've been with them all day, why don't you put them to bed?"

"Brooke… your going to have to change diapers at some point"

"I did today… once… here, they want some grandma time" Brooke giggled handing Karen the babies and running… her feet were killing her and she could feel another long drawn out conversation starting if she didn't get out of there fast.

"Not Grandma"

"Fine… we'll call you Yaya… same thing"

"Yaya… I like it" Karen smiled giving up. It was hopeless… at least this was she was grandma in a different language

"Night girls… kisses! I love you, now Dr. Troy's naked butt is waiting for me upstairs on TV… so yea" Brooke giggled running back just long enough to kiss the girls.

"Night Brooke"

Upstairs Brooke crawled into the bed, flipped on the TV, and picked up the phone to call Lucas. If he wasn't going to be here to lay with her she could at least fall asleep talking to him like she usually did.

"Hey babe" Lucas answered seeing on the caller ID it was her. He figured she call around now since it was Nip Tuck time and she was probably in bed getting lonely.

"Its my pimp! I miss you"

"I miss you too, how are the girls?"

"You're moms putting them to bed… long story! Tell me about all the hott guys" Brooke insisted giggling. She had to ask… if only to annoy him and put a smile on his face.

"Your funny"

"Ok… fine, ruin my night… you just better hope I am nice to you in my fantasies tonight! How was the trip with 'her'"

"You mean Peyton? Not to good… but it ended up ok I think…" Lucas sighed. This probably wasn't a phone conversation but Brooke would kill him if he waited until he got home to tell her something this big.

"Did you sleep with her?"

"Yea… she's laying beside me now… wanna say Hi?"

"Your funny, funny enough to be single" Brooke giggled. Now she was really missing him. Their jokes just weren't the same over the phone. She had to see the look on his face to make the joke work…

"She left… went to Europe… wrote a letter and everything"

"What?"

"Yea… so I called Jake to tell him and get this… he called off his wedding and is going after her" Lucas laughed still in shock himself. Only in Tree Hill, well North Carolina would something like that happen. It was like high school all over again.

"You're kidding me!"

"Nope"

"Wow… and I thought I had drama here I'm so tired, stay on the phone with me until I fall asleep" Brooke whined trying to get comfortable. She didn't know why… she was just going to go get the babies from their beds in 10 minutes anyway just because she didn't like them sleeping alone.

"Who's going to hang yours up?"

"I'll worry about it in the morning…"