Hey you guys! I am back form Vaca.. FINALLY! Sorry it took so long… but I am going to go ahead and give you warning… from July 18ish until probably Early Aug. Updates are going to be kind of scarce since my friend is coming from California and then I am going up there… I am going to do my best to write as far ahead as I can right now because I have SOOO much planned for this story. While you guys are now reading Chapter 22 I am already written up until Chapter 26 which I am getting ready to start… so that was hopefully at least when I am here I can update without having to write! Thank you soo much for the reviews… for all my fellow Jeyton fans DON'T WORRY! It may take some time but there will most likely be some Jeyton in this story! I love you all for your awesome reviews and again I am SOOO sorry about lack of updates… after all it is summer and its CRAZY around here… anyway enjoy this chapter and I will have the next one up asap!

Brooke, Haley, Erica and Karen sat at the kitchen table looking over wedding plans. Amazing how long it was taking them to plan this damn wedding. Here it was almost Thanksgiving again and it had to be over and done with by the time basketball season started getting heavy. Which didn't leave a lot of time… especially trying to plan it all with two 7-month-old girls trying to help. The whole thing had had Lucas so stressed out that Brooke had had to send him off with Nathan before he totally lost it. She now saw why wedding planning was always left to the girls. Not that they were any help either… none of them had ever had a real wedding. Nathan and Haley had basically eloped. Karen and Andy had used the court house and Erica and Mouth were still just engaged leaving them all totally clueless when it came to how to actually plan a wedding.

"Ok so Flowers" Erica asked pulling out her checklist of things they needed. 3 weeks to go and they were so far behind in everything it seemed like they were never going to get it finished

"Check"

"Dresses?"

"Check" Brooke said hoping it was a check. She had no idea actually where the dresses were… other than picking them out she had left it to Karen to deal with all clothes for the wedding.

"A groom?"

"At the park working out his cold feet?"

"Lucas? Cold Feet? Yeah right… best man?" Haley laughed continuing Erica's list making sure to stay far away from the cold feet subject. Haley didn't see why either of them were nervous, they had already lived together for 7 years and had 2 kids… getting married should have just been a piece of cake… but of course not for Lucas and Brooke. Mr. And Mrs. Commitment issues themselves.

"Park"

"2 babies making their way out the front door?

"What? That's not… Allie! Chloë! Mommy is trying to plan a wedding… I know you love your newfound ability to crawl and all, but basically its driving Mommy INSANE… no crawling" Brooke whispered picking up both the babies making Chloë and Allie giggle. Brooke's theory was the only reason Allie and Chloë did anything was to get her and Lucas's attention. Sitting up, crawling and even talking all seemed to happen at the worst of times and never how they had expected it. Both girls had first crawled on the same day… trying to get away from Karen funny enough. And talking… of course neither Allie nor Chloë had said Mama or Dada first. Chloë was the first one to talk yelling "Nowa". Neither Brooke or Lucas knew what she was yelling no about… but of course it had been a huge deal and they had had her repeat it over and over, causing Allie to get jealous and ask Brooke "go". After that it was a never ending chain of the girls babbling little words that they had no idea what they meant. At least the had finally learned the difference between who Mama and Dada were.

"Brooke… their 7 months old, they aren't going to listen"

"Wanna bet? Don't you know these 2 are brilliant? Erica said what they lack in size right now they make up for in smartness… I came in the den the other day and Chloë was standing… of course she was grabbing onto the couch for dear life… but whatever. And Allie! She waves bye bye!"

"That doesn't mean they are going to listen to you" Haley laughed rolling her eyes at Brooke's desperate attempts to prove that her parenting skills work… even though Haley, Erica and Karen all 3 knew that no 7 month old was going to listen to anyone.

"How do you know?"

"Because they are heading for the door again" Erica laughed pointing to the babies trying to make their way back to the front door.

"I don't know how they can crawl in those dresses"

"Damn it… girls, you- no- go- there… this is pointless" Brooke sighed picking both the babies up again and tickling them… hoping it would get their mind off of the door and make them want to play. They giggled for a minute but of course that didn't last… It was more fun for Allie to try and pull Chloë's purple hair bow out of her hair and for Chloë to go for Brooke's chandelier earrings.

"Put them in the playpen"

"What?"

"Play-pen… where James is right now?" Haley laughed pointing to little James who was sitting quietly in the playpen staring at the ceiling. Brooke always saw him as a boring baby… all he did was eat, sleep, and whine. Sure Allie and Chloë were a handful but they were never boring, always wanting Lucas and Brooke to play with them and tickle them. As cute as little James was… all he did was sit there.

"Ha, no"

"Why not?"

"Because they don't like it, do you girls?" Brooke asked Chloë and Allie as if they were competent adults capable of making their own decisions.

"Brooke… do they like anything?"

"Yes! They like ice cream, Nip Tuck, babbling, crawling apparently… and me" Brooke sighed pulling the giggly little girls from around her neck before the strangled her.

"What about Lucas?"

"Only when he buys them things… kidding Karen. You guys saw the temper tantrums when he left to play ball… you guys miss daddy when he leaves don't you? And you miss mommy too don't you… what is it about that damn door?"

"Maybe they want to be outdoorsy girls" Karen laughed knowing that would get under Brooke's skin. Her girls were prissy girls who only wore dresses and hair bows, she had to admit the girls didn't like to be dirty but they were little… she couldn't wait until they were old enough to get muddy so she would see how Brooke would react.

"Over my dead body!"

"So Andy and I have been talking and I think we are going to adopt"

"Karen that's great!" Haley shrieked hugging Karen. Brooke didn't think it was such a good idea, not that Karen wasn't a wonderful mother but she was never home. Between Tric, the Café and her newest business she barely even saw Andy… how was she going to have time for another child.

"Yea, he really wants a son and the house is kind of lonely"

"Looks like you 2 are still the only girls in the family and you like it that way don't you? Spoiled monkeys… go play" Brooke giggled tickling the girls one last time before letting them down, where they would head straight for the door again.

"I cant wait until James is 4 or 5… Nathan and I decided that's when we'll try again for another baby"

"2 tutor babies… watch out world"

"What about you Brooke, you and Lucas going to try for a boy?" Erica asked continuing the dreaded subject. Why did everyone think Brooke wanted more kids? The more time she spent with her girls the more she couldn't imagine having anyone but them, nor did she want anymore. She and Lucas had their average 4-person family… now all they needed was a dog.

"Ha… no. Lucas and I are perfectly happy with our girls and his words exactly are 'I don't need a boy to prove anything' plus with our luck I'd have 2 more girls"

"Even when the girls are older?"

"We're not even married yet… lets get that finished with before all this baby talk! It creeps me out, I don't want to get fat again… I like my abs and it was not easy to get them back thank you" Brooke giggled rolling her eyes at the 3 of them. Them and their baby loving selves, she should have known that was what was going to happen… marriage, babies, family… it was all so cliché.

"Ok… ugh my eyes hurt from looking at all these napkins, cant we finish tomorrow and make Lucas and Nathan watch the babies"

"Nope… tomorrow is the bachelor party, remember?"

"Oh yea… aren't you nervous about that?" Haley asked. She had been insanely scared and nervous when Nathan had had his… it still made her stomach turn thinking about it.

"No… as long as Peyton isn't there stripping, we're good"

"Okay…"

"Wait! I've got it… how un-fair is it that Lucas gets a bachelor party and I don't get a bachelorette party?" Brooke asked squinting her eyes at them giving them 'that' look.

"We gave you a party Brooke"

"No… that was a wedding shower… I didn't get to shove dollar bills into any guys thongs! That's it! Tonight we are having me a bachelorette party!"

"Do we have too?" Haley whined already dreading what Brooke was planning. She could tell by the look on her face it wasn't going to be some small party like Lucas's.

"Yes! Oh this is going to be great!"

"What does this involve?"

"Strip club, dinner, the whole 9 yards! Come on guys! Please… pretty please! This is me we're talking about! I haven't gotten to go out and party in like 2 years! Look! Chloë and Allie are excited about it too! Please…" Brooke begged resorting to her sad puppy dog face. Why hadn't she thought of this before… other than the fact that she had been crazy busy with everything else… but still! This was a monumental moment in her life and she needed that party!

"Fine… I'm in" Erica sighed seeing no way out

"Haley?"

"Why not…"

"This is going to be fabulous! Come on babies… I need your expert fashion advice on what mama ho should wear tonight" Brooke smiled picking up the girls to take them up stairs with her.

"Mama ho?"

"Yea?"

"And what's Lucas? Daddio?" Haley laughed rolling her eyes at Brooke's craziness. Only Brooke would call herself mama ho to her children.

"Pimp Daddy… You guys better pick things up before tonight, Chloë, Allie and I are going to go pick out my outfit"

Lucas watched as Nathan and Mike searched crazily through the phone book… looking for strippers. He should have known that's all they wanted to do today… basketball his ass. He would have been better off at home with Brooke and the girls doing wedding stuff… or not. That was a tough one. Although Mike and Nathan didn't seem to think so… they had already interviewed, yes-interviewed 3 girls for tomorrow night. While he sat there stunned and imaging the look on Haley's face when she found out. Brooke probably wouldn't care too much considering she had suggested they have one. But Haley was the definition of Anti bachelor parties and only agreed not to kill Nathan if they both swore it was nothing big.

"What about Ginger… Ginger Snap" Nathan asked pointing to her picture in Mike's 'Special' phone book. To Lucas she looked like every other one they had pointed out, fake and cheap… just the way Mike liked them.

"Hey…this is Lucas's bachelor party… maybe we can just get Brooke to strip" Mike grinned

"Dude… I get that for free at home whenever I want… with out you 2 pervs watching, how bout not?"

"She should have been a stripper… I dreamed she was, and she did this thing where..."

"STOP… I don't want to know… and I don't want you thinking about it either… that's gross" Lucas sighed. This was pointless…

"Yea I don't think Haley would appreciate that too much, but between us I've had a couple dreams about Brooke too…"

"Dude…"

"They were all in high school… ok one in college, but Haley was there too" Nathan smiled thinking back to that dream. Lucas had had about all he could take… he took back what he had said before… wedding planning was better.

"Remind me to never let my children around you 2"

"Why… you let them around Brooke?" Mike laughed still picturing his dream.

"Mike…"

"Really though, Ginger Snap or Crocodile Blondie?"

"What the hell… I'm paying, we'll get them both!" Nathan laughed handing Mike both the phone numbers. Lucas needed some lightening up… he was way too tense about this wedding for his own good. Yea it was excited tense but tense was tense and Nathan wasn't going to have it.

"And Beer! Lots of beer…"

"Nate, we've gotta go…" Lucas finally said getting annoyed with Mike, who was still obviously picturing Brooke naked. He needed to get home anyway… the girls had probably worn Brooke out by now.

"I'll order them now!"

"Have fun with that Mike"

Brooke got ready in her room while the girls found it entertaining to play in front of the mirror. They were definitely her children… sit them in front of a mirror and they were entertained for hours… of course they didn't understand it was them and spent all that time trying to find the other 2 babies behind the mirror but it was entertaining to watch them babble and talk baby talk to themselves and each other. She found herself laughing at them at least 6 or 7 times, and then found herself on the floor playing with them for an hour and ½ before actually starting to get ready. Having them around was just too much fun to get anything serious done.

"Allie! Where's the baby? No I'm not the baby… I have to get ready for my awesome party tonight… Where'd Chloë go? There she is, baby don't hit your head on the mirror, ok I seriously have to get ready now… rolling around on the floor with 2, 7 month olds isn't what mommy needs to be doing right now…ok 5 more minutes" Brooke sighed pulling Chloë away from the mirror to play with her and Allie. She was basically ready anyway… what was 5 more minutes with her girls?

"How many times have you told them that?"

"Look! Daddy's home! Go tackle… well crawl all over him!"

"Hey girls… we're you devils for mommy today? You look hott… Where are you going?" Lucas asked picking up the girls and kissing Brooke. She did look hott… which worried him because he could tell by the look on her face what she was doing. bachelorette party. He should have seen it coming sooner.

"Ok… so are you totally against staying with the girls tonight?"

"No… we'll watch basketball, drink beer and…"

"Play Barbie's? I know you will! Because you're such a good daddy! Isn't he girls?" Brooke giggled winking at Lucas. She loved how he tried to act all macho manly… but at the end of the day he ended up doing their hair and watching The Wiggles with them in his arms.

"They don't have Barbie's yet…"

"Well go buy them some babe! Anyway… I'm having a bachelorette party and yea… as much as I love our 2 little babies and want to corrupt them… they don't need to see mommy drunk yet so they can stay here and have daddy time! Unless you want to come and be our stripper?" Brooke smiled raising her eyebrows at him. Part of her thought if Lucas agreed to that she wouldn't even care about going out… she'd get Haley and Erica to baby-sit instead.

"Ok girls lets go play Barbie's"

"You're no fun…"

"Don't you look too hott to go to a bachelorette party?" Lucas asked brushing her hair out of her face. She had all her make up done perfectly as usual and when she smiled at him her dimples fit perfectly.

"Why… you worried I am going to run off with some man whore? You're my only man whore… ok I gotta go… I was supposed to meet Haley and Erica like 10 minutes ago, Love you girls! Make daddy play with the mirror! He looooves that, Bye babe!" Brooke said looking at her clock and giving all 3 of them a quick kiss bye, then coming back to give Lucas a longer passionate kiss just because.

"Bye… have fun, I have a feeling I'm going to regret telling her that later…ok girls? What are we doing tonight? Mirror? You 2 spend way too much time with mommy"

Brooke met up with Haley and Erica downtown to try and find exactly where they wanted to go. Brooke didn't really care, now that she was here she wasn't sure why she needed a bachelorette party… it would have been more fun to stay at home with Lucas and the girls, rather than listen to Erica and Haley's constant fighting about where would be the most fun and where would have the hottest guys… like either of them would know. Besides… who named a strip club "The cats meow?" anyway… it reminded her of Felix… probably because he had always reminded her of a cat. Felix… there was someone who probably could have thrown a killer bachelor party for Lucas because god knows he deserved it. The only problem was not only could Felix throw a party… he could crash one just as fast. She knew from experience when she had been with him to crash one… and not just anyones, Lucas's.

Leave it to Brooke to get back together with Felix, while living with Lucas. Of course she had only been back together with him for a few days, and it was all only to make Lucas jealous but she assumed it still counted… even if she hadn't slept with him. So it had been his brilliant idea to crash a party of this 'person' he didn't like. Brooke figured since he didn't even do to Tree Hill high anymore it was going to be some military schoolboy… not Lucas.

"Felix… what are we doing here?" Brooke asked as they pulled up to the house. Definitely a party… just not 50 million people thankfully, maybe 20 tops all for Nathan's party.

"Crashing a party! Didn't you hear about Lucas's big party for Nathan… or were you not invited"

"I kinda yelled at him before he got the chance?"

"And so he didn't… doesn't that make you mad" Felix asked stabbing the knife deeper. He knew that was the one thing that got to Brooke, Lucas. He wasn't stupid… Brooke was into Lucas. He saw that… but that didn't mean she could be out of him after he was finished with her.

"A little…"

"So lets show him"

"I don't know… It was kinda my fault in the first place" Brooke sighed. Crashing Nathan's party would definitely put her on the outs with Lucas… even more than she already was.

"Brooke… your not with him, you don't have to kiss his ass"

"I don't"

"You do… you act like a pathetic puppy around him, people at school are talking, come on, at least come in. Nathan's your friend too right?" Felix asked trying from another angle… the friend one.

"Yea"

"So show Lucas…I'll meet you in there in a second… I've gotta get the stink bombs and my phone so I can call the police… underage drinking"

"Right…"

"This is going to be great" Felix laughed as Brooke rushed into her bedroom and pulled out her cell phone to call Lucas.

"Hey Luke, its Brooke"

"I know… caller ID, where are you?"

"In my room… you wanna come here for a second… and HURRY?" Brooke whispered looking out the window to make sure Felix was still out there and off his phone,

"Why?"

"Because I said so! Lucas! DID YOU HANG UP ON ME?"

"Brooke… I'm in here… get off the phone" Lucas ½ laughed walking over to Brooke who was panicking for some reason.

"Right… ok so you need to get everyone out of here NOW" "Why?"

"Because Felix is going to call the police and I know you don't want Karen finding out about this little beer bash!" Brooke whispered loudly enough so that no one heard but she got her point across.

"Right ok so…wait, how do you know?"

"Because I was kinda out with him and he said we were going to crash a party, I just didn't know it was yours until we got here, Lucas don't get mad at me… you don't have time!"

"Can I get mad after?" Lucas asked raising his eyebrows to break the tension. He hated fighting with Brooke.

"Yes! Lots of yelling… lets go"

"How are you planning to get all of these people out of here in time?"

"Watch this… HEY EVERYONE! Free Mixed Drinks on the house at Tric for the next 10 minutes in honor of Nathan's birthday! Everyone get intop the DW NOT I vanish thingie and it will take you!" Brooke yelled throwing Mouth, the only sober one the keys. She hoped this worked or else she and Lucas were both dead.

"Hell yea! Lets go"

"Where is it really going to take them"

"Hey Mouth… take them all home" Brooke whispered slippin him $20 bucks for gas and whatever.

"What now?"

"Dispose of the beer!"

At home Lucas played with Allie and Chloë until Nathan finally showed up helpless with screaming little James, just like he always did when Brooke and Haley went out. Nathan had no idea what so ever to do when James cried, all the tears and loudness freaked him out and usually as soon as James came in crying, it upset Chloë and Allie too, turning the whole place into a mad house. Thankfully tonight Allie and Chloë were too pre-occupied with their mirror and toys to notice screaming little James.

"Dude… you can't do this every time he cries" Lucas sighed handing James back to Nathan who had already popped open a beer. Was it too much for Lucas to ask just to stay home one night, with just his kids and play with them? Apparently

"What am I supposed to do, just let the kid cry?"

"Or maybe make him stop crying…"

"How?" Nathan asked acting like his old smart ass self. Lucas really really wanted to hit him or at least throw him out on his ass. How was he supposed to know how to get Nathan and Haley's kid to stop crying?

"I don't know, he's your kid"

"How do you make the girls stop crying?"

"I read to them or tickle them?" Lucas asked in a 'duh' tone… even Mike could make a baby stop crying and put Nathan to shame.

"Yea well I'm not the reading type and tickling is for girls… James, stop crying please"

"Nathan… go home"

"What?" Nathan asked shocked. Lucas had never sent him home in a crisis… this kid had some serious anger management issues and he couldn't take him alone!

"Take you son home and you make him stop… you're his father"

"Lucas"

"Nope… sorry dude, tonight its just me and my girls… take YOUR son home and spend some time with him" Lucas said pushing Nathan ½ way out the door. Of course it didn't work and Nathan came back in…shutting the door behind him.

"But what am I supposed to do with him?"

"Turn on basketball? I don't know dude… I have girls and they like dresses and mirrors… and pulling my hair"

"Thanks man… you're a lot of help" Nathan yelled rolling his eyes at Lucas, but still not leaving. There was no way in hell he was going home with James screaming like that.

"I had to learn on my own…"

"I'll trade you! You take James and I'll take happy bubbly Chloë and Allie"

"Or… you go home with your son and feed him, give him a bath, and watch TV or something with him" Lucas said handing him James back for the last time. It was getting old.

"Or! You take him and I'll get the door" Nathan said handing him back to Lucas and running towards the door. Allie and Chloë were on the floor staring up at Lucas, looking at him like 'why are you holding that kid and not us… we're your kids'

"Allie, Chloë be glad you live here"

"Oh Shit" Nathan yelled from the front door. That didn't sound good… especially for Nathan.

"What?"

"The strippers are here…"

Leave it to Erica and Haley to take Brooke to the most boring bar in Charlotte. The good-looking guys weren't even in thongs, and the ones that were she didn't want to look at. What was wrong with her? This was a perfectly ok bar, with perfectly descent guys and here she did not even want to drink the beer. Haley and Erica did seem to be having fun though, that or they were pretending to for her sake, she could never tell with them. If Peyton had been here things might definitely be a lot more interesting, with her taste in music and bars Brooke might actually be having fun… or not.

"Hey there sexy, you looking for some action?" A man in a thing asked Brooke as she started down at her have drunken beer. This guy couldn't be serious… she was even wearing her engagement ring…

"I've got action… enough it gave me 2 babies"

"Ok?"

"Brooke… what was that?" Haley asked after the guy had walked away. She couldn't be serious… how could Haley James… queen of morals even ask her that! Was she crazy?

"What?"

"You just totally blew that guy off… he was hott"

"I don't wanna do anything with these guys… I just wanna watch them get naked for my pleasure" Brooke giggled winking at another stripper man. See… she could still have fun, sorta, not really…

"Are you ok?"

"Why can't I have fun with this?"

"Maybe you've lost your Mojo?" Erica asked obviously totally plastered. At least that made Brooke giggle.

"Maybe I need therapy…"

"Brooke… you just haven't been out for a while, you're fine!"

"Plus you used to go to places like this because you were lonely and bored right?" Haley asked ignoring Erica's drunkenness… which was only making things worse for Brooke.

"Yea…"

"But now you have Lucas! No longer lonely or bored… so you really have no reason to be here, why? You'd rather be at home watching Lucas strip for you"

"So true… ok lets get out of here before I actually have to admit I've matured" Brooke whined waving bye to all the hottie stripper boys. They weren't worth her time anymore… ok well maybe a little bit of time.

"Not so fast pretty lady! One of my guys tells me you aren't into his…Brooke?"

"I'm not into his Brooke? Please god tell me he didn't name his Penis after me" Brooke sighed rolling her eyes at this guy. He looked so familiar… like she had seen him on TV or something… maybe she had and he was famous! In that case they could totally stay…

"You don't remember me?"

"Should I?" Brooke asked. That killed her famous person theory… the most famous person she knew was Lucas… and that was just because of his basketball

"Oh My God… Brooke lets go"

"Hey married girl"

"Felix" Haley grunted rolling her eyes at the man.

"Felix?"

"That's me"