Hey you guys! Long time no update! Anyway I am back from Cali! I had a BLAST! Sorry you guys had to wait so long for an update… but I am back now and so things should be back to normal! Thanks so much for all the reviews! Enjoy this chapter!

Day one of the honeymoon was here. After what seemed like the fastest night of Lucas's life he and Brooke were finally together on a plane to Venice. Not that the wedding its self hadn't been great… but for it to be "Their" wedding… he hadn't gotten to see her much. After they kissed and were FINALLY Husband and wife they were both swarmed by people wanting to talk about the wedding and babies… causing them to constantly get separated and pushed into chairs to talk. Not as glamorous as everyone made it out to be. Lucky by 1AM they were the only 2 left on the dance floor and it had been basically quiet other than people like Mike and Tim who were outside totally wasted. Before either of them knew it, it was over and they were kissing the girls goodbye at security. Now came the long plane ride. Once they got there it wouldn't be so bad… they could find stuff to do to keep both their minds off the girls and have fun… but here they were just sitting here, Brooke laying her head on his shoulder waiting for the plane to take off, Lucas leaning his head back against hers and reading his book. Both of them with aching hearts wondering if leaving the girls for an entire week was the right thing to do, but neither of them wanting to bring it up knowing it was just going to start a chain reaction. Lucas had basically given up on trying to start some some sort of conversation when Brooke finally broke the silence.

"I think I might go back to school." Brooke said sitting up from Lucas's shoulder. She had been thinking about it a lot lately… how she wanted to do more. And it wasn't like she was going to be gone from the girls and Lucas a lot… she'd start out light, 2 days a week tops.

"Really?"

"Yea… I mean Allie and Chloë don't need me every second now and I really liked school believe it or not"

"I think you should if you want too" Lucas smiled trying to be as supportive as possible. He had seen this coming for a while now, ever since they had gone to dinner one night and seen some of her old friends from school who were celebrating their first day in the courtroom as students. The selfish part of him didn't want her to go back… he liked her home with him and the girls during the day, they didn't have any sort of schedule they had to be on other than his practice. And he knew if he told her this she wouldn't go back, she'd do what he wanted her to do… claiming she changed her mind. But he couldn't risk her resenting him for that, so if she wanted to go back… he'd agree.

"Really? You're not going to freak out on me like Nathan did Haley?"

"Brooke… I know you liked law and if it hadn't been for the girls you wouldn't have stopped. I think if you don't go back your going to go stir crazy"

"So you're being serious right? This isn't where you tell me I should do something just because its what I want to here but you really don't want me too?" Brooke asked giving Lucas "the" look. For once she couldn't tell if he was being serious or just telling her what she wanted to hear.

"No… I mean it, and even if I didn't would you listen?"

"Nope… God I hate flying…"

"I know" Lucas laughed taking her trembling hand. When they had chosen Venice neither of them had really thought about the fact that it was going to be a loooong flight until the last minute.

"Amuse me husband"

"Amuse you? You're in luck because I expected this of you"

"Yay! Ok lets see what you've got" Brooke giggled clapping her hands together. Lucas always came up with the best stuff when they went on trips… so much good stuff that she hardly remembered they were flying when they were doing it. Sometimes it was something like making out in the bathrooms, and other times it was just silly little things like starting up conversations with the people beside then and slowly changing accents ½ way through the conversation.

"Not until we take off"

"No… You know that's the worst! Lucas I'll have a panic attack or something! Lucas!"

"Everything I have planned you have to up to do" Lucas whispered pointing to the seat belt.

" Is it kinky?"

"I'm not telling"

"You suck… you know last time I was on a plane I got off and passed out" Brooke sighed going for the sympathy points. He just rolled his eyes at her and shook his head.

"Oh yea… and didn't call me, I think I might recall that"

"Just hold my hand!"

"Bobby Lou! Do not run down those isles"A lady screamed as a little girl slammed into Lucas's shoulder as she ran down the isle of the plane to get away from her mother.

"Bobby Lou? Poor kid… we bumped! What was that?" Brooke shrieked grabbing onto Lucas for dear life feeling the plane jerk. What had she been thinking? Venice… why not Florida? They could have driven to Florida.

"Taking off?"

"Right… ok… We're going to die"

Back in Tree Hill Karen had Brandon, Allie and Chloë to deal with by herself. Andy had gone to New Zealand to fly his mother back to meet Brandon, and Haley and Nathan were both taking care of James who had some kind of stomach thing. At least they were pretty well behaved. Once Chloë and Allie stopped crying for Brooke and Lucas they were ok to just sit and play together OUTSIDE the playpen, where they could get into anything they wanted. The trouble started with Brandon decided that babies should be put in the playpen after they got boring. Allie and Chloë being the hands on babies that Brooke had made them into wanted nothing to do with a playpen and screamed bloody murder when they were put anywhere near it. Karen could only imagine what it was going to be like when the 2 of them went to pre-school and were instructed to do things they didn't want too everyday… of course they were still babies and had time to learn. She just wished they had learned before she was alone with them for 5 days until Andy got back.

"Ok… is everyone ready for lunch?" Deb asked trying to open the café door for Brandon with a baby in each arm. She didn't know how Brooke did it… she never used a stroller and hadn't used carriers since they were 6 months old. Everyone she saw her with the girls she had one in each arm and somehow managed to get everywhere she needed to go.

"Yea! What are we eating?"

"Whatever you want… go tell Aunt Deb."

"Ok!" Brandon yelled running through the café until he got behind the counter. It was crowded today which was good. She liked to pretend that the café was the only thing giving them financial security even though it wasn't true. It made her feel like she had to be there giving it reason… when she thought about Andy's money the café seemed pointless and she didn't like that.

"Karen… look at you, you look beat!"

"Between cleaning after the wedding, staying up all night comforting…"

"Were they cranky last night?" Deb asked taking Allie from Karen to give at least one of her arms a break.

"Allie and Chloë? No… I was up all night with Brooke and Lucas. I was surprised they got on that plane this morning"

"Oh… well they'll be fine once they get there I'm sure, I remember the first time I had to leave Nathan to go on a business trip… I was so worried about leaving him with Dan! He was 3 months old"

"I remember the first time I left Lucas… I came back and he had gotten drunk, had a tattoo, was dating Brooke, cheating on her with Peyton, and was in a coma" Karen laughed shaking her head. Hopefully Brandon would be a little but more responsible by the time he was 16… or she was in trouble.

"Someone waited too long"

"You're telling me… ok Brandon what will it be?"

"Macaroni" Brandon smiled not even looking at the menu.

"A gourmet café and he wants macaroni, Allie? Chloë? What will you have?"

"Look at those 2, how do you tell them apart? Especially dressed identical like that?" Deb asked trying to figure out which baby she was holding. It was just too hard to tell.

"God don't tell Brooke, if she knew I had them dressed exactly the same she would kill me… I mean really kill me"

"Ladies, Gentlemen and ew babies" A cocky voice said from behind Karen. There was no doubt in anyone's mind who it was.

"Felix…"

"Can we help you?"

"I'm looking for Brooke…" Felix said squinting at the babies. Lucas's teammates had been right… they looked just like Brooke with that touch of Lucas. It disgusted him. And it wasn't for the reason most people thought… It wasn't like he wanted Brooke, or was jealous she was with Lucas. Frankly he didn't give a damn anymore… any chance she had had with him had been blown out the window when she had broken up with him. It was the fact that such a fine specimen like Brooke now had 2 children. That took down even the hottest woman's market value. It just seemed like a waste for someone as hott and sexy as Brooke to have kids. Even though she still had her body, babies tended to do something to women's brains too.

"She and Lucas are on their honeymoon"

"Those the kids? Wow! They look just like me"

"Felix" Deb snapped. She didn't know Felix well… but she had heard enough about him from Nathan and Haley that she didn't like him… not at all. He was the overly cocky type just like Dan.

"Kidding, jeez you people need to lighten up, just tell her Felix stopped by, I know she wants to see me"

"That's why she insisted on not inviting you to the wedding"

"Its because she knew if she saw me she'd dump that punk" Felix laughed. He loved playing with these people. They got their feelings hurt so easily. Frankly Brooke and Lucas could live happily ever after for all he cared. He had what he wanted… his club.

"That punk is my son"

"I'm sorry… That must be tough"

"Get out…" Karen ½ yelled.

"Just tell her I'm going to California for 6 months, club business and I was wondering if she could give me a call and help me with some legal matters, easier than paying someone"

"I'll give her the message"

On the plane Brooke was ready to strangle Lucas. Here they had been on the plane for 2 hours and he was asleep! They had both fallen asleep during take off and unfortunately Brooke had woken up first. She thought about waking Lucas up too but he's probably be cranky and no fun to be around. As the plane bumped hitting turbulence Brooke tried to think of something to get her mind off of the plane. She looked at the pregnant lady across the isle and decided to name her baby… no it wasn't as much fun as "Name that STD" but it was all she had at this point. The woman definitely looked like a boy mother… baggy pants and a wrinkled shirt, so she assumed the baby was a boy. Boy names… Christian, no… that was only for rich preppy boys and from the looks of this woman that baby was going to be neither. But she did like the name…Very Nip Tuckish. The man beside her looked like a farmer so she decided to try and think of farmer boy names. Wesley, Benjamin, Parker. Maybe she was having twins! She looked big enough too… twin boys. Rider and Cruiser… those were the names she had wanted to name the girls if they had for some reason been boys, Rider and Cruiser Scott… future Abercrombie models. This game was getting old quick… and the flight was getting bumpier. She had to think of something… anything relaxing. Beach… that was relaxing. Her and Lucas on the Beach. Skinny dipping in the ocean… much better. Until the thought came to her that they would be flying over ocean and they could crash into the freezing water. Cold… cold could be relaxing. It always reminded her of their Senior Ski Trip to Asheville.

She was totally pissed off at Peyton and Lucas since they 2 of them were dating at the time. Or maybe it was right before they started dating. She couldn't remember. Either way Ho's over Bro's her ass! Peyton knew good and well Brooke was still totally into Lucas and the fact that she had to live with him wasn't making things much easier. But the worst being the fact that Karen was chaperoning the trip and forced Brooke, Lucas and Peyton to all 3 sit next to each other the whole trip up there. Peyton and Lucas were of course trying to not let on that they might be dating… but Brooke wasn't stupid. So she plopped herself right in the middle of them and made things as uncomfortable as possible… of course it was for their own good. And it was nothing devious or too bad… just things she thought Peyton should know… mostly things about what went on around the house.

"I'm so glad the 3 of us are just friends now!" Brooke giggled in her usually bubbly voice. Trying to sound as happy and cheery as possible between the 2 of them. It seemed to be working on Lucas, he was smiling and had his arm around her… but Brooke could see the hidden fury in Peyton's eyes.

"Yea, me too"

"I mean I know Lucas, you and I had that bumpiness at the beginning of the year, but we did the right thing… I mean it's best that all 3 of us just stay friends and nothing more!"

"Yea" Lucas smiled trying to hide the burn he got whenever he thought about the beginning of the year. Him and Brooke and how everything had worked out… but not really.

"Anyway… Lucas do you know where I put my purple bra?"

"The one with the doily things?"

"Yea" Brooke said seeing the shock on Peyton's face… it was classic… and it wasn't like Brooke was lying either. She really was missing her purple bra, and now was the perfect time to bring it up she thought.

"It was under my bed"

"Why was it under your bed?" Peyton asked not giving anyone a chance to explain. Not that either Lucas or Brooke was even going too. To them it was normal… well at least they tried to think it was.

"It had the best throw" Lucas said plain and simply.

"What?"

"Jennings Parker was outside my window the other night trying to sing to me"

"So?" Peyton asked not understanding what this had to do with Lucas handling Brooke's bra, she was starting to get irritated. She and Lucas were so close to having something she thought and yet somehow it seemed they were so far away… at least that's how she felt every time she saw the look Lucas got when he looked at Brooke.

"So he was really bad so we were shooting water and milk balloons at him from the window"

"With Brooke's bra?"

"He's a guy Peyton… I suggested using his underwear but he wanted the purple bra" Brooke said shrugging her shoulders. Again she wasn't lying… how could she? Lucas was right there listening and joining in… making Peyton squirm with every word and smile.

"Lucas?"

"What? She's right… I'm a guy"

"You left Tric early so you could go home and shoot water balloons with Brooke's bra?" Peyton asked in disbelief. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Lucas stopped hanging out with her at Tric… just to go home and see Brooke and play silly little games?

"Yea?"

Peyton picked up her phone and dialed Karen's cell phone. By now she was in Florence and everything felt so right. She decided she should probably try and make contact with America through Karen… find out how everyone was doing, make sure Jake was ok. Little things like that she had neglected to do for most of her trip. She had been doing good since she had been gone. No drinking, no drugs or anything for that matter… she was totally clean and sober. It was nice to be away from it all and not have to worry about other people judging you like she had when she was back home. She knew it wasn't their fault… they were just worried, but here there was no one to worry or cause her the added stress of not disappointing the people she loved. In fact while here she had even found a man. Allen… she was the emo type rocker and the 2 of them seemed to fit perfectly. They both loved traveling together… she loved his music, he loved her art. They were like a match made in heaven. She couldn't wait to tell someone about him… and since the only someone she was really on speaking terms with was Karen. She decided to call.

"Hello?" Karen asked. Peyton could hear screaming in the background. She assumed it was Allie and Chloë.

"Karen? Its Peyton"

"Oh! Hi Peyton, how are you?"

"I'm great! I found the guy" Peyton said not able to hold it in any longer. She had to tell someone right now or else she felt like she was going to explode.

"Really? Good! He's been over there looking for you for a while now"

"Yea… ok anyway how are things there?"

"The usual… you'll be happy to know Tric is doing well." Karen sighed. She was glad to hear Peyton sound so happy… so Ok. It was the first time in a long time she had sounded that good.

"Good I told Allen all about Tric!"

"Allen?"

"My Man" Peyton laughed. Karen sounded likes she had had a little bit too much to drink… or else she was sleep deprived from keeping the Brucas babies.

"Not Jake?"

"What?"

"Nevermind… Just ignore me" Karen laughed deciding not to go there over the phone. Especially if Peyton had already found someone she seemed to care a lot about and had no idea about Jake.

"Ok? Well I just wanted to pop in and say hi… I miss you all. Tell everyone I said hi for me ok?"

"Ok…"

"Bye" Peyton smiled hanging up the phone just as Allen walked up from parking the car.

"Who was that?"

"Karen, Lucas's mom"

"Ah, was she happy to hear from you?" Allen asked taking Peyton's hand as they walked the streets of Florence.

"Yea… but she wasn't really making any sense"

"Maybe she was just shocked to hear from you"

"Maybe"

As the plane flashed the fasten seatbelt sign Brooke and Lucas finished their very last "project". They had done the usual like making out in the bathroom, making out in their seats, convincing people they had just met at the air port, asking random people for their autographs, if it kept Brooke's mind off of flying, he was ready to do it… and this was a long flight. As the plane landed Brooke tensed up and squeezed Lucas's already sore shoulder until it was basically numb. She jumped at every little bump and noise until they were finally on the ground.

"Thank god" Brooke said jumping out of her seat the second the seat belt light went off. She had never been as happy as she was to see that stupid little light ding in her life.

"You ok?"

"Yes… that has to be the longest flight ever, lets not go home… I don't wanna do that again"

"What about the girls?" Lucas asked walking through the tunnel with his arm around Brooke as she went on with her plan to live there and never have to fly back.

"We'll have them sent to us"

"Works for me, what first?"

"We call Karen, while we are getting our bags, then we get to the hotel and we don't leave the room for 3 days" Brooke giggled winking at him while they waited for their luggage.

"3 days? We're here for a week"

"Yes… but we are going to need a break at some point… to shop"

"Kill me…" Lucas moaned wiping his eyes. He hoped she was as tried as he was because he was ready to drop as soon as they got to the hotel.

"These next 3 days just might Broody"

"Well call and let me say bye to the girls first"

"Will do… its ringing" Brooke laughed already with the phone to her ear. She didn't waste anytime when it came to checking up on the girls.

"Hello?"

"Karen! How are my babies?" Brooke asked not giving her a chance to even say hi.

"They're fine… girls your mommy is on the phone, how was the flight?"

"LONG… God I thought we were going to die or something… If we don't come back… tell the girls I love them"

"I'll be sure too, you 2 have fun and be safe!" Karen said making it obvious to Brooke she was ready to get off the phone, which really sucked. Here they were on the other side of the world and Karen wouldn't even talk to her!

"Which safe?"

"You know what I mean"

"Alright Karen… kiss the girls for me… we're going to have a lot of hott unprotected sex now…. Bye" Brooke giggled clicking the phone off. Lucas was just shaking his head at her… that figured. He didn't understand the relationship that mother in laws had with their daughter in laws…even thought Karen and Brooke were as close as they were Lucas was still her baby boy and Brooke was still that woman.

"That was mean"

"So was she! 'Be safe' now I wanna get pregnant just to piss her off"

"With our luck we will… lets go…" Lucas laughed rolling his eyes at Brooke. The lack of sleep was making her extra crazy today…

"Wait… picture"

"What?"

"We have to take a lot of pictures so we can show the grandkids one day" Brooke insisted rummaging through her pocketbook to find the digital camera. They were such tourists.

"Did you ever look at your grandmothers honeymoon pictures?"

"No… but if she had had them I would have wanted too… now smile!"

"You're going to be the death of me woman" Lucas sighed wheeling the luggage with one hand and taking her hand with his other as they walked.

"That's my brilliant plan… then I can run off with my true love Dan, and spawn lots of little evil Danlings and tale over the world!"

"Good plan"

"Yes… I know now kiss me! And I might change my mind and decide to keep you around" Brooke giggled dropping her bags just to kiss him. She felt a little on the dramatic side today.

The rest of the day was pretty uneventful…at least for Brooke and Lucas's standards. They got their luggage, somehow managed to explain to the taxi driver the name of the hotel… got there 3 hours later than they should have, and then after throwing all their stuff on the floor, crashed on the bed.

"I feel like I got hit by a truck… and I have been hit like a truck before so I know what it feels like" Lucas moaned falling back onto the soft bed beside Brooke who had already beat him too it.

"I smell like Taxi and plane mixed together… gross"

"How is this romantic?"

"I don't know… I think we were lied too, because the last thing on my mind right now is sex" Brooke whined burying her face in Lucas's chest. Luckily he was shirtless and the gross musty taxi/plane smell hadn't seeped into his chest.

"That's a first…"

"Hey!"

"Ow!" Lucas laughed as Brooke pinched him… still lying on his chest.

"You deserved that! Now I am going to make you have sex… tomorrow… all day, no food or sleep"

"Can I sleep tonight?"

"If you rub my back… and call me your goddess" Brooke giggled. It probably wasn't going to work but it was worth a shot.

"Nite"

"Ok… just rub my back"

"You're so demanding" Lucas sighed kissing her on her forehead before she rolled over. The things he put up with for the love of that woman… but she was his woman so it was ok.

"I know…"

"No wonder you're going to be a lawyer"

"But the good kind of lawyer… and when I don't get my way… I can just flash the judge and offer him sexual favors" Brooke giggled more deviously than usual. She was trying to make him squirm but it didn't seem to be working for some reason.

"Is that how you passed all your classes?"

"I plead the 5th… Isn't it weird?"

"What?" Lucas asked hearing Brooke's tone of voice change from giggly to very serious all in one sentence.

"How nothing's changed? I mean I knew being married wasn't going to be much different, but I don't know… I guess I was worried we'd become Nathan and Haley"

"Secretly? Me too…"

"Thank god… Are you worried?" Brooke asked rolling back over so she could look him in the eyes. She had a feeling this was going to be a long conversation… and she was glad. They hadn't had a chance to talk about this stuff with all the wedding craziness going on. Now finally it was just the 2 of them.

"About what? Us?"

"Us… everything like that, I mean we're 23, married with 2 kids… and just because we're 23 doesn't exactly make us grown up Luke, I mean what if we end up like my parents… or Deb and Dan? I mean they all were in love at some point right? So how did they go from this… to where they are now?"

"Maybe they just gave up? But I think if you and I were going to give up… we would have done it long before now…besides, Have you ever seen Dan look at Deb the way I look at you?" Lucas asked brushing her hair out of her eyes. This was the most serious they had been in a while… but in a way it was a relief.

"No…"

"And if you ever do you can take me out back and shoot me"

"Okay…" Brooke said letting out a little giggle, and a tear at the same time.

"Smile?"

"Smile…"

"Now sleep… come here" Lucas sighed pulling her into his arms.

"I love you Luke"

"I love you too Brooke"