Hey Guys! Chapter 29! Its getting flippin hard to update these things… hahaha school sucks! Anyways… I hope you guys enjoy as always! Thanks sooo much for all of the reviews!

"We're home" Karen yelled as they walked in. Brooke thought she was making her house sound like the damn Flintstones.

"Mama!" Both girls squealed running for Brooke. They were definitely a site for sore eyes… at least they were happy to see her.

"See Chloë… sometimes they come back"

"Hol me"

"Me toos!"

"How about… I hold you both! We'll go upstairs and turn on season 1 of Nip Tuck and crawl in the nice warm comfy bed and cuddle up and watch Christian! Who wants to do that?" Brooke asked as enthusiastically as possible trying to get the girls all hyped up and excited… as if they weren't already.

"Me!"

"Me toos"

"Ok… now go climb into the bed and I'll be there in a second… ok?" Brooke asked giving them both a really big hug. They were so excited they could barely get up the steps without tripping and scaring the hell out of her.

"k"

"Now that's a different girl than I saw 20 minutes ago" Karen smiled joining everyone on the couch, leaving Brooke and Lucas to talk.

"Hey… what happened to shopping?" Lucas asked wrapping his arms around her. She was so tense and shaky… not the usual happy go lucky Brooke.

"Tomorrow… I'm going to go get the girls to bed since I haven't seen them all day and then we need to talk, ok?"

"Are you ok?"

"They'll be out in 10 minutes… I'll be right back" Brooke said re-assuring a worried Lucas as she carried the girls upstairs, watching them try to make it up on their own was just too nerve wrecking. Part of her was hoping the girls wouldn't go down… giving her plenty of time to think about what she was going to say.

"Someone looks pissed… what did you do Luke?"

"Nothing… I don't think?"

"Sit… watch the Thorn Birds, let her spend time with the girls, even if it is watching that show" Karen sighed shaking her head. She had given up on arguing with them about what and what not to let the girls watch a long time ago…

"Its like the twilight zone around here watching Brooke interact with those 2. I mean maybe its just me because I haven't seen her with them in so long but I love the way she looked like someone had died when she first came in and then she saw them and in an instant her attitude had totally changed and she was glowing and all smiley cheery Brooke." Peyton smiled not looking up from what she was drawing.

"She's pretty much always like that with them… its disgusting"

"Dude…"

"Sorry… so are you, you 2 have things way too easy you know" Nathan laughed. Lucas knew he was right, everyone there did… but that was ok.

"I know"

"Enjoy it while it lasts…"

By 9 Brooke was upstairs laying the girls down and Lucas, Haley, Peyton, Karen, Nathan, James, Andy, Brandon, and Mike were all over watching the Thorn Birds. Every one of them who had disced it or called it dumb was now plastered to the TV… including Lucas who had long since given up on doing anything productive today anyway. In fact he was a little disappointed when Brooke finally came downstairs and pulled him away from the TV. It was right when Ralph and Meggie were having an important conversation. He could have sworn she was going to tell him that she was going to marry Luke and that she was pregnant… but now he'd probably never know because Brooke had that look like they were going to be talking for a while. Whatever it was she wanted to talk about was serious too because she drug him all the way to the other end of the house into the laundry room… where Brooke only went to cry, or yell really loud because no one could hear her there.

"What's wrong?" Lucas asked after Brooke had shut the door and locked it. The way she was acting you would have thought she had brought him in there to kill him.

"Nothing… nothing's wrong? Why would anything be wrong?"

"Because… I know you and you have that look?"

"You know me… ok so if you know me sooo well like you say you do, then…" Brooke started but she had to stop. She had to be sure to word this just right for 2 reasons. 1 so that she didn't burst into tears. She needed to stay composed for this… to make sure and get her point across and 2, she didn't really want to give Lucas a heart attack with this kind of shock.

"Then?"

"I lost my train of thought…" Brooke whispered, giving up on not crying… it was useless.

"Come here… why are you crying?"

"Because I want too! I don't have to have a reason"

"Ok?" Lucas asked confused… but still hugging her. He was starting to wonder if Karen had taken her out and gotten her drunk. She was acting really REALLY weird.

"Ok yes I do… now I am just going to say it and get it out… don't interrupt me"

"Ok"

"Ok" Brooke said clapping her hands together. Now they were getting somewhere.

"Ok?"

"You're interrupting"

"Sorry…" Lucas apologized.

"So I'm 5 months pregnant and I just found out today and I really don't think we should have a baby right now because of me in school and the girls still being so young and everything else we have going on and yea… ok, I'm done… you can say something now… Lucas?" Brooke asked giving him a long pause to think this through. She started to worry after about 10 seconds of him not saying anything though.

"Yea?"

"Say something!"

"Um… you wanna give me a minute to process this babe?" Lucas asked scratching his head like he always did when he was really worried or deep in thought. This wasn't a good sign.

"Yea… sure… I mean we've still got 4 months"

"Damn it… Brooke how did we not know you were 5 months pregnant?"

"I don't know! I mean if I didn't know… then how were you supposed to know! And I definitely didn't know" Brooke sighed. Ok so this wasn't going as well as she had hoped… but at least he wasn't crying or yelling… he was calm, a lot calmer than her.

"You don't think we should have it"

"Not really… I wanna finish school Luke! And do my internship… and get a job and do something that matters"

"Brooke…" Lucas started. He wasn't exactly sure what to say but he figured something was better than nothing.

"Don't go all Karen on me and tell me what I do with the girls matters… I know! But I want to do something for me now… and if we have a baby I am going to go from a head to at least 3 semesters behind"

"Brooke… you've 5 months pregnant… I don't think we have much of a choice"

"I know… I'm just telling you how I feel… your turn" Brooke said. The tables had seriously turned now. She had finally composed herself enough to get a full sentence out and now Lucas was the one freaking out… still it could be worse.

"What do you want me to say Brooke?"

"Oh I don't know… maybe how you're feeling right about now?"

"Ok fine… I don't see a reason why we shouldn't have it" Lucas sighed… then regretted it. Hadn't he learned anything when she was pregnant with the girls? Apparently not… or he had forgotten it all… He saw Brooke from pretty calm… to furious in a matter of seconds…

"There's that 'we'… see 'we' wouldn't be having a baby! I would!"

"Brooke! Think about it… what reason do we have?"

"Other than I don't want too" Brooke asked. Ok… she was right… it could have been worse and now it was. This wasn't how this was supposed to go at all. She knew he was going to be pissed when she told him. That was obvious… he was Lucas, he loved kids. But he could at least give her the courtesy of pretending not to be long enough for her to finish talking!

"Brooke! We have the money… we have the time, we have the space… its not like Peyton who has nothing! She has a reason…"

"Don't make me the bad guy in this Lucas… You knew I didn't want any more kids right now! We're too young! We're barely getting by with Allie and Chloë as it is! What would we do with a new born and two 3 year olds?"

"We'd cope! We'd learn" Lucas yelled… not yelling in a yelling sort of way though… more like pleading.

"We'd be miserable… I don't want to talk about it anymore tonight, I'm going to bed"

"Don't go to bed mad… Brooke… damn it Brooke, be fair about this!"

"Don't talk to me about fair Lucas! When you carry the baby, and can't drink, and have muscle cramps and back pain or couldn't play your beloved basketball and you have the baby! Then you can talk to me about what's fair and not fair… Now I'm going to bed!"

Lucas stood there blankly as Brooke stormed out of the room. What the hell had just happened? In a matter about 10 minutes he had gone from watching the insane Drama of TV to having his own real drama… Brooke was right about one thing, they didn't need to talk about it anymore tonight, she was obviously upset about the whole thing and he… he wasn't sure what to think. He waited until he was sure she was all the way upstairs and then went back to the den where everyone was still staring at the TV. They apparently had hears nothing… they were all in the same position he had left them in… except for Karen! He should have known…

"Mom… can I talk to you for a second?" Lucas whispered leading Karen out of the room into the kitchen. He could tell by the look on her face she knew exactly what had just gone on in that room.

"Sure…"

"Ok… so I don't know what the hell is going on but I am pretty sure you have something to do with it!"

"Hate to tell you Lucas but I had nothing to do with getting Brooke pregnant… that was all you!" Karen ½ laughed ½ scolded. Ok… so this wasn't going exactly how Lucas had planned… but then again nothing today was.

"So I just heard! Do you want to give me the details Brooke decided to leave out?"

"How much did she give you?"

"Oh…I don't know, being her husband and all I assumed she would tell me more than you but from the way your looking at me I'm not sure…" Lucas said. He was scratching his head again and caught himself doing it.

"Lucas"

"All she said was that she was pregnant and that she didn't want to have it"

"And you yelled at her didn't you" Karen asked sitting Lucas down at the table. She was pretty sure she knew everything that had gone on in that room. As good as Lucas and Brooke could get along and agree… that made their fights 10 times worse. Both knew exactly what they wanted and neither was going to back down.

"Not so much yelling as… yea"

"Lucas… I raised you to be a lot of things, and you have lived up to most of those. You're a great husband, a wonderful father… you've gotten everything you've ever wanted since you were a little boy! My god you even got to know Dan"

"Yea and I'm grateful for that!" Lucas sighed running his fingers through his spiky hair. He could see where Karen was going with this and the guilt was starting to kick in… seriously bad.

"Now think of the things that Brooke wanted when you first met her… other than to have someone who loved her as much as she loved you… what has she gotten that she has really wanted? Really truly wanted?"

"I"

"You see… Lucas she has compromised on everything… for you. Because that's what you do when you are in a relationship. She had those girls… because she knew you wanted kids. And I'm not saying she doesn't love them… I don't think there is a mother out there who loves her children as much as Brooke loves Allie and Chloë and I know she doesn't regret for a second having them now… but either way we both know she did it for you. Men don't understand what woman give up to have children Lucas… and I don't think you understand what Brooke would be giving up to keep this baby. Brooke wouldn't have an abortion… but there are people out there Lucas who would love to have a baby… I'm not telling you what to do Lucas, but I am telling you to be fair to her. Let her make this decision for herself" Karen whispered leaving Lucas at the table alone to think.

Upstairs Brooke laid curled up her bed with Allie in one arm and Chloë in the other. When she had come upstairs they were both laying there awake so she figured it would make her feel better to lay with them and sulk. Nip Tuck was on but none of them were watching. Allie and Chloë both seemed like they were lost in their own thoughts… and so was she. It was her own selfishness that didn't want things to change from how they were…now the guilt was making her feel sick. She had never been so torn between anything in her whole life… maybe it wasn't fair for her not to keep a baby because she didn't want her whole life to change, but was it fair for a baby for her to have it and not have the patience and time with it that she did with Allie and Chloë? This was all so confusing… She couldn't for the life of her figure out what so do, so of course she did the next logical thing. Asked Allie and Chloë.

"Hey girls… do you like babies?" Brooke asked deciding it couldn't hurt. It would be nice to have their opinion on the subject… and it wasn't fair to keep them in the dark about this.

"I dowa!" Allie shrieked. Brooke wasn't shocked. She loved Mouth and Erica's baby boy Tucker… Chloë on the other hand…

"Nowa"

"You don't Chlo? Why not"

"I your baby" Chloë whined curling up closer to Brooke.

"Of course you are… you girls are everything to me you know that?"

"Yeah"

"You do? I thought so… what if Mommy had a baby, would you teach it stuff?" Brooke asked deciding not to give then a say… they were really too young to comprehend it completely anyway. Maybe she'd get a better idea of what they thought if she turned it into a game.

"ABC's!"

"You'd teach it its ABC's Chloë? Do you even know your ABC's?"

"Abddfgijkl-mino-p" Chloë said really fast… ABC's… something Brooke definitely needed to work on with them.

"Good job! What about you Allie?"

"Om… to go potty!"

"Good thing to teach it…do you want girl baby or a boy baby?" Brooke asked. This was kinda fun… talking about it with Allie and Chloë, who weren't judging her or yelling at her. They were actually liking the idea… even Chloë which shocked Brooke.

"2 babies!" Allie said holding up 2 fingers. At least they had mastered the numbers.

"Nooo… not 2 babies, mommy doesn't even want 1 baby, I'm just being hypothetical right now"

"I feed it" Chloë added.

"You would? Would you help me take care of it?"

"I do too!"

"You do too? Wow… I'd have so much help… what would we name it?" Brooke asked. She couldn't wait to hear what they came up with here, considering they had both told Karen to name the baby she almost adopted "Rainbow flower"

"Kitty!" Chloë giggled but Brooke could tell she was being serious.

"Kitty? Poor kid would get beat up… but could make an awesome porn star when it grew up, Kitty Scott"

"Crisian!"

"Christian? Then he could be a sexa holic plastic surgeon who gets laid every night… not a bad life… Woah…Wow, that explains a lot, you guys wanna feel something kinda silly? Give me your hands" Brooke whispered taking the girls hands and putting them on her still flat stomach. They waited a minute until the pressure of the little hands caused the baby to kick. Both girls squealed in shock.

"Ah!"

"You tummy jump!" Allie giggled

"Do again!"

"I cant… you have to tell the baby too"

"Jump" Chloë yelled into Brooke's belly button. This was great… she was really wishing she had the video camera to record this. Who knew 2 little girls could be so much fun…and make her feel so much better than she had when she came up here.

"Come owut!"

"No… tell it to stay in…" Brooke laughed. She hadn't expected them to be this interested in something they couldn't even see… especially considering how young they were. But this fascinated them more than even the cats.

"I wan see it"

"I have a picture… see?"

"Nowa" Allie whimpered looking at the picture. She probably should have shown this to Lucas now that she thought about it.

"Right there…"

"It jump!" Chloë squealed still fascinated with Brooke's stomach.

"I think it likes you guys…"

"Hi bwaby" Allie said patting Brooke's stomach… actually more like her chest but Allie seemed so excited Brooke figured she'd let her think what she wanted.

"Where daddy?"

"He's in the dog house…"

"Wif Babbles?" Chloë asked looking worried. Brooke hadn't thought about how this was going to effect the girls… She and Lucas hadn't had a fight, at least a REAL fight since before the girls had been born.

"Yep"

"Why?"

"Because if he wants to act like a stubborn, he wanted to keep Bubbles company" Brooke lied. She didn't know much about parenting but she knew better than to involve Allie and Chloë in her and Lucas's fight.

"Ohwa"

"It jump mommy!" Allie shrieked, again fascinated with her stomach.

"I feel…"

Brooke tossed and turned all night… She wasn't sure if it was because she had only been awake for about 8 hours before going back to bed, or the fact that this was the first time she had slept without Lucas in ages… or the babies sudden need to kick all night. It wasn't like she hadn't felt it before… in fact she had been feeling it for about 2 weeks but had just ignored it passing it off as other stuff. But now that she knew what it was it fascinated her, and grossed her out and even worse it was totally stressing her out… way more than anything had in a long time. The guilt of everything she had said to Lucas was already starting to make her soften up on the idea of a new baby… but then she would think about how selfish he had suddenly decided to be and it just pissed her off more… making her want to piss him off more. She could already tell this was only round one… even if they did agree to keep… or not keep the baby it was going to be a long road. All of this was giving her a headache, and just would she would be at the brink of tears Allie or Chloë would wake up forcing her to put on a smile.

By morning she was totally exhausted… and judging from the way Lucas looked on the couch when she went downstairs he was too. He was way too tall to be sleeping on that couch anyway. But at least everyone was gone… she was guessing the either they had heard the fight or Lucas had kicked them all out… either way she was glad because she wasn't in a social mood this morning anyway. Karen was in the kitchen cooking… it smelled really good since she hadn't eaten dinner, and since she was apparently eating for 2 now… what the hell she could eat like she wanted again. Maybe there was an upside to this whole pregnancy thing.

"Yaya! Watch" Allie giggled standing on the kitchen chair with Chloë waiting for the baby to kick.

"It jump"

"You guys are probably driving the baby crazy" Brooke laughed tickling the girls. It distracted them for a minute but as soon as she stopped they became fascinated with her stomach… again.

"I sorry"

"Me twoo"

"You look better this morning" Karen smiled.

"I don't know how… I didn't really sleep"

"Neither did Lucas… I think the guilt hit him"

"Good… I mean that's terrible" Brooke said in a sarcastic tone. She really didn't feel sorry for him. If she had to suffer all night plagued with guilt… then why shouldn't he?

"Uh huh…"

"Its just he was so understanding with the girls… he gave me the choice, and everything and now…"

"Its hard for him Brooke, you 2 will work it out though… I'll take the girls Christmas shopping today with Peyton. It will give you 2 some time to talk" Karen said while trying to get the girls out of the chair long enough to set the table for breakfast.

"It jump gain!"

"Are you 2 ever going to take your hands off my stomach?" Brooke asked picking them up off the chair so they didn't fall.

"Yaya no jump mama"

"I'd hope not…you guys stay here with Yaya and eat some breakfast! I'm going to take daddy an ice pack for his shoulder which has to be killing him by now."

In the den Lucas was hanging off the couch… but was somehow asleep which amazed her. Lucas brought a whole new meaning to the phrase "Heavy sleeper" He could sleep through a tornado and it wouldn't shock her.

"Hey husband… put this on your shoulder before it falls off" Brooke said throwing the ice pack at his chest. It was fun to watch him jump when the cold ice hit him. She couldn't help but do one last thing before ultimately deciding to make up with him.

"Ugh…"

"No whining aloud… you didn't spend the entire night hearing the girls shriek every 10 minutes 'it jumped'"

"You told them" Lucas asked slapping the ice pack on his shoulder. Poor guy could barely find his shoulder he was so tried.

"I needed their opinion"

"And?"

"And I'm still pissed off at you, and I still am not 100 sure about this, but if two 2 year olds don't have a problem with it, then I guess I don't either…" Brooke sighed laying down in his arms. She had seriously softened up over the years. If this had been high school she wouldn't have even thought about making nice with him for weeks!

"Brooke… I'm sorry, I was shocked and upset and… I guess I just can't imagine us having a baby and not bringing it home"

"Me either… That's why after consulting my little minions on this, I think we should have it too, but under these conditions. I'm going to go to school as long as I can… until the day I give birth to this baby. And I will do the internship Luke, I have too… and! You have to take me shopping today, and rub my back every night and be at my beck and call 24/7" Brooke giggled. Not that she didn't mean every word of it… he was still going to pay majorly for that fight last night… just not right now.

"I can do it"

"And you have to not let me talk myself out of it ok?"

"Ok" Lucas whispered kissing her forehead.

"And! We have to find out if it's a boy or a girl"

"What?"

"Yep… deal with it… its for Allie and Chloë's sake, don't smile like that! I'm still trying to be pissed off at you and its hard when you smile like that" Brooke whined covering his smile. She wasn't ready to totally forgive him yet and he was making it way too hard. Why did he have to be so damn cute?

"Sorry"

"Do the brooding thing… yea now poke the lip out a little, much better, Its so much easier to be pissed at you like that"

"My lip hurts" Lucas laughed kissing her

"Whiney… lets go back to bed before the girls finish breakfast, then! You get to come with me to the doctor! And after that, we shop… all day! I know you're just so excited"

"I like the bed part…"

"Me too… come on"