Hi Friends! Sorry for the long wait… BAD me… I keep writing and then forgetting to post it! Hahaha its really sad… then I'll be sitting here thinking "Why don't I have any new reviews…" Anyway… Thank you guys SOOO much for the reviews… I LOOVE them! Enjoy this Chapter!
"Lucas! Come on! We're going to be late!" Brooke yelled up the stairs to Lucas. She was pacing… that was never a good sign. She was starting to think that maybe she had had a momentary laps in judgment last night thinking they could have another baby. They couldn't even get out of the house on time with the 2 kids they already had… how were they going to do it with 3!
"So what… I hate Doctors offices, they're such hypocrites!"
"They wont see me if we aren't there by 2:00"
"Exactly my point! We have to be there by a certain time or else they wont see us… and yet when we are there on time they make us wait 2 hours… and the funny thing is we're paying them for their services… we should get to be as late as we want" Lucas ranted… it was making Brooke feel more edgy that usual. She could see Lucas was nervous and that made her even more nervous than she already was. This wasn't how it was supposed to be! Why couldn't for once something go as plan in their lives?
"Well you can tell them that as soon as we get there… come on girls, do you wanna go see the baby?"
"Nowa…Go to park" Allie whined clinging to Brooke's leg.
"We can go after! Daddy can take you while mommy goes to class, and then explains to her professor how daddy knocked her up again"
"Ohwa"
"Oh is right… ok lets go" Brooke sighed dragging Lucas out of the kitchen by his ear.
"Food"
"Luke…"
"I think you're excited about this" Lucas laughed making her pause long enough to give her a good morning kiss. She kissed back of course but not with her usual enthusiasm.
"More like anxious, girls did you get your ponies to play with?"
"Yea!" Chloë shrieked showing Brooke both her and Allie's My Little Pony's.
"Good! We'll play in the waiting room"
"While we're waiting for 2 hours"
"Lucas!" Brooke whined glaring at him. She wasn't in the mood for his whininess and she was still kinda pissed at him from yesterday.
"Brooke… chill"
"I'm chilled…really chilled, so chilled I need a jacket… you do realize we are having a baby in 4 months? Are you grasping this? Because I don't think you are! We have 16 weeks to get everything we need to get done finished! That is if this kid decides to stay in there that long… We've got to decorate, buy stuff, clean, and prepare the girls… We're like a damn soap opera… 'This week on Brucas… Brooke and Lucas go mad because they can't keep off of each other long enough to remember… hey, be safe, use a condom; they might just be useful for something other than fun flavors!' But no… how dare anything go as planned we couldn't wait until I don't know… I was finished with school to have another baby … I need to chill"
"Mark this date girls… its the day mommy actually listened to daddy for once… feel better?" Lucas asked brushing Brooke's hair out of her face.
"Enjoy this funny daddy girls because when mommy knocks him senseless… he isn't going to be so cheery" Brooke giggled giving Lucas's a quick kiss on the forehead and then taking both the girls hands.
"While you're talking to your professors Nathan and I are going to take the kids down for a ride on those little boats on the brook"
"Well you better enjoy it then because that's the only brook your going to be riding for a while"
"Ouch…"
Peyton walked into the living room just as Brooke and Lucas were shutting the door behind them. She couldn't help but laugh… it was so high school all over again. Brooke being pissy because nothing was going her way and Lucas just kind of going with the flow because he was so obviously in love with Brooke. She had gotten over her shock of Brooke being pregnant last night… not that she wasn't surprised. The odds of not getting pregnant weren't exactly in Brooke and Lucas's favor. She had always figured that if they did get married they'd have kids early on. They both loved sex too much not to have it. But she could tell from what she had overheard this morning it was going to be a long couple months. Brooke would be her usual self and not be ok with this until the baby was actually born. She'd whine and complain… right up until it was born, and then she'd be happy. Peyton and Lucas both knew the only reason Brooke didn't want this baby in the first place was fear, fear that something might go wrong, fear that she wouldn't finish what she had started. But in the long run she always over came it… if she hadn't every time she and Lucas wouldn't be where they were today.
Over hearing them get back together in high school explained everything about the both of them. What kind of people they were, why they were ultimately in the end going to be together no matter what happened… Brooke had been home from California long enough to tell Lucas she didn't want to be with him which of course had thrilled Peyton, she had had a blast spending what time she had had with Lucas hanging out and enjoying themselves. She only wished it could have lasted… but Lucas was still too into Brooke at the time… and from what Peyton had overheard in the kitchen Brooke felt the same way. It was one of those conversations every "Peyton" dreads…
"Hey… You're back from your date early" Lucas whispered walking into the kitchen where Brooke was washing dishes… not exactly what he had expected.
"Yea well what can I say… he wasn't my type"
"So you came here and decided to cook?"
"Why not…I figured it couldn't hurt… well maybe it could, actually I wanted to talk to you" Brooke smiled sitting the last plate down. It was awkward… way too awkward it seemed like, but they had to talk at some point and now seemed as good of a time as any.
"Sure…"
"Boy troubles"
"This should be fun, you break my heart and now I get to listen to your boy troubles, they better be good" Lucas said sarcastically… then his face got a guilty look. Brooke was trying really hard here so he figured he should too.
"So there's this guy…"
"Is he hott?"
"Not too bad" Brooke smiled kinda shyly, something he had never seen her do before.
"Could I take him?"
"Luke…"
"Sorry, continue" Lucas laughed
"Ok… so I really really like him"
"After knowing him how long? Isn't that kinda soon?"
"Luke… shut up and listen" Brooke sighed. Her forehead was curling which meant she was irritated… this wasn't going well.
"Sorry"
"Anyway… he's a great guy, really great according to everyone I've asked about him, but he was kinda an ass to me"
"I'll kill him" Lucas muttered totally loosing his train of thought, and starting to think of the various ways to pound this guy
"Can I finish please?"
"Sorry"
"So I really REALLY like him, in fact I'm kinda in love with him" Brooke whispered looking down at her feet… something else Lucas had never seen Brooke do… unless she was showing him her new shoes.
"Br"
"This guy is you by the way… in case you haven't caught that little detail yet" Brooke added quickly, but Lucas had already gotten it.
"Right…You should definitely give 'him' another chance… because he's probably in love with you too" Lucas whispered brushing her hair out of her face. She was shaking, and when she finally looked him in the eye her eyes were glossy with what looked like the start of tears.
"Probably? How in love?"
"In love enough that he takes extra shifts here just so he can maybe see you, and every time he sees you with another guy he gets insanely jealous, and if you promise not to leave me again, I'm going to kiss you"
That's all Peyton stayed for… seeing Lucas lean in and Brooke smile was more than she could handle. That's when she had started the rumor that she and Lucas had hooked up over the summer, and apparently that was enough to scare Brooke that little bit more to cause her to want more time. Now she felt guilty about it… really guilty, but at the time it was high school and it seemed like the only thing she could do, and in the end it hadn't mattered because here they were now, married, rich with twins and another baby on the way… the American dream and Brooke would see that once the baby was born, Peyton hoped for Lucas's sake and the baby's.
Brooke waited patiently… and nervously for them to call her name. Lucas was right, this was ridiculous! Having to wait this long… it was a little but worth the wait though to see him play My Little Pony's on the floor with Allie and Chloë. It made the time pass a little bit faster to focus her attention on them instead of all the pregnant women. She knew it was a doctor's office and there were obviously going to be very pregnant women in there, but today it was like there was an insane amount… and it was really starting to get to her. She had even tried studying for a minute to distract her but it just wasn't going to happen.
"Brooke Scott" A nurse called out from the back.
"Finally…"
"Mr. Scott… and who are these little ladies" The nurse smiled waving at Allie and Chloë who were clinging to Brooke's legs for dear life. Neither of them liked Doctors offices and weren't sure what they were doing there.
"Chloë and Allie"
"You 2 are going to have your hands full now aren't you?"
"Just kill me now…" Brooke whined looking down at the 2 terrified little girls… both on the verge of tears. Last time they had been in a doctors office they had both had to get shots which had caused tears all around… from the looks on their faces now Brooke assumed that's what they thought was going to happen now too.
"Someone's excited about being a mommy again…"
"You'll have to excuse her, she's… well Brooke" Lucas sighed putting his arm around Brooke to try and cheer her up. She was so tight and tense her shoulders felt like bricks.
"And he's a dead man walking…"
"So it says here you have had most everything done at the ER? By an Erica McFadden?"
"Yea…" Brooke sighed lying down on the table in the room, sitting Allie and Chloë beside her.
"Ok then… well your lucky because that makes this a short visit today… we're just going to need a little blood work and an ultra sound, I'm not even going to make you change into a gown…"
"I love this woman"
"Relax the doctor will be here soon" the nurse smiled winking at Brooke. Maybe she didn't love her that much… nurses really creeped her out. They always had that look that they knew something you didn't.
"You know… it is ok to be happy"
"I'm happy… see happy but right now the nervousness is covering up the happy"
"Uh huh… will you be happier if we go shopping tomorrow and start buying what we need?" Lucas asked… trying anything he could think of to make her smile, just a little.
"Hell yes…"
"Brooke, Lucas… good to see you 2 again, and so soon" The doctor smiled walking into the exam room. She had that smug shocked look on her face, the same on the nurse had had and it was just pissing Brooke off even more.
"We got it… hands full… all that fun stuff now can we just get this over with?"
"Sure… you know the drill… this is going to be a little…"
"COLD… do you leave that stuff in the freezer or something?" Brooke shrieked. She had remembered it being cold but it was like ice this time!
"Or something… Look at those girls, they've gotten so big since I saw them last, of course last time I saw them they had just been born, hi girls"
"Hi" Allie and Chloë both whispered still clinging to Brooke as the doctor rolled the ultra sound around Brooke's stomach.
"And Lucas… you look like you're holding up well to be living in a house of all women, do you wanna know the sex of the baby?"
"You tell me…" Lucas sighed running his fingers through his hair… Brooke being nervous was making him nervous.
"Brooke?"
"Yea…wait…Hey Broody, 100 bucks says it's a girl"
"You're on" Lucas laughed… finally a smile swept across Brooke's face seeing the baby finally appear on the screen.
"Well looks like Lucas is 100 bucks richer, definitely a little boy"
"I knew it!" Brooke shrieked not giving anyone time to respond.
"Then why did you bet it was a girl?"
"Because I knew if you won I'd have to give you the 100 bucks to take me shopping, if you won… you'd give me the cash and make me shop alone… Look girls! That's your brother"
"Ew" Chloë gaged clearing not seeing a baby.
"Ew?"
"Fishy!" Allie shirked pointing to the screen. This was going to be a lot harder than Brooke thought.
"Sure… why not?"
"He live in TB?"
"She thinks he lives in the TV! That's my Allie" Brooke burst out laughing. Allie and Chloë were so confused…
"Come back"
"Is this worth explaining?"
"Probably not…" Lucas sighed shaking his head and laughing.
"Good strong heart beat… good size… Good news is you'll be happy to know the way he is positioned you wont look as pregnant as your normally would"
"Bad news?"
"It's going to be a hell of a time getting him out, does he look worth it?" The doctor asked putting a clear picture of the baby on the screen for Brooke and Lucas to see. Of course Brooke's heart melted and any doubt she had was gone. That was exactly what she was afraid would happen…
"He's definitely a keeper, he is going to look so cute when I put him in ballet! Kidding… kidding" Brooke whispered seeing the look on Lucas's face.
"Basketball" Lucas coughed under his breathe
"And he's mastered the cough!"
"You're much cheerier than you were 10 minutes ago"
"So are you…" Brooke giggled giving up on her Broodiness. That wasn't her thing…
"That tends to happen in here…ok… let me go get the nurse to take some blood and while I'm gone you 2 can fight over names"
After the doctors appointment Brooke dropped Lucas and the girls off at home to chill while she went to talk to her professor. This wasn't going to be fun at all… he was the type that was against anything getting in the way of school and work… anything meaning ANYTHING. Babies were definitely at the top of his list. His philosophy was you had to choose… career or family, and the fact that Brooke wanted both so much wasn't going to bode well for her. Part of her just didn't want to tell him… if she told him that might mean he would take back his internship offer, or treat her differently than he had before. Either way this baby was getting ready to complicate so many things in her life it wasn't even funny… but babies tended to do that. On the drive over to school she had been thinking about how she had been waiting for the right time to have another baby… her conclusion, there wasn't going to be a right time… ever so she figured now was just going to have to work. At least she and Lucas were young… young enough that they didn't have to worry about becoming her parents, but old enough that she didn't have to worry about becoming Karen. This was all so complicated.
Brooke walked into the classroom where her professor was sitting at his desk mumbling to himself. This was going to be fun… especially since he didn't even know she was married or that she had Allie and Chloë, she had tried to keep it all separate so that none of it interfered with the other but now it was time that they both were going to come to heads.
"Professor Alderman?" Brooke asked walking slowly into the room. He looked up from his papers and let a slight smile before standing up to shake her hand. He was so formal… everything you would imagine a professor of Law to be.
"Mrs. Scott… I was just getting ready to write myself a memo to talk to you about something. Thanks for saving me the paper… please sit down"
"Good… I need to talk to you too, but you first" Brooke said sitting down in front of him. She could tell by the look on his face that he was excited about something… but she wasn't sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing.
"I was just wondering if you could maybe start the internship a little sooner than expected?"
"How soon?"
"Well where you would normally start in May… I was wondering if you could start in early April…" Professor Alderman asked smiling like it was some great thing… it just made Brooke want to puke…
"Early April?"
"Yes… I've gotten more information on the where you will be and as it turns out the man there needs someone to help out sooner than expected. It will mean you having to move for the summer"
"Move? I can't just move" Brooke sighed. This was getting worse and worse by the minute! He had never mentioned that she would have to move… this internship was starting to sound less and less appealing.
"Just for the summer… it's a cute little town… Tree Hills or something"
"Tree Hill?" Brooke groaned. Could this possibly get any worse?
"Yea… That's it… Heard of it? I hear it's quite a drama filled little town"
"That it is… I grew up there"
"Good! Then you shouldn't have a problem at all staying there… the man you'll be working under… he isn't exactly what you would call a Lawyer but he is a good man… A really good man… He helps out at the firm you'll be at… I want you to give him a call… he is a very powerful man who can get you places… Names Scott, Daniel Scott" Professor Alderman smiled.
"Dan Scott… Damn it…"
"You know him?"
"Know him? He is kind of technically my father in law… A really good man my ass, my husband is never going to go for this" Brooke laughed. Some how she found this funny and was starting to think she was pregnant for a reason… maybe the reason was so she had an excuse to stay away from Dan.
"Your married?"
"Right… that would be what I came to talk to you about…"
"Continue" Professor Alderman grunted. He didn't look happy at all.
"I can't start in April… I actually came to ask if I could post pone it until maybe June…"
"Why?"
"Because I might kind of be having a baby in April?" Brooke asked as if it were a question. What was wrong with her? She shouldn't be acting like this. She was having a baby… so what? Women work and have babies all the time… why should it be a problem for her? In fact… she wouldn't let it be. Then again… who was she kidding. She knew exactly how this was going to work… she'd stay strong until she held her baby in her arms and then snap… it would all be over and she would never want to leave him or the girls… why did she have to be so damn loving when it came to her children.
"I see… and your husband, he can't take any of the responsibility?"
"Its not that he cant… its just I know me and I am not going to want to leave my new born baby to go to work… I'm going to need time… hell it took me a year to get back into school after the girls were born and Lucas cant handle 3 kids under 3 on his own…"
"3 Kids?"
"I have twin girls, Allie and Chloë who are almost 2" Brooke smiled. He didn't seem to appreciate the smile… but it wasn't like she could help it. She always smiled at the thought of her baby girls… who wouldn't smile at those 2?
"I see, Mrs. Scott you realize that this is going to take up a lot of time"
"2 days a week in the office and 1 that can be done at home right?"
"Not to mention court days, prep sessions, you're one of the brightest students in this class, that's why I chose you to do this but" Professor Alderman started but Brooke broke in… she was pissed now… really really pissed. This guy was starting to remind her more and more of her dad.
"But now that you know I am a wife and mother you don't think I can do it, you do know I made it this far in your class being a wife and mother right? Its never gotten in the way before… so what makes you think it will now?"
"I'll give it a shot Mrs. Scott… If… you work from March 20th until the day you have that kid… then 6 weeks off and back to work but if it doesn't work out I am going to have to give in to someone else"
"You wont have too" Brooke smiled fakely. She really wished Lucas were there to kick his ass… in fact he would have a hissy fit if he knew what she was sitting here agreeing too.
"I hope not… I'll see you after Christmas"
"Thanks" Brooke smiled as she walked out
"Don't thank me yet"
"Jackass"