Chapter 34! YAY! Enjoy this chapter! Thanks for the reviews! They are very informative! A lot of the stuff I write about in this story, I try to research so I get it right… but sometimes there just isn't time or websites don't tell me everything… so THANK YOU for telling me when I'm wrong or wayyyy off! hahaha
Brooke laid curled up in her bed, with Forest Gump turned down as low as she could get it, so Lucas wouldn't hear. Today was packing day… which meant actually doing something. She was still completely worn out from Allie and Chloë's birthday party yesterday. It was finally April, leaving Brooke a good 10 days away from her due date. She was swollen and miserable as hell. Everything hurt… although the way she saw it, it could have been worse. She could have been Peyton who was a good 6 days over due. But at least Peyton was at Jakes… being waited on hand and foot, doing whatever she pleased. She was supposedly deciding how she was going to handle the whole baby thing. Ever since Christmas she had been so wish washy about whether or not she could actually take care of a baby between her and Jake… but Brooke figured she was holding off as long as she could just because she was getting pampered.
Because of screw ups at the law firm they had pushed back the internship until next week… which meant not only did she and Lucas have to be settled in a matter of 3 days… but Brooke actually had to work a week or so before having the baby… or loose the internship. She was starting to really wish she hadn't pulled the whole "I can have a baby and work at the same time stunt". I would have been so much easier to relax these next few weeks with Lucas and the girls before having a baby. But no… Her being her meant she had to do everything the hard way… At least Allie and Chloë had been keeping her pretty good company. Telling her stories and making her laugh while Nathan and Lucas were doing all the heavy lifting. She really hated the thought of having to actually go to work and not be home with her babies all the time… it was going to be like when they were babies all over again.
"Mommy…" Allie whispered climbing onto the bed behind Chloë grinning. They were both up to something… but Brooke didn't really care. She didn't have the energy to entertain them and if they could find something to do for themselves that was fine with her.
"Yessie?"
"Here…"
"For you!" Chloë grinned handing Brooke a plate full of god only knew what. Both girls seemed so excited jumping on the bed in their short little dresses with their hair bouncing up and down, Brooke hated to say anything.
"For me… wow… catsup and waffles… that's… thank you! Have I told you lately you're my 2 favorite daughters?"
"Come play…"
"No… lets watch a movie… mommy cant go play… I'm not sure I can even get up… come cuddle" Brooke smiled making room for her girls to come lay with her. Lately it seemed like that's all she, and Lucas had done was play with the girls. They figured they should spend as much time as they could just the 4 of them before adding number 5, and had so much fun doing it.
"Brooke… what are you doing? We're supposed to be packing… even the girls are helping me" Lucas sighed joining them on the bed. He had been packing up the last few things all day and was completely worn out.
"By making Catsupy waffles?"
"Sure…"
"Lucas… I can't even get up, ok well I can but I like to think I cant and that I have to sit here and watch Forest Gump" Brooke whined moving her head to Lucas's chest so he couldn't get up.
"How are you going to work like this?"
"I'm going to die first I think… I wish this baby would just get out… I'm tired of being fat… I miss my clothes…I miss running around with the girls… I miss my ankles!"
"What's wrong with your ankles?" Lucas asked rubbing her head as they talked. It wasn't easy since Allie and Chloë had decided to make an earthquake happen on the bed… jumping and giggling.
"1… I cant see them anymore… and 2… they aren't even ankles anymore! They're like… kankles! Just take me out back and shoot me already… put me out of my misery…"
"No mommy!" Chloë shrieked stopping dead in her tracks. Brooke tended to forget that Chloë and Allie were old enough now to actually know what she was talking about most of the time… which made it hard to be sarcastic.
"No die"
"You're scaring the girls" Lucas laughed
"They should be scared! If this doesn't teach them not to have sex… I don't know what will!"
"Hey…" Karen yelled over the noise. Just another thing that pissed Brooke off for no reason… Karen's constant need to try and steal the girls from her lately… like just because she was pregnant she couldn't take care of her own children.
"Hey mom…"
"Brooke…"
"Eh" Brooke groaned not getting up from Lucas chest.
"I thought I'd take the girls back to Tree Hill with me while you finished up the last couple boxes… then we could meet at the café for dinner?"
"That'd be great…Girls go get your bags and Yaya is going to take you to the white house"
"Nowa… daddy!" Allie cried clinging to Brooke at the first sign of having to leave her mommy
"We stays here" Chloë said matter of factly joining her sister and glaring at Karen for trying to take then away.
"With mommy"
"Aww… you guys want to stay here with me while daddy slaves away packing? That is the sweetest thing ever!" Brooke squealed pulling the girls in between her and Lucas.
"Brooke… they're just going to slow you're trip down… just say no"
"When have I ever said no?"
"Good point…" Karen sighed rolling her eyes at them.
"Funny…"
"Brooke"
"No… I'm spending quality time with my girls… watching Forest Gump and complaining…" Brooke giggled winking at the girls who were clinging to her arm.
"Lucas"
"If she wants them to stay…"
"Ok… ok… Just thought I'd offer… bye" Karen sighed giving up.
"Bye yaya"
"Ugh…. Not again… stop kicking! I am serious… I am you're mother… listen to me… Lucas! Make him stop… he's trying to kill me by slowly driving me insane… it feels gross… Lucas…" Brooke whined. Nothing was going her way today… every little thing was getting on her last nerve.
"I've gotta pack babe…"
"Nowa baby"
"Nowa kicking mommy…" Chloë yelled into Brooke's belly button.
"See… Allie and Chloë love me…"
"You weren't this whiney with Allie and Chloë…"
"I only had to carry them for 7 months… maybe this will teach you to keep you're pants on" Brooke smiled raising her eyebrows at him.
"You weren't this funny either…" Lucas laughed giving her a quick kiss before getting up.
"Ha…"
"Ok… I've really gotta go finish packing now… you need anything?"
"You can carry the baby…" Brooke giggled trying to annoy him… she had to admit that did make her feel better.
"That's ok…"
"Ok… go pack… Minions…come hither…Lets have the sex talk again… how old are we going to be before we have sex?" Brooke asked knowing this would drive Lucas insane. She wasn't sure why she was doing it… or why it was calming her but seeing him squirm made her feel better.
"Firty"
"Thirty… very good… and what is the man going to be?"
"Wrich!" Allie giggled. They had been over this a million times in the past few weeks and had the whole thing pretty much memorized.
"Rich! Good job…and what happens if you do this before you're 30?"
"You die"
"Brooke! Don't tell them that" Lucas yelled from the other room.
"Too late… they've already learned it…"
In Tree Hill Peyton laid on Jake's couch with Jenny drawing. She and Jenny had spent a lot of time together the past couple months. Instead of sending her to an after school program while Jake worked Peyton stayed with her. Everyday they did something different… and every night they cooked dinner for Jake and then all watched a movie together. It was like they were a family… but now that there was going to be a baby… a baby that wasn't his and Peyton didn't know how Jake was going to re-act to it. He said he loved her and would support her in whatever she did, but she wasn't sure… was it really fair of her to ask him that? It wasn't like she had a job or money to support her kid… it would be Jake's money, Jake's house… it just all didn't seem fair. One thing was for sure… Jenny was thrilled at the thought of having a baby in the house… she had already decided they should name it Anna Claire. She had even learned to knit from her grandma and made booties and a hat for the baby. Either way Peyton was torn.
"Hey… so I just talked to Lucas. He and Brooke are on the way… they want to know if we want to have dinner with them tonight" Jake yelled from the kitchen.
"Depends… how whiney is Brooke?"
"Funny… on the phone Brooke asked how whiney you were"
"Dad! Look! We drew on Peyton's stomach" Jenny laughed showing Jake all the doodles they had drawn to pass the time until he got home.
"Is that kid ready to come out yet?"
"We picked a name too! Anna Claire! Dad… Are you listening to me?"
"What? Did you say something?" Jake asked laughing at Jenny who was thoroughly annoyed with him.
"Dad…"
"Sorry… have you been bugging Peyton all day?"
"No… we were just drawing and stuff" Jenny sighed showing Jake all of the paper they had gone through.
"And you didn't go to school today because?"
"Jake… she was… um sick?" Peyton laughed not even trying to think of a real excuse.
"Uh huh… sure… go get washed up for dinner…wear a coat it's chilly"
"I'll wear the one Peyton bought me"
"That kid adores you… She hasn't been bothering you has she?" Jake asked once Jenny was out of earshot.
"Jake… that kid is a saint"
"Last night she asked me if the baby was going to be her sister…I didn't know what to say until I realized there was only one thing I could say… of course. Peyton… I know you haven't officially decided yet, but if my opinion bears any weight… I think you should keep it."
"Jake… I don't have the money" Peyton said for the 100th time it seemed like. She was so tired of explaining this to everyone. Especially him.
"But we do, Peyton you've never once acted like Jenny was anything less than a daughter to you, and I always said if there was a way I could repay you I would… now let me do the same for you're baby… ok?"
"You're too good to me Jake… you know that?"
"So you'll do it?" Jake asked flashing her that famous Jake Jagelski smile
"I'll think on it"
After the long ass miserable drive from Charlotte to Tree Hill Brooke and Lucas finally made it to the café with the girls. Of course they were 20 minutes late and everyone else was already there waiting… but Brooke didn't really give a damn. It did however make her feel better to see Peyton, someone who was actually fatter than her. She looked like she was going to combust at any minute.
"P. Sawyer…" Brooke sighed sitting next to Peyton at the bar. Sitting was actually the last thing she felt like doing but her ankles hurt to bad to stand.
"B. Davis… Scott"
"Dying yet?"
"Not quite…you?" Peyton asked looking just as miserable as Brooke.
"My ass is numb from that damn car ride and I am deaf from lame ass music… What the hell kind of a band name is Death Car?"
"Death cab?"
"Whatever… I think I am slowly driving Lucas crazy… at least I hope I am because he sure is me…" Brooke sighed rolling her eyes at Lucas who was sitting right beside her.
"Too much time together lately?"
"No… I like him around… but I like him better when he is rubbing my back and head… not when he is trying to corrupt my children to that screamo emo shit he calls music"
"Cranky much?" Peyton laughed seeing Lucas's look from behind Brooke's back.
"Hey! We listened to Backstreet boys for 2 hours"
"Sorry… I love you honey…"
"Sure you do…" Lucas laughed from behind her.
"So Jake wants to adopt the baby…"
"Woah… What?"
"Yea… he just told me today" Peyton whispered. She knew Brooke would have an opinion on the subject and she really needed the help right now.
"Wow… Karen's going to shit a brick… what do you want to do"
"Well…"
"P. Sawyer… do you want to be a mommy…" Brooke asked in her high pitched excited voice.
"Kinda"
"Then do it! We can do 3AM feedings together!"
"You think…" Peyton asked seeing the excitement on Brooke's face. She went from totally cranky to totally excited in a split second… a new record for her.
"Ok… who am I kidding… Lucas and Jake can do 3AM feedings together… we'll be sleeping"
"Ow…"
"Oh! And… we can take them all to the mall and show them off to all those women who have ugly babies!" Brooke giggled. This was definitely going to be fun! She had always imagined her and Peyton having babies together… of course they were married to Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee in her mind but either way…
"Brooke…"
"And!"
"Brooke!" Peyton yelled louder this time, cutting Brooke off.
"What?"
"I think my water just broke…"
"Ew! I mean… um… Lucas…Jake… someone that isn't me" Brooke said spinning around in her chair to get someone's attention.
"What?"
"Its baby time…"
"Wait what…" Lucas asked, looking down at Brooke's stomach.
"Not me… Peyton!"
"I'll go get the car" Jake said calmly. But Brooke could see the excitement in his eyes.
"I'll call the hospital"
"I'll sit here since… well yea… I'll watch the girls"
"Brooke! What do I do?" Peyton asked. Her hands were trembling and unlike Jake she didn't look excited at all… just nervous and scared.
"You're asking me?"
"You've done this before"
"I was heavily medicated last time! Tim could tell you how to have a baby better than me!"
6 hours later… Brooke and Lucas waited in the waiting room with Jenny, Allie and Chloë. They hadn't heard anything from anyone for at least 4 hours. Lucas wasn't sure if that was a good thing or not. He seemed to be the only one concerned though. Brooke was asleep on his lap wish Allie and Chloë in her arms and Jenny was in the corner drawing. Then finally after what seemed like forever Lucas saw Jake push through the double doors.
"Brooke, babe wake up" Lucas whispered gently shaking Brooke to wake her up.
"Is it over?"
"It's a girl!" Jake ½ yelled once he was totally through the doors. He looked excited enough for it to be his own kid.
"Really! Dad! Does she look like me?"
"Uh… sure?"
"Weight… height, name? Jake… details!" Brooke shrieked coming too from being ½ asleep. ThShe just couldn't wrap her head around it! Peyton Sawyer! Her Peyton! Had a baby! This was way too freaky!
"Anna Claire, 21 inches, 8 pounds even"
"Ouch"
"Is she cute?" Jenny asked bouncing up and down in front of Jake. She seemed to be more excited than anyone.
"Adorable"
"Can I see her?"
"Yea… Brooke? Lucas?" Jake asked pointing them towards the double doors.
"You know what… we'll wait here"
"You sure?"
"Yea… Give Peyton a hug for us" Brooke smiled laying back into Lucas's arms. Peyton, Jake and Jenny needed this time with the baby to do whatever you did after you had a baby. Brooke wasn't totally sure since the last time she had done it, she had been drugged for a good 12 hours after they were born…
"Ok"
"This is weird" Brooke whispered after Jake and Jenny disappeared through the doors.
"What?"
"Peyton having a baby!"
"How is that weird?" Lucas asked laughing at Brooke. Sometimes he didn't understand what went on in her head… how she could call some thing like having a baby 'weird'.
"When I think of Peyton I think of the fake curly blonde punk rock tortured artist"
"She still is a fake curly blonde punk rock tortured artist"
"But now she has a baby… kinda kills the whole illusion of Peyton the Bad ass don't ya think?" Brooke asked trying to picture Peyton dressed in her finding emo shirt with a baby on her hip. Then again once she thought about it, she had seen that a zillion times… when Jenny was a baby… this was all so confusing.
"She'll still be a bad ass"
"No she wont… she'll change"
"You didn't change… I mean not really… you're still the crazy wild out there Brooke I fell in love with in high school" Lucas smiled kissing her. He was totally killing this for her. Here she was trying to make a point about them growing up and becoming adults and what did he want to do? Kiss…
"I don't like this whole getting older stuff… it was so much easier when we were 16"
"No it wasn't… I was way more stressed out at 16 then I am now"
"That's because you're married to be now… anyone married to be shouldn't be stressed" Brooke giggled rolling her eyes at him.
"I didn't say I wasn't stressed… just not as stressed"
"I'm going to remind you of this after the baby is born and we have 3 kids under the age of 3"
"That's going to be fun" Lucas sighed looking down at Allie and Chloë who were fast asleep at Brooke's feet. It was going to be fun… a pain in the ass, hard as hell, stressful and tiring… but still fun.
"Ha… I just hope everything works out ok for Peyton and Jake… I mean she's finally in a good place…"
"I think it will… 'People who are meant to be together always find their way in the end' right?"
"Right… but what worries me is, how do you know when it's the end?" Brooke asked. She was feeling deep today… plus this serious conversation at a time like this was making Lucas squirm and she loved it.
"I don't know… but you wanna know what I do know?"
"What?"
"This is way too serious of a conversation for us… we don't do serious" Lucas laughed trying to change the subject. He hated hospitals… and being here in this one was bad enough… but to be having a serious conversation in one, that was too much.
"So true… Penis. There now it's less serious"
"Penis?"
"It made you laugh did it! Ohhhh I've got it! While we're waiting we teach the girls the Penis game" Brooke shrieked! That was perfect… now that she thought about it she wasn't sure why she hadn't taught them before! It was perfect, they were young and had no fear! Plus… hearing his little babies yell Penis would DEFINITELY make Lucas squirm.
"No… Brooke"
"No! Its time they learn… Allie, Chloë wake up! I have a game for you"
"They're too young for this game… You have to play it with someone who is actually scared to say the word" Lucas said in one last desperate attempt to stop Brooke from corrupting his babies.
"Fine… you play it with me then Scott. Penis…"
"I'm not doing this"
"Chicken" Brooke giggled raising her eyebrows at him.
"Fine. Penis"
"Penis"
"Brooke…" Lucas whispered knowing he was going to loose. She had already passed the point of whispering on her 2nd time.
"AH… last time I checked Brooke and Penis weren't the same word…"
"Penis"
"Penis!" Chloë yelled crawling into Lucas's lap scaring both Brooke and Lucas. Neither had seen her wake up.
"I think Chloë wins"
"People are staring"
"So? People always stare… if they are here then they all sure as hell know what a Penis is… jeez" Brooke said loudly so everyone who was staring could hear her. People were so hypocritical.
"You're crazy you know that"
"I know…"
"Lets go home… you've gotta work tomorrow, we'll come see Peyton and the baby later"