Chapter 39! YAY! So I cant exactly remember for the life of me what happens in this chapter... hahaha I think I wrote this one right before the Chophia split, and then I was in denial and didnt write for like 2 weeks... Anyways... hahaha Enjoy! Thanks sooo much for all the reviews! For those of you who send me fabulous e-mails... THANK YOU! I dont ge around to checking my e-mail as much as I should lately... bad bad me... but I am going to check right now!
"We're so cool in our convertible with 3 car seats in the back… I mean seriously… when I was in high school I dreamed of having a corvette with a backseat full of car seats" Brooke sighed propping her feet up on dashboard as they drove.
"Sure you did"
"Ok… change car seats to Kegs and its basically right"
"That's more like it" Lucas laughed pulling into the neighborhood. Brooke was especially hyper for someone who had just been through all she had. In fact she couldn't sit steal. Every 2 seconds she was looking in the back seat to check on Rylan or the girls.
"And a pimp in the front seat… oh! And… Felix under the car"
"You don't think we should get a bigger car?"
"Lucas… do you remember the breakdown I had when we had to get rid of my 2 seater?" Brooke asked giving him her death glare. He was INSANE if he thought she was getting rid of her car… or any of their cars for that matter. She was way too attached to all of them… especially her Lexus and his red corvette. All of their cars were either convertibles or Tee tops since she adamantly refused to get a normal car.
"Yea…"
"Ok… If I had to get like a normal car… or god forbid an SUV or a van… It just might be me under the car instead of Felix, besides we already have 3 cars"
"Point taken…" Lucas sighed. He was too tired to get into one of their drawn out conversations that he was never going to win.
"That's like saying I should wear like… mom clothes instead of my clothes… but if I EVER end up looking like Deb in those clothes… just take me out back and shoot me"
"Brooke… you're not even 25 yet…"
"I know… most people my age are still partying and all that fun stuff… I party… it's usually just a tea party or something like that" Brooke laughed rolling her eyes at the girls in the back seat. Who'd of thought there would come a day where Brooke Davis was turning down Keg parties for tea parties.
"You are probably the only woman out there who when her kids asked her to have a tea party with them… you called a caterer"
"I'd never had a tea party before! How was I supposed to know I was supposed to pretend to drink tea and talk to stuffed animals? Don't you know our girls are more sophisticated than that?"
"So much more, that yesterday, they told mom they wanted to have a Keg party" Lucas laughed remembering the look on Karen's face when she had heard the word Keg come out of Chloë's mouth. It had been almost as bad as the one she had gotten when Allie said sex.
"Those are my girls… no worries Rylan, we'll have you there in no time"
"We have to corrupt him too? He's still so innocent"
"He just wants you to think that until he pees on you…" Brooke whined thinking about her poor poor shirt she had had to throw out. Little Rylan was barely a week old and was already using his Penis as a weapon. That couldn't have been a good sign.
"Dude… it's a guy thing"
"Look! Haley's here! I've missed her" Brooke shrieked seeing Haley's car parked in their drive way.
"She said she was going to stop by when Nathan woke up to watch James"
"Mommy…"
"Yea?" Brooke asked turning to face Allie and Chloë who had already un-hooked their car seats.
"Do my nails?"
"Of course"
"Me too!" Chloë squealed excitedly
"After we get all the stuff in the house we'll let daddy and Rylan have some guy time and I'll do your fingers and toes"
"And Hawair"
"And Hair… but first we have to ditch Haley" Brooke whispered helping them both into the front seat with her. It was obvious how much they had missed her, and her them... she didn't want them out of her sight and neither did they…
"I don't think that's Haley's car"
"Come on guys… help daddy carry in Rylan's stuff, then we'll open the presents Ryan got you"
"He got presents?" Both girls shrieked jumping out of the car. Brooke had been bored at the hospital and bought out the gift shop… figuring the girls might like Rylan better if he got them presents.
"Just for you two!"
"I help you"
"Thank…Oh My God!" Brooke shrieked stopping dead in her tracks. She couldn't believe her eyes… either she was drugged, or the drama was getting ready to start all over again.
"Hey Brooke…"
"Keith! What are you doing here!"
"Emi- Jules and I were in town with the kids and I heard Lucas was living here… Looks like you 2 couldn't stay apart after all" Keith smiled. He hadn't expected Brooke to be there…and really hadn't expected to see her with 2 little girls by her side and a tiny baby in her arms.
"The Kids…Jules I mean Emily…! Keith…" Brooke squealed not knowing what to say first. She was as shocked has he was.
"It's a long story… Over dinner?"
"Of course!"
"And who's this?" Keith asked pointing to the sleeping baby in Brooke's arms.
"This is Rylan… Allie is the one on my left, Chloë is on the right"
"Wow"
"Lucas! LUCAS!" Brooke shrieked not able to take the excitement anymore. She couldn't wait to see the look on Lucas's face when he saw Keith!
"I've got a armfuls of stuff babe… what…"
"Hurry up! Look whose here!"
"You guys wracked up" Keith laughed. Poor Lucas had so much stuff in his arms you could barely see there was anyone carrying the stuff.
"He's just coming home today… hospital stuff… come inside! Chloë… mission time… can you go get the keys from Daddy?"
"Emily…" Keith motioned to who Brooke still thought of as Jules.
"How many Kids…"
"Just 2… 2 boys, Calvin's 6 and Justin's 4"
"This is so fabulous! Lucas is going to be so excited" Brooke smiled giving Keith another hug. She'd always liked Keith… sure he had his goomerish qualities, but without him Lucas wouldn't be the man he was today, and she couldn't imagine Lucas any differently.
"I got dem!"
"You did… Good job…Allie, your mission… go let bubbles outside"
"Bubbles?" Keith asked raiding an eyebrow at Brooke.
"The dog…"
"Right"
"Ju-I mean Emily… sorry, how's life?" Brooke asked once she had gotten them all into the house.
"Fine… looks like it's going pretty good for you too"
"I did it!" Allie squealed running back to Brooke
"Good Job…"
"Brooke… they're beautiful"
"Duh… they're Lucas and I's kids… Hey babe look whose here" Brooke said opening the door for Lucas.
"Keith…"
"Hey Luke"
"Ok… not the exact reaction I was expecting…" Brooke whispered to Allie and Chloë. Lucas didn't look all that happy… in fact he looked mad. Which wasn't a good sign since he was supposed to be happy today… like really really happy.
"Knock Knock?"
"Peyton! Look whose here!"
"Wow, Brooke you look good…Keith! Hey… I brought Anna to visit her future boyfriend…" Peyton said giving Keith a quick hug and then making her way to Brooke to see Rylan.
"Dude… if they get married… we'd be like in-laws!"
"What's wrong with him?" Peyton asked pointing to Lucas who was doing some major brooding.
"I don't know… ever since he saw Keith he's been sorta pissy looking…"
"Well let him be pissy Broody… I wanna see the baby!"
"Ok! Trade?" Brooke shrieked handing her Rylan and taking Anna. She looked just like Peyton, only totally bald.
"Hi Rylan!"
"Hi Anna"
"Look at that hair" Peyton laughed looking at Rylan's head full of hair.
"Don't worry… Anna will grow some, we'll buy her some Rogaine"
"Peyon! I gotted a bruh-der!" Allie shrieked hugging Peyton's leg
"I know! You told me 5 times today! I'm excited"
"I gotted one too!"
"Really! That I didn't know…"
Lucas watched from the couch as Brooke and Peyton shrieked and squealed over their babies. Keith was talking to him as he watched but he wasn't listening. He hadn't talked to Keith in almost 8 years. He had just run out without so much as a phone call or a word and now he was back like nothing had happened. All happy and talkative. People said Dan was a bad man… and Keith was the good one. But when Keith had left it had hurt Lucas more than Dan ever had… He didn't think he was ever going to see him again and now here he was… with Jules or Emily or whatever her name was… and 2 kids of his own. He hadn't bothered to call and say so much as "Hey… I'm alive by the way". And it pissed Lucas off.
"Daddy! Frow me" Allie giggled apparently getting bored with Brooke and Peyton's constant attention to the babies. It wasn't long before she was followed by Chloë who had the same bored look.
"Throw you? Don't you think you'll hit the fan?" Lucas asked picking her up over his head. They did this everyday…
"Nowa…in the air!"
"Ok… 1…2…3"
"Ahhhh! Again" Allie screamed and giggled.
"I've gotta do Chloë now"
"You and Brooke have come a long way from making out on my bed, in the closet, at the kitchen table…"
"We still do that" Lucas laughed finding Keith's comment funny. Karen had told him the same thing when she had first come back form New Zealand, that is until she had spent enough time with Brooke and Lucas to know they still made out… a lot.
"Clearly… 3 kids, Luke… that's amazing. I bet your mom had a fit… "
"Why would she?"
"Brooke, 3 kids… you're 25, I just know your mom… I'm guessing she gave you the 'Your're too young to have kids, be mature, ect' conversation?" Keith asked
"Not really… she was actually really happy"
"That's good…Wow, are those 2 Indentical?"
"Yea" Lucas smiled trying to be nice… but that had to be his least favorite question ever. Maybe it was because they got it so much, but the way he saw it, it didn't matter if they looked alike or not… they were 2 different people.
"They look just like Brooke, and Rylan… he's a handsome one"
"Yea"
"Lucas… I know you're upset, I know it must have been hard when I left" Keith finally said after a long pause. There it was… Lucas didn't know what to say, luckily Brooke and her great timing interrupted.
"Hey babe… You wanna feed Rylan? I'll spend some time with the girls…Peyton's gotta get home"
"Yea… hey man" Lucas smiled choosing to talk to Rylan instead of Keith.
"Look! Its Broody, and Broody Jr. Keith Calvin and Justin are asleep on my rug… is that normal?"
"Yea… they do that at home" Keith laughed looking at his 2 kids asleep on Brooke's floor.
"Right… ok then, Al, Chlo… onward chica-ritas… We've got work to do"
"Work?"
"Nails… hair… ordering dinner… that's work" Brooke smiled taking the girls by their tiny hands towards the Kitchen.
"I help"
"Luke" Keith started but the look on Lucas's face said it all.
"I don't want to talk about this right now ok?"
"Right"
Brooke listened against the doorway as Lucas fed Rylan and Keith talked on awkwardly. Lucas seemed so different than she remembered him with Keith. She had always assumed Keith was the reason Lucas was such a good father, he was why Lucas was there for everything in his kids life… and yet here he was barely speaking to him, and she couldn't for the life of her understand it.
"Brooke… Chloë wants you" Emily said dragging Brooke away from the door reluctantly.
"Yes Cho ho… yes… what do you need baby?"
"Hair" Chloë whined clinging to Brooke's legs.
"Can Emily help you? You mind?"
"No problem… its nice to be around girls"
"I know Lucas is thinking the same thing with Rylan now… Keith must be a good dad" Brooke smiled sitting down and pulling the girls into her lap.
"He is… and Lucas?"
"He's great… that man would so anything for these kids… I mean you've got dads who are in their kids lives… but not like Lucas, ya know? He's really there… when he's out of town he calls every night before they go to bed, and then in the morning… I'll tell you one thing if I were with anyone else I would not have 3 kids…" Brooke laughed hugging her girls. It was the truth… there was something about the fact that Allie, Chloë and Rylan were Lucas's kids, that made her love them that much more. The fact that they were "theirs" and that was something no one could take away from them.
"I know what you mean. With Keith I think I've learned that everyone has that certain person who balances them out, that makes them do what they couldn't with anyone else"'
"Amen to that… I mean I know if I had married someone else I wouldn't have had kids… and when think about life without my girls and now Rylan… it sucks, ya know? I mean we worked great without kids… and we probably would have been fine as a couple if we hadn't had them… but with them its just… Damn… I am emotional" Brooke laughed feeling herself get teary… what was she thinking sitting here trying to have a heart to heart like this after just having a baby?
"Don't worry about it… I was a basket case after both mine"
"I'm going to go talk to Luke… Girls… be sweet…"
"We awre sweet!" Allie giggled
"You think?"
"Yeahya…"
"If you say so… Don't make me call Super Nanny… I'll put you in the naughty chair" Brooke laughed winking at them.
"Nowa"
"Then I'll get daddy in the naughty bed…"
"EW" Emily gagged shaking her head.
"Sorry… ok… I'll be back in a sec… Gotta go save Rylan from all the Brooding"
In the den it was still the same picture. Keith babbling on aimlessly, Lucas feeding Rylan and Keith's chubby kids drooling on Brooke's carpet. That was definitely gross and made her want to call a maid ASAP. But for now there were more serious things to deal with… Lucas and his brooding. He was going to get wrinkles if he wasn't careful and Brooke wouldn't have that… He was just too hott for wrinkles.
"Hi Broody…" Brooke smiled plopping down beside him and kissing him. That definitely made him smile.
"Cheery"
"Rylan… You're spoiled already, Luke can you go pick up the Pizza?"
"I'll do it" Keith offered just like Brooke knew he would. This way she could get him out of the house long enough to talk some since into her hott but stubborn husband
"You sure?"
"Yea… I'll be back… boys come on. Pizza"
"Alright" Both boys whined getting up from the carpet. Brooke could swear she saw drool stains.
"So"
"So"
"What's with the silent treatment?" Brooke finally asked seeing that she was going to be the one to have to initiate the conversation.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean when I met you, you were closer to Keith than anyone… now you wont even look at him, you gave Dan a better look that what I just saw"
"Brooke… you know what he did, he's no better than Dan" Lucas whispered leaning his head back on the couch.
"Lucas… we both know that's not true, Dan left and didn't give a damn about you… Maybe Keith cared too much… so much that when everything that happened happened… I'm just saying it has probably been hard on him too"
"I'd be different if he's been off somewhere drinking himself to death… but Brooke he's been happy… he's had a life and he never called. Not to say he was ok, or that he was alive… nothing"
"I know… but Luke, he is back now, and he's trying really hard. I'm just saying maybe you should too" Brooke smiled kissing him on the cheek. That always seemed to make things go over better.
"Aren't I usually the one giving this advice to you?"
"Ugh… you're right… This means I might have been listening to you all these years… that's scary"
"Really scary"
"Finally… peace" Brooke giggled after a long pause, laying her head on Lucas's shoulder. It was so quiet and nice… plus, she was in her old jeans so that made everything better too.
"Where are the girls?"
"Emily is doing their hair"
"Didn't Allie and Chloë pretty much scream bloody murder when we brought them home" Lucas asked looking down at Rylan who was sleeping.
"Yep… but they're girls and they take after me… high maintenance and all… He's a boy… eat, sleep and brood, lord help him… poor kid"
"We better enjoy this now"
"I know… it wont last" Brooke giggled stealing the baby from Lucas.
"I give it 2 hours"
"I'm bored"
"How can you be bored?" Lucas asked not believing what he was hearing… Only Brooke would be bored after bringing a baby home from the hospital.
"I don't know… I wanna do something, I've done nothing but lay around lately… lets… Video tape the kids being really bad and have Super Nanny come help us" Brooke shrieked. She had watched way too much Super nanny in the hospital for her own good.
"But our kids aren't really bad…"
"She doesn't have to know that"
"I think the whispering for the kids to bad would tip her off" Lucas laughed shaking his head at her craziness.
"Then she'd have to send us to the Naughty bed… maybe hand cuff us to it" Brooke giggled kissing him.
"Most women can't think about sex for like weeks after having a baby"
"I'm not most women… Oh! Lets umm get the cats drunk"
"Brooke…" Lucas laughed harder this time.
"Fine… be that way deprive me of my fun… We have 3 children now, we may not get to have much more fun in our lives…"
"Rylan… I cant wait until you're in your terrible 2's so I can remind mommy of the day she was bored" Lucas sighed putting his arm around Brooke.
"I've got it! Lets wash all our white clothes with a red sock! See if they really turn pink"
"Do you even know how to work the washing machine?"
"Yes! Sorta… Maybe I should go do my Carmen Elektra Fit to Strip DVDs… You know the girls and I were doing those about 3 weeks ago and they are getting really good at it… next DVD is lap dances" Brooke smiled raising her eyebrow at him.
"My little Strippers… I'm so proud"
"I thought you would be, actually… lets just lay here…enjoy the peace, it wont last"