Chapter 45! I'm excited! Hahaha I've noticed you guys tend to leave WAYYY more reviews when it's a cliff hanger! LOL but Thanks! I love reviews! Enjoy this Chapter! Just 2 more left! (and as always Thanks soo much to Kaela!)

"Way to ease him into it" Brooke sighed sitting down next to Lucas. She was hoping maybe Alex would slowly tell him, at least that way she would have time to feed Rylan and come back in time to see what Lucas had to say…

"I think Brooke's right…"

"I'm sorry… It just came out"

"Not about that… about you being crazy" Lucas said shaking his head in disbelief. This explained why Brooke had been acting so weird all day…

"What?"

"We never slept together… and unless you can get pregnant from a lousy kiss…"

"Lucas! Stop denying it!" Alex yelled loosing her patience. Lucas didn't know what to say too her… all he knew was she wasn't denying anything.

"This is like a really bad episode of Punk'd"

"Lucas"

"Alex… we never slept together…ever" Lucas said as calmly as possible. Maybe she was delusional, or just really really mean.

"Why are you doing this?"

"Brooke… did you know about this?"

"Sorta… I found out last night" Brooke said in a very calm quiet voice. She was taking this way to well…

"And you haven't killed me yet because?"

"I didn't believe her"

"And my mom knows too I am guessing?" Lucas asked leaning back against the couch. This was too much to take in… especially now… today.

"She believes her"

"Of course she does… Alex you do know what sex is right?"

"Don't say that word in front of him" Alex whispered covering Abners ears.

"How do we always get stuck with the loony's?"

"I can't believe you Lucas! Ask Peyton! She'll tell you!"

"Brooke call Peyton" Lucas said without a pause.

"Take the baby…" Brooke sighed going to get the phone.

"Look Abner… that's you brother"

"Damn it… that's not his brother! Abner?"

"Abner Eugene… its classic, handsome. You know I always loved your middle name" Alex smiled. She liked that Lucas was taking some sort of interest in him…

"My god… stop! I know you don't like Brooke! I know your trying to bring her down or whatever but you have to stop! Whatever you do isn't going to break us up! This isn't high school… if you had any idea what we've been through the past couple years"

"Lucas! Your right! This isn't high school! Meaning I wouldn't do something like this just to get back at Brooke Davis"

"Peyton's on her way" Brooke said sitting back on the couch beside Allie and Chloë.

"I'm just trying to do what's right for our son! He needs a father"

"The kid needs a father! But it's not me…"

"You said you'd never be like him…" Alex whispered. Brooke could see tears forming in her eyes… and from what she could tell… they looked real. But then so did Lucas's.

"Who?"

"Dan"

"Don't you dare…" Lucas said as calmly as possible.

"It's the truth! Look at this… you have your kids that are your pride and joy… I see the way you look at them! The way you talk about them… and then Abner… What did he ever do to you!"

"The same thing I never did to you! Nothing"

"Ew… does that make me Deb?" Brooke whined thinking about the whole scenario. It was starting to gross her out.

"Brooke"

"Sorry but if I don't laugh at this I am going to hurt both of you"

"Lucas… its ok to be shocked" Alex whispered trying the calm approach again. Lucas was just getting madder and madder by the second.

"Mother what is going on?" Abner said, finally speaking.

"Your father is just shocked"

"I am not his father! I'm her father, and I'm her father and I'm his father… but not his… sorry"

"I'm here… What's up?" Peyton asked slamming the front door. Brooke had to admit… it was really nice having Peyton live so close now…

"Re-living high school sound about right?"

"Ugh… should I go home and get my coke?"

"Grab me some while you're there" Brooke sighed making rook for Peyton on the couch.

"Alex… what are you doing here?"

"Peyton… remember that summer when Brooke was in California?"

"Yea… and we all hung out" Peyton said clearly remembering it. That was a good sign Brooke thought.

"Yea… now tell her I didn't sleep with her…"

"You didn't?"

"No! Oh my God…" Lucas said getting frustrated.

"Oh god… wait. Brooke… who's that"

"Lucas's long lost son… Abner" Brooke said with a clearly fake smile. She was starting to get pissed now… she wasn't sure at who, but she was definitely pissed.

"Oh My God… Brooke are you ok? Lucas you jackass!"

"I didn't sleep with her!"

"He says he didn't sleep with her… I believe him" Brooke whispered glaring at Alex.

"Brooke… think about this… he also said there was nothing going on between him and me junior year"

"I'm still here you know" Lucas said getting even more frustrated, especially with Peyton who wasn't helping the situation at all.

"You… shut up, I told you if you hurt her I'd kick your ass"

"Oh My God you guys stop it! Peyton… just tell us what happened"

"Ok… so we were on our way to Carowinds… You know that's about a 6 hour drive, so the whole way all Alex and I heard was 'Brooke this' and 'Brooke that' and 'I wonder what she is doing now' blah blah blah" Peyton laughed

"Aww! That's so sweet!"

"Anyway… so he finally fell asleep… I guess imagining you naked wore him out. So then… all I heard was 'Lucas this' and 'Lucas that' from Alex. Seriously… I was ready to drive the car off a bridge. And knowing me then… I was probably high and so they were lucky I didn't. Anyway then I was telling her about me and Jake… and how we had slept together… and Alex like flipped out! No sex before marriage… that's when I decided against telling her about you and Lucas… being the 2 sex-a-holics you were. Then she got this dazed look on her face and said 'I think the only guy I would consider sleeping with before marriage is Lucas'. So I knew that was never going to happen… since he was so into you and all at the time… so I brushed it off"

"See!" Lucas said, he knew it was a good idea to bring Peyton over.

"But later that night we used our fake ID's and were totally smashed… well Lucas and I weren't too bad, but we had gotten Alex so wasted… she didn't know we were doing it though. Anyway… so I think we actually saw Haley there…so next thing I know I look over and see Lucas and Alex totally making out… stripping and everything in my car"

"What! Peyton… I have never had sex in your car"

"Lucas…" Brooke coughed, she knew good and well that was a lie.

"Ok… I had sex in your car one time and it was with Brooke"

"EW! BROOKE!" Peyton shrieked

"Sorry! You had a meeting at THUD and we got bored…"

"In my car! On the street!"

"We put the top up!" Brooke whined

"I knew there hadn't been a freak rain storm!"

"Brooke! Peyton! This isn't why we're here…" Lucas said praying Peyton's story got better.

"Right… anyway… so about midnight I walked out to the car and there they were… I was so grossed out I couldn't even get within 10 feet of the car… so I went and road some Rollercoasters"

"Great! So you see him having sex with the crazy and you didn't stop him!"

"I figured you were probably off having sex with a lot of random guys! I thought he should have fun" Peyton sighed hugging Brooke.

"I didn't sleep with her!"

"Sorry Luke… this isn't looking too good for you right now… I'd shut up" Brooke said glaring at Lucas.

"The next morning Alex came to me and was crying… she said she couldn't believe she hadn't waited and she wished she could take the whole night back… I don't know where Lucas was…so I guess you got preggers?"

"Yea…"

"Lucas! You just couldn't keep that thing in your pants could you?" Peyton yelled hitting him in his bad shoulder.

"God don't tell me he slept with you too…"

"Ew no!"

"Peyton… watch the kids… Lucas You, Me, bedroom, now!" Brooke yelled dragging Lucas up the stairs by his good shoulder. She was feeling generous.

"What about me" Alex asked as they walked

"Don't make me slap you"'

"Is mommy gwoing to hurt him"

"I hope so" Peyton sighed

Peyton sat in the living room waiting to hear something… Alex was just sitting there with Little Abner totally silent. Peyton kind of felt bad for her… but then she was kind of pissed she was here screwing with Brooke and Lucas. If anyone was going to screw with Brooke and Lucas… it was going to be her! And she was over that… so that meant no one was going to mess with them… not if she could help it.

"You know he loves her right?" Peyton asked once she was sure Brooke and Lucas were upstairs.

"What?"

"Lucas… he loves Brooke, even if you show up with this kid, that wont change anything between then"

"I kinda figured that… as much as I want him to come be a family with us, but there's always that chance right?" Alex smiled. Peyton could see right through it. It sucked this was happening to Lucas and Brooke.

"Not with them, you really think he would choose you over Brooke? Just leave his family… and his wife who he loves, just because you show up like this"

"Then why did you tell him the truth about everything?"

"Because it's not fair to Brooke, she needs to know the truth… I really don't give a damn how this makes you feel, or how this makes Lucas feel… but I do care about Brooke. She's been hurt enough" Peyton said making her point clear to Alex.

"From what I hear you were the one doing the hurting… more than once…"

"That's why you should listen to me when I tell you, you wont break them up"

"You're so sure…you act like Brooke is the good guy in all this… you know what she was like in high school… middle school… Elementary school even!" Alex yelled. This chick needed some serious anger management classes.

"I remember this one time, we were sitting under the bridge. I was listening to crappy music and Brooke was putting on this horrible eye make up. I mean it was truly terrible. We were probably like 12 or so… and I had the nerve to ask her why she wore that crap… you know what she said?"

"What?"

"She said she had heard from someone you could see sadness in people's eyes, and she thought if she wore the make up… maybe no one would notice. It's safe to say I went home and put on a pound of eye shadow… Everyone always saw me as the sad one. Poor little Peyton's mom died. At least I had a mom and a dad who loved me… Brooke had no one. And it was people like you who treated her like crap… and shot her self esteem so low that she felt like she had to act like that. Brooke's a fun person, she tells it how it is… and some people don't like her for that. But at your 13 th birthday party when only 4 people showed up… she was there" Peyton said trying her hardest to make Alex feel like crap.

"To pick on my dress"

"She was still there… I suggest that if you want Lucas to have anything to do with you and Abner… you start being nice to Brooke"

"I am nice to Brooke… if front of Lucas" Alex sighed. She didn't seem too really care how she acted to Brooke.

"He isn't stupid"

"Isn't that what you were just calling him when you found out he got me pregnant?"

"Ok well he isn't stupid when it comes to Brooke, usually" Peyton said almost laughing… of course Lucas was stupid, only when it came to women.

"Its funny how some people change other people. I mean how much different things could have been if say… I never left and Lucas had married me. I always imagined he'd be a writer; I'd be a doctor. Our kids would be vegetarians. We'd have a small house in the middle of no where, where we could have everything"

"What ifs… I hate those. Personally… I think there's that 1 person for everyone. You know it when you meet them… How do you know when you meet them? Song Lyrics. You take any love song… and your romance fits it. When you hear them Bam… you know that's it. And so does everyone else. For example…there's this song by Jimmy Eat World called Polaris… It has these Lyrics

'I feel that when I'm old.

I'll look at you and know

the world was beautiful.

Then you tell me, you say that love goes anywhere.

In your darkest time, it's just enough to know it's there.

When you go, I'll let you be.

But you're killing everything in me.'

I was listening to those lyrics when I realized it didn't matter what I did… Its corny as hell but Brooke and Lucas fit perfectly… of course after that I denied it for years, but deep down I always knew. That's how I knew Jake and I were meant to be together too."

"All because of song lyrics" Alex laughed rolling her eyes at Peyton.

"Yep"

"I think you're the crazy one"

"Most people do…But just leave them alone ok? If that's Lucas's kid then yea… he needs to be in his life, and I'm sure he will be… but just his life." Peyton sighed hoping what she had said might have penetrated through Alex's head.

Brooke drug Lucas upstairs to the bedroom. She didn't really care if she was hurting him or not. At this point she was really too pissed off to care… about anything. She didn't know what to believe… but the evidence was definitely not looking good for Lucas. Sure… she would see Alex lying about something like this… but not Peyton!

"Sit" Brooke yelled pointing to the bed. She wasn't really in the mood to use full sentences with him at the moment.

"Brooke"

"Lucas! Why the hell would you lie to me! You know I forgive a lot… but I don't do lying. So you slept with a girl in high school and got her pregnant. This is Tree Hill and your last name is Scott… it happens! We weren't together… so I really can't get mad about that… But why would you lie to me about it?"

"Brooke… look at me, I didn't sleep with her ok?" Lucas said calmly and seriously

"Lucas! Stop it! There is a woman down there with a kid, and Peyton saw you! Lucas… what am I supposed to believe? Your own mother doesn't believe you…"

"You're supposed to believe that how I was feeling that summer, I couldn't have slept with anyone."

"You slept with Nicki when you were supposedly in love with Peyton, you slept with Peyton when you were with me, Lucas… I know you aren't that guy anymore, but the fact is you were then… the same way I was that girl then…" By now Brooke was crying… she had completely given up on controlling any emotion. She was pissed at for lying, and she couldn't believe he had slept with someone else that summer… together or not.

"Did you sleep with anyone that summer?" Lucas asked offering her a place on the bed to sit down. At first she didn't want to take it… but she knew if she stood up any longer she was going to throw up.

"No…"

"Why?"

"Because I was waiting for you" Brooke sobbed until Lucas sat her in his lap so that their foreheads were touching. He took her trembling hand in his and kissed her.

"Look at me Brooke, I swear to you… I didn't sleep with her ok. I wouldn't tell you all of this if I had, do you really think that if I thought for a second that kid was mine… I'd be 'Dan'? That I would put you through this just because I screwed up in high school? I love you Brooke Davis Scott"

"I just want this all to go away… I don't even care anymore, just make it all go away" Brooke cried leaning into his chest. She'd heard people tell her a million times in her life… that they had to choose, between following their heart, or their brain. She'd never understood what that meant until right now.

"I will… I promise."