Nathan and Brooke came back from looking for wedding invitations feeling satisfied. Not only had they managed to find the perfect invitation they decided to get another task on their list accomplished and they went to the jewelry stores to look at wedding bands. After about three hours they found the perfect bands. Nathan's a simple white gold band with three small stones embedded into it and Brooke's was similar to her engagement ring without the emerald stone, which was replaced by a third diamond and they were a bit bigger than they were on her engagement ring. The jeweler asked if the couple wanted anything engraved on the rings and they decided to have them both say "I'm yours always" with their wedding date Dec. 31, 2010.

"Baby this wedding is going to blow your childhood dream wedding out of the water," Nathan said.

"How can you be so sure?" Brooke replied.

"Because none of the guys you dreamt of marrying could ever love you as much as I do. Not even Prince Charming."

Brooke rolled her eyes. It made her laugh that all guys seemed to think every girl dreamt of marrying Prince Charming. The laughter grew when she remembered that she had been one of those girls when she was younger. Nathan looked at her strangely as she continued to laugh. She tried to explain it to him but the laughter took over and she waved him off instead, hoping he would understand.

"You dreamt of marrying Prince Charming?" Nathan looked at Brooke and burst into a fit of laughter himself when she managed to nod at him. It shouldn't have surprised him as much as it did but Nathan couldn't help himself.

"Oh come on you mean to tell me you didn't have any girls you dreamt of marrying as a kid?" Brooke asked when she got her breath back.

"Nope. Not one. I didn't want to get married when I was a kid," Nathan replied.

"Sure you just don't wanna tell me."

Nathan stuck his tongue out at Brooke. She shook her head at him as they walked through the house and into the kitchen to work on the wedding invitations. The only the things they could do was put the town, date and time. The definite place was still up in the air but they each had an idea.

"Wow, now I know why most guys leave this stuff for the fiancé to do on her own," Nathan said as he shook his hand out.

"Baby, you can't possibly be hurting already. You've only written like three invitations so far," Brooke laughed.

"Ya but this is after playing ball for a few hours and lifting weights."

"Aw poor baby."

"Yes I am but it's worth it. I really do wanna help with this stuff. It's our wedding so I should help out."

"I'm glad you feel that way because I don't want you to fell like I'm forcing you to help me."

"Nope. Next on the agenda today."

"What?"

"Baby shopping."

"Nate, we just spent all kinds of money on the wedding today. Do you really think it's a good idea to go shopping for the baby today? We can't really get much until we know if the baby is a boy or girl anyway."

"I know I'm just excited and I was on a roll with the whole shopping thing."

"You were on a roll with the shopping thing? Come on, we both know you wanted to be done once we had the bands picked out and paid for. I couldn't even convince you to go to the food court with me you wanted out of the mall so bad."

"Ok, ok. So shopping isn't my forte. But I was doing it for us. And we need to go shopping for Baby Scott now."

"Not yet. We need to wait to find out the sex of the baby and then we can go."

"Why? It's not like I was talking clothes, we still haven't gotten bottles and pacifiers and other necessities that we don't need to know the sex to buy. Come on, please? I really wanna do this today."

"How long are you gonna beg me before you give up?"

"I'm not stopping til you say yes."

"All right, let's go. I don't think I can take anymore begging. You're worse than a child."

"Hey. I resent that."

Brooke just laughed as they walked out the door yet again to do more shopping. Brooke was exhausted but she could see Nathan really wanted to go. And if he was telling the truth he really would have begged her until she caved so it was better to give in before it pissed her off.

"Ok let's make a deal right now. Bottles, pacifiers and wipes than we call it a day," Brooke said as they drove down the road back toward the mall.

"Whatever you want babe," Nathan replied. He didn't care how long or how much stuff they bought as long as they took of some it. Sometimes his excitement got the best of him and he couldn't help but want to accomplish everything that crossed his mind.

"Chris I don't have time for this. When does your flight get here? I would like to see my daughter," Haley snapped into the phone.

"Wow someone's testy," Chris laughed.

"Chris! Damn it!"

"Ok, ok. We'll be at the Newark airport around 11:00 tonight. Am I gonna have to get a cab to take us to your house or what?"

"No. I don't want you here. You have no reason to know where I live. Bella's not your daughter so after all this is settled and the legal aspects are taken care of I don't particularly care if I never see or hear from you again."

"Haley James."

"It's Jaglieski now. I've told you that before. Stop calling me Haley James. That's not who I am and you know it. Why do you have to piss me off?"

"Look I wasn't trying to piss you off. It's obvious you're already pissed about what I have no idea but whatever. So if I don't need a cab are you going to be at the airport tonight to pick up Bella?"

"Obviously. God do you have to be so stupid?"

"Fuck you."

"Whatever. Make sure my little girl gets here safely or I swear Chris."

"What Haley? What are you gonna do to me if something happens to Bella?"

Haley was fuming. Talking to Chris Keller had that affect on her and because of that she was glad to be able to get rid of him from her life for good after that night. She no longer had any reason to keep in contact with him now that the truth of Bella's father had been discovered. Haley was relieved that Chris wasn't her father but at the same time she wasn't really looking forward to adding this latest twist to the mess that kept growing between her and Brooke. Which always seemed to cause a mess between her and Nathan and then Brooke and Lucas and Nathan and Lucas. She was sure this would send at least Nathan through the roof and she truly felt bad for everyone involved. Thinking of Bella as a mistake wasn't something Haley liked to do but if she was logical about it, Bella was the result of a mistake that she and Lucas made.

"Let me talk to my daughter," Haley demanded.

"Bella, phone!" Chris yelled.

"Hello," Bella said sweetly.

"Hi baby. It's Mommy," Haley said.

"Mommy! I miss you."

"I miss you too sweetie. But we won't have to miss each other anymore because Chris is bringing you to New Jersey to come live with Mommy, Jake and your brothers and sister."

"Is Jake my daddy?"

"No sweetie. Remember your Uncle Luke?"

"Ya! I love Uncle Luke."

"Well sweetie, he can't be your uncle anymore because he's your daddy."

"Really? Wow. That's so cool."

Haley laughed. She was glad that her daughter wasn't freaked out by the fact that Lucas was her father and Chris wasn't. It was especially helpful because Bella had been spending a lot of time with Chris in his skuzzy apartment in northern Georgia.

"Ok baby, I have to go now. I'll see you tonight. I love you."

"Bye, Mommy. I love you too."

Haley hung up and sighed happily. Finally her whole family would be together. She was in such a daze that she hadn't realized Jake and Jenny had come barreling into the room making all kinds of noise.

"Hales? Are you ok?" Jake asked when he realized she was daydreaming.

"Huh?" she replied.

"Are you ok?" he repeated.

"Oh ya, I'm fine. Chris and Bella will be here around 11:00 tonight. I'll go get her from the airport but we need to make sure her room is all set because I don't want her up late just because we didn't get her bedroom ready for her."

"Ok no problem. Do you know what needs to be done up there?"

"I think we just need to put sheets on the bed and make sure there are working light bulbs in there. All the other stuff Bella, Jenny and I can do tomorrow."

"Who's Bella?" Jenny asked.

"Bella is Mommy's daughter," Jake told her.

"Does that mean she's gonna call you Daddy?"

"No sweetie."

"How come?"

"Because she knows her daddy."

Haley looked at Jake and shook her head. Jenny was visibly lost and she didn't think it was a good idea for Jake to say anything else. This wasn't something an average 6 year old would understand. They were gonna have to sit the two girls down and try to explain it to them at some point but now was not the time. At least not to explain things to Jenny. She was completely lost. Jake finally caught the look on Haley's face and decided to change the subject offering to take Jenny out for ice cream after dinner. Jenny cheered happily. She loved getting ice cream with Jake.

"Stop bribing her with ice cream," Haley whispered.

"I can't help it if ice cream is a good distraction for a 6 year old girl," Jake replied. Haley rolled her eyes at him. He used that argument for everything.

"Nathan I'm tired! Are you done yet?" Brooke whined. She couldn't believe she was complaining about being out shopping but her feet were starting to kill and she was exhausted.

"Ok I'm done. We got everything we agreed upon for the time being. Now let's get you home so you can take a nap or something," Nathan replied.

"Thank you."

They paid for everything and loaded it all into the SUV and then drove back to their house. Brooke was asleep almost as soon as she got into the front seat. Nathan looked over and saw that she was asleep and decided that he didn't need music for the ride home. He wanted Brooke to get some sleep since he was the one who insisted on this shopping trip. When they got home he decided to take the bags in and put them in the baby's room and then go back out for Brooke. She was still sound asleep when he went back outside. He lifted her carefully and brought her into the living room and gently laid her down on the couch and covered her with a blanket.

"Sweet dreams, baby girl," Nathan said as he kissed Brooke's forehead and went to the kitchen. He was getting hungry so he decided to make himself a sandwich while Brooke slept.

After he finished making his sandwich Nathan walked into the living room and turned the tv on quietly so he could keep Brooke company while she was resting. He hated the thought of leaving her by herself and he loved to watch her sleep too. Little did he know that after he was done eating he would soon be joining Brooke in dreamland.

The sun had gone down before either Nathan or Brooke woke up from their nap. Nathan woke up first and was shocked to find Brooke in the same position since he had placed her there when they had gotten home. Sound asleep on the couch with the blanket draped over her. He watched her and realized there was a small smile playing on her lips. It made Nathan curious to know what she was thinking about to bring up the cute smile. He was about to close his eyes again when his cell phone started ringing.

"Luke what's up?" he said.

"Guess who's a Daddy?" Lucas replied.

"Me I know. But Luke Brooke's not due for another 7 months."

"No, no. I was talking about me."

"What? How did that happen?"

"Nate didn't Deb tell you about the birds and the bees already?"

"You know what I mean."

"Umm you know how Haley has a daughter Bella who's Jenny's age."

"Ya. Why?" Nathan was silent for a minute trying to process what Lucas had just said when it clicked. Bella was Lucas' daughter.

"She's not Chris'?" Nathan sputtered.

"No. The annoying jerk demanded a DNA test for God knows what reasons and it came up negative for him and I guess they were able to get a sample of my DNA and it was a positive match."

"Oh wow. So are you gonna tell Brooke?"

"Is who gonna tell Brooke what?" she asked as she woke up to hear Nathan on the phone.

"It's Lucas sweetheart. I think you should hear this."

Nathan put his brother on speaker phone so they could all talk to each other.

"Hey Brooke," Lucas said.

"Hey Luke. What's going on?" Brooke responded.

"Well see, the drama between Haley and I just keeps getting worse."

"What now?"

"Bella's not Chris' daughter."

"WHAT!" Although Haley didn't have Bella until after she had left, everyone in Tree Hill had known that she was pregnant. What they didn't know was who the real father was, but they were under the impression that Chris Keller was the baby's father and that thought made Brooke physically sick.

"Brooke, calm down," Nathan said.

"If Chris isn't Bella's father, who is?" Brooke asked evenly.

"I am," Lucas told her.

"Lucas you better be telling the truth or I'll kick your ass."

"I'm telling the truth. Isabella Brooke James is my daughter."

"Wait a minute. Her middle name is Brooke?"

Brooke was shocked. This latest development really showed Brooke that Haley really did just react on a whim, albeit a selfish one. If it wasn't a whim and it was done with the intent to hurt Brooke, Haley wouldn't have given her daughter a name after Brooke in anyway.

"Ya. Chris wanted to name her something ridiculous like Autumn Rain but Haley told him to eat shit and die or something to that affect. Or so I was told," Lucas said.

"This is crazy. I feel like I should be screaming at you and calling you an asshole for this but I can't do it. Maybe I'm getting softer as the pregnancy goes on," Brooke laughed.

"I keep telling you that sweetie but you never listen to me," Nathan said.

"Speaking of babies. What have you decided for names for my future niece or nephew?" Lucas asked.

"Bridget Ashlee or Riley Meagan for a girl and we're still fairly undecided for a boy as of right now," Brooke answered.

"Why not name him Nathan Lee Scott Jr?"

Brooke watched Nathan tense up. She liked that idea but knew he wasn't crazy about it himself. Suddenly she had an idea that she would ask Nathan about later after their conversation with Lucas.

"No way Lucas. You know I don't want my son to have the burden of being a junior," Nathan said after a few minutes.

"Why not? You're a great guy. I think any son of yours would be proud to bare the name Nathan Lee Scott Jr."

"Okay boys, that's enough talk about that for now," Brooke interjected before the two of them got real pissed at each other.

"All right well you two have a good night. Don't go calling Haley and screaming at her Brooke," Lucas said.

"Funny," Brooke shot back.

"I wasn't going for funny but thanks."

"Bye Lucas."

"Bye Brooke."

Nathan took his phone off the speaker phone feature and said good-bye to Lucas and then joined Brooke on the couch,

"You know, Lucas gave me another idea for a name if the baby's a boy," Brooke told Nathan.

"What's your idea?" Nathan asked.

"Well I know you'll never agree to Nathan Jr so how about a compromise."

"How so?"

"Nathan Davis Scott."

Nathan was silent as he considered the possibility. It was a different approach, they would still be using his name but also Brooke's soon to be maiden name. Maybe it wasn't a bad idea but Nathan wasn't entirely sure yet.

"Nathan?"

"Uh sorry. I dunno. It's a good idea but I'm not sure how I feel about using it."

"Oh ok." Brooke was disappointed. She knew that the compromise eliminated the intent to have Lucas be part of the name but she thought it was important to name their son after Nathan first. She tried to hide her disappointment because she didn't want Nathan to change his mind because he felt bad about upsetting her. That wasn't a good way to come up with names for a child.

"Do you really like that name?" Nathan asked.

"Yes but we don't have to use it if you don't like it," Brooke said quickly.

"I like it babe. We should use it. It solves the whole Taylor/Shane/Adam problem we had."

Brooke smiled as she leaned in to kiss Nathan sweetly. He smiled as he returned the kiss. It was nice to be able to work out a compromise so everyone was happy. And all Nathan ever wanted for Brooke was happiness so much so that he would stop at nothing to make sure she was always happy.

"What do you think Baby? Do you like the name Nathan Davis Scott?" Brooke asked as she placed her hand on her stomach. Nathan put his hand over hers and moved them in gentle circles on her stomach. He knew he had to be careful as not to make Brooke nauseous with his movements.

"How about Bridget Ashlee or Meagan Riley?" Nathan asked as he bent down and whispered directly to Brooke's stomach.

If there was one thing Brooke loved to watch lately it was Nathan talking to their baby. She couldn't wait to see him in action once the baby was born. She hoped that he would be this loving if not more and never stop no matter how many children they had. She wanted at least 6, maybe 7 children but she didn't know if Nathan felt the same way. Just as Brooke was about to ask Nathan she felt a wave of nauseous hit her. Swiftly she lifted his hand from her stomach and ran to the bathroom to empty the contents of her stomach in the toilet. Nathan followed behind her to hold her hair back and rub her back.