Brooke had just finished talking to Peyton about the twins and she was getting tired. Before calling Peyton Brooke had called Haley to tell her about the twins and they decided to hang out the next day because Brooke was took tired to do anything else for the rest of the day. Both girls were excited for Brooke. Haley told her if it was anything like it had been for her, Brooke was in for a long ride so to speak and she better sleep all she could now because once the twins were born sleep would be unheard of for a long time. Brooke just laughed but told Haley she appreciated the information anyway. She was exhausted. As soon as Brooke was off the phone she left her office and walked into the bedroom and changed into pajamas before climbing under the covers and falling asleep.

Nathan was downstairs in the living room watching a movie when he heard Brooke walking across the hall upstairs above him and then he heard the door to their bedroom close. He looked at the clock and was surprised that she was already heading to bed because it was only 6:45. It seemed to Nathan that Brooke had been going to bed earlier and earlier everyday. He hoped that didn't mean something was wrong just that she was tired. As he continued sitting on the couch Nathan made a mental note to talk to Brooke about her sleeping habits in the morning before he left if she was awake. Otherwise he would have to wait until he came back from the arena after practice and meetings and workouts. Nathan's movie was over about 15 minutes later and he turned it off and flipped through the channels. He smiled as he came across TBS and saw that the Braves were on. Although he only ever played basketball, Nathan was an enthusiastic Braves fan too.

"Yes! Come on boys, that's the way to be!" Nathan yelled excitedly as he watched the game.

Nathan got so wrapped up in the excitement of the game that he completely forgot that Brooke had gone to bed. He was reminded abruptly by the sound of Brooke shouting his name.

"NATHAN!" Brooke shouted from the bedroom.

"What?" Nathan yelled back.

"Keep it down you woke me up."

"Sorry baby. Go back to sleep. I'll be quiet."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

Nathan turned the volume on the tv down and did his best to keep the yelling and hollering to a minimum so he wouldn't wake Brooke again. Before the game was over Nathan had fallen asleep in his recliner. Brooke smiled when she found Nathan asleep in his recliner with the tv still on.

"Nate, wake up, babe," Brooke whispered in his ear.

"Hmm," Nathan responded as he began to stir. He smiled when he opened his eyes and saw Brooke standing in front of him.

"Sleep well?"

"Yes. Did you?"

"After you stopped screaming and hollering yes. What were you watching anyway?"

"Baseball. The Braves were on tv."

"Oh. Did they win?"

"You know, I have no idea. I must have fallen asleep before the game was over."

With that Nathan grabbed the remote and changed the channel to ESPN. He was curious to find out if the Braves had won their game since he hadn't stayed awoke long enough to find out. He watched as scores for all the games from the night before scrolled at the bottom of the screen.

"Yes! They won," Nathan announced happily.

"Good I'm glad. What time are you going to the arena today?" Brooke asked.

"In a couple hours. It's gonna be a longer day today."

"What time are you thinking you'll be home?"

"I don't honestly know. I'll call you later on when I get a better idea. I think I have to do some press conference or something today. Also we have a photo shoot and team meetings today."

"This is what I have to look forward to for the rest of our lives while you're in the NBA?"

"Unfortunately. I'm sorry sweetie. Hey wait a minute, aren't you and Hales getting together today?"

"Yes."

"Don't complain then, you won't be bored. I know you and a day with Haley and four kids all under the age of 10 does not make for a boring day."

"I know. Ok let's go have breakfast. I don't need to be getting a phone call later saying you past out or something because you didn't eat before you left."

Nathan rolled his eyes. He knew Brooke meant well but he wasn't gonna pass out from skipping breakfast once in his life. Although today wasn't the day to skip especially if he was gonna be gone longer than he usually was. Nathan enjoyed breakfast because he got to spend extra time with his fiancé and he loved every minute he spent with her.

"Babe you coming?" Brooke asked as she had gotten up to go to the kitchen and realized she was alone.

"Absolutely," Nathan replied as he followed Brooke to the kitchen.

"What would you like for breakfast?"

"You."

"Nathan!"

Nathan looked at Brooke pretending to be clueless. She just looked at him and shook her head.

"Come here," he said as he pulled her into him.

Their lips crashed down on each other and Nathan sucked on Brooke's bottom lip and traced her bottom lip with his tongue begging entrance. Brooke happily granted entrance and their tongues danced with each other as they let their hands explore each other's bodies. Before Brooke could protest she found herself standing completely naked in their kitchen in front of Nathan who was equally naked.

"Babe," Brooke protested.

"Shh," Nathan replied as he put a finger to her lips and then proceeded to kiss her body lovingly.

Nathan couldn't stand it anymore so he pulled Brooke to the floor with him and slid himself inside her. They made love on their kitchen floor and it was the best sex either of them ever had. As Nathan could feel himself about to burst he pulled out causing Brooke to whimper.

"Baby, don't do that," she pouted.

"I don't wanna hurt the boys," he replied.

"Please baby."

Nathan complied with Brooke's pleading and slid himself inside her once again and the continued to move in perfect sync. Nathan felt a groan catch his throat as he released into Brooke. As soon as Brooke felt the warmth of Nathan's release hit her she moaned and dug her nails into his shoulders.

"Baby you're gonna be late," Brooke said breathlessly.

"This was more than worth it if I am," Nathan replied with a lopsided grin.

"Help me up and we can have some actual breakfast."

"I'll help you but I told you what I wanted for breakfast and I'm good now."

"Haha. Seriously Nate you need to eat something."

"All right. I give. How about pop-tarts today?"

"Ok, do you want strawberry, blueberry or raspberry?"

"Strawberry."

Brooke nodded as she grabbed two packs of strawberry pop-tarts and put all four in their industrial toaster. Originally Brooke didn't want this large toaster but it had come in handy numerous times already so she was glad to have it. The two of them sat at the kitchen table clad in only their under garments now just enjoying the silence.

"What time are you and Hales getting together today?" Nathan asked.

"I'm not sure but I think maybe around lunch time," Brooke replied.

"Well I hope you enjoy yourself but I need to go upstairs to shower and change for my day at the arena. Gotta make sure I don't smell like sex before I get to the arena."

"Not my fault. You seduced me."

"I know and it was damn well worth it let me tell you."

"Well I'm not one to disappoint the fellas."

"You've never disappointed me that's for sure."

"Ok new subject please."

Nathan laughed. He grabbed Brooke's hand and brought it to his lips in dramatic fashion. Brooke blushed at this action, she was amazed at how much her heart still flipped at the slightest touch from Nathan. She knew Nathan was the guy for her when she wasn't ready to run after being with him for a year like she had done with other guys.

"All right I'm off. See you tonight babe," Nathan said a little while later as he walked back into the kitchen.

"Don't work too hard," Brooke told him.

Nathan just left and walked out the door. They both knew he never worked "too" hard but always hard enough. He was no slacker on the court or in the weight room and sometimes he wanted to blame Dan other times he was thankful to Dan for this trait. Brooke cleaned up the rest of their mess from breakfast before going up to take a shower and get ready for her day. She was looking forward to meeting Haley's kids and seeing Jenny again. The last time Brooke saw her she was a baby.

"Hales, it's Brooke. Do you want to come over here or should I come over there?" Brooke asked when she called Haley.

"How about you come over here so I don't have to load the kids into the car," Haley replied.

"Sure no problem. What time is good for you?"

"Whenever. The kids are excited. Well Bella and Jenny are anyway. Colin and Lucas have no idea what's really going on."

"Cool. Tell them I can't wait either. I'll be there in a little while if that's ok?"

"Ya that's fine. See you in a little while. Bye Brooke."

"Bye Hales."

Both girls hung up their phones and Brooke went to do her make-up before leaving to go see Haley and the kids.

"Brooke! Hey!" Haley said happily as she opened the front door to let her friend in.

"Hey Hales," Brooke said just as happily. She hugged her friend quickly and noticed that there was a little boy standing behind Haley.

"Momma!" the little boy cried. Haley turned around and lifted her son off the floor.

"Yes baby?" Haley asked her son.

"Jew." He held his cup out to her.

"Colin do you want more juice?" He smiled and clapped his hands together. Brooke watched in awe. She had been right, just watching Haley with Colin told Brooke that Haley really was good at being a mother.

"They're adorable Hales," Brooke said once they were in the living room and Haley had gotten Colin some more juice. They watched as Colin and Lucas interacted with each other. It was the cutest thing Brooke had ever seen and she instinctively placed a hand over her stomach. She hoped that her sons got along the same way Haley's sons seemed to be getting along.

"Thanks Brooke," Haley replied.

Brooke just nodded as she kept her eyes on Colin and Lucas. The more she looked at them the more she realized that they looked like mirror images of Jake with Haley's smile and her eyes.

"Jenny! Bella! Can you come to the living room please!" Haley shouted from the bottom of the stairs.

"Coming Mommy!" the girls yelled back. Haley walked back to the living room and not even thirty seconds later she could hear two sets of feet running down the stairs.

"Who's that?" Jenny asked pointing to Brooke when her and Bella walked into the room.

"Jenny that's your Auntie Brooke," Haley told her daughter.

"Oh ok." Jenny shrugged her shoulders and was about to leave the room again when Haley grabbed hold of her and sat down with her.

"Mommy! Let me go!" Jenny wailed.

"No. You need to be polite," Haley replied firmly.

"Hales, it's ok. I didn't think Jenny would remember me," Brooke interjected.

"Hi, I'm Bella," the other little girl said as she walked over to Brooke and put her hand out.

"Hi, Bella, I'm Brooke," she said as she shook Bella's hand.

"Do you know my daddy?"

"Yes I do. I've known him since I was a little girl like you."

"Wow. That's a long time."

"Don't I know it."

Brooke looked over to Haley and they shared a knowing smile. It really was a long time to know someone. The two of them had known each other for almost as long.

"Bella is a very pretty name. What's it short for?" Brooke asked curiously.

"Isabella. Isabella Brooke James," Bella replied.

"I like that. It's pretty."

"Mommy said she wanted to give me a name that was special to her and she liked the way Isabella Brooke flowed the best."

"Bella, that's not what Mommy told you," Haley laughed, "I told her that I wanted to name her after you but couldn't bear the idea of another Brooke Penelope in the world so I toyed with a few different ideas til I came up with Isabella Brooke."

"Hales that's sweet. I gotta tell you, I'm surprised though. I figured it would be Peyton to name a daughter after me. But it's not gonna work if she doesn't have any daughters," Brooke said.

"Mommy who's Peyton?" Jenny asked.

"Peyton was Daddy's girlfriend in high school. She helped him take care of you when you were a baby," Haley explained to Jenny, hoping the little girl didn't ask why she didn't help Jake take care of her.

"How come you didn't help him Mommy?"

"I didn't know Daddy very well until we got to college and then I helped him."

"Oh."

Haley breathed a sigh of relief. Jenny seemed content with her answers about why Peyton helped Jake take care of her and she didn't when she was a baby. Talking about Nikki always made Haley's blood boil and it wasn't her place to tell Jenny about her birth mother, she and Jake had agreed that when the time was right he would sit down with Jenny and tell her everything.

"What are you naming your sons?" Haley asked turning her attention back to Brooke who was watching Colin and Lucas again.

"Well we can only agree on a name for one of them so far. I'm thinking the first twin to be born will be Nathan Davis Scott. Nate and I will have to talk about names for the other baby later on," Brooke answered.

"Nathan Davis? I like it. That way you can say he's named after both his parents."

"That's exactly what I was thinking when I thought of the name. Nathan wasn't too sure about it at first but he agreed to it after a while. I wanted to name him Nathan Lee Jr but that was shot down so fast I think my head spun around."

"Sounds like Nathan."

"Yup."

"That's kinda what happened with Jake and I when we were trying to name the boys. I wanted to use his name but he didn't want to. Said he wanted to give his sons names completely separate from his. It took a while but eventually we came up with Colin Tyler and Lucas Dominic."

"Wow those are great names."

"Thanks Brooke. I hope they agree when they're old enough to know."

"I'm sure they will. Oh I almost forgot. I have something for you."

Brooke reached into her purse and carefully took out the picture of the twins that she had Dr. Scott print for Haley. She handed it to Haley who smiled warmly and stared at the picture in her hands wordlessly. After sitting there for a few minutes Haley got up to put the picture out of the reach of her four kids. She didn't want any of them grabbing it and losing it or ripping it to shreds.

"Brooke you didn't have to do that," Haley told her when she came back.

"Yes I did. It would have been immature of me not to just because we weren't talking when you were pregnant with Bella and then Colin and Lucas. Besides, Nathan and I wanted you to have a copy of the picture. I'm sending one to Peyton too. Maybe the three of us can get together and do something whenever she gets her scrawny butt out here," Brooke replied.

"Absolutely. Hey do you wanna take the kids to McDonald's? We can let Jenny and Bella run around in the play area while we talk and I can put the boys in their stroller."

"Sure. I am getting kinda hungry."

"I figured."

"Haha."

"Bella, Jenny. Come here please."

Bella and Jenny raced into the living room and stood in front of Haley.

"Yes Mommy?" they asked.

"How would you girls like to have lunch at McDonald's and play in the play area while Auntie Brooke and Mommy talk about grown up stuff?" Haley asked them.

"YAY!" The girls squealed happily and started jumping up and down. Brooke and Haley watched them and started laughing. Brooke was remembering when her and Peyton would do that, before she really knew Haley. Haley was thinking back to when she would get excited about that kind of thing with Lucas when they were kids. Looking at Bella made her miss him more. It had been a while since they had gotten together but Haley wasn't gonna dwell on that.

"All right girls. Go get your jackets and Bella get some shoes on your feet," Haley said.

"Can I help you get them ready?" Brooke asked.

"No thanks I've got it. Unless you wanna lock the house up for me?"

"Ok, as long as you'll let me do something."

"Believe me, I know the feeling. Been there."

"No kidding."

The two girls just laughed as Haley walked over to where Colin and Lucas were playing on the floor. She wrinkled her nose as she lifted Colin. He was in desperate need of a fresh diaper.

"Colin you stink!" Haley exclaimed as she laid him on the floor to change his diaper. Lucas was sitting on the couch with Brooke so he didn't get in the way or get dirty. Haley learned that the hard way when they were still real small and just learning to crawl. She was changing Colin and Lucas crawled over and stuck his hand in the dirty diaper and wiped the mess on the rug and all over himself.

"Colin stink!" Lucas squealed.

"Yes he does," Brooke said as she lifted Lucas onto her lap. He squirmed a bit at first and then settled into Brooke's embrace. Haley glanced up at them as she was finishing with Colin's diaper and smiled.

"Stay right there," she said suddenly as she lifted Colin off the floor along with the dirty diaper and went to find her camera. As soon as she found it she went back to the living room and took a picture of Brooke and Lucas sitting on the couch.

"Here, let me take him from you," Haley said as she lifted Lucas from Brooke's lap.

"Aw come on Hales," Brooke whined but stopped as soon as Haley placed Colin on her lap.

"I'm gonna change Lucas' diaper now don't have a heart attack," Haley teased as she laid her other son on the floor and repeated the process. And then just as she had done when Brooke was holding Lucas, Haley took a picture of Brooke holding Colin.

"Mommy! Are we leaving?" Jenny yelled from the door.

"In a minute sweetheart," Haley replied as she took Colin from Brooke and then helped Brooke off the couch.

"Mommy I want to get chicken nuggets," Bella said as they got into the car.

"Ok sweetie. Jenny do you want chicken too?"

"No thank you. I want a cheeseburger please," Jenny replied

"Ok. Chocolate milk for both of you?"

"Mommy I don't like chocolate milk," Bella whined.

"You don't?"

"Nooo!"

"Me either Mommy!" Jenny exclaimed.

"Since when Jenny?" Haley asked as she glanced at her daughter in the rear view mirror.

Jenny crossed her arms and pretended to be upset that she was caught in a "lie". But it didn't last long.

"Bella if you don't like chocolate milk would you like regular milk instead?"

"Yes please," Bella answered politely.

"Wow for being with Chris a lot I'm impressed at the manners," Brooke commented.

"It is pretty astonishing but I told him he better not raise her to be rude and so far it seems like he listened to me. And he's not even her father," Haley laughed.

"You know Chris too Brooke?" Bella asked surprisingly.

"Yes I do," Brooke answered. Then she muttered "unfortunately" under her breath so Bella didn't hear her. Haley did catch it however and she couldn't help but smile at Brooke. It was rather unfortunate that Brooke knew Chris and Haley knew it was her fault but there was no point in dwelling on that fact.

When the golden arches came into view Bella and Jenny cheered. Being 6 years old, they both loved going to McDonald's and Haley was happy to treat them. She pulled into the parking lot and they screamed louder.

"Girls, please stop squealing. People are going to think you're being hurt," Haley said as she tried to suppress her laughter. Brooke, on the other hand, wasn't trying to suppress her laughter and the girls found it amusing. Haley whipped her head around and shot Brooke a glare. As soon as Haley had Colin and Lucas out and in their stroller, Bella and Jenny jumped out of the back and ran towards the door while Haley and Brooke walked across the parking lot at a slower pace. Haley because she was trying to maneuver the large stroller and Brooke because that was all she could do with her growing stomach.

They walked into the restaurant and ordered their food. As soon as it was done they took it to the tables in the play area so that Bella and Jenny could play as soon as they were done eating, leaving Brooke and Haley to talk while the boys ate some of Haley's fries. While Bella and Jenny played, Brooke and Haley talked about anything and everything they could think of. Brooke was glad they were getting this opportunity and she could tell Haley felt the same way.

"You know, I really missed you Hales," Brooke said seriously.

"I missed you too Brooke," Haley replied.

"Ok so look, I have a question I wanted to ask you."

"What's up?"

"Will you be my maid of honor?"

Oh I know. You all hate me for stopping there. But I needed to have a cliffhanger! It's a guarantee that someone will be curious and come back. You know what to do!