This is the last chapter of the story. It's about 12 years in the future.
Brooke and Nathan now have 6 kids with another one on the way; Jamie and Nate are 13, Bridget and Haley are 12, Shaun is 8 and Meagan is 6.
Haley and Jake have 7 kids and another one on the way. Jenny's 18, Bella's 18, Colin and Luke are 14, Noah is 11, Micah is 9 and Sophia is 5.
Lucas is married to Kelly and they have three kids; Jordan who is 12, Gabriella who is 7 and Thomas who is 3.
Peyton married Rob Healey, a record company exec. Joaquin is 19. Peyton and Rob have three kids together; Natalie is 11, Madison is 7 and Ryan is a year old.
Now that I got that taken care of…it's time for the actual chapter itself. I hope you enjoy it and keep your eyes out for the sequel!
"Mommy!" Meagan Scott yelled as she ran out of the school building toward Brooke who stood there with arms stretched out waiting for her little girl to jump into her embrace.
"Hey Meggy. Did you have a good day?" Brooke asked as she kissed her daughter's forehead before putting her on the ground.
"Uh huh. I drew you a picture today. And one for Daddy too."
Meagan proudly displayed two pieces of paper in front of her. Each one clearly stated who they were for. Brooke looked at each one and marveled at how beautiful they were and she told Meagan exactly what she thought of them.
"They're gorgeous Meg. I'm gonna put this in my office with the rest of the pictures you drew for me. And I bet Daddy will love his too. Where's your brother?"
Meagan shrugged her shoulders. She didn't know where her older brother, Shaun was and it didn't matter. At least not to a 6 year old. Meagan and Brooke were still standing there when Shaun came running over.
"Hey Mom," he said casually.
"Hey Shaun. How was your day?" Brooke asked.
"It was ok."
"Look at Shaun! I drew Mommy a picture!" Meagan told her brother proudly.
"Good for you shrimp."
"Please don't start with her Shaun. I've had a long day and if I get home to find out your brothers got detention again well let's just say it's not gonna be a fun night in the Scott house," Brooke pleaded as the three of them walked toward Brooke's car.
"Okay, sorry," Shaun apologized.
"Don't apologize to me."
"I'm sorry Meagan."
"It's ok Shaun. Maybe tomorrow I'll draw you a picture," Meagan replied.
Shaun just laughed. He didn't care if his sister drew him a picture or not. But he wasn't gonna say anything.
"Mom when is Dad coming home?" Shaun asked after a few minutes of silence.
"I think he'll be home tonight. At least that's what he told me yesterday. Why what's up?" Brooke replied.
"How come we can't go with him when he has to go on the road? We did that when I was little. Why can't we do it now?"
"Because you and Meagan are both in school now and Daddy and I agreed that it's not a good idea to travel so much during school. It'll get better pal."
"It's not fair! Micah and Noah get to see Dad play more than I do."
"Shaun please. I know it's hard on you. It's hard on all of us. Especially me. I have to play the mom and dad card for six kids while being pregnant with another one. The season's almost over and then you can see Dad all the time."
Shaun slumped back against the seat. Sometimes he hated that his dad was a basketball player. All the other kids thought it was cool that his dad was Nathan Scott and his uncle was Lucas Scott but it wasn't so cool to Shaun when he wanted to play ball and his dad wasn't around because he was on the road all the time.
Brooke sighed. This was becoming a daily thing with Shaun and it wasn't getting any better. Jamie and Nate never acted like this with Nathan being on the road and it was bothering Brooke that she didn't seem to know how to make it better for her son. Sure she missed Nathan too but they had agreed that traveling during the school year had to be kept down to a minimum. Which meant they didn't see Nathan when he was away until school vacations. Sometimes though, if they behaved and helped out around the house, Jamie and Nate were allowed to fly out by themselves to visit Nathan. Shaun wasn't old enough to do that either and he hated that his brothers got too.
"Jamie! Nate!" Brooke called as she opened the front door.
Instead of finding her sons home, Brooke was bombarded by her daughters, Bridget and Haley. They were both grinning devilishly and Brooke was a bit nervous.
"Hey girls. Where are your brothers?" Brooke asked them.
"School," Haley replied.
"Still? It's almost 3:30. They didn't detention again, did they?"
Haley didn't say anything. Bridget however burst out laughing which caused her sister to smack her and her mother to look at her questioningly.
"Ok, Bridge, what's the story this time?" Brooke asked hesitantly.
"Mom, they didn't get detention. They've never had detention," Bridget said.
"What do you mean? All those times they came home and said they had to stay for detention they lied to me?"
"Yup. I don't see why though. I mean Nate told me that when he was a baby he remembers Dad telling him that it didn't matter to him if they joined the chess club or something."
"What are you saying?"
"Mom, what Bridget's trying to say is Jamie and Nate did it. They joined the chess club," Haley cut in.
"You're kidding me!" Brooke exclaimed.
"Nope. They finally broke down and admitted to it today."
"Oh man. Your dad's gonna love this."
"I thought he was okay with us doing our own thing."
"He is, what I meant is he's gonna love that his sons aren't actually getting in trouble everyday at school."
Haley just nodded her head.
"Mom are you okay with them joining the chess club?" Bridget asked seriously.
"Of course sweetheart. Why wouldn't I be okay with it?"
"I dunno, you just don't seem all that happy about it."
"Bridge, come here."
Bridget followed Brooke into the living room and they sat on the couch. Haley, Meagan and Shaun had all run off to their rooms to do their homework or practice their instruments. So far, Bridget was the only "true" athlete of the six kids. That's not to say they didn't all enjoy watching sports because let's face it, they lived to watch but Bridget was the only one who lived to play too.
"Mom, I don't want Jamie and Nate to get made fun of because they joined the chess club. The jocks make fun of kids like them and it bugs the heck out of me. But I don't want them to not join the chess club because they're afraid of being made fun of cause that's not right either," Bridget said seriously.
"Bridge, they're not gonna get made fun of. And if they do, I'm sure they can stand up for themselves. It's very sweet of you to look out for your brothers but don't worry so much. Listen to me, I know I never told you this before but when I was in high school I went from being the slutty, bitchy captain of the cheerleading squad who was known as the drunken party girl to responsible student body president cause I was tired of the stereo types. I hope no one ever stereo types any of you guys but if they do, remember that none of that matters as long as you know who you are and you remember where you came from," Brooke told her daughter.
"I know who I am. I'm Bridget Scott. Sometimes though it feels like I'm expected to be Bridget Scott, super star athlete just because my dad is Nathan Scott and I can't stand it. I want to be known as an individual, not some carbon copy of my dad. We don't even play the same sport."
"People really look at you like you're supposed to be a carbon of Dad?"
"Ya. The girls only talk to me because they think he's cute and the guys worship him. It's annoying."
Brooke was stunned. She had no idea any of this was going on. These were the tines she wished Nathan was around the most. As much as she connected with their daughter Nathan seemed to have a better grasp on what it was like to have so much expected out of him. After all, Dan had done the same to him as a kid and all the way through high school until Nathan finally escaped it in college. Brooke didn't want that for her daughter and she knew Nathan didn't either.
"Have you told your dad about this Bridget?"
"No I don't want him to worry about it. Mom, I'll be fine. I don't need friends when I have my sister and my brothers."
"Do none of you branch out and talk to other kids at school? Or is it just you that is like anti people?"
"I'm not anti people. I'm just anti people wanting to be friends with me because of who my dad is. I want people to wanna be friends with me because they like me for who I am."
"I'm just making sure. I don't want you guys to get a rep as the snotty family that doesn't talk to anyone but each other while you're in school. That's not good either."
Bridget nodded. They were still in the living room when the front door opened and there was a loud bang that Brooke could only guess was the front door closing behind her oldest children.
"Jamie! Nate! Is that you?" Brooke called from her spot on the couch with Bridget.
"Would you settle for me?" Nathan asked with a grin as he sauntered into the living room.
"NATHAN!" Brooke squealed as she leapt from the couch.
"DADDY!" Bridget yelled as she too jumped from the couch and threw herself at Nathan.
"I guess I don't have to ask who missed me," Nathan laughed as he hugged his wife and daughter.
"I thought you were coming home later?" Brooke asked.
"Well I pulled some strings and here I am. Now, where are the rest of my kids?"
"Jamie and Nate are still at school. Haley, Meagan and Shaun are in the rooms. Probably doing homework or practicing their instruments," Brooke told him.
Nathan nodded as he kissed his wife and oldest daughter before bounding up the stairs to say hi to the kids that were home. His first stop was Meagan's room.
"Knock, knock," he said as he pushed the door open.
"Who's there?" Meagan responded, not looking up from the picture she was drawing.
"Daddy."
"Daddy who?"
"Get over here and give Daddy a hug."
Nathan stepped into the room and knelt down as he waited for Meagan to come over and hug him.
"Daddy, you're back! I missed you. I drew you a picture today. It's downstairs with Mommy's."
"You did? Well I can't wait to see it. I bet I'll love it."
"That's what Mommy said to."
"Well Mommy's smart isn't she?"
"Of course!"
"I'll be back in a little bit. I'm gonna say hi to Haley and Shaun."
"Ok Daddy. Maybe later we can play a game?"
"Sure peanut. Any game you want."
Meagan smiled as she watched Nathan leave her room. She really liked it when Nathan was home. Shaun was nicer to her and he didn't yell at Brooke either.
Nathan continued down the hall toward his youngest son's bedroom. The door was closed and he could hear Shaun playing his guitar. All six of the Scott children played one instrument or another. Jamie, Bridget and Meagan play the piano, Nate plays drums, Haley plays the clarinet, and Shaun plays the guitar.
"Hey Shaun, that sounds good pal," Nathan said as he poked his head in the room.
"Dad what are you doing here?" Shaun asked excitedly.
"Mom told you I was coming home didn't she?"
"Ya but she said you told her you'd be here tomorrow."
"Well I pulled some strings and I'm here now. What do you say you take a break from the guitar to shoot some hoops with your old man?'
"Okay. Cool let's go."
Shaun put his guitar away and grabbed his basketball. He was about to run out of the room when Nathan shook his head and pointed at his outfit.
"You don't think you're gonna go down to the court like that do you?"
Shaun was still in his uniform from school which consisted of khakis and an orange polo shirt. Brooke and Nathan had decided when it was time to send Jamie and Nate to school that they would send them to private school until they reached junior high and then they would think about public schools. So far, though, none of the Scott kids had entered into the public school system. Currently all six kids attended St. Francis School in Hackensack.
"Hurry up and change. I'll meet you downstairs," Nathan said to Shaun as he left to go say hi to Haley.
Haley was in her room buried in math homework when Nathan knocked on her bedroom door. He could hear the music on so he knew she was in there. It made him happy to see that his kids didn't think they could do whatever they wanted while he was away. With the exception of Jamie and Nate, or so he thought at least.
"Haley, can I come in?" Nathan asked as he knocked again.
"Sure, come on in," Haley replied without hearing who it was.
"Now that's what I like to see. My daughter actually doing her school work instead of putting off til midnight," he said as he popped open the door.
"Dad! When did you get here?" Haley said excitedly as she hopped off the bed.
"A little while ago. Your mom really must have thought that I wasn't coming home today or she convinced you guys that she didn't believe it."
"I knew you'd be here. You always come home when you say you're going to."
"At least someone has faith in her dad."
"Hey! Everybody else does too."
"I know, I was kidding. What are you working on?"
"Math. It's a pain. I called Aunt Haley to help me out but Bella said she's not home."
"Let me see it."
"Are you serious Dad?"
"Sure why not? I'm a smart guy."
"Ya right," Bridget laughed as she walked in the room.
"Thanks Bridge, I love you too," Nathan laughed as his oldest daughter.
"Of course you do Daddy."
"What's up Bridge?" Haley asked her twin.
"I'm bored. Mom's sleeping on the couch and the boys aren't home yet."
"Go read a book or something."
"Haley!"
"Bridget!"
"Hale please. I'll help you with your math later but right now I wanna do something fun. Come on."
Bridget looked at her twin pleadingly. She wanted to talk to her but she didn't want to mention why in front of Nathan because she really didn't want to talk to him about this. It was kind of personal. Haley really wanted to get her math done but she could see the look in her twin's eyes. Sighing she closed her book and made room for Bridget on the bed next to her.
"Uh, Dad, do you mind?" Bridget asked.
"What? Oh sure. Carry on girls. I'm gonna go play ball with Shaun for a while. Keep your ear out for your sister and your mom," Nathan replied.
"Dad, we can do this. It's not like we've never done it before. Besides, when Jamie and Nate get home they'll keep Meg busy. Go have fun with Shaun," Haley told him as she shooed him out of her room.
Nathan shook his head with a smile as he closed the door behind him. This was the first time he could remember his 12 year old daughters ganging up to kick him out of a room. He hated to admit it but they were really growing up. It didn't surprise him when he ran down the stairs to find Shaun sitting there holding the basketball waiting for him.
"You ready Shaun?" Nathan asked him.
"Ya let's go," Shaun said as he stood up.
"Ok, go tell Mom we're leaving."
Shaun ran off to the living room to tell Brooke they were going out.
"Mom, I'm going to shoot some hoops with Dad for a little while," Shaun said quietly.
"Ok, have fun, buddy. I love you," Brooke muttered still half asleep.
"I love you too."
Shaun kissed Brooke's forehead before running back to the door. Just as Nathan and Shaun were leaving, Jamie and Nate were coming up the front walk way.
"Hey guys," Nathan said casually when he spotted them.
"Hey Dad! How are ya?" Jamie asked as he gave Nathan a hug.
"I'm good how are you?"
"Pretty good."
"Ya me too. Going off to play ball with Shaunie?" Nate asked as he ruffled his little brother's hair.
"Yup. I wanna talk to you when I get back though," Nathan answered.
"Okay, sure no problem."
Nathan and Shaun waved as they got in Nathan's truck and made their way to the park.
"I wonder what that's about," Jamie said as they walked through the door.
"Probably all the detentions we've had," Nate laughed.
"You know, we can't keep lying to Mom about it Nate. She's gonna ground us eventually and we're not even doing anything wrong."
"I know dude but come on. The chess club? Out of everything we could have picked at school we picked the chess club?"
"Oh come on. You wanted to join the theater club."
"I still do!"
"Oh god. My brother the drama king ladies and gentlemen."
"Shut up Jamie!"
"No you shut up Nate."
The two boys started shoving each other in the hallway until it got so ugly that they were rolling around on the floor beating each other in the face. Bridget and Haley ran down the stairs the second they heard a loud crash and Bridget screamed when she saw her brothers rolling on the floor beating on each other. Brooke woke up with a start when she heard Bridget's scream. She ran out of the living room and anger flared within her when she looked down and saw what was going on.
"James! Nathan! Get up right now!" she yelled.
The two of them stopped immediately at the sound of Brooke's voice. They were in for it now. First because they knew where she thought they had been and now because they just got busted for fighting with each other.
"What the hell is going on?" Brooke demanded when they were standing up.
"Jamie started it," Nate said.
"I did not," Jamie retorted.
"Shut up. I don't care who started it. Just tell me what happened!"
Nobody said anything. Brooke stood there with her arms crossed in front of her chest and stern look on her face.
"Fine if you can't tell me then you can go upstairs to your rooms and do your homework. And don't bother asking to do anything else until your father gets home."
Jamie and Nate both grumbled as they made their way upstairs. Bridget and Haley couldn't help but laugh as they went by. Sometimes it seemed like they were the older twins and not the boys.
"How's your homework coming girls?" Brooke asked them.
"I'm done with mine. I'm just helping Haley with her math. Dad offered to help but he was taking Shaun to play ball so I told him I'd look at it with her," Bridget replied.
"Thanks Bridge. How's the rest of your homework coming Haley?"
"I need you to look over my English paper for me. Then I have to read some more for geography," Haley answered.
"How come you still have so much to do?"
"Because she flirts in study hall instead of doing her homework," Bridget teased.
"I do not! Jeff wouldn't stop bugging me today. I couldn't get anything done," Haley protested.
Brooke rolled her eyes. The years of being distracted by the opposite sex had apparently fallen upon her daughter. Oh what fun this was gonna be. Just thinking about it made Brooke wanna crawl under a rock. Instead she opted for grabbing the phone and talking to her best friend.
"Haley, it's Brooke. I need to talk to you," she said when her best friend got on the phone.
"What's up Tigger?" Haley asked.
"It seems your namesake was a little distracted during study hall today at school and didn't get all her homework finished because of it."
"What do you mean distracted?"
"You know what I mean Hales."
"Oh boy. What's the name of this young man that has caught the attention of my niece?"
"I believe the name is Jeff. Apparently Bridget thinks Haley was flirting with him and Haley said he was bugging her. What am I gonna do? My little girls are growing up. I'm not ready for this. Hales, she's only 12! I remember what I was like at 12, I do not want my daughters to be anything like I was."
"Relax Brooke. It's probably nothing more than a crush. I'm sure you have nothing to worry about."
"How do you know that Hales? How do you know I have nothing to worry about?"
"Because I know your daughter. She's not gonna let some guy distract her. I wouldn't worry about it unless her grades start suffering okay? Besides, you have bigger things to think about besides what boy distracted your daughter at school today. Try focusing on that stuff for a while."
"Hales, I can't focus on the baby anymore. If I do I'll get depressed. I'm already convinced he's not coming out. I'm already almost a week overdue."
"Maybe he's just waiting for his daddy to come home."
"Nathan is home. He just got here today. Did Jake come home yet?"
"Nope. At least not that I've seen or heard. Colin and Luke aren't here. Noah's outside with Micah and the dog. I had Sophia with me. So unless he's been here and gone out he's still not back."
"That's weird. You'd think if Nathan came home Jake would have too."
"Ya I know. He could have gone to see Jenny though."
"Good point. Well that's probably where he is. Okay now that we've covered all that, how are you doing with the baby?"
"She's driving me crazy. All day today she wouldn't stop kicking."
"Oh man, I'm glad Chase is past that stage but I wish he would come out already!"
"I know and he will. Even if the doctors have to go in and force him out."
"Ew, don't be gross."
"Sorry."
"It's ok. So, what's my niece's name gonna be?"
"Hayden Emily Jagielski."
"Aw, Hales that's adorable."
Brooke and Haley talked for a little while longer about anything and everything. Including Peyton and Rob and their kids, Lucas and Kelly. Really their conversation was all over the place. They were still talking when Brooke felt a sharp pain in her back. She winced as another pain ripped through her back about five minutes later.
"Brooke are you ok? What's going on?" Haley asked frantically when she heard her friend wince.
"I think all this talk about Chase not wanting out changed his mind," Brooke explained through sharp gasps of breath.
"Oh shit, ok. Call Nathan, you can do this Brooke."
"Hales, I know. It's not the first time I've done this."
Haley laughed. They said a quick good-bye and Brooke picked up the phone again to call Nathan.
"Hey it's me, get home," Brooke said as she bit back the pain of another contraction.
"Why? What's wrong? Are you all right?" Nathan asked frantically as he grabbed the ball and motioned for Shaun to get in the truck.
"No, I'm not. It seems your son was waiting for you to be home to come into the world. And you're home now and owwwwwwwww damn it that hurt."
"Ok, I'm on my way baby. It's gonna be fine. We'll get to the hospital and have a healthy little boy, you just hang in there."
"Don't you dare patronize me Nathan Scott. Just get your ass home now."
Nathan couldn't help but laugh at Brooke's last statement. She was always grouchy when in labor. Except for the first time, that is. He got to the house five minutes later to find Brooke standing in the driveway with their five other kids. Jamie and Nate helped her down the driveway as Bridget and Haley helped Meagan climb in the back seat with Shaun before getting in themselves. As soon as Brooke was in the truck, Jamie and Nate got in and closed the door. Nathan slammed the truck into reverse and back out of the driveway quickly before throwing it in drive and speeding toward the hospital.
Everybody jumped into action once Nathan had parked the truck and they rushed to get Brooke into the hospital as fast as possible.
"Excuse me, I need a doctor immediately. My wife is in labor," Nathan said as the family burst through the doors. Within seconds Brooke was in a wheelchair and they were rushing her up to the maternity ward.
After only an hour of pushing and crying and telling Nathan she hated him and was never doing this again, Brooke gave birth to a handsome little boy who they named Patrick Chase Scott.
There you have it my friends…part one of the fabulous Brathan fan fic! Hope you liked it and keep your eye out for the new one. In the mean time you might wanna check out my latest story "Life Without Lucas". Thanks for all the love.