Special Thanks to: klutzy-kay and mags0607 for their reviews.
(I don't own this song or OTH. The song is called 'He Didn't Have to Be' By Brad Paisley)
And now all of a sudden
It seemed so strange to me
How we've gone from something's missing
To a family
Lookin' through the glass I think about the man
That's standin' next to me
And I hope I'm at least half the dad
That he didn't have to be
Lookin' back all I can say
About all the things he did for me
Is I hope I'm at least half the dad
That he didn't have to be
While Lucas was in the hospital room with Brooke and Finley, Nathan noticed something out of the corner of his eye, the man that had no right to even be near the hospital and no right to be near his family. Nathan excused himself from the group and approached the man.
"What are you doing here?"
"I came to offer my congratulations."
"They're not welcome just as you're not, so you better leave before Lucas sees you even near his family." Said Nathan staring Dan down.
"You know I liked it better when you didn't talk to your brother." Said Dan.
"No you just liked when I couldn't see you for the piece of scum you are now leave before I call security and have you thrown out."
"I raised you Nathan, I gave you the best of everything."
"You're right you did, you gave me a brother, and that's the best and only thing you ever did for either of us, is give us each other." Said Nathan as he walked over to the desk and asked the nurse to call for security. A couple minutes later Dan was told to leave and not return unless he had a medical reason to be there.
The next day Brooke and Finley were discharged and everyone gathered at their house for a welcome home party. Keith walked into the living room and saw Lucas putting Finley in the bassinet.
"I know I already told you this Luke, but I'm proud of you, you and Brooke did a good job here and you guys are going to be great parents." Said Keith.
"Well what can I say I had a good person teach how to be a good father." Said Lucas.
"Thanks for that."
"I'm only saying what's true." Said Lucas.
"Hey Guys the if you want food come and get it now." Said Brooke as she walked into the room.
"I'll be right there, you know you shouldn't be up walking around like that you should be relaxing." Said Lucas.
"Luke, honey don't worry. The doctor said I could do all the things I did before I had the baby. Well almost anything."
"Almost anything?"
"We can't have sex for a couple weeks." Said Brooke as she hugged him.
"I think we can handle that." Said Lucas.
"I think we can too." Said Brooke as she looked over at the bassinet. "Can you believe we made that?"
"I'm still in shock." Said Lucas.
A couple years later it was Lucas' turn to teach his not to be afraid of the baseball in the backyard. Karen and Brooke were sitting on the back porch of Brooke and Lucas' house and talking.
"I'm having a weird case of flashbacks." Said Karen.
"What do you mean?" Asked Brooke.
"Well, it was about 20 years ago that it was Lucas learning not to be afraid of the ball and Keith was teaching him, and now I'm sitting here with you and I'm seeing the same thing 20 years later." Said Karen.
"Wow, you know sometimes I still can't believe that I'm a mother now, I mean I wake up at night and I almost have to pinch myself at that simple fact."
"I still have that feeling Brooke 25 years later." Said Karen looking at her grown son, her husband, and grandson.
"Okay you ready to try and catch it?" Asked Lucas.
"Yes." Answered Finley who had gotten Lucas' brooding tendencies and while he got Brooke's energy, he was also a quiet child.
"Okay, here it comes." Said Lucas as he threw the ball and Finley caught it.
"Mommy I catched it." Said Finley.
"I saw baby, can you catch me another one?" Said Brooke.
"Yeah." Said Finley.
"He caught on faster than you did Lucas." Said Keith with a laugh.
"Yeah well there's a good reason to be afraid of the ball when the person is aiming towards your friend and it hits you by mistake." Said Lucas.
"I still say you were standing too close to Skills."
"Whatever you say Dad, I still say you didn't have any aim." Said Lucas jokingly.
Brooke and Karen just laughed at how the guys talked trash over some thing that happened 20 years ago.
