Chapter 18! Hahaha so I am going to start getting these chapters out pretty fast. Basically because I am too in love with my new story and I am SOO ready for you guys to read it! Enjoy this chapter

Lucas found it hard to believe how fast time passed these days… and how much happened in that amount of time. Between school, his new job, Brooke's clothes and dealing with Peyton and his mom. Brooke and Lucas were just lucky they lived together and at least saw each other at nights. But thankfully, it was May and classes would be over soon… which left Brooke and Lucas the entire summer to do as they pleased. Lucas was really looking forward to it too, by then Peyton would have hopefully told Nathan and or Jake about the baby… and he and Brooke could stop dodging all the questions from everyone. Another thing he was looking forward to forgetting about was Keith's drinking. He had hoped that after they took Erin home, that Keith would stop… but from the sound of things… it had only gotten worse and the decision had finally been made, for Keith to go to rehab for a few weeks. No one was happy about it, especially Karen… since it meant her driving Keith, and leaving Erin with Brooke and Lucas for a few days. Truth be told, Lucas wasn't exactly thrilled about this either, but Brooke didn't seem to care… so in the end he had to say yes.

"Ok… now you know when to feed her right?" Karen asked nervously, trying to remember all the things she had to tell Lucas. This was the first time she'd ever left Erin, and it was for 3 nights… and it was with Lucas. Of course she trusted Lucas, but he'd never been around babies… much less had to take care of one for 3 days.

"Yes, mom you wrote everything down"

"All the numbers?"

"Yes" Lucas said getting irritated… he had other things to do today than listen to his mother lecture him for an hour.

"I don't know, Lucas… are you sure you can handle this?"

"Mom… I'm 19, besides Peyton's down talking to her dad, and I've got Brooke here with me"

"That's what worries me" Karen whispered trying not to imagine all the bad things that could happen. If Lucas hadn't ever been around babies, then Brooke sure as hell hadn't…

"Hey… I heard that"

"Just don't let her try to do anything…"

"Mom… go" Lucas sighed giving her a hug and taking Erin from her. For a split second he wasn't sure if she was actually going to go through with it… but at this point she didn't really have a choice.

"Going… bye Erin, I love you…"

"If I ever get like that when we have kids, seriously just shoot me…put me out of my misery"

"You'll be worse" Lucas laughed trying to picture him and Brooke with kids. That definitely wasn't an easy thing to do.

"What!"

"You cried for an hour when we took Ella back"

"She still looked sick, and that's totally different" Brooke said rolling her eyes at him

"You realize we aren't sleeping for 3 days right?"

"You aren't sleeping… I don't do babies"

"Brooke" Lucas sighed trying to keep Erin from crying as they talked.

"What? You knew this from the start, they cry and spit up and do a lot of other disgusting things that we won't even mention, plus you heard your mom… I shouldn't try anything"

"Thanks… you're a huge help you know that?"

"Uh huh… and that's why you love me, I've gotta run these sketches over to Jess…I'll be back" Brooke smiled giving him a quick kiss. She was ready to get out of there before Erin started crying harder than she already was.

"Wait…"

"What?"

"How do I make her stop crying?" Lucas asked looking down at Erin completely puzzled.

"I don't know… feed her? Put her to bed? She's like 8 weeks old, all they do is eat and sleep"

"Right…"

"You are pathetic… Hand her here, your mom didn't teach you as much as she likes to think she did" Brooke sighed taking the baby from Lucas and rocking her back and forth. What was it with Karen and having whiney kids?

"How the hell did you do that?"

"Just kinda swish her back and forth… Erin your brother needs help"

"Yea I think I'll run your sketches and you can stay here" Lucas said deciding that things were going to go a lot easier this way.

"Oh no… she's your sister, I'm an only child for a reason… take her"

"Brooke…"

"Swish her…" Brooke whispered handing him back the baby.

"I don't swish…"

"You are never going to get anywhere like this, didn't little mother Haley ever teach you these things when you were playing house or whatever at the age of 8?"

"No… she never had kids when we played… she was always the lawyer or something, don't tell me Peyton taught you that" Lucas laughed trying to imagine Peyton with a baby… then he remembered she was having one and suddenly it seemed wrong…

"Are you kidding me? She cut the heads off her dolls, her mom taught me… just before she died she and papa Peyton were thinking about adopting another baby and she was trying to prepare Peyton and I… since I practically lived there anyway"

"But your parents never…"

"I had a nanny until I was 13… she got paid to make sure I didn't kill myself and that was it" Brooke sighed knowing she had told Lucas all of this before. She was starting to think he was developing selective hearing when it came to their conversations.

"Maybe we should hire someone for the next 3 days…"

"Lucas!"

"What?" Lucas laughed seeing how frustrated this was making Brooke.

"Come on…we'll all go"

Seeing Lucas struggle with a baby all day actually made Brooke feel a little better. She'd always imagined Lucas as this perfect guy who had no problem adapting to these kind of things…that he'd be the perfect husband and father, and it scared the hell out of her, considering when it came to things that wives and mothers did…she knew next to nothing. But Lucas was really having a hard time with this…with Ella he was different. She had him so wrapped around her little finger, that he basically did whatever she asked of him. Erin on the other hand… couldn't ask, or do anything for that matter and it was definitely throwing Lucas for a loop.

"Why wont she stop crying… aren't they supposed to sleep?" Lucas asked trying to hear the game.

"That's it… now I'm totally sure we aren't having kids, I mean I was pretty sure before, and ok…I had even kinda changed my mind a little, but nope… I can't deal with this… we're good with Gucci"

"I think we're in agreement on that, and his name is Sherlock"

"Thank god and nope… Gucci…please Erin, shut up… she gets her mouth from your mother" Brooke whined burying her head in Lucas's chest… how did people live like this?

"I've got to get this article done, and to get it done I have to hear the game…"

"What do you want me to do?"

"The swishing thing" Lucas begged. It was the only way he was going to get his article written.

"No… Lucas I did it for an hour… my arms hurt, damn it you have no idea how much I appreciate Ella at the moment"

"Brooke it's the only thing that keeps her quiet"

"You owe me big time… you know that right? I'm talking like, jewelry big time… I need some earrings" Brooke sighed giving in way to easily. She wasn't in the mood to fight tonight… the entire day had been a constant fight over who should feed her or change her or rock her and right now she was too tired to even think of a way to get out of this.

"I'll do anything if you can just keep her quiet until this game is over"

"Anything… I might need a necklace too… ok, come here kid, lets count the seconds until my arms break"

"Woah… I can hear that baby from down the hall" Peyton laughed slamming the door behind her as she came in. That definitely didn't help matters.

"Peyton thank god, take her… you need practice"

"That's ok… I think I'll manage"

"Please… Lucas will buy you pretty things… or scary things… whatever please" Brooke begged and pleaded.

"Nope… I'm not here long… just came to give you the mail and then Haley and I are getting some dinner"

"Are you going to break it to her you slept with Nathan?"

"Um… no, but I'll tell her you did" Peyton laughed sarcastically. Neither Brooke nor Lucas found this funny.

"Kidding… wow, something that isn't a bill, oh it's for you"

"Hold her for like 2 seconds?"

"2 seconds" Peyton sighed taking the baby from Brooke so she could open her letter.

"Oh my god" Brooke shrieked after a few seconds, scaring Peyton, Lucas and Erin.

"What?"

"Oh my god"

"What happened?" Lucas asked still trying to watch the game.

"Brooke?"

"I got accepted"

"For?" Peyton asked having not a clue what Brooke was talking about.

"Dear Miss Davis, we are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted for a summer internship in Paris to further your designing career. Please call for more information"

"Babe that's great" Lucas smiled giving up his game to come kiss his girlfriend. She'd talked about this internship for the past month… constantly. And he was really proud of her for getting in…Peyton on the other hand didn't look as thrilled.

"I knew I could beat that damn Kelsey Freemont!"

"How long is it for?"

"8 weeks!" Brooke shrieked. Paris for 8 weeks was going to be killer!

"Wow… Brooke that's… really awesome" Peyton smiled giving Brooke a hug.

"I know!"

"Peyton!" Brooke heard Haley yell from the stairs; apparently she'd been waiting in the car.

"Right… I've gotta go, I'll be back later" Peyton sighed laying Erin in the bassinet Karen had brought for her to sleep in.

"At least Erin fell asleep"

"After the game ended…"

"Right… I'm bored, lets do something fun" Brooke said trying to think what they could do with Erin here.

"And quiet"

"Right… Oh!"

"What?" Lucas asked seeing the devious grin on Brooke's face.

"We could always make out"

"Fun… quiet, and we don't even have to leave, I like the way you think" Lucas whispered kissing her lower lip.

"Uh huh… I thought you might"

Erin let Brooke and Lucas have their little makeout session for a good 30 minutes before she decided to cry. They both tried to ignore it for a few, but making out just wasn't as much fun with a baby crying in the background. But Brooke figured it was probably best Erin had woken up, 10 more minutes and she and Lucas would have definitely been past the makeout stage and Brooke was pretty sure you weren't supposed to do that while babysitting.

"You wanna answer that?" Brooke asked hearing Lucas's cell ring for the 20th time tonight.

"Its my mother for the 100th time… you'd think she would get the message, you answer"

"Hello… we're fine… she's fine… of course we aren't making out or having sex… uh huh… She's sleeping again FINALLY…you want to talk to her? Yea no… bye"

"That was… nice" Lucas laughed as Brooke climbed back onto his lap so she could kiss him.

"Yea she'll probably kill me when she gets back… but I am not putting the phone to that baby's ear"

"I miss Ella"

"That was random" Brooke giggled sitting back in his arms. But she knew what he meant… she missed Ella too actually. They'd spent so much time with her when she was in the hospital that when they had to take her back, neither of them knew what to do with themselves.

"She's just so much easier than Erin"

"That's because she's 2… and we can take her back when we get tired of her"

"When have we ever gotten tired of her though?" Lucas asked trying to think of at least 1 time where they had been ready to take her back.

"We don't I guess…"

"That's my point… Erin's my sister and here I'd rather be with some 2 year old who isn't related to us"

"Erin's not related to me, so I don't feel guilty" Brooke smiled shrugging her shoulders.

"Uh huh and if we went and eloped tonight, you'd feel totally guilty, because then she'd be your sister in law"

"Nope… wouldn't have time, your mother would feel it and kill us both before I had the chance for guilt"

"So no eloping in Paris this summer?" Lucas asked kissing her forehead

"Maybe I shouldn't go to Paris"

"What? Why wouldn't you go?"

"If it means leaving you for 8 weeks…" Brooke started but Lucas interrupted. This wasn't what she had hoped for… she wanted him to tell her to stay… not that she should go.

"You don't have to worry about me"

"I'm not worried about you, you're ok without me… I'm the one who's a wreck alone"

"Did you not see me after we broke up?" Lucas laughed remembering how he hadn't gotten dressed for 2 weeks after they had broken up last time.

"Either way… I just don't know if it's good for us"

"Its good for you, so it's good for us ok? Its only 8 weeks"

"You could come out the last week and we can hang out there, I hear its romantic" Brooke sighed wishing he could just come with her for the full 8 weeks.

"Paris romantic?"

"What would you do the whole time I was gone?"

"Work… probably go spend some time with my mom and Keith" Lucas said trying not to think about how dull those 8 weeks were going to be without Brooke.

"Will you still write me?"

"Everyday"

"You'll check on Ella?" Brooke asked… here she was worrying and she didn't even have to leave until the first of July.

"Someone will have to keep me company"

"Can we have Peyton not live with you for those 8 weeks"

"I think Peyton's gonna have her hands kind of full" Lucas laughed pulling Brooke closer to give her some reassurance.

"Right… oh and when I get back we can have really awesome I missed you sex"

"Best kind"

"Better than make up sex?" Brooke asked kinking her eyebrow

"We can make it better"

"But by then all the stupid blonde hussy's will just assume we'd broken up… and they'll be chasing after you"

"Don't even get me started on French guys" Lucas sighed trying not to think about all the French guys that were going to he hitting on his girlfriend while she was there. Maybe they'd all be gay.

"I'll bring a few home for the hussy's"

"Its only fair"

"We'll be ok though right?" Brooke asked getting serious again. She needed him to tell her at least once, that them being apart wouldn't mess anything up between them.

"Pretty girl… are you really going to make me give one of my embarrassing 'why I love you and only want you' speeches tonight?"

"No…"

"I love you for worrying about us" Lucas whispered, brushing her hair out of her face and kissing her.

"You don't worry about us?"

"Why should I? I know I'm gonna marry you"

"And how do you know I'll say yes?" Brooke asked giggling.

"Because you cant resist me…"

"Oh really?"

"Yep, and we're going to have a really big house, with a lot of rooms, then when we've finished with all those rooms… we'll buy a new house, with even more rooms" Lucas laughed

"We'll need them after we spend all of our money on the house, and won't have any money for birth control"

"Its ok… we'll have hott kids, who don't cry"

"I like the sound of that" Brooke sighed, hearing Erin start to whimper again. That was the end of their conversation… at least for now.

"Sounds like Peyton's back"

"I'm gonna go see how dinner went… just swish… ok?"

"Ok…"

Brooke walked into the den, still laughing at Lucas swishing Erin back and forth… to find Peyton on the couch. She looked like she had been crying, but was trying to cover it. These days her cheeks were so chubby from being pregnant and all that Brooke had trouble telling her face was swollen from crying… or if she was just chubby.

"Hey P Sawyer" Brooke smiled plopping down next to her very pregnant friend… she felt really skinny these days living with Peyton.

"Hey"

"What's wrong…"

"Nothing…" Peyton lied… badly.

"I don't believe you"

"Haley and Nathan"

"Oh god…" Brooke sighed propping her feet on the coffee table. This didn't sound good.

"I don't know why I even care"

"What is it…"

"They're getting back together" Peyton finally said after a nice long pause.

"What!"

"Yea"

"Peyton you have to tell him" Brooke said before she could stop herself. This had gone on long enough.

"Why? Brooke…"

"Because he needs to know! Here he is getting back together with Haley and you might be having his baby! This is twisted!"

"It might not be his" Peyton whispered like it was some huge secret.

"It might be"

"Brooke…"

"Peyton you're 7 months pregnant… you don't have a choice" Brooke whispered back, getting really mad at her best friend.

"Can't we wait until it's born?"

"No! They deserve to know… Haley too"

"I just don't understand what made them get back together… I mean they go out for drinks last week and bam… its Naley all over again" Peyton said laying back on the couch. Brooke wasn't sure what was going on here.

"Sometimes you need a few drinks to fall in love or back in love as the case may be, you aren't in love with Nathan are you?"

"I don't know anymore…"