A/N Thanks for all the reviews, I hope that you will enjoy this chapter as well, this is mainly Brucas in the beginning of the chapter and then Naley. This chapter will span a few days so that we see whether or not there's a little one in Naley's future, hehe.
Flashbacks will be in Italics
Chapter Six: Whoa Baby
Brooke was closing up the store early so that she could pick the boys up early, she loved having time away from them but after so long she missed them more than anything. She glanced up from the cash register when Lucas ran in, "Jessie can you close up? Brooke's gotta go…NOW!" Jessie looked at Brooke and nodded.
"Lucas what in hell are you doing? What's wrong? Are the boys okay?" Lucas nodded and grabbed her hand, ever since hearing the message on their answering machine he'd been crazy with worry. He had already called the boys school and told them that he and Brooke might be late. Brooke jerked her hand away and crossed her arms, "I'm not going anywhere until you tell me what's wrong?"
Lucas groaned at her stubbornness, "The doctor's office called and they want us to come in to see the results of your blood work, can we go now?" He wished that she'd be more upset but apparently he was the only one really concerned about her health.
"It's alright Brooke, I can close up." Jessie bit the inside of her cheek to keep from laughing, she thought Lucas was being sweet but she could tell where it might get annoying after a while.
Brooke got in the car, they didn't speak until they'd pulled into the parking lot. "If you are not calm by the time we walk in that door then you can just stay here!" She gave him a look that said she was completely serious.
"I'm sorry Brooke, but I worry. I promise that I will calm down." He told her softly, he had to go in or he'd go crazy waiting in the car. "Please let me come in with you."
She did want him with her but she was ticked off with him, what if a customer had been in the shop while he'd freaked out? "Actually no, you may wait out here with your book." She told him as she walked off.
"Brooke!" Reluctantly he got back in the car and tried to read, but it was impossible to concentrate. Why did she have to be so damn stubborn?
Walking into the doctor's office Brooke realized she was worried, but she wasn't about to run out there and tell him she needed him. She signed her name and thankfully it wasn't a long wait.
"Hello Brooke, Lucas didn't come with you?" Brooke smiled and shook her head.
"No I made him wait in the car, his worrying was driving me nuts." The doctor laughed, she loved Lucas and Brooke they were a wonderful couple and parents.
"Well there's nothing to worry about, your blood work showed us that everything was fine." Melinda Ryan said knowingly.
Brooke was relieved, "Why couldn't you have told me that over the phone?"
"Well we did find a little something, nothing for you to be alarmed about though." She said seeing the concern in her friend and patients eyes. "You're pregnant."
Brooke felt like she was going to be sick, "I can't be pregnant. I don't have to be pregnant. I've got twin boys waiting to be picked up from daycare. Lucas is playing pro ball and I just opened the boutique…there has to be a mistake." She'd always thought of having another child, hopefully a girl but she'd hoped it would be when the boys were already in elementary school and her store was doing well enough that she wasn't needed. "It's not a mistake is it?" Her eyes were filling with tears, and she was beginning to feel awful for Haley.
"I'm afraid not, Brooke you're a wonderful mother. Would you like to call Lucas?" The doctor knew that given time Brooke would embrace this child, but it was a shock.
She shook her head, "No…I'll tell him later. You see the thing is that one of our best friends can't have children so she's in the middle of her Invitro and I don't want to say anything until they know something positive."
"Alright, make an app. With your OBGYN soon." Brooke nodded and gave the doctor a hug.
She called her OBGYN as soon as she got outside but before she got to the car, Dr. Riley told her to come in on Tuesday for an exam and to get her prenatal vitamins.
Lucas had been going crazy, he'd called and checked on the boys they were having a great time being the only two kids left. "What did she say?"
"Everything's fine." She hated not telling him the whole truth but she couldn't, she needed to talk to Haley first. "Actually I'm pretty tired could you drop me off at home and then go and get Austin and Seth."
He could tell that something was wrong but he didn't want to pressure her, "Alright." She would tell him when she was ready, after he dropped her off he decided to call Nathan and ask his advice. "I love you." He said as she climbed out of the car.
"I love you too baby." Saying the last word made her heart flutter as she walked into their house, toys were all over the place. She did want this child, but right now she needed to call Haley.
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Haley was on her way to the grocery store when her cell phone rang, the call ID said "Tigger"
"Brooke! How are you?" She said happily, lately she'd been so happy and she hoped that Brooke was calling with good news of her own.
Brooke picked up a picture of the boys when they were babies and smiled, "I'm alright…that's what I wanted to talk to you about."
"Brooke what is it?" Haley was trying to keep the excitement out of her voice in case she'd been wrong.
"Well I just came from the doctor's office and she told me that… well I'm pregnant. I haven't told Lucas because I know that you want a baby so bad so I knew that I had to tell and talk to you first." Her eyes were welling up with tears.
Haley laughed, "Oh Tigger!" She exclaimed happily. "I am so happy for you! Now get off the phone with me and tell your hubby the wonderful news!"
They talked for a little while longer until Brooke decided to fix something great for dinner. She made Haley promise to call her when they found out their news.
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Lucas called Nathan as soon as he was out of the driveway, Nathan had told him not to worry, that Brooke would tell him when she was ready. He hung up the phone when he got to the daycare.
The boys were sitting on the floor coloring in the foyer, "Daddy! Daddy!" They both screamed happily.
"Daddy's so sorry he's late." Lucas picked them up and thanked the teacher for staying with them.
He put them in their car seats and gave them each a kiss. "Where mommy?" Austin asked, normally she picked them up.
"Mommy's at home, and I really really missed you guys so I just had to come and get you." It was the truth, he had missed his boys. Growing up his father had never been around, he was determined that no matter what he would be there for his kids.
Brooke was sitting on the front porch went they pulled up, "My babies!" She squealed happily opening the back door of Luke's Hummer. She still couldn't believe that he'd bought a Hummer, but as he put it, 'it was a man's vehicle'.
"Mommy! We miss you!" Seth said happily as she unhooked him and picked him up.
"I missed you too punkin!" Lucas got Austin and followed them into the house, he was hoping that she'd tell him soon.
Brooke was finally excited about the baby now that she'd talked to Haley. She put the Spaghetti on the table and cut the boys' up, she knew she would have a huge mess to clean up but they were so cute when they were messy.
After their bath Brooke and Lucas put the boys to bed, "Okay it's time to say your prayers." She told them softly and smiled as they clasped their hands together.
"Jesus bless mommy, daddy, Aunt Haley, Uncle Nate, Jenny, Aunt Peyton, Uncle Jake, Grammy, and Grammy Deb." They both said sleepily. Soon they were tucked in and sound asleep. Brooke stayed with them until she was sure they were asleep.
"I love you guys." She said kissing their foreheads. Now it was time to tell Lucas what the doctor had said.
Brooke turned on the night light and cracked her son's door, she found Lucas sitting in his favorite recliner drinking a beer and watching "Armageddon". "Hey baby." She said kissing his cheek and sitting on his lap.
"Dinner was great, the boys asleep?" Brooke nodded, the boys had almost fallen asleep in their bath water.
"I gotta tell you something and I'm not sure how you'll react because this is really unexpected." Brooke told him quietly, she hoped that he'd be happy but she wasn't sure.
This was it, he slipped his arms around her waist. "You can tell me anything Brooke." He kissed her softly and smiled, "I love you."
"I love you too, okay first of all the doctor said that my results were fine, there's nothing to worry about." She saw his smile, "But they did find something." The smile was gone and his blue eyes filled with concern, "I'm pregnant." She said softly.
She was pregnant, well it's a good thing the boys are almost potty trained. Another baby, he hoped it was a little girl. He adored his son's but he wanted a little girl with Brooke's smile and dimples and his eyes and her dark hair. When he glanced up he saw her watching him worriedly and he realized that he hadn't said anything.
"Oh baby, I know that we were expecting this so soon but it's wonderful." Her eyes lit up and sparkled. "Your shop's doing great and the boys are almost potty trained and in daycare three days a week. Besides you'll get to shop again." She threw her arms around his neck and kissed him.
"Lucas I was so afraid that you'd be upset." He held her close to him and kissed the top of her head.
"This baby will have two parents that will love it so much and two great big brothers, we should wait until the first sonogram to tell the boys that way we have a picture to show them." Brooke nodded, that was a good idea and it would help them to understand.
Late that night after they'd made love, Lucas lay awake thinking of the day she'd told him she was pregnant with the boys.
They had been married a year, after her last finals in college Brooke Scott went to her family doctor, Doctor Ryan.
"Brooke, how's married life treating you?" Brooke was smiling brightly.
"Well wonderfully but now it seems like I've come down with something, every morning for the past five days I've thrown up and nothing seems to help. I'm graduating in a couple weeks so I'd really like to get a handle on this." She said, her voice was full of determination.
Dr. Ryan checked her vitals which looked fine and ran a blood test, three days later Brooke was back at the doctors.
"Well what's wrong with me? This puking has to stop." She was tired of seeing her food in the toilet.
Dr. Ryan smiled, "Well it will in a few months…Brooke you're pregnant."
"Oh my gosh! I can't be pregnant…I just got married and I'm about to graduate from college. I wanted to open a boutique with all the clothes I've made. Is it possible they made a mistake?" Brooke was terrified, Lucas was on a bus on his way to his basketball game and she was alone, at least she felt that way. What would he say?
Brooke paced for a while before dropping back down into her chair, "Do you want to this baby?" The doctor asked softly, she liked Brooke a lot and hoped she wouldn't say yes but at the same time as a young mother herself she understand the reasoning.
"Yeah I do. This is mine and Luke's child, somehow we'll figure it out." She hoped she was right, maybe they should consider adoption. "I'll talk everything out with Lucas when he gets home."
Dr. Ryan smiled, "Alright well call me after you talk with him and you should call your OBGYN." Brooke nodded and left, she was trembling.
Lucas came home the next day, "Hey gorgeous." He said lifting her off the ground, "I missed you." He kissed her lips. "Did you go the doctors? I was really worried."
"Yeah I went…I should get this over with and you should sit down." Brooke told him quietly.
"Is everything okay baby?" He said pulling her into his lap, his heart lurched as her eyes filled with tears. "What's going on?" He asked softly.
Brooke sighed as more tears ran down her face, "The doctor said…she said…that…that I'm…I'm pregnant."
Lucas couldn't have more surprised if she'd told him that she'd turned into a monkey, he was thinking about it when she hit his chest and glared at him. "Are you going to say anything or not?" She yelled getting off his lap.
"I don't know what to say." He told her honestly and she was at least grateful and he hadn't asked the stupid question of 'is it mine?'
Brooke wiped the tears away, "This is a shock to me too, I mean we've always used protection and I'm on the pill. But the doctor's tests don't lie and last night I took a home pregnancy test and it was positive."
"Do you want this baby?" Lucas thought about his own childhood, his father had gotten his mother pregnant at the age of 18 and he'd abandoned her, he wasn't going to be like that, no matter what.
The doctor had asked the same thing, "We made this child Broody, I know that we're young and still have a lot to learn and we want to live out our dreams but I think that we can do this. Do you want this baby?"
Lucas smiled and slipped his arms around her and pulled her into a tight hug, "Yeah…I do. We can handle this and anything else as long as we're together."
9 months later Seth Davis Scott and Austin Luke Scott were born weighing in at 7 pounds, 2 ounces and 7 pounds respectively.
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10 Days Later…
It was time for Haley and Nathan to find out if she was pregnant, and they were both terrified. "Now baby remember sometimes it takes three times before a couple gets pregnant." Nathan said trying to reassuring in case it didn't work out.
"I know, but I really want this to happen now and rather than later. I mean we've been through so much and waited so long." Haley had tried to be patient but she couldn't, not with something that meant this much to her.
Dr. Feldman took the blood, "Usually it takes almost a week before we find out the results, but if you'd like to wait we can get it done in a couple hours."
"We'll wait." Haley said and Nathan nodded, they couldn't wait another day to find out.
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New York was busy as Peyton and Jenny did a little Christmas shopping, Peyton was thrilled about Brooke's new baby, she was already planning on painting the nursery. "What do you think Uncle Lucas and Aunt Brooke will have?" Jenny asked happily, she loved when babies were born and she was thrilled about her own little brother or sister arriving right after the holidays.
"Well they both want a little girl, so maybe they'll get their wish." Peyton told her daughter, "Okay now what should we get daddy?"
Jenny smiled and saw Michael Jordan autographing basketballs, "Look mama!" She said pointing.
"He'd love that, let's go Jen." Jake was a huge Michael Jordan fan, and it would be something he could rub in the other guys faces.
After getting the ball it was time to go, Peyton was supposed to be on bed rest but when her baby had begged to go shopping she couldn't refuse, besides she was dying to get out of the house. They both agreed not to tell daddy, and tomorrow at Peyton's check up she'd make sure everything was alright.
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Brooke watched the sonogram intently, with the twins she hadn't been able to see anything the first time but she was determined to this time around. Dr. Ryan had been thrilled that she'd told Lucas and Haley and that they were all excited.
"Oh Broody I see it!" She said happily holding his hand, "There's our baby." She whispered.
Luke smiled, "It's perfect, and tonight we'll show this to the boys and tell them that in 9 months they'll be big brothers."
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Nathan and Haley had been sitting in the waiting room for three hours, "Maybe we should've gone home and just come back when they called." Nathan told her, his stomach was growing like crazy. "After we leave I'll talk ya to lunch." He said kissing her soft cheek.
"Maybe, but I would've got nuts waiting at home…at least here…it's different…ya know?" Nathan nodded.
Dr. Feldman came out and they tried to read his face, but it was blank. Nathan held her hand and they followed the doctor into his office. "Please sit down."
Haley wanted to cry, but she wasn't sure if she was happy or devastated yet. "Are the results back?" She asked softly and he nodded. This was it the moment they'd been waiting for for so long.
A/N I am sooooo evil…haha, but don't worry the next chapter is almost finished and I'm going to try and have it out before I go outta town tomorrow night. Please read and review.