A/N-I apologize for the long wait…I was kind of stuck for awhile and stuff has been catching up to me, but here I am and I hope you enjoy this chapter…regardless of the wait.
The sound of Sophia crying wakes Brooke up from her nightly sleep. Looking at the clock she realizes that its early morning and her routine needed to start.
Brooke walks out of her bedroom and into the nursery and picks her daughter up.
"What's a matter baby? Are you hungry?"
Brooke continues to rub her daughter's back as she sits down in the rocking chair that's facing the window. Brooke lifts up her shirt and Sophia quickly latches in.
"You are the most precious little girl I have ever seen my sweet girl and your daddy thinks so too. But you have a big day because you are going to spend it with Grandma Karen and Grandpa Keith. Yes, you are."
After Brooke is done nursing her daughter she changes her and puts her in a pink onesie.
There's a knock on the door when Brooke walks into the living room with Sophia in her arms. Brooke opens the door and sees the Latino boy she met from before.
"What do you want?"
Felix smirks at her.
"You, in my bed."
Brooke glares at him and goes to slam the door in his face, but Felix's arms stop that from happening.
"Who's the kid?" Felix says as he looks at Sophia sucking on her pacifier.
"None of your business, but I'll ask again…what do you want?"
"I just wanted to see if you were busy which clearly you are so I'll just go."
Brooke nods her head.
"Yeah, you just do that."
Brooke watches as Felix walks away.
"He's such a weirdo," Brooke whispers to her daughter.
Brooke smiles when Sophia smiles with her pacifier in her mouth. Brooke kisses Sophia's head and closes the door.
Haley and Nathan are walking around looking at for lease signs when they come across one at Brooke's apartment building.
"The other one next to Brooke's is up for lease," Haley says with a smile.
Nathan looks at Haley with raised eyebrow.
"You want to live next to Brooke Davis."
"No, I want to live next to Brooke Davis and Sophia Peyton Davis-Scott, our goddaughter."
Nathan smiled brightly and pulled Haley into a hug.
"Don't you just love the sound of that?"
"Yeah, I do, but I really think we should sign that lease because this is going to be awesome," Haley says as she grabs Nathan's hand and runs up the stairs.
Walking into the small hospital room, Lucas felt unnatural. He really had no idea why he was here in the first place. When he first found out that Dan had a heart attack part of him felt relieved, but another part of him felt bad because he lost the chance to never really get to know your biological father. Just as quickly as those thoughts entered his head they had left as Keith began to be placed in his mind. Keith Scott, the only father he has ever known and a great one at that. Despite the relationship that Keith has with Dan he was surprised when Keith told him he should go see Dan which was why he was here.
Dan looked away from the ceiling and towards the open door where Lucas stood.
"Hello Lucas," Dan says.
"Dan," Lucas responds as he walks further into the room.
"I'm glad you are here."
Lucas nods his head.
Silence filled the room as both men were lost in their thoughts until Lucas spoke up.
"I have a daughter. Her name is Sophia."
Dan nods his head. That was a fact that he already knew. Dan listened as Lucas continued.
"She's going to grow up knowing who her father is…unlike I did," Lucas sits down in the chair next to Dan's hospital bed. "I just came to tell you that you won't see her…ever because her grandfather is Keith and always will be. He is my father after all."
Dan looks at the man that Lucas has become and is glad that he turned out the way he did. He wouldn't mention that to Lucas though, so instead he says.
"I'm sorry."
Lucas shakes his head and stands up.
"It's too late for 'I'm sorrys' Dan…just way too late."
Lucas leaves the room soon after that and Dan is left to think about the mistakes he made in his life…all of them.
Nathan and Haley stood in the newly rented apartment the building manager smiles at them sweetly.
"Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Scott…the place is all yours."
Haley and Nathan watches as the building manager leaves and Haley is instantly in Nathan's arms.
"I love the sound of that."
"The sound of what?" Nathan asks with a smile.
"Mrs. Scott," Haley replies with a grin.
Nathan nods his head.
"Yeah, it is great isn't it?"
"Now all we have to do is tell our friends and your family."
Nathan tenses up and Haley kisses him softly on his lips.
"We can get through this Nathan."
"That's not what I am worried about Hales."
"Then what are you worried about?"
"How Lucas is going to take it?"
Haley sighs and closes her eyes.
"Me too."
Brooke enters the house of the recent newlyweds with baby Soph. in her car seat.
"Hello is anyone here?" Brooke calls out as she enters further into the house.
"In the kitchen Brooke," Keith yells out.
Brooke enters the kitchen and smiles when she sees Keith and Karen in the kitchen. Keith was sitting at the table and Karen was doing the dishes.
Keith looks up and smiles at Brooke and Sophia. Brooke sets the car seat down and takes Sophia out of it.
"I'm sure grandpa Keith would like to see you baby…yes he would," Brooke says with a smile as she hands her daughter to Keith.
Keith looks down at Sophia and smiles greatly.
"Aren't you just the cutest thing…yes you are. You're such a little angel aren't you?"
Brooke walks over to Karen and they both smile at each other.
"He's really great with her huh?"
Karen smiles at the thought of Keith and babies.
"Yes, he is and despite how old he is he likes being the grandpa."
Brooke laughs.
"Well of course…there will be no way Dan Scott ever comes near my baby."
"That maybe one thing that everyone has on their minds Brooke…not just you."
