A/N-Another chapter that I hope you all enjoy.


"Are you ready for this?"

Karen looks at Keith with a small smile.

"I'm just scared."

Keith nods his head.

"No matter what this test says it will be okay."

Karen nods her head and walks closer to her husband.

"On three we look."

"1."

"2."

"3."

Both Karen and Keith walk closer to the counter to read the pregnancy test.


"Are you ready to eat baby girl?" Brooke asks her 6 month old daughter.

"No!"

Brooke rolls her eyes at her daughter's favorite word. After she had said mama she learned to say words like dada, Aye (For Haley). Sophia starts laughing and Brooke can't help but smile at her baby girl. Brooke tickles her daughter's stomach causing Sophia to start giggling even harder.

"Momma loves you."

Sophia looks at her mother in wonderment.

"We should probably get you fed little one. Your daddy's going to be here soon."

"Dada!"

Brooke laughs.

"Yes, your dada is coming."

Sophia claps her hands and Brooke picks her daughter up from the floor.

Lucas walks into the apartment with a smile on his face.

"How are my favorite girls doing?"

"Dada!"

Lucas laughs and walks over to Brooke to pick up his daughter.

"Go change Brooke. I got her."

Brooke gives a sigh of relief.

"Thanks Luke," Brooke says before running into her room.

Lucas takes Sophia over by the window and points out.

"Are you ready to go into the car?"

"Car!"

Lucas laughs and walks into the nursery to change his baby girl into some clothes.

"You are going to spend the day with Grandpa Keith and Grandma Karen because daddy and mommy have to go to school."

Lucas finishes putting Sophia into a small pink dress and he smiles.

"You definitely get your mother's looks."

"Why thank you." Brooke says from the doorway.

Lucas turns in surprise and blushes slightly.

"It's true."

Brooke smiles softly.

"We better get going or we are going to be late."

Lucas nods his head.

"Come on baby girl, let's go for a ride."


After dropping of their daughter and Karen and Keith's, Brooke and Lucas were on their way to school for the start of their junior year. Things have been going better with them and hopefully it wouldn't strain their relationship now that school started up again.

"Hey did you think your mom was acting weird earlier?" Brooke asks as they walk up to the school.

"Now that you mention it, yeah, she really was."

"I wonder what's up with her."

Lucas shrugs his shoulders.

"I'm not sure, but I do know that if she wanted us to know she would have told us something."

Brooke nods her head and walks into school with Lucas hoping that this day would go by really fast.


Keith walks into his shop with a sad frown on his face. He wished that the pregnancy test would have had better results, but it didn't and Karen wasn't pregnant. He knew they would try again and hopefully it will happen.

When Keith turned on the lights to his shop he was surprised to see he younger brother sitting in a chair facing him.

"What are you doing here Danny?"

Dan shrugs his shoulders.

"I don't really know anymore. Hell, my son's married, my wife left me. Lucas had a kid and you married Karen. My life kind of sucks right now."

Keith walks closer to his brother and sits down right next to him.

"I don't know what happened to you Danny. You used to be a good guy up until you told Karen you were leaving for college."

"I don't know Keith. I just don't know anymore."

"So, why are you here Dan?"

"About my heart, I just wanted to know if you got checked out or not."

Keith looks at Dan in confusion.

"What do you mean?"

"HCM is genetic, you might have it and Nathan and Lucas might have it. Nathan said that he and Lucas went to go get the test, but only Nathan did it. Lucas backed out. I just wanted to let you know for Sophia's sake and yours."

Keith just stood still. He never would have believed that Lucas could be so careless.

Dan stands up from the chair.

"I also came to say goodbye."

"Where are you going?"

Dan shrugs his shoulders.

"I don't know. I might go see mom and dad for a little bit other than that I have no clue. It's not like anyone is going to miss me."

"Stay in touch little brother. All I ask is for a phone call every now and then."

Dan nods his head and hugs his brother.

"Take good care of them and make sure Nathan and Deb are okay. They are still family."

Keith nods his head.

"I know."


Afterschool everybody headed over to Karen's house. Something they liked to do because Karen was always the motherly type. Haley's mom and dad were traveling and Brooke's parents were never around. Peyton's dad was busy doing his job and Nathan had no clue what was going on with his parents. Karen and Keith were the go to parents as one would say.

Walking into the house Brooke had a smile on her face when she saw her daughter leaning in a chair clapping her hands.

"Mama!"

Brooke drops her bags on the floor and is instantly by her side.

"How is my special girl?"

Karen smiles and looks over at Peyton.

"Hey, Peyton can we talk for a few minutes?"

Peyton nods her head and they walk into the kitchen.

"So, I have been toying with this idea for awhile."

"What idea?"

"A place where teenagers can go to hang out and listen to bands and other stuff without getting into alcohol."

Peyton raises her eyebrow.

"I want to start a club where a few nights a week there will be an all age's night. And I kind of need a music coordinator and Lucas says that you are into the music and that you would be perfect for it."

"Are you offering a job?"

Karen nods her head.

"Are you interested?"

"I'd be glad. I kind of like you."

Karen laughs.

"I like you too."


A/N-There are six episodes left for the season and by the end of it I hope you will like some of the things that start to develop. Things are going to go pretty fast so I am going to put about 9 months of school into 6 chapters and there will be some time jumps, but I still hope you enjoy it.