No Happy Ending or Maybe So

Chapter 24 A New Beginning

It was the next morning in Tree Hill, and everything was perfect. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and all was right in the world.

Peyton and baby Lucy had finally been brought to the hospital after the storm had somewhat cleared. They were both fine thanks to Lucas. He was once again Peyton's hero. The truth was no matter what he always had been her hero and always would be.

She sat in her hospital room holding her beautiful baby girl. She remembered the last time she was sitting in a hospital room. Then it hadn't been good, but now it was amazing.

Lucy looked like a porcelain doll. She had very little hair, but what she did have was a dark blonde. She looked just like her father, but that was no surprise to Peyton. That is what she wanted from the moment she found out she was pregnant. Peyton was so proud of her beautiful baby girl. The moment was bittersweet just like Peyton knew it would be. She wanted Julian to be there to meet their daughter, but she knew that things happened for a reason. In the end it wasn't meant for her and Julian to be happy together, but it was meant for her and her children to be happy.

As she was admiring Lucy she heard voices coming from the hall. She would recognize those voices from anywhere. "Mommy," her little four year old daughter screamed.

"Hi baby," Peyton smiled. Julie ran to her mom's bed to look at her little sister. Brooke came in holding Brody, and Lexie followed closely behind.

"Mommy she's a girl," Julie exclaimed. "I really wanted a girl." Julie was so excited about having a little sister.

"Yeah me too sweat pea," Peyton smiled at her two other beautiful children.

"What's her name mama?" Brody asked as Brooke sat him on the bed.

"Well," Peyton smiled. She loved her name. She thought it was a perfect fit. "Her name is Lucy Elizabeth Baker."

Brooke looked a little shocked, but she thought the name was also perfect. "I love it P. Sawyer."

"I love it too mommy. Hey little Lucy you have my daddy's name," Julie smiled.

"Yeah Peyt it is a great name," Lexie smiled.

Peyton smiled when she heard Julie call Lucas daddy. They had all come a really long way in the past year.

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Lucas was sitting in the hospital waiting room. He wanted to give Peyton and her family their space. "Wow who would have thought that my best friend could have been a doctor," Haley laughed as she, Nathan, Jamie, and Emma came into the waiting room.

"We heard you're a hero again," Nathan told him.

"Yeah Uncle Lucas you rock," Jamie gave his uncle a hug.

Lucas shook his head, "It's no big deal. Peyton talked me through the entire thing. I didn't do anything really."

"Oh come on man you delivered a baby. That is a big deal."

Lexie walked into the waiting room with Julie and Brody. Julie ran into her daddy's arms. "Daddy, Daddy guess what?"

Lucas was shocked when she called him daddy. It made him so happy. He took her into his arms, "What is it pretty girl?"

"Well mommy named my little sister after you," Julie smiled.

"Really," Lucas pretended to be surprised. "That is so cool."

"Yeah I think so too," Julie smiled. "Hey Aunt Lexie, can we go to the cafeteria?"

"You bet," Lexie smiled as Julie jumped down from Lucas' arms. "J. Luke you want to go?"

"Mama can I?" Jamie smiled at his mom.

"Go ahead, but be good for Lexie," Haley warned.

"I will I promise," Jamie walked over to Lexie, Brody, and Julie. They all walked out of the waiting room.

Haley looked at Lucas, "What did Peyton name her baby?" She was curious.

Lucas smiled, "Lucy Elizabeth Baker."

"Wow, that's a big step," Nathan thought.

Lucas just looked at him. He didn't really know where he and Peyton stood, but he was too scared to ask.

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Brooke was sitting on Peyton's bed holding Lucy. "She is absolutely amazing Peyton," Brooke couldn't take her eyes off of her. "It must have been scary giving birth at home without a doctor."

Peyton shook her head, "It hurt like hell, but I wasn't scared because I had Lucas with me."

"Oh," Brooke smiled and looked at Peyton. "I think it is pretty cool that you named her Lucy."

"I just really like the name Lucy," Peyton lied. "I always have."

"Sure," Brooke wasn't buying it.

Lucas knocked on the door, "Hi."

Peyton smiled as she saw him. "I can come back later," Lucas told them.

Brooke stood up, "No, no Luke you can stay. I should probably get to the store." Brooke walked over to Lucas and handed him Lucy. "You should hold her." Brooke then walked over and hugged Peyton. "I'll see you later best friend. Get some rest," she demanded as she walked out of the room.

Peyton smiled when she saw how good Lucas and Lucy looked together. "You look good."

Lucas looked at her. "I mean you look good holding her. You're a pro."

"Yeah well she makes it easy." He walked over to the bed. "I'm glad that the two of you are okay."

"We're okay because of you," she smiled. "You saved us. God Luke you are always saving me."

He shook his head, "Don't paint me as the hero Peyton. I'm not the hero. I was just in the right place at the right time."

"You always were in the right place at the right time. Thank you so much Luke." She touched his shoulder.

"I don't want to be the hero Peyton. I wasn't the hero in your life for five years. Julian was."

"But before Julian you were my hero, and even when I was with Julian you were my hero Lucas. You have always been my hero." She tried to explain to him. "I loved Julian with all of my heart, but there was never a moment that I didn't love you too. You'll always have a piece of my heart."

They sat in silence for a few minutes, and Lucas finally spoke, "She's beautiful Peyton. Julian would be proud." He handed Lucy back to Peyton. "I should probably go get some rest."

He walked to the door, but before he could leave, "Luke," he turned around.

"I named my daughter after you for a reason," she finally told him.

"I thought you just liked the name," he shrugged.

She smiled, "I do like the name, but I like the name because it sounds a lot like Lucas. I named her Lucy because I want you to be apart of her life." She was trying to hold back her tears. She didn't want him to see her cry, "Julie is named after Julian because he was there for me throughout the entire pregnancy, and you were there for me throughout this pregnancy. You have always been there for me even when we were apart and I thought that I hated you." He moved closer to the bed. "I want you to help me raise Lucy, Brody, and especially Julie. I need you to help me raise them. Some people are lucky enough to have two fathers right?"

"Peyton," he sat back down on her bed.

"I want you to be her God Father."

Peyton smiled, and Lucas smiled back, "It would be my honor to be her God Father, and it would be my honor to be apart of all of their lives."

"And mine too?" she asked quietly.

He took a deep breath, "Definitely yours." He leaned over and kissed her forehead, and then smiled at Lucy.

Okay so there is the end of chapter 24. I have one more chapter left if I can write it how I want it to go. If not there will be two more chapters. I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. I liked it okay. I was trying to show throughout this story that Peyton fell in love with someone else, but her heart was always with Lucas. She was in denial kind of like Lucas was in season five.

So thanks for the reviews for the last chapter, and throughout this entire story. You guys really have been good to me.