A week had passed since Jake had moved in with Brooke and Avery. She wasn't sure how but it still amazed Brooke that in that week Peyton had yet to run into Jake. She often wondered if Jake was avoiding Peyton so he didn't have to break her heart but Brooke never got the chance to ask him either.

Presently Brooke was dressing Avery for the Ravens' basketball game. She was a little bit nervous to be taking him to the school but at the same time Brooke was excited to see Whitey again. And she knew Whitey wanted to see Avery. Just as she was zipping up Avery's Tree Hill Ravens sweatshirt Jake walked into the room holding a ring out to her.

"Don't you think it's a little early for marriage Jake?" she laughed.

"Actually I just happened to notice this was on your dresser. I didn't want you to think it was gone. I know how much this ring means to you," Jake replied.

"Yeah. Thanks."

Jake watched in bewilderment as Brooke reluctantly took the ring back and slid it on her left hand. Something wasn't right and he was determined to find out what it was exactly. But just as he was about say something there was a knock on the door. Followed by footsteps. Jake couldn't help but laugh when he realized that it was Haley. He grabbed Avery's bag off the back of the door before going out to say hi to her.

"Hey Jake. Where are Brooke and Avery," Haley greeted happily.

"Avery's room. I think she's looking for his shoes," Jake replied.

"Brookie! Are you ready yet?" Haley yelled as she walked down to the baby's room.

"In a minute Hales," Brooke replied.

Haley walked into the room and the smile from her face when she saw Brooke sitting in the rocking chair clinging to Avery while tears fell from her eyes. Haley rushed over and knelt in front of the chair.

"What's wrong sweetheart?" she asked.

"I didn't want to put the ring back on," Brooke cried, "I can't be engaged to a dead guy. What was I thinking? This isn't right."

Haley put her hand on the chair to keep it still. She really wanted Brooke to hear her on this.

"Listen to me Brooke. Just because you can never be married to Lucas doesn't mean you should feel like you're not engaged. Maybe it's a little strange but nothing in life is ever completely normal."

"That's not the problem though Hales."

"I don't get it then. What's the problem?"

"I don't think I love him anymore. The ring feels more like a weight then a symbol of love. When Jake gave it back to me it took everything in me not to let it just fall to the floor. I can't do this anymore. I can't wear it!"

Brooke began twisting the ring off of her finger only to have Haley grabbed her hands.

"Just because you don't wanna wear the ring anymore doesn't mean you don't love Luke anymore. It just means maybe you're ready to try something new with someone else," Haley suggested softly.

"That's impossible. There's no one else I want. I'm sure of it," Brooke replied.

"Really? You don't think maybe you want to have something with Jake?"

"Haley are you crazy? I can't have a relationship with Jake!"

"Why not?"

Brooke had opened her mouth to answer Haley but stopped when she saw Jake stick his head in the door.

"Are you ladies ready to go?" he asked.

"Yeah let's go. Here, you take Ave," Brooke answered as she carefully handed her son to Jake.

He watched her closely and noticed that there were dry tears on her cheeks.

"Are you okay?" he asked her.

"Yeah. I'm just a little emotional about going back into that gym and knowing that Lucas' number is hanging from the rafters," Brooke said.

Jake nodded as he grabbed Brooke's hand and held it tightly in his own. Haley couldn't help but smile when she noticed that Brooke didn't even bother trying to pull her hand away. The three of them walked out of the apartment and down the stairs to Brooke's Mustang. She really wasn't in the mood to drive so she told Jake he could drive. His face lit up as she said this because he had been dying to drive the Mustang since he knew Brooke had it.

As Jake was pulling into the Tree Hill High parking lot Brooke felt her nerves go into over drive. She took a deep slow breath to calm herself down before getting out and getting Avery's stroller out of the back of the Mustang. There was no way she was gonna back down now. Whitey was one of very few people in life that Brooke couldn't let down no matter what the circumstances were for her. Shaking with nerves Brooke reached for Jake's hand and gripped it tightly while the other hand was wrapped firmly around the handle of Avery's car seat as she tried to lock it in place.

Haley felt terrible for Brooke. She knew that her friend was nervous about returning to Tree Hill High, more specifically the gym, but she had no idea how bad it was until that very moment. Haley gave Brooke's shoulder a gentle squeeze as they walked into the crowded gym. Right as they walked in Peyton rushed to them immediately with her new guy, Jared, by her side.

"Hey guys. This is Jared," she said with a wide smile.

"Hey," the three of them said politely.

"Jared, this is Jake, Brooke, Haley and the cutest baby in the world, my nephew, Avery."

"Hey," Jared said quietly.

"Peyt are Rach and Shea here yet?" Brooke asked hopefully.

"I'm not sure about them but Mouth's here. Apparently he's doing some announcing this season. Only now he's getting paid for it," Peyton replied.

"That's awesome. I'm glad things are working out for them."

Peyton couldn't help but notice the look of jealousy in Brooke's eyes despite the words she spoke. It was no secret that she was jealous of what they had.

"Hey is Nathan here?" Haley asked, her voice nervous yet hopeful.

As much as she wanted to see Nathan she didn't want to see him twice as much. They hadn't talked in three days and it had been a week since she had seen him. The last she knew he was staying at Dan's beach house.

"I don't think so. But we just got here ourselves. Sorry Hales."

Brooke could see the disappointment on Haley's face. She knew that the last week had been hard on her friend but it was painfully obvious to Brooke that Haley wanted to see Nathan. And despite the fact that she was still mad at Nathan for the way he had treated Haley, Brooke wanted to see him too. Just then she heard Haley gasp behind her and turned around to see Nathan saunter into the gym, smiling.

"Hey everybody. Jagielski, nice to see you back in town man," Nathan said before looking at Haley and nodding his head. He walked away from the group hoping that Haley would get the idea and follow him. He frowned at Haley's hesitation.

"Brooke. What do I do?" Haley asked nervously.

"Go talk to him. I doubt he'd be dumb enough to hit you in public. I'll stand where I can see you. Go for it," Brooke replied as she shoved Haley in Nathan's direction.

Haley nervously approached Nathan and smiled weakly. He smiled in return before clearing his throat. This wasn't going to be easy but it had to be done.

"I know you said you want your space and I respect that Hales. I really do," Nathan started.

"But?" she prompted.

"But I really miss you. I wanna come back to the apartment. I promise I'll never hit you again."

Haley shook her head. There was no way she would let Nathan back in on his word. He blew it for himself when he hit her. If he wanted to come back he was going to have to earn it as far as Haley was concerned.

"Why not?" he asked.

"Because Nathan. You don't get to just come back because you say you won't hit me again. How do I know you're telling the truth," Haley answered.

"I love you Hales. I never meant to hurt you."

"Yeah well you did."

"I'm sorry. Please, baby, can't you forgive me."

"No."

"But Haley."

"No Nathan. You don't get to play the victim. You hit me, not the other way around. Please, stop doing this to me. You don't know how hard it is for me to stand in front of you right now."

Nathan took a step closer to Haley making Haley take a step backward. She didn't know what he was doing but whatever it was Haley wasn't gonna let it happen. Nathan frowned at her as he watched her back away from him. This wasn't how this was supposed to go. It certainly wasn't how it went in his mind. In his mind Haley would have forgiven him and agreed to let him come back to the apartment.

"Hales. I'm sorry for hurting you. Please, let me show you that it wasn't my intention," Nathan pleaded tearfully. He silently cursed himself as the tears fell, this was the last thing he had wanted to do. Especially in a place where he was known as a hardhearted competitor.

"No. Please just leave me alone," Haley answered as she started to walk away.

Not knowing what else to do, Nathan reached out and grabbed her arm. She froze as she felt his hand on her arm. Desperate to get away from him Haley shook his hand off of her and walked over to Brooke without looking back. Nathan watched dejectedly as his wife walked away from him. There was nothing to stop the tears from falling now. He was truly sorry for the way he had treated Haley but she wasn't letting him show her.

"What did he say?" Brooke asked when Haley came back over.

"He was asking to come back to the apartment," Haley replied.

"You're kidding? Does he really think a week is enough time?"

"I guess so."

"You said no right?"

"Of course I said no. But I really didn't want to. Brooke I miss him. I want him to come home."

"I know you do honey. But you can't just give in because he says he's not gonna do it again. I agree with that. He needs to show you that he's sorry and that it won't happen again. Until then I don't think you should let him come back to the apartment."

Haley nodded. She knew Brooke was right but that didn't make her miss having her husband around any less. They walked over to the bleachers and found seats for all of them to sit.

"I'm gonna go find Whitey before the game starts," Brooke said as she lifted Avery from his car seat and walked down the bleachers.

She had just walked out of the gym and in the direction of Whitey's office when she saw him walking toward her.

"Well look who it is," Whitey said with a giant smile.

"Whitey! I was just coming to find you," Brooke said as she returned the smile. Avery squirmed in her arms and she shifted him to the other side. Whitey looked at him and couldn't help thinking how much he looked like Lucas did when he was a baby.

"My gosh, Brooke, he is the spitting image of Lucas."

"I think that every time I look at him."

Whitey nodded.

"I should let you get back to your team. Good luck tonight Whitey," Brooke said before she turned around.

"Hang on just a minute," Whitey said as he reached into his pocket and pulled something out and placed it in Brooke's hand.

"What's this?" she asked as she looked at it.

"When Nathan told me you were pregnant with Lucas' child I had another one of the black wristbands made up with his number and initials on it for Avery. That way, when he's older, he'll have something to honor Lucas with on the basketball court. Cause God knows he'll end up playing. It's in his blood."

Brooke couldn't help but laugh. That was definitely true. Basketball was definitely in the Scott blood and since Avery was half Scott there was a 50-50 chance he would play. She thanked Whitey for the wristband before going back into the gym.

"Hey, was Whitey happy to see you?" Jake asked as Brooke sat down next to him with Avery in her lap.

"Yup. He gave me this too," Brooke replied as she showed Jake the wristband.

"Cool."

Brooke was so busy looking at the court that she hadn't even realized that Rachel was walking toward them carrying Shea in his seat.

"Brooke!" Rachel yelled as she was closer.

"Rachel!" Brooke yelled back excitedly when she spotted her friend, "Get up here and let me see my nephew."

"Nice to know you missed me."

Brooke stuck her tongue out at Rachel as she kissed her hand and placed it on Shea's cheek. Rachel sat down carefully next to Brooke and placed Shea's seat in front of her. She was happy to get out of the house away from her parents. They had been driving her crazy trying to tell her how to take care of Shea.

"How are the parents?" Brooke asked with a grin.

"Shut up. They're getting on my nerves. Honestly, I don't think I could stand being around them for another second tonight. They wouldn't let me out of the house without making sure I had dressed Shea appropriately for the weather even after I told them that I did," Rachel replied.

Brooke was glad that her parents didn't do that to her. And she was also glad that Karen and Keith didn't either. They trusted that Brooke would be smart enough not to put Avery in clothes that weren't weather appropriate. She wasn't sure how warm or cold the gym would be when she was getting him ready for the game so she decided to put his Ravens jersey on over a long sleeve t-shirt and under his sweatshirt just in case. Brooke and Rachel were so wrapped up in their conversation that neither one of them noticed that the game had started until the entire gym erupted in a thunderous cheer. Obviously the Ravens had scored.

"Jake who are they playing? I don't recognize this uniform," Brooke asked when she looked at the court.

"It's Oak Lake. They have new uniforms," Jake replied.

"Oh goody, maybe my boyfriend is here," Haley said sarcastically.

Everybody laughed at this. Damien West had played for Oak Lake and was Nathan's arch nemesis. He also seemed to have a thing for Haley and often referred to her as his "girlfriend" and it always pissed both Haley and Nathan off.

When the first half was over, Tree Hill was down 34-28. Brooke could see the frustration on Whitey's face as the teams went back to the locker rooms. She felt bad that things weren't going well but knew that the Ravens could come from behind. It had happened many times during her four years of high school. The girls decided that since it was half time they would leave Avery and Shea with Mouth, Jake and Jared and go to the bathroom. As soon as they walked in Rachel turned to Brooke and asked the "million dollar question".

"What's with you and Jake?"

"Nothing. He's just helping me take care of Avery and I'm helping him out with a roof over his head," Brooke replied.

"That's crap. You're all starry-eyed Brooke."

"No I'm not."

Brooke crossed her arms defiantly. Rachel, Peyton and Haley all laughed at her. They thought it was cute how in denial Brooke was acting. It obvious to the three of them that Brooke was developing feelings for Jake and it was more than obvious that Jake had already fallen for Brooke.

"B, I hate to say it because you know my history with Jake but I think she's right. You are starry-eyed," Peyton said.

"I can't be! I can't be starry-eyed. I'm still wearing an engagement ring for crying out loud," Brooke protested.

"But that's not what it is to you anymore. You told me that earlier," Haley reminded her.

Rachel and Peyton both gasped in shock at Haley's words while Brooke stared hard into her friend's eyes.

"See Brooke, if the meaning behind the ring on your finger has changed then something is going on in your heart," Peyton said.

"I don't wanna hurt you Peyton," Brooke said quietly.

"What are you talking about Brooke?"

"I don't wanna do to you with Jake what you did to me with Lucas! I don't want you to feel the pain I felt then. It's a miracle I lived through it and I vowed to never do it to anyone in return because that kind of pain really hurts."

"Brooke you could never do to me what Lucas and I did to you. Not with Jake. Jake and I aren't together like you and Luke were together. Besides I know he doesn't feel anything for me other friendship. I can see it in his eyes. The sparkle that used to be there when he looked at me isn't there. It's only there when he's looking at you or Avery now. It's you that Jake wants Brooke, not me."

Brooke shook her head furiously. She didn't want to hear this. She wanted Peyton to take it all back but she knew that wasn't going to happen. Rachel and Haley didn't say anything because they weren't sure what to say or if there was even anything either of them could say at this point. It was clear to them that Jake had eyes for Brooke and Brooke was beginning to feel the same way about Jake but desperately trying to fight it. After a few minutes Haley spoke up breaking the silence that had enveloped the four girls.

"Brooke are you sure it's Peyton you don't wanna hurt and not Lucas' memory?" Haley asked carefully.

"Brooke you don't have to be afraid to love someone. Lucas would want to see you happy. If you like Jake, let go of whatever fear is holding you back and show him," Rachel said gently.

The four of them stood in silence again. Peyton, Haley and Rachel were all looking at Brooke as the tears continued to fall from her eyes. Listening to her friends was getting to be too much. She didn't want them to say it was okay to not be wholly devoted to Lucas anymore because it didn't seem right to her. Even if he was dead, Lucas was still the father of her child and that was something she had to consider.

While the girls were in the bathroom Mouth, Jake and Jared had stayed in the gym with Avery and Shea who were both sleeping in their seats. Mouth and Jake were currently questioning Jared about how he knew Peyton.

"Jared how do you and Peyton know each other?" Jake asked curiously.

"We met in an art class at THCC," Jared replied.

"Oh so you're an artist too?"

"Yeah but don't let Peyton fool you. She's better than I am. Although she likes to tell me otherwise. It's kind of cute actually."

"Sounds like Peyton. Always being modest about her talents. She is amazing at what she does. I've always thought so."

"What's the deal with you and her?" Jared asked, turning the tables on Jake.

"We were together for a little while but then I was having some custody issues with my daughter's mother and things got out of control so I ended up leaving town and breaking her heart. But that's all in the past. I don't have feelings for her anymore," Jake answered.

"That's kind of obvious," Mouth laughed.

"What are you talking about?"

"I can tell you're into Brooke."

"How?"

"Just the way you're protective of her. And the way you're so tentative to her every need. Or maybe it's the way you've given up your life in Savannah to come back to Tree Hill and taken on the influential male role in Avery's life without complaining."

"I don't have a thing for Brooke. Besides, she's still wearing that engagement ring for Lucas so it wouldn't matter even if I did. She's never gonna take it off for another guy. Peyton told me all about the day she went down to the docks after Karen gave her the ring and the letter from Lucas to answer his written proposal. Brooke is a person of her word and if she said she was going to die engaged to Lucas, that's how it's gonna be. And I didn't give up my life in Savannah, I was kicked out so I had to come back."

"Just talk to her Jake. I think she's only wearing it because she doesn't think there's anyone she wants to take it off for."

Jake shook his head. That was the craziest thing he had ever heard. Why would Brooke leave a ring on if she didn't really want to wear it? That's when he remembered her reluctance to put the ring back on earlier that night when he had given it back to her. Maybe Mouth was right. Maybe Brooke was only wearing it to hide from other guys.

A few minutes later the girls came back from the bathroom and Jake smiled at Brooke as she sat next to him. Rachel, Peyton and Haley watched closely as Brooke moved closer to Jake and then rested her head on his shoulder. Smiling to himself Jake wrapped his arm around Brooke's shoulder and pulled her even closer to his body.

"What did you guys talk about while we were gone?" Peyton asked Jared.

"Paris Hilton," Jared laughed.

"You're such a bad liar."

"I know."

"Seriously, what did you talk about?"

"Just random stuff. I figured I should get to know your friends if I'm gonna be sticking around for a while."

"Oh really?"

"Yes. You can't get rid of me that easily Peyton Sawyer."

Peyton blushed at Jared's words and Brooke, Haley and Rachel all snickered at them. Which of course made Peyton blush even more.

"And what if I said I didn't want to get rid of you Jared Reynolds?" Peyton retorted.

"I'd say good," Jared replied as he lifted Peyton's face with his finger and kissed her softly.

"Aww," Brooke said as she turned to see them kiss.

Peyton shoved Brooke playfully as soon as they broke the kiss. It was bad enough having to deal with Brooke making her blush but she couldn't take much more of the teasing at the moment.

The game ended an hour later. Tree Hill had of course come from behind to beat the Oak Lake Owls, 64-60. The gang was getting ready to leave when Haley heard Nathan calling her name. She tried to ignore him but it was really hard when his voice became desperate. Reluctantly she turned around to see what he wanted and without warning she felt his lips crash down on hers. When Haley finally regained her composure she broke the kiss and shoved Nathan away.

"Haley, please. I know I was wrong. I wanna come home," Nathan pleaded desperately.

"No. Nathan I told you already. Telling me doesn't mean a thing. You have to show me that things will be different. You have to show me that I can trust you because right now I don't know if I can or if I should trust you again," Haley replied stubbornly.

"Nathan, go back to the beach house. Leave Haley alone. A week isn't enough time," Brooke said sternly.

"How do you know what is enough time? You're still crying over my brother and it's been eight months," Nathan shot back angrily.

"And you're not crying over Lucas? Isn't that why you hit Haley in the first place? Because you hit a new stage in your grief over your dead brother?"

Nathan was silent. He knew that Brooke had nailed him on that one. She smiled knowingly at him when he still hadn't said anything.

"Exactly. You don't get to say anything about me crying over Lucas when you're hitting your wife because you miss him. Asshole."

Brooke turned on her heels and walked out to her car with Jake and Avery. Haley shrugged her shoulders at Nathan as she turned to follow Brooke out to the car. It was dark out otherwise she would have walked back to the apartment.

"Brooke I'm sorry Nathan was being an ass," Haley apologized when she caught up to them.

"Don't be sorry Hales. It's not your fault," Brooke replied as they got in the car and headed back to the apartment.

When they got back to the apartment Haley asked if she could put Avery to bed. Brooke agreed and the three of them walked into the dark apartment. Jake flipped the lights on and made the girls scream as the bright lights shone in their eyes without warning. He couldn't help but laugh at their reaction. Haley took Avery out of his car seat and carried him down to his bedroom to get him ready for bed. She was glad to see Jake's guitar was in the room because that was going to make putting her nephew to bed that much easier. Just like Jake had done every night for the past week, Haley changed Avery into his pajamas and then placed him in his crib before she sat down in the rocking chair and picked up the guitar and began to play.

"This is a song I wrote for your daddy when we were in high school. I told him that when he had children I would tell them about it and sing for them," Haley said as she started to play, "It's called 'Carry Me With You'."

When Haley finished singing the song, she had to reach up and wipe the tears out of her eyes. Singing that song to Avery made her miss Lucas more than she had in a long time. But she was glad to have had the opportunity. She carefully returned Jake's guitar to its case and rested it against the wall.

"Good night Avery," she whispered as she closed the door and walked out to the living room. She was surprised to find that neither Brooke or Jake were in there. In fact, the apartment was eerily quiet but as Haley stood still she could hear sniffling coming from Brooke's bedroom. Turning on her heels Haley made her way to the bedroom and knocked on the door waiting for Brooke to respond before going in.

"Hales," Brooke whimpered.

"What is it Tigger?" Haley asked as she lay on the bed next to Brooke and hugged her tightly.

"I think it's happening."

"What?"

"I think I'm letting go of Lucas."

Haley didn't say anything.

"I'm scared," Brooke said as the tears flowed faster.

"It's okay Brookie. Luke would want you to be happy," Haley said softly as she wiped the tears from Brooke's eyes.

"What if it's too soon? I don't wanna get hurt."

"You'll be okay Brooke. I don't think Jake is gonna hurt you."

"Who said anything about Jake?"

"Well if not Jake then who is it that you're letting go of Lucas for?"

Brooke didn't have an answer. She knew that Jake was the guy that she was slowly letting go of Lucas for. Even more than that, she knew that Haley knew Jake was the guy too.

"I don't wanna hurt Peyton. I really can't lose her now," Brooke admitted quietly.

"Didn't you hear Peyton tonight? She can't get hurt. Jake doesn't want her. He wants you. Don't worry about her. Just focus on you."

Brooke sniffled as the tears continued to fall. She really was lucky to have such amazing friends even if she didn't always feel like she deserved it or told them.

"Thanks Hales."

"What for?"

"Being there when I needed someone."

"You don't have to thank me for that."

"Yes I do. It's important to me that you always know how much I appreciate everything you've done to help me."

"You're welcome Brookie. You know you'll always have me."

Haley moved to slide off the bed but Brooke pulled her back.

"Stay here tonight," she asked.

"Okay," Haley replied as she lay back down next to Brooke.

Not even five minutes later the two girls were asleep. They were still asleep next to each other with their heads on each other's shoulders when Jake went to check on Brooke in the morning. He carefully grabbed Brooke's camera from her dresser and took a picture of them before he closed the door again and went to check on Avery. Jake wasn't surprised to see that Avery was awake. Unlike his parents, Avery was definitely an early bird.

"Morning little guy. What do you say we get you out of there and put a fresh diaper on you?" Jake said as he wrinkled his nose at Avery.

Fifteen minutes later Jake had Avery dressed and in his bouncy seat and was feeding him baby cereal while he made himself some toast and coffee. Jake was just cleaning up the mess he had made trying to get Avery to eat when Brooke and Haley walked into the kitchen looking sleepy.

"Morning sleeping beauties," Jake laughed.

"Coffee," Brooke said.

"Food," Haley said.

"Sit down, I'll make you some breakfast. How does ham and cheddar omelets sound?"

The girls nodded in approval as they sat at the table and put their heads in their arms. Jake laughed at them as he went about making breakfast for them. Twenty minutes later Jake was setting two plates on the table, one in front of Brooke and the other in front of Haley.

"Jake this is amazing. Where did you learn to cook like this?" Brooke asked as she stuffed a forkful of omelet in her mouth.

"Actually Karen taught me when I was working at the café," he said.

Brooke nodded as she kept eating. Jake watched her and he felt his heart melt. Brooke was by far the only girl that Jake thought was a cute eater.

"Avery is there anything your mom does that isn't cute?" he asked.

"Bah," Avery replied.

"I didn't think so."

Watching Jake have a conversation with Avery made Brooke laugh so hard that she nearly shot omelet out of her nose. That of course made Haley laugh and she did shoot coffee out of her nose. Yelping as it burned. The three of them erupted into a fit of laughter. When they were done with breakfast Haley decided to go back to her apartment and take a shower. They were going to take Avery to the mall while Jake went to work.

"I'll be back in 20 Brooke," Haley said as she walked out the door.

Jake emerged from his room ready for work. Brooke was sitting on the couch with Avery in her lap watching something on the TV.

"I'm heading off to work. I'll see you later. Have fun shopping," Jake said as he waved his hand at Brooke.

"Have a good day at work," Brooke replied sweetly as she waved back.

Jake nodded as he closed the door behind him, leaving Brooke alone with Avery. And her thoughts.

"Ave what do you think of Jake? Is he a nice guy?" she asked as she turned him around so she could see his face.

"Gah," Avery answered.

"Yeah, you're right. Jake is a nice guy."

Sighing Brooke rose to her feet so she could get ready to go out with Haley. She carefully placed Avery in the playpen that was in her bedroom while she got changed. Before she left the room Brooke stood in front of the dresser and looked at her left hand. Nodding to herself she took a deep breath as she slid the ring off and placed it back in the box that sat on the dresser on top of the letter. Brooke looked at the picture of her and Lucas that was hanging in her mirror and smiled sadly. It was time for her to move on. But that didn't mean she'd ever forget Lucas.

"I'll always love you," she said softly before kissing her hand and laying it on the picture.

Brooke was just lifting Avery from the playpen when she heard Haley come in.

"Brooke are you ready?" Haley yelled.

"Yeah I'll be right there!" Brooke yelled back as she grabbed Avery's bag from his room and then met Haley in the living room.

"Let's go," she said as they walked out the door.

I could have made this the last chapter but I know how I wanna end this…there should be at least one, maybe two, more chapters. Let me know what you think!