Hello everyone! First a shout out to the reviewers (lanae96, naley23alwaysforever, thibbs65, breathbookslove, takemewhenyougo, sandygirl, aschly, brucas, britt, lileen, amutatedpigeon, dianehermans and guests) you guys are great. Second, one final thank you to Diane for the outline that you sent me... I think it ended up being one great story. :)

Thanks!

Krystal

Chapter 5:

Auggie took out his phone and quickly dialed the 800 number that flashed on the television screen, he was breathing hard as the phone rang, "Flight 7729 Hotline, how may I assist you?"

"My name is August Scott," Auggie squinted and began pacing the living room. "I was just watching the news and saw that they have found survivors. I need to know if one of them is my father Lucas Eugene Scott."

"Are you Mr. Scott's next of kin?" The operator asked, "We aren't allowed to release information about passengers unless you are the next of kin."

Auggie squinted again, this time he was confused, "I'm his SON, how much closer can you get?"

"Yes sir I understand, let me transfer you to my supervisor."

Auggie collapsed to the floor, "He's dead."

"What?" Haley squawked.

"They transferred me to a supervisor, that cannot be good right?" Auggie said shaking.

"Mr. Scott," The supervisor chimed in.

"Yes, I am August Scott."

"I have a list of the survivors what is your father's name?" The supervisor asked.

Auggie huffed, "Lucas Eugene Scott."

The supervisor sighed as she scrolled the list, "Your father is listed as one of the survivors."

Auggie started crying and handed the phone to Haley, "He's alive, my dad is alive."

Haley pulled him into her lap and called out, "Nathan!" Nathan appeared in the living room after being in the kitchen, "Lucas is alive."

She handed the phone to Nathan, he was still shocked by her words, "Yes hello, who is this?"

"My name is Olive Harker, may I ask who I am speaking to?"

Nathan rubbed his head, "I'm Nathan Scott and I would like to speak to my brother." He heard the operator pause, "He's been missing for almost two years dammit, I want to talk to my brother please." Nathan was staring at the television screen flashing pictures of the broken airplane and the FAA representative that was readying for a press conference that was about to begin.

"I can give you the phone number to the airline terminal in Miami, that is where the survivors are currently being debriefed, as long as he isn't currently answering questions with the FAA officials you will be able to speak to him." She paused, "Would you like the number?"

"Yes," Nathan let out a deep breath, "I'm sorry I didn't mean to snap at you Miss Harker, I am just a little overwhelmed."

"That is understandable, is there anything else I can help you with Mr. Scott?"

"Yes, can you tell me if Brooke Penelope Davis is among the survivors?" Nathan's heart now felt like it was pounding out of his chest.

"I'm only supposed to release that information to the next of kin," Olive paused and then whispered, "Miss Davis is listed among the survivors. You won't be able to speak to her because you're aren't of any relation to her, but at least now you know she is alive."

"Thank you Miss Harker," Nathan closed his eyes and hung up the phone, "Hales," Haley turned and looked at him, "Brooke is among the survivors." Haley was instantly overcome with a wave of emotion, Nathan sat on the floor and held her wife as she sobbed into his chest.

He looked at his children, "Dad did I just hear you right Uncle Luke and Auntie Brooke are alive?" Jamie said as he leaned against the wall to steady his now limp legs.

"Yes, Jamie," Nathan looked at his daughter who was shaking on the sofa, "Lydi, they are alive."

Jamie sat down with Auggie on the floor, Lydia immediately joined them, "How's that for a birthday wish Augs?"

Auggie looked at his cousins and began to laugh, "I think I might have just used my wishing power for the rest of my life," He wiped his tear stained cheeks, "When do we get to talk to them?"

Brooke and Lucas sat next to each other in a small medical office, at the advisement of Joseph they agreed to have the twins checked out, "So have you thought about what we do next?" Brooke asked as they stared at their children behind the glass divider.

"I need to divorce Isobel," Lucas leaned in and kissed her cheek, "Then we can get married again."

"I don't think I want to get re-married right away," Brooke said, "I think we should try living together again first. On the island we were in this artificial bubble, now that we're going home we have to face the reality of our lives. You said it yourself, you have to get divorced first and I should probably have a conversation with Julian. Two years is a long time I'm sure he has moved on, but at the very least he is owed a conversation" Brooke paused to shake her head, "This is going to sound so silly, considering everything else but what if August doesn't like me?"

"He's going to love you and he's going to love Iona and Easton. He always wanted a sibling, now he has two." Lucas smiled, "As much as I would like to get married again right away, I will respect your request to take things slow." He put his arm around her shoulder, "But don't make me wait too long or I'll have no choice but to take you by force."

Brooke kinked her eyebrow and stared into his eyes, "Think about what you just said for a moment."

"What is it about you pretty girl huh?" Lucas grinned, "I'm an author by profession and when I'm around you I get all tongue tied and say the most asinine things." Lucas put his head on her shoulder, "I just implied I would rape you for Christ's sake."

They were both silent for a few minutes and Brooke broke the tension and started to laugh, "If you want to make a life with me you're going to have to figure out how to speak to me or what kind of relationship would that be?"

"It would just be sex," Lucas grinned a sly smile, "Alright you win, we can wait to get married."

"Thank you Luke," Brooke adjusted in the chair and put her head on his shoulder, "Now let's concentrate on getting home, I miss our family."

The doctor came out and motioned for them to come with her, "Your children are in surprisingly good health considering they have only lived on an island without electricity and running water." She handed a folder to Brooke, "Here is some information about vaccines and developmental milestones. Someone will be with you shortly to register their births so they can get birth certificates and social security numbers." The doctor tickled the babies, "Enjoy them you guys, and happy early first birthday."

A week later Lucas, Brooke and their twins returned to Tree Hill, they decided Brooke, Iona and Easton would stay at a hotel until Lucas spoke to Auggie about the island happenings and their existence. "I know you, you're going to chicken out." Brooke kinked her eyebrow, "Then August is going to find out accidentally and it will be a giant mess."

"I'm going to tell him," Lucas stuck his tongue out, "I've had a busy week, filing divorce papers, doing required interviews." Lucas pulled her into him, "Taking HOT showers, eating HOT food, sleeping in a real bed. I was enjoying myself for a few days, I'm not stalling."

"You've seen him a few times via facetime and hesitated every time," Brooke paused and started clucking like a chicken.

Lucas folded his arms across his chest, "Please, you act like that conversation was easy for you to have with Julian."

Brooke frowned at the mention of Julian's name, "It was hard, but it had to be done. It was the right thing to do. He's engaged to an actress named Alex Dupree, I met her before the island, she's wonderful." Brooke threw a baby blanket at him, "So stop stalling."

"I'm not, I just didn't want to tell him until I got to see him in person." Lucas paused at the door, "I'll be back in a few hours."

"Whatever you say broody, I know you and this isn't a conversation you want to have I can tell." Brooke understood, "I mean August is your son, we were missing for almost two years and now here we are and you have a lot of surprises for him. You are divorcing his mother, you had two children with a woman he knows nothing about during that time. I would think you were a pod person if you weren't a little nervous."

Lucas grabbed the keys to the rental car, "I'll be back, fingers crossed Auggie is with me." He kissed the twins and turned to Brooke, "I love you."

"We love you too," Brooke smiled, "Good luck."

Ten minutes later Lucas parked in front of his childhood home, his mother had agreed that the first person he should see when he returned to Tree Hill was his son, she had mentioned a big homecoming party planned for the weekend, he had reluctantly agreed. Lucas got out of the car and walked up to the house, he knocked on the door to his old bedroom. Auggie opened the door and Lucas pulled him in for a hug, "I missed you so much," Lucas choked back the rush of emotion that seemed to hit him all at once. "Can I come in?"

"It was your room first," Auggie smirked.

Lucas walked into his old bedroom, he noticed there was a new bookcase along the back wall filled with hardbacks, "You brought over my books, how many have you read?"

"Almost all of them," Auggie said sitting down on the bed, "I found some interesting things in these novels."

"These books shaped my youth, made me the man I am today. Do you have a favorite?" Lucas sat down at the small desk chair in the corner across from Auggie.

Auggie reached back and pulled two books from the nightstand, "I have read these two a dozen times already."

Lucas smiled when he realized what books Auggie was holding, "If you can believe it I was going to give those to you for your eleventh birthday." Lucas wiped at his face, "I keep telling myself that the crash wasn't my fault, it kills me that I missed one of your birthdays. You'll be twelve in a few weeks, I'm relieved I only missed one."

"Don't beat yourself up Dad," Auggie smiled, "I do have a question for you." He opened the copies of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, "I want to know about Brooke Davis."

Lucas looked down at the handwritten love notes Brooke had put in the inside covers, 'She got me these for my 18th birthday,' he thought, 'because my old copies were tattered and worn.' "What made you think to ask about Brooke?"

Auggie reached towards the nightstand again, "Well the inscription in those for one thing, this picture was on your nightstand," Auggie handed Lucas the photo frame and a stack of pictures, "These were tucked into the pages of some of the books I took from your library at our home in Charlotte."

Lucas felt dizzy, the pictures he had hidden had slipped his mind, but he never thought when he left to fly to London that it would take him nearly two years to return home. He looked down at the one on top and smiled, it was a picture from graduation. Brooke was wearing a black lace dress and he was standing behind her with his arms wrapped around her waist, his chin was on her shoulder and a large grin was spread across his face. Both of them were wearing their grad caps, they looked so happy. Lucas sighed, "Brooke Davis is the love of my life Auggie."

"Yeah, I've heard that a few times. If you loved her so much why did you get divorced, I read all of her letters she clearly loved you." Auggie brought those out from under the bed, "So I want to know about her... What happened Dad?"

Lucas's eyes widened at the old discolored shoe box, "Those were still in the closet weren't they?" Auggie nodded, "Brooke and I met freshman year, I fell for her immediately. By Halloween we were a couple and we stayed that way till Brooke's parents took her to California for the summer before senior year. She broke up with me and I dated one of her friends, it was so..." Lucas couldn't find the right words, "High school." He laughed, "When she returned for our last year of school I realized how much I missed her, but she was having none of it. It hurt her that I moved on while she was gone, so she gave me the silent treatment for weeks. One night it was raining and I heard someone pounding on my door, it was Brooke and she was clutching that box," Lucas pointed to the shoe box on the bed, "She told me she loved me and I had hurt her terribly by moving on so quickly. Then she left, naturally I chased after her and professed to be the guy for her and we rekindled our romance." Lucas paused to rub his head, "Three weeks after graduation I proposed and a year and a half later we got married, it was simple and small, only our closest family and friends."

"I know I've seen the pictures," Auggie said.

Lucas furrowed his brow, "How did you see those?"

"Brooke's scrapbooks are at Aunt Haley and Uncle Nathan's house, some guy named Julian brought them here, he said Brooke would have wanted Haley to have them." Auggie sat up straight, not wanting to stray too far off topic, "So what happened after you got married?"

"Nothing at first, we were young and in love." Lucas let out a small laugh, "A few years later I became depressed, I was trying to sell my first book and none of the publishers I contacted were interested. I started drinking, pushing people away and I hurt the person who had always loved me for nothing... Brooke." Lucas smiled a sad smile, "I had an affair Auggie, I felt guilty immediately, when I told Brooke and begged for her forgiveness she filed for divorce."

"Did you have an affair with Isobel?" Auggie asked in a hushed tone.

Lucas nodded, "Yes." Lucas was taken aback by the sound of his son calling his mother by her first name, "Your mom told me she was pregnant a few weeks later. After my divorce was final I proposed to Isobel and we got married when you were three months old."

"So I ruined your shot at a reconciliation with the love of your life?" Auggie felt hot tear burning his eyes. "Now tell me about after the plane crashed. I mean you two were around each other for almost two years, was it weird?"

"First things first, you didn't ruin my life Auggie." Lucas reached for his son's hand, "Becoming a father was the best day of my life, sleeping with your mother might have been a mistake but I got you out of the deal so I think that's a win."

"Isobel is a horrible mother, you should have had an affair with someone else," Auggie scoffed.

"Your mother's shortcomings are a conversation for another day," Lucas was hurt by Auggie's words, he felt like he had failed his son when he left him with Isobel. "I was injured after the plane crash, I can show you the nasty scar on my shoulder." Auggie shook his head, "Brooke took care of me while I was recovering," He gulped, now was as good a time as any he thought, "We fell in love again on the island," Lucas pulled out his phone and found the picture of the twins he had taken, "One thing led to another and Brooke became pregnant." Lucas saw Auggie's eyes widen, "Here's a picture of your new siblings." Lucas handed him the phone, "They will turn one four days after your twelfth birthday. Your little sister's name is Iona Penelope Scott and your brother's name is Easton Davis Scott."

Auggie stood up and went to the door, "I think you should go dad." Auggie averted Lucas's eyes, "I want to keep living here with Grandma Karen." Lucas nodded before standing up and headed to the door, he went to hug Auggie and was surprised when he flinched, "Go back to your family with Brooke, Isobel abandoned me and you made the family with Brooke that you always wanted... I am now an orphan." Before Lucas could respond Auggie had closed the shut the door in his face and locked it.

"I destroyed my son Brooke, you didn't see his face." Lucas whined into his cell phone while he drove back to the hotel. "I was a fool for thinking he would just accept this and we could be one happy blended family."

"Don't be such a drama queen Lucas, he's just a boy and his whole world crumbled in around him when our plane crashed. We finally get rescued and you told him he has a new brother and sister, that's a lot to take in." Brooke smiled down at the twins.

"You told me to tell him," Lucas hissed.

Brooke couldn't help but laugh, "I know I did. We couldn't keep the twins a secret forever could we?"

"No, I suppose not." Lucas huffed, "But my son hates me."

"He doesn't hate you, he just needs some time to process everything." Brooke paused, "I was talking to Haley she wants us to come over for dinner tonight. I told her about Iona and Easton, she can't wait to meet them."

Lucas softened for a moment, "Mom can't wait to meet them either. I'm going to stop by the Rivercourt on my way back. I'll see you soon pretty girl, I love you."

"Love you too," Brooke said before disconnecting the call.

Lucas parked the car and smiled when he saw who was playing at the court, "Do you need one more?" He asked as he shut the door.

Nathan laughed, "Aren't you a sight for sore eyes, you look better now that you've cut your hair. Man buns are not that cool big brother." He hugged Lucas and turned to his children, "All you've been talking about is Uncle Lucas this, Uncle Lucas that and here he is and you haven't said a word."

Jamie threw the ball to his dad, "Whatever dad." Jamie walked over to Lucas, "Hi Uncle Luke, I'm glad you aren't dead."

"Me too Jamie, me too." Lucas couldn't believe how grown up he looked, "You've grown like a foot. Are you as tall as me now?"

"Nope, taller." Jamie winked before taking the ball from Nathan and tossing it into the basket. "A few more inches and I'll be taller than my dad."

Lucas felt like someone knocked the wind out if him, "Wow, that's insane."

Nathan took a sip from his water bottle, "No what's insane is the fact that Jamie DROVE us over here."

Lucas rubbed his head, "Wow, now I feel incredibly old. Thanks for that little brother."

Lydia walked over from the bleachers, "I've missed you Uncle Lucas, I'm glad you're okay."

"I can't believe how much you look like your mother, I'm sure you here that though every day." Lydia nodded and Lucas hugged her, "I missed you too Lydi. So what do you say Scott family, how about a game of two on two?"

"My mom said Auggie wasn't coming today." Lucas frowned, "Is he ever going to forgive me?"

"Yes, you just have to give him time." Brooke reached for his hand, "He's been through a lot, we were rescued a month ago and Isobel has yet to resurface. His father returned home with a new woman and new kids, it's natural to feel displaced. He will come around, I promise you." Brooke smiled as they passed over the bridge, her favorite spot, "Will you stop the car, I want to check out my secret spot before going to Nathan and Haley's."

Lucas pulled over the car, "Do you want me to wait?"

"No, it's not that far of a walk. I'll see you in a little while," She opened the door and blew kisses to her babies, "Keep daddy in line for me okay, I will expect a full report tonight." She waved to Lucas as he drove off and turned towards the trail that led down to the water. She noticed a young teenager sitting by the riverbed, "Hello August."

He turned and looked at her, "How did you know I would be here?"

"This place is my secret spot. Letters 80, 81 and 82 were written right over there." Brooke sat down beside him, "So why are you here?"

Auggie blushed at the mention of the letter, "So you know I read the letters," Brooke nodded, "Well I like this place, it's quiet, private and no one ever bothers me," He rolled his eyes, "Until now."

Brooke laughed, "So touchy."

"Sorry, I don't know what you want from me." Auggie huffed, "I hate you, I spent a long time trying to figure out who you were and now that I know I wish you would just go away."

"Alright, well how about I tell you a little story then I can go." Brooke pulled a journal from her purse, "I got this from your Aunt Haley, it's one of mine, she just had it for safe keeping" she cleared her throat. "Lucas and I have been married for a few weeks and last night we had the talk, what talk you ask? The children talk... We have both decided that 25 is the ideal age to start our family and we settled on a number. We both know that we want three children, and God willing we will have two boys and a girl." Brooke closed her journal and looked at Auggie, "Why are you crying August?"

"I thought that you didn't want me," Auggie sniffed and wiped his face, "My own mother didn't want me why would you want me."

"She's the one then that's missing out, we want you buddy," Brooke put her arm around his shoulder, "Our family isn't complete without you August." Brooke stood up, "Now come on I know two little people who are dying to meet you."

Twenty minutes later Auggie and Brooke walked up the steps to Nathan and Haley's house, "I was really mean to my dad do you think he's going to forgive me?"

"Absolutely," Brooke smiled, "He talked about you almost everyday August, he never stopped trying to get home."

"I'm glad you were with him Brooke," Auggie ran his hands through his shaggy blond hair, "He really loves you, I don't think he ever stopped."

Brooke laughed, "I never stopped loving him either, so I suppose we're even."

*One Year Later*

Brooke entered the kitchen after putting the twins down, "So August are you looking forward to your birthday party. It isn't everyday that a boy turns thirteen, you will officially be a teenager. Have you thought about what you want yet?"

"Would you like some hot coco pretty girl?" Lucas said from the sink.

Brooke pulled her hair up into a ponytail, "That sounds great broody." She looks at Auggie, "So present ideas? I'm almost done shopping, so the window of opportunity is closing."

"There is one thing that I want," Auggie looked at her, "Brooke do you think it would be alright if I call you mom from now on?"

Brooke could feel fresh tears forming in her eyes, "Of course August I would love that."

Lucas walked over to the table and sat down three mugs of coco, interrupting the private moment, "Auggie I don't think that's a good idea," he sighs.

Brooke is confused and hurt by his words, the look on Auggie's face has her seeing red. She turns to Lucas to give him a piece of her mind and sees that he is now standing right next to her. "What is wrong with you Lucas Scott?"

"Pretty girl I love you. We have been together for the last three years, you nursed me back to health after the plane crash, you love my son as if he were your own, you are an incredible mother to the twins." He got down on one knee and opens the ring box, "Let's make this official and become one family. Marry me Brooke, I'm lost without you."

She looked at Lucas, then looked at Auggie behind him, "You knew about this August Sebastian Scott?!" His face turned to the all too familiar squint she had seen on his father's face for years. "I should just murder you both in your sleep."

"Just say yes mom, Dad is getting old, he might not be able to get back up again." Auggie said through fits of laughter.

"Hey, I'm only thirty five mister and be careful, one day you too will be old." Lucas pointed at him then looked back to Brooke. "So pretty girl, what do you say?"

Brooke silenced him with a kiss on the lips, "Yes Lucas, the answer is yes."

*~*For Diane*~*

So that was THE END... What did all of you think? I just realized when I was reading it over that I sort of left it open for a potential sequel... I'll talk to Diane and see what she thinks, I know one thing is for certain there are three stories I want to finish before I start on anything else. :)

Review and tell me what you think.. Sequel or no sequel?

Thanks again!

Krystal