CHAPTER 4
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"Luke where are you taking me?"
"Do you remember when we were in bed in LA" "Mmmm I remember that"
Lucas laughs "I'm talking about when we were lying in bed and talking, you were saying how you don't draw anymore, and if you could do anything you wanted, you would open up an art gallery and teach kids all about art.
Two and a half of my dreams came true, so I want to start making yours come true too."
"What were your dreams Lucas Scott?"
"Well to get my book published; I'm going to be a father- thanks to you."
"And what's the half dream Lucas Scott"
"Well the half dream revolves all around you becoming Peyton Scott" "Well maybe I can make you last dream come true, but give me a few months, deal?"
"Deal"
"So I'm going to ask you again where are you taking me?" "You'll see soon enough!"
"Are you happy Blondie?" "Yes, the happiest I've ever been" –"you're such a dork"
"Maybe I wouldn't be such a Dork if you would just tell me where we're going"
"Well we're here it's a place where I grew up, a little place that used to be called Karan's Cafe" he whispered in her ear- "I called my Mum and she said she has no use for it and she would love you to have it as your new studio/ gallery" "Oh Lucas" Peyton says as she Jumps into his arms "and by the way, you and this baby are my dream- but this is icing on the cake, you know what would be the cherry on top?" "What would that be?" "If I knew where my comet was..."
"It might turn up, you never know" "why are you being so cryptic"
"So how do you like the space, and the whole gallery idea?"
"I love it... it's going to be awesome"
"You're starting to sound like Jamie" – they both start laughing. "So are you sure your mums ok with this? Hold on when did you get a chance to talk to your mum? This all happened yesterday"
"Well when I was coming back last night I called my mum and filled her in on everything and I asked her about the cafe, she agreed, thought it was a great idea, and is thrilled about becoming a grandmother and" "so she doesn't hate me?"
Lucas looks at her lovingly "she could never hate you, you're the love of my life and the mother of all my children" Peyton laughs through the tears "how many kids are we having? Actually let's get through the first one deal?"
"Deal!" replies Lucas.
Lucas and Peyton were standing in front of Nathan and Haley's house huddled together- "so you going to stay here with me tonight? I'll sneak you into my room when everyone goes to bed"
"yes and I'll sneak out before they all wake up, how dose that sound?" "perfect" they both lean in to kiss when the front door is opened and Brooke, Haley, and Mouth are standing their with their mouths agape hoping Brooke is ok
"OMG Brooke I'm so sorry that I hurt you so much"9 to everyones surprise Brooke is pleasant and still a bit bitter when she replies "it will take time ok- and I don't want either of you to contact me, I will contact you when I'm ready" she pulls Mouth and Haley into a hug, nods at Lucas, and Peyton and jumps in her car to leave.
Lucas gives Haley a thanks for the warning call, and then Haley gives him the check your phone look- I called you three times Luke so don't be mad at me check your phone more often"
They weren't expecting the Naley house To be filled with all their friends "hey P Sawyer, it's nice of you to finally come home" say's Skills who pulls her into a hug "it's good to see you too"
Whilst Peyton is accepting hugs Haley pulls Lucas aside and tells him "I filled everyone in, so there are no awkward conversations, and Brooke didn't really say anything bad just the truth but they all love you Luke, we all just want to see you happy"
"So Luke, you finally bagged P Sawyer, too bad you had to knock her up first" Luke shakes his head while skills laughs, "seriously Luke it's good to see you smiling again, and if skinny girl does that for you than theirs no judgement here"
"Thanks Skills, it means a lot"
It's been a week since Peyton's come home, and Lucas has been sneaking in and out of Peyton's room. It's the last day she is staying there, and Nathan is standing outside of Peyton's room, ready to catch Luke sneaking out. "Hey man why don't you stay for breakfast today, instead of sneaking out before you think anyone sees you" "ok thanks" they go down the stairs for breakfast
"Hey Luke, it's nice of you to join us for breakfast today..." "Hey Luke, when did you get here?"
"Peyt they know I have been staying here." "So who wants breakfast?" Haley asks as a subject change.
After breakfast Peyton went upstairs to get changed for her day with Lucas, her clothes were all packed up ready for her to move in with Lucas. Meanwhile downstairs Lucas and Nathan were on the couch waiting for the girls and the kids. "Luke, are you all ready for the big move today?"
"Yeah I am, everything is done, except the nursery, and we can work on that closer to the due date, so all we really need is Peyton, and hopefully she likes it all. Am I still coming by in Saturday to paint your nursery?"
"Well yes you're not getting out of it that easily;" the twins run down stairs and Jamie sits next to Nathan, where as Jess sits with Luke and they all watch T.V until Peyton and a seven and a half month pregnant Haley come down too; you boys ready "but Aunt Peyton I'm a girl" I know sweetie, I was asking you next" "good" replied Jessica
They all left the house together and headed to the Leyton house, however Peyton was quiet confused as to why the whole Scott clan were coming with them to Luke's house.
"What are you thinking about Wiley?" Lucas asks Peyton as they are driving "I know it's been a few years since I've been here, but don't you live in the other direction?" Lucas laughs and says "no', then he grabs her hand, kisses it, and she kisses his cheek, and rests her head on his shoulder, as they continue to drive.
As they pull up into an unfamiliar street and an unfamiliar driveway, Peyton starts to get confused "Luke what's going on, where are we?" He just ignores her question, gets out of the car, and whispers in her ear "welcome home baby" He then grabs her hand and gently pulls her out of the car "Are you serious? This is really our house" "There's only one way to find out, Lucas grabs his Key and opens the front door" the house is two story, cement rendered; with a rose and lily garden lining the front path to the porch that surrounds the house.
After Lucas takes Peyton and the other Scott family on a tour of the house, he leaves the best part till last, he took her straight to the garage where to everyone's surprise their stood the comet- Peyton let out a scream and jumped into Lucas's arms as they embraced and passionately kissed, after minutes of Nathan trying to separate the two reunited blondes- so the other Scott family left the house and left the two blondes to continue their embrace.
"Lucas, this is absolutely amazing, I can't believe you did this for me and our baby" "I did this for our family, because I love you more than anything else in the world"
"I love you to, now how about we go upstairs and start christening this house, I say we start with our bedroom" with that Lucas picks Peyton up and carries her to their room and they precede to make love for the entire weekend.
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It's been two and a half months since Peyton came home, she is just over five months pregnant, and Haley is just about to pop. In the past two months Lucas and Nathan have been getting the nursery for baby Scott number three ready, whilst Haley and Peyton have been bossing them around.
Peyton's started drawing again whilst looking over the construction of her gallery- but she promised Lucas she would stay away from the fumes because "baby doesn't like it" according to Lucas. The gallery isn't due to open until a few months after the baby is born.
It's a Friday night, and Lucas and Peyton are lying on the couch listening to the cure, Lucas is sitting with Peyton snuggled up next to him, and Lucas has his hand on her baby bump, when for the first time they feel a thump, and their baby starts kicking "Lucas did you feel that, that's our baby" Peyton says with tears in her eyes "marry me" Lucas asks "yes" replies Peyton, then Lucas says "good" with a smug smile on his face- "wait" Peyton says, "you're not just asking me because of the baby right"
"I want you to be my wife, because I love you with all my heart!"
"Can we get married straight away- before the baby? "of course but first, come with me" he pulls her off the couch and takes her to his office where he sits on his chair and pulls her onto his lap, he opens up the top draw and pulls out a ring box that holds Keith's ring, Lucas takes her left hand and say's "this ring is never coming off, promise me this" as Peyton replies "I promise" Lucas slides the ring onto her finger and they share a passionate kiss as he carries her to their room, and they seal the deal making love.
It's eleven pm and their lying in bed afterwards and they each have one hand on Peyton's belly, as their baby is kicking, "so boy or girl" Peyton asks "girl" Lucas replies, "why do you think it's a girl?"
"Because I want a little girl, to be just like her mum" then he kisses her forehead then her belly as their phone starts to ring, "who could that be" Peyton asks before she picks up the phone "hello, hi Nate ok, slow down, yeah we will meet you their" Peyton hangs up the phone, " Haley's gone into labour, there at the hospital and debs looking after the twins," "let's get dressed and we'll go Peyton soon to be Scott- they share a kiss, get dressed and leave the house in the comet.
They arrive at the hospital to see Nathan pacing outside her room, "finally what took you so long, she's going to kill me, get in their" as he pushes Peyton and Luke into the room Haley lets out a scream.
"Hales are you ok?" Peyton asks as she rushes to her side, "yeah I'm ok Haley" says out of breath "I was too far along when I got here so they couldn't give me drugs" Haley grabs for Peyton's hand as another contraction comes through her screaming, as she calms down, Peyton say's "Make sure when I have this little one you're in the delivery room with me so I can break your hand too ok hales" "oh right sorry," Haley turns Peyton's hand over to see Keith's engagement ring sitting on her left hand, Haley lets out a squeal and says "when?" "Earlier tonight" replies Peyton.
The doctor walks in and says "it's time Mrs Scott" Nathan follows the doctor in and Luke and Peyton wish Haley and Nathan good luck before they leave the room and wait for some news on baby Scott number 3.
Whilst Leyton are waiting for the baby to be born Luke calls Karen to tell her about Haley and the recent engagement
"hey mum sorry to call so late, yeah everything is ok it's just that Haley's gone into Labour and, yeah she's ok were in the waiting room so it should be all happening soon, ok- what?" Luke looks at Peyton with a confused look on his face, "what did your mum say?" "She'd be here soon!"
It's been 40 minutes since they were kicked out of the delivery room when they notice the waiting room doors open, and in comes Karen- "mum, what are you doing here," asks a confused Lucas with a smile on his face "well my boy we wanted Lilly to grow up with her family and now that the house is vacant we figured, why not, and I am about to become a grandmother in a few months, and I would hate it if I wasn't there to watch them all grow up" Lucas pulls his mum into a hug and says "I'm glad you came home, and I proposed to Peyton tonight- with Keith's ring." "It's about time " replies Karen as she moves out of his embrace and walks towards Peyton who is fidgeting nervously off to the side "Peyton, it's so good to see you again, I'm so happy your here for him" Karen says as she pulls a sobbing Peyton into her arms, "so you don't hate me Karen?" "How, why would I ever hate you?" "Well because I slept with Lucas, and got pregnant whilst I was still with Jake, and he was still with Brooke." "Peyton, the way this all happened was not the ideal situation for either of you, but I know how much my son has loved you, from the first time he saw you, that love have never left his eyes. Yes he has been an idiot when choosing not to follow his heart and he hurt Brooke along the way and that was wrong, but you should never feel guilty for being happy, or for living your dream.
And just be grateful that you and Lucas get a chance to be happy and the family that you've always wanted, and before it's too late and something happens to tear you apart like" Karen starts to get teary "like with you and Keith" Peyton says softly "yeah" replies Karen as she pulls Peyton into a hug, "never, ever be ashamed of who you are or who you love" they were broken out of their embrace when Nathan comes out of the delivery room with a big smile on his face "It's a boy, I have another son" Peyton and Karen go to embrace him, whilst Lucas gave him a brotherly man hug, and they all went to see Haley and the new baby boy Scott.
Haley, is lying in bed with a tiny bundle of blue in her arms, and a big bright smile on her face "hi Haley how are you feeling" Peyton asks "I'm exhausted but it was totally worth it, look at him" "he is one gorgeous baby can I hold him" asks Peyton "that he is," adds Karen who was quiet and unnoticed by Haley until now "Karen, what are you doing here?" Haley asks whilst handing Peyton her baby boy "Well we came back so Lilly could grow up with her family, and well I'm going to be a grandmother so I couldn't miss out on that, we actually got back earlier tonight, so it was good timing." Lucas, works his way over to Peyton and the baby, "you look good with a baby" "imagine how I would look with our baby" "very sexy" whispers Lucas "not in front of the baby Luke" and he lets out a laugh "does this little man have a name?" Lucas asks "well" Haley says his name is "Kyle Davis Scott" says Nathan, "we wanted to name the kids after our family, and we would like you Luke and Peyt to be his god parents" "We'd love to Nate" Lucas replies while Peyton whispers "Kyle Davis Scott" and kisses his forehead before he passes the baby to Karen.
"Tell us about the engagement" Haley says- "well, we were lying on the couch listening to the cure and we both had our hands on my bump when out of nowhere this little guy kicked for the first time and you guys would probably know how amazing it was, then Luke said 'Marry Me' and I said yes!"
"Do you want to get married before the baby?" Haley asks, "yes that's the plan, just something small, at river road, close friends and family" "that sounds perfect," Karen says as Luke stills his nephew of his mother, not long before they have to leave so mother and baby can rest."