CHAPTER 6

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Peyton and Lucas are lying together in bed the next morning; Luke kisses her shoulder and whispers in her ear, "Good morning Mrs. Scott" "mmmm good morning Mr. Scott," murmurs Peyton, as Luke rolls on top of Peyton, nibbling her neck, "Luke, we have to get up" "no we don't we still have an hour" Lucas captures his wives lips with his and they make love again as Husband and Wife.

"Wow that was amazing" Peyton says breathlessly "yeah and your breasts really are amazing" "Luke!" Peyton squeals, as she snuggles into his chest "what they are amazing" Luke leans down and kisses Peyton's blushing forehead.

"Are you sure I can't go with you?" Lucas asks as he gives his puppy dog look, "Luke you know I have to do this on my own, plus I don't want to rub our relationship in her face"

"Then why don't I come with you, stay away from Brooke, and you only see me at night and in the morning- Brooke doesn't need to know I came"

"Not that I don't love the Idea, but why are you so insistent on coming with me?"

"Because I love you" Peyton gives him her I'm not buying it look

"Ok I'm going to be worried about you, you're eight months pregnant and your getting on a plane to New York by yourself and you're going to New York to patch things up with Brooke, and what if it doesn't go the way you want it to, I just don't want you to be alone, and I will never be able to forgive myself if something happens, or if you give birth to our child and I'm not there to see it happen-" Peyton stops his rambling with a Kiss, "Ok you can come with me BUT- you stay in the Hotel and away from Brooke because the last thing I want to do is rub our relationship in her face" "Ok now how do you feel about joining me in the shower" "well we do need to conserve our water" Luke laughs as he pulls Peyton into the shower.

Lucas called Karen on the way to the airport, and told her about going to see Brooke so she didn't freak out when the couple couldn't be found.

They arrived in New York, and Lucas went to check them into their hotel whilst Peyton went to find Brooke- "ok Peyt I will text you the address for the hotel, call me so I know everything is good and if you can't call me text me ok?" Peyton nods- "I love you Peyton Scott" "and I'm so in love with you Lucas Scott"

Peyton Jumps in a cab and give the address of the New York 'Clothes over Bros' office. She steps out of the cab and is overwhelmed at the size of the building. She walks in through the revolving doors, and braces herself as she steps into the elevator to take her up to level 10 –"Just breath" Peyton whispers to herself as the elevator doors open up and she walks to the receptionist desk.

"Hi can I please see Brooke Davis" Peyton asks the receptionist "do you have an appointment"

"No I don't" "then what makes you think you can see Brooke Davis." Oh My God is this chick serious Peyton thinks to herself- "Well look can you just tell her that Peyton Sawyer is here to see her and see what she says?" "Well no!" "You have got to be kidding me" Peyton mutters to herself.

She hears the ding of the lift in the background, and ignores it until she hears a confused gasp and a soft "Peyton"- Peyton turns around and say's "Brooke"

"Peyton what are you doing here, and wow your really pregnant!" States a shocked Brooke "yeah hi, I got the dress, and it's beautiful- trust you to know I couldn't find one without me looking like a whale!" Brooke lets out a laugh "come on through to my office and we'll talk- hold my calls Vanessa."

Peyton follows Brooke to her office and sits down quietly "So, I know you said you didn't want me to contact you but after I got your letter and the dress I knew I couldn't get married without trying to fix our friendship, and I need you to know how sorry I am, I never meant for my love for him to hurt you so much."

"I know Peyton, and I'm sorry I held you and Lucas back from each other because I know how much you love him, and he loves you, but I just couldn't admit it, and I didn't want to give up and let you win, I was stubborn. You guys moved into a new house right?" "Yeah" "did you help him move?"

"um no, I stayed at Nathan, and Haley's for the first week and that was when Luke moved all his stuff in, I didn't even know about the house until he took me their why?"

"well at Karen's house he had a Peyton box hidden in the attic, and when I was packing my stuff up, I came across the box and inside held some unpublished chapters from ravens that no one saw, they were all about you, and how much he loves, and miss' you. When I saw that it hit me that you to were both hiding how much you loved each other for my sake and that was selfish of me. And on top of all that I missed out on having my best friend by my side for the last four years."

"Brooke, and it was wrong of me to sleep with him when, I knew he was engaged to you. That was wrong and selfish of me. I just can't believe how many years I spent without my beautiful, beautiful best friend Brooke Davis and I am so sorry that all this happened." "Me too P Sawyer"

"Are we good now B. Davis?" "Perfect P. Sawyer" they embrace in a hug and Peyton whisper "It's P Scott" "No way I thought the wedding was in two days!" "It was supposed to be but I couldn't find a dress and I was freaking out which is never good for someone who is eight months pregnant so we went to the court house and got married, just the two of us so we could post pone the wedding until after the baby was born if I didn't find a dress- you're the only one that knows."

"Well then congratulations Peyton Elizabeth Scott your dream has finally come true."

"Hey Peyt are you ok your all pale" Peyton grabs for her stomach and takes a sharp breath as she starts to bleed and then she passes out just after saying "Call Lucas"

"OMG Peyton wake up come on Peyton" Brooke picks up her phone and dials 911 "my friend is 9 months pregnant and she just collapsed and is bleeding you've got to come quick." After Brooke hangs up the phone she grabs Peyton's mobile and dials Luke's Number "So Mrs. Scott you ready to come back to the hotel?" Lucas says on the other end of the line, "Lucas" Brooke sobs "Brooke what's going on?" "Peyton collapsed, and She's bleeding the ambulance just got here and from the way you answered the phone I'm guessing you're in New York, so just meet us at the hospital" than Brooke hangs up the phone.

Lucas is on the other side of the city freaking out and trying to flag down a cab and finally he gets one Luke jumps in and names the hospital before he grabs his phone and dials Karen's Number "Hi Mum Peyt" Lucas says through tears "Peyt was with Brooke, I don't know what happened but she was bleeding and collapsed, I'm on my way to the hospital and can you just tell Haley and Nate, and postpone the wedding and can you come to New York?" Lucas asks like a scared little boy- "thanks mum I will call you when I know something" he hangs up the phone just before the cab pulls up out the front of the hospital. He runs through the electric doors and straight to reception – "I'm looking for Peyton Scott, she's pregnant and collapsed" "Just calm down sir I will take you to her"

Luke follows the nurse through to the ER where he sees Peyton lying unconscious on the bed with blood everywhere, then he hears it, his baby's heat beat and he thinks that everything can be ok if only Peyton will wake up. He sees a Dr. Coming towards him – "Mr. Scott, I'm Dr. Jones the best chance we have at saving your wife and baby is if we perform an emergency Caesarean and repair whatever damage is in there." "Do you know what caused this to happen?" "We won't know anything until after surgery." Lucas Buries his face in his hands then asks "can I be in the surgery with her?"

Mr. Scott I will let you know when she is in recovery but because we don't know what to expect its best if you're not in the room. I will send someone out when we know the status of your child but all you can do is wait- I'll give you a few minutes with your wife before we take her away"

Lucas walks over to Peyton's bed side and say's "now aren't you glad I came with you now? Ok Peyton I need you to be strong and wake up from this, because I can't go on without you God I love you so much" Luke pauses and kisses her forehead and rests his hand on her stomach. "now the Doctor is going to take our baby out then, his going to save you so no matter what happens you need to come back to me ok. Ok." With one last I love you and a kiss to the forehead and stomach the Doctor comes back to wheel Peyton away. "Dr. Joan's; do whatever you can to save them" and then they wheel Peyton away, and for the first time he notices a crying Brooke in the corner. "Brooke" Lucas says "I'm so sorry" Brooke replies as she runs into Lucas' embrace "It's ok she's going to make it through this, she has to."

It's been an hour and a half since they wheeled Peyton away and Lucas has heard nothing. He is pacing the floor in the waiting room, and asking the nurses every five minutes if they know what's going on. The nursing staff sympathise with him because his wife and child all in one day. "Seriously how long does it take to deliver a baby, if theirs still no news on Peyton, can't they at least tell me if the babies ok?"

Lucas' attention is bought to the waiting room doors, where he sees his mum, Nathan, and Haley walking towards him "Mum your here" "it helps when your boyfriend has a private plane." Karen pulls Lucas into a hug when a Doctor comes through the doors, "Lucas Scott?" Luke turns around and everyone's holding their breath, "were still working on your wife but your daughter is fine, and would like to see her daddy" "daughter?" Lucas says unbelievably "How's Peyton?" Luke asks the doctor "I'm not too sure I was taking care of your daughter but it looked like they were closing up before I left- come on I will take you to see your daughter" Luke walks away leaving four relived and three confused faces behind him. As Haley snaps out of it she notices Brooke is there and pulls her long time friend into a hug.

Lucas is shocked beyond belief when he sees his tiny baby girl lying in a crib, with baby girl Scott written in it. She sees her dad and lets out a soft whimper, Luke looks towards the doctor and the doctor says "It's ok you can pick her up" Lucas bends down and gently picks up his little girl, and is flooded with all this emotion, he didn't know he had. She starts to cry a little bit but all Lucas can do is sit in the nearby chair and say "It's ok, it's ok shh, shh, daddy's here. Daddy's here". He can't help but smile because he and Peyton made this beautiful little girl, and then he realises that Peyton should be there too. It's been about an hour since Lucas first held his daughter and his family have been in, and out of the room checking to see if he's alright. At this point in time Karen is sitting quietly with Lucas, as the room doors open and incomes Peyton's Hospital bed, followed by her Doctor. "Lucas let me take her outside while you talk to the doctor about Peyton." Luke reluctantly hands his daughter to her grandmother and goes straight to Peyton's bed side where the nurses are hooking her up to some machines and the Dr. Begins to speak. "Mr. Scott, she is ok we replaced all her lost blood and from the inside she looked fine there were no complications and there are no issues with her reproductive system, however I do believe this had something to do with physical and emotional stress like flying across country when your eight months pregnant. Like flying across country when your eight months pregnant. Your wife will be fine; you just need to wait for her to wake up. And Mr. Scott, next time your wife is eight months pregnant, I would recommend bed rest. Lucas laughs shakes the doctors hand, and thanks him for saving his wife and daughter.

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It's been two days since Peyton came out of surgery and she is still yet to wake up, Lucas is going insane worrying about his wife and nobody can tear him away from her bedside except for their daughter, however her cot is in the same room as her mother so as he sees it there is really no need for him to leave the room. Haley comes in and takes 'baby girl Scott' her name until her mother wakes up outside to sit with Jamie and Jess for a while, so once again Lucas is left alone with his wife.

Lucas pours Peyton's sleeping form root beer floats, "You know if you keep letting these root beer floats go to waste, I'm going to start drinking them...Kidding they will be here when you wake up;

You know who else will be here when you wake up is ah, god our beautiful daughter, she's ah (laugh) you should see her, she's amazing!" Luke says with a bright smile on his face "Peyton; but she needs you, so do I" Luke whispers as he gets teary eyed.

She's a tiny little thing, and I've been doing what I can but she needs her mum; I need her mum" Luke exclaims "She doesn't even have a name; we were supposed to do that together" he says as he kisses her hand "I can't do this without you, and I'm just; afraid that were going to lose you and it's just going to be the two of us, and she doesn't even have a name!" Lucas says with tears falling from his eyes.

"Anna; her names Anna Elizabeth ok?" Lucas looks up at the sound of her voice and can't believe she is awake; he sees her open her eyes and looks at him, he lets out a laugh and he gets up from his chair and approaches her –"ok Anna Elizabeth Scott! God you scared me" and gives her a love filled kiss on her forehead, and presses his forehead to hers then kisses her forehead again when Brooke walks in "Peyton; Hi" Brooke says as she lets out a breath of air "we just fixed our friendship, I wasn't going anywhere" explains Peyton as Lucas laughs and presses his forehead to hers again. "Well I'm about to be your second best girl when you meet your new one" Brooke says

"is she ok" she looks to Lucas who replies "she's beautiful" "can I see her" asks Peyton desperately "she's right outside" Brooke said as she leave the room.

Luke and Peyton are left alone again and Luke reluctantly says "I should get the Doctor" "No, I just want it to be you and me and our daughter for a minute." "Ok"

"Well my baby's had a baby" Karen says walking into the room holding baby Anna – it's the first time they show their happiness about the baby to Lucas "and she's Beautiful" Karen hands her to Peyton

"Hi Anna do you remember me, I missed you, I'm going to love you forever" Peyton says Kissing Anna's forehead with tears in her eyes whilst cuddling Anna- Lucas is overcome with emotion finally watching mother and daughter embrace.

Peyton then looks at Luke with a huge smile on her face they lean in and share a kiss on the lips "she's perfect" Haley, Nathan, Karen, Brooke, her new boyfriend Julian and the twins, are all standing at the door watching the happy families embrace.

When they break apart, Haley breaks the silence, "so does someone want to explain this whole Peyton Scott thing to me now because as far as I know you guys were supposed to get married today!"

"Well" Luke Says "um well you know Peyt was having trouble finding a dress, and she was stressing out and I had this gut feeling that this beautiful little girl "Luke says while touching Anna's forehead " wasn't going to wait too much longer till she came out"

Hey why didn't you say something to me?" Peyton says looking at Luke

"It was just this gut feeling I had, I got it before the school shooting and we all know how that ended, so I just wanted to take any extra pressure off of you, and I was impatient to make you my wife- besides I'd hate to say I told you so but...

"Yeah your right, I'm glad I didn't come alone, I don't know what I would have done- and just so you know I heard what you said before I went into surgery and it's going to take a lot more then stress for me to leave the two of you." They both lean in for a kiss then lean down to kiss their daughter. Their family moment is interrupted by none other than Larry Sawyer "so is this where Peyton Scott is hiding?"
"Dad!" Peyton exclaims, "What are you doing here?"

"Well I was on my way to tree hill for the wedding, by the way you still need to explain why your referred to as Peyton Scott, anyway and then I got a phone call from Karen, explaining that my baby girl has gone into labour and there have been some complications" Larry says with tears in his eyes, whilst everyone leaves the room.

Larry puts the balloons, flowers, and Teddy bear on the table, and goes towards his daughter- "do you understand how scared I was? That's the second time I have had to go through almost losing you and I can't handle that" and with a laugh Larry adds "I don't think 'Rake Boy' can handle it either."

Larry pulls Peyton into his arms, making sure not to squash his tiny granddaughter- "so who is this beautiful little thing?"

"Well Dad; we would like to introduce you to 'Anna Elizabeth Scott' your granddaughter" Peyton says as she hands her daughter over to her dad. "Wow" Larry says, "She looks just like you did chicken- she's perfect."

Lucas and Peyton share another kiss as they watch their daughter with her only Grandfather

Larry is mesmerised by his sleeping granddaughter when he says "I've decided to retire" Peyton and Lucas are shocked at hearing this "Mr. Sawyer when did you decide this" –"seriously Luke your my son in Law it's about time you start calling me Larry, and I decided to retire the moment I held this beautiful little angel in my arms.

The doctor walks in, and Larry reluctantly gives Anna back to her father before he leave the room.

"Welcome back Mrs. Scott, you had a lot of people worried about you especially your husband. So everything seems to be ok but I want to keep you here overnight anyway just to be safe. Now I know you live in Tree Hill and your anxious to get your little girl home, however I would advise waiting two weeks before you travel home- your daughter will be stronger by then and you would be healed up nicely, Just come by for a check up the day before you leave, and I will send your medical records to your OBGYN in tree hill so they are aware of everything that went on with this pregnancy, so they are prepared for your next. Like I said to your Husband after surgery next time tour around 7 and a half months pregnant I would recommend bed rest."

"Thanks so much Dr. Jones we really appreciate all of this" Dr Jones smiles at the family before walking out the door.

" I'm so glad you're ok, I don't know what I would have done if I lost either one of you" Peyton scoots over so there is room for Luke on the bed, "but you didn't lose either one of us Luke, and I promise you never will" Peyton says as her and Anna snuggle up in Luke's arms, and the family of three fall asleep together after a very stressful and hard three days"