Brooke placed the grils in the car and hoped that they would sleep the entire drive to Haley's.
By lunch timeBrooke had arrived in Haley's town. She and Peyton lived in neighboring towns just outside of Tree Hill. Brooke parked the car on the tree lined street and put the girls into their stroller. Then she pused the stroller up the walkway to the yellow house. She looked around at the picturesque world that Nathan and Haley lived in. She rang the bell and awaited the answer.
Haley walked to the door holding Kylie and welcomed the five girls.
"Brooke, I am so glad you came. Just get settled in, I'm gonna go get lunch ready!"
"Thanks Haley."
Brooke and Haley ate lunch with the quadruplets and Kylie. James would be home from school soon and Nathan was stopping by during his lunch hour. Everybody hung out and had fun. The next day was the baby shower.
Brooke left the girls with Nathan on Saturday. She and Haley headed out to Peyton's and Brooke could feel the nerves in her stomach. She and Haley walked into Peyton's house and were greeted by Luke. Brooke and Lucas hadn't spoken in months and she knew it was going to be awkward.
"Brooke?" She heard Luke say when he first saw her.
"Hey Luke!
Congratulations on the baby!"
"Thank you Brooke. Peyton is
going to be exstatic that you made it!"
"I couldn't not come."
"So how've you been?" Lucas asked
"Busy. Busy, busy busy, but good. You?"
"Busy with baby stuff. You can't imagine home much stuff a five pound person needs."
Brooke did know how much they needed though. And she had bought that much four times over, but she didn't tell Luke.
"You guys will be great. I'm so happy for you! I'm going to help Hales set up now. I'll see ya?"
"Definately."
With that Brooke left to help set up the party. Before long peyton had arrived and everybody had succesfully surprised her. She and Brooke had a long embrace. Brooke placed her hand on Peyton's stomach, amazed that Peyon was becoming a mother. The group played games and decorated onsies for the new mom-to-be. Everybodyhad a blast.
After everybody went home, Haley and Brooke stayed with Peyton. Nathan had called to say that the girls were fine and Brooke decided she could stay with Peyton for a little longer. It had been months since she had been kid free.
"So Brooke, how's that new fancy job of yours? The one you got two hours from here."
"It is incredible. It stinks to be so far, but the job is to good to turn down. How about you, the baby?"
"We are incredible. I am having the hardest time deciding what I want to name him or her though. I meant, names make people."
"I know how hard it is to pick a name-"
"Brooke, you don't hav kids, how could you know?"
"Well, I have dog named Leni." brooke offered as an answer realizing how close she'd come to telling Peyton. Brooke looked up and Haley mouthed to Brooke to tell Peyton.
"Oh, and I am a Mom too." Brooke said in a mumble.
"WHAT?!?!" Peyton screamed "You have a kid? How could you not tell us?...Wait, haley isn't freaking out, she knew didn't she?"
"Kind of, Nathan is babysitting right now."
"Oh my God! We haveto go to Haley's so I can meet you kid!"
"Actually, its kids Peyton."
"Brooke, you moved away a year ago, how many kids could you have?"
"Um, four. I could have four." Brooke answered.
"Four?" Peyton asked looking to Haley for signs that this was a prank. "Haley, is she for real?"
"Yeah, I counted. There are four of them."
"Wait, Brooke did you get married to a guy who had four kids?"
"No"
"But you look, great. No way you had four kids."
"Two words for you, four kids. Try doing that and you'll lose weight too."
"Seriously? Brooke, come on."
"Peyton, I'm not lying. Do you want to see my c-section scar or something?"
"No, I believe you, I'm just so shocked."
"Imagine how I felt."
"So Brooke Davis has four kids? How old?"
"Um, seven months."
"So, what are their names? What's life like with quads?"
"Well, their names are Alex, Emily, Kate and Olivia, and life with them is never dull."
"Pictures?"
"Sure." Brooke pulled out her wallet and showed Peyton a picture of her four girls.
"They all look so much alike." Peyton commented.
"They should, they're identical. From the dirty blond hair that had grown in to the green eyes to the same shape toes."
"Holy shit B-Davis. Look at you, you super mom."
"Hardly."
"So, who's their dad. I mean, I'm guessing you were pregnant when you left. Wait, thats not why you left is it?"
"The job was a great opportunity for more money." Brooke told Peyton. It was the truth. That and Luke was the father of the babies. Brooke didn't tell Peyton that though. "And the dad, ...lets just say that I'm flying solo on this."
"Wow. Brooke, maybe we should go to Haley's and I'll help you get the babies ready for bed or something. It'll be good practice too."
"Yeah, lets go."
Brooke couldn't believe that she had actually managed to not tell Peyton about the babies being her husbands kids.