The Story of Us: Chapter 2
"Babe I'm home!" Lucas walked through the door carrying his duffel bag on his shoulder and the carton of milk that Brooke was so eager to have him pick up.
He threw his keys on the table in the front hallway and made his way into the kitchen where he was sure his wife would be.
"Hey. Brooke mumbled not even bothering to look up from the stove. Dinner's almost ready."
"Awesome. Thanks pretty girl." Lucas said as he walked up behind Brooke and slid his arms around her waist. "I missed you today."
"Yeah missed you too." Brooke wriggled out of Lucas's grasp and went to set the table.
"Okay. Lucas said kind of disappointed that Brooke wasn't showing him the equal amount of attention he was giving her. I guess I'll go change real quick."
The young couple sat in silence for most of the dinner. The only sound that echoed in their large house was the clanking of the forks against the plates and the 6 o clock news that was playing softly on the TV that sat on the kitchen counter.
"So the ravens suck." Lucas thought he would break the awkward silence. "Jake and I really have our hands full with this team. I mean they can barely….
"Luke I'm pregnant." Brooke had to interrupt the small talk her husband was trying to create.
"Run a decent offense." Lucas finished his sentence after Brooke blurted out that she was pregnant. "You're pregnant?"
Brooke nodded her head.
"Are you sure? How long have you known? Did you go to a doctor?" Lucas asked.
"No." Brooke shook her head "I just took a test this afternoon. Well, actually I took four.
Brooke laid 4 positive pregnancy tests on the table between her and Lucas and waited for any type of reaction from him.
As Lucas fumbled over what he was going to say, Brooke began to cry.
"I'm sorry Lucas I know this isn't the right time for us." Brooke whispered as a tear fell down her cheek.
Lucas shook his head, grabbed onto Brooke's face and wiped away the few tears that fell.
"Listen babe, he said, I know I have said multiple times that I wasn't ready for us to have kids yet, but that does not mean I'm not excited."
"Really?" Brooke smiled.
"Brooke are you kidding? Finding out your going to have a baby with the person you love is one of the happiest moments in life and you shouldn't be crying." Lucas explained to his wife.
"What about school?" Brooke asked.
"What about it? I can still do it babe. We can do it all and we will do it all." Lucas smiled. "We're the power couple right?"
"We sure are." Brooke laughed leaning in to kiss Lucas.
"Ah can you believe it Luke?!" Brooke smiled breaking the kiss. "We're going to have a baby!"
Lucas couldn't stop smiling as he shook his head and looked down at the table. He laughed to himself as he envisioned him and Brooke with a baby. All those late nights trying to get the baby to stop crying. He couldn't wait to become a dad and hell, the two of them would have one gorgeous child.
"A toast to Brooke and Lucas. God bless your future son or daughter. I think we can all agree that you two will have no idea in the slightest what to do in the beginning, but we're all here for you." Nathan stood at the head of the table at his and Haley's house. Nathan and Haley invited Brooke and Lucas, and Peyton and Jake over for dinner to celebrate the news of Brooke's pregnancy.
"Well thanks Nate. I think" Lucas smiled as everyone held up their glasses.
"You're kid's gonna be such a stunner." Jake said as he looked across the table at Lucas and Brooke. Jenny and Gage might have some competition on being the best looking kids in Tree Hill."
"Well someone's modest." Brooke sneered.
"Yeah man, I'm gonna pretend like you didn't just say that. We all know James Lucas Scott holds that title."
"Amen to that!" Haley said lifting her glass of wine again.
"Well I can see everyone is extremely biased at this table." Brooke laughed
"Oh well you just wait B. Scott." Peyton shook her head smiling. "You will love that baby more than anything in this entire world. You will go to the ends of the earth for that kid inside of you now. You'll see. Every mother's biased because the love they have in their heart for their children is indescribable.
"What she said." Haley shouted and everyone laughed.
"Okay babe, no more wine for you." Nathan shook his head smiling and moved the bottle of wine away from his wife.
I love you guys. You're the best friends ever. It takes a village right? Brooke suggested.
Everyone nodded in agreement. This circle of love was about to grow even bigger.