Chapter 20 ~ "And when I can't be with you dream me near, keep me in your heart and I'll appear"

The next morning, Lily, Landon, Elijah, and I were in the kitchen making and eating breakfast; Isabella and Peyton were still sleeping. I don't know why, but I woke up really really happy this morning.

"Hey Lils?"

"Yea…"

"I have a surprise for you…"

"I love surprises."

"I know you do, and its up in the guest room… but don't go up there, I'll bring it down." And as soon as I said that, a big grin came across her face.

"Supwise? Landon said with a messy face from breakfast.

"Yes, little man surprise. It came last night while you guys were sleeping. Well, Elijah saw it cuz he was awake."

"Really? Elijah..." Lily said running over to his rocker. "What did you see? You know you can tell your big sister anything." That made me smile even harder; their interaction with each other was the cutest thing.

"Lil, he's not going to remember. Can you watch them real fast while I go get your sister?" I asked, hearing Ella through the monitor.

"Ok Mommy"

"Thank you." I said, kissing the top of her head and taking a quick sip of my coffee.

I got Ella and started to go down the stairs, but I wanted to check on Peyton because it is not normal for her to sleep late. I saw the door was cracked open, so I decided to take a peak inside to make sure she was ok. Low and behold, Peyton was awake and silently crying, while her hand was protectively over her stomach.

"Peyt?" I said, knocking on the door "Can I come in?"

"Mhm." She said whipping her tears away.

"You know you don't have to hide your tears from me."

"I know."

"Well," I said sitting down on her bed, and putting Isabella on my lap. "How about you dry those tears, meet your new god-daughter, and then go downstairs and see the kids who have been missing you like crazy?"

"I would love that, and thank you so much for this, for everything else." She said, tearing up again.

"Hey, you know that I don't mind it. You're my bestie." I told her, embracing her in a hug. "Now, you listen...this…" I said pointing down to the baby. "is Isabella Peyton Scott." I said grinning at the end, knowing that Peyton was going to love that.

"Shut up!!!!" she barked out in disbelief.

"I am dead serious."

"Awww, Brooke. Thank you. I am honored." She said giving me a huge hug.

"Yea, I thought you would be. So, breakfast is ready downstairs but you have to wait up here until Lily comes and gets you; she doesn't know that you are here."

"Ok."

So I left Peyton and went down stairs and started to make Ella's breakfast.

"Ok, Lily go get your surprise, just be careful."

"I will, thank you Momma." She said, speeding up the stairs. And pretty soon, she came right back down the stairs with a smile on her face.

"Momma, Aunt Peyton's here!!!"

"I know."

"That's awesome."

"Trust me, I know that too."

"Thank you, this is one of the bet surprises ever."

"I'm glad you like it, now why don't you go thank Aunt Peyton." I said, seeing that Peyton finally made it into the kitchen. Lily thanked her with the biggest smile on her face, and that shows why I love my kids so much; they enjoy the simplest things, even if it means seeing their 'Aunt'."