Disclaimer: I don't do these enough but I do not own One Tree Hill or James Lafferty *although I would love him to be under my tree on Christmas*. All I owe are the character's names that are not associated with One Tree Hill.

A/N: I feel that I should apologize for the length but there were a lot of things I wanted to include in this chapter. Also I wasn't 100 percent sure on Nathan's middle name so if I'm wrong I would love to be corrected.


Brooke sat on the couch watching Nathan and the Bobcats take on the Chicago Bulls when she first felt the pain shoot up her stomach. Looking down at her stomach she began to panic, she couldn't be going into labor she wasn't due till next week. Beginning to panic she reached for the house phone dialing the first number she could think of, which just so happened to be Haley's.

Haley sat watching the Bobcats game with Greg when her cell phone rang, glancing down at it she thought about ignoring it but saw Brooke's name and answered hoping that everything was okay. "Hello?"

"HALEY!" Brooke screamed into the phone grabbing her stomach as another contraction ripped through her.

"What's wrong?" Haley asked sitting up clutching the phone to her ear.

"My water broke." Brooke replied tears pooling in her eyes.

"Alright calm down, is anybody there with you?"

"No just Adam."

"Alright is Peyton home?"

"No she's with Luke in New York for his book tour. OW!" Brooke exclaimed as she tried to get up.

"Okay calm down Greg and I will be right over so just calm down and breath. I'll stay with you on the phone." Haley looked over at Greg and shot up from the couch. "Get your keys Greg, Brooke's in labor and call Mick."

"Why would I call Mick?" Greg asked as he grabbed his jacket following Haley outside the door.

"Mick's sitting right behind the team and maybe he'll be able to tell Nathan and then maybe Nathan can get here sooner than waiting till the end of the game." Greg nodded and grabbed the phone from Haley to hear Brooke rattle off Mick's number.

Nathan sat on the bench watching his team play really well when he saw Mick answer his phone out of the corner of his eye. Turning his attention back to the game Nathan saw Mick getting up out of his chair and instantly Nathan's curiosity was peaked. Mick walked up to Larry Brown, the Bobcats head coach and whispered something in his ear then coach's attention was diverted from the game to Nathan. "Scott!" He exclaimed waving him over.

"What's up coach?" Coach Brown turned towards the court yelling something at Adam Morrison before turning back to Nathan.

"Your wife is going into labor."

"What?" Nathan asked not quite hearing him correctly.

"Brooke's water just broke and she's going into labor."

"Crap." Nathan replied looking out at the court his mind immediately beginning to race.

"Look if you can get on a flight within the hour you can be home within an hour and hopefully not miss the birth of your child."

"Coach I can't leave the game."

"Nathan you need to be there for your wife so run as fast as you can and get out of here." Nathan didn't think about it twice and took off towards the locker room ignoring the yells of the crowd as he ran into the locker room and grabbed his duffel bag running towards the exit. Nathan came out of the arena and stopped for a second trying to figure out he was going to get to the airport.

"Nathan! Come on I'll give you a ride to the airport." Mick yelled starting to get into his car. Nathan yet again took off running towards Mick's car thankful that he was helping him out.

"Thank you so much."

"It's alright Brooke's assistant called me and when I heard Brooke was in labor I knew you had to be there."

"I just hope I get there in time." Nathan commented as Mick drove towards the airport.

"I called your manager while you were getting your stuff and he's booked you on the next flight that leaves in like 20 minutes."

"Thank you I owe you big time for this. I don't know how I could ever repay you for this."

"Nathan you've helped me out a lot by letting me interview you this is the least I can do." Mick replied when they pulled up in front of the airport.

"Trust me next time something big happens you'll be the first to get an interview." Nathan replied thanking him once again before he got out of the car and sprinted through the airport. Thankfully he slipped on the plane and into his seat without any interruption. As the plane took off Nathan closed his eyes trying to catch his breath.

Peyton watched the Bobcats game with Jess while Luke talked with his editor about the next day's plans when Peyton saw Nathan run from the court. Instantly she picked up her phone and called Brooke's cell phone and when that went to voice mail she called Haley's phone.

"Nathan?" Haley frantically answered standing outside the hospital waiting for Nathan to call her.

"No it's Peyton, is something wrong with Brooke?" Peyton asked afraid that something had happened her mind not letting her think about the most possible reason why Nathan left the game.

"Oh Peyton I'm sorry I was so rushed and frantic I forgot to call you Brooke's water broke."

"Oh my god! I have to be there." Peyton replied shooting up from the bed and looking around for her purse.

"Can you get on the next flight?" Haley asked looking around the parking lot of the hospital for Nathan's car.

"Yeah I'll be there as soon as I can." Both hung up and Peyton began tearing the room apart looking for her bag.

"Peyton what's wrong?" Luke asked looking up from his schedule with Luke's editor Henry.

"Brooke's water broke." She replied yet again searching for her bag. "I have to go back to Tree Hill."

"Let's go." He replied getting up and handing Peyton her bag and gathering up his stuff.

"Luke, where are you going?" Henry, Luke's editor asked.

"Brooke's in labor I have to be there. Postpone everything a day and get us on the next flight back to Tree Hill." Henry went to protest but saw that Luke wasn't even paying attention to him so he pulled out his cell phone and called the airline wondering how he was going to postpone everything a day.

Brooke laid in her hospital bed watching the Bobcats game anxiously waiting for Nathan to show up and trying to keep the baby inside her as long as possible so that Nathan doesn't miss it. She didn't think she should go through this without Nathan; she didn't want Nathan to miss this. She smiled to herself as she heard the announcers of the game questioning why Nathan Scott had taken off during the first part of the game so quickly and why the coach wasn't upset with him.

"Greg stop pacing you're making me dizzy!" Brooke exclaimed making her frazzled executive assistant jump and turn to her a deer in headlights look spread across his face.

"I'm nervous; I've never been around a woman in labor before." He replied opting to then sit in one of the chairs in her private room. Before Brooke could make a sarcastic remark Nathan came running in looking as if he had played a game in 100 degree heat.

"We have to talk, you are done going into labor when I'm not around. The next time you are not allowed to go into labor until I'm home got it?" Nathan breathily stated leaning over slightly to catch his breath.

"I promise no more water breaking until you're in the house." She replied holding up her fingers signaling a scout's honor.

"Good now that Nathan's here I'm going to join Haley and take your son home; we'll be back in the morning." Both Nathan and Brooke nodded watching him leave the room before looking at each other.

"How far along are you?" Nathan asked pulling a chair up to her bed grabbing a hold of her hand.

"The last time the doctor was in here I was about 4 centimeters. I'm glad you made it."

"I'm glad I made it without having a heart attack. I think I ran more tonight then I do in 2 games combined." Nathan joked finally turning his attention towards the TV where the game was playing. "How are they playing?" He asked making Brooke giggle, leave it to Nathan to question her about how his team was playing when she was in labor.

"Sean's on fire tonight but the only thing they're worried about is why you left the game." Brooke replied shaking her head at Nathan watched a few minutes of the game before turning back to Brooke.

"Well they'll know after the game when Mick breaks the story."

"I knew it was a good idea calling him."

"Yes it was he gave me a ride to the airport and even called Peter." Nathan supplied a small smile on his face.

"Mick is a pretty awesome guy; we should do something for him." Brooke replied squeezing Nathan's hand suddenly as she felt pain in her stomach.

"Are you okay?" Nathan asked his attention fully on Brooke now.

"Yeah just another contraction. Did I hurt your hand?" She asked suddenly concerned since he played a sport that he needed his hands for.

"Don't worry about my hand." He replied running his thumb over the back of her hand. "Do you need anything?" He asked looking around the room for something.

"Other than this baby to come out and stop causing me pain? No I'm fine." Nathan chuckled resting his forehead on the mattress suddenly feeling tired from running so much. "Here have some water." Brooke offered setting her glass of water next to Nathan's head waiting for him to lift his head. "Put the straw in your mouth and suck Nathan." She lightly demanded even going as far as holding the straw out for him to take. Nathan laughed knowing better than to go against Brooke and put the straw into his mouth and taking a long sip before lifting his head.

"I think I may have just thought of a way to thank Mick for what he did tonight." Nathan stated after several minutes of silence had passed between the two who were watching another basketball game.

"How?"

"We'll give him the exclusive story on why I left the game and everything."

"You mean after the baby's born we call him and tell him what happened and all of that."

"Yeah I mean that least we could do without him I probably wouldn't have been here when I was."

"Alright I guess that's the least we could do." Brooke replied smiling as her doctor walked in.

"Good the husband's here we were worried there for a moment." Dr. Holiday joked sitting down at the foot of Brooke's bed. "Let's see how much longer we have to wait to greet this baby shall we?" Both Brooke and Nathan nodded Brooke squeezing Nathan's hand. "Well Brooke you're about 6ish centimeters now so it shouldn't be much longer before we welcome baby number 2 to the world. I'll come back in about an hour to check on you."

"Thank you doctor." Dr. Holiday nodded jotting something down on Brooke's chart before leaving the room.

"Have you thought about any names yet?" Brooke asked looking up from the book of baby names in her hand 3 hours after Nathan had arrived. Nathan glanced up from the book he held in his hands and shrugged his shoulders before rubbing his eyes. He was so ready for this baby to come into the world, it had been a long night and he was exhausted but he was determined to stay up until the baby was born.

"Have you?" He asked setting his book down on the table next to her bed.

"I was thinking for a girl Megan or Kayla." She replied rubbing her slightly tired eyes.

"And for a boy?" Nathan asked wanting her to be prepared in case they did indeed have another boy.

"I thought I would leave that up to you." She replied a little embarrassed that she didn't think about names for a boy since she was hoping with everything she had that she had a girl.

"Alright how about Jordan or Vincent?" Nathan asked glancing up at the TV that was still on ESPN. As much as Nathan would love to have another son he too was hoping that they had a girl.

"I like it." Brooke replied shutting the book and placing it on top of Nathan's. "Which do you want?" She asked turning on her side a little bit to better see Nathan. Nathan thought about it for a moment while turning his chair so he could better face her.

"Honestly I think I want a girl." Nathan replied a slight blush spread across his cheeks.

"Really?" Brooke asked shocked that Nathan might actually want a girl.

"Yeah I love having Adam because as he gets older we'll get to shoot hoops together or play video games or something but I think having a girl would be cool too."

"She'd be one spoiled little girl." Brooke joked laughing a little at Nathan's shocked face.

"She'd be spoiled by her mom the fashion queen, not by me." Nathan defended smiling smugly at her.

"Yeah okay you just wait until she comes at you with those big eyes and a pout and she'll tell you she loves you and you'll instantly give her what she wants." Brooke supplied loving the smile that has slipped over Nathan's face as both imagine a little girl running up to Nathan and instantly melting his heart with 3 simple words. "Plus she'll become your number 1 pushing me out of the top spot, lucky little girl she'd be." Brooke gushed making Nathan shake his head both not wanting to even bring up the dating issue since Brooke wanted Nathan to be conscious and alive when the baby was born.

Nathan looked up and shook his head a small smile on his face. "Actually my dear sweet wife nobody could/will ever replace you as my number 1 and in fact it's a tie for number 1."

"A tie?" Brooke asked wanting to hear his answer.

"First and foremost is you because you are my wife and best friend then in second in the number 1 spot is Adam because he is my son and third in the number 1 spot is baby number 2." Brooke smiled chuckling a little bit at how cheesy Nathan sounded. "You think I'm being cheesy and that's fine but I'm being honest."

"I think you're being cute." Brooke defended smiling innocently at him. "And I'm so ready for this baby to come out." She groaned gently throwing her head back on the pillow.

"I think that baby's going to stay in there until you apologize for lying to me." Nathan joked leaning in so his face was a mere inches away from Brooke's.

"Then I guess it's staying in there because I am not apologizing because I didn't lie to you!" Brooke replied angrily throwing her hand up laying it right above her heart. "And how dare you pin an innocent baby into the middle of this!" She quietly exclaimed pulling away from Nathan's face fighting the urge to laugh at the hurt that immediately washed over his face. Biting the inside of her cheek she playfully glared at Nathan.

"I can't believe that you would turn something nice and sincere that I say into something cheesy then lie about it. And you call yourself my wife!" Nathan proclaimed standing up from his chair and turning away from Brooke, the way a soap opera actress would do after a fight with her on and off again husband. Dr. Holiday chose that exact moment to walk in with a huge smile spread across his face with a nurse both laughing quietly at the couple.

"Bravo that was a great show guys." Brooke laughed squeezing Nathan's hand as he resumed his seat on next to Brooke's bed. "So let's see how we're progressing here shall we?"

"With pleasure." Brooke replied turning in bed so Dr. Holiday could examine her. Nathan smiled at Brooke lightly squeezing her hand as the doctor examined her and look up at Brooke with a smile.

"Well Brooke you're at about 8 so we only have a few more hours maybe 2 until this baby is ready to come out." Brooke smiled and nodded watching the doctor leave the room before laying her head back onto the pillow and sighed.

"I'm so tired of being pregnant." She moaned closing her eyes and letting out a deep breath. Nathan lightly chuckled and walked over to his gym bag. "What are you doing?"

"Changing out of my jersey." He replied as if it was the most oblivious thing in the world. Grabbing some shorts and a wife beater he began walking over towards the bathroom that was attached to Brooke's room.

"You should change out here so I have something good to look at." Nathan stopped and turned a smirk placed on his face. Turning towards the door he stepped forward and shut the door before turning towards Brooke and laughing at her priceless face. Without wasting any time Nathan pulled his jersey of his head tossing it onto Brooke's bed before slipping his shorts off and throwing those towards his gym bag leaving him standing there in his boxers. He yet again laughed when Brooke bit her bottom lip for a moment before Nathan slipped his shorts on and threw his wife-beater on.

"Did you enjoy the show?" Nathan asked grabbing his jersey from her and throwing it into his bag.

"I always do." She replied covering her mouth as she yawned.

"You should try and get some sleep, who knows how long we'll be here." Brooke shook her head fighting off another yawn. "Come on I'll be right here, just close your eyes and relax." Brooke went to protest again but Nathan put his finger against her lips shaking his head no.

"Alright I'll sleep but only if you promise to stay right there." She replied pointing to the chair that Nathan had been sitting in all night.

"I promise not to leave the chair." Nathan replied lifting his hand in the air as if he was swearing in a court of law. Brooke smiled and nodded turning her cheek pointing at it lightly waiting for Nathan to get the hint. "Oh." Nathan replied leaning over and kissing her cheek lightly. "Now just relax and maybe then time will go faster and this baby will come sooner." Nathan smiled yet again pushing a piece of Brooke's hair out of her face his hand lightly cupping her cheek smiling warmly at her, this moment, just the two of them with nothing to interrupt them, Nathan had to admit was probably one of the best moments of his life.

Waking up with a start Nathan looked around the hospital room his eyes settling on Brooke who was still sleeping clutching the stuffed animal that Nathan had won for her at the Carnival they had attended one night during the summer of Nathan's junior year of college. Smiling fondly at the memory Nathan knew that he wasn't going to be able to go back to sleep so he decided to just sit in the dark taking a trip down memory lane. Nathan glanced over at the clock quietly groaning when he saw that it was only 3 in the morning. "Don't you think that you've been in there long enough, huh baby? Don't you finally want to meet your mom and me?" Nathan whispered his hand resting lightly on Brooke's stomach.

"Nathan are you talking to my stomach?" Brooke asked resting her hand on top of Nathan's and softly chuckling at him.

"I'm trying to coax the baby out." He replied completely serious. "Aren't you ready to finally meet the baby?"

"Yes but I don't think that talking to the baby will make it decide to come out, Nathan."

"It was worth a shot." He replied moving his hand to interlace his fingers with Brooke's.

"So I was thinking that maybe we should get another dog." Brooke stated waiting to gage Nathan's reaction, she knew how fond of Buddy Nathan was and she only hoped that he thought about her idea before turning her down.

"Do you think that's a wise idea right now? I mean we just put Buddy down and now you want to get another dog on top of having a newborn in the house?" Nathan asked the familiar feeling of lose rising in the pit of his stomach. It was very hard for him to put Buddy down after the dog had broken his hip and even though it was right before the season started Nathan was still dealing with losing his dog.

"I just want to put the thought out there. I think it would be good for the kids to grow up with a dog so they're used to it but if you don't want to then we won't get another one."

"Why don't we talk about it after you have the baby and we've gotten a new routine under our belts?" Nathan asked pushing the thoughts of Buddy out of his head.

"I can do that." Brooke replied another comfortable silence falling between them as the sun began to rise outside Brooke's window.

Around 7 o'clock in the morning the whole clan showed up at the hospital with Haley and Greg in the waiting room playing with Adam and Jess while Peyton along with Karen and Deb fawned over Brooke making sure that her pillows were fluffed and that she didn't need any water or anything. "Alright I think it's time to stop fussing over Brooke." Nathan exclaimed after watching Brooke's smile go from nice and pleasant to a forced smile.

The doctor came in around 8:30 and pushed everyone out of the room announcing that Brooke was ready to go into labor and finally after almost 17 hours in labor Brooke gave birth to Megan Royal Scott. Nathan leaned down and kissed Brooke's sweaty forehead smiling at her while wiping the tears away that were spilling from her eyes.

"So what is this gorgeous girl's name going to be?" A nurse asked after handing the baby to Brooke who was too busy smiling and talking to the baby.

"Megan Royal Scott." Brooke replied tearing her eyes away from Megan's and looking at a shocked Nathan who jaw he was sure was on the floor. The nurse looked between the two not knowing if she should question it or just write the name down. Brooke looked towards the nurse and nodded telling her to write the name down and waited until she had left the room before shaking Nathan.

"What was that?" Nathan asked sitting down in the chair he had occupied most of the night.

"I wanted her to have a special middle name and there was no way I was giving her mine so I thought that yours would suit just fine."

"Are you sure about this?"

"Yes, she's going to be a princess anyway so why not give her a royal middle name? Now do you want to meet Megan Royal Scott?" Brooke asked extending the small baby towards Nathan who nodded and pulled her from Brooke's arms and into his. The moment her crystal blue eyes met Nathan's he knew that he was hooked; this little girl was going for sure going to be a Daddy's girl. He smiled at her tears slipping from his eyes as the little baby wrapped her small finger around Nathan's index finger.

"She has your eyes." Brooke whispered as Nathan sat down on the edge of Brooke's bed looking at Brooke and Megan.

"She's perfect." Nathan replied leaning down and kissing Megan's temple. Brooke pulled the camera off of the nightstand and snapped a picture wanting to savor the moment forever. Their moment was interrupted by Haley who stood in the doorway with Adam.

"Come here Adam." Brooke called patting the spot next to her on the bed. Adam smiled and ran over needing a little help from Haley to help him get on the bed. "Hey Adam I want you to meet your little sister Megan." Adam looked at the baby not really sure of what was going on but smiled and kissed her cheek literally making both Brooke and Nathan shed a tear.

"Oh and Haley I was wondering if you could be Megan's godmother?" Brooke asked getting a smile of reassurance from Nathan since the two of them had talked about it the night before.

"Are you sure? Don't you think that Peyton would be a better choice than me?" Haley asked wanting to make sure that Brooke was sure about it before she got too excited.

"Peyton and I already talked about this and she's Adam's godmother I want you to be Megan's godmother." Brooke as Nathan walked over and put Megan in Haley's arms.

"Well how can I say no to this face?" Haley muttered smiling down at the baby girl in her arms. Nathan smiled and picked Adam up laughing at Adam squealed in excitement.

"I'm going to talk to everyone else so I'll give you guys some time alone." Brooke nodded kissing both Adam and Nathan before being left alone with Megan and Haley. A nurse came in and took Megan promising to be back later.

"She's so beautiful." Haley commented moments after the nurse had taken Megan.

"She's got Nathan's eyes but hers are a crystal blue and the most beautiful eyes."

"I should tell you that I talked to Adam last night about what was going on and today before we came here we stopped at Baby's R' Us and he got her a blanket with a duck head." Haley pulled the blanket out of the bag that she had in her hand handing it to Brooke. "Greg helped him pick it out of course."

"It's so cute." Brooke murmured fingering the soft material with tears in her eyes.

"So how does it feel finally having a little girl?"

"I always wanted a little girl because what girl doesn't and I can't wait until she gets older and we get to do all the mother daughter things that I missed out on but I always love having my son."

"Adam is a little cutie." Haley joked laughing with when Greg came rushing in looking just as frazzled as he did last night with everyone. Brooke smiled at all the people that had gathered to see the new baby Scott and felt tears spring into her eyes, she hadn't felt this loved in a long time and she only wished that her parents had been able to make it time. Faking the need of resting Brooke watched everyone, including Nathan, leave the room and Brooke waited 2-3 minutes before pulling the camera off of the nightstand and after a little creative moves she pulled her laptop out of her bag and uploaded the photos of Nathan and Megan looking over the photos before choosing the best one and sending an email to Mick.

Later on in the afternoon Nathan sat in Brooke's hospital room with Megan in his arms when he saw Mick come on the screen. Looking over at Brooke she merely shrugged turning the volume up so Nathan could hear the story.

"Everyone has been asking me why Nathan Scott took off so suddenly from the Bobcats' game in Chicago last night many speculating that something had happened to his wife or son and I would like to extend a congratulations to Nathan and Brooke Scott, who at 8:30 this morning on December 16th welcomed a healthy 7lb 4oz baby girl Megan Royal Scott." Mick read the TV showing a picture of Nathan holding Megan in his arms completely unaware of the picture that was being taken of him.

Nathan whipped his head towards Brooke who had a huge smile spread across her face, her eyes shiny with tears of joy. "How on earth did you do that?" Nathan asked looking back at the TV.

"Before I took a nap I sent him an email." Brooke replied as she took Megan out of Nathan's arms. "Plus we do owe him for getting you here last night so I wasn't alone." Nathan shook his head and smiled, Brooke never ceased to amaze him.


A/N: So they now have a baby girl and I apologize for the long drawn out length or if the chapter seemed to be filled with random things that didn't really fit but there was a lot of stuff I wanted to include in the chapter. I hope you guys enjoyed and I have decided in reading over the story that I am going to extend the story to at least 4 more chapters.