Thanks for reviews wordsmeaneverything, oreopeanutbuttermacaroni, stagediva23, ghostwhisperjimel, kate, melissa, sb1218, mary garland, h23brock, simy, and jennie. Not as many reviews as the last chapter, but thanks so much still to the people who did! They are real good quality reviews lol.

I know this had been talked to death but ah! This whole Casey Anthony NOT guilty thing has made me sick. Physically sick. That poor child! No justice. No one ever had her best interest at heart. No matter which story is true, prosecution or defense, they still admit caylee died on casey's watch.. then she lied about it and covered it up and threw her in a ditch and went out partying all smiles instead of grieving. That's AT LEAST child abuse no matter how you spin it. That deserved a guilty verdict for SOMETHING other than just 4 counts of lying. Really? people, because the FIRST thing you do when your kid drowns is try to cover it up.. not call 911 or do anything possible to REVIVE the kid! (I hope you all caught that sarcasm.) UGH. That jury should be shot. What are they blind and deaf? What were they listening to for 6 weeks? .. .. I just HATE the fact that now she'll be just like OJ... Casey will get out on Wednesday and could say right then and there that she killed Caylee on purpose or whatever, but she's free. She could make $millions off this fame, infamy or not. And Caylee is still dead. Casey moves on just like she wanted all along, with no remorse at all. What a fucking disgrace. All I can hope for is that Caylee didn't suffer. Rest in Peace, honey. This country is only shocked and horrifed because we all love you and want justice for your potential life that was cut way too short.

Now I'm sorry for that, i just had to vent.. back to the HAPPY!

I can't wait to see pics from Wilmy filming. It starts today!, Friday, July 8th, which just happens to be my FAVORITE person's bday, Sophia Bush! :)) HAPPY BIRTHDAY SOPHIA! #happybirthdaysophia Check out that sophiabushonline birthday page, i sent sophia a message.. :) I really hope she reads it and I hope she has a great day, even if she's working. But REALLY, how 'bad' can work be when you're kissing your boyfriend and playing 'house' on camera with adorable baby boys? haha

But until OTHS9 aires in JAN, I'm here to entertain you with this.. enjoy!

,

AGE 1 1/2

In the middle of the night, Julian began thrashing around the bed, hitting into Brooke a little accidently.

"Julian...?"

She got no answer. She sat up when she heard him whimper in his sleep and she tried to shake him awake.

"Honey?"

Julian was ripped from his sleep and sat up with a jolting yell.

"Whoa, Julian, it's okay. You're okay."

He shook his head to get his bearings and put his hands on his temples.

"Ugh that fricken dream again."

"A nightmare? About what?"

"Nothing..." Julian turned over.

"You're not gunna tell me?"

Julian mumbled something but Brooke couldn't hear him.

"What was that?"

Julian sighed. "It's not really a nightmare. More of a memory."

"Of what?" She pushed him. She wanted to know.

"Of my wife almost drowning, okay. I've had it a few times now but this was definately the worst time."

Brooke put her hand on his arm. "I'm fine, okay. That's long over with now. It's been over two years, almost three."

"I know, but it will always get to me. That was by far the scariest moment of my entire life, even with the twins being in the hospital for so long. At least they had medical attention. You had no one and almost died because of that stupid storm...and that jerkoff Ian."

"I had you..."

Julian shook his head. "I almost failed, Brooke. I almost lost you."

"You saved me."

Brooke pressed a finger to his lips before he said anything else.

"You saved me... now lets get back to sleep okay."

Julian nodded.

"That's what you get for watching The Guardian with the boys yesterday..."

"How did you...?" Julian didn't know how she knew he watched that movie. She had gone out and left him with the boys, so he decided to introduce them to good movies even though they were anything but interested in the TV yet. He thought he'd covered his tracks, since Brooke had really wanted him to watch Baby Einsteins videos with them.

"Try not to leave it in the DVD player next time," Brooke laughed.

"Right..."

The couple then turned over to go back to sleep.

;

In the early morning, Julian let Brooke sleep in since he felt bad about waking her up because of his little incident. He got the boys their cereal and then decided to take them running with him. Whenever he had one of those dreams about Brooke, he liked to run to clear his head. And today was a great day for a run.

Julian set Davis and Jude up in their double stroller with toys and snacks to keep them occupied, sunscreened them just as thoroughly as Brooke would have, and left a note for his wife so she wouldn't worry. As the three boys made their way out of their driveway and down the road, they headed towards the Riverfront. After a mile and a half pushing the stroller part way up hill, Julian was already exhausted. It was especially hot out today after all. But he kept going. He wanted to get there quickly before the boys started getting fussy.

"Wawa!" Davis pointed out at the water when it came into view.

Julian slowed down as he got to the top of the bridge and turned the stroller to face him as he sat down. He crouched down.

No, they weren't at the Riverfront just yet. They had taken a little detour to the Gable Bridge. The infamous Gable Bridge where the levey broke and almost killed a woman and a young boy a few years back.

"You want water? It's right there, buddy." Julian pointed to Davis's sippy cup.

"Wawa!" Davis pointed to the river again, this time so his father could see him.

"Oh," Julian turned. "Yeah. That's water. But we can't swim in it though, it's not the beach. Mommy and I went swimming there once and she got hurt."

"Mama.." Jude perked up when he heard Julian talk about his mom.

"Let's just keep going, okay guys." Julian stood up and turned, looking towards the spot where the guard rail had been fixed because of the accident. It was a slightly different color then the rest of the railing. He then looked to the place where he had given Brooke CPR. Julian sighed shaking his head of the horrible memory, hoping he would never have that horrible dream ever again.

"Dada go!" Jude squawked.

Julian nodded and began to run.

Once they got to the Riverfront, Julian slowed down and strolled by the famous Naley picnic table along the water. He walked the boys along the boardwalk towards one of Tree Hill's most sacred places: the Rivercourt. As they approached, Julian spotted a familiar car parked there. He stopped at the bleachers and let the boys out of their stroller. He grabbed a boy's hand with each of his bigger ones and led them over to the two adults.

"Hey, what are you guys doing here?" Julian asked as he approached.

Mouth and the new Mrs. Millie McFadden turned and smiled.

"Hi Julian."

"Oh my goodness! Look at how big they've gotten!" Millie gushed, walking over and leaned down to touch Davis's mop of light brown curls. "You're even bigger than when I saw you last week!"

"The sam goes for you, Millie," Julian admitted, refering to Millicent's over seven months pregnant stomach.

"Oh I'm getting there." She rubbed her belly. "So how are you? Where's Brooke?"

"Sleeping," Julian let out a laugh.

"Oh well she deserves it. I'm sure these boys keep her busy."

Julian nodded, not admitting that the boy that really kept Brooke up last night was him.

"You guys both deserve a break sometime. We'd love to get some practice and give you a night off," Millie offered, not seeing Mouth's disagreeing face. Julian knew how he felt, not having any idea what to expect.

"Uh, yeah... anytime," Julian offered.

"How about tonight?" Millie said quickly. "Are you in need of some babysitters? Theboys can come to out house if you want the house to yourselves."

Julian hesitated, but figured he'd love some time alone to just talk to Brooke without having to juggle toddlers.

"How about you come to our house? Around six? The boys will be way more comfortable at our house and it'll be easier for you to get them to sleep if they're in their own cribs."

"Sounds... great," Mouth said as Millie squealed excitedly.

;

When the three boys got home, Brooke greeted them at the door. She was all showered and dressed and came out to help Julian unload the boys.

"Good morning..." Brooke said as she kissed Julian.

"Morning? Are you kidding? I've been up for four hours."

"Thanks for giving me the morning off."

"It was my pleasure. Plus, I also got us both the night off."

Brooke turned her head. "What?"

"We saw Mouth and Millie at the Rivercourt and they offered to babysit. Actually Millie offered and Mouth hesitantly agreed."

"Haha sounds like you when we babysat Jamie and a newborn Lydia..."

"He'll get the hang of it. And at least they'll only get one in the long run."

"Well that's nice of them. So what are we gunna do?" Brooke raised an eyebrow, hoping he knew she meant sex.

"Oh crap... They're coming here," Julian frowned, hating himself for suggesting the idea because at the time, he was ony thinking about what would make things easiest for the boys and for Mouth and Millie.

Brooke shook her head. "You obviously didn't know high school Brooke. We'll find a way," she smiled seductively and Julian flashed his illegal grin.

But just like that, Brooke turned it off. "So chop chop, get showered, we have to get going."

"Go where?"

;

When the family of four pulled up to the hair salon, Brooke sighed.

"Okay, I changed my mind. Maybe it's too soon..." She looked in the backseat to see her boys looking out the windows and pulling at their carseat restraints.

"This was your idea, Brooke. And they do need it."

Julian had forgotten until an hour ago that Brooke wanted them to take the boys for their first haircuts today. Ever.

Both Davis and Jude had taken a while to actually get hair, and it grew in slowly, but now it was finally time to cut some of it off since their bangs were getting in their eyes a bit now and hair was covering their ears and necks. The last thing they wanted was for the boys to be mistaken for girls...they were very 'pretty' babies to begin with so...

Davis's hair was curly and light like his fathers, while Jude's was darker like Brooke's but not as curly as the other three family members.

When they walked in, a nice female hairdresser was waiting and ready for them. First she set Davis up on a booster seat and put the plastic covering over him before starting to wet and cut his hair.

Julian stood by Davis snapping photos and recording on his flip cam as the small boy chomped on a snack and waving around a comb that the hairdresser had given him. Meanwhile Brooke sat away on a small couch in the waiting area with Jude. She was suddenly struck with the intense fear that Davis or Jude was going to get his ear chopped off if they moved suddenly, so she didn't want to watch too much. Of course, hairdressers knew what they were doing and they were weary that kids move their heads all the time so they were careful, but Brooke was still scared.

"Brooke, he's doing great!" Julian pointed the camera at her and laughed at her cowering shoulders as the woman made small snips at Davis's curls.

"I know, and I'm glad I'll get to see his eyes again."

"Would you like to keep a sample of his cut hair for a baby book or something?" the hairdresser asked.

Of course Brooke said yes.

After cutting a sufficient amount of curls, Davis didn't look much different, but he did look lighter and more styled.

"Looking good Davey," Julian told him, capturing Davis's adorable laugh as the woman brushed his neck with a soft brush to get the excess snipits of hair off.

"Me!" Jude called and ran over to Julian.

"Yep, you're next Jude." Julian picked Jude up, placing him in the chair that Davis had just been helped down off of.

"Now, he'd definately the more figitey of the two," Julian warned the hairdresser.

"Okay, let's get started Jude."

"Mama!" Davis walked over to Brooke with his hands roaming through his hair.

"You look so handsome, Davey. Do you like it?" Brooke said pointing at the mirror.

"Yeah." Davis smiled.

"No!" From across the room, Jude yelled and put his hands up as the woman wet his hair.

"You're fine, Jude. It's just a little cold," Julian assured him.

The hairdresser took it slow with Jude, but once he was preoccupied with a snack and a comb, he was just fine. Jude's haircut was finished up quickly and then they were set to go after Julian paid the woman.

"You dada," Jude pointed to Julian.

"Yeah Daddy, it's your turn," Brooke joked.

"Nope, I'm all set." Julian took pride in his hair and didn't really want to buzz it all off at the moment. "Let's get out of here."

;

After some errands and the boys' nap, Brooke and Julian entertained the boys, fed them dinner, and then started to get ready for their night out.

At six on the dot, the doorbell rang. As someone approached the door, Mouth and Millie could hear cries from one of the boys getting closer.

Julian opened the door with Davis over his shoulder crying.

"Hi guys, come on in."

The pre-parents walked in hesitantly, trying to smile through the shrills that came from Davis.

"Dave, calm down. You're fine."

"What happened? Did he get hurt?" Millie asked.

"Yeah, Jude just recently discovered that pinching can be a useful weapon."

"Oh.."

Julian talked over the crying. "Brooke will be out in a minute and then we'll leave."

"Take your time..." Mouth mumbled.

.

"So every number you need is on the fridge and their PJs and diapers are set out at the changing table. They shouldn't give you too much trouble if you let them lay down to sleep with a bottle. We're trying to get them off of that, but since you guys are here, it'll be fine. It will make things a lot easier for you."

"Okay.." Millie said, trying to hide her unsureness.

"Any other questions?" Brooke asked.

"Nope, I think that's it."

"Okay, great. You'll do just fine, Millie, don't worry..."

"Thanks Brooke."

Brooke nodded and then turned. "Julian, I'm ready to go."

Brooke hugged Mouth and Millie goodbye and went over to the boys.

"Be good boys for Auntie Millie and Uncle Mouth. Mommy loves you." She kissed their heads.

"Bye boys." Julian ran his hand through their new doos.

The boys didn't respond to their parents but as soon as they walked out the door, Jude toddled over to the door.

"Mama! Dada!" He put his little hands on the screen door and leaned forward into it. Mouth picked him up.

"Whoa, we don't want to break that.."

"Back!" Davis came over too, wanting his parents to turn back around.

"Millie, help..."

She went to close the wooden door and they planned on distracting the boys, but doing that just made them whine and get more upset.

Millie's worry washed over her face. How were they going to handle this?

She knelt down to Davis.

"Let's play buddy."

She tried to hand him a little truck that she'd seen him holding before, but something else distracted him. He put his tiny hands on her big pregnant belly and rubbed it all around.

"Davis, there's a baby in my belly and you're going to meet the baby pretty soon."

He looked at her funny and then giggled while touching his own belly. Jude came over as well and felt Millie's round belly.

Mouth gave her a releaved smile when they both weren't whining or crying anymore. They actually seemed pretty happy just playing with Millie's belly for while.

Maybe this wouldn't be as bad as they thought.

;

As Julian strolled out to the car, Brooke rushed to get ahead of him and ran to the driver's side.

"I'm driving!" She called it.

"What? I'm always designated driver.."

"Not tonight. You deserve to have a few beers or wine or whatever tonight. I'll be the responsible one for once."

"Are you doing this so later you can take advantage of my, Brooke Davis?" He acused as he slid into the passenger seat.

"That may or may not be my motivation," she smiled as she turned on the engine.

.

After a lovely meal at Brooke's favorite restaurant, she convinced Julian to go to a club with her. Not Tric, but another club not far from Tree Hill. And at this said club, she got him to have a few shots for her at the bar. She knew this would be an entertaining night.

"Why is the music always so loud in places like this? I can't hear myself think!"

Brooke laughed at her husband's comment.

"Come on! Dance with me, Daddy!"

Julian smiled and slinked an arm behind Brooke's back, pulling her closer.

"If people here you call me Daddy, they're gunna think I'm your pimp or something."

"No, they will think how lucky I am to ever get to call a painstakingly hot man, like yourself, my Daddy."

"You always know the right thing to say.. You're so smart, Brooke."

He put his head down on her shoulder and smelled her hair.

"No, you're the smartie pants. I just hope our boys are just like you.."

"No, that would be bad." Julian shook his tipsy head and wagged his finger.

"Why?" Brooke frowned. She didn't like that his confidence was never too high.

"Because I don't want them to grow up like I did... being a geek with no friends, an absentee dad and a boozy mom."

"That won't happen."

"I just don't want them to be bullied like I was.."

"We'll make sure that doesn't happen. And they'll always have each other, and us..."

Julian nodded as Brooke continued.

"And that's why Mommy's the designated drivier tonight. No boozy Sylvia Mom here."

"Good, 'cuz that would be wierd if I was at a club with my mom."

Brooke laughed at his silliness, but her heart still bled for that scared little boy hiding inside her husband.

"Maybe we can give geeky high school Julian a little taste of high school Brooke.." she smiled seductively at him and began to kiss his jawline.

"I wish he had met you."

Brooke stepped back and pulled his arm so they were walking towards the exit.

"He will now."

;

Brooke pulled the car up to the cliff-like dirt lot overlooking the center of town. You could see everything in Tree Hill from up here. Chase was right back then, it was a great view. But Brooke didn't plan on letting Julian sightsee.

"Get in the backseat." Brooke told Julian as she climbed between the seats. She wasn't as good at that as she used to be, but Julian notice or know the difference.

When they both got to the back, Brooke took off her shirt and slyly slipped off her panties, leaving her in just her bra and skirt.

"You really did this in high school?" Julian asked amazed on how much he was oblivious to back when he was 14 through 18.

Brooke let out a chuckle. "Sometimes.. I brought you to a notorious makeout spot, here."

"But I married you so I get more than making out, right?"

"Look at you.." Brooke laughed as she watched him scoot closer to her and put his hand behind her back to unclasp her bra. "You may have been a tad geeky, but you're definately not a beginner."

"I've learned a thing or two since high school," Julian countered as he pulled off his own dress shirt and unbuckled his belt.

After about ten minutes, the car was rocking a bit and the windows were steemy. Brooke was about to hit her climax at the same time as Julian.

"Where have you been all my life..!" Julian yelled as Brooke dug her fingernails into his back and moaned into his chest.

Suddenly from outside the car they heard a short siren. And through the steamy windows they saw red and blue flashing lights.

"Oh shit!" Julian sobered up immediately.

Brooke grabbed for some kind of top while Julian tried to pull on his pants. So when the knock at the window came, Brooke was in Julian's button up dress shirt (with no bottoms at all) and Julian was in just his pants.

"Police.. open up."

Julian pulled the door handle reluctantly and pushed it open.

"Okay, kids, it's time to move alon-"

The officer's speech stopped short when he saw that there weren't two teenagers in the backseat, like usual. These two were barely dressed adults.

"Oh god," Brooke laughed and hid her face behind Julian.

The officer caught a glimpse at Brooke's face before she covered it with her left hand, which also held her wedding ring. The officer shook his head.

Julian shrugged at the guy in humiliation. He'd never been so embarrassed. "We're so sorry. We'll go now.. are you going to fine us or something?"

"No, just please move along now. And never let me catch you two here again. I'm sure you have a nice warm house to do this kind of stuff in.. or at least get a hotel."

The police officer began to walk away before Julian could comment that it was 'hard' to do anything at home without getting a babysitter. But it was probably for the best that he didn't say that.

"Yes sir."

When the cop backed away, Julian jumped headfirst into the front seat and started the car, while Brooke laughed hysterically.

"Let's get out of here."

"Oh god! That was hilarious! He really thought we were horny teenagers!" Brooke smiled.

"That was humiliating!"

"It's not that bad. But your face was hilarious. Are you sure you're okay to drive?"

"Oh I'm sober now, believe me. Plus, you hid and left me to face the guy. Thanks a lot."

"Sorry husband. I love you."

"I love you too."

"And you have to admit that what we did here was amazing before we were interrupted."

"Was it like high school again for you?" Julian asked.

Brooke leaned forward from the backseat and wrapped her arms around Julian as he drove. He looked in the rearview mirror and noticed she was still barely dressed, in his shirt no less.

Julian smiled as Brooke kissed his cheek and then whispered in his ear.

"It was so much better."

;

Brooke and Julian straightened their clothes as they opened the front door of their house. Any drunkenness Julian had before had bolted out of him the moment the cop showed up.

In the house, Mouth was lying horizontally on the couch while Millie read a parenting magazine that Brooke had lying around.

"Hey you two, how'd it go?" Brooke asked.

Mouth sighed and sat up. Millie answered.

"He got peed on... A straight bullet to the face."

"Haha nice," Julian laughed. "Welcome to the club, man." He knew of that kind of incident well.

"Thank God we're having a girl..." Mouth sighed.

"You're having a girl!" Brooke squealed. She didn't know yet. The McFadden's hadn't told anyone yet. Until now.

Brooke ran over to Mouth and hugged him. Then she did the same to Millie.

"Oh my goodness. I'm so happy for you." Brooke felt Millie's belly.

"The boys really loved touching my belly, too."

"Really?" Julian questioned.

"Oh yeah. When I told them I had a baby in my belly, Davis began rubbing his own belly."

Brooke 'aww'ed and gave a face that showed how cute that must have been but she was also disappointed that she missed that moment.

"Thank you so much for letting us do this, guys. I really learned a lot. It's nothing like you think it's going to be like." Mouth said.

"Yep. And it's better you learn that now." Julian told him.

"So any names for this little princess?" Brooke tried.

Millie looked to Mouth. They had decided but it was up to him whether he would tell. The name was more significant to him.

"We're going to name her Melodie after my Grandpa Mel," Mouth told Brulian.

Brooke knew the story about Mel from Peyton and the Fantasy Boy Draft dates in high school.

"Oh Mouth! That's really sweet! That's really so great of you guys. Mel would have loved to see you so happy. He's proud of you."

Mouth nodded. "I hope so."

"So how was your night?" Millie asked. "Did you like your alone time?"

Julian breathed deeply and looked down. Brooke answered.

"It was a fun night... Thanks again so much you guys! We really appreciated this," Brooke winked at Julian.

"Oh it was no problem. We're glad to get the practice." Millie assured her.

The couples exchanged hugs and handshakes before the McFadden's left for home.

"I'm gunna check on the boys.." Brooke said, walking away.

Julian followed her and they peeked in the dark room together.

Jude was sprawled out on his back with his bottle was on the floor, probably because he threw it when it was empty, and Davis clutched his tightly as he folded his legs in towards his tummy. Brooke slipped Davis's away from him and Julian handed her Jude's before they snuck out of the room quietly.

Their two boys were so different already, even just in their body language as they slept. Brooke and Julian couldn't wait to see their personalities and distinct characteristics in the coming years.

But most of all, Brooke and Julian hoped that their sons never had to go through the same pains that they went through as kids. Bullying or parental issues alike.

And they wouldn't...

Because Jude and Davis's parents would always be there for them, and they would never, ever take their children for granted.

;

Thanks to wordsmeaneverything for Mouth&Millie's baby name.. i knew i wanted something with 'Mel' in it, but i let her make the final decision on Melodie :)

Any and all suggestions for what you would like to see in a chapter would be great.. i have a timeline of events that i plan on doing but i still have some gaps in the earlier years.

The more you review, the more i want to get my updates out more quickly.

REVIEW PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!

~Haley :)