-1They had made it to the hospital in no time. After Lucas got Hannah out of her car seat he and Brooke walked slowly into the hospital and walked in silence to the NICU. Brooke turned the corner and found Andrea standing in front of the NICU waiting for them.
"What's wrong?" The words seemed so soft because Brooke felt as if she were in another world.
Andrea watched as Lucas came around the corner with Hannah and stopped behind Brooke. She looked at the couple in front of her and sighed. "I want you two to know that in my 7 years as an OBGYN I have never seen anything like this…I don't even know how to tell you this"
Brooke felt her heart drop she didn't know what Andrea was going to tell her.
"He's breathing on his own"
"What?" Lucas and Brooke both asked not believing what they had heard.
"I can't believe it either…one of the nurses went to check on him after you guys left and he started fighting the tubes helping him breathe and we took him off of it…and believe it or not he's breathing on his own"
"I can't believe it" Lucas said listening to what Andrea told him and Brooke.
"I can't either" Andrea said shaking her head in disbelief. "We're going to watch him for a few days and see how well he does and we'll go from there"
"Can I see him?" Brooke asked
"Absolutely" Andrea said and stepped out of the way of the door so Brooke could walk into the nursery.
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Brooke walked into the NICU and to Isaiah's isolette. Isaiah looked at Brooke as his tiny chest rhythmically rose and fell.
"Hey handsome…how's my big, strong boy?" Brooke smiled and ran a hand over the Plexiglas.
"How's he doing?" Lucas said walking up from behind Brooke.
"He looks perfect" Brooke smiled.
Andrea walked over and opened the back of the isolette. "You can hold him"
"Ok" Lucas said and handed Hannah to Brooke.
Lucas walked over and washed his hands, he sat down and smiled when Andrea handed Isaiah to him to hold for the first time. Lucas looked down at his little boy and couldn't help but smile. Lucas ran a hand over Isaiah's tiny fist and in turn Isaiah wrapped his hand around Lucas' finger.
"It's weird for me you being here now….I've only ever known a little girl…I mean I have your cousin Jamie…but it's so different with you….I know you're barely a week old but you've already made me so proud…you're such a fighter I'z and I'm so proud to be your daddy"
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ONE WEEK LATER
Brooke sat in the living room and closed her eyes. Hannah had woken up with a fever and a runny nose and she was cranky beyond words. She had fought for an hour to get her down for a nap. Finally she had fallen asleep on her and Lucas' bed watching a movie. Brooke had put Hannah in her crib and was relaxing on the couch when Peyton walked in with Hayden, Emily and Jenny.
"Hey Brooke" Peyton smiled walking around the corner. She sat Hayden down on the floor and watched as the brown haired boy walked over to Hannah's play kitchen in the corner.
"Hey P. how are you?" Brooke asked yawning and watching as Jenny and Emily sat on the couch next to her.
"Hey Brooke…where's Hannah?" Emily asked looking up at Brooke and smiling.
Brooke ran a hand through the 5 year olds blonde curls and smiled. "Hannah's taking a nap sweetie…she doesn't feel well today"
"Can Emily and I go and play a game downstairs Brooke?" Jenny asked
"Sure…just be careful going down the basement steps"
"Be careful guys and don't break anything" Peyton warned as she watched the girls walk out of the room.
"We'll be careful mommy" Jenny said taking her little sisters hand.
"They're great Peyton" Brooke said smiling.
"Yeah…try living with them" Peyton joked "How's Isaiah?"
Brooke's whole face lit up "He's great…he's gained almost two pounds and they've moved him out of the NICU he's officially in pediatrics…Lucas is there now…we were going to go together but Hannah woke up with a terrible cold"
"Oh I'm sorry B…" Peyton touched Brooke's shoulder and looked over at Hayden who was walking towards the kitchen in search of his sisters she snapped her fingers as she looked at her son "Hayden Jacob…don't you dare"
Hayden looked at Peyton and walked back over to the play kitchen. "Sorry about that so how's Lucas dealing with having a son?"
Brooke smiled again "He's great….god Lucas is crazy about him….every time that he or one of the guys go to see him they start talking to him about Ravens basketball"
Peyton laughed and ran a hand through her hair just as Emily and Jenny came running up the stairs screaming. "I'm telling on you Jenny Nichole"
"Not if I tell on you first Emily Suzanne"
"Oh now what" Peyton sighed.
"Mommy Jenny told me I was a brat" Emily said folding her arms over her Hannah Montana shirt.
"Well mommy Emily kept taking the baby doll out of its stroller"
"Girls…what did mommy say?….I don't want to know unless someone is bleeding"
Emily and Jenny both nodded and walked back down to the basement.
Peyton looked at her two girls before looking at Brooke" I can't wait until next week when school starts…it's going to be so quiet with it just being Hayden at my studio"
Brooke laughed and shook her head "You love those girls more than anything Peyton don't act like you don't love that they want to tell you every single thing"
Peyton shrugged her shoulders "Yeah…I do….oh god you've got to hear this….the other night Jake had this meeting he had to go to and he came home and I had had the worst day with Jenny, Emily and Hayden fighting and I had put it the movie "Penelope" and they'd all fallen asleep on our futon in the playroom. Well I just left them down there for the night cause they were already ready for bed and I decided to take a shower to wash off the hell that was that day…well Jake came home and he wanted to have sex and I told him to use a condom and he said that it was ok…we'd risk it…I just walked out of the shower I didn't even say anything to him"
Brooke waited until Peyton was finished telling the story and she started to laugh "Yeah but you two totally had sex didn't you?"
Peyton shrugged her shoulders "Yeah…I've got 3 kids under the age of 10 you've got to find those moments when you can"
"I just don't know what to do with you Peyton"
Peyton laughed and shook her head "Yeah that's what I'm here for"
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Haley sat in the nursery and rocked Leah to sleep. Nathan walked in and over to the rocking chair and he bent down and kissed Leah on the forehead before leaning up to kiss Haley on the lips.
"How're my two favorite girls tonight?"
"We're good…I'm just putting Lee down for the night…how'd Jamie's biddy league basketball game go?"
Nathan smiled proudly "We won…after all my son is amazing"
"I know…I just wish I could have been there" Haley took the bottle out of Leah's mouth and stood up and walked over to the crib and put her down.
"Jamie understands Hales, don't feel bad he knows that you love him and how much you wanted to be there but he knows that you have to watch Leah" Nathan walked up behind Haley and kissed her shoulder.
"I know but I just feel bad….I feel like I am missing out on some important things in his life" Haley turned in Nathan's arms and hugged him.
Nathan kissed the top of Haley's head and smiled "I know hales"
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Brooke rolled her eyes she laid in bed and talked to Rachel on the phone. She looked over at Lucas who was reading a book and she smiled.
"I just still don't understand how this guy Austin doesn't know that Sam is "Princeton Girl" It just bugs me"
"Rachel…it is just a movie you need to let it go"
"I know but the thing I don't understand is that he was at the diner before he got ready to go to the costume dance and the girl Sam waited on him and his table…how does he not know?"
"Rachel don't worry about it…you've talked about this for the longest time…so are you ready to go and get your sonogram tomorrow?"
"Yeah but I don't want to get weighed I mean no joke I've gained like 8 pounds in two weeks….I 'm starting to look like the damn stork from the pickle commercials… I don't see how I keep gaining weight… I throw up all day everyday…we can't all be freaks of nature like you Mrs. I had a baby two and a half weeks ago and can already fit in my pre pregnancy jeans"
" I'm just lucky I guess….you know Rachel the sudden weight gain is nothing to worry about you know it could be twins"
"Shut the hell up…that's not even funny I couldn't imagine having two of them inside of me"
"All I'm saying is that it could happen….I wouldn't be surprised if good ole' Marvin Andrew McFadden had it in him"
"Don't talk about my husband that way you slut"
"It's a lot better than the things you say about Lucas"
"Whatever…Lucas is damn fine…and the fact that he's such a great dad makes him all the more sexier…and when he said I was family to that bitch nurse I almost jumped right on him if I wasn't knocked up and married I would have"
"Rachel…that's my husband"
"Oh sorry…Its my hormones what can I say?"
"Just call me tomorrow and let me know how your sonogram went"
"Ok…I love ya Bitch"
"Back at you tramp"
Brooke hung up the phone and curled up next to Lucas. He wrapped his arm around her and kissed her forehead before turning back to reading his book.
"How much longer do you think it will be before Isaiah gets to come home?"
Lucas turned his attention from his book and looked at Brooke. "I don't know…I really don't think it will be too much longer"
Brooke smiled and nodded "I can't wait until we have our whole family together…I can't wait until he and Hannah are able to interact without tubes or other people getting in the way"
Lucas laid his head back on his pillow "I know…I'm just glad everything has turned out ok"
"Me too, I was giving Hannah a bath earlier and she asked where the baby was…she asks about him everyday"
"You don't think she'll get jealous when we bring him home do you?"
Brooke shook her head no and looked ran her fingers along his cotton shirt "I think she's going to be great with him…it's so weird to think that in a few months she'll be two"
"I know baby girl…I feel like it was only yesterday that it was just you and me and now we've got two kids and way more stress than we know what to do with"
Brooke smiled and looked up at Lucas "Yeah I'm kind of glad that we've got kids now cause when it was just you and me I don't think we spent too much time out of this bedroom"
Lucas looked over at Brooke and shrugged his shoulders "I had a few years of not getting to be with you that I had to make up for"
"Peyton told me that Jake wants another baby"
"I know he's told me too"
"I think they should have another…Peyton's a wonderful mom…she's just a lot stricter than what I thought she'd ever be"
"I know…who'd ever thought that Jake would be the pushover" Lucas yawned and turned off the bedside lamp and wrapped his arms around Brooke.
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The next morning Brooke sat in a rocking chair feeding Isaiah his bottle. She rocked back and forth as she looked down at her little boy who was struggling to keep his eyes open.
"Go to sleep baby…It's ok mommy's not going to go anywhere…your daddy took your big sister down to the cafeteria to get her something to eat and they'll be back up here in a little while"
Andrea walked into the room and smiled as she watched Brooke with Isaiah. "You know what?"
"What's that?" Brooke asked smiling down at Isaiah as he finally fell asleep.
"I think he's ready to go home"
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Thanks so much for the reviews guys they really mean a whole lot to me. I don't know how well this chapter is but I knew that I didn't want anything bad to happen to the baby. Awhile back some of you asked me where I saw the pictures of James and Sophia at and I saw a couple of them at Fan Forum. I don't know if they are still up or not cause people like freak out when you talk about peoples personal lives over there. I am so heartbroken that this is officially the last season of OTH. I hope that Mark lets this Leyton stuff run its course and give us Brucas fans what we want cause my biggest fear is that we're going to have to suffer through Leyton all season and have it end with their wedding. Especially without Brucas having a real chance. I know that it sounds bad and it breaks my heart to say it but I feel like everyday I loose a tiny bit of my Brucas faith. I wish James Lafferty was here I need a hug. Now that I've bummed myself out and probably everyone else I'm open to any suggestions that you guys might have about ideas for the fic. Reviews are welcome and always appreciated and I want you guys to know I love ya and you all are so awesome.