Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I do not own One Tree Hill.

February 14

Brooke and Julian were lying down in their bed. Julian smiled at his wife and Brooke smiled back.

"Happy Valentine's Day," Brooke whispered.

"Why are we whispering?" Julian asked.

"They'll hear us," Brooke whispered.

Jude and Davis ran into the room.

"Mommy, Daddy!" Jude and Davis cheered. "We want pancakes! We want pancakes!"

"That's not how you ask," Julian said.

"Honey," Brooke said. "They just want pancakes."

"Okay," Julian said getting up. "Let's go make pancakes."

"Are you coming Mommy?" Jude asked.

"I will in a minute," Brooke replied. "Mommy's tired."

Julian, Davis, and Jude walked out of the room and Brooke got out from under the covers. As she stood up, she noticed her reflection in the mirror. Her baby bump was small, but visible.

"How am I already showing at 2 months?" Brooke said aloud. "It's not even twins this time."

Brooke grabbed her robe and put it on.

"Alright," Brooke said to herself. "Much better."

Brooke walked downstairs to the kitchen. Julian, Jude, and Davis were sitting down at the kitchen table with a plate full of pancakes.

"Mommy!" Davis cheered.

Davis ran to hug Brooke, but Brooke backed away.

"No sweetie," Brooke said. "Mommy's back hurts. High five."

Davis gave Brooke a high five and sat back down. Brooke sat at the table and smiled.

"These look good," Brooke said.

"They're buttermilk pancakes," Julian said.

"I love buttermilk," Brooke said.

Sophia and Beth walked into the kitchen.

"Good morning girls," Brooke said. "Julian made pancakes."

"Yummy," Sophia said sitting down. "I love pancakes."

"Yummy isn't a proper word," Davis said. "The proper term is delicious."

"Davis honey," Brooke said. "Be nice. Beth, would you like to join us?"

"I don't eat anything with a whole bunch of fatty carbs," Beth said taking a banana. "I actually like to eat healthy and not get fat."

"Someone got up on the wrong side of the bed," Brooke said.

"Forgive her Brooke," Sophia said. "She's just on her period."

"Sophia," Brooke said.

"What's a period?" Jude asked.

"It's when…" Davis started to say before Julian and Brooke gave him a 'don't you dare' look.

"So anyway," Beth said. "I have an important project to work on before school Goodbye."

Beth walked out of the kitchen door and Sophia laughed.

"So Sophia," Brooke said. "Do you and Jamie have any plans for tonight?"

"Yes," Sophia said. "Jamie and I are going to a Valentine's Day murder mystery dinner."

"That's different," Brooke said.

"I know," Sophia said. "I'm so excited."

Sophia picked up the syrup and poured some onto her plate. The smell of the syrup was strong for Brooke.

"I like to pour the syrup first," Sophia said. "Then I take the pancakes and carefully sit them down in the pool of maple syrup."

"I think I'm going to be sick!" Brooke shouted before rushing out of the kitchen.

"What?" Sophia asked. "I didn't think it was gross."

Sophia shrugged her shoulders.

"Then again," Sophia said. "Everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion."