LAST CHAPTER! Ok… I LOVE THIS CHAPTER! Seriously… one of my favorites… especially the ending… It brought tears to my mom's eyes hahaha. I really hope you guys like it! You guys reading this story and leaving reviews has meant SOO much! You just don't know. I really can't wait to start the new one! Remember… its Called "Over Rated" And it will be up in a few days. I'm sorry it took me so long to update this one. I hope it was worth the wait! Please review and let me know if you liked it! Thank you again
-Jordan
"Mommy… wakes up" Emma giggled trying to reach Brooke on the bed
"No…"
"It your birfday"
"I know" Brooke whined rolling over to avoid any eye contact
"What does you want?"
"To sleep"
"That's not fun" Emma giggled trying to climb on the bed
"Did daddy send you in here"
"Ywea"
"Go tell him mommy is dead" Brooke smiled kissing Emma on the forehead and then climbing back under the covers. It was her 20th birthday and all she wanted to do was sleep. Sleep all day, considering she hadn't slept well in 3 years. But as usual Lucas had other plans.
"He goded shopping with Awson"
"And left you here alone?"
"Mawth is here" Emma laughed
"Mouth is here?"
"Ywea"
"Who else?" Brooke asked looking down at her hoochy pajamas
"Fwergie"
"And"
"Skillz" Emma finished
"Kill me now"
"I fought you was already dead"
"Ugh, Come here and give me birthday kisses" Brooke giggled giving up on any sleep and pulling Emma under the covers with her
"No… I'm on a mission?" Emma whined struggling to get out of Brookes arms
"Who sent you?"
"Spies" Emma giggled
"Tree Hill Spies?"
"Yea"
"Ok, here's the plan… you come and go to sleep with me… they'll think you got shot down… or went AWOL and became a whore, deal?" Brooke asked tickling Emma
"I not sleepy"
"Please…. Be a whore for mommy?" Brooke begged
"Brooke… I knew that letting you have them kids was a bad idea, turning them into whores already"
"Fergie… Emmy, your daddy is so dead"
"Hey! I'm just calling it like I see it, any 2 people who can hit the 200 mark within their first 2 months of dating" Fergie laughed
"Shhh! Little ears… Corrupting America's youth is my hobby, not yours"
"Whatever dude… happy birthday" Fergie laughed hugging Brooke
"Thank you!"
"Yea, finally 20 and still not able to drink alcohol legally… I guess those kegs down there are going to go to serious waste" Skillz smiled
"Skillz!"
"Fergie, ever wonder what we would have done, what our lives would have been like if she hadn't corrupted our little Lucas?"
"Boring… ok, where is your little Lucas?" Brooke asked. Whatever he was shopping for had better be really good because he was seriously going to need the points after leaving her there with the entire town of Tree Hill.
"Shopping with his Mini-me" Fergie laughed
"Yea, I got that much… but where?"
"He would go all KKK on us if we told you that… Oh, Tim's here" Skillz rolled his eyes hearing Tim and Teresa come into the house
"TIM!" Emma shrieked
"Great… Its my birthday, people are here and I'm still in my sluttyest pajamas…Good Job Lucas"
"Yes… Good Job Lucas" Fergie smiled staring down into the gap of her pajamas
"There is my favoritest girl in the whole wide world! Come give the TimMister a hug and a kiss" Everyone heard Tim yell from downstairs
"Man, your going to have to lock that dude into a closet when she turns 18"
"Don't worry… Lucas already has the straight jacket"
Lucas and Austin waited downtown charlotte on the bench right where Royal had said to meet him. The fact that he had called so suddenly made Lucas nervous, since it was his check that Lucas and Brooke were living off of any call form him made him nervous.
"Lucas…" Royal smiled sitting down next to Lucas and Austin
"Royal"
"Good to see you son, good to see you"
"You too, what's up?" Lucas asked. He figured it was better to get whatever it was over with first instead of dealing with a bunch of small talk.
"Hey there little guy… he's getting big"
"Yea… catching up with Emma"
"But he's not a big, big like Nick, he is more of a muscular big. Is he smaller than most boys his age?" Royal asked looking at Austin's feet
"He's about the same size"
"Right, That's good. He'll be tall, a basketball player right?"
"Or a cheerleader if broke has her way" Lucas laughed
"What?"
"I'm Kidding… Are you coming to the party tonight?"
"Of course, wouldn't miss it for the world. Is Brooke excited?" Royal asked sitting back down on the bench
"I don't know… she was still sleeping when I left. Emma was going to wake her up"
"Good idea…use the children to wake her. Use to do it with May myself… every morning Danny and Keith would run in there and jump on the bed"
"Yea, so…" Lucas started. He really, really didn't have time to small talk. There was still so much to do, plus he was sure Brooke was ready to kill him by now leaving her at the house with everyone.
"Right, sorry… I was wondering what you were getting her. 20 is big, of course most people aren't married at 20 so they don't have to worry about it but you are… so you better be getting her something good boy"
"Yea I- Wa" Lucas started but Royal interrupted
"Hmmm Jewelry?"
"She needs a car" Lucas said plainly
"A car?"
"Yea…"
"Son… sit down. A car is not a 20th birthday present. It's a 16th birthday present. After that a car is not a present at all. It is just a must have. Now if you were to get her maybe Jewelry and a car… what kind of car does she want?" Royal asked taking Austin from Lucas
"A pearl white Toyota Solara Convertible"
"Classy girl you got there…" Royal laughed
"Yea, she is" Lucas agreed. At least someone in his family liked Brooke.
"Nope… you need to get her jewelry"
"I don't even think she wants jewelry"
"All women want jewelry… by the way, today is the day you officially cant call her a girl anymore. She is a woman" Royal whispered as if it were some secret
"Right, but Brooke isn't like most women"
"So I understand. You're still getting her jewelry son. She gave birth to 2 children for you… do you think that was any fun?"
"I-No" Lucas started but Royal interrupted again. This wasn't going in Lucas's favor
"It hurt…"
"I know"
"So you're getting her both, and maybe a Louie Vinton pocketbook" Royal insisted nodding at Austin
"She is more of a Gucci or girl, woman"
"I was going over some numbers last night and well… when I gave you that last check I didn't take into consideration the money I gave Nathan for other things… Valentines day… St. Patrick's day. Dumb holidays that May always felt like he needed money on… a lot of money, and as I am sure you know you don't argue with the wife when it comes to kids, or grandkids"
"Wow… That's too much" Lucas said seeing all of the zeros
"Its only fair. I will die being called a lot of things… hard on my kids, mean, pushy… but I will not have people say I was biast of my grandchildren. I saw what your mother went through trying to raise you and I sat by and watched it. I was too stubborn to do anything and she would have been too stubborn to accept. I'm sorry but I wont let that happen again. Now take the check Lucas…. for your children"
"I'm going to pay you back"
"Ok…" Royal laughed
"How am I supposed to know what Jewelry to get her? It took me 3 weeks to get a car out of her"
"Haley is on that right now"
Brooke sat on her bed (Still in her pajamas) with Haley, and Peyton, getting all of the latest Tree Hill gossip. Bevin and Teresa were downstairs making a fuss over Emma and how cute she was. Thankfully Emma loved all the attention and was milking it for all it was worth. Since Amber refused to leave Nathan's side all the attention was focused on Emma. This gave Peyton and Haley a chance to give Brooke all the hard-core stuff too.
"So Teresa had a pregnancy scare… so Tim's parents guilted him into staying with her. As it turns out they fit together really well so now they are engaged" Haley sighed rolling her eyes
"I always knew that they would make a cute couple! Of course no one ever listened to me" Brooke whined
"Brooke, you also thought that Nathan and I would make a cute couple" Peyton laughed
"Hey! That was because I knew you liked Lucas and I had t get you far, far away from him. Besides who got Nathan and Haley together in the first place? Muah"
"After you screwed us over!"
"Hey… I was pissed off because I wanted Lucas… plus I was drunk. And wait a minute! This is my birthday! Only Nice stuff" Brooke giggled
"Right sorry"
"Anyway… 4 of my 5 couples got together didn't they?" Brooke asked counting on her fingers
"Me and Jake, Haley and Nathan, Teresa and Tim… who was the 4th?"
"Me and Lucas… Duh. Anyway! What is the deal with Bevin and Mouth!"
"Right… ok so Bevin was flunking one of her classes at the college and Mouth offered to tutor her, swearing that he would never fall for her because he is still waiting for you to break up with Lucas" Peyton laughed
"Yea…"
"Anyway… They became friends and then things escalated"
"Have they done it yet?" Brooke asked getting excited. She loved this kind of juicy gossip, no birthday would be complete without it!
"Brooke! No, not yet… I swear he is saving himself for you"
"Interesting…Dude, this down has no drama! I need drama!"
"Brooke… I think you and Lucas have had enough Drama in your lives… believe me" Haley laughed
"I dont want Drama… I want to watch other peoples drama."
"You can take the girl out of high school but"
"Shut up… today is my birthday! I can be as mean and honest and whatever as much as I want!" Brooke giggled throwing her pillow at Peyton
"Ok, well get dressed"
"Why?"
"Because we are going shopping for you something to wear tonight" Haley sighed. She knew this was going tobe a lot harder than she had originally thought.
"But Lucas isn't home yet"
"Get dressed! Bev and Teresa can watch Emma and Amber. I mean there are enough people here"
"Fine… But I would like to see my husband at some point today!" Brooke screamed as she shut the bathroom door
"Good lord… this isn't going to be easy… I think she suspects something"
"She's Brooke… She always suspects something. She knew Lucas and I were cheating on her before we were actually cheating on her"
"True… that's Lucas" Haley laughed grabbing her phone
"Sup?"
"Haley?" Lucas asked
"Yea sorry"
"Ok… HELP"
"We're on it… jewelry" Peyton whispered into the phone
"And a pocketbook apparently"
"Royal Scott isn't a stingy man is he"
"Just call me as soon as you know… do I need to come and get Emma?" Lucas asked
"Nope, Teresa and Bevin are here… along with Tim, Nathan, Mouth, Fergie, Skillz, Jake, Jenny and Amber…oh some people named Jeff and Linda…"
"I told them all 8:00"
"Well maybe they all thought you could use the help… ok you go buy a car Lucas Scott" Haley giggled
"Thanks Hales… bye"
"Bye"
"Is he freaking out?" Peyton asked
"He is defiantly freaking out"
"Why?"
Because he is Lucas… Poor dude" Haley sighed. Nothing was ever easy for Lucas.
"Guys! I think I am getting fat! The scales say I weigh 110!" Brooke screamed from the bathroom
"I am going to kill her!"
"Haley! Haley… calm down, its her birthday… she is forgetting you are pregnant… besides I moved the Scale up 6 pounds. I do it to her every year!"
Lucas carried Austin up and down the car lot. The car sales man had been going on for 20 minutes about all the features and when Lucas had tired to tell him what he wanted he had been ignored. Now even poor Austin was getting restless.
"Leather seats… have you considered leather seats?"
"Brooke hates leather seats. They get too hot in the summer and too cold in the winter"
"How about a sunroof?"
"We are getting a convertible!"
"Right, right"
"That green is a beauty"
"She wants pearl white"
"How about that Blue?"
"Ok dude listen, I still have to go like 8 more places after I leave here! Here is what I want. A Pearl white Toyota Solara convertible, cloth seats, equipped with everything a 20-year-old woman with 2 young kids needs. Got it?"
"Yes…so basically this one right here"
"That is what I have been trying to tell you for 20 minutes!"
"Ok then… right this way"
"Austin… swear to me you want be a car sales man"
"No cwar"
"Thank you"
Brooke, Haley and Peyton spent the rest of the morning shopping. Haley and Peyton drug her into Baileys telling her that Peyton wanted to look at engagement rings. Since Brooke had always been a very materialistic girl they figured that she would at least find one thing that she wanted. The only problem was she wanted everything in the store by the time they were done.
"Ok, I'm warn out… let's sit and talk" Haley said resorting to plan B
"I have an idea! Lets think of baby names for Haley! Like a game! We'll each give her a name!" Peyton squealed trying to make it sound fun
"Ok… if we have too…"
"Then we'll play the ring game with Peyton. We'll each say one piece of jewelry we want" Haley Grinned
"Ok…"
"Names first! I choose Lizzie or Meredith for a girl and Johnny or Joshua for a boy!"
"Umm, Girls I like Luchia, Lulu or Lucy for nicknames and Madison, Maddie for short" Brooke laughed
"Luchia?"
"What! It's like a supermodel name! It's Italian. It wouldn't work for Haley or me, I mean Luchia Scott? But Peyton could totally name her kid that Luchia Jagielski! Anyway Boys I like Cruiser or Tristan" Brooke finished
"Right, whatever Ok! Lets play the jewelry game! I would want that bracelet! The one in he window with the Garnets in it"
"I want that ring!" Peyton pointed
"Hmm… 1 thing? I liked those earrings with the pink and blue diamonds in them"
"Brooke… that is like the most expensive thing in there!"
"Your point is? I thought this was a game." Brooke giggled
"You're right, it is… well I had better go to the bathroom" Haley lied. Now it was time to call Lucas
"Me too" Brooke agreed
"Oh, well you go a head… I'll wait out here with Peyton"
"I thought you had to go"
"I lied" Haley laughed nervously
"Ok?"
"Hormones… their crazy like that"
"Yea… I'll be right back" Brooke said suspiciously
"Real smooth Haley!"
"She wasn't supposed to say she had to go too! I just needed to call Lucas!"
"Luchia?" Peyton laughed still thinking of Brooke's name
"That's our Brooke" Haley laughed as Peyton dialed Lucas's cellphone
"Peyton" Lucas answered
"How did you know?"
"I'm physic… caller ID, has she picked yet?"
"Let me just say one thing first… Be glad you 2 only had 2 kids. Luchia?" Peyton laughed
"What?"
"Ok… of course she chose the most expensive thing in the entire store"
"I figured that…" Lucas sighed
"Earrings. They are like pink and blue diamonds… really nice"
"Ok, well I got the freaking pocketbook. Do you know how much those things are?"
"That's why I am a fake Fendi kinda girl" Peyton laughed
"No kidding… Anyway Nathan has the car. Austin and I are on the way to the mall now"
"Ok, wait… first tell me what kind of lingerie you got her?"
"Dude…I didn't" Lucas lied
"Lucas…"
"Its red"
"Good boy… Oh shit! Here's Brooke! Damn she pees fast! Look you dumbass! I told you to stop calling me! BYE!" Peyton yelled hanging up the phone
"Who was that?"
"Some idiot who keeps calling me… I think he is a stalker or something"
"Right, hey can I see your phone?" Brooke asked taking the phone from Peyton
"Sure… why?"
"I need to call and check on Emma"
"Oh"
"You were talking to Lucas!" Brooke shrieked as she scrolled down through the numbers
"Wait! What? No! Brooke!"
"Yes… see there is his number on the last 10 dialed! I knew it… you 2 are acting really weird"
"You tricked us! Brooke Davis Scott! That is mean!" Haley cried
"The whole "I have to go to the bathroom" thing? He swore to me no surprises this year!"
"Its your Birthday!"
"What is it?" Brooke asked dialing Peyton's voice mail to check her messages for clues
"We can't tell"
"Tell me or I will tell Haley what you told me the other day!" Brooke threatened
"You wouldn't… wait, I didn't tell you anything. I haven't talked to you in 2 weeks! Brooke…"
"Damn it, well it use to work" Brooke whined giving Peyton's phone back
"Come on and just enjoy your birthday! Lets go home and set up"
"Can we get ice cream on the way?" Brooke asked grabbing her shopping bags
"Why yes Emma… Of course"
"Shut up… That's my baby your mocking" Brooke laughed
"Lets go…"
Back at Lucas and Brooke's house everyone was doing their part in setting up. Teresa and Bevin were babying Emma Jenny, and Amber in Emma's room. Jake, Jeff and Linda were at the grocery store buying food since all that was there was whipped cream. Skillz, Fergie, and Mouth were decorating and Tim was setting up bear stations all over the house. The way he had it set up no matter where you were in the house there was a keg no more than 3 feet away. He was also trying his hardest to get Taco and Nacho drunk.
"Hows do you know is my mommy?" Emma asked Teresa who was braiding Jenny's hair
"We were cheerleaders on her team"
"She was is your boss?" Emma asked
"Unfortunately"
"Do you is know my daddy"
"Not as well as we would like… if we got near him your mother might kill us, remember what she did when I had chickenpox Bev?" Teresa laughed
"And what she did to Peyton?"
"Well in all fairness Peyton deserved that"
"Having fun corrupting my baby?" Brooke asked walking into the room
"Brooke"
"Mommy!"
"Hey Princess… Miss me?" Brooke asked pulling Emma into her arms
"This much!" Emma giggled holding her little arms our as far as they would go
"Well if you had gone AWOL and become a whore we could have run off to Tahiti"
"And gone is swimming?"
"And eaten only ice cream" Brooke laughed kissing her on the forehead
"She's a sweet one Brooke"
"I know… Thanks for hanging with her. Come on Emmy… lets go stop Tim before he destroys the house"
"Can I have is some beers?" Emma asked as they walked down the stairs
"Beer? Ew, we are more Sex on the Beach kinda girls… come on I'll make us one"
"Ok"
"I'll make yours just like I make Aunt Tutor wife's… no alcohol"
"Ands no coke" Emma added as if that were a real ingredient
"Right, no coke babe"
"Causes we don't want to be crackwhores" Emma giggled
"My god I have taught you well…"
The rest of the night was fun. Everyone was there, including Keith and Larry. Once Lucas got home Brooke handed Emma to Tim and Austin to Jake and drug Lucas to their bedroom and locked the door. There were so many people there she figured the ones she barely knew would just assume that she was somewhere else, and the ones she knew well would know exactly what she was doing. But as she saw it, it was her birthday and she was going to spend it just like she wanted too.
"Fun day?"
"It would have been more fun if I knew where you were!" Brooke giggled
"Sorry… birthday stuff, red is defiantly your color"
"Yea, you don't have a color"
"We should probably get dressed now" Lucas sighed kissing her
"Why? We're going to shed it in like 4 hours again anyway! It will save time if we stay like this"
"True…but don't you want your presents?"
"Yes… but I have decided to deny that it is my birthday" Brooke giggled
"Why?"
"Because in 10 years I'll be 30"
"So?" Lucas asked
"That means Emma will be 13! And Austin will be 11! No… I wont do it" Brooke said flatly
"Most people don't even have kids until they are 30"
"Ugh, stop being so rational and kiss me"
"I can do that" Lucas laughed kissing her
"Brooke!" Peyton yelled outside the door
"What…"Brooke whined
"This is your party!"
"Yea…"
"Get dressed and get your ass down here… Lucas too" Peyton yelled
"I am dressed"
"Brooke… we all know what you 2 are doing… Austin wants his mommy"
"That's right! Poor baby, I haven't seen him all day… ok we'll get dressed but we're shedding these things at midnight!" Brooke giggled
"Ew… too much info!" Peyton cringed
"Then get away from the door!" Lucas laughed
Brooke and Lucas got dressed and headed back downstairs where everyone was pretty drunk. Austin clung to Brooke for dear life the rest of the night since he hadn't seen her all day and Emma tried to con everyone out of their drinks (Always of course making sure there was no coke or crack in them telling them that she wasn't a crack whore) Then finally it was present time. Nathan and Haley got her a gift certificate to a spa, and a free babysitting pass. Mouth and Teresa gave her a photo album from high school with lots of funny pictures. Skillz and Fergie both gave her some kind of kitchen thingy that she had no idea what it was. Peyton gave her a book with a lot of pictures she had drawn of her and Lucas and the kids over the years, then there was of course Tim's present. First off there was the bag… with birds all over it and engraved in the side were the words "Lucas's wife" which meant he had again forgotten who Lucas was married too. Then there was the cat. A gray, black and white tabby kitten named Mr. Figgï that Austin fell in love with. Then it was time for Lucas's presents.
"Ok… who is this from, Austin. What did you get mommy?"
"He picked it out"
"Oh My God! Gucci! I love Gucci! Austin? Did you pick this out?" Brooke squealed
"Ywea"
"Thank you" Brooke smiled winking at Lucas
"Now mine! I didn't pick it owut though… Daddy? What did I get is Mommy?"
"EARRINGS! Haley, Peyton! I knew you 2 were up to something! Thank you Emmy!"
"They are is pretty!" Emma giggled
"I know!"
"I want is some too"
"I am broke…" Lucas laughed
"Sh! Lucas! That word is not in her vocabulary!"
"What did daddy get you?"
"I have no idea…Lucas… don't blind fold me" Brooke giggled as Lucas put the blind fold over her eyes
"Why? What fun is it if I don't"
"True… I guess this could be kinda kinky with everyone watching"
"Come on" Lucas laughed
"Carry me! I can't see"
"Excuses, excuses"
"But you love me and my excuses!" Brooke giggled
"That I do… Ok take it off"
"Oh My God! And it's even white! You said they didn't make white"
"I lied…"
"I knew I married you for a reason" Brooke smiled wrapping her arms around his neck kissing him
"Other than the fact I knocked you up?"
"Other than that… Thank you"
"Your welcome" Lucas smiled kissing her back
"Its bigger than my old car"
"Yea…"
"Hmm, maybe we should shed our clothes in there tonight" Brooke giggled
"Chrisin the car?"
"Something like that Broody…"
"Some people think of Teen Love and smile. It's not real love, they say. Puppy Love, they call it. Those people, I think, have very short memories, and no longer recall the realities of their first love experiences. While few expect teen love to last a lifetime that hardly makes it less real. Half or more of all adult love doesn't last a lifetime either.
Teen love is very real. And powerful. Perhaps at no other time in our lives are the joys and pains felt as strongly, or experienced more deeply. Who among us, after all, can ever forget our first love?"
This was the poem that Keith Scott had read to Lucas a million times as a kid. Sometimes as a bedtime story, sometimes over breakfast.
Someone once said Teen love didn't last, that it wasn't real; it was just something to pass the time until you met your real soul mate.
Someone hadn't met Lucas and Brooke.