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Brooke Scott was a strong woman, she was the owner of a multi-million dollar company, a mother of two daughters', and now she was a widow. As she entered her house after a long day at the hospital she immediately fell to her knees in the marble foyer and sobbed. As she pulled herself up she was greeted by smiling faces. The table full of pictures of her and Lucas in high school, her daughter's pictures, their family pictures, their friend's pictures. Why did things have to happen like this? Brooke stood up and grabbed a family picture her very favorite, Lucas and her kissing and her daughter's making shocked faces all dressed in princess dresses and pearls, they were so happy two months ago at Disney World. She fell back to the floor and lay there on the cold marble, holding onto that picture, trying to believe it is all not happening.

The Next Morning

"Mommy!" Sophie yelled causing Brooke to stir in her sleep. She was still on the floor holding the very same picture in her hand. Lilly came up and brushed her hair out of her face.

"We miss Daddy too Mommy" Lilly stated

Brooke looked at her two beautiful daughters and pulled them into a hug as she said "Me too darling me too"

"Brooke I'm so sorry, they wanted to see you, I told them to wait in the car, but they ran for the door as soon as I stopped the car" a frantic Rachel said as she maneuvered her 8-month pregnant belly into the door. Her and Mouth had just gotten married about 9 months ago, and found themselves pregnant within 2 weeks of their honeymoon.

"It's okay Rach, I needed to see them" Brooke responded.

"Okay, but we need to talk, Sophie why don't you take Lilly upstairs and you guys plan a fashion show for Mommy, doesn't that sound fun" Rachel said as she hurried the two little girls upstairs

Brooke just looked at Rachel with tears in her eyes as she pulled herself off the marble floor.

"Rachel, please don't, I don't want to talk about it" Brooke pleaded

"Look Brooke, I know you don't want to talk about it, but we have to plan the funeral, we have to figure out what we are going to do, you can't just sit here and cry." Rachel responded grabbing Brooke's hand pulling her to the couch.

"I made us an appointment for 2pm at the local florist, we need to pick out flower arrangements, and I made an appointment after that to pick out a casket, and then we need to call the chur…"

Rachel was saying until Brooke cut her off "No, I cannot do this, not today, it's too early"

"Brooke it's always going to be too early, but he's gone, and we cannot dwell on it forever you have got to move on and be the best mother for these two little girls."

"It's NOT FAIR, these little girls need a father, my father didn't care about me, and Dan didn't care about Lucas. Soph and Lil had a dad who cared about him, and now he's gone" Brooke screamed and began to cry uncontrollably.

Rachel moved over to Brooke and hugged her swaying her back and forth "Shh. I know, but they do have one pretty great mother" Rachel said quietly

Just then I small knock was made on the door and in walked Nathan and Haley, with their three kids Jamie, Lauren, and baby Gracie. Haley immediately noticed Brooke's crying and ran to join her on the couch.

"Brooke, it's me Haley" Haley said as she tried to console Brooke. Rachel continued to hold Brooke and Nathan just watched.

"Where are Sophie and Lilly?" Nathan asked

"Upstairs" Rachel said softly

"Nate why don't you take the kids to McDonald's and let them play for a while, and give us a few hours to get things under control." Haley said with tears in her eyes

Nathan nodded and called for the girls and 15 minutes later they are pulling out of the driveway.

Brooke was now asleep in Rachel's arms. Haley motioned for Rachel to meet her in the kitchen.

"What happened, why was she so uncontrollable?"

"We were planning the funeral, and she got upset that the girls were going to have no father" Rachel said as Haley nodded

"Okay we are going to have to plan the funeral, hopefully by tomorrow Brooke will be feeling better and can help us with more detail, when Nathan gets back, we'll leave for the florist" Haley said making a list of the things they had to do. She was hurting too, but she had to do this for Brooke.

An hour later, Nathan and the kids were back, Haley and Rachel were planning one of their best friend's funeral and Brooke slept on the couch. Once they arrived home, Brooke was awake and they all ate dinner trying to act as normal as possible. Brooke didn't say a word the entire dinner.

"I'm going to bed, Thanks guys for everything," Brooke said, as everyone was getting ready to leave. She leaned down and kissed her girls on the head and picked them up, one on each hip even though they were 2 and 4 years old and old enough to walk. Brooke led everyone to the door and proceeded up the stairs. She took the kids to her and Lucas' bedroom and they snuggled up to watch The 12 Dancing Princesses. Once the girls were asleep Brooke was content for a second, with just her two girls, and with this thought she slowly went to sleep.

3 years later

Brooke slowly opened her eyes, noticing the sun that was shining through the windows. She rolled over and remembered it was Sophie's 7th birthday today. She rolled out of bed and made her way through the hall to her oldest daughters bedroom.

"Good Morning Sleepy Head, Do you know what today is?" Brooke said to her sleeping daughter.

"It's my birthday Mommy!" Sophie responded, jumping up with joy

"That's right, now what would you like for breakfast on your birthday, it's your choice" Brooke asked

"Hm. Krispy Kreme with a big candle, pretty please Mommy" Sophie begged

"Just this once, Soph we cannot have you getting cavities now can we" Brooke said as she kissed her daughter and went to pick out her clothes.

After the family of 3 was dressed they made their way to Krispy Kreme and ate breakfast for Sophie's Birthday.

Later that Day

"Brooke, calm down, she's 7 everything doesn't have to be perfect," Rachel yelled while Brooke was going crazy over her daughter's birthday party that was in an hour.

"Rachel, she said she wanted it to be better than Sarah's birthday party, and I will tell you right now, I will do anything to make Sophie happy." Brooke said immediately turning to the screaming kids in the background

"Sophie, Lilly, Taylor if you guys do not keep it down, I am going to drive myself crazy" Rachel screamed

"Mommy, they chasing me, it fun" responded little Taylor, who loved her big cousins Sophie and Lilly.

"Brooke, I got the balloons you ordered and there is some lady outside with a cake, I let her in too, is there anything you need." Mouth asked coming in carrying over 50 balloons.

"Whoa Brooke, why do you need that many balloons?" Rachel said in a sarcastic tone.

"Because it is Sophie's birthday and she deserves that many balloons" Brooke said taking the balloons

A Couple of Hours Later

"Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday Dear Sophie, Happy Birthday to you!!" Everyone sang as Sophie was blowing out the candles.

"Make a wish sweetheart, anything you want, and hopefully it will come true!" Brooke said in the ear of her anxious 7 year old.

The Next Morning

Brooke heard the alarm clock go off and immediately opened her eyes hoping to see the face of Sophie and Lilly, instead when she opened her eyes she saw Lucas.