So I hope you enjoyed the last chapter, and does anyone know the difference between hits and visitors, because I get confused on the stories stats. Anyhow, I'm enjoying this story, and thanks to 'idaatje', 'GraydonGirl' and 'TVcrazed' for the reviews. I cannot ask enough, if you like my story, please write a review, it takes 1 minute, maybe less to write, 'I loved it'. So please.... please review. Oh, and for the sake of the story, Brooke has already opened the Tree Hill C/B store, and didn't move to New York, she works from HOME.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything, except the mystery girl... and the storyline.
Chapter 2 – Brooke's Shocking Family Secret
Brooke was sitting in her office at work, her mind going over what Rachel had told her that morning, about the mystery girl at the bar. Rachel had spent a good 15 minutes animatedly chatting about the girl. And she started thinking about the things Rachel was describing. When had she last felt that amount of passion in a touch from someone, when had she last been that intimate with someone. As Brooke was contemplating these answers, her phone rang.
"Hello"?
"Hello, is that Brooke Davis"? A woman on the other end asked,
"Yes, this is her, can I ask who this is" Brooke was confused as to who would call her mobile this time of the day; everyone knew to call her business number.
"Oh, sorry, my name is Katie Miles. I represent the North Carolina Social Services, I was wandering if you could come in for a meeting, this is a bit too private to be discussing over the phone, I'm sorry for dropping this on you, but it's important" she replied.
"OK, um, when do you want me to meet you"? Brooke asked, part curious, and part annoyed that her designs/thoughts had been disturbed,
"How about my office, half an hour"? Miss Miles questioned, upon Brooke's agreement relayed the directions to Brooke before saying goodbye and hung up.
Brooke Davis entered Katie Miles' office, breathing quickly before knocking, he entered to see a youngish blonde, wearing a grey suit, and seemed to be in the middle of a conversation, she motioned for Brooke to sit down, and so Brooke complied, feeling like a school girl in the principal's office, I guess some things never change she thought, smiling softly. Miss Miles got off the phone and sat in the chair opposite Brooke, clasping her hands on the desk, making Brooke feel all the more worried.
"Miss Davis," Miss Miles began, "I don't really know how to tell you this, but, well... um," she stammered,
"Please, just tell me" Brooke said, she was growing agitated by this woman's behaviour,
"Well Miss Davis, you have a sister"
"A sister"? Brooke choked out.
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No matter how hard she tried, Rachel could not keep her mind off the mysterious brunette, the hair, the eyes, the fingers, and god the legs, she knew she was falling for someone se didn't even know, but somehow she couldn't stop herself, they had a connection. Rachel knew people didn't fall in love like this, she never had, but maybe you did when you met the right person. She didn't know who she was, but she wanted to find out, but before she could decide what to do next, the phone rang, it was Haley wondering if Rachel could look after Jamie for a few hours, Rachel agreed, and grabbed her bag and leather jacket, and headed on to the Scott's house.
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"A sister" Brooke choked out.
"Yes" Miss Miles replied rather coolly, and all of a sudden Brooke wanted to punch her in the face for being a smug cow.
"But, how"? This is what wanted to know, and punching this irritating woman wasn't going to give her the answers, so Brooke refrained from it and waited for the answer.
"Your father, about three years after you were born he had an affair with a married woman from England when she was over in America on business, obviously, when her husband found out, he left her to bring up the child on her own, and so, she just died of cancer, so, her daughter, your sister, is alone. We contacted your father, but he doesn't want to know, and your mother, well, maybe it would be best if I don't even go there"
"That would be good" Brooke replied, her voice deepening at the mention of her evil, bitchy mother, her eyes darkening with hatred at her father, because now 19 years later, she finally understood why her mother started to hate her, why her family had split up. And she also felt extremely confused at why Miss Miles had come to her, what could she do?
As if reading her mind, Miss Miles continued, "We have to go to all spouses before we consider putting the child into foster care, as she's not quite yet 18, we have no choice, I understand this must be hard for you, but we didn't have any other option than to come to you, we have to do it by the book, for the child's sake, also, she has had alot of problems, so we believe it will be easier with someone with a lot of patience, which we realised when we read your bio, owner of multi – million dollar company, good friend, and good with children" she explained, smiling to help try and ease Brooke obvious apprehension at what was being asked
"So, you want me to consider adopting or fostering my own sister, why do I need to even think about it, I have a sister, yes" Brooke replied, "She's my sister, I have no choice, I can't let her get put in the system, my dad's an ass, and my mother's a bitch, so I'm her only real relative yes?"
"Yes Miss Davis, you are"
"Well, what's going to happen now"? Brooke asked, as Miss Miles started going on about the legal possibilities... Brooke sighed, this was going to be a long afternoon, and thank god she had Millie covering the store.
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Brooke left the office, and instead of going home, she went to Haley's, she was meant to be going there for dinner anyway, and she knew Peyton was going to be there, and they would be the best people to talk to about this new situation.
Pulling up outside the Scott residence, she smiled as she looked in the windows and saw Haley, Jamie and Nathan playing together in the front room. She wishes she could have had a relationship with her mom and dad the same way Jamie does, she walked up the path and knocked on the front door, opening a second later, she saw Nathan standing there, dressed in a cape and holding a sword,
"Um, hey Brooke" he stuttered, "this isn't mine"
"Sure it's not superstar" Brooke laughed,
"Auntie Brooke" Jamie yelled as he left his position on top of the piano, which was obviously being used as a pirate ship, and ran into his Godmother's arms.
"Hey my favourite little man in the whole world" she smiled, scooping the little man into her arms to give him a hug.
"Hey Brooke" Haley said stepping into the hallway to give her friend a hug, noticing the look on her friends face, excused herself and Brooke to the kitchen, where Rachel and Peyton were having friendly squabble about some CD Peyton had bought, but upon seeing Brooke, they both turned around and smiled and greeted their friend.
"What's up Brooke, seriously" Haley questioned, "You look confused and pissed off"
"I, I just found out I have a sister" Brooke once again choked out, the tears building up in her brown eyes, as she grabbed a chair before she fell over.
"What"? yelled the other three girls exactly the same time, and Brooke relayed the same story to her friends as Miss Miles had told her earlier in the day, leaving the other three girls with a very shocked expression on their face.
Peyton recovered first, and noticing the teary expression on her friends face, moved in and hugged her. "So, how do you feel Brooke, are you really OK about this"?
"At first, I was angry at the woman for springing it all on me, but as she relayed Harriet's, that's my sisters name by the way, story, then I felt myself feel sorry for the girl, and then I started thinking, I've always had no family, apart from you guys, but now. Now I have a sister, I can finally have a real family, and maybe, I can get rid of my mother once and for all."
"Brooke, I think it's great, it's about time you got a family, and you've always wanted a sister, so congratulations, and just because I said that, it doesn't mean that we won't always be your family, because you aren't getting rid of us that easily" Rachel laughed, causing Brooke to smile at her friend,
"That's good to hear Rach, because she's moving in with us in two days" Brooke said, taking a deep breath, "And I'm going to need all your help to sort out the spare room in my house"
"Don't sweat it B. Davis, we'll all help, but just one thing, why can't Harriet just have one of the actual bedrooms, you have like 6 of them, why the spare one at the back of the house,"?
"Because P. Sawyer, those rooms are for you, Rachel and Tutor Mom when she comes to stay, and besides, I want to make a good impression, and the back bedroom is the biggest, and has a walk-in closet"
"Fine then, don't give one of your best friends the room with the walk-in closet" Rachel huffed, before smirking at Brooke to show she was joking,
Brooke was about to respond with a smart arse comment, but at that moment Jamie came running into the room, and wanted his godmother to play on the Wii with him, "Your lucky this time" brook responded to Rachel who was laughing along with Peyton and Haley, and to Jamie she said, "Come on then sport, I'm so going to beat you at Bowling.
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It was finally Friday, and also the day when Brooke's sister would be arriving from England. Brooke was pacing giving Rachel a headache, well, not that Rachel was paying much attention to Brooke, her attention was on the mysterious brunette from the club, she had even confided in Peyton about it, and to her relief Peyton didn't care.
"What if she doesn't like me" Brooke said walking past Rachel for the 7th time,
"Brooke, she'd be mad not to like you, you're like one of the coolest people I've met, and besides, your rich, why wouldn't she like you" Rachel smirked,
"Well, if that's the only reason you like me, then fine, you can get out of my house" Brooke joked, glad Rachel had eased the tension, it was getting unbearable,
"Jokes Brooke, so anyway, I thought I'd go to the river court, see you later," Rachel grinned,
"What, Rachel, no, I need you here, what if I screw up," Brooke says quickly, panicking at the thought of Rachel leaving her alone with a 17 year old girl.
"Brooke, you're going to be fine, trust me, besides, I think seeing an extremely hot lesbian with her sister isn't going to help. She's probably scared as well, but you have to get over it Brooke, you're going to be alone with her eventually, just make it sooner rather than later, see you later" and with that Rachel left.
Brooke stood still, letting what Rachel had said sink in, and realised that her friend was right, it would be good to get to know her sister by herself. Just as these thoughts went around in her head, the doorbell rang. Walking over to it, or should I say, tiptoeing over to it, Brooke took a deep breath to steady her nerves and opened the door, only to be looking at the bitch also known as Katie Miles, and a brunette, about the same height and build as Brooke. Brooke took a second to take her in. Her hair was slightly lighter than Brooke's and longer. It was layered and had a side fringe; she had intense blue eyed, tanned skin, and long legs. She was wearing a pair of blue skinny jeans, an orange t-shirt with some white design on the front and a black waistcoat with a pair of Nike High-Tops in orange, black and white, at least she has good fashion sense Brooke thought, and stepped aside to allow the bitch and her sister into the house.
Her sister dragged in two large suitcases and set them down in the room, looking around and then turning back to Brooke, before giving Miss Miles a really bitchy glare, which caused her to announce that it was 'time for her to go' and she left, slamming the door and leaving the two sisters in silence.
"I hate that woman" Brooke's sister announced suddenly, causing Brooke to laugh,
"Glad we both agree on something" Brooke turned back to her sister after seeing the door close behind the blonde bitch, "Brooke Davis" holding out her hand towards her sister, who took it and shook it,
"Harriet Taylor, but please, call me Harriet I will have to kill you, it's Harri" Harri announced, smiling at Brooke,
"I think we're going to be OK Harri" Brooke smiled, before grabbing one of her sister's large cases and they laughed as they made their way up to Harri's new bedroom.
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So, this is chapter two, does anyone guess what's going to happen next, if so, tell me in a review, and I will reward you with cookies... virtual ones of course, but yes, please do review, reviews = updates. (;-) ha-ha, he has a monobrow...
P.S sorry if I offended anyone with the portrayal of the Social Services, it's just the way if the story.
