Hello you guys. Thank you sooo much for your wonderful reviews. I want to clear some things up though:
Brooke is not acting different. It's normal that parents focus more on new born babies in their first couple of months and it is nothing new that the older siblings are jealous. It's going to be better soon, I promise. :)
Children like Logan seem to get things wrong. Logan might be intelligent for his age but he is still a kid. Sure he thinks that mommy and daddy don't love him anymore, b/c they spend more time with his sister. But it is not true.
What I do want to show you with my story is how Logan reacts. How does he feel?
Believe me. Brooke and Lucas are good parents in here. They just have to open their eyes and see, that there is another child they have to take care of but like I said: Situations like that are not uncommon, so believe me. They are good parents. I just thought I could try something different than writing how "beautiful" and "perfect" this family is. A little drama isn't that bad, right? Anything else would be boring to me. That is the difference to other family fics and I hope you'll stay tuned.
Have fun with the next chapter and please keep reviewing. I saw that so many people read the first chapter. Don't be shy guys. ;D
Did he do something wrong? Didn't he deserve love because he wasn't interested in children's books and teletubbies and preferred to learn something about Astronomy or Einstein's theory of relativity?
He didn't know. He didn't understand and that was something he wasn't used to. Normally he did understand everything what was going on around him.
Why was the sun shining?
What was ebb and flow?
Semantics, chemical formulas….
Things like that were easy for him to understand. They made sense, they were logical.
But he didn't get why his own parents stopped paying attention to him all of the sudden.
Weren't all persons allowed to be loved? Did only special people deserve to be loved?
Did he have to do something now to be loved by his parents?
Wasn't the love parents shared with her children unconditional?
He sighed sadly and looked at his cousin Jamie who was playing basketball with his father, his uncle Nathan. He missed moments like that. Moments, where his daddy would hoist him up to his shoulders to reach the basketball hoop, moments where his dad would ruffle his blond hair and tell him, how proud he was to be his father.
"Hey Sweetie, how are you doing?" Haley asked who was sitting right next to him, cradling her daughter in her arms.
"I'm fine", Logan answered with a tight smile on his lips and looked down at his other cousin, who peered up at him with big, brown eyes.
"She's really cute", Logan said and played with Nelly's hand.
"I know, I know and so is your sister. Remember when she was that small?"
Logan sighed. He couldn't hear it anymore.
"Sure."
"What's wrong Logan?"
"Why did my parents send me here to stay with you?"
"Your sister has her check-up at her doctor today, remember?"
Logan nodded.
"Why couldn't I go with them?"
"Well I think your parents thought you would get bored you know? Jamie was like that when we checked Nelly over the first time. All he did was whining."
Haley laughed.
"Do you think mom and dad still love me?"
Silence.
Haley looked at him confused, suprised even.
"Honey. Of course they do. Why do you even ask that?"
"They've been ignoring me for quiet some time now."
"Look Logan. I know that your parents spend much time with your sister at the moment but believe me. They love you as much as they love your sister ok?"
Logan bit his lip and looked down. He didn't believe her words.
"Want to know how your parents reacted, when you were born?"
Logan nodded.
"Well your father called your uncle Nate and me and asked us to come to the hospital, because your mom was in labor. He was a little frightened because you were one month early…do you know what labor means?"
Logan nodded.
"Yeah. My mom's water broke and she had her first contractions, so that means that I was on my way."
"Exactly", Haley laughed, while ruffling his dirty-blond hair with her free hand.
"Well, when your uncle and I arrived at the hospital you were already born and you know what? Your dad cried like a baby and your mother was covering your little pink face in kisses because you were so cute."
Logan smiled.
"Believe me buddy. You have the greatest parents of all. They love you more than anything. They will come around. I promise."
Logan nodded again and hoped deep down, that his aunt was right.
Later this afternoon…
"Hey B Davis." Peyton smiled and looked at her best friend of 15 years, who was playing with her daughter. Brooke looked up and shrieked before running to her and nearly knocking her over.
"P. Sawyer. Oh I missed you so much. How were your holidays? Please tell me everything, don't leave out a single bit", she said happily, glad that she had her best friend back.
"Well", Peyton started but was interrupted by Lucas who opened the door in that very moment with Logan in tow.
"Aunt Peyton", Logan cried and ran to his aunt, who was awaiting him with a brig grin on her face.
"Hey Firefly. I missed you. How are you doing?"
"I'm ok. How about you? I really missed you, uncle Jack and Jenny."
"Well we missed you too buddy", Peyton laughed and stroked the boy's cheek lovingly.
"Peyton, do you want to stay for dinner tonight? Naley and the kids will be there too. I think it is about time, that we get together like old times, do we?"
"Sounds great", Peyton nodded in agreement and put Logan down, who grinned up at her.
"Yeah. Will Jenny will be here, too? She can swim in our pool you know? Jamie and I will show her how to do jumps into the pool", Logan said enthusiastically.
"Sure buddy. Sounds like fun. I'm sure Jenny can't wait to see you again."
Logan nodded and started to climb up the stairs without waiting for his parent's approval.
It was 7 o' clock now and everybody was having a good time. Haley and Brooke were gushing over their daughter's, Peyton was playing with Jenny and the boy's talked about the latest basketball game of the Tree Hill ravens, which Nathan and Luke still coached.
Logan and Jamie were jumping into the pool,laughing hysterically.
They all loved summer… the feel of itchy grass on the backs of the knees, the smell of gasoline and cut lawn, the sound of birds chirping and ice-cream trucks, the experience of shielding your yes from the sun, as the heron flies over your head, the sound of happy children playing in the back yard…
"Momma."
Haley smiled and looked down at her son, who was peering up at her with hopeful eyes.
"What is it honey?"
"Do you come into the swimming pool with me?"
"Uhm…"
"Plllleeeeeaaaase?"
Jamie looked at her with his beautiful, blue eyes that she couldn't resist. She felt her heart melt on the spot and nodded her head eagerly.
"Ok honey, I uhm…"
"Go. I will take care of Nelly", Lucas said who was now standing beside her, both his arms stretched out.
"Thank you Luke", Haley laughed and placed the baby into his arms, before taking her son's hand and running to the pool. She didn't even bother to take her cloths off or anything, but jumped right into the pool with Jamie in her arms, who was squealing in delight.
Everyone started to laugh.
Logan, who said on the edge of the pool smiled slightly and looked at his parents, who both had a child in their arms and seemed to be far away.
He sighed and shrugged his shoulders, before he stood up, went a few steps back and started for the pool. He gasped, when he lost his balance and fell on his knees first, before falling into the water.
Haley who was playing with her son stopped and swam over to Logan, who had a pained look on his face. A trail of blood swam in the water and frightened the little boy to no end.
"Logan. What happened?"
"I slipped", he whispered and squeezed his eyes shut. He bit his lip and looked over to his parents who were still sitting on their spot, laughing at Nate who was making funny faces at his daughter. Non of them noticed what happened.
"I want mommy", Logan whispered and Haley nodded. She called out for Jake who was standing near the pool and asked him to take Logan from her. Both Jamie and Haley stepped out of the water as well and followed Jake.
Peyton was in the house now to find the first ate-kid with Jenny.
"Brooke, Lucas. Logan slipped when he tried to jump into the water."
Brooke looked up from her baby and gasped, when she saw the two trails of blood which ran down her son's knees.
"Logan. I always told you to be careful." She placed her daughter beside her and stood up to take a better look at her son's injury.
"Honey, you really should know better than this." Brooke shook her head and looked up, when she saw Peyton who carried the first ate-kid over to her.
"Thanks", Brooke mumbled and soon fixed her son's wounds. Lucas stood behind his son and stroked his hair, something he hadn't done in ages.
´Maybe I should get injured more often? ´, Logan thought.
"Please be careful next time, ok buddy?"
Logan bit his lip and nodded, sniffling when his mother helped him to stand up. She was about to sit back down, when he called for her again.
"Mommy?"
"Yes buddy?" She smiled at him.
"Can I sit in your lap?"
Brooke was about to answer him, when her daughter started crying. Brooke immediately took her daughter into her arms and shushed her, trying to calm her down.
"Uhm…" Brooke started but was interrupted by Logan, who had big crocodile tears running down his cheeks by now.
"You see Aunt Haley", he screamed and looked at Haley while pointing his little finger at his mother at the same time.
"She does NOT love me anymore."
Logan ran inside.
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