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In Hannah's room Brooke is sitting on the bed with Hannah standing in front of her. She is brushing her long wet hair gently. Hannah hadn't spoke one word since she got in the tub and this worried Brooke. She decided to break the silence.

"Now, that wasn't so bad, was it?" Brooke asked Hannah. "Now we won't have to take you outside to hose you down." Brooke laughed. Hannah still kept her head down not speaking to Brooke. The doorbell rings and makes Hannah jumped a little. Brooke felt the little girl shaking a little. She turned Hannah around to face her.

"That must be Lucas." Brooke tells her. "You will love him. I promise. And he will definitely love you." Brooke smiled at the little girl but she showed no emotion. " Sweetie you know you can talk to me whenever you need to. I will never hurt you." Brooke tells her but Hannah still doesn't speak. "Come on let's go see Lucas." Brooke picks Hannah up and they walk out the room.

Lucas and Peyton are in the kitchen laughing sweetly at eachother. Lucas gently and lovingly kisses Peyton on her head. He turns and sees Brooke and Hannah walk out. He walks over to them.

"Hey Brooke."

"Hey, Luke." Brooke smiles at him.

Lucas looks down at Hannah who is latched on tight to Brooke. "And who is this pretty girl?"

"This is Hannah." Brooke answers for her. "She's a bit shy."

"Which is crazy because she is non-stop talking to me and Brooke when it's just us." Peyton says with a laugh.

"Well, maybe she'll speak up when she sees what I got her." Lucas says as he puts a bag on the counter.

"Aw, Luke. That's sweet."

"It was no problem." He says as he pulls out a book. "This is a book. Do you like to read?" He asks Hannah.

"She loves to read, don't you?" Brooke says as she tickles Hannah's stomach. She laughs a little. "There's that smile I missed seeing."

"And Brooke I know you gave this to me but I'm thinking you would rather Hannah to have this." He pulls out the purple monkey and gives it to Hannah. She smiles and takes the monkey from him.

"Thank you." Hannah says to Lucas.

"Well, you're very welcome." Lucas says smiling at her. "You know I have a little sister your age. I bet you two would love eachother."

Brooke sits Hannah down on the stool in the kitchen. She takes the book and starts looking through it while holding the monkey in her arm. Brooke smiles at her then turns to Lucas.

"Thank you, Lucas. That was really sweet."

"Oh. Yeah. She's gorgeous, Brooke."

"I know."

"Alright, who's hungry?" Peyton says smiling at them. They both laugh.

"She has been on this cooking kick since Hannah got here." Brooke says.

"Hey, I just don't want her to live off of mac and cheese for the rest of her life." Peyton says in defense.

During dinner Lucas, Peyton, and Brooke had their small talk and tried talking to Hannah but that just wasn't happening. The little girl felt exhausted from the previous events and surprise surprise she didn't want to eat. Peyton got up and took Lucas and Brooke's plates. She looked over at Brooke for permission to take Hannah's plate but Brooke shook her head. When Peyton left the room Brooke looked over to Hannah who was staring at the rest of the food that rested on her plate.

"Sweetie, do you want anymore?" Brooke asked her. Hannah just shook her head no. "I think you should eat a little more." Hannah didn't budge.

"Hey, you want strong bones don'tcha?" Lucas asked. Hannah just stared at him. "Well, to get that you have to eat all your vegetables and chicken." Brooke laughed at how hard Lucas was trying, but Hannah just kept her hands in her lap looking at him. "I bet if you eat all that Brooke will give you ice cream." But that still had no affect on Hannah.

"Okay, fine." Brooke said giving up. "You wanna go watch some tv?" She asked Hannah who reached up her arms for Brooke. Brooke picked her up and walked into the living room with Hannah.

Later that night Hannah is sitting inbetween Brooke and Lucas looking at her book with her monkey sitting on her lap. Peyton is sitting on the other side of Lucas and they are all watching tv.

"So, how long are they giving you until you can adopt her?" Lucas asks Brooke.

"They told me three months. It's going so slow though." Brooke whined.

Hannah wasn't paying attention to the adults talk. She just focused her attention on the book Lucas brought for her.

"You're falling for her, Brooke. I think it's great that after everything that happened with Angie you decided to take another little girl in. That shows so much bravery in you." Peyton tells her friend.

"Thanks Peyton. But sometimes I feel like I can't do it. Like maybe it was a sign after Angie left that I wasn't ready to be a mom, and because of the robbery."

"Hey, don't think that. There is a reason the adoption agency is giving you a chance with this little girl. They see something in you, Brooke. And they see how great you were with Angie. You can do this. And by the looks of it this little girl loves you just as much as Angie did." Lucas said smiling at Brooke.

"Thanks you guys. That means a lot. I just wanna do everything right. She's been through so much at such a young age. I want to give her a normal childhood." Brooke says as she looks down at Hannah who is trying to keep her eyes open as she watches tv.

"How are you, Brooke?" Lucas asks her in concern. "Since the robbery I mean."

"Well, I haven't heard from bitch-toria lately, so, so far so good. My mind is just on her right now. So, I'm going to take her to bed." Brooke says as she picks Hannah up and walks away. Lucas and Peyton watch them go.

"She won't talk about that night, Lucas." Peyton tells him.

"Maybe she should. I can tell she is still bothered by it."

"Yeah, but her mind is on helping Hannah. Hannah is actually helping her through it even if we can't see it or want to believe it. Brooke is strong. Hannah is lucky to have her."

"She most certainly is." He says as he kisses Peyton.

In Hannah's room. Brooke walks in and lays Hannah down on her bed. Brooke sits next to her and just stares at the little fragile girl.

"I love you, little girl." Brooke says as she kisses Hannah on her head.

Just when Brooke was about to leave Hannah opened her eyes.

"Brooke?" Hannah says in almost a whisper.

Brooke turns around. "Yeah?" She answers.

"Are you going to be my mommy?" Hannah asks. Brooke loved this little girl so much. She didn't want to tell her she didn't know. So, she walked over to the bed and sat next to Hannah.

"I hope so, sweetie."

"Me too." Hannah says but Brooke could tell something was still bothering her.

"What are you thinking about?" Brooke asked.

"I'm sorry I cried earlier. I didn't mean to."

Brooke closed her eyes to stop herself from crying herself. Obviously no one ever let Hannah express her feelings and speak her mind.

"Baby, don't be sorry. It's good to cry."

"Really?" Hannah said surprised.

"Yeah. You don't want to hold all your feelings in. Trust me. When you feel the need to cry then do it. When you're mad and want to punch something. Do it. But don't ever be scared to express how you feel." Brooke felt like a hypocrite. She herself was holding back a few tears and a couple punches.

"Do you ever want to cry?" Hannah asked.

"Sometimes." Brooke said smiling weakly at her.

"Brooke, can you tell Lucas that I love the book and the monkey?" Hannah asked. She was scared that Lucas was mad at her.

"Of course. But I'm sure he knows you love his gifts. You know I use to have a purple monkey when I was your age." Brooke tells her.

"Really?" Hannah smiled.

"Yeap. Alright, girly. It's time for bed. Goodnight."

"I love you, too, Brooke." Hannah gets up and hugs Brooke.

Brooke lets a few tears fall down to her cheek as she kissed the girl goodnight again and headed out.

Brooke headed back into the living room where Lucas and Peyton were still sitting. Peyton looks over at her.

"She good?" She asks Brooke.

"Yeah, she is out cold. I think I'm also going to get to bed." Brooke tells them.

"Hey, I think I'm going to go sleep at Lucas' unless you need me here." Peyton asked.

"No, go." Brooke said and shook her head. "We're fine."

"Okay." Peyton says as she hugs Brooke then heads to her room. Lucas gets up and walks over to Brooke.

"You're going to be a great mother to her, Brooke. Believe that. Believe in yourself." Lucas says as he hugs her.

"Thanks, Luke. It means a lot to me that you gave her that monkey. I just want her to feel safe here."

"She will. We all have that little girl's back, and your's." Brooke smiles up at him as he plants a kiss on her head.

"Goodnight, Luke." Brooke says and walks away to her room.

After Peyton and Lucas left Brooke settled in her bed and tried to sleep, but her thoughts of the previous events and seeing the damage done to Hannah's body got the best of her and she couldn't sleep. She suddenly heard screaming and crying coming from Hannah's room. Brooke ran out her room into Hannah's. When she opened it she found Hannah sitting up on her bed crying with a pile of throw up next to her.

"I didn't mean to. I didn't mean to." Hannah kept repeating herself over and over again while crying.

Brooke ran over to her and picked Hannah up. She brought her into the bathroom and set her down.

"Sh. It's okay, baby." Brooke said trying to calm the frantic girl. "What happened?"

"I had a bad dream." Hannah tried getting out through her cries.

"Hey, hey. It's okay. I'll be right back. I'm going to put your sheets into the washer." Brooke said as she ran out and Hannah started crying harder.

It was finally starting Brooke thought to herself. Hannah must trust Brooke enough to finally breakdown and cry everything out which Brooke didn't mind at all. This was helping her. Brooke rushed into Hannah's room and grabbed her sheets. She went and threw them into the washer then ran back to the bathroom where Hannah was on the floor still crying, but more like yelling, like she was in pain. Brooke ran to her side and started the water in the tub. She quickly undressed Hannah out of her dirty pajamas and put her in the tub. Hannah cried even harder.

"Baby, I have to clean you up." Brooke told her quietly. Hannah just started crying harder. "Baby, please talk me. Come on. Hannah show me those pretty green eyes and tell me what's going on." Hannah cried even harder and Brooke couldn't take anymore. She grabbed Hannah out the tub and wrapped a towel around her. She sat down on the floor with Hannah crying on her lap. She held the small girl close to her and never wanted to let go. She let out a few tears of her own. Hannah started to speak through her cries but Brooke couldn't understand.

"What babygirl? Shh. Talk to me." Brooke said trying to get her to calm down.

"Don't let him hurt me. Please!" Hannah yelled crying out even louder.

"Who sweetie? Who is he?" Brooke asked.

"Nooo!" Hannah yelled.

"Sh sh. No one will ever hurt you again, honey. I promise." Brooke said as she held onto Hannah even tighter and kissed her.

For most of the night Brooke sat on the floor with Hannah on her lap both crying for different reasons but also for all the same. After Brooke felt that Hannah was finally in a deep sleep she got up and brought Hannah into her room. She felt like Hannah needed to sleep with her tonight. She laid Hannah down on the bed and started to dressher but stopped when she found the long scars Hannah was hiding earlier on her stomach. Brooke looked down at Hannah's legs and found small bruises on her thighs leading up to her private. Brooke sighed knowing exactly what happened. She quickly dressed Hannah in clean clothes and laid down next to her. She wrapped her arms around Hannah and finally started to cry about everything. Everything that had happened to her and to Hannah. She and Hannah held eachother through the whole night. Brooke never wanted to let her go.