Lindsay woke up to find her boyfriend sitting behind his laptop. Lucas had been up all night writing.
"Lucas? Why are still up?" Lindsay mumbled as she sat up in the bed.
"I just had to write." Lucas briefly looked up from his laptop, "Did I wake you?"
Lindsay shook her head and brushed loose hair from her face. "How long have you been writing?"
Lucas glanced at the time, "Since five I guess. It's four now."
Lindsay's eyes widened. "You've been writing for eleven hours!" She said in disbelief.
Lucas gave his shoulders a simple shrug. "Yeah I guess." He kept his eyes on the screen and his fingers on the key board. "I'm almost finished for the night."
As Lucas' publicist Lindsay was proud but as Lucas' girlfriend Lindsay was worried. Lucas had been suffering from writer's block but now his ex-girlfriend comes back to town and he is suddenly writing again.
"Well just come to bed!" Lindsay patted his side of the bed. "It's lonely without you."
Lucas nodded once, "I'll be there is a second I promise."
Lindsay felt as if Lucas was slipping away from her. She wasn't ready to lose him.
xoxo
Brooke walked into the Scott's house. She saw her daughter passed out on the couch, peacefully asleep. She couldn't help but smile at the sight of her daughter.
"Hey Brooke!" Haley said quietly, waving Brooke over into the kitchen. "How was dinner?"
Brooke hopped up to sit down on the kitchen counter. "It was good."
Haley and Nathan both raised their eyebrows, shocked. "No bitch fights or slaps of any kind?" Nathan playfully asked.
Brooke laughed, "No silly! We've really moved past our issues. We aren't exactly best friends again but we're working on it." She gave her shoulders a shrug.
"Aw I wanna be your best friend!" Haley playfully whined.
Brooke shook her head and opened her arms wide for Haley. "You are my best friend!" The two women hugged. "Thank you guys for keep Juliet for me." Brooke let a yawn slip from her lips. "I better get going."
"I'll carry Juliet to the car for you." Nathan picked up the sleeping child and followed Brooke out to her car.
"Thanks Nate." Brooke hugged him once he had Juliet in her car seat.
"Goodnight Brooke." Nathan walked back inside.
She waited until he was inside before she got into her car and drove away.
xoxo
The next morning Brooke accidentally slept in. Her daughter sneaked into her mother's bedroom and began jumping on her mother's bed.
"Good morning momma!" Juliet said in between laughs. She plopped down onto the bed and stared at her sleeping mother.
Brooke felt the bouncing of the bed in her sleep. She slowly began to wake up. Through half opened eyes Brooke saw Juliet staring her in the face.
"Juliet?" Brooke popped up, "What time is it?!" She peeked over at her alarm clock. The red numbers read 6:50 am. "Oh no okay let's go eat and get ready for school."
Brooke rushed out of bed and headed into the kitchen. Juliet raced behind her.
"Can I have oatmeal again momma!" Juliet asked as she found her way to her seat at the dining table.
"Of course sweetie." Brooke had already made her daughter a bowl of cereal. She pushed aside the cereal and began making oatmeal when there was a knock on the door.
"I got it!" Juliet yelled.
"No I got it!" Brooke scooted past her daughter and answered the door. Lucas was standing on the other side. "Lucas!" She almost yelled. She was tempted to close the door on him. She didn't want him seeing her without her makeup and hair done.
"Can I come in?" Lucas held up two coffees. "I brought coffee!"
Brooke smiled and moved aside, "Of course you can come in, sorry."
Lucas walked into the Davis' residence and smiled at the sight of his daughter. "Hey princess!"
Juliet jumped up from her chair at the dining table. "Daddy!"
The sight of Lucas and Juliet made Brooke happy but it also made her sad. Lucas wasn't hers. He was with someone else and someone else just didn't fit into this picture.
"Oh your oatmeal!" Brooke snapped out of her thoughts. "We're running late!"
She placed the oatmeal in front of her daughter and went into the kitchen to try to fix herself some breakfast. Lucas joined her in the kitchen.
"Everything okay?" Lucas asked Brooke.
Brooke looked at him with tender eyes. "I wish but no! I over slept so now we have to rush her out the door on her first day at her new preschool. I am exhausted from going out to dinner!" She sighed heavily. "My head is just spinning."
Lucas laughed and handed Brooke one of the coffees. "Well I'm here to help. I'll do whatever you need me to do."
Brooke took a few sips of coffee, "Thank you so much!"
Lucas pulled Brooke into a hug. "You're welcome pretty girl."
"All done!" Juliet called out from the dining table.
Brooke and Lucas laughed. Brooke turned to Lucas, "Can you rinse out that bowl of oatmeal while I go get her dressed?"
Lucas nodded, "I'm here to help!" He grabbed the oatmeal bowl and began to clean it.
Brooke and Juliet disappeared into Juliet's room. The two appeared again and both were dressed. Lucas' breath was taken away at the sight of the two girls.
"You two look beautiful." Lucas playfully clapped.
Juliet bowed in front of her father, "Thank you!"
Brooke laughed, "You have your backpack silly?"
Juliet ran back into her bedroom and grabbed her backpack. "I got it!"
Brooke smiled and grabbed Juliet's hand, "You ready Lucas?"
Lucas raised both eyebrows. "Yup I'm ready!"
"Good because you're driving." Brooke tossed her keys to him. This exchange made Juliet laugh. "You are so silly!" Brooke poked her daughter's side.
The three piled into Brooke's black Audi. They were truly a family. This made both Brooke and Lucas happy. "Why couldn't we just be together and be a family?" Both Brooke and Lucas thought.