Summary: It's been ten years since Brooke's been back to Tree Hill. After receiving an invitation to her high school reunion she decided to come home.
Disclaimer: I don't own the cast, one tree hill, the lyrics or the title of this chapter or the even the title of the story. The title chapter and lyrics are from Florida Georgia Lines song "Never Let Her Go".
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Can We Just Hold On?
#10. All I Have Is Her Memories
"She had my heart at seventeen. Now all I got is her memory. Where she is now I just don't know how She gone when I never let her go... Man I fell so hard, I lost everything." –Florida Georgia Line
"Luke, just calm down." Brooke requested practically begging. It's been an hour since she saw Lucas again. She still had no clue where he ran off too or what made him so aggravated. Nothing made sense to her in the moment.
"Calm down, really?" He voice rose with the statement from Brooke.
"Or better yet tell me what the hell is going on?" Brooke rested one of her hands on her hip while the other brushed her raven locks out of her eyes.
"She wants freaking custody, Brooke." Lucas threw the papers in Brooke's face just like Peyton did to him hours ago. His thoughts were jumbled and he was not thinking straight at all.
"Well," Brooke paused for a second before continuing as she tried to gain her thoughts. "I mean she can't really do that, can she? I thought you had custody of Sawyer."
"I do, but she can sure fight for at least something. It's been a year, Brooke. Why the hell does she want to see her now? Is there any reason for it?"
"There's no way anyone in their right mind would allow her to have Sawyer around, Lucas. Be rational about this. Don't do anything stupid." Staying calm was the only thing Brooke could do. Inside she was freaking out for Lucas but no one had to know that.
"She just gave me these, Brooke. Courts tomorrow! I don't have time to find a lawyer in this time crunch. She'll get her."
"Snap out of it, Lucas." Brooke huffed. "Time to pull your self together and do something about it. Don't pity yourself. Nothing happened yet and won't happen unless you don't do anything."
"I'm just not trying to get my hopes up Brooke." Lucas growled. Right now he wanted to be alone yet he had no clue why he even opened the door for Brooke in the first place. "I need to think about everything she's presenting and how she's having a lawyer."
"Having a lawyer or not, doesn't mean shit. Go find one. Nate must have one on call, use them or better yet call the one you had last time. It's not over till you put up a fight for her. If you give in, Peyton wins and Sawyer suffers the most. Not you or Peyton, your daughter does. Now grow some fucking balls and do something."
"What lawyer's office would even be open at this time?" Lucas declared running over to his computer. He knew Brooke was right, he knew if he sat and pitied himself that his chance of protecting Sawyer would be crushed. He had to do the right thing.
"Most, now go." Brooke shooed him and walked towards the kitchen to help him become undistracted.
She looked around the kitchen and sighed. She held that in the whole time with her argument, if you could even call it that, with Lucas. So much for having a good night she thought to herself. Everything about this town- from the smallness to the fact that everyone knows everyone to how much drama fills it made Brooke happy that she was leaving in two days to go back to the normal routine with her kids. She had to escape the drama the best way she knew how and that was to run. Run far away and fast.
Brooke just sat her self at the table and stared out the window. She didn't know what to do. She just sat there and didn't move. She didn't know how long she sat, but she knew it had to be maybe ten to thirty minutes.
"Brooke?" Lucas called out causing Brooke to snap back into reality.
"What?" Brooke's response came out of rude but she didn't mean it. She was just not mentally there at the moment.
"I found someone." Lucas let a smile fall on his face and became relieved at the moment, at least for a second. "They said they'd do it. It's gonna cost me a hell of a lot, but I guess I'd do anything for Sawyer."
"Parent's do anything for their kids." Brooke said standing up. "I'm gonna head back to Naley's." Brooke smiled slightly at herself as she used the old high school name for the couple.
"Brooke," Lucas stared at her. "I don't want you to go."
"You have a big day tomorrow. I know you'll need to get everything together so I'll give you that much."
"I know where everything is already. I don't need that. I need a distraction from a certain brunette with dimples." Lucas playfully smirked.
"Well I'll see you tomorrow then." Brooke kissed him on the cheek and walked as fast as she could out the door leaving Lucas stunned in his place in the kitchen. He didn't know what to do and for some reason he couldn't move.
Brooke isn't sure why she ran, but she did something she was good at and ran away from all things that surrounded her.
The walk from Lucas's to Haley's took her only fifteen minutes and she entered only to be attacked by Lena and Jackson.
"Hey my munchkins." Brooke faked a smile. She knew they wouldn't know it was fake.
"Mommy, we had fun tonight!" Lena cheered and boy was Brooke happy with that.
"That's good baby girl." Brooke said. "How about you, Bubbah?"
"We played basketball."
"Oh of course you did." Brooke knew she didn't even have to ask him that. Nathan and him played every day since they got here for hours on end. "Can you guys run and play really fast. I need to talk to Aunt Haley."
"Talk to me?" Haley questioned raising a brow at her friend.
"Go play." Brooke scooted the kids off and sat down next to her friend. "I think its time the kids and I head back to New York. One week is too long in the small town."
"Brooke, why? What happened?" Haley was shocked. "I thought you and Lucas were doing fine."
"We are, but that's the problem Haley. Lucas and I are doing great but I live in New York, he's in Tree Hill. I need to break before it gets too hard to do so. Plus with the whole Peyton thing and court now I can't give him more trouble."
"Doing what you do best, huh, Davis?" Nathan spoke this time. The friends forgotten he was in the room at the moment.
"I'm just protecting myself, Nathan." Brooke rolled her eyes.
"Are you sure about that?" Haley stated bluntly.
"Yes, I'm sure." Brooke responded viciously. "I need to do this. Okay? Please just believe me on this one. It's something that feels right."
"If this is what you want, Brooke, even if I don't approve, I'll be okay with it as long as you visit more often then every ten years." Haley gave it. Just as stubborn she was, so was Brooke. There was no changing her mind.
"If you want, I'll drive you to the airport." Nathan offered. He hated to see Brooke like this, like so broken.
"Thanks guys, for everything really. I can't say it enough."
"No problem, Tigger. Go get packed and I'll change the flights." Haley smiled softly watching Brooke walk up the stairs.
"So what do you think actually happened?" Nathan asked her.
"I have no clue at all and I think this time I am not getting involved. They're adults and I think they need to stop this back and forth crap." Haley sighed walking over to the computer.
-XO-OTH-XO-
"Mommy, why we leaving?" Jackson asked with tears in his eyes. "I don't wanna."
"Bubbah, this is something that only I have the right to make. I know you two don't want to go home but it's time."
"No!" Lena pouted and started throwing clothes out of the suitcase that Brooke placed in moments ago.
"Lena, cut it out now." Brooke's patience was wearing thin. "Put them back in and act like your age and not a baby. Sometimes we have to do things we don't want to do, munchkins, and only adults can make those decisions for us."
"What about Sammy?" Lena cried. She became best friends with the little Scott girl.
"You'll see her again, Lena. Plus you two can talk all the time when we get home."
"I wanna play ball!" Jackson pouted.
"We can play it at home." Brooke let out. She was exhausted by all this, her emotions and her kids behaviors. "We'll go to the park more, okay Bubbah?"
"Okay." Jackson whispered. He was a go with the flow kind of kid.
"That's my baby boy." Brooke responded with a smile. "Now can you two help me? Uncle Nathan's going to take us to the airport soon."
"We really need to leave?" Lena questioned. Her eyes darted to Brooke's green ones.
Brooke didn't know how to respond. Sure, they needed to leave but it was more of the fact that she couldn't stand to hurt Lucas anymore. "Yes, sweet thing."
"Okay, I'll grab my doll." Lena shuffled slowly out of the room towards Samantha's.
-XO-OTH-XO-
It was the next morning when Lucas finally showed up at the younger Scott's homestead. He needed Brooke for this court date. Her support would let him go through it without wanting to kill Peyton.
"Where's Brooke, Haley?" Lucas rushed into the house with Sawyer in his arms. Nathan had dropped her off last night. "I really need her right now."
"She's gone, Luke. Didn't she tell you she was heading back?"
"Wait?! She went back?" Lucas tried to wrap his head around the situation. "I thought she wasn't leaving till Friday?"
"She wasn't supposed to, but something switched in her and she had to go yesterday. What in the world did you do to her again cause I'm starting to get kind of tired of this back and forth between you two."
"Sawyer, go find Sammy." Lucas placed her on the ground and watched her run off till he continued. "Peyton filled for custody. Courts today."
"And you're just telling me now?" Haley was shocked Lucas could keep something like this from her. "No wonder Brooke ran."
"I just found out yesterday myself Hales." Lucas rolled his blue eyes. "I'm just as shocked as you are."
"I'm coming with you." Haley insisted. "I just want to punch the crazy bitch."
"What the hell happened to sweet innocent Haley James Scott?" Lucas teased.
"I married your brother." She shrugged like nothing was different.
"So she really left?" Lucas let it sink in.
"Yes she did. Now do something about it Lucas. Don't let her keep running. Stop her."
"How in the world am I supposed to do that?" Lucas was confused.
"Go get her." Haley stated staring at him. "If you care about her that much, go get her and bring her home. Bring them all home."
End of Chapter Ten, what do you all think? One more chapter after this one and then the epilog! Hope you enjoyed it! Please check out my new story! Thanks!
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MsDreamer: I enjoyed writing that conversation too. Something about Rachel that I can't make her all that bad. I just love how spunky and she does what ever she feels like it makes me love the character of Rachel. Thanks for reviewing! Hope you enjoyed!
Sandygirl: The court will come next chapter. Sorry to make you wait for it. I want to do a little research on child custody court before writing it and I did not have the time to do it. Hope you enjoyed this!
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