So in the spirit of Christmas I decided to update. I hope to update more often now that I have some time off from school :) I hope you enjoy this chapter, a reader asked me to pup more space between the quotes so I tried my best and I hope you are happy. This chapter is mostly Brooke and Julian.
Brooke woke up in her husband arms, and for the first time in a long time she felt truly happy. She couldn't help but stare at her handsome husband, he was slightly snoring but he slept with a smile on his face, Brooke couldn't help but hope she caused the smile. As she was staring at her beautiful husband he stirred awake.
"Morning husband" she greeted him
"Morning wify" he responded and gave her quick peck on the lips.
"Who is that?" Julian asked as they heard a knock on the door
"I took the liberty of ordering room service" Brooke said with a smile, putting on Julian's shirt and heading for the door.
"Breakfast in bed" she said as she entered the bedroom again.
"God my wife is hot" Julian said while studying every inch of her body "You know you look better in that shirt than I do" he said
"I love you" was Brookes response.
As they were finishing their breakfast Julian's phone started ringing, he hesitated is answering but eventually did. Brooke wasn't to happy about it and was about to pull the phone out of his hand and throw it out the window, but then her own phone starting ringing and she realized she had to answer it as well.
40 minutes, 7 coffees and 5 phone calls later the married couple fell back down on the bed. Julian couldn't help but pull his wife on top of him, he really missed her.
"No phones, this is out vacation. So unless it is our daughter, no phones" she said with a bossy tone in her voice
"phone off" Julian said as he turn it off
"phone off" Brooke mimicked.
"So what now" she asked "
I can think of a few things" Julian said as he pulled his wife even closer.
"So I was thinking we could hang out some time this week?" Amanda asked hopefully as she fell in step with the other two girls.
"Sure" Emma asked without committing to anything
The bell rang and suddenly all the students were in a hurry, that is all except two.
"You know you're going to be late for class right?" Amanda asked with an arched eyebrow.
"How can you be late if you aren't going?" Lizzie answered
"What? Why not?" Amanda asked, thinking what the hell is going on?
"Don't feel like it" Lizzie said like it didn't matter at all.
"Yeah well, it looks like we have to go anyway" Emma said finally joining the conversation.
The girls gave her questioning looks as Haley approached them
"Oh" Amanda and Lizzie said in union
"What are you doing hanging around here? You are already late for class" Haley said putting one hand on her hip and lifting the other to point towards the classroom.
"Sorry mom, we got carried away planning for the weekend" Amanda said explaining in the sweetest tone she could.
"Yeah Mandy here is showing us the nightlife here in Tree Hill" Emma said playing along with Amanda's story.
"Yeah I here there are some awesome places to hang out down by the pier" Lizzie agreed.
"Okay, but get to class you can discuss this after school" Haley said in a stern voice. The girl fell silent "Now go" Haley said pointing to class.
"You're late, again" the English teacher stated as they entered the classroom.
"Sorry we were talking to Mrs. Scott in the hallway about an assignment" Lizzie said explaining and giving him the note Haley had giving them.
30 minutes had passed, and Amanda was still getting nasty comments about her mother working her. "No wonder you never get into trouble" or "no wonder she has straight A's, bet she gets all the answers before the tests"
"Are they always like this?" Emma asked Amanda a little bit worried "did she really have to deal with this every day?" she thought to herself
"No well, yeah, only when things like this happens. It usually dies down after a day or so" She answered, giving Emma a sad smile.
"Hey looser" Lizzie said throwing a paper ball in his head. "You really believe what your saying? She asked.
He turned around looking dumbfound at her "well it sure seems like it" he answered
"You do realize that if her mother does favors in the way you say, she could just go home and tell her about your behavior and you'll have detention for the rest of the month, right?" Lizzie said this with a wicked grin. She may not like Amanda that well, but she didn't need to take some looser talking like that to her.
The looser didn't respond he simply let out a muffle and turned around, pretending to pay attention to what the teacher was saying.
"Thanks Liz" Amanda said as they were leaving the classroom
"Yeah, whatever. He was getting on my last nerve" Lizzie said with a smile.
"We finally made it to the beach" Brooke said as they sat down in the sand.
It was four o'clock in the afternoon, and the two of them had spent the entire morning in bed.
"I don't think I've been to the beach in over a year" Brooke said as she pulled her sundress off
"Me neither" Julian agreed.
They were laying in the sun just enjoying each other's company when Brooke's stomach started making noises "hungry?" Julian asked "starving" she answered with a laugh.
Brooke was smiling and enjoying the day, which seemed to fly by so quickly. So did the next couple of days. They seemed to be their old selves again. I was almost to good to be true. And when things seem too good to be true, they usually are.
They were having dinner and enjoying the beautiful night. None of them said much; they sat there just enjoying each other's company.
"We should talk about it shouldn't we?" Brooke asked "I know about the job offer" She finished.
"Oh, I was going to tell you. It's just it's" "in California" Brooke finished his sentence.
"How did you know?" he asked
"I overheard you on the phone. So are you planning on taking it?" Brooke asked in fear.
"Don't know" He answered. He really didn't know. He wanted the job, it was an amazing opportunity, it was a huge movie. But taking the job meant leaving his wife and daughter for six months, and he was afraid his marriage wouldn't survive it.
"So how is the new line coming a long, it's for teens right?" he asked
Brooke shook her head "men, it's for men. The party in New York, that was my teen's line"
"Oh" Julian answered, realizing how little he really knew about his wife's current life.
"What happened to us? We used to be so in love, we used to know each other inside out." Brooke asked with tears in her eyes
"I guess we got so caught up in out success, and worked so much we grew apart" he responded
"But Luke and Peyton made it work, and they are just as much a workaholics as we are" She said
"I guess we just forgot each other. We stopped talking, working on the relationship and the little spare time we had, we spent lecturing our daughter or looking for her in bars and clubs" He wasn't really sure if this was the truth, but it seemed to be a fitting explanation.
Brooke just nodded. And there was a silence before Julian added "But for the recorded I never fell out of love with you"
Brooke nodded again, but this time with a smile.
Brooke decided to get out of bed at six o'clock; she hadn't slept at all that night. All she did was lie awake, thinking of ways to save her marriage.
Julian woke up missing his wife. He scanned the room trying to find her. He than proceeded to search the entire suit, she was nowhere to be found. The last place he looked he found her; she was sitting on the balcony watching the waves crash in on the beach.
"Come back to bed Brooke" he said from his behind her. She looked up at him, and gave him a soft nod as she let him lead her back to bed.
She never slept as well as she did when she was all tangled up in her husband. His legs were tightly hugging hers, that's when she noticed it. "What is this?" she asked pointing at the scar on his leg.
"From my surgery" He said looking at her like it was something she should know.
"You had surgery?" She asked in shock
"Last year, in Australia" he said realizing he hadn't told her.
"How do I not know this?" she asked
"I spent 3 months down there, and when I got back you were off on some business trip I guess. So when you got back I was fine, I didn't want to worry you" He answered, realizing he should have told her.
Brooke didn't know what to say, so she got up and left.
When Brooke arrived back an hour later, Julian was waiting for her on the couch. She sat down next to him, and a silence fell over the room. Neither one knew what to say.
Brooke was the one to break the silence "I can't do this anymore Julian" she said pushing back tears.
"I know" was all he could utter.
"You should take that job in California" She said
"But" he started "We need a break Julian, I need some time, I need some space" She said cutting him off.
"So we're taking to time to reevaluate?" Julian asked
"Yeah, you do your thing for a while and I'll do mine and in six moths we'll see where we're at" Brooke said no longer able to hold back her tears.
"But Emma?" Julian asked
"You can come see her and she can visit you, but she is staying in Tree Hill" Brooke said in a stern voice.
"I agree" Julian nodded. Again the room was filled with silence.
"So we're separating" Julian said trying to wrap his head around it.
"We separating" Brooke mimicked as she let her head fall to his chest, and released her sobs.
"You sure you don't want me to come with you and explain it to her?" Julian asked for the millionth time as they were sending their baggage.
"I can handle it. You are needed in California" Brooke said giving him a sad but soft smile.
"I can push it back" he argued
"Stop Julian, we don't need to argue about this too. I can handle it. Besides having us both there will probably just make it worse." Brooke said tears threatening to spill.
"Okay" Julian agreed as he pulled his wife close to him. "I love you" he whispered
"I love you too" she responded as she pulled back. "You better get going or you'll miss your flight" she said trying to push him away before he made her cry again.
"Okay, be safe and I love you" he said starting to walk away
"Julian" she said and he turned back around to face her "call me when you get there. So I know you're safe" She added
He smiled and closed the space between them and his lips crashed on hers. He held her close for a while. "Promise" he said and gave her one last peck on the lips before he disappeared in the crowed.
Brooke stood still for a couple of minutes, until she was knocked over by a huge crowed of tourists. She needed all her strength to push back her tears, but she did. She made her way to her gate and sat down thinking of what a hellish week she had ahead of her. She really didn't need her friend's pity, the stares, and to top it all off her daughter was going to hate her even more, if that was even possible.
"We are landing in 15 minutes" the captain announced over the speaker.
"Great just great" Brooke thought to herself.
"Please don't hate me" she said quietly to herself as she left the aircraft and headed home.
I know I said the girls would get in trouble, but I'm saving it for the next chapter. So PLEASE in the spirit on Christmas make me happy and review :-)
