AUTHOR'S NOTE- Well, hello everyone. I'm back and finally decided to write chapter 12. I'm not sure if I like it all or not. I'm really tired and don't really have much to say except for that I'm in the middle of writing a whole new kind of story involving Brooke and Julian, more details to come. Enjoy the chapter. I'm starting to run out of ideas for this story, not gonna lie. Maybe you guys can help me out?

ENJOY!

"Rebel Without Applause"

Ch. 12

"So, Peyton was a part of this too?" Brooke asked as Julian explained everything that he was told.

"Well, yeah, I would assume. I mean, I talked to her on the phone, but this sounds like it has Sam written all over it. I know how she is." Julian responded.

Brooke smirked a little. She wasn't really mad. She had a feeling Sam would do something like this sooner or later. She laughed to herself. Julian smiled.

"What's so funny?" Julian asked.

"I just can't believe I'm standing here in the gift shop talking to you right now. I really never thought I was going to talk to you again." Brooke said, scratching her head, still nervous of where to take this conversation, but Julian broke the ice. He handed her the flowers he purchased.

"Broken leg or not... these are for you." Julian smiled, as did Brooke, but she more along the lines, blushed.

"Julian, really, it's not necessary." Brooke said trying to give them back.

"No, I insist. You deserve them. You look great by the way." Julian said, hypnotizing Brooke with his what should be, illegal grin.

"You're a good guy, you know that?" Brooke said as she was practically speechless. She was an idiot for not telling him that she loved him back. But those are issues that shall be resurrected later.

"You don't have to tell me twice." Julian responded back as he smiled.

"Coffee?" He offered.

Brooke nodded in agreement. She went on to purchase the birthday card for Victoria and they walked out to head to this diner.

Meanwhile, Sam and Jack are sitting in there regular booth, building sugar cube pyramids and talking about the new school year they have ahead of them, which starts in just two days.

"So, apparently Cassie Reed is having an end of the the summer party tomorrow night." Jack said.

"Cassie Reed? As in the Cassie Reed who just got out of juvie for driving while intoxicated?" Sam said laughing while rolling her eyes.

"Yep, that would be the one. Jack said, laughing as well.

"Genius." Sam said.

All of a sudden, Jack's face went from smiling to not smiling in a matter of seconds as he saw Brooke and Julian walk into the diner.

"Uh, I hate to ruin this happy moment, but think that this is no time for laughter." Jack said as he pointed towards the two. Sam turned her head in confusion to see what he was talking about. They were heading there way.

"Oh... shit." Sam said. But then she made a touble take.

"Wait... is she smiling?" Sam responded quickly.

"He looks happy." Jack said, referring to Julian.

"It could be a cover. She's very good at being stealthy. It's scary." Sam said as she watched the couple arrive to there booth.

"Fancy meeting you here, Sam." Julian said.

"Hi Julian. Peyton had nothing to do with it, I made her say everything. How long am I grounded, mother?" Sam speaks, slightly sarcastic and ever so defeated.

"One week. I figure you starting school in two days is punishment enough." Brooke said, smirking.

"Hmm.. that's a good deal." Sam said, but then totally remembered Jack had mentioned that party tomorrow night.

"Wait, dammit! I really wanted to go to that end of summer party at Cassie Reed's tomorrow night!" Sam said, feeling frustrated and angry.

"Cassie Reed? As in the Cassie Reed that just got out of juvie for driving while intoxicated? I don't think so, Sam." Brooke said, sternly.

"Seriously!? Come on! You're being so lame right now! I just did you a favor!" Sam said, causing a scene in the diner as she raised her voice.

Brooke was calm. She was trying to keep her cool.

"Hey Sam, you hear that? I think it's the two weeks grounded train, pretty sure its boarding the smarter your ass gets." Brooke said, raising her brow and giving Sam the glare.

Sam crossed her arms and rolled her eyes. "This is so unfair!" She yelled.

"I suggest you just head on home unless you wanna get on that train." Brooke said, pointing to the door of the diner. She really didn't want to be mean to Sam, but she smart-mouthed her and that was a big no in Brooke's mind. Sam knew better anyways.

"Whatever, you're joke isn't funny. Jack, I'll talk to you later." Sam said walking away from them.

"That one week of grounding means NO PHONE, T.V., or INTERNET ACCESS, YOUNG LADY!" Brooke yelled as Sam walked out, ignoring everything she said. Brooke smiled.

"I have such a pleasant daughter." Brooke jokes as she sarcastically touches her chest as if she's touched. Julian chuckled a little bit. Jack was just kind of sitting there.

"Alright, well I'm gonna go..." Jack said, getting up, feeling terribly awkward.

"Sorry, Jack. You're out of Sam for a week." Brooke said as Jack got up to leave.

"Eh, it's okay. I was getting tired of her anyway." Jack said, obviously joking. Brooke laughed.

"Liar!" Julian said as he smiled. He knew Jack liked Sam.

"Whatever." Jack said as he walked out of the diner.

"You know he's gonna go see Sam, right?" Julian said.

"Oh well. Man, they would the perfect couple." Brooke said, noticing how alike Sam and Jack are.

The two spent most of the there day at the diner talking and catching up. Completely avoiding all serious conversation. Julian was happy to hear that Brooke had adopted Sam and Brooke was glad to hear that Julian was writing a new script for a movie. Brooke felt like she should tell Julian about what had happened to Sam the day Jamie ran away and how she has asthma now and has to take medicine. He was very concerned for her. He had asked why Sam decided to come back and live with her but she didn't want to explain. At least not right now. It wasn't appropriate and it was really all up to Sam if she wanted Julian to know. All Brooke said was that it was a very long, hard story and that if Sam wants him to know, then Sam will let Brooke know.

The two were still sitting in the diner until Julian realized that it was dark outside.

"Wow, it's dark out. Have we really been talking for this long?" Julian asked, while smiling.

"Shit. I never sent Victoria's birthday card. I'm gonna get bitched at." Brooke said, putting her head in her hands, rubbing her eyes.

"I'm sorry, I hope it isn't my fault." Julian said.

"No, no. Not at all. If anything, it's Sam's fault. She's the one that caused all of this." Brooke said, sounding frustrated.

"You know, Brooke... she was right about one thing.." Julian said, leaving Brooke to ask.

"What?" She asked, confused.

"She did do you a favor." Julian said, sounding very serious.

"Julian, I..." Brooke said, not knowing what to say.

"...I'm not too sure how I feel about this right now. I can't just welcome you with open arms, you understand that right?" Brooke asked, hesitantly.

"I completely understand. How ever long it takes for you to decide on how you feel, I'll wait here." Julian said, kind-hearted.

Why is he so freaking adorable!? Brooke asked herself. He was such a gentleman, he was kind, funny, gorgeous, he loved her, he loved Sam. What are you so afraid of!? Brooke asked herself.

Brooke just smiled.

"Well, I should probably head home. Sam's probably put a few holes in the walls and I'm sure someones called the cops by now due to her loud screaming music." Brooke said, sounding sarcastically happy about it all. She put her purse on her shoulder. Julian smiled and stood up. He went in to give her a hug. She missed his hugs, his smell. God, you smell good. She felt like she was going to melt. This sensation came over her body and all she wanted to do was just take him right then and there on the table in the diner. Stop it, dirty brain! Brooke said, trying to control herself.

"Alright, I gotta get going." Brooke said just as quick as she walked out, leaving Julian standing inside the diner, wondering why he loved Brooke Davis so much.

When Brooke arrived home, she wasn't expecting it to be so quiet. It was very pleasant. But then it made her think to check on Sam. She walked towards her room. She noticed her door was cracked and the light was on. She knocked on the door for permission to walk in.

"Come in." A mono-toned, distracted sounding Sam spoke.

"Hey." Brooke said nonchalantly.

Sam looked up at Brooke with hatred.

"What do you want?" Sam snapped at Brooke.

"Watch it." Brooke said pointing to Sam, while glaring at her. Sam looked at her with a face saying for Brooke to continue.

"I wanted to apologize about earlier. I shouldn't have done all that in front Jack and Julian..." Brooke was interrupted by Sam.

"... Or the whole diner for that matter. You shouldn't have done it all, I thought you were gonna be happy, that's why i did it. I'm sorry, I didn't know you were gonna get mad and ground me." Sam said, sounding very sad. Brooke didn't realize how bad Sam was being affected by this. She just stared at Sam in a daze.

"Honey, I'm not mad. I'm glad Julian is here, but you gotta understand that Julian and I's relationship was just hard and confusing and I don't expect you to understand any of it. It's just a really personal issue that I have and I just wasn't prepared." Brooke said. She's talking about not being prepared. Well lets hope she's prepared for Sam is about say.

"It's a personal issue? And you don't expect me to understand any of it? First of all, MOM...I'm 15, not 5. And maybe if you actually talked to me about stuff like this, I WOULD understand. You know, I can't believe how many times I've opened up to you about my past and realized that you've never told me one little thing about your life. You're suppose to be my Mother. Aren't daughters suppose to know a little bit about there Mothers?..." By this time, the tears had fallen quit heavily from Sam's face. She was waiting for Brooke to answer back, but Brooke was speechless as the tears traveled down her face as well.

"AREN'T THEY!?" Sam yelled.

"I'M SORRY!" Brooke yelled back. She didn't mean to yell back. Sam was right, and it made Brooke feel terrible.

"I'm so sorry, Sam. I never meant it. I don't want to hide things from you. I should have talked to you about Julian. I'm so sorry. I'm a terrible mother." Brooke was crying sitting on the side of Sam's bed. Now Sam felt bad, she wasn't trying to tell Brooke she was a terrible mother, she was an awesome mother. She was just fed up with Brooke hiding things from her and only talking about Sam's needs.

Brooke's head was in her hands and she was crying hysterically. Sam scooted closer to her side and put her arm around her.

"You're not a terrible mom. You're the best one I've ever had. I didn't mean it like that. I just don't want you to hide things from me if you don't have to. It's not just about the daughter, it's about the mother too. She deserves to have the things she cares most about. I want you to be able to talk me as your friend too, not just your daughter." Sam finished wiping her tears away.

Brooke said nothing, she just hugged Sam tight and continued to cry into her shoulder. What Sam wanted was happening right now as they sat there on her bed. Eventually the tears had stopped falling but only to be replaced by heavy, tired eyes. The two of them passed out in Sam's bed. Everything seemed like it had all blown over and troubles were resolved but tomorrow is another day.

The sun was rising and Brooke had woken up to a peacefully sleeping Sam who had managed to wrap her self around Brooke. It was cute, but it wasn't the most comfortable sleep she's ever had. She quietly maneuvered Sam's arm and leg off her body and quickly stepped out of the room, not before giving Sam a small peck on the forehead.

While Brooke was making breakfast she kept thinking about last night. She was kind of embarrassed by it all, but she knew Sam didn't care because she loved her. As happy as she is that they talked about important issues last night, it doesn't change the fact that Sam is still grounded. Though, Brooke has been thinking about being a little bit more lenient on her punishment. She hears Sam walking towards the kitchen.

"What's for breakfast?" Sam said, tired eyed, sounding like she was still asleep.

"Well, Good morning to you too." Brooke said sarcastically.

"Oh yeah... morning." Sam said, half asleep, rubbing her eyes.

Sam sat at the island in the kitchen and ate her breakfast while Brooke was reading the latest issue of B. Davis magazine.

"You know... I've been thinking about your punishment..." Brooke said.

"You're un-grounding me!?" Sam interrupted becoming overly excited.

"Absolutely not. I'm gonna let you go to this party tonight." Brooke paused.

"...Really?" Sam asked, extremely confused.

"Yes, really. But you have to promise me you'll be home at 12am sharp, no drinking, no drugs, no sex, no anything except for you having a good time with your friends, safely." Brooke said, in a stern, motherly tone.

"Promise. So does this mean I get my phone back for the night? I mean, you're obviously gonna want me to call you every hour, right?" Sam asked getting even more excited.

"Jack's going isn't he?" Brooke asked.

"Yeah... so?" Sam responded back.

"Oh, well good, you can just use his." Brooke said, winking at Sam.

"Dammit." Sam whispered.

"Samantha, watch your mouth." Brooke snapped. It seemed as though cursing was something extremely hard for Sam to stop doing.

"Sorry." Sam said.

"You didn't think I was gonna be that easy on you did you?" Brooke asked.

"No. So what are you and Julian doing today?" Sam said to change the subject.

"I haven't even talked to him today, Sam." Brooke said, sounding a little annoyed.

"Well why don't you give him a call?" Sam asked.

"You know what? I forgot to call Peyton and yell at her, so maybe I'll do that first!" Brooke said walking towards the phone.

"No, you're not suppose to yell at her. I'm the one that made her do it and she said that if shit was going to hit the fan, which, lets be honest... it kind of did, that I have to take the blame for it." Sam said, feeling guilty for dragging Peyton into all this mess.

"She's my best friend, I'm so gonna yell." Peyton's fault or not, she wasn't getting away without being confronted by her best friend to hear what she's got to say.

"Well... I guess tell her I'm sorry and I DID try and take the blame." Sam said, still sitting at the counter.

"Yeah, yeah. Make sure you have your inhaler for the day. And Sam, I'm serious about this party, you break one of those rules and you're grounded for 2 more weeks plus helping me at the store."

Brooke said, talking to Sam from her room.

"Alright, alright. I won't mess up, I promise, but I am gonna call Jack and tell him I can go." Sam said, getting excited as she hopped off the chair.

"You got 5 minutes." Brooke yelled.

Sam talked to Jack. Brooke yelled at Peyton and the conversation ended with an "I love you, see you tomorrow" type of talk. Brooke wasn't really mad at Peyton. The day was long and very boring. Brooke and Sam sat around the house until it hit around 8:30 and that's when Sam started to get ready for the party. Eventually time narrowed itself down to right when Sam was getting ready to leave.

"You have your inhaler?" Brooke asked.

"Yes, I have my medicine too, I promise I won't drink, I'll be home by 12am sharp, no drugs, no sex no anything except for me having fun with my friends, safely. I can't guarantee other kids won't be drinking there. I mean... it's Cassie Reed's party." Sam said, smartly.

"Don't make me change my mind, miss Peyton Sawyer jr." Brooke snapped.

Sam just looked at Brooke wondering why she just called her that.

"You guys dress the exact same. Band t-shirt, jeans, converse. It's uncanny." Brooke said, thinking of her best friend. Sam just laughed a little bit.

"Alright, well Jack is here, I'm going now." Sam said as she proceeded to walk to the door, only to be stopped by Brooke.

"Wait." Brooke said.

"What?" Sam said, sounding a little impatient.

Brooke went to give her a hug. Sam wasn't expecting that.

"Please, please, please be careful." Brooke said.

"Jeez, are you sure you're going to be okay? I'll be alright." Sam said trying to walk out the door.

"I know, I know, I'm just being mom." Brooke said, smiling.

"Call me when you get there!" Brooke yelled. That being her last thing to say to Sam.

"Alright!" Sam said as she turned around with a glare on her face.

Brooke laughed and then finally shut the door. She sat down and took a deep breath right when her phone rang. It was Julian. Shit. She thought to herself. It rang for a third time. Answer it, you chicken shit. She said to herself. She answered.

"Hello?"

"Hey, Brooke. So, I'm just gonna be forward and ask if you'd like some company tonight?" Julian asked nervously, unaware of Brooke's answer.

"You know, Sam actually just left so yeah I would love the company." Brooke said as she hit herself on the head with her hand.

"Wait, I thought Sam was grounded?" Julian asked, confused.

"We actually had a talk last night and this morning I changed my mind. Just about the party though. She'll still be grounded when she gets home." Brooke explained.

"I see, well I'd say you're a pretty cool mom." Julian joked.

"Thanks." Brooke said sarcastically.

"Well, when do you want me to head over?" Julian asked.

"Whenever is fine with me. Sam will probably be gone for awhile." Brooke said, not meaning for that to sound like 'we'll have enough time to fool around.' She really didn't mean it like that. Oh well.

Meanwhile, Sam and Jack arrive to the party and everyone seems to be pretty incoheriant.

"Yeah, I can't drink or I'm grounded for another two weeks so I'd rather just kiss ass now and then drink secretly some other time." Sam said, looking around at everyone.

"Yeah, I'd say that's probably a good idea." Jack said back.

Sam and Jack are walking towards a bigger crowd when they see Cassie Reed and her best friend Maggie Ryan walking right to them.

"Samantha Walker... you still exist?" Cassie rudely spoke. Bitch. Sam thought to herself.

"It's Davis." Sam corrected her, while giving her a death stare. She forgot how much of a bitch Cassie Reed was. Maggie Ryan was just an idiot.

"What's Davis?" Maggie asked, looking around. Guess that's what those fruity little girl drinks will do to ya. Sam said to herself.

"My last name. It's not Walker anymore, It's Davis. How hard is that to figure out?" Sam snapped.

"Oh, yeah that's right. I heard that whore turned fashion designer adopted you. Do you feel special, princess?" Cassie said, taunting Sam even more. She launched towards her, but Jack pulled her back.

"Hey, maybe we should just get outta here, Sam." Jack suggested. He was only trying to look out for his friend, but I don't think it was working.

"No, I'm actually pretty good on staying here. You wanna talk more shit, Cassie?" Sam asked, daring Cassie to push her just a little bit closer to the edge.

"It's not my fault you don't have a real mommy and your daddy molested you... or wait, he wasn't even your real daddy was he?" Cassie yelled and everyone stopped and stared. Sam couldn't believe what Cassie had just said.

"What the fuck did you just say?" Sam said, pushing Cassie towards a crowd of people that gladly broke apart to make room for this fight that was about to start.

"Did I stutter? Didn't think so." Cassie said, pushing Sam back.

"YOU STUPID BITCH!" Sam yelled.

Sam launched her fist right into Cassie's nose. If it wasn't broken before, it is now. Cassie punched Sam in the right eye and mouth leaving her with a colorful eye and a busted lip. She pretty much almost ripped out all of Cassie's fake hair and then Jack decided to break up the fight and pull Sam off Cassie.

"Sam! Sam! Come on! Let's go! Stop It! Let's get out of here!" Jack yelled as he grabbed a hold of Sam and drug her away from the crowd.

Cassie was left on the ground, wiping the blood off her face. Sam was walking with Jack, wiping the blood off hers.

"Let's just go home, dude." Jack said to Sam.

"I can't. My mom is gonna see my face and she's gonna know that I got into some kind of trouble." Sam said, hoping that Brooke won't notice her face. Yeah, right.

"Well, Sam, you don't really have a choice. That black eye is gonna be pretty hard to hide and that lip of yours is huge. Look, just tell her the fight wasn't your fault. It's the truth anyways." Jack said, trying to help his best friend out in some way.

"Besides, you didn't break any of her rules. You didn't drink, you're gonna be home before 12am, and you didn't have sex with anyone." Jack said.

"Gross. Maybe you're right. I guess I'll just tell her the truth if she asks." Sam said.

Jack and Sam finally make it to Sam's driveway. It was only 10:30, so Brooke definitely wasn't expecting Sam to walk through the door.

"Hey Sam?" Jack called out.

"Yeah.." A busted up looking Sam responded.

"I'm sorry for what Cassie said. She's just a bitch. You didn't deserve that." Jack said.

Sam smiled and then spoke.

"Yeah... but she deserved what I gave her." They both laughed and said there good-byes and Sam walked up to the front door and entered into her home.

Brooke and Julian were making out on the couch when Brooke heard the door open, she looked up surprised to see Sam. Sam's reaction was a little delayed.

"Ummm.. I can... go?" Sam said. Brooke got off of Julian and walked towards Sam. Sam tried hiding her face, but it was no use.

"Sam. I didn't know you were gonna be here this..." Brooke was going to finish what she was saying until she saw Sam's face.

"...Sweetheart, what happened to your face?" Brooke asked putting her hand to Sam's face. This drew Julian's attention, so he got up to see if she was okay.

"Julian, really, I'm fine, you don't have to get up and see if I'm okay." Sam said, sounding just extremely annoyed. Julian stopped in his tracks and obeyed Sam's words and sat back down on the couch.

"Sam..." Brooke said, wanting Sam to tell her what happened.

"Cassie said some pretty messed up things to me and I just snapped. You should see her, though, bitch deserved it." Sam said, with a little smirk.

"Not funny. Sam, honey, you're eye... let's put some ice on it." Brooke said, pulling her into the kitchen.

"Let's clean your face up." Brooke said grabbing a wet towel.

"Really, I'm fine. I can clean myself up, I'm just gonna go to bed, thanks though." Sam said, grabbing the towel from Brooke's hands and taking it into the bathroom. Brooke just stood there in the kitchen as she watched Sam walk away. She went to go sit back down.

"She okay?" Julian asked.

"I don't know." Brooke said, rubbing her temples in annoyance and confusion.

"I should probably go, huh?" Julian asked.

"Uhh, yes. I think that would be a good idea, unless you wanna hear the wrath of Samantha." Brooke said, joking.

"Hmm... I'll be okay if I miss out on that. I'll see you later." Julian said, giving Brooke a kiss and walking out the door.

Once again, Brooke was left there, just standing, thinking, and confused.

Okay, I could not for the life of me throw in a good ending to this chapter. I don't even think the ending is mediocre. I'm just really tired these days that's why I haven't updated in awhile (not counting my beautiful days in California.) Oh and like I said, If you have any ideas to give feel free because this story is getting harder and harder to continue.

Thanks,

- Me.