Ok here is another update. Since its a three day weekend I was thinking of maybe putting two updates up but I am not promising you like this chapter!
A long week had passed waiting for the court date to approach. Sam was distant because she wasn't so sure about everything. Brooke and Julian had tried to get her to talk to them but it wasn't were just hoping that by Wednesday all Sam's worries were going to go away.
Brooke walked into Sam's room seeing if she was going to go up with them to the court house or not. Sam was lying on her stomach on her bed looking at the wall. "Sam, were leaving are you sure you don't want to come?"
Sam met Brooke's eyes, "No I'd rather just stay here."
Brooke could tell Sam was worried and upset. "Sam everthing is going to work out how we want it to ok. You don't have to worry about anything, except maybe for how we are going to celebrate when we win the case tonight." Sam couldn't help but smile, Brooke always knew what to say.
"Ok."
"Alright, were leaving. Be good, if you need anything call Hales since she's closer."
"Gotcha." Sam said sitting up in her bed. "Love you."
Brooke was walking towards the door but turned around. "Love you to sweetie. We'll be back and be ready to celebrate." With that Brooke turned around and followed Julian out of the house to the car. As soon as they left Sam put on her beat up converse and grabbed her phone and skateboard. She walked out the door and got on her skateboard, going in the direction of the courthouse.
"All stand." The baliff said as the judge walked in. After the judge was seated everyone sat down. "We are here today for the case of Brooke and Julian Baker versus Rebecca Walker for the custody of the minor Samantha Walker." Each sides lawyers nodded.
"Is the minor present?"
"No your honor." Julian and Brooke's lawyer told the judge. "Ok, lets start then."
"Ms. Walker I understand that your Samantha Walker's birth mother and you gave her up for adoption at birth is that correct?"
Brooke got this look on her face when the judge said mother, since Rebecca was nothing like a mother to Sam at all. Rebecca nodded. "Yes, thats correct."
The judge looked down at his papers and then to Brooke. "And Mrs. Baker I understand that Sam moved in with you last year for close to a year and then moved in with her birth mother is that correct."
Brooke was holding Julian's hand and he squeezed it, "Yes your honor." Brooke said.
"Alright, Ms. Walker what made Samantha leave your residence about a month ago."
Rebecca didn't know what to say. "I'm not sure exactly she just left one day."
Julian started to get mad when he heard what Rebecca had just said. Julian and Brooke's lawyer stood up. "Thats not why she left your honor." He said.
"Then why did she leave Mr. Hamilton. Their Lawyer motioned for one of them to stand up and tell the real story.
Brooke stood up and started to tell everything from not getting a word from Sam in months to that night when they found Sam.
"Did you file a report?" Julian sighed. "No we didn't your honor. Sam didn't want to."
"Well then we don't have proof that all of that really happened."
Brooke looked at Julian and then at Rebecca who had a smile on her face. "I'm going to have to think about this. 20 minute reccess." He said and stood up walking out of the room.
Rebecca was the first to go, she walked out of the courthouse and outside to go sit at a bench to smoke a cigarette. Brooke and Julian went out into the hall and sat on a bench talking quietly.
"I don't know Julian. It doesn't seem so good." She said with tears in her eyes. "Brooke everything will turn out how we want it I know it will." He said putting an arm around Brooke's shoulder pulling her close.
Outside Rebecca was making her way to a nearby bench when someone ran into her. "Watch it." She said harshly and then looked up to meet the person's eyes. "Oh its just you." She said looking at Sam. Rebecca kept walking and Sam picked up her skateboard following her. "What do you want?" Rebecca asked.
"I came to talk to you." Sam said standing infront of Rebecca. "About?"
Sam rolled her eyes. "Why do you even want me in the first place you don't act like it."
"Well things will be different once I win this case. I'm just stressed thats all."
"Yea sure." A minute went by with no one talking which felt like hours. "Why can't you just let me be happy?" Sam asked looking right into her eyes.
"Sam." Rebecca said annoyed but was cut off by Sam.
"No, you gave me away 15 years ago hoping that I would get a chance at having a family that loved me and would care for me more than you ever could then. It didn't happen then but its happening now. Why can't you just let me have that chance?" Sam asked looking at Rebecca waiting for an answer.
"But now I can give you that family."
"Don't you see that I'm happy with Brooke and Julian. You getting in the middle of all of it is ruining it."
Rebecca sighed knowing Sam was right. "Thats what you really want, to be with them?"
Sam smiled, "Yea its what I have always wanted for months now."
"Ok, if thats what you want thats what your going to get. Have a good life Sam." She said standing up and walking back into the courthouse. She walked past Brooke and Julian who were still sitting at the bench. She walked into the courthouse and into the Judge's chamber.
Brooke and Julian walked back inside the courtroom holding hands. "What's going on?" Julian asked the lawyer when he didn't see Rebecca.
"Not sure." Brooke and Julian nodded and sat down. Rebecca came back in and sat down. "All stand." The baliff said again and the judge entered and sat down followed by the others in the room.
"Ms. Walker has personally come forward to me and offically gave up her parental rights of the minor Samantha Walker."
Brooke and Julian smiled and squeezed each others hand.
"So, I now by grant Julian and Brooke Baker full and permamnent custody of Samantha Walker now Samantha Baker."
Both smiled again and hugged so happy that they got the family they wanted. "Case dismissed." The judge said walking out again. Rebecca left immediatly. Brooke and Julian hurried out the doors eager to get home to tell Sam the news.
While walking out the door they spotted Sam standing outside the doors. She ran and jumped into Julian's arms who picked her up slightly off her feet and spun her around. "Your know?"Brooke asked Sam when Julian set her down. "Lets just say Rebecca's decision came from a certain someone's intelligent mind."
"You got her into giving them up?" Julian asked. "Yea I just told her I wanted to be happy and she understood." Brooke smiled and hugged Sam.
"Well Samantha Baker why don't we go home and we can celebrate there with a movie night and all the junk food you can eat."
"That sounds great." Sam said walking inbetween her parents to the car. When they got home thats exactly what they did. Spending time as a family.
Ok, hope ya'll liked this chapter. I was going to make the adoption more difficult but just decided to go with it the way I did. Hope you liked it. Thanks for reading so far. Reviews!