CHAPTER NOTES:
with a bit of Peyton, and her worries involve Lucas with Brooke's problem.. does that make sense? Well just read, and we get to see more of Lucas perspective in the next chapter, this time it was Brulian Nathan, of the same issues, next chapter it will be Leyton Haley involving the sme issues. Just read and Let me know! i'm trying to find out how many reader i have..
Chapter 25. You Can't drink all day if you don't start in the morning.
It was Friday afternoon and Brooke had just returned home with Davis and Lizzie, from Haley's. They had discussed their weeks over a glass of wine, but when the bell had rang and Chris was there. Brooke had made her way home. She still couldn't stand Chris, and therefore stayed away from him, for Haley. The idea, better not speak to him at all then fight with him. (or sleep, Haley wouldn't be the only one not appreciating that.)
Julian was making dinner while she cleaned up the kids for dinner. When both Lizzie and Davis were cleaned up and ready for dinner, Brooke flopped on the couch and sighed. "though day?" Julian asked from the kitchen. She groaned and replied. "Yes.. and on top of that, I ran into Chris Keller."
Julian chuckled and Brooke's aversion to Chris, he'd met him and he'd thought of him a nice guy.
They had dinner and after dinner they washed up the kids and putted them to bed. Davis was a little fuzzy sleeper lately and Brooke was worried. She sworn he was losing too much weight too, but Julian had told her that he was probably picking up on her stress, and that when things settled down he would be fine. Lucas had told her the same. Still she was worried.
She cuddled up with Julian on the couch and laid her head on his chest. "I love you." She sighed an turned on the TV. Julian smiled "I Love you too." And pressed a kiss on top of her head. After about an hour Brooke said: "Maybe we should just take him to the doctor..."
"Brooke he's fine.. don't worry." Julian said and pressed another kiss to her head. "but... maybe it's not he should just.. just check." Julian sighed and hugged her tightly. "Okay, we'll take him to the doctor tomorrow." Brooke lifted her head and looked up at him. "thank you" she laid her head down and watched the rest on the show.
The next morning Brooke and Julian walked into the doctor's office the next morning. While the doctor examined the boy, Brooke watched worried, and Julian rubbed her upper arm reassuring. The doctor seemed worried, as he kept testing more and more things, at each test the frown got deeper. Brooke eyed Julian worried. The doctor wrote down several notes. And then said: "You can dress the boy, he did very well."
Davis hadn't said anything. Brooke pulled his t-shirt over his head, and Davis reached restless up to Brooke. She took him in her arms and on her lap as she sat down opposite of the doctor, who had sat down behind his desk. "and?"Brooke asked worried. Julian rubbed her arm. The doctor, Dr. McCarty, sighed and said: "it's not good I'm afraid." A short but firm knock on the door made Brooke jump. The door opened and Lucas came in. "I'm Lucas Scott, Davis' father." He shook hand with the doctor. He nodded, and introduced himself, then continued with what he was going to say.
"Like I said; I'm afraid, it's not good. I'll have to do some other tests, but I'm afraid Davis has Leukaemia. Brooke gasped and turned her eyes to her son in her lap. It was Lucas who picked up on the questions. "What does that mean?" The doctor bent over his desk and leaned on her arms.:
"There are two sorts of Leukaemia. Chronic and Acute, We'll have to do further tests, but it seems like Davis has the acute form. The acute leukemia is characterized by the rapid increase of immature blood cells. This crowding makes the bone marrow unable to produce healthy blood cells. Immediate treatment is required in due to the rapid progression and accumulation of the malignant cells, which then spill over into the bloodstream and spread to other organs of the body. Acute forms of leukemia are the most common forms of leukemia in children. This is a reference.."He wrote a note and handed it to Lucas.
"If you go the reception, they give you the rest of the needed information. Davis will have to be hospitalized immediately." Brooke felt the tears roll over her cheeks.
As they left the doctor's office, Lucas took Davis from her arms and Julian pulled Brooke in his arms. She cried. Lucas nodded toward the reception as her eyed Julian. Julian nodded in agreement, Lucas went to the reception to proceed the hospitalization, while Julian tried his hardest to comfort Brooke.
Nathan stepped out of his car as he had pulled up to his old house in Tree Hill, Haley's house, 5 minutes ago, he had been collecting the courage to go in. Now he finally pulled it together, walked to the front door and turned the handle. It was rarely locked, Haley appreciated the presence of others since he'd left, so the door was always open. Nathan decided he'd just walk in, he needed to have a good talk with Haley and it was still his house, legally that is. He entered the kitchen and no one was there, but he heard voices, Haley's voice and Jamie's voice, in the living room, so he proceeded.
"Ieeuw!" He heard Jamie, yell. Nathan frowned, but entered the living room.
On the floor, Haley was kissing with some fair-haired guy, Jamie was jumping on the couch. She was kissing...., some guy. So that had she meant with moving on. Haley pulled away, grinned and pulled Jamie down on the couch by his leg. "down boy." The guy, laughed and the sound of his voice mad the hairs in his neck stand straight up. Chris Keller? She was making out with Chris Keller, while his son was in the same room
Jamie rolled his eyes, and apparently caught a glimpse of Nathan. "Daddy!" he jumped up and greeted him, whole-heartedly. Haley on the other hand had nearly a heart attack. "Geez! What are you doing here?" She asked, more shocked than angry, she didn't mean to sound angry at all, she was just taken off guard. "You don't live here anymore, just knock the next time." She stood up, and collected Jamie from his arms. "I got your letter..." He eyed Chris, doubtfully.
Haley felt tears sting in her eyes, she gulped. "Okay, Just let me grab a pen." She putted Jamie to the ground. She walked to the coffee table, to get a pen, Chris took her hand and said; "Hey, Hales, It's okay... letting go remember." Haley nodded This made him even angrier, he hadn't come here with the divorce papers, he regretted leaving his family for Lea. Haley returned with a pen, "where to sign?" She asked. He took a deep breath, and the chickened out. "Uhh, I.." He patted his pockets. "I think I've forgot to take them.. sorry." He couldn't tell her. She's picked up on her life, he had no right to intrude. "Oh, well."She opened her mouth to say something, but didn't. "You mind if I take Jamie for a few hours... I've missed him so much." Haley smiled "Of course, he missed you too." Nathan smiled grateful. "Thanks.. Come on James..." He took the boy by his hand and left. When the door closed behind them Nathan said: "So tell, little man, What's with your mom and Chris." Jamie kinked an eyebrow. "You know Chris?" he asked. Nathan chuckled. "More than I want to."
"How come?" he asked. "Your mom went on tour with him, your mom left me to go on tour with him, luckily she came back." He strapped Jamie in his seatbelt. "But, what with them now?" He knew he shouldn't be asking his son this, but he needed to know. "They are singing together and since yesterday they are all smooch-y, it's really bad, but momma seems happy." Jamie claimed. Nathan sighed. Too late "You want to know a secret little man?" He said engaging a serious father son conversation with a six year old. "Yes?" Jamie asked curious. "I really miss you and your mom, and I want you both back. I guess Chris beat me to it." Jamie didn't reply. He pondered over his father's words a little. "Come on lets go to the river court." Nathan said.
Brooke came home that afternoon, her eyes red swollen, her hair a mess. "You should take a shower Brooke." Julian said. Lucas had promised to stay with Davis, till she was ready to go back. For now she had to take some distance. Brooke nodded and walked absently minded into her bathroom, an closed the door. Julian sighed, Davis meant everything to her, he had been her everything, for a long time and losing him, was for her like losing her husband after 50 years of marriage. A rapid knock on the door, made him snapped out of his thoughts. He went to open the door, found Peyton on the door step. "Hey, Lucas called me. How is she?" she said walking in with Lizzie in her arms.
Julian sighed. "She's devastated." He replied, taking the baby girl from her. "Try not to be too strong over it Julian." Peyton stated. "I know you're just as devastated as Brooke, and that you're trying to keep in together for her, but he's going to blame you for not caring. I know Brooke." Julian simply nodded.
"why aren't you with Lucas, I'm sure he could use some comforting?" He changed the subject. Davis was like a son to him, and it was killing him just as much as it was killing Brooke, and he was indeed trying not to break down for Brooke's sake.
"He didn't want me to. He deals with grief, differently.... Alone." Peyton swallowed hard. I was killing her that Lucas would push her away at times like these. She loved the little boy just as much. She was his aunt, and friend and spent many hours with him in the past. Julian poured her a glass of wine, and took one himself too. "You should go to him though. He'd appreciate it, eventually. He's going through a tough time too."
"You think?" Peyton ran her hand through her hair, she looked tired and worried. Later Julian went up stair to put Lizzie down, when he came down, Brooke still wasn't out of the bathroom. Peyton got up as she saw him eying the bathroom door. "I should go home and tell Haley, she'd want to know." She said, and grabbed her purse. "Call me if you need anything, same thing goes for Brooke of course" Julian nodded. "I will."
Nathan had delivered Jamie back at the house and had gone back to Charlotte. He slammed the front door of his city centre apartment shut and groaned frustrated. He grabbed a glass and the bottle of whisky off the cabinet, to pour himself a drink. He flopped into the sofa and down the drink in one gulp. He let himself admit that he missed Haley. He made a mistake and he was too late to turn in back. Eventually he had given Chris Keller again a chance of having her. He took a refill and flopped yet again on the sofa. He turned on a random game, and let the noise drown out pain he felt.
after his fifth glass of whisky he passed out on the sofa, with Haley's first CD playing in his CD player, the repeat function activated.
When he woke up that morning, she heard Haley's voice whisper in his ear. For one moment it felt like waking up in their bed next to her. He slowly opened his eyes, expecting / hoping to see Haley, smile at him. But as he opened his eyes, he was the ceiling of his living room, and noticed he fell asleep on the sofa.
Julian opened the bedroom door in the morning. She had refused to open the door last night, and all through the night. She'd locked herself in. Now she had finally unlocked the door, he found her with a bottle of some sweet alcoholic substance, in her hand. "Brooke." He said, worried and pained. It was as plain to see she was working through the pain. "He's still here. He's not going to die. He's just sick, but were going to find a donor of bone marrow. He will be fine." He pulled her in his arms. "Lizzie and Davis need you both, Brooke. You can do this." She looked up into his eyes. "I'm a lousy mother, they should stay away from me." She sulked. Julian pulled her up from the floor. "I love you, your kids love you. You've provided them the best life possible, and now you just need to be strong to keep them protected. He needs you."
"So you keep saying." She mumbled. Julian sighed and slapped her across her face. Her head snapped up, and looked at him with shocked eyes. "Take a shower, get dressed and go the that hospital, you son needs you." He said, then pressed a kiss to her lips and walked out of the bedroom.
Brooke swallowed and got up from the floor, leaving the bottle on the floor. Brooke entered the bathroom, and turned on the hot water in the shower. Momentarily she stared in the mirror. She looked a mess, if Davis wouldn't make it.... she couldn't think of what it would be like. So she decided not to. She stepped into the shower, and let the warm water roll over her shoulders. Closing her eyes she ran her hands through her hair.
Nathan took another drink when he finished his shower, and flopped on the sofa. Turning on the stereo, Haley's voice filled the room, as well as regret. He downed his drink and stood up as he heard a knock on the door. He shuffled to the door. He pulled his door opened; "What?" He snapped. Lea was on the other side. "Have you been drinking?"she asked, not so much concerned as well annoyed.
"No, of course not." He rolled his eyes. "What are you doing here?"
Lea strode pas him into the apartment. "I came to how you were, I'm your girlfriend remember." Nathan's head snapped up. "No, I don't remember, only thing I recall is breaking up with you." She face went smooth and sympathetic. "You called me last night, saying you made a mistake, telling me you wanted me back. So even though you're were an enormous jerk the last time we talked, here I am."
Nathan went to pour himself another drink. "Whatever Lea, I suppose I made a mistake last night, i don't want you back. It's just Haley has a boyfriend." He told her and down the drink. Lea sighed and cocked her head to the side. "I'm sorry Nate." She frowned and placed her hand on his face. "She moved on. Like you wanted. You should let her sign the papers Nathan. Like you wanted her to." Nathan pulled her hand away. "I want her back, I made a mistake." He opened a drawer in a cabinet, and pulled out the divorce papers. "I'll take them to her, she has a right to be free."Lea said but Nathan tore the papers apart and threw them in the trash can, beside the cabinet. "Nathan!" Lea sighed.
"Can't be married to someone, when you're divorced." He sighed. Lea was stunned.
END OF CHAPTER NOTES : So, that was it. I'm really ponder with the idea of breaking up Brulian again, to make them instresting to write about, but the best way to do that is to make him cheat, and eveything considering that was just lame, so either they had a car crash, which would not have bn a bad thing, but the hurt the childeren and you'l hurt Brooke thing seemd a better way to do so...
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