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Chapter 26
The pillow landed on Nolan with a thud.
"Ow!"
"Get up." Brooke said from the doorway.
Nolan squirmed around and buried her head under her comforter.
"Uhhh just go away."
"Get up!"
This time Nolan turned over quickly at those words because they came angrily from her father as he marched up to her bed.
"Hi dad..." she said cowardly.
"How are you feeling this fine morning?"
"Like ass..." Nolan admitted.
"Well I hope you remember this feeling cause it will never happen again while you're under my roof."
"That doesn't even make sense" Nolan muttered.
"I'm talking now. You listen."
"Okay... sorry."
I don't appreciate what Brooke told me about what happened with you here last night... well - this morning."
"What do you want me to say?"
"Don't say anything. Just get it through your thick Baker head right now that we won't tolerate it and that you don't have to act out or do stupid crap to get our attention."
"I'm not acting out! I'm having fun with my friends!"
"Well it's not something I approve of. There are other ways to have fun."
"I don't care if you approve!"
"Nolan.. don't you see how dangerous sneaking out and drinking is! Nevermind fooling around with a strange drunk boy... You could have been arrested or been in a car accident or been dead in a ditch somewhere or-..." Julian stopped ubruptly.
"...or kidnapped and raped..." Nolan finished for him.
"Exactly." Like Jordan.
There was an awkward silence for a little bit while Julian racked his brains for where to take this conversation. Brooke stood silently, never moving fron the doorway.
"I get it, okay." Nolan started. "I know how stupid you think I'm being but I could really care less. I had more fun last night then I had in a long time. When I'm with my friends, I get to forget the crap going on and I get to be a normal teenager. One without a missing-and-found-again little sister whose family story is plastered on the news everyday. So I don't care if you approve or not."
"Well then... Don't expect to leave this house until you do care." Julian stormed out. Leaving Nolan and Brooke alone.
"I know you don't mean those things you said. You're Dad's really upset you know. He's worried about you..." Brooke said as she walked towards Nolan's bed.
Nolan didn't say anything. Brooke sat down as Nolan shifted away from her a tiny bit.
"When I was your age, I would do anything to get my parents to notice me. But they never did. My heart ached and I cried myself to sleep so many nights, trying to find...just racking my brain to try and find some way to be worthy of their love and attention. But one day I realized that it didn't matter what they thought of me. It was most important that I loved and cared about myself. And I found your dad and you and I made my own family. And your dad noticed me; you noticed me."
"Why are you telling me this?"
"Because I want you to know that I've been there. But I will never allow you to feel this way past today. I don't want you to have to do things to get me to notice you in a negative way. I ALWAYS notice you, Nolan. I appreciate you and notice you and love you with all my heart. And you never have to doubt that."
"Just stop, okay." Nolan wiped tears out of her eyes.
"I'm not gunna stop. Not until you believe me, honey. Not until you realize how sorry I am that I made you feel this way and not until you realize how worthy you are."
Nolan finally looked up into Brooke's eyes.
"You are so worthy, baby. Worthy of my love, my attention, my frustration, and everything else you deserve."
Nolan tried to smile through her tears but it didn't work out so well. Instead Brooke lunged towards her, taking her daughter into her arms. And Nolan hugged her back.
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Brooke left Nolan to shower and change for the day and went to find her seething husband.
"Julian?" Brooke called out to him as she put on a jacket and stepped out onto the back porch. Julian was pacing around the backyard like a crazy lunatic fool. "What are you doing? Come back inside, it's raining!"
Julian picked up a stick and chucked it as far as he could, either ignoring Brooke or not hearing her.
"Julian Ryan Baker! So help me God, if you make me come out there!" Brooke tried not to smile as she scolded Julian.
Julian turned to her, but he wasn't smiling. Brooke motioned to him with her hands to come to the back deck. Julian just looked up directly into the raindrops as they pelted his face and soaked his clothes.
"I'm fine. Go back inside" He said.
Brooke sighed. Then she marched out into the rain. She made her way up to him and grabbed his left wrist with both hands. His eyes met hers and she saw how red he was. He was either extremely pissed, upset, or just cold. She assumed all three were true.
"Come inside, please. You're gunna get sick out here with no coat and short sleeves" she told him.
"Did you hear the way she talked to me, Brooke? Like I havent spent the last fifteen years doing every single thing for her! I gave up my teen years- - I grew up so fast because I knew I had to step up and be a good father. And she acts like I'm not important at all."
"Julian..."
"She just throws it back in my face and talks to me like that! I have never been so angry at her in all her life. Actually I've never EVER been this angry, really."
"Okay. You need to calm down. Take a breathe. And PLEASE for the love of God, get in the house."
"I'll be okay. I just need to cool off. I'll be in soon."
"No. You're coming in with me right now. I'm freezing and soaked and I'm the one with the jacket... you're gunna get pneumonia, Julian."
He shook his head.
"I can't look at her. Not yet."
"Well she's in the shower, which is exactly where you'll be when you get the hell inside..." Brooke pulled his arm as she took steps toward the house. He unwillingly followed.
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"Hi Mumma. Hi Daddy. Why are you wet?" Sienna chirped and raised her eyebrow like Brooke always did, as she sat at the island on a high chair. Sienna and Jeremy sat at the counter waiting for breafast while Bentley, Tristan, and Jordan sat on the couch watching TV.
"We just went outside for a second. Don't worry."
"Well that was silly cause it's raining!"
"I know, sweetie. How about I fix you guys breakfast while Daddy takes a shower."
"Pancakes?" Jeremy asked happily.
"If that's what you want."
"With chocolatey chips!" Sienna raised her arms.
"Yeah!" The boys agreed. And Jordan nodded too.
"Okay then... Go." She told Julian. "Get out of those wet clothes and take a long shower. You'll feel better."
Julian grunted and walked to their master bathroom.
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Brooke left the kids to eat their breakfast, being sure to put enough aside for Nolan and Julian when they came downstairs. Brooke went to find Julian.
She couldn't hide her huge smile as she slipped into the master bathroom while Julian was in the shower..
She could see the siloette of his naked, perfect form through the glass door, as the steem rose to the vent in the ceiling.
She put her hand over her heart. She loved that no matter what, her heart always beat faster when she saw him. Especiallly naked.
Brooke slipped out of her own clothes silently and opened the shower door when he wasn't looking. She wrapped her arms around his waist.
He immediately moaned loudly. "I've been hoping this would happen..."
Brooke laughed as he turned to face her. He pulled her into the shower more so she was standing under the flow of warm water. His hands rested lightly at her hips and she stood on her tip-toes to kiss the nape of his neck.
"Do you feel calmer now?" SHe whispered.
"My heart is never calm when I see my breath-taking wife."
Brooke threw her arms around his neck. She was so so happy to know that he felt the same was she did when they saw each other.
"...especially when she's naked!" he added a minute later.
Brooke leaned back so she could see his face.
"There's that grin. I missed it."
"I do feel better. I know she's just going through that teenage stuff. And, although it doesnt excuse the tone in her words, she does have a legitimate point."
"I talked to her... I think we're on the same page now. Hopefully."
Julian nodded.
"Let's not talk about that anymore. Let's just..." He finished the thought with only a grin. She knew exactly what he wanted. And she wanted it too.
Their lips attached each other as they stepped in rhythm out of the stream of water. Julian picked his wife up and she wrapped her legs around his waist. He turned the unit and Brooke's back made contact with the tile.
Brooke's head arched back and hit the tille when Julian began to suck on her collarbone. Brooke felt her arousal grow quickly and she wanted him so badly.
"Now Julian...now" she breathed out, knowing she wouldn't be able to control herself for much longer. She didn't want to scream out involuntarily, she couldn't risk them being too loud and have the kids hear them. That would be awkward.
Julian lifted his head from her neck and looked down. His hands moved from holding her ass and slid to the inside of her thighs. Brooke balanced herself between the tile and her husband. Her hands held her body up by holding his sculted shoulders firmly. Julian messaged Brooke's sensitive spot, arousing his wife quickly. His strong fingers ently separated her folds and then thrust two fingers inside her. Brooke bit her lip quickly to keep from moaning. Her head tilted forward and hit his chest; her nails dug into his skin. He moved them in and out for a minute before one of her hands moved to his shaft, rubbing it up and down. Julian got the message from her touch and positioned her over his manhood. He entered her slowly as their eyes locked.
He mouthed "I love you" and she smiled. She attacked his mouth with hers, slipping her tongue in and around.
Their hips rocked in sinc and they rode their climax out together. He released within her and their bodies relaxed into each other as well. Brooke's legs slipped down and touched the floor again. She wasn't eye to eye with him anymore. Julian's hands were in her hair and they wrapped around her body, encompassing her in a big hug.
"I think this is my favorite shower ever..." she stated. And he laughed as he hugged her tighter and kissed her forehead.
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"Hey Mom! Eliot's on the phone!"
Brooke was getting dressed and drying her hair when Jordan came into her bathroom and handed her the phone.
"Hello?"
"Brooke?" Eliot sounded distressed.
"Honey, what's wrong?"
"Can you come get me. I can't stay here anymore."
"What are you talking about?"
Eliot cried into the phone before explaining herself.
"Christian and I had a huge fight this morning and he left. I don't want to be here when he comes back."
"Okay sweetie... I'll be right there."
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Brooke pulled up the the apartment building to see Eliot standing out by the curb with a small douflebag. It was still raining and she had her hood on. She got in the car as soon as Brooke stopped.
"Why are you stainging out in the rain? You're gunna get sick and that's not good for you or the baby..." Brooke reprimanded.
Hadn't she just said a similar thing to Julian? Why did the baker siblings insist on doing dumb things and risking illness?...
"Just drive." Eliot said quickly.
"Where are we going?"
"Anywhere but here."
Brooke sighed and pulled out onto the main road. They drove for a bit. Eliot didn't notice when they went past the street to get home because she had her head down.
It wasn't until Brooke put the car in park that Eliot looked up. Brooke noticed her tear-stained face.
"What happened, El?"
Eliot shook her head. "I couldn't even tell you."
"Why did Christian leave?"
"Because I was screaming at him to..."
Brooke gave a small chuckle. "Okay..." She wanted a little more. "Come on, El. I can maybe help you here. I know a bit about working through a relationship with pregnancy horomones."
"We were arguing about how our schedule's going to work after the baby's born and we both said things..."
"What did he say that got you so angry?"
"He was just going on and on about how much everything cost and I said something insulting and he snapped. He was screaming about how this was all my fault and that he would never have gone that far if he knew what was coming..."
"Wow. That was a jerky thing to say..."
"It's more than that, but yeah. Then I started screaming and crying and he tried to apologize but I told him to leave. Then I screamed it at him. And eventually he did."
"How do you feel about that?" Brooke played therepist.
"I'm scared... I didnt really want him to leave. But it was kind of a test to see if he would stand by me no matter what happened or I said or did, and he failed..." Eli cried.
"Honey... you told him to leave. He was probably trying to respect your wished when he saw how upset you were."
"I know but im just so scared that he's gunna leave when they baby comes."
"Christian's a good guy, El. He's given you no reason so far to believe he'd abandon you or his child."
"I know."
"I know what he said what hurtful but he is just as stressed as you are. I'm sure you two will be fine."
"Thank you Brooke."
"Do you still wanna go to my house? Or do you want me to take you back to your apartment?"
"Can I stay in your guestroom tonight? I just wanna cool off and I'm pretty sure I'd be afraid to be alone in the apartment."
"Okay..."
The rain finally stopped. Brooke pulled the car up to her house and smiled at the sight he saw. Eliot looked up and smiled too.
Christian's car was in the driveway and he was sitting on the steps in front of the house. He stood up when saw the girls approaching him. Brooke excused herself and left the the two lovebirds alone.
Eliot approached him slowly and he hugged her tightly. Eliot cried when he repeated over and over again how sorry he was.
"Please don't ever leave me again..." Eliot whispered.
"I promise I won't. I promise. I'm so sorry, babe."
"I can't do this by myself. Our child needs two parents."
"He will. She will. Whatever... Our baby will. I'm not going anywhere!"
"Thank god."
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When Brooke went inside she saw Bentley and Jeremy playing a Wii game while Sienna watched, waiting patiently for a turn.
"Hey boys, where's your Dad?
"Talking to Nolan..." Jeremy replied, not taking his eyes off the TV screen for a second.
"And where are Jordan and Tristan?"
"They took Sunny outside."
"Brooke walked out to the porch and saw Tristan walkign the dog on a leash around the yard. Tristan was yelling things and acting silly, making Jordan laugh as she sat on the stairs. Although she was laughing, her eyes still looked sad. Jordan had made great strides over the last few months, but she still had her moments. Brooke walked outside and sat down next to Jordan. Tristan let the leash go and Sunny ran over to Brooke.
"Hey buddy! Yes, yes. I see you. Yes, you're a good boy!" She gushed over the adorable pup.
When Sunny became uninterested in the new person outside, he wandered away from Brooke, sniffing the ground as he walked around the yard.
"What's up, babe. You seem sad."
"Gloomy and rainy days always make me sad." Jordan said simply.
"I get that way too sometimes. Are you sure that's all?"
Jordan sighed. "I heard what Nolan said. I didn't realize how much everyone else hurt too. I feel selfish now for thinking that they didn't go through this with me."
"Oh honey. Nolan would feel so bad if she knew you heard her. She was just angry and was feeling a little neglected. She didn't mean that she's mad at YOU. You went throught something traumatic, honey. She knows that and she realizes how much support and time you need. She's just mad at me and your dad for not handling everything the way we should have. It has nothing to do with you."
"Okay..."
"So can I see a smile, please?"
Jordan flashed a half fake/half real smile that Brooke could only describe as a perfect Julian grin. Somehow biology and genetics didn't matter. She still had his grin.
"Thank you... You know you can tell me anything, right?"
"Yes, Mom. You tell me everyday."
"Just checking."
Brooke watched Jordan's expression as Jordan looked out at the backyard again. Her sarcastic smile turned foul really quickly. Her hands reached behind her for the step and she pushed herself up.
"Tristan!"
Brooke looked over to see Tristan lying flat on his back with his arms out flat on the grass. The dog was standing over Tirstan and licked his hand.
"Oh My God!"
Jordan just stood there frozen over her brother. Brooke knelt down beside him. Tristan was coughing and wheezing, struggling to breathe normally.
"Tristan, what happened?"
Tristan gasped for a breathe but he couldn't.
"Jordan, go get Dad and call 911!" Brooke said as she placed her hand under her son's head.
Jordan ran into the house.
"Maaa..." Tristan mumbled. His eyes were so afraid. Brooke rubbed his chest.
"Can you take a deep breathe, T?"
He shook his head weakly.
"What happened, Tirstan?"
Tristan's head turned to the side and Brooke saw the swelling on his neck.
"Beeee..." Tristan breathed out.
Julian ran outside with the cordless phone.
"They're on the way."
"It's okay, baby. Help is coming."
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