Hey guys, so im back with the next chapter. I've written a few chapters so you I will hopefully update again tomorrow. Sorry i haven't update ive been busy getting things sorted for my holiday to America in three weeks.

Anyway here is the next chapter. Enjoy!

Getting off the plane in my home town felt amazing. Having Lucas beside me made it even better, but seeing my baby sister standing in the airport looking for me made it so much better. I didn't realise how much I missed her until I actually saw her check her watch with her phone clutched in her hand.

Ellison finally caught my gaze and a big smile formed on her lips. She then took off in a tin towards me. I let go off Lucas hand and caught her just as she collided with me. She wrapped her arms around me and I felt her sink into my body. She seemed more relaxed now. God how I've missed her.

"El I didn't expect you to be here" I say once she finally pulls away from me "how did you get here on Christmas night anyway?"

"Sean's brother brought me"

"Sean?" yeah she nods over to a guy standing behind her "my boyfriend. Brooke this is Sean, Sean this is my big sister I was telling you about"

"So the soccer player has a name now" I give him a smile "El this is Lucas, Luke this is my baby sister and her boyfriend Sean"

"Nice to meet you Ellison and you too Sean" Ellison gives Lucas a big smile then gives me a cheeky wink making me laugh.

"So we going to head out or spend all night in the airport?" I ask wrapping my arm around Ellison "I've missed you Kitten"

"As I have you Cookie" She snuggled into me for another hug "Tony had to go back to his girlfriend's so we'll get a cab okay" I nod and we all head out the airport to catch a taxi back to town.

The journey to town was Ellison asking Lucas questions about the past week back at his town with his family and then she asked me a bunch of questions while Sean and Lucas spoke about soccer and the fact Lucas was star basketball player back in high school before things went south after Bella cheated on him.

The taxi pulled up outside my childhood home and I paid the man giving him a little tip he thanked me and then we got out and grabbed dour bags from the booth. Ellison walked up to me and stood in front of me with a small smile on her face.

"You ready for this Brooke?" I took a deep breath and nodded. We were heading put tomorrow to Grandma's for Boxing Day dinner and staying there until Lucas and I catch our flight back to college. Ellison took my free hand and led me to the front door. I stopped for a moment and turned to Lucas.

"You ready for some extra craziness Luke?" he gives me a smile and walks towards me placing a soft kiss to my lips giving me his answer "and promise no matter what you hear over this week you'll let me explain and you won't judge"

"I promise butterfly. Now we should go inside and go see you Ma" I turn on my heels and follow El into the house.

Nothing had changed. It was the same old house that I grew up in and it still had the homely feeling and smell. It smelt like Christmas. The lights were dimmed giving the fresh feeling of home. Sean shut the door after himself and he joined El on the couch she sat on.

I watched as Lucas looked around at the pictures of me as a little girl and the family unit we were. I heard dishes clutter and feet moving around in the kitchen. It must be Ma, but before I could go and say hi she appeared in front of me.

"El baby is that you, I thought you and Dean were gonna get..." she stopped when she looked up and her eyes connected with mine. Her eyes filled with tears and a big smile formed on her face "oh my baby is home. Oh Brooke" she engulfed me in a big motherly hug that I've missed so much "I wasn't expecting you until tomorrow. I thought you was meeting us at Nana's"

"I changed my mind" I tell her "I did tell El to tell you"

Mom turned to Ellison who smiled sheepishly "surprise!" Mom rolled her eyes and engulfed me into another sweet hug. She smelt like heaven. I've missed this.

Once Mom pulled away I turned to Lucas and went to stand beside him "Mom this is Lucas my boyfriend" Mom smiled and stepped towards Lucas bringing him in for a hug too. He engulfed her and then they pulled away.

"So you're the reason why my baby is all happy and smiling and back on Facebook too Ellison tells me" Lucas looked to me and took my hand in his.

"If Brooke is happy then I'm happy and I'm glad I can make her happy" he kissed my cheek and I snuggle into him feeling him kiss the top of my head.

"Have you guys eaten?"

"Yeah Karen cooked dinner for us before we left" I answer sitting on the other couch across from Ellison and Sean pulling Lucas down with me "so how are things with you Mom?"

"Oh things are good. The shop is doing great and I'm thinking about opening another one down town and having Maddie run it for me"

"Auntie Maddie would love that. She'd have Chantelle working there every Saturday" Ellison days with a laugh "Chantelle being our cousin Lucas. She's the same age as Brooke and instead of going to college she thought she'd go new York to be an actress, but that failed and now she lives back here with her Mom and Aunt Maddie spends most of her time here" Lucas nodded understanding.

"No way I thought she was meant to be going Yale for business" I state shocked with how much I missed.

"She was meant to, but she got in with Chloe and her grades went down and she didn't get into college so she thought she had a back up plan and that failed too" Mom explained. Chloe was a life wrecker after all, I mean she turned my upside down "when you left for..." Mom looked to Lucas then to me "does he know?"

"Yeah he knows all about me going away before college" Mom nodded with relief then continued.

"When you left Chantelle swooped in and took your place in the crowd with Chloe and that horrid ex boyfriend of yours and Maddie was not happy, but Chantelle done whatever she wanted and now she lives at home and Auntie isn't happy"

"Well I think the shop idea is perfect Mom and you get to expand your business and you and Auntie are bestfriends after all"

"I'll talk to Sara and get the ball started" Mom stood to her feet "having you home Brooke makes me happy. Having my girls together again makes me happy" I give Mom a smile "I'm gonna go finish up in the kitchen. You kids talk among yourselves"

"So where's T at?" I ask confused "I thought she was spending it with us?"

"Yeah she did this morning, but Kyle came by and she's with him at his house until tomorrow then she'll come with us to Nana's house"

"Kyle?" I easier my eye brow kinda hating how much I was out the loop.

"My twin brother, not identical though" Sean says like that clears up everything, but he carries on when he sees the look on my face "Tegan is dating him"

"Since when has Tegan got a boyfriend El?" I ask turning my gaze to my sister.

"Since the beginning of school starting" Ellison answers "sorry we didn't tell you. It was new for her and she didn't want to jinx it"

"Anything else I should know El, you guys get a tattoo? A piercing? You or she pregnant? Married?" I stand to my feet and grab hold of my suitcase "come Luke let's go to my room"

"Brooke it really isn't that big of a deal" Ellison says standing to her feet to go follow me.

I swing around and stop in front of her "I thought we told each other everything has that much changed since I left?" El looked away from me and fiddled with her sister bracelet on her wrist. Yeah it was a family trait when you feel uncomfortable or nervous "you know what don't worry about it. I'll just... We'll just see you in the morning. Night" I turn back around and head towards my room feeling Lucas following me.

I shouldn't be so mad at her or Tegan for not saying anything to me, but for some reason I couldn't help it. I was mad, just like when I got mad at Lucas for not telling me about Dan or Keith. I had to let it go again and I will, in the morning.

"You okay butterfly?" Lucas asks once we were in my old room with the door shut.

I slump on my bed and let out aloud sigh shaking my head. Lucas Sat down beside me "it's just... I didn't realise how much I'm missing or have already missed. I mean I get that their lives don't stop just because I'm not here, but I just though... I don't know. I just thought everything was still the same with El and Tegan and I just found out it isn't. Everything is different now"

"That doesn't mean Ellison and Tegan don't still love you a Brooke because I'm sure they do. It's just... High school is still new to them and they're growing up that's all" Lucas says wrapping his arms around my waist bringing me closer to him "Lily changed so much when I went away, she started talking more and she became funnier and more carefree and it hurt me so much that I missed out so much on her growing up, but baby we have to deal with the consequence of our actions. It was my fault that I screwed up"

I look to him and he kissed my nose "I don't know what I'd do without you Luke" I wrap my arms around him and snuggle into him feeling safe being in his arms "thank you for being here with me"

After a long time of us just being in silence. A comfortable silence. I could feel Lucas fidget next to me "Brooke..."

"Hmm?"

"I love you" I pull away from him and look up at him smiling down at me. He placed a soft kiss to my lips.

"I love you too Luke" I reply before snuggling back into him.

Maybe this visit is going to be good. I just have to control my emotions and not over react for no reason.

Step one apologise to Ellison tomorrow.

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