A/N: I know some of my readers were a little upset about the last chapter and I apologize. I had actually planned it that way for a really long time and I wasn't going to change my mind. However, things won't stay bad for the Scott family. I can assure you of that. I would have had this chapter up last week, but I decided to wait because I've had finals to study for, but now I am completely done with finals and I have the next month or so off from school so I'll have more time to write. I hope you guys can figure out what is going on near the end of the chapter.


Chapter Twenty-Eight: Expect the Impossible

The Scott household should have been filled with joy and the cries of a newborn baby. Instead it was filled with silence. A silence so deafening it was like no one lived there, but three people did.

"Brooke, are you going to come out of there?" Lucas asks his wife softly. It had been a week since the news that they weren't getting the baby after all and it was also a week since Sam had left and everyone was on edge, especially around Brooke.

Brooke turns over in Sam's bed and looked at her husband with sadness.

"It's empty. This room is just empty."

"I know it's empty, pretty girl, but you can't keep doing this. Just be happy that we still have Jamie."

"Way to be heartless Lucas Scott."

"That's not fair. I miss Sam just as much as you do. I am trying to find a way to bring her back and short of beating the crap out of Julian, I haven't come up with a lot of ideas. Besides I've been busy cleaning the nursery out," Lucas says solemnly.

Brooke gets tears in her eyes.

"It's not fair."

"Life never is," Lucas mutters as he walks away leaving Brooke to stew in her emotions.

-Whatever it Takes-

"After everything, you are still going to leave?" Brooke asks hurt.

Sam turns and looks at her mother.

"I have no choice. I'm sorry that you didn't get the baby, but I don't want you to lose us too. You wouldn't survive it and I don't see Julian letting up anytime soon. Just take care of my brother."

Brooke shakes her head and grabs the bags out of Sam's hands.

"I'm not letting you go. I love you, my sweet girl, and I don't want you to go. You're grounded!"

Sam gives Brooke a small smirk.

"I'm a rebel. Grounding doesn't work. I'm just going to do what I want."

"Do you want to go?" Brooke asks unsure if she wants to know the answer.

After a moment of silence, Sam speaks up, barely a whisper.

"No," Sam looks into Brooke's eyes. "But I need to save this family."

"It's not a child's job to take care of their family."

"I can try."

-Whatever it Takes-

"Sam, are you going to come and eat?" Julian asks from the table.

On the couch, Sam rolls her eyes. Julian had asked the same question everyday for a week and Sam's response was always the same.

"Not hungry."

Truth was that she was, but she didn't want to be living here. She wanted to be living at home. She wanted to eat her mom's slightly burnt pancakes and fight over the fact that she can't have coffee. She missed her family. Julian was a stranger to her and he will forever stay a stronger.

"You have to eat something."

"No, I don't," Sam says before getting up from the couch and heading towards the front door.

"Where are you going?"

"Out!" Sam shouted before walking out the front door. She didn't want to be there anymore. She needed to get away.

Julian sighs as he pushes his plate of food away. He knew having Sam staying with him was going to be an extremely hard thing to do and for the last week, they have only said a few words together.

-Whatever it Takes-

"Long time no see," Jack says with a grin as he takes in his friend. He hadn't spoken to her or has really seen her for a few weeks.

"Yeah, you can stop that now," Sam says with a small grin. "I've been busy."

Jack nods his head.

"Alright, so what exactly do you want to be doing?"

Sam shrugs her shoulders.

"I haven't thought that far ahead."

"We can just walk around. Seems to me that you need to clear your head, everyone needs to do that once in awhile."

"What I should do is go home, but that's not going to happen. I've just got to figure out how to make staying at Julian's more enjoyable."

Jack quirked his eyebrow as he stuffs his hands into his jean pockets.

"How exactly are you going to do that?"

"I think it's about time I start to party."

-Whatever it Takes-

"What's on your mind Jimmy Jam?"

Jamie looks at his dad and shrugs his shoulders. It had been one week since he had uttered a single word and no one seemed to notice. He knew his parents were having problems, but he figured at least one of them would notice. Sam would've.

"I know things have been a little difficult lately Jamie, but I'm trying to make things better for this family. I'm trying to find a way to get Sam back to the house without a chance of losing both of you and I'm helping your mom with the fact that she lost a baby. I don't know how to help you though. Do you need help?"

Jamie shakes his head as he stares out the car window. Lucas and Jamie were on their way home from doing a little shopping because everyone neglected to get food at the store until today.

Lucas sighs and looks away from his son. He wanted everything to go back to normal, but Lucas also knew that, that was never, ever, going to happen.

-Whatever it Takes-

Brooke finally had the energy to get out of Sam's bed. She was hungry and she was thirsty and she needed food. Brooke walked into the kitchen and into the refrigerator and she spotted left over chocolate cake. She definitely needed cake. Brooke pulls it out of the fridge and grabs a fork.

Brooke continued to eat in silence. She hated that she was alone and she hated that Sam was not at home. She hated that she doesn't have the baby that she was promised. She hated everything about the last week.

A ringing phone brings Brooke out of her musings. Brooke sighs and grabs the phone before answering.

"Brooke Scott…yes doctor, I remember…is there anything wrong?"

Brooke continued to listen to what the doctor was saying and in the mean time she needed to sit down because what the doctor was saying was impossible.

"There is no way that can happen. Everyone said that it was impossible. I can't."

"Mrs. Scott, I assure you that the results are correct. There was no mistake in our testing."

"Um, okay," Brooke responds surprised. "Bye."

Brooke hangs up the phone and leans back in her chair.

"Oh my god!"