Chapter 29
There may be more flashbacks then present but it's all for a reason. ENJOY!
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Present
"I have nothing to do with this" Serena told Jenny and Blair again for the thousanth time while leaning on the counter in Jenny's kitchen.
"I know, I know" Jenny laughed as she wrote Julia's name on her model list.
"I'm the little sister I'll take the blame if he finds out" she continued writing on her clipboard.
"He better not find out! remember when you and I took her to that pageant?"Blair laughed making Serena bite her lip anxiously hoping they wouldn't be repeating the events of that night. Serena's worried face looked at Blair's for reassurance.
"that was right after I married Derek right?" Jenny asked disgusted, knowing her marriage never lasted.
"yeah just after, and Dan was so mad...but..." her frown turned into a goofy smile "she won!" They all giggled together recalling. "I can't believe we did that, we were terrible stage moms" Blair added remembering how they spent that afternoon, putting lipstick on six yearold Julia and telling her to smile.
"No we weren't...it was a one time thing, she loved it, sometimes I catch her inspecting her crown" Serena smiled.
"Yeah and it can't be worse then when she was...what?...two? and I pierced her ears?" Jenny said. Blair instantly began to giggle.
"18 months, she was 18 months old" Serena corrected, somewhat knowing why Dan had been angry even though the small diamond studs looked adorable on her.
"I'm so glad that was not me" Blair sighed.
"Dan was so mad at you" Serena told Jenny.
"He got over it" Jenny smirked still looking through her clipboard. "and he'll get over this"
"No, he'll have nothing to get over, he'll never even know" Blair corrected with her usual charms, eyes piercing Jenny's.
"Alright, ok, he wont find out" she looked up at Serena. "hey I thought you we're bringing Sassy over...I have her dress" Jenny referred to Brooke as she held up a yellow strapless.
"I couldn't bring her she's not feeling too well. Just bring it over Friday. I have to go meet my mom" she headed towards the elevator. I'll see you ladies Friday afternoon at my place..." she pivoted back towards them with a smile. "I mean...I dont know anything about Friday..." she rolled her eyes and finally made her way out of Jenny's penthouse.
Flashback
"Just hold on…sit here and behave." Serena scolded Brooke who was running around in the dress shop.
"Mommy, I'm soooo bored" she threw her head back dramatically as she spun her little flowing skirt.
"Is she ever a little princess." a woman commented on Brooke who was being extremely expressive about being bored.
"She's a drama queen." Serena corrected with a sigh. She then looked back at Julia who stood straight up on a pedestal. A seamstress worked on the bottom hem of her flower girl dress for Jenny's wedding. As young girls Brooke and Julia were night and day. Julia was the calm and confident one, she never made a fuss, she was an "angel" just as everyone who met her had commented since the day she was born, Allison mentioned that Dan was a very good baby just like Julia. Serena however was not, she was just like Brooke when she was a baby, colicy and loud, hardly ever letting her parents get a full night of sleep.
"Do you mind me asking when you're due?" a woman asked seeing Serena's tiny bump.
"Oh..." she looked down not thinking it was that visable just yet.
"March" she said.
"Third girl" she smiled wary of what was to come.
"Mommy, can I try on my dress?" Brooke tugged at Serena's skirt.
"You are going to have your hands full" The woman stated, Serena smiled knowingly.
'Well, we're getting a nanny" Serena took Brooke's hands off her and held them.
"Oh" the woman pulled a piece of paper out of her purse and wrote Lucy and a number. "she used to be my nanny a few years back, she's great"
"Oh thank you but I have a whole list of women to interview tomorrow, I 'm actually trying out a girl tonight"
"She's really great with kids, just hold on to it in case." Serena nodded before looking down at Brooke who was trying to get her attention.
"What?" she said exhausted.
"Umm..." she thought for a moment.
"Sweetie, go sit down" Serena said with another sigh.
"Mummy!" Brooke yelled. Serena ignored her letting the seamstress know that Jenny wanted the hem lower than what she was pining. The dress was designed by Jenny but this time she wasnt doing any of the work.
"MOM!" Brooke cried for attention.
"You have to be patient, go sit down" Serena told her while pointing to the chairs. Brooke climbed up on the chairs in the corner and watched her mom and sister. It was only ten am and her perfect french braid was already falling out of her hair. Sitting patiently, a woman with huge hair and a southern accent walked up to her and asked what her name was. For being as outspoken and vocal as Brooke was, she was a extremely shy little girl when she was by herself. If her mom or dad had been with her, she would have told them her life story. Instead, Brooke ignored the woman and looked away nervously. The woman smiled and moved on to Julia, who nearly made her shriek with excitement.
"Is this your daughter?" the woman with the southern accent asked Serena.
"Yeah" she smiled proudly knowing how beautiful she looked in her dress.
"My gosh...You should put her in pageants" the accent was so thick Serena made that amused sound of hers.
"Oh…her father would shoot me, he wouldn't approve of a pageant...plus she already does modeling, dancing, and gymnastics" Serena explained to the woman that Julia had a lot on her plate.
"Well it's too bad, cause she would win" she made a whispering voice.
"What's your name sweetheart?"
"Julia" she said without hesitation. The woman smiled brightly and took her hand in hers.
"You're stunning, how old are you?"
"Six!" she smiled brightly.
"she looks just like you!" Serena smiled as the woman handed her, her business card.
Paula Norman -Pageant Coach. Serena looked at it and laughed a little.
"Is this little shy thing, yours aswell" Paula pointed at Brooke.
"she's mine" Serena nodded and Paula took hold of her arm.
"adorable" she whispered. "When she's a little older you call me" she said refering to the pageants.
"Bye gorgeous" she said before exiting, she waved at Brooke who was still sitting in her chair.
"Can I take this off now mommy?" Julia asked Serena.
"Of course sweetheart," Serena leaned in a gave her a kiss on the cheek as she pulled her off the pedestal. "You are so pretty"
Brooke sat in a chair kicking her feet, waiting for it to be her turn.
Dan walked In with a tray of coffee to see Brooke sitting on a chair flicking her lip with her index finger trying to make funny noises. "Boo!" he scared her and she jumped a little in her chair.
"DADDY!" Brooke screamed at the sight of him. He put the tray down and quickly scooped her up with one arm.
"Hi, Sass." one of her many nicknames.
"You scared me" she made a dramtic face that she was known for.
"What you doing over here?" he asked seeing she was far away from Serena.
"I'm getting yelled at." she let him know right away, her eyes widening.
"Why?, were you not listening?" he asked seriously.
"Mommy's mad at me." she whispered.
"Why?" Dan asked her casually while taking a sip of his coffee.
"Cause I'm not pretty like Julia" Dan was silenced he didn't know what to say to her.
"...Yes you are" he smiled up at her. "You are the two most beautiful girls in the world" she smiled at him happy with that answer.
"Alright, here" Serena walked up and kissed Dan quickly handing him his suit. Dan put Brooke down and took Serena to the side to tell her what she just told him.
"Why would she say that?" he asked Serena sternly.
"I..I dont know" she said sadly and looked at Brooke who was sitting on the chair patiently again with a small Starbucks cup in her hand. Serena walked over to her immediately.
"It's your turn now" Serena smiled and scooped Brooke up and giving her a little kiss on the cheek.
Brooke smiled excitedly and Dan noticed Serena close her eyes tightly.
"You okay?"
"Yeah,…just…yeah I'm fine" she answered. Dan took Brooke from her.
"She just kicked that's all, I wasn't expecting it" she held her stomach for a few seconds then looked up at him.
"Go..go try on your suit, we dont have very long, I have so much to do...it's unbelievable" she sighed pushing past him. "We are going to be late for your thing, I really dont even feel like going anymore...then Jenny's wedding tomorrow...oh and the girls need new passport photos taken" she put her hand on her forehead.
"I promised Grace i would have tea with her at some point this week, I have another fitting for that stupid..." Dan tried to stop her by moving himself into her.
"hey" he began but Serena continued. "charity event...I dont have any time" she sighed again.
"Hey!" he got her to look at him. "Calm down okay" he put his hand on her side and ran his thumb up and down her bump.
Serena finally looked at him and frowned, she realized what was she was doing.
"Just give me a list i'll do it all" he smiled.
"...Ok...first thing on my list is for you to try on your suit please" she smiled.
"Okay" he said before a woman led him into a change room.
"Are you alright miss?" another store clerk walked up to Serena and asked. Serena was breathing in and out slowly.
"Fine" she smiled.
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"Mummy, why do you have to leave me" she said so pathetic and upset that Serena couldn't ignore it.
"Because Daddy is making me" she bent down to her level and sighed showing that she really didn't want to go.
"Why can't I go too?" she whined carrying her blanket behind her, a stuffed puppy under one arm.
"because it wont be any fun for you" she promised her. "It's going to be adults talking about business" she scrunched up her nose.
"Ohh" she said sadly.
"what did we talk about?" Serena smiled at her adoringly.
"Being good" she said sadly.
Dan gave Becky the once over in the foyer.
"So, this is a state of the art alarm system" Dan ran his hand under the small box attached to the wall.
"You shouldnt have to worry about anything but if it does go off just..." he showed her which buttons to press and Serena watched with a smile as Becky held on to his every word, making sure she was getting it all. "if you leave it for any longer than three minutes he police will show up" he laughed. "so try to avoid that"
"Dont under any circumstances let anyone through the gate"
"Oh dont worry Serena went over that with me during the interview"
"Okay, it's just really important that you dont" he stressed.
"I wont, promise" she said as Serena walked in from the kitchen and inspected her appearance in the large mirror.
"That dress is really pretty" Becky commented, watching Serena fidget with it.
"Even with my belly?" Serena asked confused at how she looked at all attractive, Just then Becky realized Serena did infact have a bump, something she was never informed with.
"Especially. A pregnant belly is the best accessory" she smiled weakly.
"I'm in that stage where it's hard to tell if it's a baby or just fat" she giggled looking in a mirror and smoothing her dress over it.
"It's definately a baby" Becky made her smile slightly.
"That's what I've been telling her" Dan smirked, Serena ignored him and went back to Becky telling her about bed times and such, it had been a long time since they had to explain such procedures to a babysitter, Sherry had been perfect until she was finishing up her last year in university and quit and Rufus and Lily knew it all by heart.
"and...if Brooke wont go to sleep tell her she can sleep in our room, she has this issue with her room, and some kind of seperation anxiety that were trying to deal with"
"she'll probably get a little antsy just before bed, i'll call at 8 to talk to her" Becky nodded.
"Have a good night" Dan said as they both exited down the slate steps.
Becky went straight to her cellphone to text, then made a few phone calls on their landline.
"I guess it's okay, i'm going to get paid really well...you should see this place"
"no they're really young"
"get this..she's pregnant!, I know, they didn't tell me there would be three!" she said unimpressed. "I saw the bump and I was like shit!"
"yeah i guess i'll ask for a raise once that one arrives"
"BECKY!' Brooke called for her.
"hold on one sec" Becky lowered her cell. "What?" she turned to Brooke.
"Wanna come play with me?" she asked looking up at her.
"I'm on the phone" Becky pointed to it and Brooke ran back into the livingroom, she knew phone calls were always important, and never interupted when her parents were on the phone.
Becky opened drawers and fingered through them.
"The mom has like a millon rules...the dad?"
"he's actually kinda hot" Brooke stomped in again. 'Yeah, I know right?"
"Becky can you please come play with me..i'm boooored"
"No, i'm still on the phone Julie" she turned away.
"JULIE?" Brooke smushed her face up confused before running back to find her sister.
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When Dan and Serena opened the door they noticed all the lights were still on, they could hear the Tv.
"I think they're still awake..." Serena looked at Dan not at all pleased.
"Hi mommy" Brooke smiled as Serena came around the corner. She was fully dressed and lounging on the couch. Serena picked up a glass that had spilled over in the course of the night and sat it right side up. In doing so she noticed the tv show that was on commercial had just started back up.
"...and she's watching COPS!?" Serena looked at Dan shocked. she turned off the tv in hurry before noticing Julia who was sound asleep on the couch.
Dan picked Julia up off the couch and hung her over his shoulder. "you, follow me" he pointed to Brooke and she did as told. Holding on to the railing she climbed each step right behind him, eventually getting on all fours and climbing up them like an animal.
Serena walked around the lower level of their home with her arms crossed. When she noticed the patio light was on the opened the backdoor to find Becky walking around still on her phone a cigarette in hand and about three butts lying on the perfect poured concrete just in front of the large hole in the ground that was waiting to become a pool.
"Becky? Serena said startling her, she looked like a deer in the headlights.
"I didnt know you'd be home so early"
"It's midnight" she answered.
"Oh..." she just stood there.
"I'm sorry i was going to pick these up and the girls fell asleep on the couch so I just left them" she said trying to justify them not being in bed.
"That's fine, no just leave them" Serena said as Becky tried to pick up her butts.
'I'm really sorry"
"It's okay" Serena said as calmly as possible letting her back in the house. "do you smoke?" was question Serena asked Becky during her interview, Becky had lied and said never. What else had she lied about?
"You ready?" Dan walked up to Becky.
"Umm yeah" she smiled slightly at Serena somewhat ashamed.
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"Did you have fun with Becky?" Serena asked Brooke as she pulled the covers up.
"She was just sooo busy and important" Brooke yawned.
"What do you mean?" Serena fluffed up her pillow.
"she likes to talk on the phone alot alot alot mommy"
"she didnt play with you?" Brooke shook her head back and fourth, she'd have to ask Julia in the morning to confirm.
'who was she talking to?"Brooke shrugged.
"Well,... what did she say?" Serena asked curious while running her hand over Brooke's shiny hair.
"she said shit" she blurted out.
"OOOH, ok let's never say that again okay?" Serena looked at her shocked.
"why?" she whispered feeling like she did something wrong.
'because that was a swear word" Serena told her with her eyes widening just to make sure she knew it wasnt acceptable.
"Oooo, It was an assident" she looked up at her mom hoping she was being sent to 'time out'. God knows she was sent for saying much tamer words such as 'Stupid' if she was referring to her sister. Dan never sent her, which frustrated Serena to no end.
"That's okay it was an accident... what else did she say?" Serena was very curious as to the other swear words Becky may have used in her daughters presence.
"she said daddy was hot" Brooke looked confused.
"...she said what!?" Serena chuckled."what do you think 'hot' means?"
"umm...I..think..." she thought for a moment. "stolen" Brooke answered looking at her mom's face. Serena laughed hysterically.
"no more Cops for you" Just then they both heard the front door open and close.
"Shh, pretend you're sleeping" Serena pulled the covers up over her head. "shh-shh" Serena tickled her under the covers.
"oh he's coming up the stairs" she whispered.
Dan walked in and Serena asked how the drive home was.
"fine" he sat down with her and pulled the covers down to see Brooke's little face pretending she was sound asleep. Dan began to tickle her and watch her face squirm and smile slightly still pretending she was asleep. She opened her eyes and Dan shook his head at her.
"Daddy, was sllllleeeping" she said.
"Ya right!" he tickled her some more.
"how much did you give her?" Serena asked referring to Becky.
"two hundred" he yawned. Serena made a face.
"what?, you dont think that's enough?"
"no i think you gave her two hundred bucks too much, she didn't do anything! and she thinks you're...stolen" Serena made a face and smiled at Brooke.
"umm, that means?" he asked completley and utterly confused.
"that means...bye Becky"
"That's what I thought" Dan leaned over and kissed Brooke.
"Goodnight baby" they both hugged her one last time before the waterworks began. Neither had the energy to deal with it.
"Okay, okay, let's go" Dan lifted her up and walked her across the hall as Serena shut Brooke's door closed behind her.
"Alright, go get comfy" he set her down on their enormous bed and she situated herself under the covers right in the middle and wiped the remaining tears off her face. Dan walked into the bathroom where Serena was washing her face.
"So, in the event of miracle that Brooke eventually sleeps in her own room, we're going to have brand new baby and she's going to sleep in the same room as us until she's a couple months old...so i guess we're never going to have sex ever again?' she whispered with a smirk.
"well it all depends if you can keep your mouth shut" he whispered back leaning in to give her a peck.
"you like it better when my mouth is open" she said seductively. Dan laughed.
"our anniversary is in two weeks, we'll go somewhere special" he whispered before they both got in to bed with Brooke wedged betwen them.
"You better not wake up a six in the morning" he told Brooke who usually woke the whole house up on days when they could sleep in. Brooke giggled.
"Night mommy" she turned and kissed Serena.
'Night Daddy"
"Can you say goodnight to Hannah?" Dan tried.
'ahh..ok, night" she said quickly with a weak attempt at hugging her belly.
Serena propped her head up, looking over Brooke, so she could see Dan.
"Goodnight sweetie" she leaned over.
"Goodnight, love you" Dan pressed his lips on hers.
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Okay Chapter 29..whoa i can't believe i've written so many chapters, thanks for all the reviews that allow it to continue. I dont really like this chapter at all mainly because I needed to cut it down so much that I'm going to put it in it's own chapter. Sorry if it was horrible lol
There is more to come, i'm not sure when i'll end it, but I kind of have a small idea how i'll end it.
-Faryn Queens xoxo
