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"Oh god, are you okay?" he asked as they were lost in each other's eyes "Are you hurt?" he said caressing her cheek as it snapped her out of her trance
"Damn it" she cursed as she noticed her IPHONE a few feet away totally cracked
"Wow, Bdavis is so going to love this-" chuckle the curly blonde snapping the photo with her phone as she and Haley stood there amused. The pair quickly scrambled up to their feet as they brushed themselves off "Sent" she grinned as the red head glared at her
"I'm so sor-" he said turning to face her
"DON'T!" she snap cutting him off "DON'T you dare apologize!" He put his hand up taken back from her outburst "I'm so tired of hearing those stupid, stupid damn words!" she hissed as she angrily picked up her broken phone "GOD! Haven't you ever heard of paying attention to where you're going?!" she barked as she examined her phone
"Me?!" he scoffed incredulously as Peyton and Haley glanced from one to the other. "You were the one who was screaming at your phone obviously not paying attention to your surroundings!" he yelled back
"Uh guys" shouted Haley as people were now starting to stare at them
"Well if you had just opened up your damn eyes, you would have dodged me!" she bit back as she tried to turn her phone off and on but it was no use.
"How could I, when you acted like you owned the damn side walk; thank god you weren't driving!" he shouted as she turned around and glowered at him.
"YEAH lucky I wasn't; you'd be road kill right now" She sneered as the girl's mouth dropped open "You are so going to buy me my new phone" she shouted snatching the curly blonde's phone
"I'm not buying you a new anything seeing that it takes two to tango sweetheart" she shook her head furiously as she punched in a very familiar number
"Hello"
"Millie its' Rach; I need a new phone STAT!"
"Seriously?" she laughed "It's been like what; a month in half? You're worst then Brooke" the red head rolled her eyes "What happened?"
"Some jackass" she turned around and glared at him as he clenched his jaw irritated "Ran into me"
"You do know that since we can't buy insurance on IPhone's, we're going to have to buy it at full cost again?"
"Yeah, yeah I know" she hissed "I promise I'll be more careful the next time. Get me one of those skin protectors or whatever you call them"
"Do you two uh know each other?" asked Peyton confused to their bantering.
"NO!" they shouted in unison as they stormed off in different directions "You think they can rush that order?"
"I'll see what I can do"
"Thanks I'll see you in a few"
"Okay, what was that all about?" asked Haley as Peyton shrugged
"I don't know but we're so going to find out" she replied as they scurried on after the feisty red head
…
Okay so as soon as these are done, I'll give you a call"
"Sounds great"
"Do you know about how long we should expect these to take?" asked the blonde
"About 2 ½ weeks"
"That long?" asked Brooke as Lucas gave a fussy Kaliegh her binkie before handing over his credit card
"I'm afraid so. These are pretty big sizes you ordered but I could always-"
"No, no that's okay; I was just wondering" she replied smiling taking Kaliegh from her husband "We're in no rush- isn't that right baby girl?" she cooed as Kaliegh grasped her finger "Grandma Karen and Grandpa Keith are so gonna love these pictures, aren't they- yes they are" They then thanked the photographer before leaving
"So where too now pretty girl?"
"Well how about since you were such an amazing husband today you go spend some time with the guys down at the river court or better yet have a guys' night out?"
"Baby I already told you that today's-"
"Yes-I know, I know your girl's day out; and I love you for it Broody, I do-" she replied cutting him off "But you haven't seen the guys nor have you been to practice for the past couple of days" she said sliding into the car as Lucas buckled their baby girl in
"Brooke-"
"Yes I know you got it cleared with your coach and the guys are okay with it; but we both know that they've been calling and texting you non stop and I refuse, refuse to be that controlling B-I-T-C-H-Y evil wife who won't let her husband out with his boys because you have the need to protect us 24/7"
"Pretty girl" he sighed
"Baby everything's fine now okay? Skillz is getting Bevin the help she needs and we did say we'd try to move past that incident. We can't always think, believe or assume that someone's going to try and take Kaliegh from us otherwise we'd go completely nuts from paranoia. I will not allow us to live our lives in fear Luke. What happened was unfortunate but we have to move past it, we just do" he sighed knowing she was right "We'll just have to be more alert and cautious when it comes to allowing people we know and don't know around Kaliegh okay?" He glanced from his wife to his daughter, then his daughter back to his wife "Luke" she said caressing his cheek knowing he was very hesitate over the whole idea. "Where's your head baby?"
"Okay, okay you're right; I'm sorry. It's just that after the whole incident I can't stop thinking about how I could have lost you both" he sighed as she nodded trying her best to block out everything that happened that night "I should have seen the signs"
"We both should have and once we did realize it, it was already too late" he frowned "But the good thing is that we're both fine so please, please stop beating yourself up for it okay? I love you broody" he smiled as he leaned in and brushed his lips against hers.
"I love you too" he replied as he kissed her once more before sliding in behind the wheel. Just then her phone went off signaling she had a text message
"OMG" she shrieked "That w-h-o-r-e!" he looked over at her confused "Rachel" he nodding
…
"Spill" they said in unison
"There's nothing to spill"
"Like hell there's not Rach! You guys pretty much bit each others heads off out there. You can't tell us you two don't know each other"
"We don't-" she shrugged as if it was nothing
"Okay we get that you're bitchy as it is" the red head rolled her eyes at the curly blonde "But that was supposedly" she said using air quotation marks "a complete stranger and even then you're normally not that cruel towards someone you don't know; so once again spill"
"Like I said" she replied annoyed "There's nothing to spill. He just happened to be there at the wrong time so he got the wrath of Rachel Gatina; he broke my phone for crying out loud"
"Okay, if that was the case- why not make him buy you a new one; better yet why didn't you get his info so you could send him a bill?" asked Haley not entirely convinced either
"Because he was right" she sighed sipping on her coffee "I wasn't paying attention either so technically it wasn't his entire fault"
"Rach" they said beyond frustrated "What's going on with you? You've been acting strange"
"Strange? How?"
"Well let see. How about by not picking up or returning our calls"
"Or meeting us for breakfast, lunch or dinner"
"Missing a few get together which is so not like you by the way" said Peyton as the red head rolled her eyes
"Look guys" she sighed "You've been busy and I've been busy"
"We don't buy it"
"Okay look; we were TWO complete strangers obviously neither of us was having a good day-bumped into each other, my phone went flying which then resulted in it breaking and got him bitched at because of it. There's nothing more to it so please, please stop reading too much into it" Just then Peyton's phone went off
"You're lucky I've got to get back to the studio-"
"Thank god" she exclaimed out loud in her head. She knew it was wrong to think like that but she couldn't help it. It wasn't like she hated talking and opening up to her best friends but she just didn't want to talk about it.
And I have to pick up Jamie" added Haley as she glanced down at her watch "Otherwise we'd totally beat the info out of you" Rachel chuckled as she crossed her arms at her chest
"Brooke's on her way" said Peyton reading her text message out loud as the red head sighed "This conversation is far from over Rach. Maybe BDavis could get some info out of you" she waved them off already irritated thinking about the brunette's visit since she out of the three was the hardest to get ride of
"Just great"
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"Hi sweetie" smiled Karen as the bubbly brunette walked into the café
"Hi mom" she replied embracing her in a hug as she put Kaliegh's car seat down on the table
"And how's my beautiful baby girl doing" she cooed smothering her granddaughter with kisses "Where's Luke?" she asked as her eyes glanced towards the door "I would have thought he'd be here taking that you two are usually joined at the hip"
"Normally that is true" she laughed "but I actually just dropped him off at the river court before I headed over" she replied going behind the counter as she grabbed a water bottle. "He needed some necessary quality bonding time with the guys"
"Ah so I take it, he's driving you crazy huh?" they chuckled
"No, no" she laughed shaking her head "He's been great like always, but I think after the whole incident he just feels he needs to protect us let alone be with us 24/7" Karen smiled
"Well that's my son for you, the worry wart. It's only because he loves you two so much sweetheart; you mean the world to him" Brooke smiled "God I'm afraid to see how he's going to react when boys start coming around you princess. If he's anything like Grandpa Keith you're in trouble"
"But Lils is only 5-"
"Exactly"
"Oh boy, are we in trouble Kalie" they broke out into a fit of giggles "Where is grandpa Keith and Auntie Lils?" she asked looking around as father and daughter were no where in sight
"Oh they're down at the park. Lily just learned how to ride her bike so now she thinks she's miss independent"
"Oh I remember those days" smiled the brunette
"Well your neck sure looks a lot better sweet heart" said Karen as she walked over and examined her daughter in laws cleared up skin
"Yeah thank god" she scoffed "I can finally put away those darn turtlenecks and scarves. Now I can actually enjoy the summer just like everyone else" Karen laughed
"How are you guys doing by the way?"
"We're good" she replied "But ask me again when they come home" she sighed as Karen squeezed her hand "We're taking it one day at a time, slowly trying to move on. We both agreed that we need to be more alert, cautious not to mention on our toes now"
"That's a great idea honey"
"Yeah well, Lucas seems to be having a harder time letting go and I know it's because he feels guilty let alone responsible for not seeing the signs sooner but like I told him then and earlier-I didn't see them either. No one did, but when Rachel practically screamed them at me it was already too late. I just don't want us to live in fear thinking, or believing that someone's going to try to take Kalie away from us; I mean we'd go nuts from paranoia"
"I think you're doing the right thing sweetheart. Moving on and letting go is the key to healing; and I know it's easier said then done but in time you both will heal and I hope she does too for her sake as well as Skillz"
"I hope so too. My heart goes out for them"
"You sure are amazing you know that Brooke" said Karen as they locked eyes "I mean Bevin strangles you, tries to claim your daughter as her own and here you are thinking and worrying about her. You sure do have a selfless heart of gold sweetheart" Brooke smiled as tears welded up in her eyes
"Mom stop you're going to make me cry"
"I'm sorry honey but it's true and I'm thankful that my son found someone so remarkable, loving and caring like you" she said as Brooke pulled her into a hug
"Mom" she whined as they both wiped away their tears
"Okay enough of that. Sit, sit-tell me how did it go today at the studio?"
"Oh it went great; she was perfect-not a peep isn't that right peanut" she cooed as Kaliegh kept her gaze on her mother sucking away on her binkie. "The photographer even asked if he could hang up a family portrait of us in his studio"
"Awww that's wonderful; sounds like the pictures came out great then"
"They sure did" she replied as customers started coming in "Well we'll get out of your way. Looks like you're getting busy"
"Why don't you kids come over for dinner tonight around 7? I know Keith and Lily would love to see you guys and I haven't had much time with Kaliegh yet"
"Okay sounds good" smiled Brooke as she buckled her daughter in "We'll see you tonight"
…
"Hi you've reached Brooke Davis-Scott" he rolled his eyes "Sorry I missed your call but I'm either with a client or on another call; so please leave me your name, and number and I'll return your call shortly. If it's a true fashion emergency you can call Rachel Gatina my CEO at-"
"Damn it" he sneered as her ears perked up.
"What the hell is he doing here?" she sighed immediately rushing out of the bathroom to see him toss his phone onto the couch as it bounced off and landed on the floor "Awww is your precious Brookie once again ignoring your calls" she snickered as he rolled his eyes
"I'm not in the mood for your bitching so put a sock in it" he sneered as she glowered at him
"Why are you here!" she hissed not wanting the company
"I heard thanks to you Bevin completely lost her mind" Lindsey sighed
"I never meant for that to happen. Yes okay I admit I don't like the brunette but I never wanted Bevin to choke the life out-"
"What are you rambling about?" he asked confused cutting her off
"Bevin straggling Brooke" his mouth dropped open as his eyes grew wide
"WHAT" he exclaimed bewildered
"Wait, what I thought you knew?"
"Obviously NOT" he barked "What the hell really happened?" he snapped as a beeping went off "What's that?" he asked as he turned towards the sound
"Uh it's nothing" she muttered as he took a step closer towards the bathroom "Anyways what were we talking about; oh yes- Bevin thought the child was hers and when Brooke wouldn't give up her daughter; Bevin choked her"
"WHAT?! TELL ME SHE'S OKAY LINDSEY!" he shouted furious as he shook her by the shoulders "HOW IS SHE?"
"She's f-fine" scoffed the blondish brunette as she pushed him off of her "Just a few scratches here and there, but she'll live"
"Thank god" replied the brunette as he let out that breath he was holding. Just then another set up beeps went off again as she glanced towards the door then back over to him
"What is that?" he asked confused "Sounds like a-"
"It's uh nothing" she replied stopping him from following the beeping sound "Look I uh have a client meeting me at the office in about 20 minutes so I think you should uh go so I could get ready"
"Yeah sure okay" he replied mystified to her weird behavior
"Phew" she exhaled once she heard the door close
...
"I have to say it's strange not having Skillz around" sigh the blonde
"I hear you" replied Nathan "Practice has been extremely quiet not to mention being here at the river court isn't the same without the two of you around"
"Have any of you guys heard from him?" asked Jake as the Scott brother's shook their heads no
"Well just that one time when he called to tell me they were going to NY" the guys nodded "He also said that he'd call once they decide to head back"
"Well that's good. At least that will give you guys some time to prepare yourselves"
"Yeah exactly"
"How's Davis anyways? We haven't seen you guys in awhile"
"You know, surprisingly she's actually doing well" The guys were beyond surprised
"Really?"
"Yeah I mean after everything's that's happened, she's kept her spirits high, a smile on her face and she never once lost her bubbly self. She's totally rubbing off on Kaleigh"
"Well that's great" Lucas nodded
"Yeah she pretty much told me I had to come out and spend some necessary quality bonding time with you guys" they chuckled
"In other words you're driving her crazy right"
"Pretty much" they laughed as Nathan threw Jake the ball
"You know I think it's time we all went out and let loose like we use too" said the brunette as he held the ball under his arm against his hip "I mean every since the incident" he said using air quotes "Everyone's life has been turned upside down not to mention everyone's been brooding too much" Lucas playfully rolled his eyes at his brother's choice of words
"Yeah I second that; Nate's right" said Jake as he wrestled the ball away from the brunette "I also think we should add that everyone's been so wrapped up in their own lives that it's almost like they forgot about their family and friends too"
"Well then it's settled" said Nathan "We'll all go out this weekend. We could leave the kids with the grandparents"
"I don't know guys"
"What?" they exclaimed in unison
"It's just I don't know how Brooke will feel about leaving Kalie"
"It's not like you're leaving her with strangers or a babysitter big bro. You're leaving her with your parents for crying out loud. You know how much they love that little girl; they wouldn't let anything happened to her"
"Nate's right; and you did say that you guys wanted to move on with your lives so why not start this weekend" Lucas sighed knowing they were right
"I'll talk to Brooke"
"Great; now lets start a real game" said Nathan once Fergie, and Junk walked over
…
"Great customer service Rach; now I see why all our customers are down at Melanie's boutique instead of here" she joked as Rachel rolled her eyes
"Well if you spent more time at work acting like a real boss not to mention focusing on new sketches and designs we'd still have customers" she retorted as Brooke's mouth dropped open in disbelief
"Wow, nice... Victoria" she hissed as Rachel crossed her arms at her chest sending the brunette an angry glare "Oh yeah I went there!"
"That's low even for you Davis!" she sneered knowing the brunette wasn't backing down either "Well at least this Victoria" she cringed to the thought of being compared to that old hag of a witch "Gives a damn about your multi-million dollar company where as you-"
"I'd bite my tongue if I were you; especially if you want a signed paycheck and a secured job just like everyone else" she barked cutting the red head off as they both kept their angry fiery fixed stare on each other. Rachel sighed throwing her hands up frustrated "Clearly you're totally PMSing or upset about something so here's the deal" she said as they once again locked eyes "We're going to forget that this little harsh exchange of words- bantering between us ever happened and you're going to tell me why a B-I-T-C-H is being Rachel"
"You do know she's only a little over 2 months old right; she doesn't understand anything we're saying let alone spelling-" Brooke rolled her eyes
"That maybe true, but I will not have anyone swearing in front of my peanut so if you must- suck it up and spell it out loud!" Rachel once again did an eye roll as she scurried over towards them
"Hand her over or I will hurt you S-L-U-T" Brooke happily obliged knowing that her daughter will change the feisty red head's mood once she's placed into her awaiting arms "Hi princess" she cooed walking over towards the couch as she planted herself comfortably "I've missed you baby girl" Brooke smiled at the interaction between the two. She knew Rachel was going to be a great god mother let alone a mother to her own children
"So spill" she ordered as she walked behind the counter grabbing a few work binders "Who's the good looking brunette you're nose to nose with and what's got your panties all up in a bunch?"
Silence filled the room as the red head pretended her annoying bubbly best friend wasn't in the room
"There's no point in ignoring me; I'm just going to get 5x more annoying if you don't talk" she replied looking up as Rachel glanced over "And you know I always get my way, so out with it already" Rachel rolled her eyes as she turned her attention back to a mellow carefree Kaliegh who grasped her finger
"God don't remind me" she whined as Brooke chuckled "There's nothing to spill"
"The H-E-L-L there's not" she hissed "We just had a conversation about Hot Uncle Cooper a couple of weeks ago" Rachel closed her eyes at the mention of her boyfriend's name "And then I get this picture of you all wrapped up in some guy's embrace not to mention you've been extra B-I-T-C-H-Y; what's going on?"
"Like what I told goldilocks and Hales earlier" she groaned "He just happened to be there at the wrong time so he got the wraths of Rachel Gatina. He broke my phone for crying out loud"
"Don't give me that BS" she replied as the red head tore her eyes away "By the looks of this picture" she said holding it up "there's obviously more to it. Now spill or so help me god"
Silence
"Rach-"
"His name is Julian Baker" she murmured
"What?" asked Brooke as the red head shot her daggers "Julian Baker got it-" she replied pretending to zip her lip as Rachel rolled her eyes doing her best to hold back a laugh.
"He's a 25 year old movie producer who happened to be in town on business" Brooke raised her perfectly arched eyebrows as she listened on "I met him a few days ago down at TRIC after another wonderful fight with Cooper"
"Why didn't you call me, Peyt or even Hales?" she asked clearly upset "We would have been there in a heart beat"
"I know" she sigh "I-I just needed to clear my head; besides you guys have families now-"
"Which you're a major part of; see I knew you shouldn't have moved out yet"
"Brooke"
"Sorry, go on"
"Well after our heated fight over the fact that once again he wasn't going to make it home to see me, I ended up at TRIC"
"Oh god please don't tell me-"
"NO!" she replied shaking her head "That's so high school Brooke. We're adults now"
"Regardless if that is true or not, it still happens" the red head nodded "Why do you think celebrities break up and make up so much"
"Brooke"
"It's totally gross how everyone's linked up somehow you know" she rambled getting off the subject as Rachel groaned giving Kaliegh her attention "Take-"
"BROOKE! Do you want to know what happened or not?"
"Right, sorry" she chuckled
"One more interruption I'm kicking you out"
"Sorry" she mumbled
"I was sitting at the bar venting to Deb about her infamous ass of a brother until she got really busy. That's when Julian showed up. Clearly we were both having a crappy day taking that we were taking shot after shot of patron. He introduced himself and we got into a game of pool to try and sober up a little. We then spent the next couple of hours talking, laughing, joking you know getting to know each other; just hanging out. Deb even met him" the brunette was beyond shocked "He ended up staying a few extra days in TH so we met up for lunch a couple of times and went to TRIC again last night. We got into another fun game of pool; talked some more, laughed-joked around and after a few more drinks; 5 being his grand total we determined he was a light weight; and before I knew what was happening his lips were on mine"
"HE KISSED YOU" she exclaimed startling both the red head and her daughter who was now crying. Rachel glared at the brunette who was apologetic as she handed over Kaliegh's binkie "Mommy's sorry pumpkin"
"SsSsShhhh you're okay Kalie, you're okay" cooed the red head as she swayed back and forth
"He kissed you?" she repeated once again as Rachel nodded
"Yeah; and once I realized it, I immediately pulled away and slapped him hard. I glanced over and Deb's eyes were on us"
"Oh C-R-A-P"
"My words exactly" she scoffed "I then quickly got up, chewed him out and then made my way over and before I could open my mouth to explain she told me she saw everything. He was clearly drunk; so Owen put him in a cab"
"Did he know about Cooper?"
"Yeah he did taking that Coop was all I could talk about" Brooke nodded "Deb and I talked a little more and surprisingly she pretty much said the same things you did; well along the lines of it. She thinks I could do better" they laughed
"And what's the outcome Rach?"
"That I thought Cooper was the guy for me" Brooke felt her heart break for her best friend
"Thought?" asked the brunette
"I don't know anymore" she sighed "He called earlier to tell me he couldn't make it home again and once again we got into another fight which then brings us back to that picture courtesy of goldilocks"
"So did that kiss-"
"That kiss didn't mean anything"
"A kiss always means something Rach-" She knew Brooke was right, but she didn't know how she felt taking that she was more confused than ever
"Okay I'll admit that after that kiss, I realized I've miss having someone there to laugh, joke and hangout with like Coop and I use to do. I miss coming home, going to bed and waking up next to him. God, we haven't seen each other for a month Brooke; a whole freaking D-A-M-N month! Doesn't he miss me?" she asked as tears welded up in his eyes
"Oh honey of course he does-"
"Well he has a hell of a way showing it" she sneered as Brooke wrapped her arms around the red head. "I mean I understand he's busy, but so am I. I talk to his voicemail more than I do to him and that's pretty pathetic if you ask me"
"Rach"
"Do you think-"
Silence
"Think what?"
"D-Do you think he's c-cheating on me?" she whispered as if she was ashamed to ask
"Rach, have you not seen yourself!" she exclaimed incredulously "He'd be stupid to ruin what he has with you!"
"But think about it B"
"He barely calls, doesn't even text let alone comes home to see me; what am I to think?" she sighed shifting Kaliegh in her arms "He use to be so romantic-"
"Romance is so over rated"
"Right" she scoffed rolling her eyes. She knew Brooke was just trying to make her feel better and she loved her for it but who was she kidding. "Says the girl who gets wooed ever second of the day"
"Not every-" just then her phone went off indicating she had a text message "I miss you both… love you pretty girl :0)" she smiled
"What were you saying again?"
"Okay but every guy is different. Maybe Coop has a different way of being romantic?"
"Yeah, by not calling, texting and coming home to see his girlfriend" she replied bitterly
"Rach" sigh Brooke "Maybe he's just picking up more hours-"
"Please don't make up excuses for him S-L-U-T. I love you for it but please don't. I hear them enough that it's like listening to a broken record" The brunette nodded her head.
"So what now?"
"Well I left that up to him. The balls in his court now"
"Meaning?"
"I told him that I was fed up and that if I mean anything to him, he'd be home on Sat by 8pm like we originally planned; 10pm being the latest I'll wait or else we're done, through-over"
"Rach-"
"I'm tired of not being a top priority-"
"You'll always be a top priority, isn't that right Kalie" she cooed as they both smiled to her cute yawn.
"Okay so we know where Coop stands, but what about Julian?"
"Julian he's-"
"Well, well … well" Their eyes glanced over towards the door "Glad to see you two didn't burn the place down while I was at lunch" joked Millicent as they all chuckled
"We'll finish this conversation later" Rachel nodded
"Ha Ha" smiled Brooke "So how was lunch with Mouth?" she smirked taking in the brunette's appearance
"Do you even have to ask S-L-U-T? She looks just like you; tussled hair- swollen red lips not to mention the semi wrinkle clothes" Millie blushed as Brooke chuckled
"So I have something for you Millie" said Brooke changing the subject knowing how embarrassed the brunette was from Rachel's comment. She handed Millicent a white envelope as there was confusion written all over face. "Open it" instructed Brooke. Just then Millie's mouth dropped open at the content that lay inside
"BROOKE, what is this? Oh god you're firing me aren't you?" she exclaimed as Brooke was taken back to her assistant's words
"What?"
"You're giving me my last paycheck aren't you? Wait this is like 3x more than what it would be"
"Millie-"
"Did I do something wrong? Just tell me and I'll fix it"
"Millie" she said once again as Rachel couldn't help but laugh to her rambling
"Please don't fire me; I love it here. I love working for you Brooke" she added as tears welded up in her eyes
"Millie slow down" she laughed placing her hands on the brunette's shoulders "I'm NOT firing you!"
"You're not?"
"No silly" she replied shaking her head "You're my BEST" she said glancing over to Rachel who just stuck her tongue out in return "employee and I would NEVER fire you let alone allow you to QUIT even if you wanted too" Millie let out a breath she was holding as a smile soon reappeared on her face "I was thinking that my most Amazing, Awesomeness- Assistant needs a vacation for all her hard work and dedication to C/B"
"Thanks Davis, but I think Millie deserves one more than I do" smirked the red head as Brooke playfully rolled her eyes just as they all once again broke out into laughter
"This" she said placing it back into the brunette's hand "Is a little bonus for you"
"N-No I-I can't, won't take it" she replied shoving the generous check back into her boss's hand
"YES you can and you will take it. I won't take no for an answer"
"Brooke" she groaned
"You deserve it Millie" she replied cutting her off as she placed the envelope back into her hand "I honestly don't know what I would have done without you here holding down my fort especially with everything that happened within the last year or so! You are an amazing Assistant and friend. Please take it as a token of my gratitude for all you do"
"Brooke"
"Millie please"
"Thank you Brooke" she smiled pulling her boss in for a hug "Marvin and I, were just talking about wanting to take a mini vacation in a few weeks"
"Done" she replied "Just give me the dates and those weeks are all yours. Lucas will be happy he'll have Kaliegh to himself since I'm such a hogger when it comes to her" they laughed
"You're amazing Brooke; thank you"
…
A couple of days later...
Peyton sat at her desk as she threw her head into her hands. She glanced over at her purse that was sticking out of her drawer as she sighed. She reached for it about to dig into it but a knock at the door startled her
"Oh I'm sorry Peyton. I didn't mean to scare you"
"No, no Mia it's okay- come in" she replied "I was just- I have a lot- it's nothing" she laughed nervously taking a deep breath "Anyways what's up; what can I do for you?"
"Slow down Peyton" laughed Mia as the curly blonde chuckled "Stop stressing. You have nothing to worry about. The show will be amazing like always and TRIC will be a big hit"
"You're right" she replied taking a deep breath "I uh just want everything to be perfect" It was the truth but not the whole truth. "Anyways what can I do for you?" she asked folding her hands on top of her desk giving the brunette her full attention
"Oh right. I was wondering if we could go over a few songs for the show next week; if you have time that is. I mean I know it's not for another couple of weeks not to mention you're really busy-"
"Sure, of course" she smiled "The next artist isn't schedule for another 45mins so the studio's all yours"
"Perfect"
"Why don't you set up and I'll be there in a few minutes" she smiled as she closed the door before her leaving the curly blonde to her thoughts. Peyton then closed her desk drawer as she slowly got up and headed towards the studio
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"Baby can you hand me the pump" she asked knowing Kaliegh was just about finished
"Here you go pretty girl"
"Thanks daddy" she smiled as he plopped down next to her
"Sure thing mommy" he replied leaning over and kissing them both "So how are the sketches coming along?"
"Good, great- take a for look yourself"
"Wow these are amazing" he exclaimed as he skimmed through the finished ones
"Yeah?" she asked as he nodded "Do you really like them or are you just saying it because you love me and because you're my husband?" he chuckled
"I'm saying it because these are truly incredible baby. You really are very talented Mrs. Scott" she beamed as she felt Kaliegh slowly pull away but latched right back on
"Awwww why thank you husband" she beamed as they locked eyes. She then leaned in and kissed him softly "I'm glad you like them because I have this little one to thank for my inspiration" they smiled as they gazed down lovingly at their daughter. "You have to look as good as mommy, don't you peanut" she cooed a he chuckled
"You are planning to branch out like you did with B/C right?" he asked setting the sketches down before taking Kaliegh into his arms to burp her
"I am" she replied putting the pump to work "But I want this line to have its own separate name you know" he nodded
"What do you have so far?"
"Just Baby Brooke" she sighed as he smiled
"Very original" she playfully rolled her eyes
"I know, I know- but that's why I'm still playing around with it"
"No, no I like it"
"Well honestly, I'm not too crazy about it" she replied as he squeezed her thigh
"Well whatever you decide, we know it'll be great; isn't that right princess?" he cooed as she burped causing them to laugh "There's your answer pretty girl" he chuckled laying his daughter in his lap as the brunette giggled
"Our baby's a genius" she smiled smothering her with kisses. "Come here handsome" she motioned for him to rest his head in her lap as he immediatley got comfortable once she put away the pump. He then stood Kaliegh up on her legs against his chest
"Where's mommy baby girl?"
"Hi peanut" she cooed as her lips once again softly attacked her face
"Ahhh" he yelped as the brunette giggled
"You almost drooled into daddy's mouth" laughed Brooke as Kaliegh then started sucking on his face causing them both to laugh even harder.
"Daddy tastes good doesn't he Kalie, yes he does?" sniggered Brooke as Lucas chuckled
"You are so mommy's baby girl, aren't you princess" he grinned as she playfully smacked him
"Daddy silly isn't he Kalie; cuz mommy never hears him complaining when I attack his face like this" he chuckled as she placed soft kisses all over his face but once again broke out into laughter once he felt Kaliegh's mouth on his. Once Brooke's laughter died down, she grabbed a binkie off the table and placed it into her daughter's mouth just before wiping his face from his daughter's drool
"What's this Kalie" cooed the brunette as she moved the stuffed animal from side to side rattling it as a bell sound filled their ears grabbing the baby's attention even more
"What's mommy got there princess? What she got there huh?" Kaliegh kept her eyes on the purple monkey as her mouth moved along with the binkie "Is it your purple monnnnnnkey?"
"Do I have your purple monkey peanut? Ha" she playfully gasp still shaking it and moving it from side to side
"It is, isn't it! Mommy's got your monnnnnnkey" he smiled as Brooke took the monkey and gently kissed it against Kaliegh's face. "Muah" she smiled "Muaaaaaahhhhhh"
"Should we give daddy some kisses too Kalie? Yeah we should. Muaaaaaahhhh!" she smiled as she kissed it against his face causing them to laugh as Kaliegh kept her eyes locked on them.
"Come here mommy; you get kisses too" he smiled as he raised their daughter to her face as she once again smothered her with kisses. "I love you pretty girl" he said once they locked eyes
"I love you too baby" she smiled as she leaned in and softly kissed him
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"I'll be there; thank you" she replied before hanging up "Baby do you think you could pick up Jamie after school today?"
"Of course" he replied as he placed a kiss on her lips "Did you get stuck with detention again babe?" he asked walking over to grab a water bottle from the fridge
"Uh yeah I did. One of the teachers uh called in sick and asked if I could sub"
"Man I sure don't miss those days" he chuckled
"Well if you weren't such a trouble maker back then-" she playfully joked nudging him
"Trust me Hales-if I had a hot looking teacher like you back then, I for sure would have gotten myself into trouble more often" she laughed as he wrapped his arm around her
"Awwww aren't you sweet" she smiled kissing his cheek
"How's practice coming along?"
"Good now that Luke's back but still strange since Skillz isn't"
"I know" she sighed "It's still so unreal that, that incident took place"
"I hear you. I just hope that he can get her the help she needs. I mean she totally flipped out; I don't know how Brooke and Lucas are going to react let alone deal with it once they return. I personally don't know what I would do if we were put in their shoes"
"God please don't remind me. It was hard enough being there but trying to put ourselves in their shoes is something I would rather not do. I have a feeling though that things will get awkward but then again you never know; who am I kidding- things will diffinetely get awkward" Nathan pulled his wife in front of him as she rested her hands on his shoulder
"How are you doing babe? I just feel like we haven't talked nor checked in with one another in awhile" she smiled as she caressed his cheek
"Things are good"
"Yeah?" he asked smiling as he rested his hands on her waist
"Yeah" she nodded "Why wouldn't it be? I mean I have a very loving, amazing husband and an incredible handsome"
"Maaaaamaaa" yelled Jamie from the living room as they chuckled
"Son who apparently needs me" he grinned "Life's good"
"Yeah life's good" he repeated brushing his lips against hers as she deepened it
"I'm going to go see what your son wants" he nodded as playfully smacked her behind
"Watch it MR" she smirked as he threw his hands up in defense
"Hales" she turned around
"I love you"
"Always" she replied winking as he grinned
"And forever" those words always gave her butterflies
"I love you" she mouthed before leaving the room
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The next couple of days later...
"Wow, you look-" he was speechless as he felt like he couldn't breathe, his breath hitched in his throat once he took in her appearance. She was wearing a short, tight-black strapless satin dress that fit her like a glove. She couldn't help grin as she had that affect on him.
"Why thank you baby" she smiled as she leaned in and brushed her lips against his "You look quiet handsome yourself"
"Do we have to go out tonight?" he whined as he wrapped his arms around his wife's waist kissing her bare shoulders
"As much as I would love to stay home and notebook you" she smirked as he chuckled "I'm afraid so. We promised everyone we'd meet them at TRIC in-" she glanced over at the clock "30mins and we haven't even dropped Kalie off yet. Besides Peyton talked mom and Deb into letting her turn the place into a club so we have to go show her support." Just then Kaliegh's cry filled the baby's monitor
"Alright lets' go get this over with" he said as she laughed "You get our coats and the baby bag, and I'll grab our princess" she nodded as he kissed her one last time before heading down to the nursery.
"Okay, so here's your water Hales, Peyt- cola for you Millie and beers for everyone else"
"You did good babe" smiled Jake as he wrapped his arm around her kissing her temple
"Yeah it sure does look amazing in here Peyt" added Haley
"Thanks guys. I was a little nervous over the idea"
"Why? Your ideas always rock Sawyer" replied Nathan "By the looks of tonight; this place is the new HOT spot in TH"
"Yeah Nathan's right. You have nothing to worry about Peyton" added Millie
"Peyton sweetheart" said Deb as all eyes were now on her "The DJ was looking for you"
"I'm on it" she smiled as Jake accompanied her
"Have you guys seen Brucas yet?" asked Nathan as all eyes were now on him "Yeah whatever she hella rubs off on you" they chuckled
"They're on their way. They had to drop off Kalie"
"Well Jamie will be happy" smiled the brunette "He's been asking about her all day"
"I wonder where Rach is" said Haley as she scanned around the club for the red head
15mins later
"Wow this place is packed" smiled Brooke as they stepped inside the over crowded stuffed club
"Yeah what a great turnout" he replied taking her hand into his "See she has nothing to worry about" Brooke nodded as she squeezed his hand just as Haley waved them over
"You look great B" smiled Peyton as the girls all hugged and the guys did their handshakes
"I hate how you look like that only after 7 ½ weeks" joked Haley as the girls laughed
"Techincally it was just a couple of weeks but whose counting right?" she smirked as the girl's chuckled playfully rolling their eyes "But it's not like you have any room to talk. I mean I saw those after pics Hales, and you looked just as good if anything better than I do"
"Right" she chuckled as Brooke smiled
"But as for tonight Whoowie, look at you sexy ladies" she exclaimed "Where's Rach?"
"We haven't seen her yet; she text me she was leaving 10mins ago" Brooke nodded praying Cooper maned up and came to his damn senses.
"So what are we drinking?" asked Lucas as he wrapped his arm around his beautiful wife
"Beers" said the guys as they raised them up "Water" replied the brunette and the curly blonde sheepishly "Soda" smiled Millie
"Water, soda?" laughed the blonde "Come on guys, its' opening night. We're celebrating so, shots all around"
"No, no- I'm good" shouted Haley and Peyton in unison as he waved them off. Brooke then turned to look at them questionably taking that they were never ones to pass up alcohol even if they didn't drink as much as she and Rachel did.
"Water" she chuckled "Come on guys; I know you didn't come to a club to drink water. What's going on with you two?"
"I'm uh working B" replied Peyton as she caught on to the confused look plastered to her bff face. She knew why she wasn't drinking let alone Brooke but she didn't understand why Haley wasn't.
"And I'm uh DD tonight" added Haley as both sets of eyes were now on her. She too knew why she wasn't drinking let alone Brooke but didn't quite understand why Peyton wasn't especially since the curly blonde could out beat her. They all knew that regardless if the curly blonde was working or not she still always drank with everyone else especially if Brooke and Rachel were around.
"That uh never stopped you before PSawyer and since I'm DD taking that I'm currently still breast feeding and not allowed to have an ounce of alcohol- I can drop you and Nate off later. You guys should celebrate I mean that is why we all came out tonight right; to celebrate?"
"Uh right" they replied in unison as Brooke was more than curious now to their strange behavior.
"It's just uh I want everything to go smoothly tonight especially since Deb is here and what would she think if they saw me drinking B?"
"Okay first off she knows you're not an alcoholic P and secondly she knows we're all out celebrating together so we're all bound to drink; thirdly you and I as well as everyone else knows you're not a light weight. It'll takes more than a few drinks to get you drunk" she sighed knowing that Brooke was right. Just then Lucas returned 10mins later with drinks as he passed them around. Brooke thanked him with a kiss as her eyes than glanced back over towards her best friends who wore worried expressions on their faces.
"Okay so to Peyton turning this place into a club" said Jake as they all raised their drinks
"To having fun and looking forward" added Nathan
"And to hoping Skillz and Bevin gets better" added Lucas as cheers, cheers and more cheers went around.
"Drink up guys" said Brooke as everyone else broke out into different conversations leaving just the three to themselves
Rachel glanced over at the clock as she sighed. She took one last look at herself before heading downstairs with her clutch, phone and keys in hand. She opened the front door about to step out, but instead she came face to face with someone she wasn't expecting to see.
"H-Hi" he nervously smiled
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A/N2:
I'd like to take this time to Especially Thank:
Princesakalita411, miralinda, StepyluvsBL4EVA, Long Live Brucas, Liz, pink5288, Dizzy0305, bella, flipflopgal, PeterClaire, tanya2byour21, Kaliegh, ga-4-eva, I am Caroline, brucasfanatic
For all your Comments and Reviews!!
To My Anonymous Reviewers:
Liz: Hi love… thanks for your review and comment. I know there's not much Bevin in this last update, but I promise you she'll be in it soon. I couldn't bring her back quite yet, since it's still earlier but she will be returning to TH sooner or later!! Keep reading love :0)
Bella: Hi love… thanks again for your review! I'm so happy that you liked the last chapter! It was hard to write Bevin like that but from what I heard, researched and found out… it's actually possible for women who loose a child to loose themselves in depression! Skillz vowed to get her the help she needs, so I hope in time that will help her move on with her life! These last two updates were heartbreaking to write but I will say that the ending of my latest update has to be my favorite taking that it's all about BRUCAS, KALIEGH and the gang!! They're just such a great little happy family that I can't help but fall more in love with them!! There will be a lot of twists and turns but I can promise you that no matter what happens, it'll be good and I hope you feel the same way!! As for Rachel she will find the happiness she deserves. I have someone in mind I want her to end up with, but since I left that up to you and everyone else who voted I will go with what the results show! Thank you once again for reviewing… and I hope this next update doesn't disappoint you! :0)
Kaliegh: Hi my lovely love. I'm so happy you love all the Brucas moments!! They are seriously so much fun not to mention so easy to write!! How could you not love Brucas and baby Kaliegh right? Lol! I agree with you on the whole Bevin thing. God it was so hard to write Bevin like that since she's normally such a happy person but you know after researching and hearing stories I found out it was possible for woman to actually behave that way. I know it might seem like Brooke and Lucas are a little tOoOoOo forgiving over what happened or that they're brushing it off, but trust me- that's not the case. They will be more alert and on edge with it comes to their baby girl. I wanted readers to see that Brucas, is only understanding because (one) they're Lucas's and now her friends too and (two) they put themselves in Skevin's shoes and realized that if it was them who lost their baby they probably would have done, reacted and behaved that way too. I understand where you're coming because if it was me I don't think I'd let them come around my baby girl. Skillz will do whatever he can to get her the help she needs but I hope in the end it'll help her move on with her life. I can't help but have the gang fall in love with Kaliegh too. I mean how could they not? She's a brucas baby; plain and simple! Lol! As for the guy Rachel is destined to be with… lol have no fear but she will end up with happiness. I have someone I want her to end up with but since I left the voting up to you guys the results are in. I too… am a BRUCAS die hard fan which you know… lol but I can't do anyone but BRUCAS… and Brulian doesn't do me justice nor does he hold a candle to my beloved BRUCAS… but I agree with you on Brooke's happiness! Damn MARK S! I know it's weird to have Julian brought out into my story, but he kinda grew on me as an individual… not with Brooke! Lol! :0) I hope I didn't disappoint you with his appearance…. But like I said have no fear on who Rachel ends up with! :0) It'll be for the best!! :0) Once again thanks for reviewing love!! You know I love hearing from you! :0)
A/N3: To all my amazing reviewers... I hope I didn't miss anyone when I sent out my thank you replies for the last two updates and if I did- my apologies. On a higher note, … sorry this chapter took longer than expected. I wanted to have it out to you before my birthday which was the 10th but I couldn't push myself to like what I had written so I added, deleted, changed and now I finally have my update which personally I'm still not tOoOoOo crazy about but I know in time it'll grow on me!! lol! I hope I didn't disappoint anyone with this update. I'm normally a lot better at updating sooner … but I think the fact of not having BRUCAS anymore on OTH is seriously getting to me!! UGH time to bust out seasons 1-3 skipping the horrible PUCAS parts at the end of season 1 and 3!! Enough of my rambling… hehe! There's a lot more to come… so stay tuned!! :0) I know I left you with not only one cliff hanger but two! :0)
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