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Chapter 36 – Revenge and Hard Times
A month had passed since Brooke and Lucas arrived home from their honeymoon. It was a very busy month with Brooke starting to design her next line. She had spent two days a week in New York for meetings with the Clothes over Bro's board and organizing the work in the Head Quarters, plus taking care of store back in Tree Hill, while Lucas tried to come up with the storyline for his next book.
Thing's weren't much better in Naley´s house, what with a crying baby girl and almost no sleep for Nathan and Haley. The only one good with the situation was Jamie, but sometimes he feel little jealous about the constant attention that his baby sister had.
Peyton and Jake continued to see and talk to each other during the month. They spoke almost every day and Jake traveled one more time after the wedding. They were really starting to build a solid base on their incipient relationship that with each day that passed was becoming more then just a friendship.
~X~
It was Saturday morning and Lucas was sitting around drinking coffee, reading the sport section of the newspaper. He was waiting for Brooke to return from New York when he heard the door open. He spun around expectantly.
"Pretty Girl, you're back." he said happily as he got up and went over and hugged her, then kissed her passionately.
"Yes, I'm back. Did you miss me?" Brooke asked after she had returned both he hug and the kiss with extra passion.
"Immensely," he told her as he took her bags from her. "I'm going to take this to our room."
"Okay. I'll go with you because I need to use the bathroom." she told him. They then headed to the bedroom.
"How was everything in New York?" Lucas asked her.
"Super busy and super crazy. I think the board members are turning me crazy." she told him, just as his cell phone rang. He went back to the living room to get it.
"Hi this is Lucas." he said as he answered it.
"Hey Lucas, it's me Lindsay." Lindsay greeted.
"Hey Lindsey, how are you?" Lucas asked.
"I'm good. How is Brooke?"
"Brooke is good, thanks for asking." Lucas told her as he smiled.
"You're welcome. By the way how is married life treating you?" she asked.
"Actually it's treating me very good." Lucas said as he laughed.
"That's good to know. Want to know why I call you?" she asked him.
"Of course." he replied.
"Are you sitting?"
"Why?" Lucas asked a little worried.
"Because it's really big news." she told him.
"Okay, I'm sitting." Lucas said as he sat down on the sofa.
"Next week The Comet is going to be for sale in all of Europe." she told him.
"Really?" Lucas almost yelled in shock.
"Really. Are you happy?" she asked him.
"I'm ecstatic. Would that include a tour there?" he asked her.
"Yes, it would but we don't know when yet because that would be decided how the book sells." Lindsay asked.
"Ahh." Lucas replied.
"Well that was all I needed to tell you." Lindsay told him.
"Okay." he replied still in shock.
"I will talk to you again to confirm that tour. Bye Lucas."
"Bye Lindsay," he replied as they ended the call. He went back to the room and found Brooke leaning against the foot board of the bed. He stood next to her and noticed that something wasn't right. "Are you okay?"
"Yes, I'm okay Broody. Don't worry." Brooke told him.
"Guess what?" Lucas asked her with a smile.
"What?" Brooke asked curious.
"Lindsay just called me to tell me that The Comet is going to be release in Europe next week." he told her as he smiled wider.
"I'm really happy for you, Luke." she told him as she hugged him tightly.
"I'm happy too and It might include a book tour there." he told her as he eagerly returned the hug and spun her around.
"When?" Brooke asked slightly sad as they stopped.
"I don't know but It could be really soon like the end of next week." Lucas told her.
"That's good." Brooke told him.
"Yeah." Lucas replied.
~X~
Later that day Lucas headed into the living and kitchen area fresh from his shower. He found Brooke laying on the kitchen floor unconscious. All he could do was hurry to her side.
"Oh my god, Brooke, honey wake up," he begged her. Lucas quickly grabbed her in his arms and placed her in the couch, still trying to wake her up. He gently hit her face a few times as he tried to get her to open her eyes. "Pretty Girl. Please wake up."
"Huh?" Brooke asked as she opened her eyes.
"Brooke, what happened?" he asked her worriedly.
"I don't know, I was going to get a glass of water and now I'm here." she told him as she got a confused look on her face.
"Are you having another stress episode? Because I think you are working too much." he asked.
"I don't think so. I think it was a low blood pressure episode." she replied.
"Okay, but if I see any more signs that indicate that you're having another stress episode, you are going back to Dr. Salinger's office. Okay?" he told her gentle yet firmly.
"Okay. But you don't have to worry." she told him.
"I do Brooke; you are everything that matters to me in this world." he told her as he kissed her lovingly.
~X~
Nathan and Jamie were sitting on the couch watching some old Basketball on TV and having some guy time. Haley was fixing the dinner, so she could be in bed really soon so at least she could have three hours of sleep before Anna woke up to eat her supper.
"Hey Jamie, how do you think it will end? Are the Bulls winning or the Bucks?" Nathan asked him.
"I think the Bulls are going to win because that black guy with the same jersey number as you dad, it's very good." Jamie replied causing Nathan to laugh hysterically.
"That black guy!" Nathan managed as he continued to laugh.
"What did I say that it was funny?" Jamie asked confused.
"Jamie, that black guy like you said, it was one of the greatest basketball players that existed. His name is Michael Jordan." Nathan told him.
"Wow, is that really Michael Jordan?" Jamie asked as he looked back at the screen.
"Yes." Nathan confirmed.
"He is really big." Jamie said.
"He is son, he is." Nathan said as he laughed again. A few moments later, they heard a crying coming from the baby monitor.
"Nathan could you go and see Anna? Because she might need a diaper change." Haley asked.
"Haley! diapers, please no. I'm begging you!" Nathan said as he laughed slightly.
"Nathan, its just diapers. I don't get you guys and their aversion to changing diapers plus I can't go I'm finishing the dinner." Haley told him.
"Okay I will go and I hope it's not number two." Nathan told her as he pulled a grumpy looking face.
"Thanks, you are definitely a good husband." Haley replied with a smile.
"You're welcome. Jamie, do you want to come help me with your sister?" Nathan asked.
"Okay, but I'm not carrying dirty diapers to the trash." Jamie said as he laughed.
"Do you know what?" Nathan asked him.
"What?" Jamie replied.
"You are too smart for your own good." Nathan told him with a laugh.
"Nathan! please, Anna." Haley said as Anna continued to cry.
"Okay, we are going." Nathan told her.
~X~
On Sunday morning, Lucas woke up and found the side of the bed that Brooke slept in empty. Then he heard some weird noises coming from the bathroom so he decided to take a look. When he reached the bathroom he opened the door and found Brooke hunched over the toilet puking her guts out.
"I knew this was coming," he muttered as he rushed to her side. He held her hair back and rubbed soothing circles in her back. Once she finished he said. "I don't care what you say now. This is how you began the last time you had a stress episode, do you know that?"
"Yeah, I know." Brooke told him with a sad look on her face.
"So you are going back to the doctors, before this get any worse." Lucas told her.
"Okay, I will ask for an appointment tomorrow." Brooke told him, but didn't look very convinced.
"No, Brooke I will make it myself so I can make sure that you will go." Lucas told her.
"Okay. Since you are not working now, can we go together?" she asked him.
"Of course we are going together," he told her as he kissed her softly. "Now go to wash your teeth, you bad breath girl."
"You too should consider that." Brooke told him.
"I know but I'm not the one who was puking recently." he replied.
"Good point." Brooke said with a laugh.
~X~
It was already noon and they were all invited to a barbeque in Naley´s house.
Brooke and Lucas were already there, the only person left to arrive was Peyton.
They guys were in the back yard making the meal; in the living room were Brooke and Haley with Anna.
"Sorry I had to leave you alone but I don't know how Anna sensed that her godmother was here and she wanted to join us." Haley said as she handed Anna to Brooke.
"Hi beauty, I love you." Brooke said as she kissed her little cheek.
"Like I said before, I don't know what you do to my kids but they love you." Haley said as she laughed.
"We have an arrangement with them," Brooke told Haley as she laughed. She then turned her attention back to Anna. "You are getting bigger and beautiful every day."
"Yes, she is." Haley agreed as she laughed.
At that moment the door bell rang. Haley get up and opened the door. It was Peyton and they both went and sat back on the couch. The three women spent a while talking about a variation of subjects.
"I don't know what's going on with Lucas, but he's insisting that I go to see the doctor." Brooke told them.
"Why?" Peyton asked worried.
"Because he insists that I'm having another stress episode." she replied.
"Did you give him reasons to think that way?" Haley asked her.
"I just had a minor faint and I threw up a bit this morning. He said that this is how I started the last time." Brooke told them.
"Maybe he is right, you should listen to him." Haley told her concerned.
"Plus you are working too hard since you came back from your Honeymoon." Peyton pointed out.
"I know that I'm working too hard but this is a very busy couple of months, plus I'm the CEO so I have to do it myself." Brooke told them.
"Again you should listen to him, I don't want stress episode Brooke back." Haley told her.
"Me neither, she was the worst version for me." Peyton said as she laughed slightly.
"Yeah you are right Peyton." Haley told her.
"Yeah P. Sawyer, I can't pull the Emo look like you do." Brooke said as she laughed.
~X~
A few days had passed and it was time for Brooke's appointment with the doctor. Brooke was getting ready in the bedroom when Lucas came in.
"Brooke are you ready?" he asked her gently.
"I am, it's just that the doctor is going to be so mad with me." Brooke said as she pouted slightly.
"Why?" Lucas asked puzzled.
"Because he specifically told me to work less." Brooke replied.
"He isn't going to be mad. Well maybe just a little." Lucas said with a slight laugh.
"Is my misery amusing you?" Brooke asked him.
"No but you can't help who you are and I love you for that." he said as he hugged her and kissed her lovingly.
"I know the solution." Brooke said after returning the kiss.
"What is it?" he asked.
"We need to stop making trips." she told him with a serious expression.
"Come on we are going to be late." he told her with a laugh.
"Yeah let's go." she replied.
~X~
Brooke and Lucas were sitting in the doctor's office, waiting for him to arrive. Five minutes later, the door opened and they saw Doctor Salinger come in.
"Brooke and Lucas how are you?" the doctor asked as they shook hands.
"Good." they both replied.
"So if you are good what is the purpose of your visit?" Doctor Salinger asked with a laugh.
"I wasn't feeling well and Lucas insisted on coming to see you." Brooke replied with a slightly nervous laugh.
"Okay. Can you be more specific about it?" the doctor asked her.
"Yes, Lucas thinks I'm having another stress episode." Brooke replied.
"Lucas what makes you think that?" Doctor Salinger asked him.
"Because Saturday she fainted in the kitchen and then on Sunday she threw up and that was how she started the last time plus the past month she is being working like crazy." Lucas explained.
"I see. Brooke what did I tell you about working like crazy the last time?" the doctor told her.
"That I shouldn't do that." Brooke replied sounding like a naughty school girl.
"That's right," the doctor replied writing it all down on the chart. "So I won't do an internal exam this time."
"So what are you going to do?" Brooke asked.
"I'm going to take some blood to see how bad it is this time and since we have this new laboratory in the hospital. I can have the result in about an hour. Did you eat anything this morning?" Doctor Salinger asked.
"No." Brooke replied.
"How do we do this?" Lucas asked.
"You go to the laboratory, they take the blood and then you wait an hour for me to get the result," the doctor explained. "When the time has passed I will call you back to my office."
"Okay Doctor. See you later then." Lucas and Brooke replied before leaving the office.
~X~
An hour and fifteen minutes passed before the doctor called them to the office. Once inside they sit down and saw the Doctor reading the result.
"So Doctor, what is the verdict?" Brooke asked nervously.
"Well this is very strange and surprising at the same time." Doctor Salinger said sounding surprised.
"What is it Doctor? You are killing us." Lucas replied.
"Don't worry. It isn't anything to be afraid of and what you have, there isn't a medicine in the world that can cure it." Doctor Salinger replied.
"So?" Brooke and Lucas asked together as Lucas took hold of Brooke's hand nervously.
"So I'm telling you that you are in fact pregnant. Congratulations." Doctor Salinger said with a smile.
"Really?" they both asked in shock.
"Really, there isn't a single trace of stress in your body." the doctor said.
In that moment, tears started to slide down Brooke's cheek. They were tears of happiness and all Lucas could do was hug her and give her soft kisses in her head.
"Brooke, take this prescription for your prenatal vitamins and I will see you next week for a check up and ultrasound to see how far along you are." Doctor Salinger told her.
"Thanks Doctor, for everything. I'll take that," Lucas said happily as he took the prescription and shook the doctor's hand. "See you next week."
"Bye Brooke, Bye Lucas and again congratulations." Doctor Salinger told them.
~X~
The rest of the week passed and now it was Saturday again. Today it was a very important day since it was Jamie Birthday party.
"Nathan, I'm going to take this snack to the back yard table so when Jamie's friends come they have something to eat." Haley told him. In that moment the ring door rang. "Nathan can you get that?"
"No problem." Nathan said as he went and answered the door. It was Brooke and Lucas.
"Hey Little Brother." Lucas greeted.
"Hey Nate." Brooke greeted brightly.
"Lucas, Brooke how are you two?" Nathan asked.
"Wonderful." they replied together as they beamed widely.
"That's good. Please come in." Nathan said.
"Hey Nate, where is the birthday boy?" Lucas asked once they were inside.
"Yeah, where are my beautiful godson and Haley?" Brooke asked.
"Well Haley out the back arranging the table for the kids and Jamie is finishing getting dressed. Let me go get him okay?" Nathan replied.
"Okay." Brooke said. Nathan left the room and went to get Jamie. when the living room was clear, Brooke turned to Lucas. "Are we telling them today?"
"Telling them what?" Lucas asked with a fake confused look.
"About them being an Uncle and Aunt soon." Brooke told him as she gave him a look telling him not to be stupid.
"Oh Yeah that. Of course, let's just wait until we are alone. No kids around." Lucas said as he placed his hands on her belly.
"Yes that is better plus they are going to be so happy." Brooke told him.
"Not as much as we are." he said before kissing her lovingly. At that moment Nathan came back with Jamie.
"Guys there are kids in the room. Please stop with the PDA." Nathan told them.
"Okay." the both replied as they laughed.
"Aunt Brooke, Uncle Lucas what did you get me?" Jamie asked.
"Jamie!" Nathan said shocked.
"That´s okay Nate. We bought you a PSP." Brooke told him.
"Thanks Aunt Brooke that is an awesome present." Jamie said as he hugged her.
"Hey buddy, I don't get a thanks too." Lucas asked.
"Thanks Uncle Lucas." Jamie said as he hugged him.
"You're welcome buddy, enjoy it." Lucas told him.
"Jamie buddy go get your mom from the back yard and tell her that your aunt and uncle are here." Nathan told him.
"Okay." Jamie said.
Jamie left the room and Nathan, Lucas and Brooke took a seat on the couch. Five minutes later Haley entered the room with Jamie tagging along. After she finished saying hellos to Brooke and Lucas, the doorbell rang and all of Jamie's little friends started to arrive plus the rest of the gang, including Rachel, Millicent, Mouth, Skills, Peyton.
The party was in full swing so they took advantage of Deb watching the kids in the back yard, to take a moments for all the grown ups to be together. By this time Peyton needed to say something.
"Gang, I need to tell you something." she told them happily.
"Then spill it." Brooke told her.
"Yeah spill it." Haley agreed.
"In fifteen days I will spend my first weekend in Savannah with Jake and Jenny." Peyton said as she smiled happily.
"That's so good Peyton. Congrats." Haley told her.
"Way to go, Peyton. You are getting skanky with the years." Rachel said with a laugh.
"Rachel!" Brooke said as she too laughed.
"What? I didn't say anything wrong." Rachel replied as she continued to laugh.
"If I'm that what are you?" Peyton asked joining in with the laughter.
"A person who loves life." Rachel said still laughing. Lucas looked at Brooke like telling her that it was the moment to tell everyone their good news.
"Hey people pay attention, Brooke and I want to tell you something." Lucas said.
"What is it?" the others asked.
"Tell them Brooke." Lucas said as he wrapped his arms around her from behind.
"I'm pregnant." Brooke said as she beamed. As soon as those words left Brooke's mouth, everyone started to congratulate them, hugging them, kissing them.
"Way to go Big Brother, congratulations." Nathan said as he and Lucas hugged.
"Thanks, little brother." Lucas told him happily.
"You're welcome. I know that you are going to be an awesome dad." Nathan said.
"Thanks." Lucas beamed.
"Brooke, congratulations my friend. You are really going to have a fat ass now." Rachel said with a laugh.
"Rachel!" Peyton and Haley said in unison.
"What? It's true." Rachel said.
"Don't worry Rachel; at least I'm not skanky like you." Brooke said as she giggled.
"Good Point." Haley and Peyton said laughing too.
"Now in a more serious tone, you can count on me for whatever you need." Rachel told Brooke.
"Yeah me too." Peyton agreed.
"Me three. Ohhh I can't believe I'm going to be an aunt." Haley added.
"How far along are you?" Peyton asked.
"I don't know, next week is the ultrasound and I will know for sure." Brooke replied.
"Are you and Lucas excited?" Rachel asked.
"Yes, very much." Brooke said as she smiled widely.
"See I told you back then at the hospital and I was right." Haley told her.
"Yes you were." Brooke said as she laughed.
They spent the rest of the party talking to each other about baby stuff, watching the kids, just enjoying their company. Nathan also spent the rest of the day teasing Lucas that he hoped it was a girl so he will be all macho and protective with his daughter and Lucas was telling him not to laugh that he also had a daughter.
~X~
Fifteen days had passed since Brooke and Lucas announced on Jamie's Birthday the good news. In the store were Brooke and Millicent. It had been an okay day and now they were cleaning and organizing the store plus she was waiting for Lucas to come pick her up. It was six p.m. and she was at her office in the back of the store doing some paper work until Millie showed up at the door.
"Brooke, I'm sorry to bother you but you need to see this." Millie told her.
"What is it Millie?" Brooke asked.
"It's your mom. I already told her to leave but she won't." Millie replied.
"Okay, I will be there in a second." Brooke told her. Five minutes later, Brooke showed up at the showroom of the store and was greeted by her voice.
"Hello my sweet daughter." Victoria said coldly.
"What do you want Victoria?" Brooke asked her in a bored tone.
"Is that how you treat your mother after months of not seeing her." Victoria asked as she faked a hurt face.
"I treat you the way you deserve." Brooke told her firmly.
"Anyway the reason I came is-" Victoria began.
"Yeah what is the reason?" Brooke asked annoyed.
"I heard that you didn't listen to me and finally got married with that mediocre boy." Victoria said.
"Yes, I'm Mrs. Brooke Davis Scott but that is not any of your business." Brooke told her.
"You are wrong, it is. Do you remember three years ago when that mediocre boy was in New York?" Victoria asked her.
"Yeah and by the way his name is Lucas." Brooke told her.
"Whatever, here," Victoria said as she handed her a document. "I told you that this was not over."
"What is this?" Broke asked puzzled as she looked at it.
"This my dear is an Annulment paper." Victoria answered.
"Are you out of your mind?" Brooke asked shocked and angry.
"No, I told you that time that if you married that boy this would happen." Victoria said.
"You really are crazy and by the way I'm not signing this." Brooke told her.
"That time I told you that I would get the annulment paper so fast and here it is." Victoria said as she smiled evilly.
"I'm not signing this." Brooke told her.
"Why not?" Victoria demanded.
"How about because I love him." Brooke replied unable to believe what Victoria was trying to pull.
"You don't get it; he is only after your money." Victoria said.
"How do you know that?" Brooke scoffed.
"Because a mother knows that kind of thing." Victoria told her.
"Victoria, for the third time, I'm not signing this, get the hell away from my store and my life." Brooke suddenly screamed.
"Okay, so after all I will need to use this other document." Victoria said as she showed her another document.
"What is that?" Brooke asked her.
"See it for yourself." Victoria said as she gave her the other document.
"What is this?" Brooke asked as she grabbed it and looked through it.
"That my dear in case you don't know it's Inhabilitation/Incompetency paper and if the jury says I'm right, you wouldn't be unable to run your assets, including the company, for as long as you are married. With this I prevent you from getting homeless because of that boy." Victoria told her.
"I can't believe this," Brooke said as she got paler with each moment that passed. She placed her hands on her belly, like she was in pain. Millie hearing all of this approached to Brooke.
"Brooke, calm down, this is not good for you." Millie told her in a soothing tone. In that exact moment the door from the street opened and Lucas walked in. What he saw made him instantly angry and concerned.
"What's going on here? And what are you doing in here Victoria?" he demanded.
"What's going in here is that my mother thought I did the greatest mistake of my life by marrying you, so she got me this annulment paper to sign." Brooke said angrily. Her hand was still on her belly.
"I'm just fixing a mistake and protecting my daughters fortune." Victoria said.
"But wait Lucas that's not all, she said that if I don't sign it, she will make me legally unable to run my fortune." Brooke added.
"What?" Lucas asked stunned.
"Yeah like you heard." Brooke told him.
"Victoria, why do you always think that I'm after your daughter's fortune, it's beyond me. I truly love her; she is all that matters in my world." Lucas told Victoria.
"Sell that to another person." Victoria snapped.
"Could you please go? This is not good for Brooke or me." he told her.
"I'm not going until she signs that annulment paper." Victoria said.
"Luke I'm not feeling well, take me to the hospital." Brooke said as she leaned against the couch. The minute those words left Brooke's mouth, she collapsed and Lucas turned around just in time to catch her in his arms.
"Millie please call my mom and let her know that we are going to the hospital," he asked Millie. Millie nodded as he turned to Victoria. "And you Victoria if something happens to her or our baby, I can guarantee that you will hear from me."
He then hurriedly left the store leaving a shocked Victoria in his wake.
~X~
Peyton had been in Savannah for a day now, she was having so much fun with Jake and Jenny. She enjoyed spending time with them but most of all she felt loved and she felt that this was her place in the world. She was outside taking the Savannah air when she was surprised by Jake.
"What are you doing out here alone?" he asked her.
"I'm just taking some fresh air and thinking about stuff." she replied.
"Such as?" Jake pushed.
"Such as how much I missed you since the last time you came to Tree Hill and how natural this feels." Peyton told him.
"This?" Jake asked.
"Yes, you, me and Jenny but I understand that we need to go slow. It's being too long since the last time we saw each other as a couple, we have grown and turned into complete different people to what we were." Peyton explained.
"Yes, you're right but the Jake that loved you it's still the same." he told her as he kissed her.
"That's what I love about you." Peyton said as she returned the kiss.
"Why don't we go inside? It's getting chilly." Jake suggested.
"Yeah you're right." Peyton agreed.
~X~
Lucas was at the waiting room, sitting on a chair, holding his head in his hands. He was consumed by worry and had tears in his eyes when he felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked up and saw Karen.
"What happened son?" she asked concerned.
"Mom, I came to the store to pick up Brooke and I found Victoria arguing with her plus she was forcing Brooke to sign some annulment paper or she will have Brooke be legally unable to run her assets so I told her to leave but she wasn't going," Lucas began to explain in a broken voice. "Then Brooke started to feel bad and collapsed, I grabbed her in my arms and brought her here."
"How is Brooke doing and the baby?" Karen asked worried.
"I don't know, the doctors are in with her for over an hour now." Lucas replied as the tears escaped his eyes.
"Easy son, everything is going to be okay." Karen assured him.
"What if it's not? What am I going to do if something happens to them?" Lucas asked devastated.
"Relax son, nothing is going to happen but if it did you need to be strong for her. Remember that on your wedding day I told you when difficult times comes I want you to accept them and go through it together, if this happen to be the case you need to do that." Karen told him soothingly.
"Thanks mom." he said as they shared a comforting hug.
A while later Dr. Salinger showed up at waiting room, as soon as Lucas saw him, he stood up and went to meet him.
"Dr. Salinger, how are Brooke and the baby?" Lucas asked anxiously.
"Hi Lucas," Doctor Salinger greeted with a sad look. "Well we couldn't do anything to save the baby. A little after you brought her in, she had a miscarriage. I guess after everything you told me when you got her here; the baby couldn't handle the stress. I'm sorry; we did every thing we could."
In that moment Lucas' world seem to crumble and down, like some unknown forces were pulling him and crushing him to the floor. The tears started to flow like a river.
"How is Brooke?" he asked in a broken and cracked voice.
"Brooke will be fine but right now she is sedated." Doctor Salinger told him.
"Why?" Lucas asked as tears streamed down his face.
"Because when she came to her senses again and told her about the loss of the baby, she had a nervous breakdown." Doctor Salinger told him.
After hearing that, Lucas was unable to form a sentence, so Karen intervened.
"I'm Karen Roe, the mother in law, how long Brooke will be asleep?" she asked.
"Pleasure to meet Ms. Roe; we don't for sure but at least a good eight hours." Doctor Salinger replied.
"Thanks Doctor." Karen said.
"You are welcome. We will keep her here for observation a few days," Doctor Salinger said looking at Lucas. "You two are young, Brooke is healthy, give it a couple of months and try again."
All Lucas can do after that words of encouragement is to nod, and with that the doctor was gone. He threw himself into a chair and started to sob uncontrollably. Karen tried to rub soothing circles in his back but nothing seemed to work. He felt like he was losing a part of himself that he could never recover, it was like losing Keith all over again.
"This is all Victoria's fault, she is the one to blame for us losing the baby." he said angrily.
"Son, this is nobody fault. It just simply wasn't meant to be." Karen told him.
"No, Mom. This is all Victoria's doing." Lucas repeated in the same angry tone.
"Lucas I know that you are hurting right now and you try to blame someone for this but I need you to understand that it's nobody fault," Karen told him. "It just wasn't meant to be son. Right now Brooke needs you to be strong, to be her rock, you can't go through this without leaning on each other and being strong."
"Yeah Mom, maybe you are right." Lucas said not looking convinced.
"I know I'm right; I don't have the years that I have for nothing." she said with a smile.
"Thanks Mom." Lucas told her.
"You are welcome son."
~X~
Deb was out with some guy, so in Naley's house were only Nathan, Haley and the kids.
They already ate and Haley was downstairs cleaning the kitchen, while Nathan was putting Jamie to bed and reading him a story. Anna was already sleeping in her crib.
The phone rang but to Nathan that didn't bother him because he knew Haley would get that so he finished the story for Jamie.
"Did you like the story son?" Nathan asked him.
"Yes, and wow Michael Jordan is awesome, why did he leave the sport?" Jamie asked.
"That is a story for another day, now go to sleep. I love you." Nathan said as he kissed Jamie's head.
He left the room and went downstairs to meet with Haley in the kitchen. When he got there he found Haley in a shocked state, on the verge of tears and with the phone in her hand.
"Hales, what's going on? You seem like you heard someone just died." he asked worriedly.
"Nathan, you just wouldn't believe what happened." Haley replied sadly.
"I would if you told me, by the way who called?" he asked.
"It was Karen on the phone; she called me to let me know that Brooke and Lucas just lost their baby." she told him.
"What? How that happened?" he asked shocked.
"Apparently from what Karen told me, Brooke got into a huge fight with Victoria and the stress coming from that, made Brooke lose the baby." Haley told him.
"Oh god! Is Victoria never going to stop?" Nathan asked angrily. He couldn't believe Brooke's so-called mother was ruining her life.
"I don't know Nate." Haley said sadly.
"Luke must be devastated; I know how happy he was with the news. How is Brooke doing?" Nathan asked.
"According to Karen, she will be fine but right now she is sedated because she had a nervous breakdown when the doctor told her." Haley replied as Nathan pulled her into his arms and held her.
"Man, they can't ever get a break. There's always something in their way. I'm going over there right now." Nathan told her.
"I can't go right now; I can't leave the kids alone. So tell Luke that I will be there with him and Brooke as soon as Deb arrives." Haley told him.
"Okay, I will let them know. Bye." he said as he kissed her lovingly.
"Bye."
~X~
Half an hour later Brooke was in her hospital room, lying in bed sleeping. Lucas and Karen were also in the room. They were sitting in chairs on one side of Brooke's bed. Lucas was sitting close to the headboard, holding her hand and just sat there, in silence, looking at her. From time to time he caressed her hair in the most delicate and affectionate way. The peace in that room was disturbed when Nathan came in.
"Hi Karen, Hi Lucas." he said softly.
"Hi Nathan." they both replied.
"Luke man, I'm really sorry," he said as he went and hugged him. "Haley told me everything and I came the fastest I could."
"Thanks Nate, that means a lot." Lucas replied.
"Don't mention it. You are my brother for the good and for the bad. Haley also asked me to tell that you that as soon as Deb arrives at home, she will be here for you and Brooke." Nathan told him.
"I knew that I could count on you guys." Lucas told him.
"Always don't forget that." Nathan replied.
After that brief conversation, Lucas seemed lost in his thoughts so they spent the next hour in silence just listening to Brooke's even breathing. It was nine thirty when Lucas got up from his chair.
"Mom, Nate can you please stay and look out for Brooke while I'm out?" he asked.
"It's okay for me." Nathan replied.
"Where are you going?" Karen asked him.
"I need to do something." he told her.
"Okay." Karen replied.
"Thanks mom." Lucas told her.
Five minutes after Lucas left the room, Karen looked directly at Nathan.
"Nathan please can you go after him?" she asked.
"Why?"
"Because I'm afraid that he will do something crazy." she told him in a worried tone.
"Okay Karen, don't worry about it." Nathan told her as he stood and left.
~X~
Peyton and Jake were curled up in the couch watching a movie, when Peyton's cell went off.
"Karen?" Peyton asked surprised as she answered the call.
"Yes it's me, Peyton." Karen told her.
"This is weird, you never call me." Peyton said with a frown.
"I know but something very important and sad happened." Karen told her sadly.
"Please Karen, tell me." Peyton said concerned.
"Brooke needs you more than anything right now." Karen told her.
"What happened to Brooke, Karen?" Peyton asked alarmed. Jake looked at her concerned.
"She just lost her baby." Karen said quietly.
"What? How? Because I was with her before I leave and everything was okay, I don't understand." Peyton said sadly.
"Brooke got into a huge fight with Victoria and the stress resulting from that caused it." Karen explained.
"Ugh! It had to be Victoria. How is Brooke by the way?" Peyton asked.
"Brooke will be fine but right now she is sedated because when the doctor told her the bad news, she had a nervous breakdown." Karen told her.
"Okay Karen, tell Lucas that I'm returning in the first plane I can find to Tree Hill. Which hospital is she in?" Peyton said.
"Tree Hill Hospital." Karen told her.
"Thanks for letting me know. Are you staying with her and Lucas?" Peyton asked.
"Yes." Karen said.
"Thanks again Karen, I will see you in a couple of hours ." Peyton told her.
"See you then." Karen said as she hung up. After Peyton hang up, Jake asked.
"Peyton, who was it?" he had a concerned look on his face.
"It was Karen to let me know that Brooke just lost the baby, so I'm going back to Tree Hill on the first flight I can find tonight. Are you okay with that?" she asked.
"Wow tell them I'm sorry and I don't mind, your friend needs you." Jake told her.
"Thanks, you are the best." Peyton told him.
"I would come too but I can't leave the job right now." he said in an apologetic tone.
"That's okay. Please help me pack." she said as she stood from the sofa.
"Okay."
~X~
Nathan stepped out of the hospital and saw Lucas leaving with his car. So he stopped a taxi and asked the taxi driver to follow the car. To his surprise Lucas parked right in front of the Marriott Hotel, the same where Lucas and Brooke held their wedding not so long ago. Nathan paid the taxi driver and left the car but stayed watching Lucas as he went into the building.
"Welcome to the Marriott Hotel Wilmington, How can we help you?" the receptionist greeted.
"Hi, I'm looking for Victoria Davis room." Lucas asked politely.
"Let me see. It's room 521, do you want me to let her know that you are here?" the receptionist replied.
"No, it's a surprise. Thanks by the way." Lucas said.
"That's okay. You are welcome." the receptionist told him. Nathan, who was watching it all from the Lobby, decided to go after him. Once Lucas reached room 521, he knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" Victoria called.
"Room service." Lucas replied. As soon as Victoria opened the door, he entered so violently that she totally forgot to close it, leaving it nearly open.
"What are you doing in here?" she demanded.
"What am I doing here? This," he said angrily. He grabbed her by the neck forcefully, like he was trying to choke her. He pushed her against the wall and kept her there. "How can you do that to your own daughter?"
"Do…. What?" Victoria managed as she gasped for air.
"This is all your fault, you are a heartless women. My wife, your daughter, just lost our baby because of your envy and greed! You can not accept the fact that she is happy and successful without you! You screw everything up." he told her as he added pressure with each passing minute.
Nathan walked into the room, saw the scene that was unfolding there and rushed to his brother side and grabbed him from behind, like a bear.
"Nathan, get off!" Lucas demanded.
"Luke, you are going to kill her." Nathan said as he tried to get Lucas to stop.
"That's what I'm planning to do." Lucas told him.
"Don't do it, she isn't worthy of you getting your hands dirty." Nathan told him.
"That's Nate where you are wrong, she is totally worth it." Lucas said, still not letting go.
"Please Luke, don't do it. Don't become Dan, Brooke needs you now." Nathan told him. It was like the sole mention of Brooke's name, made Lucas think what he was doing. He released his grip on Victoria's neck.
"You are right Nate, she isn't worthy plus you are right Brooke needs me right now." Lucas said as he walked away from the bitch that was Victoria.
"Good, this is the brother I know." Nathan said.
After this Victoria started to cough and recover herself. Her eyes were watery from hearing the bad news but she quickly went back into her ice queen mode. She was still gasping as she said.
"Well who cares, this is what happens in this end world town, nobody can be happy here." As soon as Lucas heard those words, he said to her.
"You are wrong, you couldn't be happy. So stay away from my family or so help me god the next time I will kill you for sure and there isn't going to be a Nathan to stop me."
"Are you threatening me?" she asked.
"Yes. Let's go Nathan." Lucas said. And with that they both left the hotel and jump into Lucas' car, Nathan on the driving side.
"Luke, what were you thinking?" Nathan asked.
"First, how did you find me?" Lucas asked.
"Your mom was afraid that you would do something crazy and apparently she was right but you didn't answer my question." he said.
"You can't fool mom right?" Lucas replied.
"Right, so?" Nathan asked.
"Okay, I thought that she needed to pay for the damage she caused to us." Lucas told him.
"But Luke this is not the way, like I said before, in there, Brooke needs you more then anything now." Nathan told him.
"I need her too but Victoria needs to pay now." Lucas said angrily.
"And she will pay all her wrong doings in this world if not now, later but I can guarantee that she will. Now you just need to concentrate on Brooke." Nathan told him.
"Yes, you're right. Brooke is my number one priority now, how is she by the way?" Lucas asked, his tone softening.
"Until I left she was still sleeping." Nathan told him.
"Okay. Nate, please take to the hospital I want to be with my wife." Lucas replied.
"Let's go then."
~X~
Peyton was in the airport for a long while, so fed up with the waiting she approached to the nearest counter and asked.
"Excuse me, but can you tell me if I can board the plane that leaves at midnight for Tree Hill?"
"What is your name?" the clerk asked.
"Peyton Sawyer." she replied.
"Let me check." the clerk said.
"Okay."
"Ms. Sawyer, yes you are on the list. Let me give you the first class ticket." the clerk said.
"First Class?" Peyton asked surprised.
"Yes, since one of the passengers is not traveling and with the overbooking of the coach section. The company decided to upgrade you to first class." the clerk explained.
"Well thank you." Peyton replied.
"Here you go." he said as he handed her the ticket.
~X~
It was now eleven p.m. when Lucas and Nathan returned to the hospital room. Brooke was still sleeping and Karen was reading a magazine until Nathan with Lucas entered the room.
"Karen, we're back." Nathan told her.
"Thank god, I was beginning to worry." Karen replied.
"There is nothing to worry about mom. How is Brooke doing?" Lucas asked as he sat in the seat he had before.
"She's fine, still sleeping. Where were you son?" Karen asked him.
"I went for a walk; I needed to think about everything that happened, everything you told me before. I needed some clarity and strength to face this." Lucas lied.
"Did it work for you?" Karen asked not buying a single word he said.
"Yes mom thanks for asking." Lucas replied.
"You're welcome son." Karen said as she looked at Nathan. He mouthed I'll tell you later.
"Did Dr. Salinger come again to check on Brooke?" Lucas asked.
"Yes, he said that everything was going good." Karen told him.
"Okay," Lucas said as he took hold of Brooke's hand and gazed down at her. He kissed her hand lovingly. "We're going to get through this Pretty Girl."
They spent the next hour in silence, Lucas was holding Brooke's hand close to her mouth giving sweet but short kisses and still looking to her face while she was sleeping, to him she look like an angel.
Nathan and Karen were falling asleep until a cell phone ring broke everyone from their daze, it turned out to be Nathan's phone, and he took it out of the pocket, left the room and answered it.
"Nathan Scott here." he said.
"Nathan, it's me Haley." Haley told him.
"Hey Hales did something happen in the house?" he asked concerned.
"No, everything is good here. I just call to see how is Brooke? Any change?" she asked.
"The doctor says that everything was going good and no change Brooke is still asleep." he told her.
"That's good news. How is Lucas taking it?" Haley asked him.
"Well now he's taking it better, gaining all the strength possible to give it to Brooke but at first he was a mess." Nathan told her.
"Poor Lucas and I can't be there for him now." Haley said feeling guilty.
"What Deb didn't show up yet?" Nathan asked with a frown.
"No." Haley sighed.
"I will have a serious talk with my mother tomorrow." Nathan told her annoyed.
"Well, I need to go Anna is crying. I'll be there as soon as I can." she said.
"Okay, Hales. I love you. Bye." Nathan said as he went back into Brooke's room.
"I love you too. Bye."
~X~
It had been three hours since Lucas returned to the hospital from his "little walk"; everyone was dozing off. Lucas with his head in the bed next to Brooke's hand, Nathan and Karen in their chairs.
The clock in the wall showed it was two a.m. already when they were startled by a knock on the door. They quickly came to their senses and allowed the person to come in. In the doorway were two cops.
"Sorry to disturb you." the first officer said.
"How can we help you?" Lucas asked.
"We are looking for Mr. Lucas Scott; they told us upfront that we could find him here." the other officer said.
"Yes, I'm Lucas Scott, What do you need me for?" Lucas asked.
"Sir. we need you to accompany us to the station." the first officer said.
"What for?" Lucas asked.
"We have an order to taking you into custody." the second officer told him.
"What?" Lucas asked stunned.
"Under what charges?" Nathan asked.
"Under the charges of attempt of murder and to threaten the life of Mrs. Victoria Davis." the first officer said as he looked at his notes.
"What? That is all false." Lucas said.
"If it's all false like you say please accompany us to station." the second officer told him.
"You should go Luke, I'll go with you. We can take care of it, Brooke doesn't even need to know. Come on man, don't worry, it will all be okay." Nathan said knowing that Lucas was lying, and not trusting his own words. He knew Lucas was in big trouble.
"Okay, mom please take a good care of Brooke while I'm out and if Victoria decides to come here to see her don't let her in." Lucas said.
"Don't worry son, I won't let her in." Karen assured him. Lucas walks to where the cops were standing and out of the blue the two officers grabbed his wrists and handcuffed him.
"Are the handcuff necessary?" Nathan asked them.
"It's standard procedure." the first officer told him.
"What precinct are you taking him to?" Karen asked.
"Twenty first precinct." the second officer said.
"Call the lawyer." Nathan said as he looked at Karen.
They all left the hospital and traveled to the police station. Lucas was in the police car and Nathan following behind in his car.
The clock showed that it was now two fifteen a.m. and Karen was climbing to the walls of the room but she couldn't leave Brooke alone, so she was waiting for someone to come so she can leave the room and call the lawyer. In that moment her prayers were answered because Peyton and Haley walked in to the room.
"Thank god, you are here."
"Yeah we bumped into each other in the entrance of hospital." Peyton said.
"Where is Nathan and Lucas?" Haley asked as she looked around.
"Yeah where are they?" Peyton asked.
"Well, Lucas was arrested because Victoria reported him to the police, alleging that he attempted to kill her and threatened her life. Nathan is with him at the police station." Karen told them.
"Wow, I don't think Lucas could have done that." Haley said shocked.
"Victoria has no limits what so ever." Peyton said angrily.
"Excuse me a minute I need to call the lawyer." Karen said as she left the room.
Once Karen reached the hallway, she took her cell phone out of her pocket and dialed the number of the attorney. When she heard a voice on the other line she said.
"Mr. Jacobs, it's me Karen Roe. Do you remember me?"
"Yes, Karen. How are you?" he replied.
"I'm good, you?" she replied.
"I'm good too. What do I owe the pleasure of your call?" he asked her.
"It's my son, he is in trouble." Karen told him.
"What happened to him that you are calling me at almost two thirty a.m?"
"He got arrested by the police." Karen said.
"What are the charges?" the lawyer asked.
"Attempted murder and to threaten the life of his mother in law." Karen said.
"Karen that are some very serious charges."
"I know but he didn't do anything," she told him. "His mother in law is determined to break his marriage with any reason she can. She is an evil person."
"Where was Lucas when cops arrested him?"
"In the hospital because his wife just lost the baby they were expecting, another thing caused by the actions of his mother in law." Karen said.
"Where are you now?" the lawyer asked.
"In the hospital taking care of my daughter in law." she replied.
"What Precinct was he was taken to?"
"Twenty first." Karen told him.
"Okay, let me see what I can do but I can't promise you anything since the charges are very serious."
"Okay. Thanks Mr Jacobs." Karen said gratefully.
"Don't mention it, talk to you later."
"Bye."
An hour later Peyton was sitting on a chair on one side of Brooke's bed, while on the other side was Haley. Karen went to get some coffee and the girls were talking about the Savannah trip. As soon as Karen entered the room, she heard Peyton say.
"Karen hurry up, I think Brooke is starting to wake up." After those words were said, Karen rushed to Brooke's bed and saw the brunette slowly opening her eyes; she greeted her with a smile.
"Hi Brooke, welcome back." Karen said softly. Brooke looked around and saw Peyton and Haley but she didn't see Lucas so her eyes started to fill with tears.
"Where is Lucas?" she asked sleepily. The two girls looked at Karen, in a way, like encouraging her to tell her the truth.
"She needs to know." Peyton said.
"Peyton, what is that I need to know?" Brooke asked as tears slipped down her cheeks.
"I will tell you if you promise that you will take it as calm as you can okay? We don't want the doctor to sedate you again." Karen told her.
"Okay, I'll try." Brooke replied in a quiet voice.
"Lucas was arrested because your mom reported him to the police alleging that he attempted to kill her and threatened her life." Karen told her as gently as she could.
"That is absurd; I know that he wouldn't do that plus I need him with me right now." Brooke said as she began to cry and her voice broke.
"We know honey." Karen said as she tried to calm Brooke down.
"We are working to get him out of there fast, Nathan and an attorney is working on that right now. You just try to be calm okay." Haley said as she took hold of her hand.
"Okay." Brooke replied in a small voice.
"How are you feeling?" Peyton asked her.
"I'm feeling sleepy and like a part of me was ripped off from the inside." Brooke said as she cried harder.
"I know the feeling that something is taken away from you but believe me you and Luke have all your life to have kids." Peyton told her gently.
"But we wanted this one so much." she said placing her hands on her stomach and crying harder.
"We know honey but it's like Peyton said, you have your whole life to be full of kids." Haley said. "Now go to sleep and you will see that when you wake up again, if we have a bit of luck, Luke will be by your side."
"Really?" Brooke asked still crying slightly.
"Really." Karen assured her. And with that Brooke went back to sleep and the girls drank their coffee and remained in silence to not disturb her.
The night passed slowly, the girls stayed there dozing off, drinking coffee or tea, calling home to talk to Deb about the kids like it was the case of Haley. Karen also talked to Andy who was babysitting Lily and also talked to Nathan to see how the problem with Lucas was going. Also Millicent called to check of her boss' well being.
When the clock hit the six a.m. mark Brooke started to wake up again. After she did and saw that Lucas wasn't there yet, she became sad and started to cry but the girls tried to calm her down and distracted her with another subject. This was working until they heard the voice of a person standing at the door.
"How is my beautiful daughter doing? Better?" Victoria asked.
"What are you doing in here? You need to leave now." Karen said angrily as she rushed to her side and tried to push her away from the room, preventing her from coming in.
"I heard the bad news from Lucas and I'm sorry about the loss of my grandchild. But I wanted to see you before I leave for New York in two hours." Victoria said.
"Cut the crap Victoria, you don't feel sorry at all." Peyton said angrily.
"Karen, Girls, let me handle this," Brooke said angrily, with eyes full of tears. "You are not sorry at all, you caused this and what you did with Lucas is unforgivable. So I don't want you here or in my life ever again! Please go before I get up of this bed and beat the crap out of you and never come back!"
"Okay, I will go. I know when to leave where I'm not wanted." Victoria said as she smiled.
~X~
Nathan was waiting outside for Lucas to come out, thanks to the attorney that Karen sent and the lie he told to the police to cover for his brother. He knew Brooke needed him now. After ten minutes, he saw his brother and the attorney coming out but waited a bit before approaching because he saw they were talking.
"Mr. Jacobs thanks for everything. I don't know what would have done without you." Lucas told him.
"You are welcome. Thank god you brother was there and told the whole truth to the police and the judge dismissed all the charges." Mr. Jacobs said.
"I thank god for the same thing." Lucas said truthfully.
"Your mother in law is one evil lady." Mr. Jacobs told him.
"Unfortunately, yes she is." Lucas agreed.
"I leave you now so you can go to your wife; I need to say that I'm very sorry for your loss. Anything you need call me." the lawyer said.
"Thanks and I will." Lucas said. After the attorney left, Lucas saw his brother waiting by his car. He approached him and hugged him before they got in the car. "Thanks Nate because if you haven't said what you said in the police statement, I wouldn't be here right now. I would be behind bars."
"I know and I did it for you and Brooke because you two need each other right now." Nathan said.
"Thanks again. Do you know anything about Brooke?" Lucas asked worriedly.
"Yes, she already woken up two times asking for you and Karen thought it was appropriate to tell her where you were." Nathan said.
"How did she take it? Is she only with my mom?" Lucas asked.
"No, Peyton and Haley are with her too. She took it bad but the girls could calm her down." Nathan told him.
"Thank god that the girls were there." Lucas said with a sigh.
"Do you want me to take you there?" Nathan asked.
"Yes please, I'm dying to see her." Lucas replied.
~X~
A week had passed since Brooke was discharged from the hospital and being at home for all this time made her realized that the loss of their baby wasn't a dream. It was the reality and the pain that caused it took her to close off everyone, her friends, her godchildren, even from Lucas.
She just stayed lying in bed all day, looking at the wall. Not talking to anyone, barely eating. She was really sad and felt like she was numb, but also devoid of emotions.
Lucas was doing everything in his power to get her out of that state, but nothing seemed to work. He talked to her and even hugged her at night, like he always did, when they were sleeping so she knows that he was here for her and that he loved her now more then ever but every night she pulled away.
Haley, Peyton, Nathan and Karen visited her everyday to see how she was doing and to help Lucas get the old Brooke back but again nothing seemed to work.
Today was nowhere different from the other days, he practically forced the food down Brooke's throat at noon and now it was three in the afternoon and he was at her side, talking to her without getting an answer. He caressed her hair, gave her kisses on the head until he heard the doorbell ring.
"The doorbell is ringing, I'll right back Brooke." he said as he kissed her head. When Lucas reached the door and opened it, he found a very sad Rachel. She hugged him as she said.
"I'm so sorry Lucas. I was doing a photo shoot in Fiji for the last week and half and it didn't have cell phone reception. The minute I stepped on an Island with reception I got Peyton's message and I came as quickly as I could."
"That's okay Rachel, what matters is that you are here now. Please come in." he said as he returned her hug.
"Thanks. How is Brooke?" Rachel asked as they pulled away and she stepped into the house.
"Really bad, she is in a state that I can't pull her out." he said sadly.
"That bad?" Rachel asked.
"See it for yourself," Lucas said as he pointed to the bedroom. Rachel and Lucas walked to the room where Brooke was and Lucas decided to go in first, followed by redhead. "Pretty Girl, look who came to visit you."
"Hi Brooke." Rachel said as she came an stood beside Lucas.
"I'll leave you two alone. Rachel, I'm going to be in the living room okay?" Lucas said.
"Okay and don't worry. This fat ass and me we have a lot to talk about," Rachel told him. He left the room hoping that she could help Brooke way more than them. "I heard everything and I'm really sorry. I'm sorry about what happened to you and I'm sorry that I couldn't be here faster, you know how the life of a model is. But you can't let what happened to bring you down like this. This is not the Brooke Davis I know."
Brooke still wasn't looking at Rachel. Her eyes started to fill with tears and Rachel continue talking as she sat on the floor.
"You have to get out of this state that you put yourself in because everyone that knows you needs for the old Brooke to be back," Rachel continued. "Bad things like this will continue to happen in your life but that is not the reason to throw yourself to the death, plus, Lucas is a mess but he is trying to be strong for you because he already lost the baby and can't afford to lose you too."
By this moment the tears were sliding down Brooke's face that was the only reaction that she had these days.
"Your friends need you, I need you too so you can keep me sober, your godchildren needs the cool Aunt Brooke who indulge them with everything they want. But most important and like I said before there is a gentleman out there in the living room that you mean the world to and I don't think he can't live without you," Rachel told her honestly. "You are suffering but us and with us I mean Lucas, Nathan, Haley, everyone is suffering more to see you like this. For the love of god, you have all your life to have a soccer team if you want plus you are healthy as a horse, wait a couple of months and try again with the way you and Lucas like to consummate your marriage, you will be preggers again in no time. What I'm trying to say with this is don't let what happened to you dictate your life to the point of letting yourself embrace the possibility of death because that is what you are doing."
After this heart felt speech, Rachel continued to talk to her for the rest of the afternoon. When she left the house the night was already here. Lucas told her to come back whenever she wanted to and started to prepare the dinner so he could go to sleep later.
The next day arrived and apparently Rachel's visit had the same effect that the other, nothing. Haley called him early in the morning with a new idea to try on Brooke, play her a song as in a way of Lucas to communicate everything he was feeling and everything he wanted her to know to see if that got her out of that state.
Lucas agreed to do it, so he hung up with her and went to their room with the CD in his hands and put it on the CD player. He looked at Brooke directly in the eyes.
"Brooke, Pretty Girl, since talking to you doesn't seem to work maybe this song will tell you everything I'm feeling and everything I want you to know, one of those things is that I love you." he said sadly. He pushed play and it started to come out, It was The Pretenders song "I'll stand by you".
When the song ended Brooke had tears sliding down her cheeks as she looked at Lucas in the eyes for the first time in over a week; but it didn't work to get her out of that state.
In that moment the phone rang and he went to the living room to grab it and answer it.
"Hello?" he asked sadly.
"Hi Luke, It's me Haley."
"Hey Hales." he said with a sigh.
"I'm just calling to see how everything was going in there?"
"It still the same, that new idea you gave me this morning it didn't work." he told her.
"No?" Haley asked shocked.
"No." Lucas confirmed.
"Give it some time, maybe it doesn't work right away."
"Hales I don't know what to do next to help Brooke out. I love her and it's breaks my heart see her in that state." Lucas said sounding like he was about to cry.
"I know Luke, it happens the same to us and Jamie is always asking about his aunt."
"I have an Idea that maybe could help." Lucas said suddenly.
"What?"
"Meet us in the store in about half an hour."
"What for?" Haley asked curious.
"So you could try and talk to her." Lucas replied.
"Okay."
"Bye Haley."
"Bye Luke." they ended the call and he went to the room, grabbed Brooke in his arms and left the house.
~X~
Lucas and Brooke arrived at the store; Millicent greeted her and five minutes later, Haley and Jamie walked in. He saw Brooke on the couch, closer to the door, and Haley after greeting her and Lucas. She sat almost in front of Brooke. Jamie who had finished saying hello to his uncle, went and hugged Aunt Brooke and was surprised that his aunt didn't hug him back.
"Mom, what's wrong with Aunt Brooke?" he asked as he looked at Haley confused.
At this moment, Lucas who was standing at Brooke's side, called Jamie to do whatever he wanted at the computer so Haley wasn't forced to answer the question but most important not to worry him with the state of his aunt was in. In that precise moment, Millie came with a box.
"Brooke, this was left for you earlier." she said as she put the box in Brooke's lap. Haley was also trying to talk to her.
"Brooke, How are you? I guess its good you are at the store now." she said.
"Yeah." Brooke replied in an emotionless tone.
Brooke grabbed the box that Millie had put in her lap and opened it to find baby clothes that she had designed and made the Clothes over Bros headquarters for her own baby. At the same time, Jamie saw something that he really wanted so he left Uncle Lucas looking at computer and ran to talk to Haley.
After Brooke saw this, she let a few tears fall down her cheeks. When Jamie arrived where his mother was, got her attention and pulled her up from the couch and dragged her to the computer, Brooke dropped the box on the floor. It made a loud noise that drew Lucas' attention. When he saw where the noise came from, he saw Brooke running into the street.
OH MY GOD! Brooke!" he yelled as he jumped over the counter and ran out of the store into the street.
In that instant everyone in the room with exception of Lucas turned around and panicked not seeing Brooke around and realizing where he was going.
When Lucas came running out of the store he saw Brooke was stood in the middle of the street and also saw an SUV coming along very fast and heading directly to where she was.
"OH MY GOD! BROOKE!" Lucas screamed. "BROOKE!"
I KNOW THAT YOU ARE PROBABLY HATING ME RIGHT NOW BUT DON´T WORRY I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT BROOKE WILL HAVE KIDS BEFORE THE END OF THE FIC!.STAY WITH ME AND YOU ALL WILL BE REWARD IT BIG TIME BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.
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