It was later on that day and Brooke was getting ready to go grocery shopping. The phone rang and Brooke just let it go. Lucas picked up the phone and yelled for Brooke.
"Brooke! It's the lawyers!" Lucas yelled down the hallway.
"Okay!" Brooke picked up the phone; "This is Brooke."
"Hello, Ms. Davis, it's Andrew Thompson. I was wondering if we could discuss a court date."
"Are you sure you want to do that over the phone?"
"Well, actually no, I was hoping you could come into the office today. Preferably sometime soon."
"Ok, well what time would you like me to come in?"
"Would now be convenient?"
"Um, sure. I guess," Brooke really didn't want to put the shopping on hold, but for this she would have to.
"See you soon, Bye."
She hung up the phone and walked into the poolroom where Lucas was perfecting his shot, "We, well I at least, have to go to the lawyers."
"Alright, when do we go?"
"Now," Brooke sighed.
"Hey it will be alright," Lucas walked over to her and hugged her tightly.
"No, do they realize that the stress from all this isn't good for the baby? The baby that I'm going to be having any day now?" Brooke asked.
"No, and do you know why?"
"No..."
"It's because guys are pig headed jerks who only think about themselves," Lucas had gotten used to saying this about guys. Every time Brooke would have a problem it would always fall back on the male gender, and that line was the only thing that would help her out.
"If only all men were like you," Brooke hugged Lucas and rested her head on his chest.
"But then, you'd love everybody, and I wouldn't feel so special," Lucas teased then rested his head on hers.
"But there's only one of you. And you're the only one that I love."
"I love you too Brooke.
"Alright well we better get this over with," Brooke grabbed Lucas's hand and pulled him out of the house and into the car.
"So you're alright with this?" Lucas broke the ten-minute silence.
"Do you mean, do I want to decide a time to see Craig? No, I was just starting to get over this. Then Andrew had to call, and just bring it all up again. And do you know what else?"
"What?"
"He interrupted my grocery shopping ritual!"
"You have a ritual?"
"Yeah, and he interrupted it!"
"Alright, anymore rituals you'd like to tell me you have?"
"Umm...oh there's quite a few, when the moment comes I'll tell you."
"Any weirder than this?"
"What's so weird about having a grocery shopping ritual?"
"Nothing, well everything, but I've never heard of anyone that has a ritual."
"Well, now you have. And nope, I don't have anything that's weirder than this. I guess if you want to call it weird..." Brooke said and turned onto the street that the lawyers office was on.
They walked in and sat outside Andrew's office waiting for him to get done with another client. When he was finally done he came out of the office and bid good luck to the client and looked down to Brooke and Lucas.
"Ms. Davis! Mr. Scott! Glad you're here. Come in and make yourselves comfortable." Andrew said with a very fake smile.
"Thank you," Brooke nodded to Andrew and Lucas followed her into the office.
"Alright, so as you know, Mr. Meyers is pleading not guilty. This only makes the case slightly more difficult, but not by much. So, the first part of the trial will be in three weeks. I'll call you when we have further details. But what I need you here today is to tell me again what happened."
"Well, it's good that I remember it. It has been eight months since then."
"Oh right! That's the other thing, if you're in the hospital when the court date is scheduled, then it will be rescheduled for a later date."
"I was going to ask about that actually. Now, let's start with the statement," Brooke just wanted to get this thing over with.
They sat there, and Brooke recalled the entire story perfectly. Even if she hadn't they would have used her previous statement that she had given. Her lawyer reviewed the motions of the court. He explained all the questions that were possibly going to be asked, and how she should answer them. Of course he stressed that she answered truthfully at all costs, but told her not to get to angry with Craig, and to watch her language. After all bad language never went over well with the jury.
After they were finished Brooke and Lucas were allowed to leave.
"I'm glad that's over with," Brooke said with smudged mascara on her face from crying.
"Yeah, baby, are you alright?" Lucas asked her.
"Yeah, just a little shaken."
"Alright, let me drive, you're in no condition to drive."
"If you say so," Brooke handed over the keys.
After a while of driving Brooke turned to Lucas, "Three weeks. Three weeks till I have to face him again. I'm not sure if I can handle it."
"I'll be there baby, trust me, you'll do fine," Luke gave her leg a light squeeze.
Brooke smiled weakly at him, if only she could think the same thing.
They pulled into the driveway and when they walked up to the porch they saw a crying Haley.
"I hate that brother of yours!" she yelled at Lucas.
"Brooke! It's the lawyers!" Lucas yelled down the hallway.
"Okay!" Brooke picked up the phone; "This is Brooke."
"Hello, Ms. Davis, it's Andrew Thompson. I was wondering if we could discuss a court date."
"Are you sure you want to do that over the phone?"
"Well, actually no, I was hoping you could come into the office today. Preferably sometime soon."
"Ok, well what time would you like me to come in?"
"Would now be convenient?"
"Um, sure. I guess," Brooke really didn't want to put the shopping on hold, but for this she would have to.
"See you soon, Bye."
She hung up the phone and walked into the poolroom where Lucas was perfecting his shot, "We, well I at least, have to go to the lawyers."
"Alright, when do we go?"
"Now," Brooke sighed.
"Hey it will be alright," Lucas walked over to her and hugged her tightly.
"No, do they realize that the stress from all this isn't good for the baby? The baby that I'm going to be having any day now?" Brooke asked.
"No, and do you know why?"
"No..."
"It's because guys are pig headed jerks who only think about themselves," Lucas had gotten used to saying this about guys. Every time Brooke would have a problem it would always fall back on the male gender, and that line was the only thing that would help her out.
"If only all men were like you," Brooke hugged Lucas and rested her head on his chest.
"But then, you'd love everybody, and I wouldn't feel so special," Lucas teased then rested his head on hers.
"But there's only one of you. And you're the only one that I love."
"I love you too Brooke.
"Alright well we better get this over with," Brooke grabbed Lucas's hand and pulled him out of the house and into the car.
"So you're alright with this?" Lucas broke the ten-minute silence.
"Do you mean, do I want to decide a time to see Craig? No, I was just starting to get over this. Then Andrew had to call, and just bring it all up again. And do you know what else?"
"What?"
"He interrupted my grocery shopping ritual!"
"You have a ritual?"
"Yeah, and he interrupted it!"
"Alright, anymore rituals you'd like to tell me you have?"
"Umm...oh there's quite a few, when the moment comes I'll tell you."
"Any weirder than this?"
"What's so weird about having a grocery shopping ritual?"
"Nothing, well everything, but I've never heard of anyone that has a ritual."
"Well, now you have. And nope, I don't have anything that's weirder than this. I guess if you want to call it weird..." Brooke said and turned onto the street that the lawyers office was on.
They walked in and sat outside Andrew's office waiting for him to get done with another client. When he was finally done he came out of the office and bid good luck to the client and looked down to Brooke and Lucas.
"Ms. Davis! Mr. Scott! Glad you're here. Come in and make yourselves comfortable." Andrew said with a very fake smile.
"Thank you," Brooke nodded to Andrew and Lucas followed her into the office.
"Alright, so as you know, Mr. Meyers is pleading not guilty. This only makes the case slightly more difficult, but not by much. So, the first part of the trial will be in three weeks. I'll call you when we have further details. But what I need you here today is to tell me again what happened."
"Well, it's good that I remember it. It has been eight months since then."
"Oh right! That's the other thing, if you're in the hospital when the court date is scheduled, then it will be rescheduled for a later date."
"I was going to ask about that actually. Now, let's start with the statement," Brooke just wanted to get this thing over with.
They sat there, and Brooke recalled the entire story perfectly. Even if she hadn't they would have used her previous statement that she had given. Her lawyer reviewed the motions of the court. He explained all the questions that were possibly going to be asked, and how she should answer them. Of course he stressed that she answered truthfully at all costs, but told her not to get to angry with Craig, and to watch her language. After all bad language never went over well with the jury.
After they were finished Brooke and Lucas were allowed to leave.
"I'm glad that's over with," Brooke said with smudged mascara on her face from crying.
"Yeah, baby, are you alright?" Lucas asked her.
"Yeah, just a little shaken."
"Alright, let me drive, you're in no condition to drive."
"If you say so," Brooke handed over the keys.
After a while of driving Brooke turned to Lucas, "Three weeks. Three weeks till I have to face him again. I'm not sure if I can handle it."
"I'll be there baby, trust me, you'll do fine," Luke gave her leg a light squeeze.
Brooke smiled weakly at him, if only she could think the same thing.
They pulled into the driveway and when they walked up to the porch they saw a crying Haley.
"I hate that brother of yours!" she yelled at Lucas.