OK... I am not quite sure how much I like this chapter. I was having major
writers block... I decided instead of writing 2 HUGE chapter like I
originally planned I would write about 3 or 4 smaller ones. That way I can
post them faster. PLEASE READ AND REVIEW! I hope you like it!
Laney sat in Fitch's big orange truck while he was in the gas station. She was using her new click pencil checking off her list, the list that was going to make everything right in her, and her father's eyes. She had gotten the list from the courthouse. It was amazing how knowing the right people in a small town could get you anything you needed. The man had told her that if 6 or more of the 10 conditions were checked off the list then she might have a case. So far she only had 3 and the 3 she did have were stretching it. Irresponsible teenage parents are raising the Child; Child is exposed to large amounts of alcohol, drugs, or parties, and Child is frequently left with babysitters. She wasn't sure how well this would go over in court but she was going to try. If she didn't get to have Lucas Scott's baby then no one did. Her father agreed. They both thought that the children should be put in an environment where they had 2 married older church oriented parents who could teach them morals. All Brooke and Lucas seemed to think was important were the clothes they wore Laney thought. Fitch walked slowly back to the truck carrying a huge bag of what looked like pure junk food. "Well Fitchy... Are we go?" Fitch smiled..."Yea... baby... we're go"
"Lucas... dandelions are weeds! We are not having weeds at our wedding. I want roses... PLEASE! Roses are romantic" Brooke begged. Lucas shook his head. "Brooke... Roses are dumb... anything but roses please... I am tried of this!" Lucas said looking up from the 5th wedding planning book they had looked today. Brooke couldn't make up her mind. She wanted everything she saw. "Fine... Then what about lilies?" Brooke said pointing to a picture. "Did I say Roses were dumb? I meant lilies are dumb... Roses are fine." Lucas said seeing how much worse the lilies were than the roses. "Lucas, there is no point in doing this if you aren't going to be serious! This is our wedding! Emma would be more help then you!" Brooke said getting frustrated and starting to yell. "Fine roses... but if you get roses then I get to wear the stripped tie" Lucas said knowing he was going to get his way. "Fine... You can wear the ugly tie," Brooke said in defeat but she obviously getting mad. "Now can we please move on?" Brooke couldn't believe how hard this was. She had no idea that planning a wedding was so stressful. Haley and Nathan had the right idea. She turned the page of the book. "Ok... now... what time of day do we want it?" She asked looking at Lucas who wasn't paying any attention. "Lucas! I am not kidding... You don't have to help if you are going to be like this... Look you go call Nathan and you guys go do whatever you 2 do. I am going to call Haley and Peyton to help me. Brooke said closing the book. Lucas was so relieved. He had only told Brooke he wanted to be a part of the planning because he thought that it would make things less stressful on her and the baby... Apparently he was wrong. "Thank you!" he said kissing her on the cheek then running off to grab his phone. Brooke looked down at Emma who was playing with her dolls. "Hey Emmy... wanna help mommy plan a wedding?" Emma looked up at her and showed her, her doll. "No" She said turning back to her dolls. Emma loved dolls. Brooke and Lucas had been really worried about how Emma was going to react to Austin but once she explained that Austin was like a baby doll in Mommy's tummy she couldn't wait. She was always kissing Brookes stomach and talking to it. Much different from a month ago when she would yell things at it and cry whenever someone mentioned the baby. Brooke was really relieved. "Ok... Nathan and I are going to the river court...He is dropping Haley and Peyton off when he comes. Do you want us to take Emma?" Lucas asked walking back into the kitchen. Brooke knew what that meant. He really didn't want to take Emma but asked because he had this new thing where he was trying to relieve her stress. "No... She will help us... You go have fun..." Brooke said trying to stand up from the chair. "But you can watch her tomorrow at 3:00. Haley and I have a doctors appoint" Brooke stopped mid sentence. She knew what she had just said was a very bad thing "No... mama... I go see Awsouin on TV" Emma said running to Brooke's side starting to cry. Emma was going through a phase where she hated to be separated from Brooke. Brooke's doctor had said it was probably because of the new baby and the fact that she didn't want Brooke to pay more attention to him instead of her. Brooke looked down at Emma who was clinging to her legs. "Baby...don't you wanna play with Daddy and uncle Nate? I bet they will play Pony and Barbie's" Emma shook her head clinging tighter. "Well then... I guess you are free at 3:00 unless you really want to come with me and listen to the doctor try and tell me I am having another girl." Brooke said sitting back down letting Emma crawl back into her lap. "Maybe it is a girl..." Lucas said sitting down beside her. "Not you too... Lucas, It's a boy." Lucas knew he needed to stop there. "Ok, ok... Yea I'll come... I haven't seen him on ultra sound in months" Brooke smiled with approval. "Good... Ugh their here..." She said looking out the window. "I'm gonna go meet them... Bye Emmy be good for mommy... Bye Cheery" He said kissing her and walking outside. "Bye!"
Lucas walked down the steps of their apartment to meet Nathan and the girls. He looked over at Haley. She was bigger than ever and from the way she was talking to Nathan cranky too. "Nathan... Didn't you hear what that woman Marina Bobbit did to her husband? She cut is you know what off and I swear to god you call me fat one more time and I am going to do the same thing!" She yelled. Peyton had to help her up the stairs. "Hey Hales... How ya feeling?" Lucas asked touching her stomach. "Don't... talk to me... You can talk to me when you are this big and your ankles are this swollen" Haley snapped and kept walking. "Its good to see you too Hales" Lucas yelled after her. "So the real question is how are you doing" Lucas asked Nathan who was standing outside the car with his hands in his hair. "Dude... I am getting fixed after this baby is born... It can't be nearly as painful as this... I can't take it anymore... Lets get out of here before she thinks of something else to do to me... we have to pick up Jake and Tim" Nathan said getting back into the car. Lucas felt sorry for him but was really glad that Brooke wasn't like Haley. Really, really glad. "So...What about Peyton... Is she pregnant?" Lucas asked. He hadn't gotten a chance to talk to her about it. "I don't know... I don't care... I give up!" Nathan said hitting the steering wheel as he drove. "Right... Well we only have like 6 more weeks dude... We can last 6 more weeks right?" Lucas didn't know why he asked that he already knew the answer. "6 more weeks... Lucas that is 42 more days... and with my luck this baby will probably be over due or even worse... It may never come out... when it does it wont matter because she is going to pay more attention to it then she does to me" he whined. Lucas was so relieved when they got to Tim's. Now maybe he wouldn't have to hear Nathan whine anymore. Nathan beeped the horn. Finally after 10 minutes Tim walked out carrying some very badly shaped presents. "Tim... What the hell?" Lucas asked pointing to the presents. "I got you guys baby presents!" Tim said looking very proud. "What are they? ..." Nathan said laughing at the funny shaped lumps. "Dude... Their life times supplies of condoms!" Tim said loudly. "That way you wont ever have to worry about this again... and then Brooke and Peyton can be hot again... Its kind of hard to fantasize about them when they look like cows!" Lucas shook his head "Tim... I am engaged to Brooke not Peyton!" Lucas said not believing what he was hearing. "I know that dude... You and Brooke and Nathan and Peyton" Nathan threw a cup at Tim. "Me and Haley! Haley is my wife you idiot!" Tim shook his head. "You mean that smart chick? Oh right I knew that dude" Tim said outing the "presents" on the floor of the car. "Hey... So who is Peyton dating then?"
Brooke stood up to open the door for Haley and Peyton. "Hey tutor girl... Hey best friend... You guys ready to plan?" Brooke said in her usual cheeriness handing Emma to Peyton. "Of course" Haley said... "Lets eat and chat first though" Haley whined. Peyton agreed. Brooke walked into the kitchen and got out the chocolate ice crème and Doritos and walked back into the den. "So..." Brooke said putting the food on the table and pointing to Peyton's stomach. Peyton just sat there. "Peyton I am 7 and ½ months pregnant... Are you seriously going to make me guess if you are pregnant or not?" Brooke said getting frustrated. "No... No baby. It was just a false alarm but when I told Jake about it he freaked out and said we cant have sex anymore." Haley almost spit out her ice crème hearing Peyton speak. "You're kidding me! I think Lucas would die with out sex. I think I would die without sex!" Brooke admitted. Peyton and Haley both knew she as right. "OK so are we gonna plan or what?" Haley said picking up a wedding book. All 3 of them started looking at pictures and taking notes. They stayed like his for an hour and ½ until there was a knock at the door. "I'll get it" Brooke said putting her book down and carrying Emma to the door. Brooke opened the door to see a tall man. She was at least 6'4 because he was taller than both Lucas and Nathan. He had on a black suite and was carrying a brief case. "Are you Brooke Davis?" He asked sternly. "Yes... The one and only... can I help you?" She said. "Yes... My name is Richard Lewis... I was sent here from social services... Could I come in?" Brooke's heart sank... this didn't sound good. "Um... sure...2 of me friends are here helping me plan. Do they need to leave?" Richard looked over seeing Peyton and Haley on the couch... "Yes I think that would be best." Brooke walked over to the couch. "Um you guys have to leave..." Brooke said pointing to Richard. "Brooke Davis... You bad girl... cheating on Lucas... Cant we stay and watch!" Peyton joked. "No...seriously... He says he is from Social Services" Brooke managed to say. Her heart was in her stomach. What did social services want with her? "Right... Ok call us later... We'll get a cab" Haley said standing up and walking with Peyton out.
Once they were gone Richard sat down on the couch and started taking notes. "Um can I get you anything to eat or drink? Brooke said putting Emma in her playpen. "No thank you... We need to just get down to business... Please sit down" Richard was very serious when he talked. "Do I need to call Lucas?" Brooke asked after sitting down. "Well that depends... Is Lucas Emma's father?" Richard asked back. "Yes... and he is my fiancé" Brooke was getting really nervous. Her hands were shaking just like the night she had talked to her parents. "Where is he?" Richard asked bluntly. "Um he is out with his brother and 2 of their friends playing basketball" Brooke replied. "We don't really need him here... I think I know how this is going to go... I need to ask you a few questions... You see we have gotten some calls from some people who are worried about the safety of your daughter." Brooke didn't believe what she was hearing. What was he talking about, Emma's safety? "People... what people? Emma isn't in any danger" Richard looked as if he were starting to get annoyed. "Ma'am...The fact that you are 19 years old and going to be a parent of 2 worries us. Lets just get started with the questions. Did you or did you not have a party here a couple of weeks ago where alcohol was present?" Brooke looked over at Emma who was trying to climb out of her playpen. "Um... It wasn't really a party, party; it was a surprise birthday party for me. Lucas's friend Tim brought alcohol but Tim is an asshole so everyone usually just ignores him. Lucas and Nathan put the kegs away." Richard did not look pleased. "I was hoping that that wasn't going to be your answer. I am sorry but the fact that 6 concerned people have called about you and you did have a party where their was alcohol present and the fact that you are underage, Ma'am I am going to have to take Emma with me until we can send someone over hear to determine that it is a safe environment for your child." Brooke couldn't believe this. They couldn't take Emma away from her. That was her baby. Emma was what kept her sane. "Look... Mr. Lewis... You can't take Emma... She needs me... I am her mother... I don't know what people called you but they are crazy! I would never do anything to hurt Emma and neither would Lucas. She is everything to us." Brooke was crying now and could barely talk. "Ma'am... if you fight me on this then it is going to be that much harder for you to get her back... Just let me take her," Richard said picking up Emma. "Wait..." Brooke started. "Ma'am... I am serious..." There was nothing Brooke could do. "Um there are some things you should know... She cant sleep at night unless you play the Dawson's Creek theme in her CD player, and she loves this pink puppy that Lucas got he when she was born and she takes it everywhere with her. She will probably ask for what she calls "BakyEggs" for breakfast. All it is is Bacon, Eggs, and toast. I always make it for her when she sleeps through the night and she is going through 2 phases right now... one is that she only likes to wear pretty dresses. The other is she screams whenever I leave her." Richard nodded and started to walk out. "Wait... If you give me 5 minutes I can pack a bag with all this in it so that she will have them... Please... She gets scared." Richard looked down at Emma who was struggling to get down. "5 minutes"
"Guys that is the 3rd time I have beaten you...aren't you ready to give up yet?" Lucas asked looking at Nathan and Jake. "Dude... you won by default" Nathan started "Come on... one more game." He begged. "Fine but I have to call Brooke and let her know" Lucas reached down for his cell phone and then realized he had left it on the kitchen counter. "Dude... Brooke Davis has you whipped" Tim said shooting the ball. "Yea... So... She is the hottest girl here... and I get to sleep with her," Lucas said smiling. Tim looked disappointed. "I knew I should have asked her out!" Jake and Nathan laughed. "Hey can I borrow some ones phone... I left mine on the counter." Nathan shook his head. "Haley smashed mine... she thought I was using it to call my new girlfriend. I swear that woman has issues... besides they are probably too busy planning to care Bro... We will call them after this next game" Nathan was right... They were probably so caught up in dresses and flowers they wouldn't even know what time it was. "Ok you're on... 2 on 2 this time. All baskets count" Lucas said catching the ball. "Dude... how are we going to play 2 on 2... there are only 3 of us." Tim said counting each one of them. "Tim... did you count yourself?" Jake asked "Dude... your not suppose to count your self... Its like when you are counting the days of the week." Tim said totally sure of himself. "Tim... You're an idiot!"
Brooke packed the bag as fast as she could. Putting everything Emma could ever need in it. Why was this happening? Who the hell thought she as hurting Emma? She didn't have time to think right now. She finally finished by putting Emma's pink puppy in the bag and walked back into the den. "Um... here... It has everything she might need." Brooke said tears still streaming down her face. "Can I tell her bye?" Brooke said sitting the bad down "Sure... but you need to make it fast" Brooke took Emma from Richard and held her close to her chest like she had done when Emma was a tiny baby. "Ok sweetie... You are going on a little trip. Mommy is going to come get you as soon as she gets a lawyer and sues this nice man over here's ass... Ok? Now I want you to be a good girl and use your good manners that mommy and daddy taught you? Can you do that?" Brooke hugged her tighter "Ok..." Emma said not understanding what Brooke had just said. "Ok sweetie go with the nice man now ok" Richard was reaching for Emma but Brooke wouldn't let go. "Ma'am... please don't make this difficult... We will contact you as soon as we can" Brooke finally had to let go. "Um... do you know where she is going to be staying?" She choked out. "We can't disclose that information... We will be in touch soon letting you know when we set up visitation" Brooke kissed Emma one last time. "Oh don't worry my lawyer will be calling abut this." Richard carried Emma out. She was screaming at the top of her lungs "mama... No..." Brooke couldn't take it. She ran to the phone best she could and dialed Lucas's cell phone. "Answer damn it!" Then there was a ringing sound. She saw Lucas's cell phone on the counter. The caller ID was flashing "Cheery calling" Brooke couldn't believe this. Out of all the days for him to leave his cell phone at home... why today? She picked up the phone and dialed Nathan's cell phone but then remembered Haley had said that she smashed it. She was having a nervous break down. She couldn't handle this... not now. That was her baby they just took from her. She knew she had to calm down or she wasn't going to be able to do anything to help Emma. It was 4:00. Lucas should be home any minute.
Lucas walked up the steps to the apartment. He really hoped that they weren't still planning. He knew that if they were he was going to be dragged into helping more and he was tired. He opened the door to see Brooke pacing up and down in the den. "Hey Cheery... well maybe not cheery" Lucas started but Brooke broke in "Lucas..." She ran over to him hugging him and crying. He had no idea what was wrong. "Thank god your home...they came and they took Emma, I told them we didn't drink but they didn't believe me so I packed a bag and Lucas she is our baby... They took our baby and they said 6 people called saying they were concerned and" Lucas didn't understand her. She was hysterical. "Brooke... Slow down who took Emma." Lucas asked starting to realize what had happened. "Some guy named Richard Lewis from Social services... Lucas he said we were hurting her and she had to be put somewhere safe... We have to get her back" Brooke totally broke down and fell into his arms. Lucas felt a knot in his throat. "I tried to stop him Lucas I'm so sorry I really tried to but he said that if I did anything then it would just make I it worse" They both just sat there. Brooke crying hysterically, Lucas was to numb to cry. This was probably the worst he had ever felt. Finally he stood up Brooke still crying. "I'm going to go and call someone," he said running to the phone. Brooke just sat there. She didn't know what to do. She didn't even know if there was anything she could do. She heard Lucas on the phone but she couldn't tell who he was talking too. He was holding back his tears as he talked. Brooke looked down at her stomach. She had to calm down or she was going to be hurting both of her children. She closed her eyes and thought. Who would do this to them? She had been in such a panic it hadn't hit her earlier. "Laney" she yelled. "Lucas it was Laney" She couldn't believe she hadn't thought of it before. "They said that 6 people had called concerned. Laney, My mom and dad, her mom and dad, and I don't know who the 6th person would be" Brooke asked Lucas... But she could tell by the look on his face he already knew.
Dan sat in the living room waiting for the phone to ring. It was taking longer than he thought it should. Finally it rang. "Yes... Good.... Yes sir, you are helping that child more than you will ever know... thank you, goodbye" Dan hung up the phone. When Laney Smith had first approached him about her plan he was suspicious. Why would an 18-year-old girl want to ruin Lucas's life so bad? Then it hit him. Brooke. She seemed to be the root of a lot of his troubles these days. Her parents had decided not to sponsor the dealership because he was Lucas's father. He had tried to explain to them that that kid wasn't anything to him but they just wouldn't listen. So he had lost a lot of money because of her. And he was sure it was Brooke who had tipped off the police about his attempt to kill Karen's baby. So of course when Laney said that it was going to ruin both of their lives Dan was more than happy to pull a few strings. Social Services didn't usually just take children away from their parents just because of a couple of complaints. If they did then he would have lost Nathan a long time ago. All he had to do was make a little phone call telling them who he was and why he though that the child shouldn't he with Brooke and Lucas. With the things he had said they would be lucky if they ever got to see that baby again... much less get her back. He planned on doing the same thing to Karen as soon as her baby was born too except he wanted custody. It was nice having a name that everyone respected in a small town. Now little Emma was off to live in Charleston with the Smith's, Laney's parents. Dan had met and talked to them both and hey seemed almost as devious as him when it came to things like this. They were also going to file for custody of Brooke and Lucas's new baby too. It had been a good day for him he had to admit. He was getting up to have a glass of water when he felt a sharp pain in his chest. It was like someone stabbing him with butcher knives. He couldn't stand so he fell to the floor. As he hit he heard the door bust open "Dan... Where the hell is my daughter!" he heard Lucas yell but he couldn't respond. "You son of a bitch I swear to god I will kill you slowly if you had anything to do with this" Brooke yelled. They walked into the room to see Dan down on the floor. "Brooke go call 911" Lucas yelled "Cant we just let him die?" she asked in all seriousness "Brooke he has information. If he dies then we could loose her" Brooke didn't waste anytime. She ran to the closest phone best she could and dialed 911. "Yea... We need an ambulance" Lucas heard her saying. "Alright Dan... Where is she? What the hell did you do with my daughter?
The Smiths waited at the courthouse for Emma. "Well sugar... You know we are going to have to change her name... What do you want to name your new daughter? Jean thought for a minute "Patricia." She finally said smiling. "We can call her patty" Billy smiled. "Yes I do believe that is a fitting name." Richard walked into the hall carrying Emma who was still screaming. "Be careful... she bites" He said handing her over to Jean. "Well once we teach this child she will be just as sweet as our Laney" Billy said patting Emma on the head. Emma was still screaming "Mama". It seemed to be all she could get out. "Oh Muffin your mama is a very bad and sinful woman. We are going to show you the light" Jean said trying to quiet the child down. "Mama" She screamed even louder. "How did you manage to get her away?" Billy yelled over the screaming. "I told the mother she would get visitation." Richard said yelling back. "Well she isn't going to is she? Do you think that is best for the child?" Jean said sharply "We will just have to see... You better get her home" Jean and Billy both thanked Richard and left the courthouse, Emma still screaming
The ambulance arrived at Dan's just 8 minutes after Brooke called. They rushed in with a gurney and all of their equipment. After examining him for a few minutes and hooking him up to all sorts of monitors one of the paramedics pulled Lucas and Brooke into another room "Well soon the good news is your father isn't having a heart attack" Brooke interrupted "That's not good news..." The paramedic look confused. "Anyway he just has a bad case of heart burn or indigestion." Brooke looked at Lucas "Whimp... Have you told him yet?" she asked turning back to the paramedic. "No... Why?" Brooke smiled..."Because I would like to tell him if that is ok" The paramedic nodded and Brooke grabbed Lucas's hand and pulled him into the room where Dan was moaning on the floor. "Alright Dan... Here's the thing... It looks really bad...But we have to give the paramedics permission to take you to the hospital. Now if you tell me where my daughter is and how I can get her back then Lucas will sign the release... if not well then you die here... Which is it Danny boy?"
Spoilers for the next chapters: Brooke/Lucas/Emma. Complications, Laney... Please review!
Laney sat in Fitch's big orange truck while he was in the gas station. She was using her new click pencil checking off her list, the list that was going to make everything right in her, and her father's eyes. She had gotten the list from the courthouse. It was amazing how knowing the right people in a small town could get you anything you needed. The man had told her that if 6 or more of the 10 conditions were checked off the list then she might have a case. So far she only had 3 and the 3 she did have were stretching it. Irresponsible teenage parents are raising the Child; Child is exposed to large amounts of alcohol, drugs, or parties, and Child is frequently left with babysitters. She wasn't sure how well this would go over in court but she was going to try. If she didn't get to have Lucas Scott's baby then no one did. Her father agreed. They both thought that the children should be put in an environment where they had 2 married older church oriented parents who could teach them morals. All Brooke and Lucas seemed to think was important were the clothes they wore Laney thought. Fitch walked slowly back to the truck carrying a huge bag of what looked like pure junk food. "Well Fitchy... Are we go?" Fitch smiled..."Yea... baby... we're go"
"Lucas... dandelions are weeds! We are not having weeds at our wedding. I want roses... PLEASE! Roses are romantic" Brooke begged. Lucas shook his head. "Brooke... Roses are dumb... anything but roses please... I am tried of this!" Lucas said looking up from the 5th wedding planning book they had looked today. Brooke couldn't make up her mind. She wanted everything she saw. "Fine... Then what about lilies?" Brooke said pointing to a picture. "Did I say Roses were dumb? I meant lilies are dumb... Roses are fine." Lucas said seeing how much worse the lilies were than the roses. "Lucas, there is no point in doing this if you aren't going to be serious! This is our wedding! Emma would be more help then you!" Brooke said getting frustrated and starting to yell. "Fine roses... but if you get roses then I get to wear the stripped tie" Lucas said knowing he was going to get his way. "Fine... You can wear the ugly tie," Brooke said in defeat but she obviously getting mad. "Now can we please move on?" Brooke couldn't believe how hard this was. She had no idea that planning a wedding was so stressful. Haley and Nathan had the right idea. She turned the page of the book. "Ok... now... what time of day do we want it?" She asked looking at Lucas who wasn't paying any attention. "Lucas! I am not kidding... You don't have to help if you are going to be like this... Look you go call Nathan and you guys go do whatever you 2 do. I am going to call Haley and Peyton to help me. Brooke said closing the book. Lucas was so relieved. He had only told Brooke he wanted to be a part of the planning because he thought that it would make things less stressful on her and the baby... Apparently he was wrong. "Thank you!" he said kissing her on the cheek then running off to grab his phone. Brooke looked down at Emma who was playing with her dolls. "Hey Emmy... wanna help mommy plan a wedding?" Emma looked up at her and showed her, her doll. "No" She said turning back to her dolls. Emma loved dolls. Brooke and Lucas had been really worried about how Emma was going to react to Austin but once she explained that Austin was like a baby doll in Mommy's tummy she couldn't wait. She was always kissing Brookes stomach and talking to it. Much different from a month ago when she would yell things at it and cry whenever someone mentioned the baby. Brooke was really relieved. "Ok... Nathan and I are going to the river court...He is dropping Haley and Peyton off when he comes. Do you want us to take Emma?" Lucas asked walking back into the kitchen. Brooke knew what that meant. He really didn't want to take Emma but asked because he had this new thing where he was trying to relieve her stress. "No... She will help us... You go have fun..." Brooke said trying to stand up from the chair. "But you can watch her tomorrow at 3:00. Haley and I have a doctors appoint" Brooke stopped mid sentence. She knew what she had just said was a very bad thing "No... mama... I go see Awsouin on TV" Emma said running to Brooke's side starting to cry. Emma was going through a phase where she hated to be separated from Brooke. Brooke's doctor had said it was probably because of the new baby and the fact that she didn't want Brooke to pay more attention to him instead of her. Brooke looked down at Emma who was clinging to her legs. "Baby...don't you wanna play with Daddy and uncle Nate? I bet they will play Pony and Barbie's" Emma shook her head clinging tighter. "Well then... I guess you are free at 3:00 unless you really want to come with me and listen to the doctor try and tell me I am having another girl." Brooke said sitting back down letting Emma crawl back into her lap. "Maybe it is a girl..." Lucas said sitting down beside her. "Not you too... Lucas, It's a boy." Lucas knew he needed to stop there. "Ok, ok... Yea I'll come... I haven't seen him on ultra sound in months" Brooke smiled with approval. "Good... Ugh their here..." She said looking out the window. "I'm gonna go meet them... Bye Emmy be good for mommy... Bye Cheery" He said kissing her and walking outside. "Bye!"
Lucas walked down the steps of their apartment to meet Nathan and the girls. He looked over at Haley. She was bigger than ever and from the way she was talking to Nathan cranky too. "Nathan... Didn't you hear what that woman Marina Bobbit did to her husband? She cut is you know what off and I swear to god you call me fat one more time and I am going to do the same thing!" She yelled. Peyton had to help her up the stairs. "Hey Hales... How ya feeling?" Lucas asked touching her stomach. "Don't... talk to me... You can talk to me when you are this big and your ankles are this swollen" Haley snapped and kept walking. "Its good to see you too Hales" Lucas yelled after her. "So the real question is how are you doing" Lucas asked Nathan who was standing outside the car with his hands in his hair. "Dude... I am getting fixed after this baby is born... It can't be nearly as painful as this... I can't take it anymore... Lets get out of here before she thinks of something else to do to me... we have to pick up Jake and Tim" Nathan said getting back into the car. Lucas felt sorry for him but was really glad that Brooke wasn't like Haley. Really, really glad. "So...What about Peyton... Is she pregnant?" Lucas asked. He hadn't gotten a chance to talk to her about it. "I don't know... I don't care... I give up!" Nathan said hitting the steering wheel as he drove. "Right... Well we only have like 6 more weeks dude... We can last 6 more weeks right?" Lucas didn't know why he asked that he already knew the answer. "6 more weeks... Lucas that is 42 more days... and with my luck this baby will probably be over due or even worse... It may never come out... when it does it wont matter because she is going to pay more attention to it then she does to me" he whined. Lucas was so relieved when they got to Tim's. Now maybe he wouldn't have to hear Nathan whine anymore. Nathan beeped the horn. Finally after 10 minutes Tim walked out carrying some very badly shaped presents. "Tim... What the hell?" Lucas asked pointing to the presents. "I got you guys baby presents!" Tim said looking very proud. "What are they? ..." Nathan said laughing at the funny shaped lumps. "Dude... Their life times supplies of condoms!" Tim said loudly. "That way you wont ever have to worry about this again... and then Brooke and Peyton can be hot again... Its kind of hard to fantasize about them when they look like cows!" Lucas shook his head "Tim... I am engaged to Brooke not Peyton!" Lucas said not believing what he was hearing. "I know that dude... You and Brooke and Nathan and Peyton" Nathan threw a cup at Tim. "Me and Haley! Haley is my wife you idiot!" Tim shook his head. "You mean that smart chick? Oh right I knew that dude" Tim said outing the "presents" on the floor of the car. "Hey... So who is Peyton dating then?"
Brooke stood up to open the door for Haley and Peyton. "Hey tutor girl... Hey best friend... You guys ready to plan?" Brooke said in her usual cheeriness handing Emma to Peyton. "Of course" Haley said... "Lets eat and chat first though" Haley whined. Peyton agreed. Brooke walked into the kitchen and got out the chocolate ice crème and Doritos and walked back into the den. "So..." Brooke said putting the food on the table and pointing to Peyton's stomach. Peyton just sat there. "Peyton I am 7 and ½ months pregnant... Are you seriously going to make me guess if you are pregnant or not?" Brooke said getting frustrated. "No... No baby. It was just a false alarm but when I told Jake about it he freaked out and said we cant have sex anymore." Haley almost spit out her ice crème hearing Peyton speak. "You're kidding me! I think Lucas would die with out sex. I think I would die without sex!" Brooke admitted. Peyton and Haley both knew she as right. "OK so are we gonna plan or what?" Haley said picking up a wedding book. All 3 of them started looking at pictures and taking notes. They stayed like his for an hour and ½ until there was a knock at the door. "I'll get it" Brooke said putting her book down and carrying Emma to the door. Brooke opened the door to see a tall man. She was at least 6'4 because he was taller than both Lucas and Nathan. He had on a black suite and was carrying a brief case. "Are you Brooke Davis?" He asked sternly. "Yes... The one and only... can I help you?" She said. "Yes... My name is Richard Lewis... I was sent here from social services... Could I come in?" Brooke's heart sank... this didn't sound good. "Um... sure...2 of me friends are here helping me plan. Do they need to leave?" Richard looked over seeing Peyton and Haley on the couch... "Yes I think that would be best." Brooke walked over to the couch. "Um you guys have to leave..." Brooke said pointing to Richard. "Brooke Davis... You bad girl... cheating on Lucas... Cant we stay and watch!" Peyton joked. "No...seriously... He says he is from Social Services" Brooke managed to say. Her heart was in her stomach. What did social services want with her? "Right... Ok call us later... We'll get a cab" Haley said standing up and walking with Peyton out.
Once they were gone Richard sat down on the couch and started taking notes. "Um can I get you anything to eat or drink? Brooke said putting Emma in her playpen. "No thank you... We need to just get down to business... Please sit down" Richard was very serious when he talked. "Do I need to call Lucas?" Brooke asked after sitting down. "Well that depends... Is Lucas Emma's father?" Richard asked back. "Yes... and he is my fiancé" Brooke was getting really nervous. Her hands were shaking just like the night she had talked to her parents. "Where is he?" Richard asked bluntly. "Um he is out with his brother and 2 of their friends playing basketball" Brooke replied. "We don't really need him here... I think I know how this is going to go... I need to ask you a few questions... You see we have gotten some calls from some people who are worried about the safety of your daughter." Brooke didn't believe what she was hearing. What was he talking about, Emma's safety? "People... what people? Emma isn't in any danger" Richard looked as if he were starting to get annoyed. "Ma'am...The fact that you are 19 years old and going to be a parent of 2 worries us. Lets just get started with the questions. Did you or did you not have a party here a couple of weeks ago where alcohol was present?" Brooke looked over at Emma who was trying to climb out of her playpen. "Um... It wasn't really a party, party; it was a surprise birthday party for me. Lucas's friend Tim brought alcohol but Tim is an asshole so everyone usually just ignores him. Lucas and Nathan put the kegs away." Richard did not look pleased. "I was hoping that that wasn't going to be your answer. I am sorry but the fact that 6 concerned people have called about you and you did have a party where their was alcohol present and the fact that you are underage, Ma'am I am going to have to take Emma with me until we can send someone over hear to determine that it is a safe environment for your child." Brooke couldn't believe this. They couldn't take Emma away from her. That was her baby. Emma was what kept her sane. "Look... Mr. Lewis... You can't take Emma... She needs me... I am her mother... I don't know what people called you but they are crazy! I would never do anything to hurt Emma and neither would Lucas. She is everything to us." Brooke was crying now and could barely talk. "Ma'am... if you fight me on this then it is going to be that much harder for you to get her back... Just let me take her," Richard said picking up Emma. "Wait..." Brooke started. "Ma'am... I am serious..." There was nothing Brooke could do. "Um there are some things you should know... She cant sleep at night unless you play the Dawson's Creek theme in her CD player, and she loves this pink puppy that Lucas got he when she was born and she takes it everywhere with her. She will probably ask for what she calls "BakyEggs" for breakfast. All it is is Bacon, Eggs, and toast. I always make it for her when she sleeps through the night and she is going through 2 phases right now... one is that she only likes to wear pretty dresses. The other is she screams whenever I leave her." Richard nodded and started to walk out. "Wait... If you give me 5 minutes I can pack a bag with all this in it so that she will have them... Please... She gets scared." Richard looked down at Emma who was struggling to get down. "5 minutes"
"Guys that is the 3rd time I have beaten you...aren't you ready to give up yet?" Lucas asked looking at Nathan and Jake. "Dude... you won by default" Nathan started "Come on... one more game." He begged. "Fine but I have to call Brooke and let her know" Lucas reached down for his cell phone and then realized he had left it on the kitchen counter. "Dude... Brooke Davis has you whipped" Tim said shooting the ball. "Yea... So... She is the hottest girl here... and I get to sleep with her," Lucas said smiling. Tim looked disappointed. "I knew I should have asked her out!" Jake and Nathan laughed. "Hey can I borrow some ones phone... I left mine on the counter." Nathan shook his head. "Haley smashed mine... she thought I was using it to call my new girlfriend. I swear that woman has issues... besides they are probably too busy planning to care Bro... We will call them after this next game" Nathan was right... They were probably so caught up in dresses and flowers they wouldn't even know what time it was. "Ok you're on... 2 on 2 this time. All baskets count" Lucas said catching the ball. "Dude... how are we going to play 2 on 2... there are only 3 of us." Tim said counting each one of them. "Tim... did you count yourself?" Jake asked "Dude... your not suppose to count your self... Its like when you are counting the days of the week." Tim said totally sure of himself. "Tim... You're an idiot!"
Brooke packed the bag as fast as she could. Putting everything Emma could ever need in it. Why was this happening? Who the hell thought she as hurting Emma? She didn't have time to think right now. She finally finished by putting Emma's pink puppy in the bag and walked back into the den. "Um... here... It has everything she might need." Brooke said tears still streaming down her face. "Can I tell her bye?" Brooke said sitting the bad down "Sure... but you need to make it fast" Brooke took Emma from Richard and held her close to her chest like she had done when Emma was a tiny baby. "Ok sweetie... You are going on a little trip. Mommy is going to come get you as soon as she gets a lawyer and sues this nice man over here's ass... Ok? Now I want you to be a good girl and use your good manners that mommy and daddy taught you? Can you do that?" Brooke hugged her tighter "Ok..." Emma said not understanding what Brooke had just said. "Ok sweetie go with the nice man now ok" Richard was reaching for Emma but Brooke wouldn't let go. "Ma'am... please don't make this difficult... We will contact you as soon as we can" Brooke finally had to let go. "Um... do you know where she is going to be staying?" She choked out. "We can't disclose that information... We will be in touch soon letting you know when we set up visitation" Brooke kissed Emma one last time. "Oh don't worry my lawyer will be calling abut this." Richard carried Emma out. She was screaming at the top of her lungs "mama... No..." Brooke couldn't take it. She ran to the phone best she could and dialed Lucas's cell phone. "Answer damn it!" Then there was a ringing sound. She saw Lucas's cell phone on the counter. The caller ID was flashing "Cheery calling" Brooke couldn't believe this. Out of all the days for him to leave his cell phone at home... why today? She picked up the phone and dialed Nathan's cell phone but then remembered Haley had said that she smashed it. She was having a nervous break down. She couldn't handle this... not now. That was her baby they just took from her. She knew she had to calm down or she wasn't going to be able to do anything to help Emma. It was 4:00. Lucas should be home any minute.
Lucas walked up the steps to the apartment. He really hoped that they weren't still planning. He knew that if they were he was going to be dragged into helping more and he was tired. He opened the door to see Brooke pacing up and down in the den. "Hey Cheery... well maybe not cheery" Lucas started but Brooke broke in "Lucas..." She ran over to him hugging him and crying. He had no idea what was wrong. "Thank god your home...they came and they took Emma, I told them we didn't drink but they didn't believe me so I packed a bag and Lucas she is our baby... They took our baby and they said 6 people called saying they were concerned and" Lucas didn't understand her. She was hysterical. "Brooke... Slow down who took Emma." Lucas asked starting to realize what had happened. "Some guy named Richard Lewis from Social services... Lucas he said we were hurting her and she had to be put somewhere safe... We have to get her back" Brooke totally broke down and fell into his arms. Lucas felt a knot in his throat. "I tried to stop him Lucas I'm so sorry I really tried to but he said that if I did anything then it would just make I it worse" They both just sat there. Brooke crying hysterically, Lucas was to numb to cry. This was probably the worst he had ever felt. Finally he stood up Brooke still crying. "I'm going to go and call someone," he said running to the phone. Brooke just sat there. She didn't know what to do. She didn't even know if there was anything she could do. She heard Lucas on the phone but she couldn't tell who he was talking too. He was holding back his tears as he talked. Brooke looked down at her stomach. She had to calm down or she was going to be hurting both of her children. She closed her eyes and thought. Who would do this to them? She had been in such a panic it hadn't hit her earlier. "Laney" she yelled. "Lucas it was Laney" She couldn't believe she hadn't thought of it before. "They said that 6 people had called concerned. Laney, My mom and dad, her mom and dad, and I don't know who the 6th person would be" Brooke asked Lucas... But she could tell by the look on his face he already knew.
Dan sat in the living room waiting for the phone to ring. It was taking longer than he thought it should. Finally it rang. "Yes... Good.... Yes sir, you are helping that child more than you will ever know... thank you, goodbye" Dan hung up the phone. When Laney Smith had first approached him about her plan he was suspicious. Why would an 18-year-old girl want to ruin Lucas's life so bad? Then it hit him. Brooke. She seemed to be the root of a lot of his troubles these days. Her parents had decided not to sponsor the dealership because he was Lucas's father. He had tried to explain to them that that kid wasn't anything to him but they just wouldn't listen. So he had lost a lot of money because of her. And he was sure it was Brooke who had tipped off the police about his attempt to kill Karen's baby. So of course when Laney said that it was going to ruin both of their lives Dan was more than happy to pull a few strings. Social Services didn't usually just take children away from their parents just because of a couple of complaints. If they did then he would have lost Nathan a long time ago. All he had to do was make a little phone call telling them who he was and why he though that the child shouldn't he with Brooke and Lucas. With the things he had said they would be lucky if they ever got to see that baby again... much less get her back. He planned on doing the same thing to Karen as soon as her baby was born too except he wanted custody. It was nice having a name that everyone respected in a small town. Now little Emma was off to live in Charleston with the Smith's, Laney's parents. Dan had met and talked to them both and hey seemed almost as devious as him when it came to things like this. They were also going to file for custody of Brooke and Lucas's new baby too. It had been a good day for him he had to admit. He was getting up to have a glass of water when he felt a sharp pain in his chest. It was like someone stabbing him with butcher knives. He couldn't stand so he fell to the floor. As he hit he heard the door bust open "Dan... Where the hell is my daughter!" he heard Lucas yell but he couldn't respond. "You son of a bitch I swear to god I will kill you slowly if you had anything to do with this" Brooke yelled. They walked into the room to see Dan down on the floor. "Brooke go call 911" Lucas yelled "Cant we just let him die?" she asked in all seriousness "Brooke he has information. If he dies then we could loose her" Brooke didn't waste anytime. She ran to the closest phone best she could and dialed 911. "Yea... We need an ambulance" Lucas heard her saying. "Alright Dan... Where is she? What the hell did you do with my daughter?
The Smiths waited at the courthouse for Emma. "Well sugar... You know we are going to have to change her name... What do you want to name your new daughter? Jean thought for a minute "Patricia." She finally said smiling. "We can call her patty" Billy smiled. "Yes I do believe that is a fitting name." Richard walked into the hall carrying Emma who was still screaming. "Be careful... she bites" He said handing her over to Jean. "Well once we teach this child she will be just as sweet as our Laney" Billy said patting Emma on the head. Emma was still screaming "Mama". It seemed to be all she could get out. "Oh Muffin your mama is a very bad and sinful woman. We are going to show you the light" Jean said trying to quiet the child down. "Mama" She screamed even louder. "How did you manage to get her away?" Billy yelled over the screaming. "I told the mother she would get visitation." Richard said yelling back. "Well she isn't going to is she? Do you think that is best for the child?" Jean said sharply "We will just have to see... You better get her home" Jean and Billy both thanked Richard and left the courthouse, Emma still screaming
The ambulance arrived at Dan's just 8 minutes after Brooke called. They rushed in with a gurney and all of their equipment. After examining him for a few minutes and hooking him up to all sorts of monitors one of the paramedics pulled Lucas and Brooke into another room "Well soon the good news is your father isn't having a heart attack" Brooke interrupted "That's not good news..." The paramedic look confused. "Anyway he just has a bad case of heart burn or indigestion." Brooke looked at Lucas "Whimp... Have you told him yet?" she asked turning back to the paramedic. "No... Why?" Brooke smiled..."Because I would like to tell him if that is ok" The paramedic nodded and Brooke grabbed Lucas's hand and pulled him into the room where Dan was moaning on the floor. "Alright Dan... Here's the thing... It looks really bad...But we have to give the paramedics permission to take you to the hospital. Now if you tell me where my daughter is and how I can get her back then Lucas will sign the release... if not well then you die here... Which is it Danny boy?"
Spoilers for the next chapters: Brooke/Lucas/Emma. Complications, Laney... Please review!