Chapter 14! Heck yea! This was a fun chapter to write! Ok I know I said they were supposed to take finals, but I lied, hahaha. I totally lost track of what time of year it was so now we are going to say about March. Hope you like this Chapter! Please review!
It was a Friday night when Lucas and Brooke got home from Tree Hill giving them the rest of the weekend to study for midterms. The rest of the time they had spent in Tree Hill had been a lot of fun in Brooke's opinion. She Haley, and Peyton shopped like old times, there was no Karen there to tell her and Lucas what and what not to do and other than Keith's moping it had been pretty relaxing and peaceful.
Royal and May had thrown Emma and Austin a joint birthday party 2 days before they had left. Just like Lucas had said it was full of random people that neither of them knew. By then end of the party Emma knew them all and had converted them all to be Joey/Dawson fans (as if they knew what they were). There were presents galore and all Austin wanted to do was play in the boxes. When Brooke and Lucas finally pulled Emma and Austin out of there everyone was drunk and talking politics. There was so much stuff Jake had to ride back to Chapel Hill behind them with his truck just so they could get everything home.
Now it was Sunday morning and neither Brooke nor Lucas had even started studying for their midterms. Instead they had spent the whole weekend playing with Emma and Austin's new, very pricey toys while Emma watched season 5 of Dawson's Creek and Austin played in boxes.
"Brooke... are you eating the batter again?" Lucas asked pulling his cake out of the easy bake oven
"No... ok yes but come on Luke! Who the hell is going to sit here and wait for a little tiny light bulb to cook the cake?"
"I did" Lucas laughed putting his cake into the warmer
"Well you suck...besides the batter is better" Brooke giggled licking her spoon
"Your going to get salmonella or something" Lucas said pulling spoon away from her
"Fine... Why would someone give a 3 year old an easy bake oven? I just don't get it ...ok next toy... what haven't we played with?"
"Well we took care of the Barbie house last night with Emma, and Austin's little lawn mower this morning... there just so much... I think we have played with everything" Lucas laughed
"My god we must be the worst parents ever, to play with our children's toys while they play with boxes and sit in front of the TV. How sad is that?" Brooke asked mixing more batter into the tiny bowl.
"Its not... every 1 year old plays with boxes... and ok well Emma is probably the only 3 year old who watches Dawson's Creek but every parent does this" Lucas said taking her batter away again
"And you! Giving Austin that water gun that is bigger than him! How is that fair? We both know that you'll be the one who ends up using it."
"Right because that water gun you gave Emma with the vest that holds extra water... that is really going to fit her" Lucas laughed
"One day... what now?" Brooke said excitedly, this was so much more fun than computers or cell phones or anything else normal parents "played" with.
"I think its time..." Lucas said un-plugging the oven
"No... Lucas no! There has to be something else"
"Brooke... we have too" Lucas said pulling her onto her feet
"Fine... but you better help me. I haven't paid attention in a single class all semester." Brooke giggled. College classes were way worse than she had ever imagined. At least in high school she could zone out during class and then copy Peyton. Here she had no one, except Victor and she defiantly wasn't having anything to do with him.
"How is that my fault?" Lucas asked hugging her
"Because I was thinking about your hot body..."
"Nice try" Lucas laughed
"Really! Lucas, help me! If I mean anything to you, you will help me study"
"What's it worth to you?" Lucas asked
"Fine... as soon as summer comes I will read that stupid book" Brooke whined
"The whole thing?"
"Yes... But I still don't see the point of reading a book about Rats and Men..." Brooke said pulling out her book bag
"God how did I end up marrying a woman with absolutely no knowledge of Steinbeck books?" Lucas asked pulling her onto the couch beside him
"You got her knocked up at 16... remember?" Brooke giggled
"Right... I knew I was forgetting something... what are we doing first?"
"Um... I think we need a little cardio before we study... it will keep us fit" Brooke said trying to pull him up off the couch
"Brooke... we are not having sex! We have to study..." Lucas laughed pulling her back down into his lap
"How did I end up marrying a man who would turn me down for sex?" Brooke asked mocking Lucas
"Hey... he knocked you up at 16, remember?"
"Right...I hate it when you're right. Fine... geography first. You read, I'll listen" Brooke giggled getting comfortable in his lap
"Somehow this hardly seems fair... you know that don't you?"
"All's fair in love and war... this is love, and keep in mind that if I flunk these mid-terms it will be war... got it?" Brooke giggled trying to be serious and intimidating
"Afraid so... ok Land masses"
Victor walked the halls of the hospital waiting for news on his father. It had all been so sudden and if it killed him he would be the laughing stock of the community. Getting into a wreck with the wiener mobile. It didn't get much more embarrassing than that. The worst was the wiener mobile was fine, it was his father's brand new Mercedes that was totally ruined.
He had tried to call Brooke on her cell phone a few times to let her know that her father had been in the accident too but she must have had it off because there was never an answer. Not that it mattered, her father was going to be fine, it was his that everyone was concerned about.
"Sir... I have news on your father" The nurse smiled
"Is he going to be ok?"
"The accident left some paralysis, he is going to live but he will be paralyzed from the neck down. I'm sorry," The nurse said quietly.
"Oh God, And Mr. Davis?" Victor asked
"He seems ok... a broken leg and both his arms. Is there anyone who we can call for him? A wife? Family?" The nurse asked
"My mother and his wife are both in Hong Kong... the soonest they will be able to get here because of snow and weather will be weeks" Victor said slowly
"Is there anyone else? Children? Siblings?"
"A Daughter... but they don't really speak" He doubted Brooke would even come to see him, much less take him in.
"How old is she?" The nurse asked
"Almost 20"
"You had better call her... at the least we will need a family member to sign him out" The nurse said pointing him to a phone.
Lucas sat reading to Brooke about geography for an hour.
"Brooke... are you awake?" Lucas asked shaking her
"What... oh yea..." Brooke lied. Truthfully she had fallen asleep at some point during the first paragraph
"What was the last think you heard?" Lucas asked patiently turning back in the book
"Something about Land masses?" Brooke asked
"So you basically slept through the whole thing? Yea... ok its 11:00... I am going to get food, You study and then we will reconvene. Do we have anything here?"
"Yes... chocolate syrup, Whipped Cream, and strawberries" Brooke giggled standing up
"McDonalds sound good?" Lucas asked
"Yes! Oh! I want a double cheese burger"
"Alright, I'll be back in about an hour... drink some coffee or something" Lucas laughed kissing her bye
"Now to find my children... Austin, where are you?" Brooke yelled. Study? Yeah right. That was the last thing on her mind.
"Box" Austin said pointing at the living room, which was full of boxes
"Yes... I see! Are you having fun?" Brooke asked as he pulled her towards the boxes
"Box"
"Yes... Box, now come here and talk to mommy for 1 minute and then you can get back to your box time" Brooke laughed pulling him into her arms
"No..." Austin whined
"Fine... I am going to go play with Emmy" Was all Brooke had to say before Austin quickly changed his mind and came and sat down with her.
"Yay! Now... how old are you?" Brooke asked
Austin thought for a minute and held up 1 finger
"Good job! Ok... Kiss then you can go play"
Next Brooke went into the den where Emma was in a trance watching Dawson and Joey talk in the airport.
"Oh Emmy" Brooke whispered
"Shhh"
"Pause it for your mother... the person who brought you into this world" Brooke said hitting the pause button
"Ok..." Emma whined
"Don't I feel loved..." Brooke laughed
"I wove you" Emma giggled crawling into her lap
"Sure..."
"I do!" Emma giggled grabbing her around the neck
"How much?"
"Dis much" Emma said holding out her arms as far as she could
"Wow... that's a lot! All right girlfriend, come on. I need your help pulling Austin away from those boxes for lunch"
"I want to play in the boxes too" Emma said running towards the boxes in the living room
"I guess I do too"
Lucas drove down Main Street towards McDonalds. He was trying to think of something, anything that would make studying easier for Brooke. She was under no circumstances dumb, maybe a little blonde but not dumb. She just didn't want to apply herself and they both knew she was going to regret it if she didn't. Maybe Haley would help. Lucas picked up his cell phone to call Haley when he realized it was Brooke's and not his. They were always doing that.
"Hello?" Haley answered
"Hey Hales... I need some help"
"Luke! Hey! Oh My God! I have to tell you what Amber did! She said her first word! She said Moo!" Haley squealed
"Moo? Is that even a word?" Lucas laughed
"Of course it is! Lucas don't you dare ruin this for me..." Haley yelled
"Right... sorry! Wow...Moo... anyway I need help"
"Who is trying to steal your wife now?" Haley asked
"No one, that I know of anyway listen! How do I get Brooke to focus on studying?"
"Ha! Brooke study? Lucas she isn't 10... you can't make her, She has to want too" Haley laughed
"That's what I was afraid of, hey I gotta go... someone is beeping in" Lucas said clicking the phone over to the other line
"Hello"
"Who is this?" Victor asked
"Lucas..."
"Oh... I thought this was Brooke's cell phone" Victor said sounding pissed off.
"It is..." Lucas said. He had no idea why the hell he was calling Brooke...
"Right and you have it because?"
"Because she is my wife and I accidentally took it... wait why the hell are you calling my wife?" Lucas asked saying the word wife as much as possible
"She asked me too"
"Yea, sure, Look dude stop calling her"
"Chill, I am just calling her to let her know that her dad is in the hospital and he needs someone to stay with until her mother gets back" Victor laughed
"Right... look I will tell her, but if you call her phone again so help you god..." Lucas said hanging up and the dialing their house
"You've reached Lucas, Brooke, Emma, Austin and Bella... we're not here right now because we actually have a life, so leave a message and we'll get back to you... if we like you"
Brooke ran towards the phone but by the time she got there it was too late and the voice mail had already gotten it.
"Mommy! Come on... we has to finish" Emma yelled from the living room
"Coming" Brooke yelled back, checking the Caller ID to see who it was. Lucas of course... and he had taken her cell phone again. For their cell phones to be so different looking she couldn't figure out for the life of her how he managed to take hers every time.
"Mama" Austin yelled
"Ah, coming... you 2 are relentless" Brooke laughed walking back into the living room where they had a whole castle made of boxes. Complete with a door and windows. Emma was dressed up as a princess and Austin as a cowboy... with Brooke of course as his pony.
They played for an hour, Emma using Bella as her baby, Austin wanting to do nothing but ride on Brooke and help Emma knock over Brooke's beautiful box castle, which they both found hilarious and would die laughing every time they did it. Finally Lucas came home with the food.
"Brooke... are you studying?" He yelled
"Oh shit, Emmy, Austin hide" Brooke whispered pulling them into the newly rebuilt castle.
"Mommy... what's are we doing?" Emma asked
"Hiding so that daddy wont know that mommy spent an hour and ½ playing with you 2 instead of studying" Brooke laughed
"Austin wait..." Brooke whispered pulling him back by his pants
"Dada"
"I know... he'll be here in a minute... Shhh" Brooke said pulling him into her arms
"Dada" Austin whined struggling to go see Lucas
"Brooke!" Lucas yelled
"Damn, we're busted... We're in the castle" Brooke yelled back
"Hey... Did you study at all?" Lucas asked bringing the food and crawling into the castle with them
"Yes... I learned all about...castle building, and that children think it's really funny for them to destroy their mothers hard work"
"I see" Lucas laughed pulling the food out of the bag
"Did you call?"
"Yea... Victor called your phone and apparently your father is in the hospital and they need someone to take him in until your mother gets back" Lucas said handing her, her cheeseburger.
"Please tell me you threatened that mans life"
"Oh Yea" Lucas laughed
"Who is Vicor?" Emma asked
"The devil... now eat your chicken nuggets"
After they finished eating they ended up playing in the castle for another hour until Austin and Emma both passed out on the floor inside the castle asleep.
"They should sleep a good 2 hours" Brooke laughed
"Lets hope... So your dad..."
"What about him... He wasn't there for me when I needed him so why should I be there for him now? You were there too that night after they found out about Emma... Why should I have to screw with my life to fit him in when he never did it for me?" Brooke asked throwing her McDonalds bad away.
"Because you're a better person than he is..." Lucas smiled
"He is no better than Dan Luke..." Brooke fought. She knew good and well Lucas was right but she wasn't quite ready to surrender yet.
"I know..." Lucas agreed
"And he would totally screw things up around here" She whined
"True..."
"And I don't want the kids around him"
"Agreed"
"You want me to go see him don't you?" Brooke asked stopping her pacing to look him in the eyes
"God no, I never said that"
"But you meant it, and you know if you think I should, I will go"
"I regret not trying to have a relationship with Dan Brooke, and I don't want you to have that... It's totally up to you... Brooke please don't cry... come here" Lucas said pulling into his chest
"It's not fair of them to do this to me or you. Emotionally destroying me leaving you to pick up the pieces and then expect me to be there for them. So why the hell do I feel obligated? They didn't feel that way my whole life! If anything they should be here on their hands and knee's apologizing to you for what they did to your wife" Brooke cried
"Brooke... calm down. You don't have to go... after what they did to you, you don't owe them anything"
"But if I screwed up that bad with Emmy or Austin I would still want them to come and see me. W-will you come with me?" Brooke asked
"That's what I'm here for" Lucas smiled wiping a tear from her cheek with his thumb
Brooke went upstairs to get dressed into something more hospital worthy leaving Lucas in charge of finding a baby sitter. Since they had lived here they hadn't really needed a baby sitter so he had no idea who to call. He defiantly didn't want some teenager that was barely younger than him, There was no telling what they might do to his kids. He thought for another minute and then picked up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey Jeff, Its Lucas... I was wondering if you and Linda could do Brooke and I a huge favor"
"Sure, anything"
"Brooke's dad is in the hospital and we kinda need someone to watch Emma and Austin for a while"
"Sure! We'll be right over" Jeff said hanging up
"Brooke! I got a sitter" Lucas yelled up the stairs
"It isn't a teenage girl is it? I use to baby sit...ok I baby sat like once... and I remember what I did to those poor kids" Brooke laughed
"Nope... its Jeff and Linda"
"Oh, I actually like them... We should go ahead and put Emmy and Austin in the pajama's for them" Brooke said walking into Emma's room.
"I'll write numbers down for them"
Brooke woke Emma and Austin up and dressed them in their pajama's and them put them in front of the TV to watch the rest of Dawson's Creek while they waited for Jeff and Linda.
"Hello" Jeff yelled into the door
"Hey... Thank you guys so much for coming" Brooke said hugging them both
"No problem! Where are they?"
"Watching Dawson's Creek in the den. Lets see... they are already in their pajamas, they don't really have a bed time... just whenever they crash. Emma is going to want to watch Nip Tuck at 10:00 but as long as you don't remind her what time it is she should forget. We have absolutely nothing to eat... so Lucas left some money on the counter for Pizza, or whatever you guys want. Um, Emma is allergic to milk so make sure you give her a lactaid before she has ice cream or anything, oh! Austin cant sleep without his bear so make sure he has that and"
"Brooke... Calm down... I think we can handle it" Jeff laughed
"Are you sure because I can just stay home"
"We're fine... besides this will be good practice for us" Linda smiled
"Lucas... Come on!"
"Alright lets go..." Lucas said pulling her out of the house
"Bye Emmy, By Austin! I love you" Brooke yelled
Brooke and Lucas drove to the hospital in silence. Lucas watched as she fidgeted with her fingers every few seconds. He didn't blame her for being nervous. Neither of them had any idea what kind of shape he was in or anything. He was so mad when Victor had called he had completely forgot to ask.
"So your like going to come in the room with me right?" Brooke asked once they were almost at the hospital
"If you want me too"
"So if I wanted just you to go in the room would you?" Brooke asked
"Brooke, we don't have to go"
"I know... I was just testing you, and you failed by the way" Brooke laughed
"Not as bad as I am going to fail those exams tomorrow"
"Yea... wouldn't want to be you... see I can just sleep with my professors to get a good grade, you might have some trouble there" Brooke giggled
"Your funny when you're nervous, you know that Brooke Scott?"
"Yes... ugh lets just go and get this over with" Brooke said getting out of the car and slamming the door
"That's good... all the frustration out on the car" Lucas laughed
"You're not funny when I am nervous... you know that Lucas Scott?"
Linda and Jeff sat in the den with Emma and Austin until Dawson's Creek was over.
"No... that is horrible this season ended with her with Dawson... she loves Pacey" Linda said flipping the TV off.
Emma sat on the couch for a minute very quiet, her eyes little eyes getting very big.
"What's wrong Emma?" Jeff asked
"I hates Pacey" Emma said crossing her arms and glaring at Linda
"I see... you are a Dawson/Joey fan" Linda laughed
"Stupid Pacey, he onlys wants sex" Emma said growing madder
"Where on earth did she learn that word?" Jeff laughed looking at the tiny little girl
"Jeff, she probably doesn't even know what it is! Children pick things like that up from shows like Dawson's creek... watch this. Emma where did you learn that word?" Linda asked
"Mommy and Daddy tolded me not to have sex, they twell Awson too, every night"
"Really? That rocks" Jeff busted out laughing
"Why do they tell you?"
"Cuz I was a accident" Emma giggled
"Really... was Austin?" Jeff asked still laughing
"Yes, but we was good accidents, really good"
"Does your mommy tell you that?" Linda asked
"Yes and she sayd that me, and Awson and Daddy are her bestest things in the world to her"
"Dude... I want Brooke and Lucas to adopt me" Jeff laughed
"Jeff! This isnt funny, well it's a little funny... Do you do fun stuff with your mommy?"
"Yea! She takeses me shopping sos I can look hot! Buts not like Natan's mom... Daddy sayd she shows more cleavage den a whore and nots to dress like her" Emma giggled
"This is so un-fair! My parents were teenage parents and they were prudes! Always dressing me like I was a girl and what not..." Jeff complained
Brooke and Lucas were walking up to the nurse's desk to get her father's room number when Victor spotted Brooke.
"Brooke! You came..." Victor smiled
"Lucas... never mind" Brooke yelled
"Oh, you brought him"
"Yea... Where is his room?" Brooke asked pretty much totally ignoring Victors snide remark
"Victor" Lucas said putting his arm around Brooke's shoulder so that she could grab his hand
"Lucas... Glad to see you came to support Brooke"
"Where else would I be?" Lucas asked
"Ok boys before you 2 start ripping each others throats out, yes Victor my HUSBAND came with me because I LOVE him. Now that that is settled...could you please tell me where his room is?"
"Yea, 334... right down there. I'll walk with you" Victor said pointing the way
"No that's ok... you stay there, Luke come on"
They walked down the hall towards room 334 and Brooke stopped at the door.
"Ready?" Lucas asked
"As ready as I'll ever be"
Spoilers: What will happens with Midterms and Brooke's father. Lots and Lots to come! Please review!