Chapter 15! YAY! Thank you guys so much for the reviews! I couple of you said I should do another sequel after this one... I haven't really thought about it before... I mean I guess I could if you guys REALLY wanted but enough of you would have to tell me if you would read it before I start it because I also have another Brucas idea that I really want to write too. But if you guys really want another sequel I can defiantly do it. Just please let me know so I can start planning! Hahaha YAY!
Ok... This is one of my lovely "Everything is not going to be perfect" chapters. I think when I do chapters like this where there is more reality rather than "goody goodyness" in them it makes Brucas that much better by the end. I don't know about you guys but I think a fic gets old after a while when everything goes just the way it is supposed too and everything is predictable...anyway don't worry and enjoy this chapter!
Oh! And it might be a few days before I update because I have to go to my grandparent's house... so I just wanted to warn you guys! I will try and make the next chapter nice and long to make up for it! Please Review!
Brooke looked around the quiet hospital room. The smell was the same as the room she had been in after having both Emma and Austin, sending chills up her spine. Just the thought of those mind-boggling labor pains made her grit her teeth. Sure she hadn't actually had Austin in a hospital but it was still the same difference. Her father was laying back in the bed with both his arms and his right leg in casts. She couldn't tell if he was awake or asleep because of the darkness but she was really hoping he was sleeping.
"May I help you?" A tiny blonde nurse asked from the corner of the room. Brooke hadn't even seen her standing there when she walked in. She was young, maybe a little older then they were writing on what looked like a chart.
"He's my father" Brooke whispered just in case he was asleep
"Right... he has talked a great deal about you! Brooke right?" The nurse giggled
"Yea" Brooke said shocked. Usually no one even knew he had a daughter because he didn't feel like it was professional to tell people. This was werid, maybe he had had some kind of brain injury.
"Right... and you are Markus?"
"Lucas..." Brooke laughed grabbing Lucas's hand
"Right, let me wake him. It' time for his medicine anyway... Norman... Norman" The nurse said shaking his gently
"Wh-what?" Norman asked squinting his eyes
"Your daughters here... You better do some sweet talking to her because we are releasing you tomorrow" The nurse laughed
"Will do Sarah, Thank you" Norman smiled as she left the room
"Maybe I should go with her?" Lucas asked trying to break the awkward silence. He wasn't sure if he should stay, or go or what Brooke wanted him to do. He was hoping she would just say go; the hospital was giving him a queasy feeling in his stomach. Ever since after Emma was born he hadn't trusted them
"You go and you will be one very divorced man" Brooke said almost laughing.
"So, I didn't think your would come" Norman said quietly
"And somehow you knew I would" Brooke said coldly sitting down beside Lucas in the reclining chair
"I guess so. Why did you come?"
"Because as usual, you and mom have that hold over me. That little bit of hope that maybe you will change... plus I have a very persuasive husband"
"You know it wasn't my idea to try and break you two up, I like Lucas here. But as you know, and I am sure Lucas will agree with me on this... what the wife wants, the wife gets" Normal laughed
"Very true" Lucas agreed
"Hey Broody! Whose side are you on?" Brooke said glaring at him with eyes that could kill
"That was a good thing Brookie dear, means he cares... I know you think that your mother and I are only together because of money... and yes that is why she is with me but I do love her, that's why I am with her"
"Really, funny because I thought it was for the publicity. I mean isn't that why you 2 do everything you do? Get married, have a child... none of which actually matter at all to you at all after the papers are tired of covering the story"
"Brooke... You matter to me. I swear on my fathers grave you do" Norman said looking away hurt
"Grandpa Davis isn't dead"
"He's not? Oh, well you do matter to me dear... I love you, I have loved you ever since the day we brought you home from the hospital" Norman smiled
"Interesting... You didn't bring me home! You and mom flew to Paris 3 days after I was born leaving me with a nanny! Then you didn't come home for a month! Just tell me one thing... how could you do that? I mean you say you care about me and mom like Lucas cares about the kids and me... but Lucas didn't leave my side for weeks after we were home with the babies. And it wasn't because I made him stay. See dad... paybacks hell" Brooke said starting to stand up and leave but Lucas pulled her back down.
"Brooke wait... at least give me a chance to explain! I had to choose! I was put in the position of choosing between my wife who I'd known and loved forever, and this little tiny person who screamed and cried and needed so much from me. Your mother did not want a baby, and didn't either... but you know as well as anyone accidents happen. Mistakes that you cant take back, no matter how hard you try. I couldn't let Helen get away Brooke. She is like my Lucas. The person who saved me from the hell that my life was before I met her. I thought maybe after she had spent some time with you she would learn to love you like I did. But she didn't want to work at it, so I made the mistake of letting her get away with it. Trusting that if we got you the best nanny's and the best toys you would be just as happy. I was wrong Brooke, I am sorry"
Brooke was now sobbing into Lucas's shirt for the second time that day. This was so much harder than she had expected. He wasn't supposed to be like this, he was supposed to tell her how much he hated her so that she could hate him more and leave him there. As she cried and felt Lucas's fingers run through her hair to comfort her she thought. Maybe he wasn't as bad as he seemed. She had always known her mother was a cold hearted woman who only wanted money and attention, but she had always had that little bit of doubt for her father... that little bit that was the deciding factor for going there.
"I'll be right back" Brooke said standing up from the chair leaving Lucas and Norman alone in the hospital room.
Jeff and Linda sat on the couch with Emma and Austin listening to Emma explain all about how she and Austin were accidents and all the drama that had unfolded. Of course coming from a 3 year old who hadn't quite grasped the concept of what a lot of it meant... the story was very interesting.
"So your mommy got naked in his car and told him he was going to be popular?" Jeff laughed. His sides ached from laughing all night
"No, she haded on her leopard bra ands mittens" Emma giggled
"And these are your bed time stories?" Linda asked
"Yea! Mommy sayd they are betters than the books because it is real love not fakes"
"And your daddy age's?" Jeff asked. He was so into this conversation he had totally forgotten to turn on HBO to see the naked calendar shoot.
"Daddy sayd mommy rocks his world...and that's good"
"Your parents are a piece of work... you know that?" Linda laughed pulling Austin into her lap
"That's what Meme sayd. She sayd that's she hopes I's a bad teenager so mommy and daddy cans know how she feels"
"I bet... Dude... Lin, when we have kids we are sending them over here to have camp at Brooke and Lucas's house. Oh! And I will come with them, catch up on things that I may have missed as a child" Jeff laughed
"First of all... We aren't having kids for a long, long, long time, and second of all we probably wont want to raise them like this by then"
"Why not?" Jeff asked with a worried tone.
"Because right now Brooke and Lucas are kids raising kids... and not that I think there is anything wrong with the way they raise their kids... they are actually very smart for their ages. I just think it they had had kids 10 years from now they probably would be raising them a lot different"
"Linda... you are killing this for me... STOP" Jeff laughed
"Are we done here?" Linda asked seeing Austin fade in and out in her arms
"Wait! I have one more question... this right here will prove to you how cool Brooke and Lucas are with these kids"
"Go ahead" Linda laughed
"Ok, Emma... what did your mommy and daddy do on their first date?" Jeff asked eagerly
"Jeff! Brooke and Lucas are going to kill us for asking her these questions!"
"What? She has to know... they have told her everything else...I just wanna know what kind of people they were in high school" Jeff whined
"Fine I give up"
"Emma... do you know?" Jeff asked again
"Mommy haded to read a book, and she made daddy gets a tattoo and then she sayd daddy scored" Emma said plainly
"Damn, go Lucas" Linda laughed
Lucas and Norman waited quietly for Brooke to come back. Lucas watched as Norman bit his bottom lip to calm his nerves, just like Brooke did. He knew this was hard on Brooke but it was obviously hard on him too. He would start to feel sorry for him and then remember the number him and Helen had done on Brooke, after that all the sadness turned to anger.
"Do you think she is coming back?" Norman asked finally breaking the silence
"Yea... she probably went to fix her make up or something. She doesn't like people to know when she has been crying. Besides I have the car keys"
"Ah, so... what would have done in my place?"
"I wouldn't ever be in your place because I wouldn't ever let myself get to that point where I would have to choose. I have 3 things in my life that mean more to me than anything. Brooke, Emma and Austin. One is no better than the other" Lucas said coldly. He didn't mean to sound that way... it just kind of happened.
"You're a good man Lucas... I am glad my Brooke is happy with you, God knows she deserves it"
Brooke walked down her father's hall aimlessly. She had stopped crying a good 5 minutes and now she really dreading walking back in. She listened as Lucas talked to her father, defending her with every word he said. That was Lucas, fight to the death for her... even if she was wrong. She wasn't sure if she was right or wrong this time. But she knew what she had to do, not only for her but also to set a good example for Emma and Austin... something she hadn't really ever thought about before.
She slowly walked back into the room where Lucas pulled her close to his chest and hugged her. She loved the way that every time he hugged her he ran his fingers though her hair and put his head down on hers. It made her feel safe and secure. It also reminded her that her husband had the hottest body around.
"You ok?" He whispered still holding her close
"Yea...Looks like Peyton's room is going to be full again"
"You do what you have to do... I'll wait outside"
"With Victor... wait! No... I wanna watch" Brooke said changing back to her usually cheeriness.
"I'll save the good stuff for when you come out" Lucas laughed
"You better" She giggled kissing him on the check before he walked out
Brooke walked over to the chair where she had been sitting before with Lucas and sat down. She had a feeling she was going to regret what she was going to do but as she and Peyton had always said "No Regrets".
"So when are they letting you out of this place?" Brooke smiled
"Tomorrow..." Norman said quietly
"And mom is where?"
"Tokyo" Norman laughed rolling his eyes
"Figures..."
"Yea... she said she needed a break from American People"
"I always thought she fit in pretty well with the French" Brooke giggled
"I agree"
"So you need a place to stay until she gets back?" Brooke asked finally breaking down and getting to the point.
"If you've got one"
"I have a few conditions..." Brooke said quietly. He wasn't going to get away with everything this easy... he was going to live under rules, just like everyone else
"Shoot"
"1, you will leave my children alone. You can talk to them, but no filling their heads with politics or money talk. Emma will most likely be very excited to see you and talk your ears off, let her. Austin is the strong silent type. He is content if you read to him. They are perfect the way they are and I would like them to stay that way" Brooke said
"I can do that" Norman laughed
"Good... Number 2. I don't cook... so your going to have to fork over the money for take out" Brooke giggled
"Happy too" Norman smiled
"Excellent... 3 and this one is important... You will not say one word about Lucas and I's sex life because unlike most married couples, we have one. A really good one, so we will have sex where and whenever we want... You will not have an opinion on this... got it?" Brooke asked
"Sure?" Norman asked back, not quite sure what a father whose daughter had just told him what she had should say
"Good... Is there anything you need? Luke and I are going to fun to the store on the way home" Brooke asked
"I just got everything I ever needed"
"Ok then, I am going to go make sure Lucas isn't beating the crap out of Victor without me there to watch... I'll see you tomorrow... and dad?" Brooke asked turning around before she walked out
"Yea?"
"I'm glad your ok"
Lucas waited outside the door for Brooke. He could tell Victor was doing the same thing... pacing up and down the hall pretending not to see Lucas, but Lucas wasn't dumb. He now knew what Brooke must have felt like back in high school whenever he was around Peyton. This guy was driving him totally insane. Just the thought of someone else wanting his wife was enough to make him want to punch the guy out, and he wasn't even one to like fighting. Finally Brooke came out and jumped into his arms.
"How did I end up with such a good husband?" Brooke giggled kissing him hard
"Same way I ended up with such a good wife" Lucas said once the kiss was over
"God we are like a Trojan commercial... Corny and Horny" Brooke giggled louder kissing him again
"You noticed that too?" Lucas asked continuing her kiss
"Except in you 2's case the Trojans didn't work now did they?" Victor snorted from the end of the hall
"But that ugly stick your mother beat you with apparently did" Brooke said stopping her kiss
"Ouch... anyway cool it with the PDA... some of us would actually like to worry about our father without having to watch Nick and Jessica make out at the end of the hall." Victor complained
"What are you talking about? We are way hotter than Nick and Jessica..."
"You ready?" Lucas asked pulling Brooke away before she ended up having them duke it out
"Yes I am... Lets go"
"Good luck with him you too... people don't ever really change, they can pretend for a while, but they never change"
Linda sat on the floor playing Barbie's with Emma while Jeff read Austin to sleep in the rocking chair.
"Who awre your Barbies?" Emma asked once she finished setting up her house
"Well I guess this is Pacey, and this is Joey"
"No! This is Joey" Emma said holding up her favorite Barbie
"Well then, I guess there is just going to have to be 2 Joey's now isn't there?" Linda asked as she finished dressing her Barbie.
Emma sat in total disbelief. No one ever told her there were supposed to be 2 Joey's in Barbie's. When Brooke and Lucas played with her they were always Jen or Pacey, and at school all the little girls wanted to play with her so bad they would be anyone, same with the boys.
"But" Emma started
"No buts... this is called compromise" Linda smiled
"Fine" Emma said not letting Linda get the best of her
"Now this is Joey and she is 30, she is married to Pacey and has 3 children. She is a corporate lawyer and Pacey is a stock broker" Linda smiled.
"Dis is Joey, and she marry Dawson! Not Pacey... They killded him and fedded hims to the alligators. They has a baby namded Abby" Emma giggled
"That isn't very nice..." Linda said giving Emma an upset look
"Daddy always doeses that"
"Linda... let her feed the guy to the alligators... she is 3" Jeff laughed seeing his fiancé fight with a 3 year old
"Fine... ok Emma how old are your Barbie's?" Linda asked glaring at Jeff who was trying to read Austin a Barney Book.
"20... they forgotted to use a condom" Emma said shaking her head pointing to the baby Chrissy Barbie
"Emma! That is horrible!" Linda laughed
"Barbie's is not real...duh reals people shouldn't's have sex...it's bad but Barbie's can" Emma said laughing
"This family rocks!" Jeff yelled putting Austin on the floor with Emma so he could play Barbie's too
Brooke and Lucas walked the isles of target aimlessly not really sure what either of them wanted to buy. They did this sometimes... just randomly went to Target and bought stuff together. It was a major stress reliever for Brooke and although it just added more stress to Lucas he liked to be there with Brooke.
"Are you ok? We have been shopping for like 20 minutes and you have let me put whatever I want in the car without complaining that I am going to spend every penny we have once!" Brooke laughed stopping him on the Barbie isle.
"I am in a shopping mood" Lucas said throwing a Barbie into the cart for Emma.
"Lucas Scott in a shopping mood? Right, there are only 2 times I see you happy shopping, 1 is when we are in Barnes and Nobles and 2, is when I am trying on Lingerie for you. Right now we are doing neither"
"Yes, but we can totally do that lingerie thing" Lucas laughed
"Uh huh, no... first you have to tell me what is wrong...Oh and grab Austin that shovel thing so he can dig in the sand box"
"Nothing is wrong" Lucas lied
"It's Victor" Brooke giggled
"What? No its not"
"Yes it is, I can read you like a book Lucas Scott and that's what it is"
"Why do you think that?"
"Because he drives you crazy, and the only person who ever made you act like this was Nathan... but I swear Broody if you come all brotherly with Victor you and I are going to have some issues" Brooke laughed
"Ok fine... I can't stand him" Lucas admitted.
"Duh, no one can" Brooke laughed throwing more junk into the cart
"Ok, now you no... how about that lingerie thing?"
"10 minutes..."
Finally after listening to Emma and Linda fight for an hour Jeff broke them up and put both Emma and Austin into the playpen, where they were both screaming bloody murder.
"Linda! You can't fight with a 3 year old!" Jeff laughed
"You can if they're spoiled" Linda shot back
"That is like the least spoiled 3 year old I have ever seen. Most of then would have thrown something at you after you called her a whiney spoiled baby"
"Instead she called me an immature crack head" Linda whined
"Yea but it sounded more like 'immaerteure cwrack head,'" Jeff laughed
"We're home!" Brooke yelled from the front door
"Mommy... I in jail" Emma wailed
"Hey... why are they in jail?" Brooke asked walking into the den
"I had to pull Emma and Linda apart from each other, no Barbie's were killed... but some were defiantly injured" Jeff laughed
"Were they bad?" Lucas asked pulling Austin into his arms
"No! ... Its just Linda doesn't play well with others"
"Your children sure are educated" Linda said smiling at Brooke
"I know... Those are my babies, so you're sure they weren't bad?" Brooke asked
"I swear... Come on Linda... say your sorry" Jeff said pushing Linda towards Brooke who was holding Emma
"I'm sorry I called you a whiney spoiled baby"
"You called her a whiney spoiled baby?" Lucas asked
"Barbie's... things got heated, it won't happen again" Jeff laughed
"I sorry I callded you a imeraturer crack head" Emma said wiping the last tear from her face
"You called her a immature crack head? Lucas did you hear that? Our babies first insult!" Brooke laughed
"Like mother like daughter... thank you guys again... So much" Lucas said shaking Jeff's hand
"We had fun... until next time" Linda smiled walking out in front of Jeff
"I'll be there in a minute sweetie... Look guys, I am really sorry. It really wasn't Emma's fault. Linda is always kind of, messed up the day after her chemo. I thought she was doing ok today" Jeff whispered
"I'm sorry man! I forgot... she is looking so much better these days" Lucas said
"And that's a good thing. She needs to do normal things like this... She needs to interact with people other than me"
"Dinner next week?" Brooke asked
"That would be great... we'll cook" Jeff smiled shutting the door behind him
"Hey... I'll get Emmy in the bed if you'll get Austin" Brooke said tickling the little boys stomach
"I see, you take the easy one..." Lucas laughed
"Girl talk... you understand" Brooke said kissing both her boys on the cheek
"Night Austin... I love you! Mommy will come kiss you again after I get Emmy in the bed"
Brooke carried Emma into her room and laid down beside her in her fluffy bed.
"Talk to me babe... immature crack head? You think it was crack or coke she was on?" Brooke asked
"Pepsi" Emma giggled
"Pepsi huh?" Brooke laughed. Times like these made her realize how much her daughter really knew about the world, and she liked it that way. To her crack and coke were just drinks like Pepsi.
"Is you reallys a kid? Winda sayd you was"
"Yea... I guess I am huh?"
"You not a kid... you're a mommy!" Emma giggled
"That too... now come give me the biggest kiss ever before you go to sleep" Brooke said leaning closer to hug Emma
"You going to wock daddy's world?" Emma asked sleepily after Brooke got up
"Hell yea babe, 3 times over... I love you" Brooke smiled turning out the light
"Loves you too"
Brooke walked down the hall where Lucas was reading to Austin in his room.
"Slide..." She said so he would make room for her
"Emmy sleeping?"
"Dreaming of Crack, coke and Pepsi..." Brooke giggled
"I'm going to go say goodnight... read to him" Lucas laughed handing Brooke Austin and "The Winter of our Discontent"
"I knew you were going to find some way to make me read this stupid book again" Brooke whined as he left the room
After Brooke had finished "Reading" to Austin aka telling him her own story she met Lucas in their bedroom.
"Do you think we are severely damaging out children?" Brooke asked as she crawled in bed next to him.
"Probably... but they cant be anymore damaged then we were, and we are doing ok" Lucas laughed
"True"
"Brooke... I think they are going to be fine, besides at least we wont have to have the awkward sex talk with them"
"True again... I'm not sleepy, are you?" Brooke asked rolling over kissing him
"No...but I was thinking of something we probably should so since your dad is coming to stay with us for a while"
"Have sex? Yea I already talked to him about that... we're cool" Brooke giggled
"yes I kinda figured that much... besides just because your dad is going to be here doesn't mean we are going to be saints for 3 weeks... Sex yes... but first we have to do something else"
"What else?" Brooke asked totally lost
"Study..."
Spoilers: Tests, games, stress, parents, fun stuff like that! PLEASE REVIEW!