Chapter 8! Finally… hahaha. So this Christmas week I got drug from one end of the state to the next… it was crazy! And of course… we never stayed anywhere long enough for me to actually sit down and write, which wasn't cool. I have been in writing withdrawal. On the way to the mountains my sister and I even wrote a short story called "The Birds of Peyton" LOL… It was hilarious and made absolutely no since. Anyway I am happy to be back writing THIS story… I have had a lot of time to think about what direction I wanted to go with the story and I think I may have found one… then again knowing me, you never know. As of right now things are too perfect in the Scott house and it needs some chaos… LOL. I was thinking about what that Chaos could be and I KNOW that I want it to have nothing to do with Brooke and Lucas fighting… so I do have some idea what I want to happen but nothing is set in stone… yet.
I hope you guys all had great holidays! I did! Ok so now for Chapter 8! Hope you like it, please review… because you know you want too LOL
Austin and Amber sat on the couch in the living room with Hannah and Dana watching Rug rats, their favorite TV show. Austin couldn't stand it but he figured since this wasn't his house he probably better not say anything. Thankfully Amber looked just as annoyed and took matters into her own hands.
"Hannah… turn it" Amber whined throwing a pillow at her sister
"No… We're watching this" Dana whispered still in a trance
"I don't care, this is boring"
"Mom says we don't have to listen to you anymore" Hannah giggled glaring at her sister
"Mom is lying"
"Mommy doesn't lie"
"Mom!" Amber cried into the kitchen where Haley and Emma were cooking
"What?'
"Hannah and Dana won't let us watch anything good"
"Who was there first?" Haley asked
"They were"
"Then they can watch it until it is over. Why don't you and Austin go play with Sally and Nate?"
"Because they are like 4 and 6!" Amber yelled stomping her foot
"Well one day they will be 10…"
"Your mean"
"I know… Emma can you hand me the butter" Haley laughed ignoring Amber's last desperate attempts to win the TV.
"I am going to run away"
"Have fun"
"And become a stripper" Amber yelled seeing Haley flinch
"You might wanna get those abs first" Haley answered coolly. She had given up on sheltering her children as soon as the twins were born. Now she just tried to ignore their remarks about strippers and pimps best she could.
"Mom!"
"Amber… go study or something"
"I'm not like you mom! Studying isn't fun for me!" Amber pouted
"Right, I forgot… you get that from your dad"
"At least dad loves me"
"I don't know… he was thinking of turning your bedroom into a workout room, making you share with Dana and Hannah" Haley laughed
"Yea! And we can play with her stuff!" Dana yelled from the den
"Come on Austin"
"Emma have you called mom?" Austin asked as Amber tried to pull him away
"No… she said she would call us"
"Go ahead Austin… I'll send Emma to get you when she calls" Haley smiled. She could see it in his eyes that he missed Brooke. She sometimes forgot that he was still only a 10 year old boy, who still had his mommy kiss him good night and tell him silly stories. Austin just seemed so mature.
"Ok…"
"He misses her"
"Yea… he just want admit he is a mommy's boy" Emma giggled trying not to let it show that she really missed Brooke and Lucas too.
"He's almost 11… When your dad was that age Karen was still burping him"
"Is Nate a Mommy's boy?"
"He might be if Nathan ever let me get my hands on him" Haley laughed
Brooke listened and waited for Dr. Stuart to get to something important in all the medical talk. All the words like hemoglobin and Branch Chain Ameanoacids weren't making any since to her or Lucas because his face looked just as blank as hers. Maddie on the other hand was keeping the whole conversation very interesting with her bunny ears and devil horns she was giving Dr. Stuart as she spoke.
"So, this means what?" Lucas finally asked what Brooke had been thinking for the past 10 minutes
"Basically, she isn't sick… but she isn't well either"
"I'm not quite sure how to take that" Brooke said sliding closer to Lucas
"Well her immune system is still very weak, even after the treatments. Which is making me think there is a bigger problem"
"Or…"
"Here is a growth Chart… on Average you want to be on the 50th percentile for weight and height. Now I have taken into account that both Emma and Austin were tiny for their ages… Emma always on the 30th percentile for both and Austin at barely 40th. Now height wise… Madison is on the 25th percentile… which isn't bad. She is about like Emma was… just petite. Weight wise… she is on the 15th percentile. She just isn't gaining the weight" Dr. Stuart sighed
"She eats…"
"I don't think this has anything to do with eating. We'll finish the tests, I am just trying to get her as healthy as possible. As I see it this is not life threatening at all… over all she is doing well. But she could be doing better"
"What are the rest of the tests for?" Lucas asked
"Various things… look at me you 2. She is 150 better than she was 2 years ago. There was a point then when I wasn't sure she was going to make it, now I have no doubt in my mind she is going to be fine, go to school, have a perfectly normal life just like Emma and Austin. But until we figure out why her immune system is so messed up, she could get very sick again if the right germ finds her"
"It won't… Emma stompded on all of those germs" Madison giggled from behind them now jumping up and down on the bed
"Did she?"
"Yea…"
"Ok… well you 3 get some sleep… and stop worrying. I am taking care of everything" Dr. Stuart smiled walking out
"Luke…" Brooke whined leaning on Lucas
"I'm just as lost"
"Ok, good"
"I'll go find Gabby and see if she cant decipher this for us" Lucas said. It was like a ritual… Dr. Stuart explained, then Gabby re-explained.
"K"
"Mommy wills you lay with me?" Maddie asked still jumping on the bed
"Sure…" Brooke smiled crawling into bed with her, letting Maddie lay down on her chest
"And tell me bout when I was bornded?"
"You've heard this story a gazillion times you know…" Brooke giggled.
"I know"
"Well… Emma and Austin were in the waiting room with Pepa, Emma was about 9 and Austin was 7"
"Wow" Maddie giggled
"And Austin wanted you to be a boy so bad"
"He did?"
"Yea… he wanted us to name you Darth Vador" Brooke laughed
"No…"
"Yes… and Emma wanted you to be a girl and name you Madison"
"Emma always wins" Maddie sighed
"Guess so… so I was very strung out on some serious pain killers, hints how you got the middle name Tallulah…"
"You was a crack whore?" Maddie giggled
"I don't know what drug it was but it was some good stuff"
"Where was Daddy?"
"In the room with me, Brooding" Brooke said stating the obvious
"Then what happened?"
"Well you came out… and you were so cute, and tiny! And everyone was very shocked because you were actually breathing, they say babies that early usually cant breath but you were"
"Cause I is smart" Madison giggled
"So, I was holding you and you were screaming your little head off, and then you got really quiet"
"Cause I stopped breathing"
"Yep… it was very uncool" Brooke added
"Was Austin sad I was a girl?"
"At first… but the day we brought you home from the hospital you threw up on him and he thought that was cool"
"Ew" Maddie gagged
"He's a boy…"
"And was daddy happy?"
"Very… when you were so sick he use to be the only one who could get you to stop crying… he would rock you for hours and hours… but I was the one who got you to smile" Brooke said running her fingers across Maddie's dimples
"Cause your silly mommy!"
"So I hear…"
"Daddy!" Maddie squealed seeing Lucas walk back into the room
"Ladybug…"
"Lay with us"
"Slide…" Lucas said lying in bed beside them
"What did she say?"
"Basically to wait…"
"Figures…" Brooke sighed
Nathan, Haley, Emma, Austin, Amber, Hannah, Dana, Sally and Nate were all playing go fish when the phone finally rang. Emma and Austin were both hoping it was Brooke or Lucas so they raced to the phone shoving each other out of the way to get to it.
"Hello?" Austin asked beating Emma to the phone
"Hey Babe…"
"Mom!"
"What's happening?" Brooke asked
"Not much… we're playing Go Fish… what are you guys doing?"
"Dad and I are having hot wild sex and letting Maddie do crack"
"Sounds fun…" Austin laughed
"Very much! Miss me?"
"Yea… How is Maddie"
"She's Maddie… right now she and your dad are shooting the nurses with Nerf guns, and its not going over very well" Brooke giggled
"Come on mom… you know your helping them"
"I was… but I have really bad aim so I lost all of my arrows…" Brooke sighed
"I'm sorry…"
"Yea, Yea… let me talk to Emmy"
"Ok… when will you be home?" Austin asked
"The day after tomorrow"
"Good! Love you"
"Love you more, bye" Brooke laughed
"Mom!" Emma squealed into the phone
"Ear drums…"
"Sorry… how's Maddie?"
"She's good, how's Tutor wives?" Brooke asked… she knew there was probably some drama going on over there… there had to be
"Fun… she is teaching me to cook"
"No! Cooking is bad… Emmy, you have to fight it! Don turn over to the dark side…"
"Calm down Mom… Believe me… I'm not learning anything. I didn't know there was a difference between flour and sugar" Emma giggled
"That's my girl… ok well I am going to run… may the force be with you"
"Funny, call us tomorrow"
"Will do… Love ya" Brooke laughed
"Love you too, Bye"
"What did your mom say?" Haley asked once Emma and Austin made their way back to the table moping and looking miserable. She had never seen 2 children that miserable with out their parents. Her kids were happy when she and Nathan left them places
"Not much… she was just checking in"
"To make sure I wasn't turning you over to the good side?"
"Pretty much" Emma laughed
Brooke and Lucas sat in the recliner totally bored. Once Maddie had fallen asleep she had taken over the whole bed with her tubes and wires leaving Brooke and Lucas in the tiny chair.
"This cant be good for your shoulder"
"Or my back"
"Since when do you have back problems"
"I will after tonight"
"I'm bored…"
"Your always bored"
"Not when we are having sex"
"I'd hope not…"
"Lets do something"
"I'm not having sex with you in this chair"
"Not sex… lets… Oh! I know… lets go down to the nursery and claim to be family members of the babies and see if they will let us in"
"And the point of that would be Cheery?"
"Just to see if it still works"
"Or we could go to the playroom, and play with the toys"
"They do have really cool toys…"
"We could do both, its only 8:00"
"And we need an elevator race…"
"What would a stay here be without one?"
"Lets go… we'll tell Gabby on the way out to watch Maddie"
"Come on then…"
"My feet are tired"
"You are so lazy… get on."
"Thank you!"
"You are never going to win the elevator race on my back"
"We'll just see about that"
Emma and Austin laid on the pull out couch together watching a movie. Haley and Nathan were over all very cool parents… except when it came to bedtime. At 8:00 everyone was aloud to watch a movie until 10:00 then they had to go to sleep. So Emma and Austin were watching Legends of the Fall with Brad Pitt.
"Slide over…" Austin whined pushing Emma to the side
"I cant…"
"You're touching me"
"You're cranky!" Emma giggled
"Sorry…"
"What's your deal?"
"This movie is depressing" Austin sighed
"Well his name is Tristan so we are watching it"
"Have you talked to Tristan today?"
"Yes… he is going on Vacation next week to Mexico" Emma whined
"Lucky…"
"His parents won the trip over the radio or something"
"Do you think Karen will be around more now?" Austin asked. He had a bunch of lingering questions in his head to ask Emma and he guessed now was as good of time as any
"That was random… I don't know, why?"
"I don't know… I was just thinking about it and I can't imagine choosing a girl over mom. How did dad do it?"
"Karen is a lot different from mom. Mom would never make you choose" Emma whispered
"I guess…how come mom never talks about herself when she was our age?"
"What do you mean?" Emma asked getting annoyed with all the questions.
"I mean she tells us all these stories about her life from the time she was 16 up… We know dad's whole life history, but not moms"
"I am trying to watch this movie… Ask mom. She'll probably tell you"
"Don't you want to know?" Austin asked
"I know that she has been friends with Peyton forever, and she hated her parents… I guess that's enough"
Brooke and Lucas tiptoed down the halls of the hospital. Brooke was of course pouting because she had lost every single elevator race to Lucas… every single one. Even when she had cheated. Now it was time to play "Family Member" and go corrupt the babies. She and Lucas had done this a million times before, but with the new security in the nursery it was going to be hard.
"I don't think we are going to be able to get in" Lucas said seeing the security cameras
"Maybe not as family members… but if we were doctors"
"Brooke…" Lucas laughed
"Come on Lucas! These babies need corrupting! Please… we just need scrubs"
"This is like a felony…"
"Come here" Brooke said pulling him close and kissing him
"That's nor fair"
"All's fair in Love and War Broody…" Brooke giggled kissing him again
"How the hell did you learn to kiss like that?"
"Years of experience… now we need some scrubs…" Brooke smiled pulling him into the closet full of scrubs
"I never agreed to this"
"Yes you did! When you married me"
"Right, because I distinctly remember saying I will always Love, honor cherish and be a criminal with you" Lucas laughed slipping a green scrub top on
"I knew you would… let's go"
"Green or blue?"
"Hmmm, Green" Brooke said slipping it over her head
"These things are so uncomfortable"
"Compared to your jerseys?"
"How do I look?" Lucas asked pulling her close
"Very doctorish…"
"Good, lets go"
"Wait!" Brooke shrieked before he opened the door
"What?"
"We need our IDs…"
"I don't even remember where we hid them" Lucas sighed
"I do! Top shelf to the right"
"Here you are Dr. Sadie Michaels" Lucas said handing her, her Doctor ID
"Thank you Dr. Adam Spencer"
"This is bad of us Brooke"
"We've got to have some fun…" Brooke whined kissing him one last time before pulling him out of the closet
"Look at all those babies"
"Tell me about it… hit the buzzer"
"Wow… look at that, they let us in" Lucas laughed as the door opened for them
"We're so evil"
"Alicaiconna Alexia Author… what kind of a name is that?"
"Well it says her parents name are Fred and Bertha…" Brooke giggled
"Look there's an Austin…"
"And a Madison"
"No Emmalyne" Lucas sighed
"Wonder why…"
"What have I told you 2 about sneaking in here as doctors"
"Kathy!" Brooke squealed seeing her friend. She had met her at Duke her Jr. Year and Kathy had been the one who had helped them when they had decided they wanted Madison, so she knew all of their evil tricks around the hospital
"Brooke… Lucas, you 2 up to your old evil tricks I see"
"The babies were lonely" Brooke whined
"Sure… how is Madison?"
"She's good… upstairs asleep"
"And you 2 were bored…" Kathy laughed
"Yes…"
"Come here, I'll give you the lowdown on the babies"
"See Lucas… I told you this was going to be fine" Brooke giggled taking his hand
"This one is Leigh, she is a crier"
"Poor parents" Lucas laughed
"And this is Morgan… he is a screamer"
"Wow… he is"
"Hey… since Maddie is upstairs being pampered like a princess, you 2 wanna do me a favor?" Kathy asked
"Sure…"
"Follow me"
Maddie sat upstairs in her bed trying her best to undo the tape that was holding her IV in. It wasn't going as well as she would have liked… since Gabby had put so much tape on the IV that it wouldn't come loose. After trying to peel it away for a little more than an hour she decided that the nurse call button was more fun.
"Can we help you?" A nurse asked over the intercom
"My IV is beeping" Maddie lied
"Ok, I'll send Gabby in, in a second"
"I think it's blown…" Maddie lied again… she knew the tricks that got the nurses in her room fast, instead of having to wait 2 hours
"Ok…"
"And I cant breath…" Maddie giggled taking the pulse ox off her tiny finger
"Madison is off the screen…" She heard the nurse say
"Maddie… what are you doing… your IV isn't beeping"
"Really?" Maddie asked pretending to be shocked
"Nope…"
"Frosty said it was"
"Really now?" Gabby asked
"Yea, where is Mommy and Daddy?"
"They needed a break"
"Good, they was talking too loud" Maddie giggled
"Here… I brought you something, this should keep you entertained"
"A cwrash cart!"
"Yes… its by Fisher Price… and here is a babydoll… you can shock it and bring it back to life all you want" Gabby smiled
"Thank you… woah, this baby needs lypo"
"Babies don't need lypo"
"This one does… look!" Maddie giggled pointing to the babies realistic baby fat
"Your silly"
"Oh My God" Maddie screeched pointing to the dolls groin
"What…"
"LOOK!"
"Oh" Gabby laughed
"This is defiantly a boy baby"
"Yes it is"
"Or a it" Maddie added
"Why do you say that?"
"Cause I think it hases boobies…"
"You are your mothers child…" Gabby laughed
Brooke and Lucas followed Kathy up to the PEDS floor just a few halls down from Maddie's room, into a small dark room with a crib.
"This is Carter… he's about 18 months old and lonely" Kathy said turning on the light. In the crib was a little boy with big brown eyes staring back at them.
"Aw! He looks fine… no IV"
"We was sick when he came… 3 weeks ago. His mother brought him in using a fake name and left him here. He just needs come company… I thought he might keep you 2 from getting arrested for a while"
"Look at that hair! It's such a pretty color brown, and those eyes! I think he looks like Nathan!" Brooke giggled
"Hey there little dude… come here" Lucas said pulling the little boy out of the crib into his arms
"Of course he likes Lucas…" Brooke whined
"He isn't sick… if you want you guys can take him to Maddie's room later and they can play. He just finished his antibiotics this morning so he has no germs… he just needs some company until Social Services can get here… you know how that is"
"What is he wearing?" Brooke asked seeing the babies grungy looking gown
"A gown… all he had when his mother bought him was a dirty diaper"
"Looks like I am going to be making a trip to Gap to get that poor baby some clothes…"
"Well I've got to get back down to the nursery… you 2 have fun" Kathy laughed waving bye
"Bye…"
"He's quiet…" Lucas whispered
"Hi there Carter! You want to come see me?" Brooke asked holding her hands out for the baby
"Dude, he likes me…" Lucas laughed
"Fine… I am going to run to Gap, and dress this poor child. That gown is sad…"
"I don't think he minds it…"
"Well I do… I'll be back, Bye Carter…Look! He waves!" Brooke said waving at Carter, watching him wave back
"Its because he knows your buying him something… come on dude, lets go see Maddie"
Emma and Austin laid in bed listening to Haley and Nathan talk. They had long since turned the movie off since it was now just depressing them both. Now they were getting their laughs from Amber, Haley and Nathan's conversation about sex. They both knew good and well Amber knew all about it, they had told her… but since Amber was mad at them about the TV she decided to make them as uncomfortable as possible.
"But what IS sex" Amber asked very seriously
"Its, its what a man and a woman do when they love each other" Nathan said
"And when they are married" Haley added
"But what does it entail?" Amber asked
"Um… kissing" Haley said looking over at Nathan
"Yea, Kissing"
"That's all?" Amber asked
"Yea… sure"
"That's it…" Haley smiled
"I kissed Ashton Murphy at School last week…"
"That's different…" Nathan said quickly
"How?" Amber asked
"This has to be the funniest thing I have ever heard" Emma whispered trying hard not to bust out laughing
"Tell me about it…" Austin agreed
"Amber has been hanging around Mom too much lately…"
"Defiantly" Austin laughed
"So Daddy didn't have sex until he married you?" Amber asked trying to be innocent, even though she knew good and well about Peyton
"Uh, um, well" Nathan started
"Is that a yes or a no?"
"My abs hurt from laughing!" Emma giggled
"You think they'll tell her about Peyton?"
"Probably not"
"Amber go to bed!" Haley finally said
"But you said if I ever have any questions I can talk to you guys… ok well I guess I can always ask Emma later" Amber giggled
"Sit…"
Lucas carried Carter to Maddie's room where she was pretending to shock her babydoll. Seeing Carter Maddie's eyes got big and her mouth dropped open as if she was speechless. This was hilarious to Lucas, considering Maddie was only 4.
"What is that?" Maddie finally said once Lucas sat Carter on the bed with her
"Its Carter… I brought him to play with you Ladybug" Lucas said kissing her on the forehead
"Hola Carter" Maddie giggled
"He likes you"
"Where is Mommy?"
"Shopping" Lucas laughed
"Hello Baby… I am Ma-da-son… can yous say that?" Maddie said in baby talk patting Carter's cheeks
"He's kinda quiet huh?" Lucas asked
"And little! Can you hand me that?"
"What is that?" Lucas asked
"Look! He listeneded!"
"He likes you…" Lucas smiled as Carter crawled up and cuddled next to Maddie
"Do you like Frosty?" Maddie asked, then Carter shook his head yes blankly
"I need a camera" Lucas laughed
"He says he doeses! Do you want to watch it withith me?" Maddie asked and Carter shook his head yes again
"Maddie I think he is going to agree with whatever you say"
"Do you like Bella?" Maddie asked and again, Carter shook his dark brown hair back and forth
"See?" Lucas laughed
"Maybe is he Psycho?"
"Physic?"
"Yea…" Maddie giggled
"He doesn't know Bella… he is a baby"
"Hey Chick, Dudes…" Brooke giggled walking into the room
"That was fast"
"Yea, its 9:00 Baby Gap is closed… but I did manage to find something in the gift shop… Look at them." Brooke said handing him 6 bags full of clothes and toys… some for Maddie, some for Carter
"Look Mommy! Daddy boughted a baby!" Maddie giggled pointing to Carter who was leaning next to her
"No… More like borrowed for a little while"
"Come here Carter… God he is so sweet, I told you he liked he…. Do you want me to dress you?" Brooke asked as little Carter climbed into her arms
"I has money… we can buy him!"
"Baby, you cant buy babies… you don't even like babies" Brooke laughed
"He does what I says! I like him… He doesn't not need Lypo" Maddie added
"You can play with him tonight… here Carter go back to Madison"
"He hugs me!" Maddie giggled
"I am somehow getting the impression that it was a bad idea to bring him to see Madison"
"Its not just you…" Lucas laughed
"Can he spended the night with me?"
"He's already here… why not"
"Lucas…" Brooke whined
"What?"
"Are you sure that's a good idea?"
"Why not?" Lucas asked
"Nevermind…"
Spoilers: Ok so I have finally figured out a way to make everything come together… YAY! Things may seem strange at first the net few chapters but I have a plan! LOL Maddie, Lucas and Brooke go home… Brooke does the Bake sale, Lucas gets another call about basketball, Austin and Emma deal with life in general. Please Review!!
