Chapter 19! Wow… We are getting up there in chapters! I am guessing this story will have about 25-30 chapters depending on what you guys want. I will keep writing as long as you guys keep reading. Like I said… I have a story after this one called "Sugar and Spice" It is of course Brucas, and it doesn't have anything to do with the Brucas trilogy. It's a Fresh start! But I will put that one up as soon as we finish with this one! Anyway hope you guys like this chapter! I had longer to sit down and write this one… and THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR THE REVIEWS for the last chapter! They were awesomely awesome! Hope you enjoy this chapter! LUVIES! Please review!
Brooke stood staring blankly at the woman… there to get "her" son. Who the hell did she think she was. That wasn't "Her" son… it hadn't been since they had brought him home. The woman didn't look young, as in a teenager… if anything she was at least Brooke's age. She was just taller, wider and scarier. No wonder Maddie had called her a Broke hooker.
"What do you mean… your son?" Brooke asked trying to stay as calm, cool and collected as she possible could under the given circumstances
"Carter… my little boy"
"He, isn't… ok lady lets get one thing straight… that isn't YOUR little boy… that is MY little boy, got it?"
"I think blood tests would beg to differ" The woman said shaking her head at Brooke
"Really? Blood tests… wow well I wonder what the courts would say, Maddie go get daddy for me ok?"
"No… what if the fat whore beats yous up?" Maddie asked grabbing tight to Brooke
"I can hold my own… go get daddy… run"
"Ok… Dingbat if you touch MY mommy MY daddy is going to beat you up" Maddie yelled shaking her little finger at the woman
"Maddie, sweetie go"
"Wow… real good environment you have been raising my son in"
"Well we tried to keep up to par with the streets…" Brooke said glaring at the woman
"Don't… don't try and make me feel guilty for what I did… it wont work. Carter is my son and I am here to take him off your hands… it looks like your hands are full already"
"Brooke what's wrong?"
"This, this is Carter's…" Brooke started but wasn't about to say the word mother
"Mother?"
"I was going to say the bitch who abandoned him but if that's what your version of a "mother" is…" Brooke smiled sarcastically
"Look lady… you don't want to mess with me… I have probably seen more out there then you ever have or will in your ritzy 10 bedroom house"
"Deep breaths Brooke… inhale, exhale, I will not hit the crazy bitch who wants to steal my son, I will not hit the crazy bitch who wants to steal my son" Brooke whispered to herself trying to stay calm… but it wasn't working and Lucas could tell
"Brooke… come here"
"Lucas, what are we going to do?"
"There's nothing we can do… Brooke he is basically "ours"" Lucas whispered trying to comfort Brooke
"Its that basically that scares me…"
"She cant do anything until she goes to court"
"And if she has fixed her ways and whatever then they are going to give him back! That's what they do… that is the reason for "foster care". We are just supposed to be taking care of him until we either adopt him or the mother or father comes back into the picture. Lucas I'm scared" Brooke said starting to freak out worse. She had a knot in the pit of her stomach that was making her feel sick
"She can't do anything without a court order…"
"Ok your right… I just need to chill out…"
"Go take a shower… I'll deal with her, ok?" Lucas said taking Brooke shoulders to make sure he got through to her
"Ok…ok I can do that…"
"Brooke, come here… don't cry" Lucas whispered pulling Brooke to his chest before she walked away. Tears were streaming down her face and she had chill bumps on her arms
"I'm scared Luke, I wont loose him"
"You aren't going to have too"
Emma walked towards Austin's school since apparently Brooke and Lucas weren't going to be there anytime soon to pick them up. Not that it bothered Emma… it wasn't too cold, round about 60 degrees and they didn't live to far from the schools… they could walk if they really wanted too… usually they were both just too lazy and would rather have Lucas or Brooke take them. But today she was glad she was walking… the fresh air could help clear her mind. Austin and Amber were waiting at the front of the school when she walked up. Both looking pretty pissed at the fact that they were the only 2 left standing.
"Hey…"
"Where are Mom and Dad?" Austin asked annoyed
"Who knows? We can walk home"
"Do we have too?"
"I guess you can wait here all day and waste the first day of your Christmas break at school" Emma giggled starting to walk away
"Ok lets walk… Amber are you coming?"
"Guess so since your mom and dad were supposed to pick me up… this bites! Do your parents not know I depend on them to pick up the slack from my parents? When your parents start leaving slack who am I supposed to go to? Mouth?" Amber shrieked
"Amber…" Emma laughed as they walked. Amber was definitely like Haley when it came to these things Emma thought
"I'm not finished ranting… your parents are who have kept me sane these past few months! How they can get everything done, and be all happy and have so many problems outside of their relationship, but have such a strong one... do they not know this? Are they trying to crush all my hopes and dreams?"
"Amber… they probably lost track of time…"
"First its time, then its life… that's all I'm saying" Amber sighed
"Have your parents ever considered therapy for you?"
"They think I was exposed to Dan and Deb for to long as a baby…"
"I think I am starting to agree with them… you guys wanna go on the beach first?" Emma asked as they walked. She wasn't ready to go home and deal with the chaos of getting ready for Lucas's coach…
"Shouldn't we go home and make sure mom and dad aren't dead?"
"I really don't wanna be the one to find the bodies if they are… 10 minutes at the beach"
"We'll race!" Austin said getting a head start
"Wait… no! I'm in Heels!"
"That's what you get for dressing like mom!"
"Your so dead" Emma giggled running after Austin and Amber
After Brooke took her shower and got dressed… finally she tip toed downstairs where Lucas was still at the doorway talking. She thought about joining him and then changed her mind… the fact that Lucas's coach and wife were still in the living room had slipped both their minds. At least they were 1 thing that she could control.
"Hey… I am so sorry, family crisis…" Brooke apologized walking into the living room where the coach and his wife were playing with Maddie and Carter
"No problem… we have enough of them" The coach laughed
"Jim thinks anything to do with basketball is a family crisis, these 2 really are a joy Brooke"
"Thank you…"
"Mama" Carter grinned seeing Brooke
"Baby…" Brooke smiled pulling Carter into her arms. It almost broke her heart seeing him run to her. It was of course going to be hard on him if he had to go back with that woman… but it was going to be even harder on her and Lucas
"Daddy is still yelling at the fat crack whore" Maddie giggled walking over to Brooke and Carter
"What is he yelling?"
"That she is a fat crack whore" Maddie giggled again plopping down on Brooke's other knee
"Wow…"
"And then she said that she haded only done crack 1 time…"
"And then what happened?" Brooke asked wiping Maddie's blonde hair out of her eyes
"He called her a fat whore"
"Sounds like daddy is mad"
"He slamded the door in her face" Maddie whispered as if it were some secret
"What?"
"And then she opended it again"
"Damn it" Brooke sighed
"She saided she wanted to see Carter"
"And what did Daddy say?"
"Over his dead body and then he saided that she could arranges that" Maddie said shaking her blonde hair back and forth
"Oh Crap…what do you think about this Carter?" Brooke asked looking down at poor confused Carter
"It bad"
"Bad? I agree…"
"Is there anything we can help with?" Lucas's coach asked finally after everyone had stopped talking
"We may have to bail Lucas out of jail later for hitting a woman… You guys just make yourselves at home… hopefully we will have this over with soon"
"Bye bye?" Carter asked
"Yes… Bye bye"
"Is that him?" The woman said pointing to Carter as she walked into the living room
"How the hell did you get in here… look lady don't make me call the police"
"Your husbands weaker than he looks… letting a woman push him around"
"Or maybe you're secretly a man" Brooke shot back
"A manwhore!" Maddie added excitedly
"I just got off the phone with the police… their on their way"
"No need… I am leaving… but I'll be back, with a court order"
"Good luck with that one… Nikki wouldn't even give you a court order to be a mother" Brooke snapped
"Bye Bye Carter"
"Can you say Bitch" Brooke asked once she was gone
"Bitch" Carter repeated thinking she had asked him to say it
"Carter… you are almost as bad as Emma was… Oh shit…"
"What?" Lucas asked
"Emma, Austin and Amber… school"
"What time is it?"
"3:00" Brooke said cringing
"Calm down you guys… we're home" Emma laughed walking through the back door
"I am so so so so so so so so so sorry!" Brooke whispered giving all 3 of them a hug
"Its ok… we hitch hiked… met a nice guy named Bob"
"My other man… Hmmm, God I am so glad you guys are home… family crisis, sit talk"
"We are going to go upstairs… we will let you guys talk" Jim whispered pulling his wife towards the hallway
"I better get home…" Amber smiled
"Amber… stay, when have you not been involved in our little family meetings?"
"True…"
"What's the family crisis… who did Maddie kill?" Austin laughed looking at Maddie who was getting very irritated with her brother
"I didn't kill anyones! The fat whore might though"
"We really need to teach her a new word" Amber sighed
"She really wases!"
"OK Lula… if you say so" Emma comforted rolling her eyes
"Maddie isn't lying for once… so if you guys see a fat whore come by don't answer the door, call Fergie"
"What's going on? And why is the kitchen filled with chocolate syrup?" Austin asked seriously
"Ok so that has nothing to do with anything really…Um Maddie why don't you take Carter upstairs with Daddy?"
"Nowa…" Maddie cried clinging to Brooke's arm
"Why not?"
"Cause you are gowing to tell Emmy and Austin somfing and not tell me"
"What makes you think that?" Brooke asked
"Cause you will"
"Why did you have to inherit my smarts at a time like this?"
"Brooke, maybe we should let her in on this too… I mean if she is old enough to understand that then she needs to no, and be prepared" Lucas sighed sitting down next to Brooke
"Be prepared for what dad? Who was that woman leaving?"
"Hey guys" Haley said walking in the living room. She was always walking in at just the wrong time
"Tutorwife…"
"Wow… seriously all the joy was just drained from me when I walked into this house, Hey Amber"
"Mom… cant you see we are having a family crisis?" Amber asked rolling her eyes at her mom
"What's the crisis?"
"The ho who abandoned Carter was here to try and take him" Brooke said flatly
"Oh my God"
"Ho" Carter repeated
"See? Even he knows she is a ho"
"Brooke… Lucas are you guys ok?" Haley asked knowing how bad this could get
"I guess… I mean I don't know anymore"
"I have the perfect idea… why don't Peyton, Jake, Nathan and I come spend the night?"
"Why?" Lucas asked confused
"Because you guys don't need to be alone… and maybe having all of us here will take your mind off of things… I'll send the kids to Dans"
"Me too?" Amber whined
"No… no more Dan exposure for you… but you, Emma and Austin come with me to get Peyton, Jake and Nathan… Maddie you too"
"But I wanna stay with Mommy…" Maddie cried clinging harder to Brooke who was forced to hand Carter over to Lucas
"Thank you Haley" Brooke smiled
"Wow… you really must mean it! You didn't even think about calling me tutorwife did you?"
"Seriously"
"Brooke, Lucas… don't worry… this woman doesn't know who she is dealing with, or what the 6 of us have been through together… Carter isn't going anywhere" Haley said seriously
"Thanks Hales"
"Ok Troops… to the car"
After Haley and the kids were gone Brooke just sat staring blankly at Lucas and he stared back. Neither of them new quite what to do and neither were going to admit that. Lucas was too busy trying to be strong and Brooke was too busy being her stubborn self, so they both sat there in silence until Maddie finally broke it.
"So are we going to swim in the chocolate?" Maddie asked breaking the awkward silence
"What?"
"You saided we were going to swim in chocolate"
"Swam" Carter laughed
"Maddie baby this isn't a good time" Brooke smiled trying to act happy but it just wasn't happening
"You wanna swim in the chocolate?" Lucas asked interrupting Brooke
"Yea"
"Lucas…"
"Do you wanna swim in the chocolate little dude?" Lucas asked Carter who was clapping his hands
"Yeah"
"I'll call mom"
"Lucas…" Brooke said totally stunned. They were in a crisis and he was calling his mother to get chocolate?
"Brooke… Smile… if we let him know something is wrong then he is going to be upset, and we don't wont that right?" Lucas asked hugging her
"Right"
"So live up to your nickname and be cheery, ok?"
"Ok" Brooke said trying to smile
"Yes there is a chance we COULD loose him, but there's a change we could loose all 4 of them to anything… so lets just have fun with them while we can, ok?" Lucas asked kissing her on the forehead
"Ok… Luke?"
"Yea"
"You know you're the greatest right?" Brooke giggled
"Of course I do Cheery…"
"Come on… lets swim in the chocolates!"
"I'll go call mom" Lucas laughed pulling Carter into his arms
"I'll get the little pool"
"I will get my hot kini on!"
"Your biniki?" Brooke asked
"Yea!"
"You go do that…" Brooke giggled
"Meet back in 10?"
"You got it"
Haley drove faster than normal on the way to her house. It was making Emma, Austin and Amber nervous. If nothing was wrong like she had said then why was she going 10 miles over the speed limit trying to get home?
"Mom…" Amber whispered
"What?"
"Why are we well you know… speeding?"
"Bite your tounge… I'm not speeding… you can go 9 miles over the speed limit without getting a ticket" Haley snapped
"Your going 12"
"I have to pee"
"She's lying" Amber said sitting back in her seat
"How do you know?"
"Because when she really has to pee her face turns red"
"Amber" Haley sighed
"Mom why are you lying to us?"
"Guys… I just think we should get back to your house as soon as we can, ok home, out" Haley said hitting the breaks and parking the car
"Am I the only one who is really confused?"
"No Emma, for once its not just you" Austin laughed
"Good to know"
"Amber, you and Emma go help Sally, Hannah and Dana pack… Austin you pack for Nate"
"Ok…" Amber giggled
"I'll call Dan and Whitey and Peyton"
"What's Nathan going to do?" Emma asked
"Getting off the couch is going to be a hard enough task for him"
"Tell him Tim is bringing over a Keg mom… he'll be up really fast"
"You help your sisters pack" Haley said throwing 3 bags at her
"Can I tell them aliens are invading and we are all going to die so they have to pack really fast?"
"If it gets them moving I don't care what you tell them"
"This should be fun" Amber giggled evilly
"Poor Brooke and Lucas, they are probably at home worrying and moping… Nathan get up! We have to go and get them out of their depression!"
Brooke and Lucas were in anything but depression by this point. Karen had dropped off the chocolate, all 50 things of it, Maddie and Carter were in their bathing suites, even though it was like 60 degrees outside and their "Chocoland" was set up. Complete with a chocolate swimming pool, and a chocolate slip and slide for when Emma, Austin and Amber got back. It was definitely every little kids dream, and every adults too.
"Ok Cheery… Lets slide" Lucas said sitting down beside Brooke who was playing with her fingernails just like she always did when she was nervous
"I just had a shower…"
"So? You can get another one…"
"Mommy! Get messy" Maddie giggled throwing chocolate around
"Mommy is to scared" Lucas laughed
"Your going down Broody"
"What?"
"I'm too scared? You had to know I was going to kill you for saying that one…" Brooke giggled kissing him
"Slip N Slide?"
"I'm wearing a bikini… I'm going to loose my top"
"Wow… I didn't even think about that" Lucas laughed rolling his eyes at her
"Your such a guy… 10 bucks says I can clear whatever distance you make" Brooke giggled tying her top tighter
"Your on"
"Daddy, are you going to take all of mommy's monies?"
"Of course he isn't Maddie… because he is going down…" Brooke smiled kissing Lucas
"Down?"
"Down…"
"Hey you guys… we're back… I brought Tissues, Oh My God" Haley shrieked
"Its Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory! MY DREAM HAS COME TRUE!" Nathan said in awe staring at all the chocolate
"Nathan…"
"Sorry"
"What are you guys doing?" Peyton asked laughing as Brooke and Lucas slide all over the slip N Slide trying to beat the other one to the end
"Having fun…"
"Mom! Can we play?" Austin begged
"Go get your bathing suites on!"
"Dude, we have like the BEST parents ever! Look at our back yard!" Emma laughed as they ran upstairs to their rooms
"Karen is bringing over more stuff later, she went to see what else she could find that went with chocolate"
"Like whipped cream" Brooke giggled still fighting to keep Lucas away from the finish line
"They don't look depressed to me Haley" Jake laughed
"We figured we could either sit around and be sad and worry, or we could have fun while we can!"
"You 2 will come up with any excuse to play in condiments…" Haley laughed rolling her eyes at them
"Whatever works… I hope you guys brought drinks or something…"
"We can call Tim…" Maddie giggled
"Or Jake can go out and get some"
"But Peyton… I wanna pay in the chocolate"
"Your so whiney… drinks!" Peyton snapped
"Its not like you can drink"
"But I can watch you all get slobbering drunk, and that's worth it all!"
"Watch Peyton! I can jump into the chocolate!" Maddie said trying to do cannon balls into the shallow chocolate
"These kids are going to have some stories to tell when they are older"
"I dreamed this happened once…" Nathan said still in awe
"I think everyone dreams this happens once"
"Leave it to Lucas and Brooke to make it REALLY happen"
"Are you guys going to stand there and talk all day or are you going to get messy? Lucas don't you dare AH!" Brooke screamed as Lucas pushed her into more chocolate
"What the Hell?"
"Coach…" Lucas laughed
"Wanna play in the chocolate Mr.?" Maddie asked offering him her sticky hand
"Does in involve basketball?"
"I don't know… It has chocolate" Madde giggled
"So this is what I am paying you to do here Scott?"
"You pay Daddy to play in chocolate? Can you give me monies too?"
"We aren't usually like this" Lucas lied still throwing Chocolate at Brooke
"Really?"
"He's lying, they're always like this" Haley laughed
"Who wants to cook out?"
"I do… I am craving steak… Jake! Buy Steak" Peyton yelled after Jake who was leaving to get the drinks
"Phones ringing…" Brooke whined sitting on top of Lucas so he couldn't go anywhere
"Mom… Its for you or dad" Emma sad bringing the cordless phone outside
"Who is it?"
"He said he is a lawyer"
Spoilers: Brooke and Lucas fight for Carter, Lucas decides what to do with basketball, Brooke and Haley help Peyton out. Keith fights for Nick, Emma and Austin deal with life in general! Lots to come! Please review!
