Chapter 25! What did you guys think of the eppie before the hiatus? Cliffhangers suck huh? Hahaha well I have lots of fun cliffhangers for you here too! LOL I hope you guys enjoy this chapter, Its kinda short but I like this chapter LOL I hope you guys do too! Thanks so much for all the reviews! Keep reviewing!
"Brooke… Why the hell is she still here?" Lucas whispered walking into the bedroom from taking Peyton a drink
"Who Peyton?"
"Yes Peyton!"
"Because she is our friend and she needs us right now" Brooke sighed throwing Lucas his tie she had picked out for him to wear
"But she has a husband" Lucas whined hugging Brooke
"A husband who is working… until Peyton knows if she has that diabetes thingy she cant be alone, come on Luke… she isn't THAT bad"
"You remember what she said last time I kissed you?"
"Lucas…" Brooke giggled rolling her eyes at him
"To get a room"
"So?"
"We were in our room!" Lucas laughed kissing Brooke
"At least she is watching the kids while we have a fun filled day in court"
"If she watches them"
"Its her or Dan" Brooke putting her forehead against Lucas's
"Dan might at least remember to feed them"
"Emma's here, and Amber"
"Amber's 10" Lucas laughed
"So? She grew up with Tutor girl that makes her at least somewhat responsible"
"And why cant Nathan and Haley watch them?"
"Because they have 4 more children at home… with the flu" Brooke sighed. She was praying that none of them caught it
"This sucks…"
"Life sucks, but if you kiss me I can make it better" Brooke giggled
"If I kiss you will it send her home?"
"You didn't mind her so much when we were in high school…"
"Ok I am kissing" Lucas laughed kissing her to stop her from going where he knew she wanted to with this conversation
"Good boy…"
"Whitey could come…"
"Lucas!" Brooke giggled shutting him up by kissing him again
"Sorry"
"No your not…"
"You look hott" Lucas said changing to subject before Brooke decided to play dirty
"Good save, and thank you…so do you"
"This is going to suck"
"I don't wanna go…" Brooke sighed
"We could run away to Mexico instead"
"There we can just like steal children"
"And make them work for us" Lucas laughed raising his eyebrows
"And stay on the beach all day"
"I think your evilness has rubbed off on me"
"Good… that was my plan all along… now I can run off with Bob" Brooke giggled excitedly
"When am I going to meet this Bob?"
"You don't wanna meet Bob" Brooke smiled
"How come?"
"Because it will totally shatter your ego"
"Better looking?" Lucas asked
"Much"
"Ah, that sucks"
"Uh huh" Brooke giggled kissing him
"Your lip gloss taste like cherries"
"We better stop"
"Why?" Lucas whined
"Because we're, well us and we have to be in a court room in an hour"
"Damn the legal system"
"There's always later" Brooke smiled fixing his tie
"Mommy…" Maddie asked skipping into the bedroom in her tiny bikini
"Ladybug, what are you wearing?" Lucas sighed shaking his head at her
"Silly daddy! It's called a bathing swuite"
"I know that, but why are you wearing it?"
"Causes Peyton said Jake was going to be swimming with the fishys soon if he didn't come home, and I wanna swim with the fishys!" Maddie said excitedly
"I have a feeling the fishys Jake is going to be swimming with could eat you baby"
"Like Nocico's daddy?"
"Pinocchio?" Brooke laughed
"The boy who needed a nose job!"
"Only Maddie could turn a classic Disney Movie, into the boy who needed a nose job"
"We've gotta go" Lucas said looking at the clock
"Alright baby, kisses"
"I can flash easy in this suite" Maddie giggled
"God, your going to be my one child who gets pregnant at 16 aren't you?"
"Where did you learn that?" Lucas asked
"Come on Luke… like you said we've gotta go" Brooke laughed nervously pulling Lucas away
"You know what… I don't wanna know, watch this"
"Ok genesis, but I've been trying to get her to stop flashing for weeks"
"Come here Ladybug" Lucas said squatting to Maddie's level
"Ok"
"You know what's going to happen if you flash people a lot?"
"What?" Maddie giggled
"The flashing monster is going to get mad"
"He is?"
"Yep…" Lucas said shaking his head
"And what's he goings to do?"
"Take away all your baby gap… so then you will have to be naked all the time"
"My Baby Gap!" Maddie shrieked
"Yes"
"Oh no!"
"Terrible thing Maddie… it happened to me" Brooke giggled
"I-I"
"No more flashing?"
"No more…" Maddie agreed with huge scared eyes
"Good… ok lets go"
"You are evil…"
"I know" Lucas laughed handing Brooke her coat
"I think you probably just scarred her for life"
"If we're lucky"
When they finally got to the courthouse it was the same dreary place as always. Bailiffs walked the halls brooding even worse than Lucas with handcuffs and doughnuts, staring Brooke down like she was a criminal. Yep… that was the Tree Hill Court house. Most of the people who worked there Brooke and Lucas already knew. Some they went to high school with, some knew Dan, but everyone knew "their" story and Brooke wasn't sure if that was good thing or not.
"Ok you 2… remember, today has nothing to do with who gets him, it's just about visitation. So there is no need to get defensive or excited over anything. Ok?" Brooke and Lucas's lawyer asked sternly. She scared Brooke, she was a very strict workingwoman who didn't like jokes or sarcasm, but she was also the woman who was going to win this case for them… so Brooke had to learn to like her.
"Ok"
"Brooke" Amanda said sternly
"What? Talk to Lucas… who says I am going to get defensive"
"Brooke" Amanda repeated
"Ok I will be nice… chill out"
"Thank you"
"But if that judge gives that ding bat visitation they will find his body in the river by the river court" Brooke whispered to Lucas when Amanda was turned
"Brooke"
"I didn't say I was going to do it… Carter's smart… if she annoys him bad enough he'll do it"
"Just be nice girl I married that I know is in there somewhere" Lucas laughed giving her a quick kiss
"But you didn't marry a nice girl… you married me"
"That's what I am afraid of"
"Calm down Broody… I wont say a word… I swear" Brooke smiled taking his hand
"Alright you 2, should be a short day… just make your case and then don't say anything"
"Ok"
"Lets go in…" Amanda said holding the door for both of them
"Oh look… there's the ho" Brooke whispered glaring at Justine
"Brooke"
"Sorry I had to get that out…"
"What is she wearing?" Lucas asked almost stopping dead in his tracks
"She looks like a nun…"
"Maybe she is conservative"
"Or maybe she is allergic to sunlight, maybe she is a vampire!" Brooke giggled sitting down in her seat
"All rise for the honorable judge Nichols" The bailiff said in a deep moan and motioned for everyone to stand
"You best be an honorable judge" Brooke muttered
"Brooke, what are you doing?"
"Seducing him with my eyes"
"Brooke" Lucas laughed nervously
"Kidding"
"Alright, I am hoping for this to be quick, lets begin"
At home Peyton was finally up and moving since Maddie had decided she was hungry and tried to cook her snickers bar in the microwave while Emma was in the shower and Amber and Austin were putting Carter down for a nap. The kitchen was of course now spotless since Brooke's cleaning lady had come and gone. It made Peyton sick that Brooke never had to clean anything.
"OK Maddie what have you learned?" Peyton asked throwing the last chocolate paper towel away
"Do not cook snickers"
"Very good"
"What bout Hershey's?" Maddie asked showing Peyton her Hershey's bar
"No candy"
"Ok…"
"Now go do something entertaining…" Peyton laughed sitting down at the bar
"Like what?"
"Like playing Barbie's"
"Mommy always plays with me" Maddie said still not moving from the kitchen
"Are you kidding me?"
"No…"
"What does she play?" Peyton whined
"Barbie's"
"Ok I am not really a Barbie person… give me something else"
"Baby dolls?" Maddie asked
"Not really…"
"Puppies"
"God she has prissified you… You wanna do something really fun?" Peyton asked hobbling out of the chair
"Yea!"
"Go get Austin, Emma, Maddie and Carter"
"Ok!"
The courtroom was freezing and quiet as the judge looked through his papers. There was the occasional cough and sneeze, which made Brooke jump. But mostly it was just that bone chilling silence. Justine was in the corner smiling sweetly up at the judge with her "Nun clothes" trying to be as sweet and innocent as possible, Brooke knew the face because she had used it a million times… and it always worked for her. Hopefully it wouldn't for Justine.
"Would the birth mother please come up?" The judge asked motioning for Justine
"Yes your honor"
"Oh great, she gets to go first" Lucas whispered
"Lucas!"
"You can rant and I cant?"
"Now… please explain to us why you think you should get visitation before the trial" The judge said pulling out a pen. Since this was just a visitation it was nothing formal
"Well, because he is my son after all, and I haven't seen him in 6 months and well I miss him"
"But isn't it true you abandoned him?"
"I left him to be helped by someone more fitting than me" Justine said quietly
"On a street corner?"
"I was scared"
"How old are you Justine?" The judge asked
"26"
"Does Carter know who you are?"
"Deep down I think he does" Justine whispered
"But he sees Mrs. Scott as his mother?"
"I guess"
"Do you think that visitation will be good for this little boy… to have his whole life disrupted like that?" The judge asked taking notes
"Well I am hoping he gets to know me this way so that when I do get him things will go easier"
"Thank you, you may be seated"
"What was that?" Lucas asked shaking his head
"I don't know"
"Mrs. And Mr. Scott… We are going to keep this short since I have read both parties files and records… do either of you have a problem with visitation?"
"Your honor they both do" Amanda volunteered
"Why?"
"Because this is their son"
Peyton, Emma, Austin, Amber, Maddie and Carter all stood in the back yard while Peyton worked on the thing that was going to be so much fun for them. Since she was 6 months pregnant things were going slower than they would have other wise so while they waited Emma talked with Cooper on her cell phone, Austin and Amber giggled and made jokes about Emma and Maddie and Carter looked for some sort of trouble to get into.
"10 bucks sys Emma kisses him at her dance" Amber giggled listening to Emma's phone call
"20 bucks says she does it before!" Austin laughed
"30 says she does it before and during"
"40 says I do it before, during and after" Emma smiled throwing sand at them
"Crap… you heard"
"I'm not deaf"
"What is Maddie doing with Carter" Amber laughed seeing them hoping around the back yard
"Showing him how to skip"
"Look… he's doing it too"
"Where is Peyton?" Emma asked looking around
"Over there working on our fun"
"What is she doing?"
"It looks like she is sleeping?" Amber giggled
"Peyton…"
"Peyton?"
"Her and her laziness" Austin laughed, Peyton was falling asleep everywhere lately
"Emmy" Maddie cried
"What's wring Lula?"
"Peyton is sick!"
"Lula don't cry… Peyton… Peyton" Emma said shaking Peyton who looked like she was asleep in the chair
"She wont wakes up!"
"Oh My God Austin call 911! She really wont!"
The courtroom was silent and Lucas was terrified. He could tell Brooke was too by the grip she had on his hand. The judge had been looking over his notes for what seemed like forever, flipping back and forth and then scratching his head like he couldn't decide. Then he would stop and look back from Brooke and Lucas to Justine and her mom, and then go back to his papers. If just visitation was hard for him what was he going to decide when he had to do the real trial?
"Ok… here is what I have decided, is everyone ready?"
"Yes your honor"
"Seeing as everyone here cares very much about this little boy and all seem to want a piece of him I have decided to work it like this. This has no effect on my decision of the trial, this is just for this. From now until the trial comes back here in 3 weeks I would like for Carter to continue living in the care of Mr. And Mrs. Scott…"
"But…"
"Let me finish, I would like a weekly visitation at to take place at the Scott's house with Justine and Carter so that Carter may get to know and bond with Justine. Once a week at a schedule that fits both parties."
Spoilers: 5 chapters left! The next 3 are drama filled dealing and closing up on everything to do with Carter, Dan, Peyton, Karen/Keith/Nick, and everyone else. Then Chapter 29 is Emma's birthday and 30 is the big finale! Please review!
