Sorry you guys! I know these Chapters are getting up really slow its just really bust around here! Before I know it 5 days have passed since I wrote and I have to write more! Hahaha. But just 3 more Chapters after this one and its on to Sugar and Spice! I don't know about you guys but I am excited to write something totally fresh and new! This poor story is on its last limbs… and as much as I love it… it cant take me beating it to death much longer… So the other night I was reading through Sugar and Spice (I already have 8 chapters finished) and yes I was reading my own fanfic… so sue me LOL I am addicted to it… hahaha anyway… I found that the chapters in that are only about 10 pages each… so thankfully when I actually do have to start writing more on that one they should be up a lot faster than I get these up hahaha… Anyways… this chapter is dealing with closing up a lot of story lines… that basically I am tired of dealing with. Hahahaha so it should be interesting! Enjoy and please review!
"Mommy! Wake up!" Maddie whispered shaking Brooke
"No…"
"You has too! Its Christmas!"
"Who says?" Brooke whined not bothering to open her eyes.
"The boss!"
"Who is the boss?"
"Santa Claus!" Maddie giggled tugging on Brooke's hand
"I think he says since Mommy was the one up all night putting together toys…. Daddy should have to wake up"
"Daddy is already awake silly!"
"What?" Brooke asked turning over to see Lucas's spot empty
"He is playing…"
"With what?"
"He and Austin are plwaying a video game" Maddie whispered
"I knew that's why he wanted to get Austin that damn game"
"Mommy…"
"Have you guys opened presents yet?" Brooke asked yawning looking at the clock. 7:00AM, someone was definitely out to get her today
"No… daddy saided we had to wait for you"
"How is he playing Austin's game then?"
"He said Bella opended it" Maddie giggled getting frustrated
"Bella my ass… ok I'm up"
"And guess what!"
"What?" Brooke asked sarcastically
"Karen is here!"
"Cooking?"
"Poor chicky" Maddie said quietly
"Smells like poor Piggy to me…"
"Oh My God! Now the piggys!"
"Your right! You must stop her Maddie! Save the piggys" Brooke giggled kissing Maddie on the forehead
"I will get Carter to helps me!"
"Good idea! Where is Carter?"
"Uh oh! What if she turnded him to the dark side" Maddie whispered looking around
"You better go help him…"
"Mom! Finally…" Austin said as Brooke walked with Maddie down the steps into the den
"Hey… you already opened a present why are you complaining?"
"Merry Christmas!" Austin yawned giving Brooke a quick hug and then heading back to his game
"You 2…"
"Cheery" Lucas smiled walking over to Brooke and hugging her
"Merry Christmas"
"You almost slept through it"
"Its 7AM" Brooke whined kissing him
"Maddie and Emma weren't going to wait much longer"
"Why's your mom here?"
"Nick is with Keith" Lucas whispered
"So she is cooking everything we own?"
"Anger management?"
"LET GO OF THAT PIGGY!" Maddie screamed from he kitchen
"You had to tell Maddie she was cooking animals didn't you" Lucas laughed shakgn his head
"I needed the excitement to keep me awake"
"Madison the pig is already dead" Karen yelled back
"YOUR GOING TO JAIL"
"No… I'm not"
"You killded him on Christmas!" Maddie cried
"Uh oh"
"Maddie…." Lucas yelled trying to put the drama to a stand still… even if only for a little while
"What if it was a mommy piggy!"
"It wasn't mommy piggy" Karen snapped
"You better hope not"
"Ok… presents… who wants to open presents" Lucas asked as Maddie slowly walked back into the den glaring at Karen
"Not the piggy… you know why?"
"Why…"
"BECAUSE SHE KILLEDED HIM ON… Hey! That's for me" Maddie giggled taking the box Lucas handed her
"Thank god…" Emma giggled emerging off the couch hearing the word presents
"One" Carter asked holding out his hands for one
"Here Carter… go at it"
"Austin… stop playing that game for 5 seconds to come open the rest of your presents"
"Its pointless mom…" Emma laughed looking through the boxes for one with her name on it
"A My Little pony! Thank you mommy!" Maddie squealed
"Dude, who says mommy picked it out" Lucas asked looking at Maddie's present
"You don't pick out ponies daddy!"
"Well I could"
"You like it baby?" Brooke asked
"YES!"
"Austin!" Lucas yelled
"We could have saved a lot by getting him just that game" Brooke giggled
"Oh My God! It's so pretty! THANK YOU!" Emma shrieked pulling a shirt out of a box
"I picked it out" Lucas laughed
"Dad…"
"Well I could have"
"Poor daddy!" Maddie giggled
"Ball!" Carter squealed seeing his new basketball
"Ok I actually did pick that out"
"Well I could have" Brooke giggled laying back against Lucas
"Sure…"
"Who is ready to eat?" Karen asked from the kitchen.
"Not me! I wanna open more presents" Maddie giggled
"I'm with Maddie"
"I have been slaving away over this stove for 2 hours! You will eat"
"I knew this was going to happen if we moved back here" Brooke whined
"Guys, lets eat"
"Do we have too?" Austin asked not moving from his game
"What are we eating?"
"Pork, Beef, and duck" Karen smiled
"Queer duck!" Maddie giggled
"Oh god… she just had to say duck didn't she?"
"Mom…" Emma whispered squinting at the food
"Its ok Em… it's just a fancy way of saying Sausage, Bacon and… well duck"
"AUSTIN"
"5 more minutes" Austin said in a daze
"Now"
"Ok…"
"It looks good" Lucas said sitting down next to Brooke and Emma
"I wanna open presents" Brooke whined
"Brooke"
"Sorry it slipped out"
"Ladybug… what are you doing" Lucas asked seeing Maddie standing in her chair over her plate
"Baming the pig like Emeril!"
"She just put Sugar on her Bacon" Austin laughed
"Shhh"
"Now… everyone may eat" Karen smiled
"I hope you enjoy it Karen" Maddie smiled sweetly
"Why thank you Maddie"
"Because this could be your last meal"
"Why do I even bother?" Karen asked throwing her hands up
"NO Carter! Don't eat that"
"Yummy" Carter smiled
"Its too late mommy…. We losted him"
"This doesn't taste like bacon to me" Emma whispered
"Do they do this to everyone?" Karen asked looking over at Lucas
"They were raised on McDonalds… What do you expect"
"Finished! Can I play more" Austin asked
"Me too"
"Me too" Brooke said putting down her fork
"Brooke…"
"What… I am!"
By 10:00 every present was opened and there was so much wrapping paper everywhere you couldn't even see the floor. A typical Christmas morning. Maddie was playing with all of her toys at once. Trading between each one and loosing all the small pieces that went to them. Then coloring huge pictures with her new paint set that had sad pig babies on them and then taking them to Karen. Emma was of course trying on every new outfit she had gotten and then coming out and making Brooke take a Polaroid of her in it so she would know what looked good. Lucas and Austin hadn't budged from the couch since Brooke had to practically force them both to open their presents. Then there was Carter who was amused just by sticking the bows on Brooke's head and laughing, then ripping it off and putting on another one, over and over and over. To the point where Brooke was scared she might be bald by noon.
Karen was of course cleaning everything up as she went along claiming a cleaner Christmas was a happier Christmas. It was also easier for her to avoid Maddie and her baby piggy pictures. Brooke couldn't help but laugh, plus that meant she didn't have to clean up for tonight's Christmas dinner. The dreaded Christmas dinner where for just 1 night everyone came… no matter what. But of course this year was the same as last year. No Matter what meant that Peyton, Jake, Jenny and Brittany couldn't come since Peyton was at home on bed rest. She hadn't had gestational diabetes but the doctors still thought it was best if she stayed in bed. Then Haley, Nathan, and their kids had decided to drive to Oklahoma to see her parents for Christmas… so they weren't going to be there either. That left Brooke stuck to deal with Teresa and Bevin… who of course came with Mouth and Tim. Then there were Dan and Whitey, or Karen and Keith… and since all of these people had major issues of their own going on right now Brooke thought maybe playing it sick was her best bet.
"Lucas…" Brooke whined wrapping her arms around his neck
"Your not sick… don't even start"
"I am! Feel my forehead"
"You forgot to un-plug the heating pad" Lucas smiled kissing her hot forehead
"Damn it"
"Besides… they're all coming here…so sick or not you are still going to have to be here"
"This sucks" Brooke sighed
"You can wear your red top"
"With a green bra?"
"If you must" Lucas smiled
"I must…something has to beat Teresa's flashing reindeer antlers"
"I forgot about those, Besides… Tim's coming"
"That means alcohol" Brooke giggled
"And lots of it"
"Maybe it wont be so bad…"
"Where our the monsters?" Lucas asked hearing how silent it was in their house
"I don't know… I am hiding from Carter..."
"Why?"
"Actually… He was looking for you… he wanted to play" Brooke giggled deciding to let Lucas endure some of the torture
"I'll find him in a second"
"When do I get my present?"
"Later…" Lucas smiled kissing her
"What is it?"
"I'm not telling you"
"Fine… then you cant know yours" Brooke giggled
"Fine"
"You so better have gotten me a car Lucas Scott"
"Oh Shit… is that what you wanted?" Lucas laughed
"Ha ha ha"
"Alright… I'll find you later, I need to go save my mom from Maddie"
"Kiss?" Brooke giggled
"Merry Christmas"
"You too"
Lucas walked into the kitchen where Maddie and Carter were now both drawing pictures for Karen. Although now they had moved on to baby ducks, cows and people for some reason Lucas didn't even want to know. Judging from Maddie's personality right now he figured in 20 years she would be some actress involved with PETA.
"Dude, duddette… come on" Lucas said sitting down next to Maddie and Carter
"Help us draw daddy!"
"What are we drawing?"
"Save the babies signs!" Maddie said handing him paper
"You know Karen didn't kill baby animals"
"I know… she killeded the mommy's and daddy's"
"Hand me the red" Lucas sighed deciding arguing was pointless
"Lucas don't encourage them" Karen snapped
"She's fighting for what she believes in…"
"She's bored and wants to cause drama"
"Same thing"
"Daddy that's prettyful!" Maddie smiled handing him the blue
"Thank you"
"What is that?" Karen asked looking down at Lucas's picture
"You don't want to know… ok you 2… come help me pry Austin off of the TV so I can watch TV"
"You might has to cut the power off"
"Or…" Lucas started
"Or?"
"Give him his new surf bored your mom and I hid in the garage"
"Ohhhh!" Maddie giggled
"Yea…"
"Do that!"
"Ok lets go get it" Lucas said picking Maddie up with one arm and Carter with the other
"Do I has presents in the garage too?"
"Maybe…"
"Lets go"
Brooke pranced into Emma's room so she could help her pick out something to wear, and vice versa. It made life much easier now that Emma was older and could help her with things like this. Now that she was worldlier and more educated she actually knew what she was talking about most of the time, unlike Maddie who thought anything baby gap looked good.
"Ok… so this, or this?" Brooke asked holding up 2 different shirts
"That!"
"I swear you're my clone… ok now these or these?"
"Those" Emma laughed hanging up her new posters
"See…"
"When is dad going to set up my new computer so I can get on AIM?"
"That would be as soon as he can call Mouth to come over here and hook it up for him" Brooke sighed plopping down on Emma's bed
"Ahhh"
"Yea…you like all your presents?"
"Of course!" Emma laughed
"Good because your REALLY going to like the one we have hidden for you in the garage… that is until I steal it"
"Mom"
"Or buy my own… which ever" Brooke smiled
"Do we have to go to this dinner tonight?"
"Yes… or we could run off to Mexico and be belly dancers… your almost 13… that's like being legal there"
"Mom" Emma laughed
"Karen is cooking, and she is already pissed off at me"
"Why do you care?"
"I don't…when you get a mother in law one day you'll understand" Brooke whined
"I think Maddie is going to drive her off a cliff"
"I'll supply the car"
"Can I watch?" Emma laughed showing Brooke 2 shirts
"You didn't hear me say that… oh! Wear that one… that's my favorite"
"Not the red?"
"Its too cliché"
"Coming from the woman in the red tank top and green bra thing?" Emma asked laughing
"I'm making a statement"
"About what?"
"I'm not sure yet but I will think of something" Brooke giggled
"So what did you get dad?"
"Better question… what did dad get me?"
"I can't tell you!" Emma laughed
"But you know…"
"Maybe"
"I have my ways of getting things out of people… watch out" Brooke whispered squinting her eyes
"Never! Unlike Maddie I can keep a secret"
"Maybe I should ask her"
"You could… but we told her the wrong thing" Emma laughed
"Damn…"
"We weren't going to make the same mistake 2 years in a row!"
"Austin… does he know?" Brooke asked looking for other ways in
"Maybe…"
"You wait here… I am going to do capture my 2nd born and when I get back you 2 are going to spill"
"Maybe" Emma giggled
"You will…"
After Brooke managed to kidnap Austin and drag him into Emma's room she spent 2 hours trying to get her present out of them….Austin was closer to telling but Emma kept giving him a look and the he would get quiet again. Brooke knew teaching Emma that look was going to come back and haunt her one day… it had just been a matter of time. Then finally she had to give up when the doorbell rang and Lucas yelled for her to come downstairs.
"Ok you 2… I'm on to you, I'm your mother… you can't lie to me but for so long…" Brooke whined, by now she was practically on her knees begging
"Or can we?"
"Ha ha… don't forget who bought all of those Christmas presents this morning"
"Dad…" Austin laughed
"OK well dad wouldn't have any money if it weren't for me… he'd be off somewhere married to Peyton… cheating on her of course with someone else… and working at a car dealership"
"So he'd be Dan?" Emma asked
"Basically…"
"Ouch"
"Good thing he knocked me up huh?" Brooke laughed
"Your such a good mommy" Austin smiled rolling his eyes at her and laughing
"I try…"
"Brooke…" Lucas yelled
"Downstairs…now you 2 act like the little devils I know are in there tonight"
"We're not devils"
"How… I don't know considering who had you" Brooke giggled
"Still can't figure out where you went wrong?"
"Get your butts downstairs"
"Do we have too?" Austin whined
"It's that or"
"Or?"
"I send you to Peyton's to help out" Brooke smiled
"Ok we're coming"
"Brooke!"
"I'm half way there…" Brooke yelled back still sitting in Emma's room
"Liar" Emma giggled
"You 2 are already on my bad side tonight, watch it" Brooke said throwing pillows at them
"I think we're getting ready to get the whole I brought you into this world I can take you out of it Speech" Austin laughed finally getting up and heading downstairs
"That's my boy! You 2 are going down tonight anyway"
"What?" Emma asked
"Nothing…" Brooke smiled sticking a blue post it note on Austin's back
"Your so mature mom"
"Ok I will make you 2 a deal… We'll play Tag all night… but not to each other, to everyone here… and whoever tags the most people wins"
"Your on!" Austin laughed taking a sticky pad from Brooke
"Ha, you 2 are going down"
"Extra points if you Tag Karen" Emma giggled
"Or Dan"
"Fine…"
"Brooke!" Lucas yelled again
"I'm here…. And so is She, what the hell is she doing here, what the hell are you doing here?" Brooke snapped
"Its Christmas! I came to see my son" Justine smiled
"No… no you didn't"
"Well I didn't come to see you 2"
"You can't be here" Brooke said slowly
"Oh but the judge says I can"
"After you ask us!"
"And holidays… read the fine print!" Justine smiled
"They more you 2 argue the more I have to tell the judge" Justine's mom said showing them her tape recorder
"You have an hour…"
"And ½"
"Don't push your luck" Lucas whispered
"Where is he?"
"I'll get him…" Brooke said walking into the kitchen
"Hi… you must be…"
"Emma"
"Austin" Austin said coldly
"I'm Justine"
"We know"
Spoilers: Just 3 Chapters left! Everything comes together! Please review!
