Sorry for the delay with my uploading. My body and mind is just in overdrive. I have my stories written in my head, as crazy as that sounds, it's just I can't find the time to type them up. I'm trying my hardest to do it as fast as I can and right now it's 2:23 am and I got a chapter out for you. Hopefully the next chapter will be out soon.
"Lucas, say something." Brooke was getting desperate. They had been standing there for what seemed like forever in silence. This wasn't how Brooke planned it.
"What do you want me to say Brooke?" Lucas' face was twisted with confusion and anger, "I'm so happy I have a son that you've kept from me for all this time. How old is he now?"
"Six months." Brooke had thought that keeping Adam from Lucas was the best thing for him but maybe she had been wrong. Maybe her judgment was impaired from the pain Lucas caused her.
"You kept this from me for six months Brooke!" Lucas couldn't believe his ears. He's had a son for six months and he didn't even know he existed.
"Well, plus the nine months she was pregnant." Haley interjected feeling sorry for both sides of the problem.
"Actually it was only seven and a half months." Brooke shot at Haley.
"Leave Haley out of this." Lucas yelled now.
"Let's not do this here out in public, okay?" Brooke pleaded. Everyone on the pier had decided to stop and stare which was very uncomfortable.
"Of all the things you are capable of doing Brooke," Lucas paused to think of the right words, "I never thought you'd go this low."
"What are you talking about? Was I the one to go behind your back and cheat on you with Nathan or Jake or someone?" Lucas didn't answer, "Didn't think so. And you stand there talking about what's low."
"This is so much different from what I did." Lucas stepped closer to Brooke, "This is a child Brooke and a child needs his father. I know from experience."
"You did pick up one trait from Dan and that's your womanizing skills." Brooke said coldly.
"I got nothing from Dan at all so don't you dare tell me I'm like him." Lucas said firmly pointing his finger in her face, "You're the one who kept my son away from me."
"I had good reasons." Brooke said pushing Lucas' finger away.
"And what were they?" Lucas calmed himself down seeing that Ryan fellow eyeing him.
"I didn't want him to turn out like you or Dan for that matter." Brooke let a tear slip down her cheek, "I wanted to give him more of a life than my parents gave me."
"He will never turn out like Dan because I am not Dan." Lucas ran his fingers through his hair, "He's my son too Brooke. You've robbed me of so much already. Just let me help you."
"I can't trust you anymore Luke." Brooke shrugged and turned to walk away, "I have to start making better decisions now that I'm not only taking care of myself."
"You can't just leave and take my son away from him." Lucas pleaded, "I want to give him what I never had."
"Don't worry Luke, we're in good hands." Brooke said motioning to Seth to put Adam in his stroller before she started pushing the stroller back towards her car.
"Brooke, don't walk away from me again." Lucas was nearly in tears. How could she walk out of his life again and this time she took their son with her?
"Lucas, I never walked away." Brooke said over her shoulder, "You were just too busy screwing Peyton to realize I moved on."
"That's not fair Brooke." Lucas said in defeat. He knew he couldn't win against her.
"Do you want to talk about what's fair Lucas, huh?" Brooke shouted.
"Let's not do this here and now Brooke." Lucas was just drained; drained from the guilt, searching, finding, apologizing and fighting.
"Let's not do this ever." Brooke said coldly and kept walking away.
"You're going to make him turn out just like me you know." Lucas yelled finding himself a new angle.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Brooke whipped around. She was going to try her hardest to keep that from happening.
"If you keep him from his father he's going to turn out just like me." Lucas walked closer so they weren't in a shouting distance anymore, "That's what my mom did."
"What are you talking about?" Brooke sneered through her clenched jaw.
"Did you know that Dan wanted joint custody but my mom wouldn't let him?" Lucas raised his eyebrows, "Imagine if I found out that my mom had done this to me at such a young age. How much do you think I'd hate my mom?"
"What's your point Lucas?" Brooke put her hand on her hip.
"Let me be a part of his life." Lucas' tone was back to pleading, "Let me be a part of your life."
"Slow down Romeo. What makes you think I want you to be a part of my life?" The truth was Brooke wanted that more than anything but she couldn't take that risk of falling apart again.
"Why are you doing this?" Lucas couldn't believe she just wouldn't let it drop. He made a mistake. He knew that. Hell, everyone seemed to know that but her.
"You need to feel the pain that you put on me." Brooke's voice was stone cold and angry, "It's your turn to feel your heart get ripped out of your chest and shredded into a thousand pieces."
"Why does our son have to suffer because you can't forgive me?" Lucas didn't even recognize Brooke anymore. She had changed more than she knew.
"I never said that." Brooke reached into Adam's diaper bag, took out a piece of paper and scrawled an address on it, "You can find us here. Tonight at seven."
Lucas just took the paper and stared. Brooke had become so cold and numb. That's exactly what had happened. She had closed up, become stone and it was all his fault.
As she walked away Marissa, Summer, Seth and Ryan all followed her not knowing what to say. None of them had ever been in a situation like this, except, well Ryan, so no one could really relate to her except him.
"I'll ride home with her and then we'll all meet up back at the home." Ryan whispered as Brooke kept pushing through the parking lot.
"Okay," Seth boomed still trying to whisper, "Break!"
They all went their separate directions each getting in the car they had all come in except for Ryan. He ran after Brooke.
"Brooke!" Ryan yelled weaving through the rows of cars, "Wait up a second!"
"What the hell do you want?" Brooke didn't even want to see Ryan right now. He was too much like Lucas.
"I just want to talk," Ryan paused, "and make sure you're okay."
"Aren't you one to care all of a sudden too?" Brooke's voice cracked as she strapped Adam into his car seat.
"Oh come on Brooke," Ryan threw his hands out in disbelieve, "Stop playing out this pity act. You're not getting any sympathy from me."
"What have you been talking to Haley?" Brooke hurried along her process of strapping and folding up the stroller before speeding away into the sunset.
"No," Ryan stopped Brooke from fidgeting with the stroller, "I'm going to tell you what I think. Straight up."
"Oh, tell me wise one." Brooke tried to keep up this invincible act but she didn't know how much longer it was until she cracked.
"You like the drama so you create it wherever you can. You love that Lucas' guy but where's the drama in forgiveness?" Ryan shrugged his shoulders and waited for a response.
"You think you've got me figured out Ryan but you have no clue what I've been through." Tears clouded her eyesight as her voice wavered, "You think you were the only one with a family who didn't care about you? What about some backstabbing friends, liars, and cheaters? Does that all sound familiar?"
"All too familiar actually, but I forgave and forgot. That's something you should learn to do." Ryan was ready to give up and walk away but that was when Brooke broke.
"It's not that easy." Brooke sobbed, "It hurts too much to even think about him."
"I know but," Ryan wrapped his arms around her, "do it for Adam."
So who likes the way this is all playing out? If anyone has any suggestions please let me know and I will put them into my storyline. I want to write what you want to read!
