"I love Spring Break" Madison yawned, padding into her parent's room.
"Good morning Maddie" Lucas held out his arms to his oldest daughter and Madison climbed into bed with Brooke and Lucas.
"Maddie I thought you passed the stage of sleeping with mommy and daddy?" Brooke said in a mock baby voice. Madison rolled her eyes and snuggled deeper under the covers.
"Remember when it was just the three of us?" Lucas asked, remembering the old times.
"Before Hayden and Lena it was just us three musketeers" Brooke giggled, rolling over to kiss Lucas. He smiled and stroked her hair softly.
"Aw…but I love Lenny" Madison giggled, thinking about her little sister.
"We do too" Brooke giggled, glancing over at the crib where 8 month old Lena was sleeping quietly, wrapped in a fuzzy blanket.
"She's so cute" Madison laughed.
"I know…mini me and Lucas combined"
"Blonde hair hazel eyes…the girl's gonna be gorgeous" Madison commented.
"Like you already don't get enough boys" Lucas groaned. "I have to deal with my little baby girl having boys chasing after her?"
"Oh Lucas…you'll have to deal with this until they get married" Brooke giggled, burying her head in Lucas's bare chest. Madison gagged and then seeing the look on Brooke's face burst out into laughter.
"Dad, she sleeps on your chest, doesn't she?" Madison asked.
"Oh yah…big time"
"It's a good cardio workout for you, shut up Lucas" Brooke giggled, kissing him softly. He closed his eyes and suddenly realized his 11 year old was in the room.
"Ok! Get up time" Lucas said.
"No…daddy…" Madison whined.
"Madison…" Lucas laughed. "Get your sister up"
"Hey, she got up all by herself" Madison giggled, picking Lena up out of her crib and plopping the baby down on the bed.
"Hi Lenny" Brooke cooed, kissing Lena.
"Hey baby" Lucas said, picking her up and sitting her on his chest. Lena giggled and bounced up and down.
"I think she gets her bouncy trait from you, Madison" Brooke giggled.
"I love bouncing…I love my trampoline"
"I don't like that thing…its dangerous" Lucas said.
"Oh quit being a party pooper, Lucas" Brooke giggled. "It keeps me and Madison in shape"
"Yah, dad" Madison laughed. "Cause mom REALLY needs to be in shape"
"Hey! I'm almost-shudder-forty" Brooke groaned. "So I need the workout"
"Come on girls…up!" Lucas laughed. Brooke groaned and Lucas helped pull her up. Madison sighed and pulled herself up and got out of bed.
"What's for breakfast?" Hayden asked, walking into the room 20 minutes later.
"Breakfast?" Brooke asked, giggling and pointing at the clock. "You mean lunch?"
"Yes, lunch" Hayden laughed, sitting down.
"Well Martha made pasta…" Brooke giggled, seeing the look of sheer joy pass over Madison and Lucas's faces. They both shared a common obsession with pasta, while she and Hayden preferred mashed potatoes.
"No mashed potatoes?" Hayden asked sadly.
"Nope, sorry baby" Brooke giggled.
"Ugh…" Hayden groaned, spooning spoons full of pasta into his plate.
"Well you seem to not mind the pasta THAT much" Madison giggled, pointing at the plate piled with food.
"I don't" he talked through a mouthful.
"Don't talk, Hayden, or you'll choke" Brooke giggled. "Wow, I sounded like a TV mother" Brooke laughed.
"You're so cute, Cheery"
"I love you, Broody" she said, blowing him a kiss.
"Mom…phone!" Madison yelled, rushing to get it. "ALEXIS!" she shrieked.
"Hey Maddie…how are you?" Alexis laughed, hearing the commotion in the background.
"Good! How are you? The baby?"
"We're both in top condition…how's Spring Break?"
"Just started- two weeks!"
"Ooh! I loved Spring Break in school…so I have exciting news"
"What?" Madison asked. Alexis was now on speaker phone and everyone listened with bated breath.
"I'm coming to visit for 3 weeks" Alexis said. Cheers erupted through the entire room as Brooke and Lucas yelled to ask her flight times. She said she was coming in 5 days, and it was at blah airport. Madison tuned all the technical information out and immediately dialed everyone and left messages yelling that Alexis was coming. Karen was overjoyed to hear and so was Andy and everyone was thrilled she was coming to visit.
"I'm glad my baby sister is coming home for a little while" Lucas sighed happily.
"You know what this means, Madison?"
"Shopping?"
"No, we get to boss cleaning crews around!" Brooke squealed excitedly. Madison rolled her eyes and hugged her mother. "And shopping" Brooke added.
"I'm so excited!" Madison giggled. She was really the only one of Hayden and Lena who remembered and loved Alexis. Hayden barely knew Alexis and Lena hadn't even met her.
"I know…Lucas, go get Martha to get our cleaning crew, me and Madison are gonna go shopping so we have all new outfits for Alexis's arrival" Brooke informed them importantly. "We can make a pit stop to pick Peyt, Kitty, Haley and Angie, and then we'll be at the mall, spending all you, Nathan, and Jake's money!"
"Have fun" Lucas said, pulling Brooke into a kiss while Madison rushed upstairs to get her purse and put in her contacts. He ushered her into a corner and kissed her again. "I love you Brooke, you know that, right?" he asked, taking her hand and playing with her engagement ring.
"Yes" Brooke smiled, kissing Lucas. He buried his face in her hair and breathed in her scent.
"Don't ever forget it, ok?"
"I wont…same to you" Brooke smiled, kissing Lucas one last time before he let her go. "Watch our baby, ok?"
"Of course…come on Hayden, lets go do manly things" Lucas laughed, grabbing Lena. "After I give your little sister a bath"
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"Maddie, aren't those jeans kind of loose?"
"Mom, I wanna be able to move" Madison laughed. "They're tight enough, believe me"
"Well squeeze ME for trying to be cool" Brooke said, looking as young and stunning as she did 15 years ago.
"God I hate you Brooke" Peyton whined. "You have a perfect body"
"Of course I do- I carry around a 25 pound baby around all the time with me" Brooke giggled. "Cute top"
"Thanks" Peyton said, turning to admire her figure. "God I wish I had a fuller figure"
"Like me?" Brooke giggled.
"Yes, like you- miss perfect hourglass shape"
"Well…I was blessed with it" Brooke laughed. "And my body suits me; yours suits you, so…"
"Uh…Jenny has bigger boobs than me, and I'm almost 40"
"Still…hey, there's always plastic surgery!"
"Brooke, you know how I feel about that" Peyton laughed.
"So Catherine…what's going on with Anthony?" Madison asked quietly, admiring herself in a skirt.
"Good…we're friends again"
"Good! That's great!" Madison squealed. "Progress is good"
"Yeah…definitely"
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"I want the floor SPOTLESS!" Madison commanded.
"Yes, Miss Madison" the worker said, looking mad that he had to take orders from an 11 year old.
"Madison, are you bossing the cleaning crew around?" Brooke asked.
"Yes…"
"I have raised you well" Brooke giggled.
"That you have, mom" Madison giggled, admiring the spotless dining hall.
"This place looks SO clean"
"Oh I know…so do you think Lexy will wanna move back?" Madison asked timidly.
"Honey…don't count on it" Brooke said softly.
"But mom…"
"I know you want her back, we all do…but Matthew's job…"
"Screw Matthew! She's miserable in California! She hates it there and the friends she has there don't even compare to you guys and us here! Doesn't he understand that? And with the new baby, she's gonna want Grandma's help, mom, you have to convince her to stay!" Madison said her voice breaking. "Mom, I miss my best friend"
"Honey…I miss my little sister and my best friend and my sister in law…but what can we do? She's married now, she's in love, she's starting a family, and we can't change that"
"I know…" Madison sighed. "But I wish I could"
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"Conrad…I'm sorry" Madison sighed.
"Madison- we're through" Conrad said firmly.
"I know, I'm the one breaking up with YOU" Madison snapped.
"Because I'm too clingy?"
"Yah, you are. I'm sorry, I can't do this anymore" Madison said, turning on her heel to leave. "I hope we can still be friends"
"Bull crap, Madison, we can never be friends again" Conrad said, looking like he had had his heart ripped out. "Not only is our relationship over, so is our friendship" he said.
"Conrad-"
"Bye, Madison"
A/N: Aww…they broke up- sorry! There is a method to my madness…short chapter, next one will be longer, I promise. This chapter was like a filler…so yah. Lol…REVIEW!