Ok guys…new chapter. It's gonna be kinda short, so yeah…
"Daddy, don't!" Madison giggled, twisting as Lucas tickled her. "You know how ticklish I am!"
"Madison, I told you once I got my hands on you for spraying me with water I'd make you pay" Lucas laughed, stopping tickling her.
"What are you doing to my baby girl?" Brooke giggled.
"He's tickling me! I sprayed him with water" Madison laughed, sitting up.
"What? I missed that?" Brooke whined. "I hate dentist appointments"
"But they're the reason your teeth are so beautiful" Lucas said, kissing her. "And white"
"Still" Brooke grumbled.
"Poor mom…the injustices of life" Madison sighed dramatically. "Beautiful, with a loving husband and three children and straight white teeth and she missed out on spraying her husband with water"
"Oh Maddie…you should be an actress" Brooke giggled.
"I am...DIVA" Madison struck a pose in the middle of the room.
"Me too!" Brooke struck the same pose.
"You girls are nuts" Lucas laughed, snapping a picture with his camera.
"Whoa, what's that beeping noise?" Brooke asked. "It sounds like its coming from the phone"
"I don't know" Lucas said. "Probably from my camera"
"Yeah…omg dad did you seriously take a picture of that?" Madison exclaimed, running to see Lucas's camera screen.
"Uh huh- and I'll be sure to send a picture to all of your boyfriends" Lucas laughed.
"Dad!"
"And I'll post them up all over school" Lucas smiled mischievously.
"That sounds like something mom would do" Madison commented.
"Hmm…that is something I would do" Brooke said thoughtfully. "I've taught you well, Lucas"
"Well, I learned from the best" Lucas said, pulling Brooke into his arms and kissing her.
"Mama!" Lena cried from her crib.
"Baby…" Brooke sighed, breaking away from Lucas and going over to Lena's crib.
"Mama" Lena said, looking delighted at the sight of Brooke and resting her head on Brooke's shoulder.
"Aw…I love you too" Brooke giggled, rubbing Lena's back gently and sitting down on the bed.
"Dada" Lena giggled, stretching her arms out to Lucas.
"Hey baby girl" Lucas said, taking her from Brooke and kissing her. She giggled and grabbed Lucas's shirt.
"This one's got you wrapped around her finger" Brooke laughed.
"Hey! I hold that position" Madison said. "I have daddy wrapped around my finger"
"You all have me wrapped around your fingers" Lucas laughed. "Brooke, Madison, and Lena"
"Well…the girls outnumber the guys" Brooke giggled, hugging Lucas.
"Unfortunately…but what would I do without my girls?" Lucas asked.
"That's right" Brooke giggled.
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"Catherine! Hi" Anthony said, giving his girlfriend a tight hug.
"Hey Anthony" Catherine greeted, her eyes twinkling.
"Alright you guys enough cheesiness" Madison groaned. "Don't rub it in"
"Hey…we're cool" Catherine giggled.
"Uh huh"
"Dinner, everyone!" Brooke announced from her kitchen.
"You know, Brooke, I don't understand why you have a gourmet kitchen when you don't cook" Peyton commented.
"My gourmet kitchen is for my gourmet chef" Brooke giggled, ushering everyone in. At dinner, everyone was going on in their own conversations.
"Did you see his jump shot? It was weaker than yours, Luke" Nathan laughed.
"Oh shut up Nate" Lucas countered, a smile playing on his lips.
"Alright LADIES" Jake butted in.
"Dude, who're you to talk?" Nathan asked. Jake rolled his eyes but all three men knew they were on the verge of breaking out into laughter.
"Daddy, don't be mean to Uncle Jake!" Angelina reprimanded from her end of the table.
"Sorry, angel" Nathan apologized.
"And you call me a girl" Jake laughed.
"Yeah well that girl has me wrapped around her finger like three times over"
"I know what you're talking about man…Catherine" Jake shook his head. "Cant say no to those hazel eyes…gets it from Peyton"
"Gets what from me?" Peyton asked, snapping to attention as she heard her name.
"Catherine gets her hazel eyes from you" Jake said.
"Oh…yeah she does" Peyton giggled.
"Yeah, and Mason-" Jake was cut off by a banging on the door. Lucas and Brooke got up, confused, to open the door. Three police offers barged in.
"We're here for the arrest of a Mr. Lucas Scott" an officer barked.
"What?" Lucas asked, shocked. What he saw next made his lip curl and his blood boil. "Dan…why am I being arrested?" Lucas asked. Brooke's eyes were wide open and she had a shocked look on her face.
"We're arresting you for child abuse" the officer stated, looking at Lucas like he was stupid.
"Child abuse? What shit are you spitting out, man? I haven't abused any child" Lucas said, genuinely confused.
"We'll read your rights to you in the car" the officer said, handcuffing Lucas. Tears trickled down Brooke's face, of confusion and hurt. Child abuse? A young officer, obviously baffled by Brooke's beauty, came over to Brooke.
"Are you Mrs. Scott?" he asked softly.
"Yeah"
"Look, Mr. Dan Scott will explain this to you, ok?"
"Ok" Brooke said. Everyone was insanely confused as to what was going on. Brooke ran to kiss Lucas and give him a hug. Lucas looked genuinely baffled and hurt.
"So…explain yourself, Dan" Nathan snarled.
"Well…I care about my grandchildren" he started. Jake snorted but let him continue.
"And I happened to accidentally leave a tape recorder in the phone in Lucas and Brooke's bedroom, because I got a warrant- I suspected something was going on. And I caught Lucas hurting Madison- on tape- wanna hear?"
"What?" Madison yelled. "Hurting me?"
"Its ok, honey, we'll get him prosecuted" Dan said. "You don't have to deny it"
"Ok seriously, mom, who is this man?" Madison asked, her voice shaking with emotion and anger.
"Wait what proof do you have of this?" Brooke asked, tears now coursing down her face.
Dan smirked and pulled out a tape recorder. He hit the play button and Madison's voice played loudly.
"Daddy, don't!"
"Lucas, what are you doing to my baby girl?"
"Madison, I told you once I got my hands on you for spraying me with water I'd make you pay!"
"Wait, that's all taken out of context" Brooke screamed. "And the piece of shit that our law enforcement is believed you? I'm going down to that police station!"
"No, Brooke, don't" Haley said, grabbing Brooke's arm.
"Why not! This asshole here is gonna land my innocent husband in jail for something he didn't do!"
"Brooke, you'll just make things worse"
"Oh…I'm gonna pound your face into a wall" Nathan spat, making a lunge for Dan.
"Daddy!" Angelina cried. Hearing his daughter's voice stopped him dead in his tracks.
"Angel…I'm sorry" Nathan said, picking Angelina up and hugging her.
"I'm gonna go" Dan smirked, shutting the door behind him. They heard him laugh as he made his way out.
"Brooke…" Peyton came over to hug her. "I'm sorry, I know Lucas is innocent…Dan"
"Yeah…I know" Brooke sobbed. Nathan hugged Brooke tightly and she cried into his shoulder. Haley looked shocked and confused, and Hayden was dead silent. No one could process what was going on.
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"I am SO confused" Karen said, her bloodshot eyes puffy. Andy had a protective arm around her and they were both looking at the 5 friends in shock.
"Dan showed up with the police, and Lucas was arrested for CHILD ABUSE- he had a tape recorder in our phone- that's why it was beeping all day- and Lucas was tickling Maddie and she was yelling 'daddy, don't!' and we were all joking around and he took it completely out of context"
"And the police believed him?"
"Yeah!"
"Its ok, Brooke, we'll do something" Andy said. "Obviously he didn't hurt Madison"
"Yeah…obviously"
"Mom?"
"Yeah?" Brooke said, hugging Madison.
"Can I like, testify or something and tell the people that he didn't do anything? Cause he didn't!" Madison cried. "Why is Dan still after you and dad?"
"Because he's a heartless soul" Brooke said, her voice shaking. "Its ok…Andy's lawyer is on it…he has an appeal in three days…and you'll have to testify, Maddie"
"Good…I'll show this Dan idiot who not to mess with, and that would definitely be me" Madison said firmly, turning around to leave the room.
A/N: I said big storm, huh? Lol…ok yeah I know the chapter is short, but the events in the chapter were so…touchy, that I didn't wanna write too much, you know? But remember this- very important- I am a sucker for cheesiness, I never let anything go seriously wrong, and everything ends happily 99.9 of the time…so stick with me- we all know Lucas! Hehe, and review!