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Chapter 5 You Can Always Come Home

"So you're really going home?" Lucas asked

"Yeah have to or Kate might go insane." Brooke said

"Well call me."

She hugged him. "I will. Thanks for listening and everything."

"Of course. I'll see you Leila; take care of your mommy." Leila smiled and cooed at him.

"We should really get going. I'll call you later."

"Ok bye you two." Lucas said as they got on the elevator.

Kate met Brooke and Leila at the airport. She smiled when she saw the two of them.

"Yay , you're home I'm so glad." Kate said hugging them.

"Hey Kate, its good to be home." Brooke said Kate took Leila so Brooke could get the luggage.

"How was the reunion?"

"It was ok."

"Ok, Brooke it had to be more then ok, you stayed two extra days." Kate said

"The reunion was ok. Seeing everyone again was great. One of my old friends has a little boy Leila's age."

"Ooh tough." Kate said

"Yeah it was. But I saw the guy Lucas that I was in love with in high school. We had a good time."

"That's good. You need some male attention."

Brooke rolled her eyes. "Kate Travis has only been gone six months. I can't move on right now."

"I'm not saying that you should get married again. Just go have some fun with someone without me."

"Tired of me are we?"

Kate hugged her. "Never. But you need some other friends." Kate said

Brooke was glad to be home. She loved her house it was near the beach and big enough for her and Leila. Most people figured that she would have moved, but she couldn't bare to leave the memories. Travis had bought that house for her. They had spent many nights together there. She had told Travis that she was pregnant there. They had brought the kids home there, they were a family there. She couldn't leave there were memories there that she could one day share with Leila. She put Leila down for a nap and went into her office to work. She saw her wedding picture and the hospital pictures of the kids she slightly smiled seeing all of them.

The next day Brooke was at work, when Kate came in. "Hey I went to see Leila and she's not downstairs." Kate said they have a daycare center at work.

"Yeah she had a cough so she's with your mom."

"Oh I hope she doesn't get sick."

"Me too." Brooke said

"B are you ok? You seem distracted."

"Yeah I'm fine." Kate sat down across from her and looked her in the eyes. Brooke sighed. "Kate I've been gone for days and I have a lot to catch up on, there's nothing wrong." Brooke said with a little stern tone.

"Ok. We have a meeting in twenty minutes." Kate said dropping the subject.

"Ok I'm ready."

After the meeting Brooke called to check on Leila. "So she's better?.. That's good…Yeah I shouldn't work late. Thanks for keeping her…ok bye." When Brooke turned around Kate was behind her. "God Kate don't do that!" Brooke said

"Sorry. How's Leila?" she asked

"She's a little better." Brooke said putting her phone back in her purse and sitting down.

"I say we go to lunch." Kate suggested.

"No I'm not really in the mood to go anywhere." Brooke said

"Well I can order us something and we can eat here."

"Ok." Kate got the phonebook and went to her desk while Brooke continued to work.

"Ok food's here." Kate said putting Chinese food on her desk

"Ok thanks." Brooke said not taking her eyes off her computer. Kate sat down next to Brooke and turned off the computer screen. "What are you doing?" Brooke asked

"What is going on Brooke? I've known you for ten years I know that something is wrong."

Brooke sighed. "Last night when I got home I was flooded with so many memories of me and Travis. I miss him Kate, I miss them both." Brooke said as tears filled her eyes.

Kate hugged her. "Sweetie I know. I miss my brother everyday. I wish I could fix it but I can't. But I'm here for you. You could have called me last night, we could have talked."

"I didn't really want to talk, I just watched Leila sleep and imagine what Ryan would look like."

"Brooke you're torturing yourself. I know this is killing you, but maybe you should move. Being in that house doesn't help you."

"I'm afraid if I move that I'll lose the last piece of them that I have."

"Not true. They will both be with you always. In your heart, in you memories and when you look at Leila."

Brooke nodded. "I guess you're right."

"How long has this been bugging you?" Kate asked

"It got better. But when I came back from the reunion it all hit me again." Brooke explained.

"That's because you were away from it. Why don't you and Leila come stay with me for a few days?"

"We'll be fine."

"Leila will be. You won't Brooke come on the look on your face when you talked about them is something I haven't seen in months. You were getting better and able to deal. Don't let it all go down the drain." Brooke nodded.

The rest of the day Brooke couldn't stop thinking about moving in with Kate. Maybe a change of scenery would do her some good. She had been alone for months, maybe having someone to talk to would do her some good. Before she left work she saw Kate.

"So did you think about my offer?" Kate asked

"Yeah I did I think you're right. I need to get out of the house for a while." Brooke said

"Of course you do. So we'll go to the house get Leila and some stuff. Then get some dinner."

Brooke smiled. "Sounds good."

That night Brooke was rocking Leila trying to get her to sleep when Kate came in. "How's she doing?" Kate asked

"She's almost asleep. Kate thanks for letting us stay."

"Don't worry about it. I don't want to think that my sister in law/ best friend and niece are alone and they could have stayed here with me." Brooke nodded she put Leila down in the crib and the two walked into the living room.

"Kate I kinda need your help."

"With what?"

"I have to move on with my life. But I need your help to find a way to do it." Brooke explained.

"Of course I'll help. But how exactly do you want me to help you?"

"I don't know. I know I'm not anywhere near ready to date. But I can't keep wandering around that house not fully living my life."

"I can help with that. We used to do stuff, shop, movies, dinner. We should start doing it again. My mom would love to keep Leila."

"Yeah we should do that again." Brooke agreed.

About a week later Brooke had dropped Leila off at her mother in laws' and ran home to change because she and Kate were going out to dinner. While she was changing clothes her cell phone rang twice and as she was putting on her shoes the doorbell rang. She quickly ran downstairs and opened the door. "Ok Kate I'm almost ready chill." She said before she even looked at the person on the doorstep. "Lucas OMG what are you doing here?"