Still own nothing...wish I did though

Chapter 9 Tell me Something I Don't Know

When Brooke got home Lucas was sitting on her doorstep. "Have you been here all day?" she asked

"No about an hour. Kate said you didn't come in and you'd be home tonight." Brooke nodded. "So where did you go?" he asked

"I dropped Leila off at daycare and had to run a few errands, then I had a meeting." Lucas nodded. "Luke listen…I'm sorry about leaving this morning…I just." She stopped and looked down at her hands.

"Its ok Brooke I've had all day to figure it out. I got the message. I just wanted to let you know." He stood up and walked towards his car.

"Lucas wait."

"Why Brooke. I told you that I loved you and you just split."

She sighed as tears filled her eyes. "I'm afraid Lucas." She said

"Of what?" he asked getting a little aggravated

"That if I open my heart to you again that I could lose you. I have lost so many people that I love." Tears were now falling down her face. Lucas took a couple steps toward her.

"You won't lose me Brooke." He said

"You don't know that. Not for sure."

He shook his head and walked toward her. "You're right I don't. No one does. But Brooke we just have to make due with the time we have." He wiped the tears from her cheeks.

"Do you want to come in?" she asked he nodded.

"Where's Leila?" Lucas asked

"She's staying the night with my mother in law."

"Oh ok."

"I know you're right Lucas. But its hard to accept my parents have died, my husband and my little boy died. I don't want to lose you too." He hugged her.

"Brooke I'm not going anywhere. If I have to wrap myself up in bubble wrap to prove that to you I will."

Brooke laughed. "That would look weird." She said

"Yeah it would. But you can't spend the rest of your life in this house not letting anyone love you. That's not healthy, its not healthy for Leila."

"That's what Kate says."

"Well great minds think alike." Lucas joked.

"I'm sorry about splitting this morning…I just freaked. I started thinking about us and Travis and I couldn't be here anymore."

"That's understandable. Brooke you can talk to me, I'm here." The phone rang and Brooke went to answer it.

"Hello…oh hi Gene, how's my princess?.. That's good…oh yeah she started doing that…haha yeah…ok give her a kiss for me…ok bye." Brooke hung up.

"Lucas."

"Yeah."

"If we start this relationship…what about Leila?"

"What about her?" he asked

"Can you raise another man's child?"

"Brooke."

"I know that's tough…but she will always be here, she is a huge part of my life. Can you accept that?"

"Of course I can. It will be tough raising a child instantly…but I will try. I don't care who Leila's father is, she 's a part of you and I will love her because of that."

Brooke smiled and kissed him. "That was a good answer."

Brooke was lying in Lucas' lap and they were watching a movie. "We were fighting."

"What?" he asked clearly confused by her statement.

"Travis and I were fighting that morning. He was going to work and I was angry because Leila was sick and he was going to leave me here with both babies. So he took Ryan with him when he went to get breakfast so I could sleep in."

Lucas rubbed her back. "Brooke it wasn't your fault."

"I know, but I accused him of being a horrible parent. Of not loving me or his children. If we hadn't of gotten in that fight he wouldn't have left that morning."

Lucas stroked her cheek. "Brooke even if you hadn't of gotten in that fight he still could have gone to work and it could have happened then, or something else."

"I know…but I just wish he hadn't of taken Ryan. Travis and I were having problems. Both of us working and having two babies is hard. We fought all the time. I just wish that he had left Ryan here."

"I know baby." Lucas said and then kissed her cheek.