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Chapter 6: "Through the cemetery trees"
Logan stood in the center of the room with her arms crossed over her chest. She was attempting to look anywhere but at Brooke.
"So, you're 16 now." Brooke said unsure of where really to begin.
Logan nodded, shifting from one foot to the other. There was an awkward silence.
"Alright, can we just cut to the chase because I hate to beat around the bush." Logan said gaining a little drug induced confidence.
"Okay." Brooke said nodding, "do you wanna um, sit…" She asked
Logan shrugged as she sat down on the opposite end of the couch.
"How did you know that I would be here?" Logan asked
Brooke shrugged.
"I just figured, I saw you at the café this morning with some people asking about Karen… but that was before I knew who you were."
"Look, I really want to apologize about that. I don't really know what I was thinking." Logan said.
"It's okay, really." Brooke said
"No, it's not. I have a mom who I love to death and six brothers and sisters and, gosh, just an entire life and it's amazing and I see no reason to complicate that." Logan said in one breath
"I understand, and trust me, I don't want to make this hard for you." Brooke said
Logan looked over to the woman who was supposed to be her mother. She didn't dress like a mother, she was younger hipper. Not that Haley dressed exactly like a mom, but she didn't dress like Brooke. The thing though that drew Logan to her was the look of sadness that was in her eyes, could it be regret? Guilt?
"You didn't know who my father was, Lucas or Nathan." Logan said picking at her fingernails.
"Nathan. I know now." Brooke said
"How?"
Brooke shrugged. Logan felt like there was something that Brooke was conveniently leaving out, but decided now to push… just yet.
"Why, … um, why did you leave me?" Logan asked
"I wasn't good for you, I wasn't good for anyone." Brooke admitted. "I got pregnant in college and when I found out decided to drop out. When you were born I was living with my Aunt… I just started hating the person that I had become… I didn't want to take it out on you. If you knew me back then it would be easier for you to understand… I wasn't a really good person." Brooke said.
"Well then how did I end up with Dad?"
"When I left I left you with my Aunt, she later died in a car accident. I had you back for a grand total of three days then, but I didn't have a place to live, I didn't have any money, and I didn't know how to take care of a baby. You were the first one that I ever even held…" Brooke said her eyes beginning to well up with tears. "Of those three nights one was spent on the couch of some guys apartment… another on a park bench, and the last on a train to New York. I left you with Lucas because I knew that you would be safe."
"But why didn't you stay in touch? Why didn't you ever come back?" Logan asked her mind reeling
"I wanted to so many times sweetie, but by the time that I finally got myself together it was too late. It wouldn't be fair of me to come back after all of that time and expect something of you." Brooke said wiping the tears from her eyes.
Logan watched Brookes face as she cried, she looked exactly like her crying… And she had her dimples, stretching the entire length of her cheeks, and her eyes, chocolate brown and shaped to perfection.
"My mom and dad raised me well…" Logan said
"I'm glad." Brooke said nodding her head a couple of times.
"Um… the girl that was with you today at the park…" Logan began
"Katia. Katia Hayden Davis." Brooke said.
"So she's yours?" Logan asked
"Yeah she is."
Logan leaned back on the couch and chuckled nervously.
"What?" Brooke asked
"Nothing, I'm just figuring this. Me, I have seven siblings."
"Haley and your dad must have been busy." Brooke said surprised to see Logan smile
"They got married just out of college, and then dad found out about me, when I was 1 Hannah was born, shes 15 now, and then theres Cassie 13, and Becca 12, and Kylie Rhea, she's 11, and Gabe and Jake the twins, they are 7." Logan said
"Wow, must be really packed." Brooke said making small talk
"So, are you um, married?" Logan asked
Brooke took a deep breath. What should she tell her? She had been working in the Adult Film industry and had ended up pregnant with Katia on the set of a movie called "When Teachers Pet?"
"No." Brooke said simply. "And no he's not around." She said putting on a nervous smile.
----- Back in New York
"I'm so totally bored." River said as she flipped through a magazine.
"Me too." Hannah said
"At least you have the entire attic to yourself since Logan's away." Cody pointed out. She rolled over on Logans bed accidentally knocking into the nightstand. The drawer fell out and so did all of it's contents. Little did she know that the contents included a bag of weed. "Shit!" She said picking everything up and stuffing the drawer back in of course missing the little baggie.
"What should we do?" Hannah asked sitting up on the bed, her legs lightly brushing Rivers, the girls exchanged quick glances and then looked away embarrassed.
Cody rolled her eyes tired of the tension between the two.
"We're playing truth or dare." She said crawling across the floor and up onto Hannahs bed where she and River were already sitting.
"That game is so juvenile." River said.
"Well do you have any other ideas?" Cody asked
Hannah broke in. When River and Cody argued it never turned out pretty.
"Cody, truth or dare?" Hannah asked
"Dare." Cody said.
"I dare you to kiss Canyon next time you see him."
"Done it." Cody said
"Eric Walters?" Hannah tried
"Him too."
"Ben Locke?" Hannah tried again, Cody just blushed.
"Face it, she's made out with the entire Junior class." River said
"River's got a point." Cody said totally dissing herself taking a sip of her coke. "Hannah truth or dare?"
"Truth." Hannah said shaking her head
"If you had to French any girl that you know who would it be?" Cody asked
River and Hannahs heads both shot up.
"What kind of question is that?" Hannah asked
"A good one." Cody said smiling and winking.
Hannah took a deep breath.
"I donno, you or Riv I guess." Hannah said tangling her hands in the sheets.
"Um, honey, I'm your cousin." Cody said. "So I guess it's good old Riv then." Cody said
River began to blush furiously.
"River truth or dare." Cody said smiling that now she was getting somewhere. Her friends might be pissed as all hell at her right then, but she was doing this for THEM.
"Dare." River said, she saw what kind of truth she gave Hannah, and she knew how much dirt Cody had on her. She decided not to risk a truth.
"I dare you to kiss Hannah!" Cody said getting up on her knees excitedly as she spoke, she had a wide grin on her face.
"Excuse you!" River said.
"You heard me!" Cody said sitting again.
"Forgive me, my cousin seems to have gone crazy. You don't have to." Hannah said
"Yeah, I don't want to make you feel uncomfortable." River told Hannah
"It wouldn't make me uncomfortable, it's just truth or dare!" Hannah said a little too defensively
"Well should I then?" River asked
"A dare is a dare!" Hannah said nervously
Cody just laid back on the head board and watched it all unfold.
"Fine!" River said. She slowly leaned in and captured Hannahs lips with her own. The kiss lingered for a few seconds.
"WOAH!" Cody said getting off the bed. "Nobody said anything about tongue!"
They pulled back from one another. Hannah looked a little confused and flustered and River looked right out embarrassed.
"Where are you going?" Hannah asked watching Cody climb into Logan's bed.
"To sleep. You two can double up over there." Logan said. "I roll a lot in my sleep."
"YOU DO NOT!" River and Hannah said in unison. They looked at each other and began to blush all over again.
"Guy's look," Cody said sitting up in bed, "you want each other, there's nothing wrong with that, just let me get some sleep eh?" Cody said lying back down on the bed
River and Hannah sat shocked… what now?
Oh good lord. I know how some of you feel about that but my story is meant to explore it as I said before. Thank you all for being so tolerant. Anyway. The social worker thing will prob. be in one of the next 2 chaps depending of how bad I need comic relief/material. LOL.
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