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"Brooke! Brooke get up we overslept!" Lucas yelled.
"What time is it?"
"9:45" Lucas said hurriedly.
"Oh my god!" Brooke shrieked. "Class is gonna start in 20 minutes!"
"I know and practice is in 15" Lucas said.
A wail came from inside the nursery and Brooke jumped out of bed and ran to Audrina's room.
"Mommy…" Audrina was whimpering and rubbing her ear.
"Baby, are you sick?" Brooke asked, feeling the baby's forehead, which answered her question with a resounding yes. "Uh oh…Lucas…Audrina's sick!"
Lucas hurried into the room to examine the sick child. "This is the first time she's ever gotten sick"
"I know" Brooke bit her lip nervously. "I'm scared"
"I gotta go baby I'm gonna get kicked off the team if I don't show up on time today" Lucas said, kissing Brooke and Audrina quickly. "Feel better princess!"
"No! Lucas, don't leave me with your sick child!" Brooke shouted.
"Brooke, I gotta go!"
"Lucas!"
"Bye!"
"This is unbelievable" Brooke slammed her hand on the dresser and seethed. But when she looked over at Audrina, it wasn't the pain of slamming her hand down that caused her eyes to tear. It was the look on Audrina's face that clearly asked 'Did I do something wrong?' "Oh baby" Brooke said, picking up her sick daughter and kissing her. "It's not your fault you're sick, don't think even for a second that mommy's mad at you for that, ok?"
Audrina, understanding most of what Brooke had just said (being the baby genius that she was), nodded and buried her tear stained face in Brooke's neck.
"Okay I guess it'll be a mommy and Audrina day at home, huh?" Brooke asked, rummaging through the medicine cabinet for Tylenol.
The phone rang and Brooke picked it up. "Hello?"
"Brooke, this is your mother"
"Mom? Why are you calling me?"
"I want to talk to you" she told Brooke, sighing.
"Where are you?"
There was a knock on the door.
"MOM?" Brooke said in disbelief as she looked at the thin, tired looking woman standing there.
"Hi, Brooke…and is this your daughter?" her mother's face lit up at the sight of Audrina, who was cuddled in Brooke's arms.
"Yeah, Audrina" Brooke said. "What are you doing here?"
"I came to talk to you" she said.
"About?"
"Us"
"There's nothing to talk about" Brooke said.
"Can I at least come in?" she asked.
"Oh…yeah" Brooke said, letting her mother in and shaking her head in disbelief.
"I'm sorry…I came to apologize for all those years-"
"Yeah, mom, all those years of completely ignoring me, throwing cash at my face, and being the worst possible mother on the planet? You know, now that I have Audrina I can't imagine a mother treating her child like that!"
"I know, I know" her mother rubbed her eyes. "Your father…left"
"For a younger 20 something?" Brooke guessed.
"Uh...yeah"
"Well, I suppose it's what you deserved" Brooke said.
"I suppose so" her mother said. For the first time in her entire life, she didn't look vicious or scrutinizing. She looked like…a mom. "How old is Audrina?" she asked, changing the subject.
"A year and a half, right baby?" Brooke asked, tickling her.
"Yeah!" Audrina giggled.
"She's beautiful"
"Thanks" Brooke said. "I think so too. Unlike what you thought of me"
"Oh Brooke you were the prettiest baby" her mother said. "You had big green eyes and brown curly locks. I know it's surprising now because you have such straight hair but they were as curly as goldilocks' curls" her mother reminisced. "I didn't get to spend much time with you, your dad had a charity ball the next evening and I had to sleep so I'd be able to at least sit up the next day. But I rushed home every night, told your dad I was going to go exercise, and went to be with you. Overtime your father's toxic ways seeped into me and I became the woman he wanted me to be- someone to parade, a thin pretty trophy wife who had a child somewhere but didn't really care to ask what was happening with her. And I'm sorry I became that way, even though it was my fault I let him do that to me- but now, I want to apologize. I heard you had a daughter and, well, I came to say I'm sorry"
"That was heartfelt, mom" Brooke said. "Now get out"
"Brooke"
"Leave!" Brooke said. "Mom, do you think one apology will change all of that? And why should I believe you? How do I know you're not trying to set me up with someone else?"
"Brooke I honestly wasn't. I thought you and Lucas were married" her mother said.
"No, we're not married or engaged" Brooke said. "But we have a daughter and we have a house and we have food on our table and we're both working on our college degree and Lucas is doing great with the team and Mom, we're HAPPY. So why don't you just leave us alone?"
"Okay" her mother pursed her lips. "I'll go. I just came to apologize"
"Just go" Brooke sighed.
"Bye!" Audrina giggled, letting her pacifier fall to the floor.
"Chipmunk, you have really got to stop throwing this on the floor" Brooke giggled, tickling Audrina. "Mom, what are you still doing here?"
"Brooke…I know you don't wanna talk to me, but can I please just get to know my granddaughter?"
"Why should I let you do that? So she'll come back hating her mother?" Brooke asked.
"No…please? Can I take her to the park?"
"Okay, she hates parks and I don't want you turning her to child services. And she's sick" Brooke said. "Now please, just GO"
"Brooke, do you think I'm some sort of villain?" her mother asked.
"Pretty much, yeah" Brooke said. "Before I call the police, mom"
"Okay" her mother said, opening the door. "But consider"
"Mom…"
Her mother left and Brooke watched hidden as she got into her car and sat there for a minute, studying her hands. Had she been too harsh on her mother?
"I'm home" Lucas announced, walking in. "Where's my chipmunk?"
"Asleep" Brooke said shortly.
"How is she feeling?"
"Fine"
"Brooke?"
"Yes?"
"What's the matter?" Lucas asked, sitting down next to her.
"Nothing"
"Come on…I know something's wrong" Lucas said, wrapping his arm around her.
"Nothing is wrong, Lucas! You would know if you were home!" she said shrilly.
"Come on, Brooke…don't do this. You know I had to go" Lucas said.
"Yeah, but you didn't even ask how my day went" Brooke said.
"I'm sorry…how did it go?"
"I don't think you really care" Brooke said, getting up. "I'm going to bed"
"Brooke!"
"Lucas I don't feel like arguing"
"Ok, you don't feel like arguing, but you always start it!" Lucas said.
"Oh, I always start the arguments. I'm just SO difficult" Brooke said sarcastically.
"You ARE!" Lucas shouted. "I can't even have a normal conversation with you anymore you're ALWAYS ON MY CASE!"
"Well maybe it's because you never help around the house and I'm too stressed out and tired to have a normal conversation!" Brooke yelled.
"Brooke, I have school AND basketball!"
"But you also have a responsibility as a father and as a member of this family! I have school, too!" Brooke yelled.
"I know that, Brooke. I try" Lucas said.
"Obviously not hard enough" Brooke snapped. "We're two completely different people with completely different interests!"
"Ok, so we are"
"So if we're so different maybe we should see different people!"
"Maybe we should! It's obviously what you want" Lucas snapped.
"FINE!" Brooke yelled, stomping into their room. "YOU can sleep in the living room!"
"Fine!" Lucas yelled stomping into their room after her, and grabbing his pillow and an extra blanket.
"Mommy?" Brooke heard Audrina call sleepily.
"Great job Lucas, you woke her up" Brooke snapped, going to the baby's room. "How're you feeling baby?" she asked, feeling her forehead. "Oh, looks like we're feeling better, huh?"
"Yeah" Audrina giggled.
"Good" Brooke said, tickling her.
The next morning…
"Come on, Brooke, be reasonable!" Lucas said. "I didn't actually mean what I said last night"
"I did" Brooke said.
"Brooke…baby…"
"Don't 'baby' me" Brooke pouted.
"Brooke" Lucas laughed. "Come here" he held his arms open. Brooke reluctantly came over to give him a hug. "I'm sorry, I was unreasonable and I should help out more…and I suck"
"No you don't…I was PMSing" Brooke giggled, kissing him. "All good?"
"All good"
A/N: I know this was an all Brooke and Lucas chapter but I just love them so much lol…more Naley laterrrr! Review!