"Okay, so I've packed more clothes than you'll need. Don't forget your jacket if you go out somewhere at night. Your toothbrush is in this compartment, don't forget to brush your teeth before you go to sleep. Your books and sketch books are in the side compartment and…. Umm that's all I guess. Did I forget anything?" Brooke rambled instruction to Abby while again going through her mental list making sure everything was there.

"Mommy did you pack the new purple dress Auntie Rach got for me?"

"of course I did" Brooke chuckled tucking a loose hair away from Abby's face.

"Umm… Everything you'll need is in the bag. She gets ready on her own so that won't be a problem… You'll just have to brush her hair, she can't do that on her own yet…. she isn't very fussy about food, she'll eat whatever you give her, but is allergic to shellfish, so no shellfish but she can have other fishes… Her allergy meds are there in the bag, just in case you need them. If you need to work, she can just sit with you or in her room and read her books, she'll happily do that, so that won't be a problem either. Umm.. What else… try not to give her sweets after six, or she won't sleep all night. You won't have to stay with her while she goes to sleep, but if by chance, she wakes up at night… please stay with her, read something to her till she goes back to sleep." she told Lucas nervously fiddling with the bag and not making eye contact with him even once.

"Brooke, I'm—"

Brooke looked at him, sticking her hand out in front of him in a stopping gesture and shook her head in a negative. She knew he was going to apologize for threatening her, again. Brooke was hurt and his apology wasn't going to make it better, especially when Lucas had a history of apologizing for things and then repeating the same thing again. Playing the "court" card was really low, but his apologies meant nothing when she knew he might use it against her again, she just wanted to ignore it till the next time. Fighting and arguing wasn't getting them anywhere, so all she wanted to do was act civil with him because now they had Abby in between them and for her sake they had to tolerate each other at least when Abby was around.

" Will you please do me a favour?" she asked almost pleaded.

"huh?" Lucas gave her a confused look.

"Take the car and my chauffeur, Vincent along with you,please. He is good at dodging the paparazzi if they follow you, which they definitely will. I'm not sending him to spy on you or anything, just for Abby's safety, please. He won't interfere in anything, he won't even be around you, he'll just be there if you guys decide to go somewhere. Please." she literally begged him in fear that he'll through another tantrum at her but he just nodded.

"Okay"

"Oh! thank you so much" she sighed and quickly sent a text to Vincent to be there on the front door with the car.

"give me a call if there is anything… Please." she said and he nodded his head taking the bag from her hand.

"Be good and don't trouble your dad… And miss me a little. Okay? " said Brooke kneeling down and hugging her little girl.

"I'll miss you a lot mommy. love you" Abby said kissing her cheeks.

"Love you too and I already miss you so much, Abs" Brooke sniffed trying not to cry.

With a heavy heart Brooke let go of her and with that Abby happily skipped out of the house with Lucas. Brooke sighed heavily looking around her big empty house. This was the first time in six years that she was in the house alone. Abby had spent nights at Millie's or at Neal's, but that's when Brooke was away or busy with some work, but never when Brooke was at home. Plus, this felt different. It felt like Lucas was taking Abby away from her. She knew she was being stupid, but she couldn't help it.

"Well, better get used to it." she huffed and said to herself. She knew this was going to be a regular event now. There were going to be days when Lucas would have Abby and she would have to come home to an empty house. The thought depressed her and she went into the kitchen looking for some ice cream to cheer herself up.

-x-

"Okay! So what do you want to do? Wanna go out for dinner or want to order room service?" Asked Lucas to the little girl jumping on his bed.

"oh oh! Can we go to Joey's and have burger and French fries, extra crispy?"

"sure! Extra crispy fries it is then" he chuckled "Just like her mother" he murmured to himself.

"yay! Can we have ice cream after dinner?"

"only if you can finish your dinner before six" Said Lucas raising an eyebrow and reminding her of Brooke's instructions.

"Okay then I'll get ready really quickly." said Abby jumping off then bed and raiding through her bag to look for a dress.

-x-

Lucas and Abby went to Joey's for dinner. They ordered Abby's favorite burger and fries. Abby stole fries from his plate and he swatted her hand away jokingly and he chuckled remembering how Brooke stole fries from his plate when they were in high school. He again looked at his daughter and everytime he did, he saw so much of Brooke in her. It made him happy that she looked so beautiful, just like Brooke but it also saddened him a little. He wished she looked more like him, maybe if she did Brooke wouldn't have been able to keep Abby away from him for so long. He pushed the thought away and decided to cherish all the time he has now with Abby rather than thinking about the time he missed.

Lucas had wanted to take Abby to the New York public library so they both could spend some time doing their favorite activity together, reading. However, with paparazzi following them, he opted against it and decided to go back to the hotel. True to Brooke's words, Vincent was great at dodging the press and kept really quiet, minding his own business and only talking when spoken to.

Lucas and Abby watched a Jane Austen movie and he laughed when Abby fluently recited the dialogues along with the characters. Tired from all the excitement and exertion of the day, Abby soon fell asleep. Lucas picked her up and tucked her in her bed. He brushed away the hair that had fallen on her face and kissed her forehead.

"good night princess, love you" he whispered and sat there looking at her sleeping so peacefully. At that moment his life seemed perfect. It was still unbelievable that this little angel was his daughter, his family. He smiled and kissed her forehead once again before exiting her room.

-x-

Brooke went to her office way earlier than her usual time. She hadn't slept well last night. She had spent the night on the couch watching movies. She dosed off a few times but as soon as her sleep deepened she woke up thinking her phone ringed. She was worried about Abby, but refrained from calling Lucas as he would just think that she was checking on him. Not being able to sleep and the silence of her home eating her up, she found herself in her office. There were just a few people working at that time. She wished them and talked to them a little before heading towards her office. She turned on her laptop to check her mails and hoped she would find one from Neal. She really needed him right now and missed him. A knock on her door pulled her attention there.

"hey! You are early. Do you ever sleep?" she smiled.

"I can say the same thing to you" said Mille as she entered the room and took a seat.

"uh.. I just had a rough night and decided to come over early." said Brooke running her fingers through her hair.

"what about Abby?" asked Mille, knitting her eyebrows in concern.

"Lucas has her." she said biting her lower lip.

"oh!" Millie's eyes widened. "how are you dealing with it?"

"umm… Trying to be alright with it…. I knew it was coming, but I just thought I'd have a few more weeks to prepare myself and Abby" Brooke shrugged.

"was Abby fine with it? I know how she can be at night sometimes."

"well, she was more than fine. She was happier to leave than my liking." Brooke pouted.

"Aw Brooke!" Millie pursed her lips.

"it's okay Millie. I'm happy she is happy. And I'm happy that she slept through the night." Brooke said giving Millie a sad smile.

"Enough about me. What the hell are you doing here this early?"

"Oh! I got a mail from Macy's about updating the contract last night. I came in early so that I could get the document ready before you come in so that we could send them back as soon as possible."

"oh Millie! You are too good to me, but seriously girl, you need to have a life. Go out, party some, meet boys, hook up with a few." Brooke winked at her making Millie blush.

"you'll be young only once. Live a little!"

"well, I can say the same thing to you" smirked Millie.

"You see, the difference is I have a daughter and as much as I'd love to be young and careless, I can't." said Brooke in a matter-of-the-fact tone.

"Point! But now that Lucas will have Abby a few days a week, you can be a little careless on those days."

" Touché! Now you see why I like keeping you around. You always have great ideas."

-x-

For once in his life, Lucas woke up in his hotel room to a loud television and even louder giggles. He walked out of his room and smiled at the sight of his little girl sitting cross-legged on the couch and giggling at the cartoon. He felt peaceful even in that noise. He didn't sleep well last night worrying if Abby woke up, but Abby slept peacefully through the night. It angered him thinking to what lengths Brooke would go to keep him away from his daughter.

"Good morning princess" he said picking her up from behind the couch and kissing her cheek and making her giggle some more.

"Good morning daddy!" she said giving him a tight hug and melting his heart.

"are you awake long?" he asked and she nodded.

"why didn't you wake me up? I could have ordered you some breakfast" he said plopping down on the couch besides her but Abby didn't answer. Brooke had told Abby not to trouble her dad and she was abiding by it. Abby didn't want to trouble Lucas fearing what If he left again.

"What do you have for breakfast?" Lucas asked and Abby shrugged.

"I don't know…. Mommy makes something different everyday." said Abby. She had been missing Brooke terribly, but didn't want to tell Lucas because she felt he might feel bad.

"you mom cooks everyday?" Lucas raised his eyebrows in surprise. Last he knew Brooke didn't even know how to boil eggs. Well, she did know one thing, he remembered.

"Yes, mommy makes breakfast almost everyday. Sometimes when she can't make it, then Pam makes it."

"Pam?" asked Lucas.

"our housekeeper" Abby said as if it was obvious.

"oh okay. Umm.. Alright so what do you want to have today?"

"umm… Can we have chocolate chip pancakes?"

"sure we can" said Lucas and he dialed the room service and ordered there breakfast.

"daddy" Abby said softly.

"Yes princess" Lucas smiled looking at her.

"can I talk to mommy, please"

Her pleading tone made Lucas' heart ache. He knew his yelling at Brooke yesterday had made Abby scared and he hated it. He smiled at her fetching his phone.

"of course honey, you can talk to you mom whenever you like. You don't need permission for that. You just tell me whenever you want to talk and we can call her up." he said softly while dialing Brooke's number. Brooke picked up the call in a single ring, even before he could hand the phone to Abby.

"hello!"

"uh.. Hi, Brooke. Umm good morning?"

"oh.. Yeah good morning"

"here, talk to Abby" he said and quickly handed the phone to Abby.

"hi mumma" Abby squealed.

"hi baby! How are you? Are you having fun? Did you sleep well last night?" Broken asked cheerfully.

"I'm good and yes I'm having lots of fun. We went to Joey's for dinner last night then we watched pride and prejudice now we have ordered chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast."

"that's great! So looks like you didn't miss me at all" Brooke whined jokingly.

"No! I missed you a lot mommy" Abby said quickly and giggled when she heard Brooke giggle.

"I missed you too… So much… so what will you be doing today?" Brooke asked cryptically wanting to know by what time Abby will be home.

"Umm… I don't know. Here, talk to daddy." she said shoving the phone in Lucas' hand.

"umm.. Yes?"

"uh…I.. Uh nothing really… I just asked her.. what plans you had for today."

"oh! Yeah I was thinking of taking her to the zoo and the museum and then to meet my friend for dinner.. . Umm my editor.. Lindsey, you've met her right?"

"oh yes… Lindsey… I did meet her" said Brooke and felt a pang of unreasonable jealousy.

"I'll drop her home by seven" Lucas said knowing exactly what she wanted to know and rolled his eyes when he heard her sigh in relief.

"Okay, thanks. Bye" Brooke said but before she could disconnect Lucas called her out

"Brooke" he said moving away from Abby and walking into his room.

"huh.. Yeah?"

"Abby didn't have any problems sleeping last night. In fact, she slept really well throughout the night. I think my daughter likes staying with me." he gloated.

"umm.. Yeah thats great." Brooke said trying not to sound bitter.

"I've got a meeting. See you both in the evening. Have a nice day!" Brooke said and disconnected the call before he could answer.

"you too" he mumbled to the dead phone line.

"that was really low, Lucas Scott! What's wrong with you?" he admonished himself slapping his palm on his forehead.

The knock on the door pulled him out of his thoughts. As he walked out of his bedroom he decided to apologize to Brooke while dropping Abby off in the evening.

-x-

Brooke quickly wrapped up her meeting with her staff finalizing the cover for next month's issue. Her office phone rang and a call was transfered to her line. Brooke frowned as she heard the person on other side.

"shit!... Okay I'll call you back"

"what's wrong boss?" Mille asked once the phone call was over.

"you remember that custom made black gown… the one with the diamond neck embellishment?"

"ahaan"

"that is suppose to be delivered today by 8 p.m and I was going to take it down myself to DC because its super delicate and super expensive, but with all the chaos going around I just forgot. I have another meeting with the investors till 6 and then Abby is coming back home at 7. Damnit! How could I forget it?"

"umm… Relax Brooke. How about I take it down to DC?"

"God! Really? You'd do that?"

"sure, why not. You definitely need some time with Abby and I don't have much work in the office today. I can get on the first flight I can find and I'll surely be there before 8" Mille offered.

"Oh God, thank you so much Millie. I don't pay you enough for all the mayhems of my life you handle." Brooke sighed.

"I'll ask Jennifer to book me a ticket and I'll get the gown, you just give it whatever final touches you need." Millie smiled and left Brooke alone to go to her next meeting.

-x-

Lucas and Abby had a great time in the children's museum and then at the zoo. Abby could go to the zoo everyday and never get bored.

"you know, once I went to Africa with mommy. We saw lions running after zebras in open, not in the cage." Abby said with wide eyes

"really?" Lucas played along.

"yeah! They are so fast. We also saw elephants. They were biiiiigggg and there were tiny baby elephants too. Momma elephant was bathing the baby elephants by showering water from her nose" she giggle.

"wow" Lucas laughed.

"Mommy said when I grow up I can go there again. I like it there, but it's very hot. Have you been to Africa?"

"No I haven't"

"then we'll go together, okay?"

"done!" Lucas chuckled.

"Daddy, I'm tired." Abby stopped walking and whined.

"come her princess" said Lucas picking Abby up on his shoulder and Abby giggled happily as they exited the zoo.

-x-

Lindsey was waiting for Lucas and Abby in her office when her assistant called to inform her that Lucas' agent was there.

"Garrison" Lindsey nodded at him.

"Lindsey." imitated Garry taking a seat in front of her.

"what brings you here?"

"Ah! Right to business, that's very hot you know" Garry smirked and Lindsey rolled her eyes.

"You know what will be hotter? When I kick you out of my office."

"feisty! I like that" Garry chuckled.

"Anyways, I was here to discuss Lucas' contract. With all the current events and the the media attention I'm sure there must be some uproar in the publishing house as well."

"Yes, I was about to call you with that." Lindsey said taking off her glasses.

"I'm always a step ahead senorita" he smirked and Lindsey rolled her eyes.

"The board members are concerned about the bad publicity and they feel with everything going on in his life he might get side tracked, but my dad and I believe in Lucas. The problem is Lucas hasn't been writing. I need something to show the other members that his work isn't getting compromised or else it will be really difficult for me to convince them to extend his contract next year."

"Lindsey, he is just going through a rough phase and now with that he knows he has a daughter he needs to spend some time with her. You'll need to give him some time to adjust to the sudden changes in his life." Garry said supporting his friend and client.

"I understand that Garrison, but the board members won't. Lucas is a friend and I can't ever imagine what he is going through right now and I sympathize with him, but when it's about the publishing house, I have to think about it first. He has to submit a manuscript by the end of the year and if he doesn't start writing now, he wouldn't be able to finish it by then and I wouldn't be able to help him, I'm sorry, but my hands are tied."

"I understand, let's see what I can do about it. But just give him sometime and try to not make any decisions regarding him right now. I'm sure he'll start writing soon." Garry said with more confidence than he felt.

"hmm okay. So, what about the movie deal? Any progress there?" Lindsey asked.

"Yes, thankfully he had completed writing the screenplay before all the drama. We have a meeting with the producer after Easter. Once he approves the screenplay the shooting will start immediately."

"thats great" Lindsey smiled.

"Oh and Disney called yesterday. They wanna turn his children's book into a movie" Garry informed proudly.

"that's a great news! This news could go in Lucas' favour with the board. Didn't I tell you this book was going to do great." said Lindsey excitedly.

"I still think he would have lived without writing it." Garry rolled his eyes. "If he didn't write it, he wouldn't have met the little rugrat and we would have been saved all this drama." he shook his head.

"rugrat? Seriously?" Lindsey scoffed.

"you haven't met her yet sweetheart. She'll eat you up alive."

"oh shut up you are such an ass and I'm meeting her today. In fact they should be here soon."

"oh then you'll see for yourself. I wonder why people plan to have kids? I'm never having kids" he huffed.

"Yes, good decision. Spreading your defaulted genes to the next generation isn't a very good idea."

"You say that because you just want to keep me all for yourself, love" he smirked his overconfident smirk.

"dream on Garrison. But then again an ass like you wouldn't even get me in his dreams" retaliated Lindsey with a harsh smile.

"chill girl, you know you just love me." Garry said with a laugh before getting up and Lindsey scoffed at him.

"Tell Lucas I said hi and don't worry I'll talk to him about the writing.I'll see you later. Don't miss me much." he winked and left Lindsey growling at him.

-x-

Abby and Lucas entered the building and took the elevator to the floor of Warren and Co. Publication.

"I've been here often" Said Abby

"Yeah? When and why?" Lucas asked knitting his eyebrows.

"mhmm… I come here with Neal sometimes. There is this office where everyone plays video games. Neal and I come here and play video games. It's so much fun. Are we going to play video games?" Abby asked excitedly.

"No sweetheart, we are here to meet a friend. She is my editor too."

"Oh" Abby's excitement faltered a little

"But where do you play games. I don't think there is a gaming parlour here."

"no its an office where they make games. You know daddy, Neal owns this building so he can come anytime and play as much games as he likes. I miss Neal." she giggled and Lucas felt a pang of jealousy. He didn't like the idea of his daughter bonding with Neal more than she bonded with him.

"oh! that's cool" Lucas said nonchalantly as they stepped of of the elevator and walked towards Lindsey's office. He spoke to the receptionist and then entered Lindsey's office.

"Hey Lindz!"

"Hey, Luke! I was just about to call you to ask where you were"

"oh yeah sorry we just got a little late at the zoo. We got busy watching the monkey in a funky mood" he chuckled and Abby giggled.

"You must be Abby! Hi sweetie, I'm Lindsey, your dad's friend and editor."

"hello" Abby bit her lips and smiled shyly.

"Oh she looks just like Brooke Davis"

"yeah I know" Lucas frowned a little which quickly turned into a smiled when Lindsey eyed him.

"Hey Abby, I heard you love books" Lindsey said with a chuckle when she found Abby looking around her office with wide eyes. Lindsey's office was filled with books, old and new and that fascinated Abby beyond words.

"mhmm" Abby nodded multiple times still looking around her office in a trance.

"you can borrow any book you like darling" Lindsey laughed softly and Abby smiled brightly, instant liking her daddy's friend.

"you have read all these books?" Abby asked her in awe.

"I have read some, some I'm reading and some I'll read later."

"so your job is to read books?" Abby asked as she sat on the chair next to Lucas.

"Yes. I reads lots and lots of manuscripts before they turn into a novel." Lindsey chuckled.

"Wow! I love it. I want to be an editor too." Abby squealed happily making Lucas and Lindsey laugh.

"cool, then I can fire Lindsey and you can be my editor" Lucas joked and Lindsey threw a pencil at him.

"No, I like Lindsey don't fire her" Abby frowned.

"thank you Abby! I like you too, a lot more than you dad" she said making Abby giggle.

"Okay so one of my writers gave me these tickets for wicked at Broadway. Do you guys wanna come? It'll be fun."

"wow wicked? I love it!" Abby squeaked.

"daddy can we go? Please.. Please?" she said giving Lucas her puppy dog eyes.

"Okay.. Okay.. But let me talk to Brooke." he said taking out his phone from his pocket and calling her. It rang and rang until it went to voicemail. He called a few more times but there was no answer.

"well, she isn't picking up. Let's have dinner and the I'll call her again." he said and the trio left for dinner.

-x-

Brooke came out of the conference room with a big grin plastered on her face. The meeting was a success and now in fall this year she would be launching her male clothing line in all her outlets all over the globe on a single day. This was going to be huge.

She plopped down in her chair and ordered a coffee. She wanted to give the good news to Neal, but there was no way to get in contact with him and she missed him. Anyways, she was just happy she'd be seeing Abby today, so she could share the news with Abby first. She picked up her phone and saw six missed calls from Lucas and panicked. She quickly called him back and waited for him to answer.

"Hello"

"Lucas, I'm so sorry! I was in a meeting….I just got free. Am I late? Are you guys home? Just wait I'll leave quickly and be there in 20 mins" she said in a single breath picking up her things.

"umm Brooke, actually I called because… Umm.. Lindsey has tickets for wicked… Evening show… And Abby really wants to go… So I was thinking… Ummm.. Abby could stay with me tonight.. I'll drop her tomorrow morning."

"oh!" her smile vanished from her face.

"Is there a problem?" Lucas asked.

"huh? Oh.. No… Abby likes wicked. It's okay. Don't forget her jacket, she gets cold really fast." Brooke said dropping her bag on the table and slumping down on her chair.

"Okay, thanks"

"yeah, bye" Brooke disconnected the call and sighed.

-x-

Brooke sat in her empty home once again, wondering what to do with all this free time in her hands. She had kept the whole evening free and planned to spend it with Abby and now she was alone in her big ass house with nothing to keep her occupied. She decided to call Rachel. She hadn't talked to Rachel since she last saw her in her store when Rachel and Owen got back from their honeymoon. She decided to call her up and see if she was up for a few drinks and they could talk all about her honeymoon and all the drama going on in Brooke's life.

"Hey bitch!" Rachel greeted in the true Rachel Gatina style.

"Hey whore! Whatchya doing?" Brooke asked.

"having sex!"

"ewwh Rachel! Why would you pick up your phone while having sex" Brooke crinkled her nose.

"oh relax, I meant I just had sex and it was awesome. Owen is really gifted, he really knows how to do his job" she smirked.

"TMI slut, TMI" Brooke growled and heard Rachel and Owen laughing on the other side.

"huh! What? I'm newly married and I have lots of sex. As if you didn't know and just because you have chosen celibacy doesn't mean I can't flaunt my sex life." Rachel chuckled.

"I am going to ignore that and divert the conversation. It's been too long I haven't seen you. I'm so sorry I got all tied up in the Lucas drama."

"It's okay sweetie, I understand. How are you holding up?"

"I've been better, but anyways, Lucas has Abby tonight, do you wanna meet up for drinks? We could hangout and you could tell me all about your honeymoon?"

"uh… Brooke, I have three papers to submit tomorrow and honestly I'm only writing them because Owen has promised me sex after I complete each one. I am so sorry I really miss you and want to meet to so bad… But these stupid papers…. Arghhh!"

"it's okay Rach, we can meet some other time. It's no big deal."

"are you sure? You can come over if you like….. We can chat while I write the paper" Rachel suggested sensing some tension in Brooke.

"no I'm perfectly fine Rach. And I don't wanna witness you and Owen going at it after you finish each paper." Brooke chuckled.

"I really miss you. We have got to meet soon" Rachel pouted

"I miss you too bitch. We'll plan something soon. And anyways you'll be coming for Nathan's game, won't you?"

"of course I will!"

"so well meet there and then there is Easter at Naley's. But we'll plan something after that. A girl's night or something"

"sounds like a plan bitch. Love you!"

"love you too, bye" Brooke disconnected the call and sighed.

She had been feeling anxious and restless and thought maybe going out with Rachel would just keep her brain occupied. Now she just stuck in this stupid house with her stupid thoughts. She sighed and surfed the channels in hope of finding something good enough to keep her mind from wandering.

-x-

Lucas picked Abby up in his arms and took her up to his room. Abby had had so much fun watching the musical, but as soon as they got into the car Abby fell asleep. It had been a busy day and with all the excitement she was bound to fall asleep quickly.

Lucas tucked her in, kissed her head and headed out to his room. He had had an idea for his next book and decided to start writing, but before that he decided to order a coffee and take a quick shower.

He came out of the shower and a few minutes later the coffee was here. He sipped on to his coffee and turn on his laptop. It had been months since he had written anything. Lindsey had hounded him to write but he just didn't know what to write and today all of a sudden something clicked.

He typed in a few lines and deleted them as quickly as he wrote them. He did this quite a few times and then pressed the bridge of his nose feeling irritated. It was frustrating. He had an idea about what he wanted to write but somehow his wasn't able to put it into words.

He checked the time and it was 1 a.m. He had been at it for the past two hours and hadn't even written two words yet. Well, at least nothing that he was happy with. He was about to type again when he thought he heard a sob and another and then another. He quickly kept his laptop aside and rushed to Abby's room. The turned on the lights to find Abby curled into a ball with tear stained face and sobbing.

"hey hey princess, what's wrong?" he asked hovering over her. Abby didn't answer, but just cried louder.

"baby girl, tell me what's wrong? Did you have a bad dream? Don't be scared daddy is here" he said running his fingers through her hair.

"Mom.. my…. Mommy…" Abby said between her sobs and Lucas frowned.

"honey, mommy is at home, but I'm here, tell me what can I do? You want water? You wanna eat something? Are you hungry?" Lucas asked geeting nervous by her crying.

"I want mommy…. I .. I want mommy…" Abby hiccuped while crying. She kept crying and asking for mommy. Lucas tried to pacify her in vain. Finally not being able to take her crying anymore he dailed for Brooke. Brooke pick up the call just after a single ring.

"Hello!" she answered in an anxious tone.

"umm… Brooke… Abby woke up.. I think she had a nightmare. She has been crying constantly and asking for you. I've tried to pacify her but she just keeps crying… I… I Don't know what to do." said a worrisome Lucas.

"what's your room number?" Brooke said anxiously.

"309"

"I'll be there!"

-xx-