A/N-All the reviews convinced me to write another chapter…hopefully this turns out as good as the first chapter. Enjoy please.

"Does anybody want to tell me what the hell happened to her?" Brooke asks as she looks at Sam through the window.

"She called Julian," Haley states.

Brooke hesitantly stands next to Julian and makes him face her. Her anger softens when she sees him with tears in his eyes.

"What happened?"

Julian shakes her head.

"I don't know. All I know is that she called me and told me that she needed me so I went and I found her in the kitchen with blood around her and her eyes were closed. That's all I know," Julian says before the doctor steps in front of them.

"How is she?" Julian asks the doctor.

Doctor clears his throat.

"There appears to be no internal damage. However it appears that this hasn't been the first time since this has happened. She has some old scars along her stomach. We stitched up the cut that she came here with and a few of her ribs are bruised, but they appear to not be broken. The authorities have been notified."

"Can we see her?" Brooke asks through her tears.

"Yes, but only for a few minutes."

Both Brooke and Julian took a few minutes to get a hold of themselves and walked into to see Sam's eyes closed.

Brooke looked at her and she shivered. This was not a picture that she wanted to see. Sam hurt and confused as to what is going on, but Brooke knew that Sam knew something just not a whole lot. The girl she thought of as a daughter was now lying on a hospital bed with bruises on her face and stitches in her stomach. This was a picture that Brooke never wanted to see again, ever.

As she approached Sam's bedside she remembered the first time she had to console the girl when she first started living with her. At the time Sam had made a mistake and Brooke had gotten angry and sent her to her room. That was when Brooke had found out that Sam's previous foster homes weren't all that nice.

Brooke walked into her foster daughter's bedroom and saw the young girl sobbing quietly into her pillow. Brooke approached the bed and sat down and rubbed Sam's back.

"Samantha, look at me please," Brooke asks softly.

Sam lifted her head and began apologizing profusely.

"I'm so sorry Brooke. I know I screwed up, but I am sorry, please forgive me," Sam cries into her shoulder.

"Samantha, I'm not angry at you, I'm just disappointed is all. I mean what were you thinking?"

Sam sniffs and looks at Brooke.

"I was stupid, I know, but it was like a rush."

"How about you find a rush in something else other than shoplifting okay?"

Sam nods her head in agreement.

"I love you, Sammy."

"I love you, too."

Brooke gingerly ran her fingers over Sam's bruised eye. Sam's eyes fluttered open and she quickly turned her head away.

"Don't look at me," Sam whispers.

"Sammy, I'm so sorry that I wasn't there for you," Brooke says honestly as she grabs Sam's hand.

"It wasn't your fault. It was mine. I didn't do the dishes and I was supposed to and he didn't like that," Sam began to cry and it broke Brooke's heart.

"Samantha, look at me, right now."

Sam turned her head and faced Brooke.

"It was not your fault. Don't ever forget that baby, I promise you that he is going to pay for this."

Julian took this time to step forward and went to the other side of Sam's bed.

"Hey Sampson, how are you feeling?"

Brooke looked at Julian momentarily remembering how caring Julian was and how much he loved Sam and that made her smile a little.

"It hurts, but I'll be okay. You saved me," Sam says with a small smile.

"You called me. I wasn't going to let my girl down," Julian says honestly.

Brooke sighs quietly and turns her gaze to Sam.

"How long has he been doing this Sammy?"

Sam closes her eyes and opens them again.

"6 months, but it hasn't really been that bad. It just hurts like hell."

"Hey," Julian and Brooke say at the same time scolding Sam from her swearing.

Sam smiles at them and turns her gaze to Julian.

"Can I talk to Brooke alone J.B?"

Julian smiles at the nickname he hasn't heard in a long time.

"I'll be right outside," Julian states before kissing Sam on the forehead and leaving the room.

Sam sighs and looks at Brooke.

"I should have called you first."

Brooke shook her head.

"It's okay I know how close you two are."

"I'm not just close to him, too Brooke."

Brooke smiles and looks out the window.

"It's hard for you isn't it?" Sam asks in a whisper.

Brooke looks at Sam and raises an eyebrow.

"What's hard?"

"Seeing Julian, talking to him, after what happened."

Brooke sighs.

"He still loves you. He never stopped."

"Sam, don't okay? I don't want to talk about it right now and you are injured so let's just focus on getting you better."

"You can't avoid it forever. That's all I am saying."

"Always the ever so wise one," Brooke says with a smile.

Sam nods her head and closes her eyes. She opens them again when she hears Brooke start talking.

"You need to sleep. I'll be right outside if you need me," Brooke says while getting up.

"No, please, don't leave me," Sam pleads as she grabs Brooke's hand. "I'm scared and you always chase the monsters away."

Brooke started tearing up when she heard Sam say that. Sam maybe only 15, but she is a child at heart. Sam scooted over on the bed and Brooke carefully climbed in. Sam rested her head on Brooke's shoulder and Brooke wrapped an arm around her.

"Go to sleep. I'll be here to chase those monsters away."

A/N-Keep the reviews coming and give me your praises or not so praises, whatever you want. If anyone has ideas for the story send them and I will take them into consideration. Also, the whole Julian and Alex thing will be explained later.