A/N-I really love how this chapter played out. Love the reviews. Keep them coming.
Julian watched as detective Stewart walked down the long corridors of the hospital. Haley walked up to Julian and put her hand on his shoulder.
"I'm lost Haley. I thought I had my whole figured out and then an instant everything changes."
"How do you think Brooke feels?"
Julian turns around to face Haley.
"Enough with the guilt trip Haley, you've been doing it for 3 months…I don't need it anymore," Julian says as his phone starts ringing. He looks at the ID and sighs. "Excuse me?"
Julian answers his phone.
"Hello?"
"Julian, when are you coming home?"
Julian rolls his eyes. Haley smirks at him.
"Sam needs me right now."
"Well we need you right now."
"Is something wrong?" Julian asks with concern in his voice.
"Please come home."
"I'll see what I can do," Julian says before hanging up the phone.
"How's Alex," Haley asks sarcastically.
"She needs me," Julian says while looking at Sam through the window. Brooke had calmed her down.
Haley looked at him sadly.
"Go, I'll tell her you'll be back later."
Julian nods and walks down the hallway.
"God help him," Haley says before stepping into Sam's room for the first time.
Sam smiles instantly when she sees Haley enter the room.
"Hey," Sam says.
Haley sits down on a chair next to Sam's bed.
"How's my favorite girl?"
"I'm fine for now. Where's Julian?" Sam asks while looking out the door.
"He'll be back. He needed to make an errand."
Brooke shakes her head, but Sam doesn't notice.
"That's cool…so, where's my best bud?"
"At home, he misses you Sam," Haley says with a smile.
"I miss him too."
"So, Sam have you been writing anything?"
Sam shakes her head.
"Well what have you been up to?"
"Getting cut up," Sam says.
"Samantha!" Brooke scolds.
"Sorry," Sam mumbles.
"This is depressing," Haley says with a sigh.
A figure stepped into the room and when Sam turned to face him she smiled bright.
"Jack," Sam whispers.
"How are you?" Jack asks as he enters the room fully.
"That's a dumb question," Sam states.
"I always ask dumb questions. You're the smart one in this group."
Brooke and Haley smile at the conversation between the two friends. Brooke kisses Sam on the forehead.
"We'll leave you two alone for a few minutes."
"You're not leaving right?"
"No, I'll just be outside. I promise."
Sam nods her head and Brooke and Haley step into the hall. Jack sits down on the bed next to his best friend.
"I can't believe this happened."
"I don't want to talk about it Jack, please let's just not talk about it."
Jack smiles at his friend and takes out a deck of cards from his pocket.
"You always carry a deck of cards with you?" Sam asks amused.
"Yeah, you never know when an opportunity presents itself for you to gain a little cash."
"That's not one of these times."
"I know that. How about a game of gold fish for old time sake?" Jack propositions.
Sam smiles and nods her head.
Julian enters the house to see Alex sitting on the sofa looking at a magazine.
"Is everything okay?" Julian asks as he sits down next to his fiancé.
Alex smiles.
"I'm glad you're home."
Julian stands up and sighs.
"So, nothing was wrong?" Julian asks with anger.
Alex stands up and walks in front of Julian.
"You've been gone for hours. I was worried."
Julian shakes his head.
"Sam needed me."
"What is the deal with you and that girl?"
"That girl means everything to me Alex."
"What should matter is your baby…you know the one I'm carrying. Sam's not even your daughter."
Julian sighs and looks away.
"She would've been," Julian whispers.
"What?"
Julian faces Alex.
"She would've been."
Brooke and Julian were lying in bed together enjoying the silence. Sam was sleeping in her room across the hall.
"We should adopt Sam," Brooke says out of the blue.
Julian sits up and looks at Brooke.
"What do you mean 'we'?"
Brooke sits up and smiles.
"I mean we should both adopt her. Julian, she loves you, I love you and I want us be a family. You're her father and I'm her mother and I think it's about time that we made it official," Brooke says with a bright smile.
Julian kisses Brooke on the lips and they both lie back down.
"That's a great idea. A family."
Alex looks at Julian and sighs.
"They're not your family anymore Julian," Alex says calmly.
"No, but Sam is and if you can't accept that then that's just too damn bad. Now I am going back to the hospital to be with my daughter," Julian says before storming out of the house.
Alex stares at the closed door.
"I need a drink," Alex states before walking over to the liquor cabinet and taking out a bottle of tequila.
Brooke and Haley are sitting in two chairs outside of Sam's room. Haley looked at Brooke when she heard sniffling.
"It's good that Jack's here."
Brooke nods her head.
After a moment of silence Brooke spoke up.
"He went to see her didn't he?" Brooke asks as she looks at her friend.
Haley nods her head.
"He wanted to make sure nothing was wrong."
"Of course he did."
"Brooke, I know what you are trying to do and it isn't going to help."
"I'm not doing anything Haley."
Haley shakes her head.
"You're avoiding the issue at hand. Brooke, it's okay to break down."
Brooke shakes her hand.
"No, I have to stay strong for Sam. She needs me and I can't be falling apart."
"No Brooke. Let it out and it will be better."
Brooke looks at Haley and starts to cry. She leans her head on Haley's shoulder and sobs.
Julian walks up to Haley and Brooke after watching Brooke break down and it broke his heart that he wasn't the one comforting her.
"Brooke, can we talk?"
Brooke lifts her head off of Haley's shoulder and stands up.
"The only thing that we can talk about is Sam. If you want to talk to me about anything else, make an appointment with my assistant."
Julian raises his eyebrow and looks at Haley who shrugs her shoulders.
"But you don't have an assistant."
Brooke turns to Julian.
"Exactly," Brooke says before walking into Sam's room.
Julian sits down next to Haley and sighs.
"She's never going to talk to me again."
Haley puts her hand on Julian's shoulder.
"She will. Give her some time."
Julian looks at Haley.
"I've given her 3 months."
"True, but in those three months Brooke's been hurt the most and when Brooke gets hurt it takes her a long time to get through it especially alone."
A/N-So, Sam gets a visit from Jack. Alex is pregnant, but drinking. Brooke won't talk to Julian and she thinks she needs to be strong for Sam which Haley says she doesn't have to be. Haley is stuck in the middle of all the drama and she doesn't know what to do.
*I will have another chapter up later tonight. So you will have two updates in a day. How lucky are you all?*
PREVIEWS FOR UPCOMING CHAPTERS:
Brooke and Julian talk
Sam goes home
Sam and Jamie bond
Sam meets Alex