A/N: New chapter for my readers. I loved this chapter, but next chapter is going to have a whole lot of drama…family members will make a visit. Brooke meets Julian's mom and dad. Kadyn's parent's make an appearance and cause problems with Julian and Sam.

Chapter Eleven: Talking with Kadyn

Julian, Brooke, Sam and Peyton got off of the plane and stepped foot into the airport. It didn't take long for Sam to spot her aunt or her cousin. She dropped her carryon bag by her feet and ran towards her aunt.

Kadyn's arms wrapped around Sam tightly.

"I am so sorry."

"It's not your fault," Sam whispers.

Sam pulls away and looks at her cousin. Katherine opens her arms and Sam walks into them. They stay hugging each other as Brooke, Peyton and Julian come forward.

"Hi Uncle Julian," Katie says with a sad smile.

"Hey Katie," Julian turns to Kadyn and frowns, "It's good to see you, but I wish it was under different circumstances."

"Same here. Hey Peyton."

Peyton waves her hand awkwardly.

"Come on, I'll drive you guys to Sara's. Then I can get to know Brooke a little bit."

-WLOM-

Sam and Katherine run upstairs to Sam's room when they enter Sara's house. Brooke, Julian, Kadyn and Peyton make their way into the kitchen. Kadyn starts the coffee.

"So, what happened?" Julian asks.

"They say that it was a hit and run. It was powerful enough to have Sara's car slam into the wall. She died on impact. How is Sam dealing with everything?"

"She called me drunk," Peyton says. "She looked so defeated, Kadyn it was bad."

Kadyn nods her head in understanding.

"Katie hasn't done anything that extreme, but she was asking about Sam for awhile after she found out. She had tried calling Sam, but Sam never answered."

Brooke stays silent through everything. She had felt so out of place, and she was. Kadyn hands Brooke a cup of coffee.

"We will have enough time to talk about Sara, but I would really like to know my niece's soon to be step mother."

Brooke bites the bottom of her lip nervously.

"What do you want to know?"

-WLOM-

"This sucks," Katie says as she walks around Sam's bedroom.

"Yeah, I just lost my mom and I can barely breathe," Sam looks up at Katie. "I think I'm staying in Tree Hill. My dad and Brooke are so in love. I don't know what to do Katie."

Katie walks over to her cousin and wraps her arms around her tightly.

"It will be okay. I believe that. You just have to take things a step at a time. And if you're relocating to Tree Hill you can guarantee that we're coming to visit."

Sam chuckles and pulls away from her cousin.

"I know, you're persistent, I'll give you that."

Katie takes a seat on Sam's bed.

"I really don't want to dwell on the fact that a family member is dead so let's talk about Brooke," Sam grins and shakes her head. "What's she like?"

"She's alright. She's good for my dad and I can talk to her. I was drunk a few days ago and I was in the bathroom for most of the night. I figured it would be my dad taking care of me, but it was Brooke. She just held me like mom did. She slept in that bathroom with me the whole night and when I woke up she didn't mention it and I was grateful for that. I like her."

Katie had just sat back and listened to Sam talk about Brooke in an honest to god way. For Brooke being a celebrity, Katie had figured Brooke was just a bitch, but from the way that Sam describes her it's the exact opposite.

"Damn, you're getting a great step-mom."

Sam nods her head with a little smile.

"She's the only mom I got left."

-WLOM-

"Can I be honest with everyone?" Brooke asks the group in the kitchen. At the nods of heads Brooke continued. "I don't know my place. Sara's gone when she was still here I'm just Julian's fiancé, Sam's soon to be step mom. But Sara is gone and I don't know what to do. I understand that Julian is her dad, I get that, I really do, but what am I supposed to do? I don't want to take Sara's place. I can't do that to her. I don't know what to do."

"Why didn't you say anything before?" Julian asks.

Brooke shrugs her shoulders in response. She really didn't know why she didn't say anything before.

"Brooke, you don't have to worry about taking Sara's place in Sam's life. Just be you and everything will eventually fall into place."

"How can you be consoling me when your sister just died?"

Kadyn smiled gently and asked Peyton and Julian to leave Brooke and her alone for a few minutes.

"Okay, now I'm scared."

Kadyn laughed and took a seat next to Brooke.

"You don't have to be afraid. My sister was a great mother. When she had found out that she was pregnant, she was so scared. But she had made up her mind and said that she was going to be a mother, that she was keeping her child and ever since then she proved everyone wrong when they said she wasn't going to be a good mother. My sister proved everyone wrong, she was a great mother. It's unfortunate that she can't be one anymore, but my sister liked you, Brooke. She knew you were going to be a great presence in her daughter's life. Never forget that."

A/N: I finished the banner for this story. I am so excited to see what you guys think. The link is here and will be posted on my profile so please check it out.

http:/i353(dot)photobucket(dot)com/albums/r381/othlvr16/stories/whats_left_of_mejpg(dot)png