A/N: I think I have got it narrowed down to when I want to end this story. I know it will be Brooke and Julian's wedding. That's the ending for sure or at least until I have more interest in the story to continue (It might NOT happen, but it COULD). I don't want this story to feel rushed so it will be between 25-30 chapters all together. We are already at 19.

Also, planning on making a video for this story, I haven't done those in a long time and I figured maybe someone would want to see that. More information at the end of the chapter.

Chapter Nineteen: Julian's Home

"This grounding thing kind of sucks," Sam mentions as she plops down on the coach. Brooke, who was busy drawing designs for her clothing line, stopped and smiled at Sam. She loved this whole grounding thing.

"Well if you would have just told me where you were then maybe you wouldn't be in this position."

Sam turns to Brooke with a frown.

"Have you ever been grounded before?"

Brooke closes her notebook and leans back against the arm rest of her couch.

"My parents were never really around. During my junior year of high school, my dad had gotten a job offer in Los Angeles. We had to move. At the time I wasn't dating Lucas, but I still loved him. Anyway, he managed to talk his mom into letting me stay with her until the summer. With a lot of pulling Karen managed to get my parents to say yes. Anyway, I didn't listen to what I was supposed to do and I was grounded. That's the only time I was ever grounded."

"So you were grounded by someone other than your parents, kind of like me right?"

"In a way," Brooke agrees. "You do still have the option to tell me where you were or who you were with."

Sam shakes her head.

"Not a chance."

"That's fine. We can wait until your dad comes home."

Sam's eyes widen. There were only two people in her entire life that could tell is Sam could lie, one is dead and the other one is on a plane about to come home.

-WLOM-

Julian Baker was beyond exhausted. He hated having to leave his family for awhile. He was worried at first that Sam and Brooke wouldn't get along, but from the conversations that he had with Brooke, it had eased his mind a little bit. His last conversation with her was a little interesting and he couldn't wait to get the full information.

When the cab pulled up to his house, he paid the driver, grabbed his bags and headed inside.

-WLOM-

When Julian walked inside he didn't think he would be seeing. His daughter was actually cleaning. Something he has never seen her do. Brooke was sitting on her stool watching with a smile.

Julian glances at Brooke.

"She was bored. She hates being grounded."

"Don't we all," Julian says as he places his bags on the ground. Brooke walks over to him and they fall into an embrace. "I missed you."

"I missed you, too," Brooke whispers in her fiancé's ear.

"Yeah, yeah, enough with the love fest I have to clean the house. Now move," Sam orders.

Julian contained his chuckle and took Brooke's hand and moved out of the way so his daughter could continue to clean. Julian had dragged Brooke to the kitchen table.

"So explain to me why Sam is cleaning. What got her into trouble?"

"She just lied to me about who she was with. I also know that there is something that she's not telling me. Maybe you can try and talk to her."

Julian gives his daughter a worried look. Sam who had her earphones in couldn't hear them. Brooke had let her listen to music if she would clean.

"What's with the look?"

Julian turns back to Brooke and sighs.

"She's been like this before. Sara and I were really worried. She wouldn't talk to anybody. And I mean nobody, not her sister or her cousin. Next thing we know we get a call from the hospital. Sam was brought in for an apparent drug overdose. She was thirteen."

"Julian, that's awful."

Julian nods his head in agreement.

"I know. Sam hasn't touched drugs since, but maybe she is now."

"Then you should talk to her."

Julian nods his head in agreement.

-WLOM-

"Samantha, I need to talk to you, NOW!"

Sam quickly sat up in bed at her father's tone.

"What?"

"I know you are hurting. Your mom died and I get that. It's still no excuse for what you are doing. Lying is bad. Hurting people you are supposed to love is bad. Drugs are the worst Samantha. There is no excuse for that. Don't you remember how it hurt I was to see you like that?"

Sam raises her eyebrow.

"What are you talking about?"

"You're doing drugs. That's why you are being so secretive."

"No, I'm not."

Julian looked at his daughter and all he could see was honesty written on her face. Julian took a seat on Sam's bed and let out a breath.

"Okay, so I might've jumped to conclusions. Sam, you need to tell me why you're being so secretive."

Sam shakes her head adamantly.

"I can't tell you."

"Sam, there was a time when you could tell me almost anything."

"Dad, the key word in that sentence is almost."

"Try and help me understand this. Why can't you tell us anything?"

"You probably wouldn't approve."

"Why wouldn't I approve?"

"Because I've been lying to everybody about a lot of stuff."

"I think it's time you make it right," Julian got up from the bed and walked towards the door. "And the boy you have been hiding, I want to meet him."

"How'd you know?"

"Sam, I'm not an idiot."

"Dad, I don't think he can come."

Julian leaned against the closed door.

"And why is that?"

"Because he thinks I'm older than what I am."

Julian quirked in eyebrow.

"How old is this boy?"

Sam looked away with a frown.

"Old enough not to be in high school."

"End it, NOW! He's too old for you. And you better not have done anything with him," Julian says before leaving the room and slamming the door shut.

Sam sighed and looked out her window. Her life sucked at the moment and telling Logan her real age was going to hurt like hell because she really liked him.

Sam knew one thing for sure. If she didn't tell Logan the truth then everything would just get worse.

A/N: The music for the video will be Nick Lachey's What's Left of Me. I'm still trying to decide what I want to do for the video. I want to try to stick to the story as close as possible.

Here's what I need:

Younger actor and actress to play Julian and Sara (Sam's mom) from their teenage years.

I also need an adult version of Sara.

An Actress to play Sara's sister Kadyn and her daughter Katherine.

And I need a Logan.

If you have any thoughts on the video or have a better suggestion on how to make it let me know.