A/N: So I said I would try to make this chapter 3,000 words, but unfortunately nothing else is coming to me, but this is the longest chapter written so far so that's a plus. Enjoy!

Chapter Twenty-Six: Spring Break Part Two

Lindsey sat down next to Trevor in the booth while she got a good look at her daughter.

"You've grown."

Kelsey nods her head sadly.

"Yeah, that happens when you leave."

Trevor doesn't interfere because he knows it's the truth. Each year Trevor would send out an e-mail to Lindsey about what happened during the year along with pictures. Nothing ever extended farther than that, but he still loved her. That was for sure.

"I'm sorry. I know I can't apologize for that. There is nothing I can do to change that Kelsey. If I could I would turn back time and change things, but I can't. We can only move forward and I hope that you will give me another chance."

"Even though I didn't respond, I read your e-mails, and your letters. I've gotten the birthday and holiday gifts, but what you don't understand is that that's not what I wanted. Since the time you up and left the only thing I ever wanted was you. Now I'm eighteen and my life is different. I just want to know that you can accept that. I want you to tell me that you can accept the fact that I'm gay."

Trevor politely interrupts.

"I think I'll just leave you two to talk and I'll be back in a few hours. I'll be at the hotel if you need me."

Lindsey waits for Trevor to leave to address her daughter.

"I've been working on that. But I want you to understand that I leaving wasn't entirely based on you coming out Kelsey. That wasn't the only reason. To be honest it shouldn't have even been one."

Kelsey plays with the small box that she had set on the table earlier when she was talking with her dad.

"I've been dating someone, a girl."

Lindsey smiles, glad that her daughter is happy.

"That's great. I hope you're happy."

Kelsey looks at her mom with a teary eyed smile. Thinking about Sam always made her teary eyed. God she loved that girl.

"I am. Sam is everything to me. I don't even want to remember my life before her. I wasn't really into that relationship stuff until Sam. She changed me and I love her for that. God I love her."

Lindsey places a comforting hand on Kelsey's shaking ones.

"After we work on us, I would really like to meet the girl who has stolen your heart and judging by what I think that box is then apparently she's stolen other things too, like your future."

Kelsey smirks.

"That's only if she answers the way I want her too."

"How long have you known her?"

"Um, I've known of her since we were little and in elementary school. I didn't really start being her friend until high school, but we've been on the same basketball team since middle school."

"Sam, do you mean Samantha Baker?"

Kelsey blushes and nods her head.

"Oh my god!" Lindsey exclaims with a bright smile. "I think you were maybe five and you came home from the first day of school and said you met a pretty girl and that you two were going to be best friends and that you were going to spend the rest of your life together."

Kelsey closes her eyes when she realizes what her mother is telling her.

"Wow, I didn't even remember that. It was Sam. She was the girl I was talking about. She stuck up for me on the playground. I called her my hero."

"You were cute when you were talking about her. You'd get this blush which you're sporting right now and the way you talked about your best friend was something I haven't heard before from anyone."

"She's not like anyone I've ever known."

"It sounds like it. It really is good to see you Kelsey and I will spend the rest of my life apologizing for abandoning you."

"It will be okay mom. Things happen for a reason and I believe that this was supposed to happen."

-DG-

"I feel like the third wheel," Sam complains as she sits next to Casey and Spencer who were currently cuddling on the McFadden couch.

Casey glances at her best friend and throws her a soft smile.

"I'm sorry you feel that way. It's your girlfriend's fault for leaving you during spring break."

"I told her to go anyway. Did she tell you she's seeing her mom?"

Spencer and Casey freeze at the news. Sam winces. I guess she didn't.

"Wait, she went to New York to see her mom?" Spencer questions.

Sam nods her head.

"Her mom has been emailing her for years apparently, but Kelsey has never gotten the courage to respond to them. She talked to me about it and I gave her a small amount of it and she finally replied." Sam shakes her head with a smile. "A few minutes later Kelsey gets an IM, from her mom. I told her I'd see her the next day. She told me they talked for hours."

"I hope everything goes well for her. I knew she missed her mom. I didn't think she would actually ever do anything about it."

"That's the thing about Kelsey, Spence. Sometimes she does the unthinkable and it makes me love her even more."

"You are so sweet with words," Casey says with a smile. She glances at her boyfriend and smacks him on the shoulder. "How come you don't say stuff like that?"

Spencer turns to Sam and glares at her.

-DG-

Julian walks into his house with a small smile on his face. It was wonderful to talk to Alex about what was going on or what he wanted to happen with the possible adoption. He spots Brooke on the phone and her face turned from a pink shade to pure white. Julian sets his bag on the couch.

"Yes...we'll be there as soon as we can…no thank you."

Brooke hangs up the phone and looks at her husband with wide eyes.

"Brooke, is everything okay? Is it Sam? What's going on?"

"Um, that was the adoption agency. We're first on their list to place a young boy that they have. She didn't go into great detail, but they say if all goes well then it could be a quick adoption. Julian we're getting a son."

Julian grins and swings his wife around.

"Then I think it's time to go meet this boy."

-DG-

"I'd like to thank you both for coming down on such short notice. This is an extreme case."

"What's so extreme about it?"

Brooke grabbed Julian's hand as she asked the question. The lady sitting in front of them was Angela Sims. They had met her a few years back when they first looked into adoption.

"This particular boy was born with a heart murmur and it was serious. It turned out that it was more serious then the Doctor's had thought so he just finished his last bout of surgeries. Unfortunately the family that we lined up for him decided not to go through with it."

"They had a chance to become parents and they turned it down because he has a heart problem. Who does that?" Julian complains openly.

"It happens more times than one would think."

"It doesn't make sense. These people want to become parents, why would you turn a child away?"

"The pain of losing them is a reason."

"Julian and I don't want to turn this boy away so what more can you tell us about him."

Angela smiles and brings out her folder.

"His name is Aidan Gabriel Smith. He's half Italian and half Irish. He's five years old and tanner than most kids because of his Italian background. He has light green eyes and light brown hair. He can be very shy considering he has spent most of his life in a hospital, anything other than that you will have to ask him."

"When can we take him home?"

"Tomorrow. I need time to send the paperwork through," Angela stands up and heads to her office door. "If you two would follow me I will send you to see Aidan."

-DG-

"Tell me more about your girlfriend," Lindsey orders wanting to get to know the girl that has captured her daughter's heart.

"She's been through a lot. She was attacked twice. The first time was horrible for her. Her boyfriend wasn't very nice. As it turns out, her boyfriend was actually an adult and a murderer. Sam got help though and I told her I was always going to be there for her and nothing was going to change that. And it hasn't. I love her, mom. She's my world."

"So, how did this relationship start anyway?"

"We started off as friends and she leaned on me more and more for support and I was there to give it to her. Then one day we were on her couch and we were flirting and we were so close, our lips were so close and the damn front door opens and bam her dad walks in."

Lindsey couldn't help but chuckle and her daughter's face. Even though the incident happened sometime ago it still annoyed her by the looks of it.

"Then what happened?"

Kelsey shakes her head and sighs.

"Nothing and then for a few weeks we kind of drifted apart. Out of the blue one day I open my door and Sam is right there. I go to apologize, but I get cut off. Sam leaned in and kissed me. And from that day on things changed, but for the better."

"You remind me so much of myself and how I was with your father. You remind me of a girl in love."

"I am in love and it's the best feeling in the world. I never want it to end."

-DG-

Brooke and Julian watch as Angela walks into a room with a few small children. Brooke sees Angela approach a small boy in the corner looking at a book. She knells down to his eye level and a few seconds later they both are walking towards the door.

"This is it," Julian says with a smile.

"I know."

"Aidan, these nice people are Brooke and Julian and they were wondering if they could talk to you for a little bit."

Aidan looks up at the strangers with his big green eyes and then he quickly looks away.

"I guess," Aidan says shyly.

Brooke kneels down to the boy slowly as not to scare him.

"It's okay buddy. You don't have to be so shy. My husband and I would really like to get to know you though, is that okay?"

Aidan nods his head slowly. Brooke smiles at him.

"Well where would you like to talk?" Julian adds in softly.

"Outside," Aidan offers as he looks up at Angela who nods her head.

"Okay buddy, let's go."

Brooke offers her hand and was pleased when Aidan grabs a hold of it.

Brooke, Julian and Aidan made it to a big tree in the backyard of the group home. Aidan quickly sat down and brought his knees to his chest as he looked at the ground beneath him.

Brooke and Julian sat on the grass in front of them. They all sat quietly not knowing what to say. Luckily they didn't have to because Aidan spoke first.

"Why'd you want to meet with me?"

"We were hoping if everything went well then you would be able to come home with us."

"Aidan, what do you like to do?"

Aidan looks at Julian not knowing what to say; eventually he does answer the question.

"I like baseball. Do you like baseball?"

Julian chuckles.

"I watch baseball, but our daughter plays basketball."

Aidan looks at Brooke and Julian with interest.

"You have a daughter."

Brooke smiles kindly.

"Yes, we do. She was busy with her friends so unfortunately she couldn't come with us today."

"How old is she?"

"Eighteen."

Aidan's eyes widen.

"That's really old."

Brooke and Julian chuckle and continue talking to the boy who they hope could someday call son.

-DG-

"Have your parents been on your ass about college yet?" Sam asks before digging into the pizza box.

Casey finishes a sip of her soda.

"Oh yeah, Mom and dad are so on me about it. Mom wants me to go to NYU and dad wants me to stay closer to home."

"NYU isn't really that far away," Sam comments after she swallows a pepperoni.

"I think its empty nest syndrome for her dad," Spencer says with a smile.

Casey nods her head in agreement.

"Kelsey isn't the only one keeping things from you," Sam starts as she places her plate on the coffee table. "I may have been also."

"Sam, what's going on?" Casey looked concerned now. She really did hope that everything was alright.

"My mom and dad went to Tree Hill's group home today. They're meeting with somebody and hopefully they will be bringing someone home."

"Does that mean you're going to be a big sister?" Casey asks with excitement.

Sam blushes but nods her head in the same.

"Yeah, and I'm excited about it. The only thing that sucks is the fact that I'm eighteen years old and about to go off to school."

"It will all be okay Sam. I'm sure during the summers you'll be at home, right?"

Sam nods her head with a smile.

"Of course I will be."

"Then that's all that matters."

Sam went back to eating her pizza until her phone buzzed.

Ur getting a brother

Casey and Spencer looked at Sam's bright smile.

"What's with that look?" Spencer asks with curiosity.

"I'm getting a brother," Sam says before shooting off a text.