"Am I in trouble?" LJ asked as he peeked around the corner.

Brooke folded her arms and said, "Take a wild guess."

LJ smiled charmingly, trying to get his way out of the situation. "I'm not in trouble?"

"Take another guess." LJ hung his head as he entered the room fully. Brooke watched him take a seat and shook her head with disappointment. "What were you thinking Lucas Eugene Scott Jr?"

LJ knew whenever his mom used his full name including the suffix that he was in for it. His heart began pounding as he said, "I don't know. I just did it. I'm sorry—"

"You're damn right you're sorry! But not as sorry as you're gonna be. You're going to learn a hard lesson mister. You do not put super glue in people's shoes!"

"I'm sorry! It was just a prank!"

"A prank? Mr. Bradshaw had to go to the emergency room to get them removed!"

"I didn't think—"

"That's right—you didn't think! What possessed you to do such a thing Lucas!"

LJ gulped and said, "Brooklyn dared me."

That sounded like something Davis would've pulled. Daughter like father…Brooke thought with a disapproving shake of her head, "Just because someone dares you doesn't mean you should do it."

"Really? Dad told me how you used to do dares all the time when you were—"

"Go to your room until I think of a fitting punishment!"

LJ stomped his way upstairs and Brooke called her granddaughter in. "LJ told me everything…"

"I knew he would snitch." Brooklyn grumbled as she sat down on the couch.

"Uh huh…now tell me why you would dare him to do something that awful?"

Brooklyn shrugged and said, "He looks at you funny. Like how grandpa Lucas looks at you."

"He does not!"

The eleven year old crossed her arms and said sassily, "Yes he does! A lot. So I dared LJ to put super glue in his shoes so he could stop looking at you like that. And it worked."

"How did you get him to take off his shoes anyway?"

"Well…he accidentally stepped in an ant pile and they got in his shoes so he had to take them off and we said we knew a way to get rid of the ants and like a dummy he trusted us…"

Brooke nodded, unable to believe these kids were smart enough to outwit an adult like they had. "LJ!!! Get down here now!!!"

LJ made his way back downstairs and stood in for my of his mother with a very contrite look on his face. Brooke understood what he was going for and said, "Wipe that look off your face—you're not getting out of this one."

He quickly stopped and she continued on to say, "Well since you both don't seem to like him so much you two are going to do his yard work for a week! You will start on that portion tomorrow. And you will be supervised."

LJ asked, "Who's supervising?"

"Mr. Bradshaw…"

"WHAT?!" He shouted, knowing that if he went there would be no enjoying anything while he was around. "For a whole week?!" LJ whined while Brooklyn looked angry.

"Wanna make it two?"

Brooklyn shook her head, "No…"

"Okay then. Get upstairs because you son are grounded for two weeks. And you little miss thing are grounded too."

"But isn't it enough that I have to—"

Brooke crossed her arms, "Brooklyn Annalise Baker is that an attitude that I hear because you will get a longer sentence if you are getting an attitude with me!"

"No ma'am. I'm just saying it's unfair—"

"You sent a man to the hospital! That was what was unfair! Now go to the girls room and wait for your mom to come get you." Brooke demanded, feeling very angry and overwhelmed with the situation.

They did it because Tom looked at her funny. Boy…Lucas was not going to like this…

"Are you kidding me right now?" He asked not twenty minutes later after she finished telling him what LJ and Brooklyn had done.

Brooke shook her head, "Nope. I am not kidding you. Our son and granddaughter literally did those things because he looked at me funny." Lucas snickered then began to fully laugh, like those really hard belly laughs.

She frowned, "It's not funny!"

"Yes it is! It's hilarious!"

"He went to the hospital—"

He laughed harder, "That's what makes it greater!"

"Luke!"

"What?! The guy had it coming. He has been pining over you since he popped up on our doorstep."

She blinked then asked, "What?"

"Don't give me that. You both have been flirting back and forth for awhile now. Don't get me wrong I trust you. I know your heart belongs to me and it always will but him…he's lucky that the kids got to him before I did."

"Tom hadn't tried anything—"

"Yet." he interjected as he stood in front of her. "He hasn't tried anything yet. But how long do you think it would take for him to want more? Yes it's innocent on your end but we don't know anything about him other than he's Peyton's ex lover and the twins biological father…"

Brooke sighed, "I'm sorry. I hadn't realized that I was doing that. I will stop from now on."

"As for the kids…you came up with a great punishment. I'm sure my mother would be very proud at the way you handled it."

"Speaking of Karen…do you think of her?"

"Everyday."

Karen had been lost at sea four years ago with her husband Andy during a category 5 hurricane. Lily had been attending college at the time so she wasn't with them during that time. Lucas had been devastated at the news and it had taken him a long time to cope.

Brooke hugged him, knowing that he was experiencing the same emotions he had upon learning of his mom's disappearance. "It's okay, I know you miss her."

"Yeah I really do…you know she would have been horrified if she knew what the kids had done." he said with a laugh, still finding it amusing that they pranked Tom Bradshaw so badly.

"I would tell her to join the club. God you should have heard him screaming British obscenities…his skin was literally stuck to the shoe."

Lucas winced but still laughed, "Ouch…it's still funny though."

Brooke found herself smiling while saying, "It is not!"

"Pretty girl how about we stop talking and kiss instead?" he suggested, wanting to get off the subject of Tom. Brooke rolled her eyes and gave him a quick peck. "You ought to have known that's not what I was talking about."

"Then what were you talking about?"

"This…" Lucas brought her in closer and kissed her thoroughly, his hands sliding down.

Brooke broke the kiss, "The kids are here!"

He sighed and released her, "Alright, alright…I'll lay off."

"Good. So what do you want to have for dinner?"

Lucas smirked and held her hips as he brought her right back to him playfully, "I could go for a nice helping of Brooke Scott…if you know what I mean." he said as he nuzzles her neck.

Brooke giggled secretly enjoying his affections, "Stop! The kids are upstairs!"

"So? Since when have we let that stop us?"

"Plenty of times!"

"Well it ends today. From now on when I want you, I want you then and there…so come into my office…" he said as he grasped her hand and pulled into his home office. Brooke pretended to resist but in the end she went willingly. Lucas locked the door and closed the blinds. "When was the last time I was inside of you? That I've tasted you?"

"About a few weeks ago at Naley's anniversary…" she answered weakly.

"Exactly…weeks…almost a month. And you want to deny me?"

Her heart started pounding at the predatory look he was giving her, "I didn't realize it's been that long…"

She squeaked as he deposited her on his desk. "It has…been…just that…long…" he said as he kissed up her bare leg.

Brooke bit her lip and wondered just how it was that this man could still rev her engine so easily after all these years. His fingertips brushed along her thigh until they were at the edge of her skirt which had somehow hiked around her waist. Lucas parted her thighs with a swift and slightly rough move and inhaled her luscious scent.

She squeaked again when he ripped her panties off of her and started touching her moist center. "But…the kids…" she said faintly as his touch sent shivers down her body.

Lucas looked up at her as he kneeled between her legs, "You remember the quiet game right?"

She nodded, breathless as he spread her apart.

"Apply it to this…" then he slowly, lusciously licked her slit before devouring her.

Brooke practically melted on the desk as he set in, flicking his tongue over her sensitive bud before suckling her clit between his lips. She gasped and held the back of his head with one hand while the other held on to the edge above her head. She dug her fingers into his scalp as his tongue drove her crazy.

Lucas loved doing this for her. He loved sucking on her clit and seeing how wet she'd get. He loved the way her body shakes when he sucks her clit like a morsel. He loved the way she grinds her pussy across his face in her pleasure. He loves the sounds she makes when she's really close—the hitch of her breath and the slight whine the closer she came to falling over the edge.

Brooke hissed and gripped his hair tighter as her climax crashed over her.

"If you're not inside me by the count of ten I'm getting up and walking out of h—ohhhhhhh—" she moaned as he pushed inside her.

"You were saying?" he asked before he began moving.

"N-nothing!" she moaned as she now clutched his shoulders, his hips setting a hurried pace, both fast and deep, the pleasure chaotic and overbearing. "Shit!"

"Shh…the kids remember?" he taunted as he fucked her, his hands gripping her winding hips, bringing her into him.

Brooke's eyes fluttered close as another climax quickly overtook her. Lucas kissed her savagely as he continued thrusting, swallowing her desperate cries. Lucas hissed as his own end was suddenly upon him. He held her so tightly that she was sure to have a bruise or two as he came explosively. He groaned into her kiss as his body shudder, racked with intense pleasure.

Brooke held him close as her heart regulated, sweat dotting her forehead. She chuckled and shook her head, "You're a bad influence."

Lucas kissed her plump lips and said with a wink, "Who do you think I got it from?"

Brooke shrugged her shoulder.

"Don't give me that."

Brooke bit his shoulder then pushed him away, making him slip out of her which made him laugh, "See? My fiery Brooke is out to play!"

"Shut up! I have to go cook! I'm behind schedule now because of you!" she said as she straightened herself up and walked out of his office with a huff.

-x-

Peyton tapped her fingernails on Tom's car window, startling him thoroughly. He relaxed a little then said sharply, "What the hell do you want?"

"How close are you to getting our kids back?"

"I'm not playing your game Peyton. You purposely kept me in the dark. For years you knew that I was the father and failed to tell me! So my focus is solely on getting to know them."

"And what about Brooke? It's no secret that you have a thing for her—"

Tom shook his head, "Brooke is a friend. Not that that is any of your business!"

"My business is my kids and my husband—"

"Ex-husband. Funny you keep forgetting that."

Peyton smirked and pointed out, "I'm not the only one that keeps forgetting. Look, you either do something or I will."

"What does that mean exactly?"

"It means do what I brought you here for or I will do everything in my power to do it myself."

With that she walked away from his car, a determined look on her face. One way or another she was getting her family back.