Chapter 4- The Box
I still dont own anyone but Lyla
THIS IS STILL A BRUCAS STORY so dont worry about Julian, he is here to help Brooke and Lyla heal. he will be getting closer to brooke but dont panic
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5 months later
Brooke and Lyla had spent a lot of time together but so had Julian he'd come back every 2nd week or so and hangout with them while he was working in TreeHill, Brooke found it comforting, he was so good with Lyla, and she loved him. Julian was keeping their minds of Lucas for awhile
Today Julian was coming over to take Lyla out for Ice-Cream so brooke could concentrate on the store and her new line, she hadn't been back to work in months and Julian thought it was time, brooke didn't know why she couldn't she just thought she wasn't inspired anymore, Lucas gave her that, and when he died he took it with him
Brooke was sitting in the kitchen trying to work on designs but for the life of her she couldn't draw anything descent, she just kept thinking of Lucas and how much she wished he was here, then she thought of Lyla because he reminded her so much of him, and ten Julian, Woah where did that come from she thought why was she thinking about julian, Lucky the doorbell rang
"It's Open" she called out and in walked Julian and his grin
"Hey brooke, how you feeling?" He smiled
"Better, it's just another day" their was Awkward silence until they heard footsteps running down the stairs
"JULIAN, you ready" she smiled with that Davis grin and those Dimples made anyone smile
"Yeah I am, alright let's go get some ice-Cream, you need anything brooke?" He smiled
"No I'm fine thank you, ok baby have fun with Julian I'll see you later" she kissed her daughters head "thank you julian" brooke smiled
Julian put Lyla in her booster and got in the drivers seat and off they went
"So I thought we could go to the batting cage hit some balls, then get some ice-cream sound fun?" Julian smiled
"Yeah can I get cookies and Cream" she smiled really big, dimples on form
"Of course dude" he smiled
Brooke was still sitting at the counter, she was sick of looking at all the scrap paper thrown every where, lucky the door bell rang again
"It's open" she said throwing another paper on the counter
"Hey tigger" haley walked in with Jaime and Lydia on her hip
"Hey guys, how is my favourite niece, and Godson" brooke smiled taking Lydia from Haley
"I'm your only godson aunt brooke" Jaime smiled
"Well then my only godson I missed you buddy" brooke said giving Jaime a Hi Five
"And how is my little princess LydiaBob" Brooke smiled
"She's great, How's my best friend feeling today?" Haley said putting a box on the counter and her purse
"She is coping the best she knows in work, but it's not doing so good, I've lost inspiration or something I've never had this trouble before I don't know" brooke said playing with Lydia's hand
"Well what usually triggers it?" Haley said taking a peanut out of the bowl in front of her and putting it in her mouth
"Lucas" Brooke's smile faded "and Lyla or anything really I'm not sure" brooke said a little sad
"Well get out of the house and find it, speaking of Lyla where is my little friend" Haley said looking around
"She's with Julian" brooke said playing with Lydia
"He's back? Oh that would be nice for her, she adores him" Haley smiled
"Yeah he's really good with her" a little smile appeared in the corner of Brooke's lips that haley noticed
"Ok, well I have something for you, Lucas's Lawyers dropped me off a box a few weeks ago with a letter telling me not to give you the box until you were ready, well I think you are so" Haley said pushing a white box over to Brooke taking Lydia
"Well we're going to go, I will call you later ok, say bye auntie brooke" she said waving Lydia's hand
"Bye aunt brooke" Jaime smiled waving to his aunt
"Bye buddy" she smiled her eyes darted right back to the box, she didn't know if she could open it yet, a tear escaped her eyes
Julian had a Chocolate ice-Cream in one hand and was holding Lylas hand in the other while she walked along the bleaches at the Batting cages, in her other hand was her cookies and cream ice-cream, she wore little white shorts and a pink top both made by Brooke herself that had C/B on them and her dimples were on full beam
"So how's your mom?" Julian said watching the little girl
"She's ok I guess, she just started drawing again but she hasn't been back to her store in a long long long time" Lyla said her smile fading
"Why not?" He asked
"I don't know, she keeps throwing papers around the house with drawings on them and daddy always said what ever you wrote down must mean there's always something their, so I kept them all, all of Mommys papers, their really good" she smiled again
"Your father was a great guy" Julian smiled
"Yeah I miss him a lot"
"I bet he misses you heaps too" he said
"I think so too, mommy and uncle Nathan always say he's with us, watching over us, so does that mean he can see me now" she smiled
"Only when you want to see him, but he will always be with you" he smiled
Julian took notice of what the little girl was saying "You are very wise for being 3 years old" he smiled
"I'm four silly, nearly five" she said "and mommy always says I'm smarter than anyone she knows" the little girl smiled
"You are indeed, so did you enjoy the cages, you did awesome" julian smiled lifting the little girl down of the bleaches, she had ice-cream all over her face
Julian used his Tshirt and whipped the ice-cream off "yeah I had a lot of fun, can we come back another time pleassssee" she smiled wide
"Of course we can, any time you want" he smiled
They walked off to the car to drive home. When they arrived back, they opened the door laughing, Julian noticed a sad brooke sitting on the couch staring at this white box on the table in front of her
"hey baby have fun? i missed you" brooke smiled at her spitting image
"yeah heaps julian took me to the batting cages and then we had ice-cream" she smiled
"Hey why don't you go play upstairs I just need to chat to your mom" he smiled
"Ok thank you for today Julian" she hugged him
"Your welcome" he smiled letting her go
"Brooke, you ok" Julian said sitting next to her
"I.. Lucas he ah he left me a box" she said confused
"Do you want me to leave so you can open it?" He said
"No I was wondering could you stay, and open it with me" she said looking in his eyes
"Of course" he smiled
Brooke carefully took the lid of another tear escaped her cheek when she picked up his badge, a memory came to mind
FLASHBACK/
The sun was shining brightly through the windows, Brooke's smile was brighter than the sun, but she awoke to find her bed empty, she sat up and saw Lucas packing his bag again, that smile faded
"Hey what are you doing?" She said sad, she knew what he was doing
He looked up and that Scott smile appeared, those blue crystal eyes shining bright
Brooke got up and rapped the purple sheet around her body walking over to her husband
Lucas raped his arms tightly around his wife's hips, giving brooke a passionate kiss, then caressing her face and looking deeply in to her eyes
"I've been called back" he said
"What now? You've only been home for 2 weeks, why now" she complained
"Because they need me" he said
"I need you, Lyla needs you" she said sadly
"I know, and I promise this is it my last trip, next time I'm home will be for Good" he smiled
"Really" she smiled and kissed him again, she was so happy
"Well then I'll do this and then I'll come back to you" he said kissing her again, brooke picked up his badge and gave it to him.
Lucas walked through the airport, in one hand he had Lylas little hand and in the other was Brooke's, he held on tight to his girls hands as they walked
The arrived at his gate, Lucas bent down eye level to his daughters
And held her hands
"I want you to look after mommy for me ok and no I will always be with you, I'll be home in a little while my littlePrettyGirl, I love you" he said hugging his daughter, she gave him a kiss and hugged him tighter
Lucas then stood up, touched his daughters nose, they both smiled at each other, he then pulled brooke in to his chest, she hugged him tighter, tears running freely.
"Come back to me" she said closing her eyes
"I love you pretty girl, look after our little girl, and I'll be home soon, so we can make more trouble" he smiled kissing her passionately again not wanting to let go
After a few minutes they broke apart, Lucas whipped the tears from Brooke's face he picked up his bag and off he went "I love you guys" he smiled and turned around
Brooke held her daughters hand, and watched her husband leave, that was the last time she spoke to him
PRESENT/
Brooke was bought out of her head by Julians voice
"Brooke you ok" he said as he whipped a loose tear from her cheek
"Yeah, this was his badge, it was the last thing I gave him"
She looked in the box again and saw a red Feather, she smiled at how he'd kept it after all these years
Flashback/
Brooke was sitting in Lucas's former bedroom, she'd been moved in for awhile now and loved living with Karen, Lucas still needed to pick up a few boxes, but one thing caught her eye as she was looking for a lipstick she'd lost , she searched everywhere she started looking in his desk draw, when she came across a little box, she opened it and was astonished at what she found
Coasters from their first date at the blue post, A photo from a photo booth they had been on, their 5th date, his heart medication and her red feather from her Halloween costume
She smiled wide at all the things he had kept.
PRESENT/
Yup she looked in the box and their they were, the coasters, the photo booth photo and the red feather in her hands, another tear dropped her cheek
"I think that's enough for now, I just can't believe he kept them all these years" she smiled at julian
"Well they meant a lot to the both of you" he said
"Yeah" she smiled
A few hours past and julian had stayed for dinner then left, brooke was laying in bed listening to the rain, she loved it but then she heard little footsteps and knew someone else didn't
Their was a knock on the door" mommy" Lyla said walking in to her mothers bedroom
"Yeah baby" brooke smiled
"Can I sleep with you, I had a nightmare" she said rubbing her eyes
"Of course baby, jump up" she said pulling the covers back for her daughter to jump in
Lyla did so, she cuddled in to her mother "mommy do you think Daddy is ok?" She said closing her eyes
That was out of the blue she thought "I hope so baby, I hope so" brooke said
"I miss him mommy" she said turning her face to her mothers looking at her
Brooke held her daughter tighter
" I do to baby, and I know he misses you, he loved you so much don't ever forget that" she said rubbing noses with her daughter " let's get some sleep" brooke smiled
" I love you mommy, goodnight" Lyla smiled
"I love you to baby, goodnight" brooke said kissing her head
(((((In IRAQ)))))
Lucas had been on the run for what felt like months now, after his unit had been attacked, he had no memory of what had happened, he woke up and started moving east, he knew people would still be looking for him, he was Attacked again in a small village and left in hospital in a coma. He had no Id and no one knew of him but they had kept him alive for saving men and woman in their village.
Lucas opened his eyes, he was back in TreeHill at his grave, he was confused, he read the headstone which said
"Here lies Lucas
Loving Father, Husband, brother, Son and friend" he started panicking, he then heard a familiar voice he hadn't heard in years
"Are we really going to do this again Lucas, did I teach you nothing the last time" Keith was their standing next to him smiling
Ok What do you guys think? please review, Lucas is mixed in that world Between death and living again, please give Julian a chance he is only trying to help.