A/N: Okay so I've only had 3 reviews and I must say that I WANT to continue with this story because I want to do something completely different and I am looking forward to taking my time with this particular type of story.
As always:
dianehermans: thank you so much for believing in my stories!
pam: I am so sorry that the name of Brooke and Lucas's daughter bothers you. Trust me we have had our share of kidnappings around me as well. It is something tragic that happens every day. I am glad though that you are very interested in the story even with the name. Also, no Lucas will have nothing to do with the kidnapping, I just watched Man on Fire and this story idea came to me. It will not be like the movie, just the whole revenge aspect of it.
Brookerayne: as always I love your feedback and it made me laugh to see that you hated this movie but it is just an inspiration. The storyline of the movie will not be the same as the one I am going to create. I just want to sink my teeth into different types of genres and see where my strengths are and where my weaknesses are. I can totally understand why action wouldn't appeal to you, lol, but I do love that you want to see where it goes and hopefully you might like it lol and yes this will be dark of course with Lucas's past which I will start to introduce in this first chapter and of course when their daughter is finally taken from them. Brooke will definitely go through a lot of changes once that happens! And of course if you don't enjoy this fic if it becomes successful for me, it will not hurt my feelings if you choose not to continue reading :)..I promise. Some things aren't for everyone!
So this first chapter is just to get us started, I want to sort of have it at a movie pace. You know movies start out a little slower introducing us to the characters and the storyline that is going to unravel. Hopefully I am successful at it! So enjoy!
Chapter 1: Getting There
I clutched my water in my hand tightly and rubbed my finger under my chin. Her delicate hand went to my arm and I couldn't help but smile.
"We're going to be okay." She said.
I smiled at her and then turned to my beautiful, sleeping seven year old daughter beside my wife. She had her bear wrapped tightly in her arms as she slept. I hated flying, I detested flying, but you'd think I'd be used to it by now because of my job. Well previous job. I let out a sigh and turned to face forward again. There was so much about my life that my family didn't know. My wife didn't know that when I left after high school graduation, I wasn't just going into the military; I was going into the CIA. Apparently my abilities were something they were interested in. I was quite good at persuasion; I had the knowledge of six different languages and became a spy for the United States government. Through my training I learned how to kill a guy with just one swift motion of my hand. I am a weapon. I never had the heart to tell my wife about my life. She was my air, my life as well as our amazing daughter. At twenty eight years old I served my time and now along with my brother, Nathan and his family, we joined together to create our own company in cleaning and preserving the water in Mexico.
Nathan was farther back in first class with his wife and my dearest friend, Haley. She was six months pregnant and happier than I'd ever seen her. I smiled to myself as we all have come so far. My brother was the only one who knew what my previous job was and what I was capable of. It was three years ago when my partner, Peyton Sawyer, was murdered before my eyes that I had a nervous breakdown. I drank myself near to death but it was my wife and my daughter that was able to bring me back to the light. Brooke Penelope Davis Scott was my angel from above, my saving grace. I owed her everything and I would never forget the first time I saw her dimpled smile.
I was buried in my worn out copy of Julius Caesar sitting next to my best friend when I got a whiff of jasmine. I looked up and walking with my brother was a gorgeous brunette who had the cutest dimples as she smiled. If she was able to distract me from my favorite book then I definitely had to know her.
"Hey Luke, Haley, this is Brooke Davis, she's new to Tree Hill and was in my first period class."
"It's nice to meet you. So you're the brooding brother and you're the best friend who is secretly in love with Hot Shot over here?" She pointed to each of us as she labeled us and all of our mouths fell open.
She giggled and it was the most beautiful sound.
"I'm Lucas the older, more mature brother." I held my hand out to her and she took it and I instantly had a connection with her and I felt she noticed as well.
"I'm Haley but I am not too sure about the secretly in love with Nathan." She blushed as she pulled a strand of hair behind her ear.
"Well if you're not then he is." She winked at Nathan and I was amazed.
She had only known Nathan for about an hour and a half and she was already extremely observant.
The bell rang and students everywhere started to disperse.
"What is your next class?" I asked her.
She looked down at her schedule as the wind picked up her hair and she brushed it out of her face. Beautiful.
"English with Roderick."
I grinned from ear to ear.
"That's great because that's where I'm headed and you're in luck! I am pretty much his favorite so if you would like a proper tour, I could show you around and we can be late."
She smirked and placed her hand on her hip.
"I like your style broody boy. Hot Shot, tutor girl, I'll catch up with you two later." She walked over, grabbed my arm and pulled me to my feet.
"Lead the way."
I smiled at the memory and the day I realized I was in love with that girl.
"What's on your mind dear husband?"
I grinned to myself and turned to face her.
"I was remembering the first time I met you and how I instantly fell in love with you."
She smirked and looked over her shoulder.
"Follow me in about five minutes." She winked at me and unbuckled her seat belt and I kinked my eyebrow.
Sex on a plane? Yes please. I looked over my shoulder and Brooke said something to Haley as my brother blushed and shook his head. I let out a small chuckle and did as she asked. I waited five minutes and casually started towards the back of the jet and as I passed my brother and sister in law I got the…
"Shame on you two." Haley whispered as she shook her head again.
I grinned at her and I was immediately grabbed into the bathroom and Brooke wrapped her legs around me.
"I've missed this." She said as she yanked on my shirt bringing me crashing into her.
I smiled against her lips and brought my arms around her waist. We used to fool around in all different types of places and it always drove me crazy. She would sneak up on me and surprise me. I can't recall how many times she would pull me into a supply closet, an empty classroom, or my favorite where we could always get caught, the locker rooms in high school.
She started unbuttoning my shirt and I reached my hands down to her bare thighs and pushed her dress up her legs. Even at twenty eight, her body was still the one she had at eighteen. She was absolutely breathtaking.
"I love you so much, Lucas." She moaned against my lips.
I pulled back as she went for my belt and unzipped my pants. She reached her hands in my boxers and exposed my dick. I growled deep in my throat and brought her hips closer and buried myself inside of her.
"Ahh." She moaned as she threw her head back against the wall.
I started pumping into her smoothly and slowly at first knowing it would drive her crazy. I dug my fingers into her hips as she gasped.
"Luke, baby, don't tease me."
"Oh you mean like this?" I pulled out slowly leaving only the tip of my dick in her as she begged for me and then I pumped into her furiously and she dug her nails into my shoulders.
I reached for her mouth again and let my tongue take control over hers. I increased my thrusts vigorously until she was screaming into my mouth and we both let our releases go and melted into each other. I pulled back and kissed her forehead and then her lips gently.
"You are a bad girl, Mrs. Scott."
She purred.
"It will never tire me to hear you call me that." She brought her hands around my neck and brought me closer to her and kissed me once more.
In the little space, she zipped my pants back up, refastened my belt buckle and straightened my shirt out, and fluffed my hair. I helped pull her dress back down and smooth it out as she ruffled her hair. It was like nothing ever happened.
"I love you husband." She kissed me once more.
"I love you wife."
She exited quietly and I waited another moment before following her again getting the jokingly disappointed eyes from Haley as Nathan snickered.
Brooke dozed off for the rest of the flight as images and details from my secret life flashed before my eyes. At twenty eight years old, I lived a life of war more than someone who could retire at fifty. I leaned my head back and tried to sleep myself. My nightmares had gotten better over the years being with my family but the memories would always be there to haunt me in the back of my mind. All the tortures, the deaths, and the corruption of foreign countries would never be erased. It was a part of my job to go into these corrupt environments and persuade others to betray their country for information that we required to bring these enemies and monsters down. I shook my head and tried to think about Brooke and Maddy.
"She's so beautiful, Lucas."
I ran my finger across the photo of Brooke holding our two year old daughter.
"These two women are the most important people in my life."
She smiled and reached into her purse and opened her wallet to show me a picture of her own. In it was a picture of a beautiful blonde girl.
"She's beautiful as well." I laughed as I examined the little girl.
"Yeah she's not mine biologically. I can't have children but the man I fell in love with had a daughter that the mother abandoned. After Jake and I got married at nineteen, I adopted her as my own."
I was shocked. Peyton has been my partner now for about a year and we never talked about our families. She was nothing like Brooke and that's what made it easier for me to work with her. I would never cheat on Brooke, but being away from her at long lengths of time makes me miss her like crazy and temptations are always there, but with Peyton it was never an issue. We were too much a like and not only did I love my family, but Peyton adored hers.
"NO." I woke up in a sweat as the stewardess came on the intercom and told us to fasten our seatbelts as we were getting close to landing in Mexico City.
"Lucas, baby, are you okay?" Brooke reached over and caressed my face.
"Yes." I breathed as I looked into her eyes and then our angel that was staring back at me I knew that everything was okay…for now.
"Daddy, did you have a nightmare?"
"No baby girl, daddy's okay."
Brooke didn't buy it but I also didn't want to scare my little girl anymore. I remember a few months after Peyton's brutal death, I would have night terrors that left me screaming in the night and I won't forget when I hit Brooke during my sleep. I wanted to die knowing that I ever laid my hands on her like that even if it was out of my control. Maddy was there when it happened and for a few weeks after that she wouldn't really speak to me. Brooke never hated me nor blamed me for it; she was just devastated that I left the 'battle zone' with emotional scars. It was then that I decided to go see a therapist and get my shit together. I was young and had a family. I shouldn't be dealing with these types of problems, but I was and I had to put my family first.
We landed in Mexico City and it was so beautiful for a country that had severe crime but Nathan and I knew the risks in moving here, but we were given the opportunity to change an entire country. The four of us talked long and hard about it, but we were moving into a neighborhood that is heavily guarded and safer than the rest of the city.
The five of us gathered our luggage and was met with a personal cab that drove us to our new homes. We got there safely and we explored Nathan and Haley's house first. It was a three bedroom home with a fenced in back yard. It was perfect for the family they wanted to start for themselves.
Brooke, Maddy, and I were taken to our new home and I had to say I was quite impressed. It was a four bedroom house that had a guesthouse. We were offered a full staff but it wasn't necessary for us. Brooke loved to cook and take care of her family. Maddy ran through the house and found her room. Everything was already arranged for us before our arrival. We had all new furniture except for what Maddy wanted to bring with her and we had that shipped in advanced. Brooke sold her clothing company to be with her family so we got quite a bit of money from that and of course my bank account that the CIA has provided for me for my time served.
My personal assistant I hired a few weeks prior for our company already fully stocked the kitchen and of course the liquor cabinet. I was sure at first that she confused my house with Nathan's on this one. I haven't had a drink in nearly two years and I didn't plan on drinking anytime soon. Brooke noticed me standing in front of the liquor cabinet and wrapped her arms around me from behind.
"You know I am never one to judge, but it's not like you were ever an alcoholic. You drank to drown your sorrows from the time you served in the military. I can never imagine what you went through but its okay if you ever want a drink."
Could I possibly love this woman anymore than I already do? I turned in her arms, grabbed her face gently, and kissed her.
"I love you, you know that?" I brushed her bangs from her face.
"Of course I do and you know how much I love you!" She stood on her tip toes and became eye level with me.
We were interrupted by a throat clearing and I smiled.
"Get a room." She giggled and I let go of my wife and chased my daughter.
Her giggles carried through the house and an overwhelming feeling of bliss came over me. We were starting fresh and I was getting a feeling of nostalgia. This was going to work out perfectly for us. Nathan and I were doing something for a country that needed a change for the better. Mexico's water was always dirty and unsafe to drink. We are hoping that our company can spread the change into South America as well. It was going to be a long process and we wanted to do this right.
Maddy on the other hand was at first a little resilient. She was afraid that she wouldn't make friends because in every way whether Brooke wants to admit it or not, Maddy was just like me. A little shy, reclusive, and she had a passion for literature. Instead of watching Disney movies, she wanted to watch BBC productions of Classic literature. Brooke was shocked but got over it quickly when she would become engrossed along with Maddy as well. My two lovely ladies becoming mesmerized by one of my passions was priceless. Of course, though, Maddy had a lot of her mom in her too. Maddy would never leave the house unless she was dressed to kill. That was one of Brooke's favorite things to do was to dress Maddy and they would rave together about what they both would wear in and out of the house. I loved every moment of their banter together. Maddy would tell her mom to wear diamonds when Brooke wanted to wear pearls. Maddy wanted to wear black when Brooke wanted her to wear red. It was always fun as I stood in the corner and watched them.
It has been a long day and Maddy asked me to put her to bed. I tucked her in tight and read a little of Romeo and Juliet to her. Now of course this was my least favorite of Shakespeare but for a seven year old, she was in love.
"Daddy, I think I am going to like it here." Maddy interrupted and I smiled at her.
"Me too baby girl. I think it will be great for us all."
"You promise me you aren't having any more nightmares?"
When I looked down at her and saw that look on her face, I knew I couldn't lie to her. I placed the book down on her bedside table and brushed the hair from her face.
"You know I can never lie to you. They aren't nightmares anymore, but sometimes I might have a bad dream. I lost a very dear friend to me during my last job and you know she has a daughter out there around your age. We used to talk about you both all the time and wanted to get together so you two could meet, but we never got that chance." I've never told Madelyn about Peyton and Jenny before but I felt compelled to spill about it now.
"Did you love your friend?" She asked me.
I smiled.
"When I was away for my job, Peyton was my partner. We were always together; she was my only friend, so yeah I loved her like I love your Aunt Haley."
She smiled and then became sad.
"I would have loved to have known her." She said and this little girl was brighter than I ever thought she could be.
"Maybe one day you can meet her daughter, Jenny."
Her eyes started drooping and she yawned.
"I would like that and I love you, daddy." Her eyes finally closed for the night's sleep.
I leaned over and kissed her forehead.
"I love you too baby girl." I whispered and walked to my bedroom where Brooke was sitting on the bed spreading lotion along her sun-kissed legs.
"So what was tonight's bedtime story?" Brooke asked as she finished with her legs and flipped on her stomach to face me as I walked over to my side of the bed.
"Romeo and Juliet." I smirked.
"Of course she would pick that." She giggled as she got to her feet and took off her robe.
As always I am always left breathless when I see her only wearing a slinky, sexy nightgown.
"I am not sure if I am more shocked to see you completely naked or wearing something like that." I said as took off my collared shirt and pulled my undershirt over my head.
"Well I know I will always be amazed to see you shirtless my sexy man." She scooted closer to me on her knees and helped me out of my dress pants.
I let my hands glide up her arms and to her shoulders massaging them.
"We are doing the right thing, aren't we?" I asked her and she smiled nervously.
"I could not be more proud of you Lucas. You are doing something for a country that needs it. I think it's one of the most selfless things you've ever done. I want to help you with this and I wouldn't have agreed to move our family here if I didn't think you and Nathan would fail." She wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed me.
"Now it's been a long day with you know, the sex this morning to say goodbye to our home in Tree Hill, the sex on the plane, and the move in." She kissed me between each sentence.
I laughed and kissed her once more.
"Tomorrow is going to be a big day for all of us." I got into the bed with her and cut off my bedside lamp.
"We're going to be okay, Lucas. I just know it."
I pulled her into my arms and I inhaled deeply and exhaled slowly. If she says we're going to be okay, then I trust her. I closed my eyes and a high pitch scream echoed through my head.
