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"We will be fine, I promise you!" Brooke told Nathan and Haley for the third time with a laugh. Haley had gone over all the emergency numbers at least three times, and Nathan had pulled her aside and told her if anything happened with Lucas let him know and he'd be home in a heartbeat.
Finally, as the two left, Brooke turned to Jamie with a laugh. "They're gone!" She told him excitedly.
"Yahoo!" He shouted, causing Brooke to laugh once more. "Party time!" He shouted as he ran off to his room to get god knows what.
Brooke shook her head as she let out a laugh, enthralled by the energy the young boy had in him.
Before she could follow, she heard the door open and watched as Lucas walked in the house. He gave her a small smile before shutting the door behind him.
Taking a deep breath, Brooke looked back to where Jamie had just run off to before walking closer to Lucas.
"Look, Luke I know we aren't on the best of terms right now…but can we please act civil tonight in front of Jamie?" She pleaded as she stared into his blue eyes.
"Yeah, but do you think after he goes to sleep we could talk? Not yell I swear; just talk…"
Brooke nodded with a smile, happy to see that he was already acting civil towards her. It felt good to be having a conversation with him without all the yelling, it felt really good actually. This is the Lucas she missed every day, and it felt good to have him back, even if it were only for a night.
When he had stopped by the park today to give her her hotel key, things had been a bit awkward…especially since they both tried to put on happy faces for Jamie. But not it seemed they had reached an agreement.
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"Aunt Brooke, did you really leave for 14 years and not come back until now?" Jamie asked out of the blue as the three were seated at the kitchen table; eating pizza.
Both adults eyes widened as Lucas nearly choked on his soda.
Brooke sucked in a deep breath before putting on a cool and collected face, something she'd learned to perfect over the last few years. "Well I didn't leave for 14 years, but I left for a little while." She replied, nice and short before picking off a piece of sausage from her pizza and popping it in her mouth.
"Well then why'd you leave?" The young boy asked curiously.
"Honey, why don't we save that conversation for another day?" She replied, forcing a smile onto her face.
She and Lucas had been doing so good tonight. Sure they hadn't had any one-on-one talking time, but at least they were capable of being in the same room and could both participate in whatever activities their godson had in store for them.
"Fine; Then can I ask another question?" He asked, still very interested in his godmother's life.
"If it's a good question; none about her leaving…got it bud?" Lucas piped in, earning a grateful smile from Brooke.
"It's not I promise. It's for you too Uncle Lucas!" He said excitedly before sitting up straighter in his seat. "How come you two aren't married like my mom and dad are? Mommy says you're still in love, and you ARE my godparents…" He said innocently, genuinely just wanting to know the answer.
Brooke and Lucas shared a nervous look as Jamie asked his question, neither really wanting to answer the question in front of one another.
"Jamie silly, your Uncle Lucas is already getting married; remember?" Brooke reminded him, not daring to look over in Lucas' direction again.
"Well I still want you guys to get married." He said more to himself then to anyone else before finishing his pizza, leaving Brooke and Lucas at a loss for words. All they could do was just sit in silence and eat their pizza; nothing else.
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"Well, he's finally asleep." Brooke said with a laugh as she came back down the stairs and took a seat on the couch.
The rest of the night had gone relatively well. They played superheroes for awhile, before all settling down to watch a movie; which Jamie almost fell asleep to instantly.
As Brooke had carried him upstairs, Lucas couldn't help but be getting a bit anxious to ask her the questions he'd been dying to know since finding her scrapbook. He'd finally have answers, and he couldn't wait.
"I swear that boy has more energy then the freaking energizer bunny…" Brooke laughed, trying to break up the awkward tension and find some stable ground; in this case it was Jamie.
"Brooke." Lucas said sternly, causing Brooke's head to turn to meet his face. "I think it's time for us to talk…" He said, softening his voice a bit.
Brooke bit her lip and nodded as she turned her body to face his on the couch.
This was the moment he'd been waiting for, yet he couldn't seem to find the right words to say.
"Where should we start?" She asked with a nervous laugh as she fidgeted with her hands in her lap. She knew this couldn't end well; all their talks thus far have ended in either tears or their faces red hot in anger. Why should this time be any different?
"You have to promise me something." He replied, watching her nod her head in confusion before continuing. "You can't walk out. We're going to talk til we lose our voices if we have to. Promise me you won't leave until we solve things and get out everything we need to say…"
"I promise." She replied after a few seconds of thinking it over. She knew this talk needed to happen eventually; but that didn't mean she still wasn't scared as hell to have it.
"And promise you won't get mad at me when you find out what I did..you have to know I did it out of pure concern for you…"
"Luke, you're freaking me out here…What's going on?" She asked in a shaky voice as she awaited to hear his answer.
"I went to your hotel room before I went to the park…I found your uh…your scrapbook…"
And in that moment, Brooke Davis' world seemed as if it had ended. The look on her face had said it all. Her eyes widened, her jaw dropped, her whole body froze; he'd found the one thing that she felt was the one thing she had control of.
"I know I went snooping and I probably shouldn't have. But Brooke you left when there was still a sick mind after you, you left me scared to death and now, all my damn suspicions were confirmed! Why didn't you tell me?"
But Brooke didn't reply, she just sat very still on the couch. It was as if she were on a completely different planet, like she couldn't hear him.
"Brooke the least you can do is fucking answer me!"
"You answer me god damn it! How long have you been sending them fucking letters?" An angry Nick yelled as he pulled Brooke up off the ground by her hair, pulling her face into his.
"FUCKING ANSWER ME BITCH!" He shouted as he threw her against the wall, Brooke's body falling down afterwards like a ragdoll.
Brooke squeezed her eyes shut tight as she listened to Lucas, trying to rid herself of the painful memories.
"I wanted the best for you! It's all I ever wanted! But you just keep shutting me out and running away!" He continued, not noticing Brooke as she started shaking back and forth as if she were rocking a child. He didn't mean to be raising his voice; and if she were maybe replying to him then he wouldn't be shouting…but it just seemed to be happening.
"You know I only want the best for you…" Nick said softly as he carried Brooke, full of new bruises, back to her bed.
Once getting there, he covered them both with the covers before pulling Brooke close to him. "You're MY girl Brooke Davis. Lucas Scott is an asshole. He can't treat you as good as me. He doesn't deserve you…" He whispered before rolling over on top of her, sucking on her neck gently.
"You deserve a man; like me…" He said before moving down to her top and pulling it off of her head.
All the meanwhile, Brooke laid there like a zombie. She knew better now than to try and fight back; to just let him fuck her and get it over with. She never responded to him though; she never would. This man was a monster and didn't deserve the pleasure.
But Nick knew she'd never be in love with him, or that she'd never reciprocate their lovemaking, willingly at least, but that didn't stop him. Nothing would at this point.
The second Brooke covered her ears was the second Lucas noticed what she had become. Her rocking figure, knees pulled up to her chest as she tried blocking out the sound.
His voice stopped midsentence as he made his way over to her quickly, leaning down in front of her and setting his hands on her shoulders to try and get her to stop the shaking and talk with him.
"Brooke, Pretty girl…I need you to look at me baby…Please…" Lucas begged.
Brooke slowly but surely opened her eyes, only to be met with Lucas' loving and caring blue ones.
"I'm—I'm—I'm so—" Brooke tried to get out over the deep breaths she was taking as she tried keeping back the waterfall of tears that were set on falling.
"Shh, just breathe for me right now Brooke; breathe okay?" He said in a soothing voice as he ran his hands up and down her arms in an attempt to stabilize her breathing.
5 minutes later, her breathing pace had paced, and she was in Lucas' arms, who was still leaning in fron of her. He made sure to keep rubbing her back in soothing circles, even after her breathing had resided. He had absolutely no idea what set off this panic attack, and honestly he was scared to find out because he knew he was part of the reason behind it.
"I'm sorry." A raspy voice finally broke the air between them, causing Lucas to pull back a bit to see her face.
"What are you sorry for, Pretty girl?"
"For…for leaving you. You have to believe me though Lucas…I wanted to stay. I tried so hard coming back I swear…All I wanted…I wanted to be back with you…But he found me every time…and it just kept getting worse and I couldn't do it anymore. And I couldn't have him hurting him…so I had to do what was best for you guys and him…" Brooke began rambling on as her eyes filled with tears.
"Who's him Brooke? Who would be hurting you? And who would be hurting him?" Lucas asked curiously, wondering where the word 'him' fit into this.
"He just still had a full life to live…but I wanted him so bad Luke. After 9 months he was ours and I just…He would have gotten to him to I just…"
"WHO Brooke? Please, tell me who…"
"Our baby." She replied quietly before the tears finally began pouring down her cheeks, while the words 'Our Baby' resounded in Lucas' head over and over again.
Woooo the new chapter!
HOPEFULLY this answers a lot of the questions you guys have been dying to know. I wanted to get this chapter out on Friday..or even early Saturday. BUT i couldn't decide on exactly how much I wanted to put out for all of you. But after reading some FABULOUS reviews from you all, I gave more then I had orginally planned;
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