Hey guys. So here is the next chap! Of course I will add more bonding moments between the two of them! A lot! Some of you wrote to me that you would like a Brucas story. I will definitely add some scenes ("He took a photo of the two women he loved the most) but will focus a bit more on the motherly relationship and how she helps Brooke finding her way...Hope you enjoy reading and I myself as usual love seing some reviews :)!Thank u!

The next morning Brooke screamed at the toilet when she saw herself in the mirror. Her whole face was covered with red marks. She lifted up her shirt

and looked at her stomach. The stomach as well had those marks. „Karen", she then screamed who immediately ran into the bathroom „What is this?",

Brooke asked shocked. „Oh no Brooke." Karen took her hand when Brooke wanted toscratch her marks. „Stop that or you end up getting scars." „But.."

Brooke said. „Brooke did you have every child disease?", Karen asked and pushed her back to bed. „I don´t know Karen. I don´t

even know what child diseases are." „Okay. I think you have the chicken pox." „But...but only children get this Karen.I am not a child", Brooke

complaint. „Adults can get it as well if they aren´t immune. I´ll call the docotr."

Within one hour the doctor arrived and immediately said „Yes Miss Roe. You were right. This would be the chicken pox." The doctor then took a

thermometer and wanted to put it into her ears but

Brooke made a face of paint „So the ear hurts as well?", the doctor said and Brooke nodded. He looked into her gurge and touched her stomach as well.

„Okay looks like you have the chicken pox

combined to a bronchitis and ear infection. How long have you had symptoms of getting sick?", the doctor asked confused of seing a young patient so

sick at one time. „I don´t know. My ear hurt

since...maybe two months and I threw up a lot last month but I thought I had a food allergy or something like that.", Brooke revealed. „Well Miss Davis.

Next time please visit the doctor

immediately. You have to take this antibiotics and stay in bed for at least one week." Brooke´s eyes widened „One week?", she asked astonished.

„Maybe more if you don´t rest." He looked at

Karen who nodded. When the doctor was gone Karen sat besides a sleeping Brooke and shook her head „Brooke Penelope Davis. I will never let you live

alone again."

xxx

„Gosh Karen.", Brooke said „I cannot stay in bed any longer.". Karen came into the room again and rolled her eyes. „Please, please, just let me help you

clean up or cooking or anything else."

„Thanks for the offer but you have to at least stay in bed for another 4 days. There is no way I will let you get out of it. Are we clear.", Karen smiled.

„Critsal clear." Brooke answered and let out a

sigh of boredom. „So which book?", Karen then asked. „What which book?", Brooke looked up at her. „What is your favourite book?". Brooke looked

confused at Karen „I don´t have one." „C´mon

Brooke. I know you don´t like reading so much but everyone has at least one." Brooke thought of it „Nope. The only books I´ve ever read were those

we had to read at school. And I did not even

read all of them." Brooke laughed and coughed at the same time. „Don´t look so shocked at me Karen. I am not a bookworm like your son." „Okay. So.

Which was your favourite book when you

were little?" „God Karen. Is this a game show?", Brooke smiled „I could not read when I was little and my parents weren´t actually into reading

anything to me." Brooke laughed at the thought.

„Okay. Seems like we have to start from the beginning.", Karen looked at Brooke with a huge smile and went out of the room but entered it shortly

afterwards with many books. „What is this?",

Brooke asked. „Those are Luca´s old books I read to him." „And?" „And I am going to read them to you!" Brooke did not know whether it was a joke or

not „You do realize I am not six any more,

right?", Brooke answered confused but Karen just went to bed, put her arm around Brooke and said „Well by your look yes. By your behaviour no.",

then she opened the book and started reading

the first one. Brooke looked at the pictures and smiled. Karen was reading some fairy tails to her. At the moment she read „snowwhite". „Wow. She

looks like my mom.", Brooke pointed at the dark

figure that had given the apple to the poor girl. „Will she be okay?", Brooke asked curiously and wanted to look at the last page. But Karen took the

book out of her hand and looked mad at Brooke.

„Brooke. The point is waiting til the end okay." „But...", Brooke complaint but then nodded and was happy when Karen continued reading. „That was a

great story.", She said in the end „next one

please." Karen laughed and took the next book „No wonder the others said they liked being sick when they had parents reading to them", Brooke

whispered but could not fight any more and drifted

into dream land.

xxx

Six days Brooke was happy to go to school again. „Finally healthy." She said proudly and walked with Lucas to school. „Mum and you got really

close this week.", Lucas smiled „Guess she does not hate you!" Brooke nodded her head and blushed „Right. I was wrong. Guess that´s how mothers

normally act." She went over to her friends not knowing that Karen would tell her today that

she would stay at them till the end of school. „We are so glad your back", Bevin went to Brooke and hugged her tight. „Yeah, me too.", Brooke

answered and got dressed into her cheerleading suit.

„Look at this. The Clarks have their next party tomorrow.", Brooke widened her eyes. The Clarks always made the best parties. „I cannot come.",

Brooke just said and a stunned Bevin looked at her

„Brooke Davis. What happened to you. Why not?" „Because it´s a school night.", Brooke answered honestly. „So?" „Well I live with Lucas at the

moment and I am not allowed to go out during the

week.",, Brooke rolled her eyes. „And that really keeps you from going?", Bevin laughed. Brooke thought of it for a moment. „Well...I guess not. Show it

to me.", she took the flyer and laughed.

xxx

The party was perfect. All her friends were there except of Haley who defnitely was learning for the test tomorrow. Peyton smiled at her when she saw

Brooke. „So, you lied to Karen.", Peyton

laughed „Brooke I hope you won´t get caught.". „No, no. She won´t ever know about it.", Brooke smiled „c´mon let´s dance." With that both of them

went to the dancefloor and danced. Brooke

had decided not to drink but like usual she changed her mind. „Your the best party pal Brooke.", Skills sat down besides her and asked „Shots?". „Not

for that young miss." Brooke did not dare to

look around. She knew whom the voice belonged to behind her back. So she just sat on the couch without moving. „Brooke. Let´s go.", Karen said mad

and took her arm. Skills and the others

laughed hard „Never have seen B. Davis so frightened." And the party did not stop.

Brooke looked on the ground and just followed Karen to her car. Karen did not say a word and that was even harder for Brooke. „Karen...I..." „Don´t

say a word.", Karen answered harshly. So

Brooke shut up and just sat besides her in the car. When they reached the house Brooke wanted to get out but Karen started talking. „Brooke Penelope

Davis. What have I told you?" „Umm...no

parties during the week.", Brooke whispered. „Right, and why were you at the party?", Karen asked. „Because...because I don´t know. It was the

Clerks´party and I just did not want to miss it."

Then the yelling started. Karen was so mad that she actually got Brooke to cry in front of her. Brooke was crying because all of it. She had too much

alcohol, she felt sorry and ashamend and was

frightened of her punishment. „You can get out now.", Karen finally said and Brooke opened the door and walked slowly into her room. She couldn´t

stop crying when she fell onto her bed.

xxx

The next morning she was sitting with glasses at class. The others asked her what had happened. „My mother caught her at the party.", Lucas

whispered „and she was screaming at her for a long

time in the car. And Brooke cried her eyes out.", Lucas touched her hand. „Something like that.", Brooke whispered. „So, what is your punishment?",

Lucas asked „grounded?". „Actually she did

not say anything.", Brooke answered unsure. „Oh this will be a hard one.", Lucas and Haley smiled weekly. „What? Why?", Brooke asked. „That means

she has to think about a proper one.".

Brooke put her head on the table „Great." „Good morning everybody. Prepared fort he test?", the teacher then asked. Brooke´s head shot up and she

looked helpless at Haley „Test?", she

whispered. Haley nodded. „This is just a perfect day.", she whispered and looked at the test.

The next hours weren´t good as well. In fact even worse. Through the school microphone the principal said „Brooke Penelope Davis. Please come into

my office." Brooke shut up „What?", she was

almost asleep in calculus and the teacher looked at her again and said „Miss Davis. Go to the principal." Brooke looked helpless at her friends and went

to the principal. She knocked at the door and

entered the room.

„Sit down Miss Davis.", he said. „Whatever it is. I did not do it", she tried to make a joke but he did not laugh. „So Miss Davis. I had a look at your test

today and your other grades." He gave her

the test with a big F on it. „Well, seems like I am not that good in history.", she smiled week. „It´s not only history. You are failing calculus as well. Miss

Davis. I am sorry. In my opinion it is best

when you take this year again."

Brooke widened her mouth „What?". „But I have someone who believes that with a little help you can get better grades without repeating the class."

Brooke did not know what to say. „I know that

you party a lot." Brooke blushed. „Miss Davis I give you just this one chance. No party for the next two months. You are suspended from the

cheerleading square. If you forget your homework

once, detention for the whole week. And all, I really mean all your grades have to be at least a C. Do you understand me?" Brooke could not say a word.

„Miss Davis. Do you understand me?". She

nodded and tried not to protest because she knew she would loose this fight. Peyton waited outside for Brooke and when a pale Brooke came out she

asked „What happened.". Brooke ran into her

arms and began to sob. „I will never, never, never get to graduate" The principal heard her and went out „Miss Davis. I have faith in you. You should

have it too. And I offer you all the help you

need." Brooke nodded weakly.

xxx

At home Karen was still totally mad at Brooke and did not say anything. „Karen...I am so sorry.", Brooke tried to apologize. Karen took Brooke´s hands

and said „You know you´re grounded, right?"

Brooke nodded and asked „How long?". „Three months.", Karen said and went on cleaning the room. In this moment Lucas went into the kitchen

„Three months mom?", he defended Brooke „That

´s longer than I ever got." Brooke was just standing there not saying anything „It´s okay.", she then said and surprised both of them. „Umm...can you

tell me the rules of grounding again?", she

blushed for not having payed attention before. „Of course", Karen smiled and went with Brooke to her room and sat on the bed „You go to school and

then you come back. You can do your

homework at home or at the café. No parties, no friend´s visit except if you learn together. No tv, internet once a day.", Brooke nodded and laughed

„So like prison huh?" Karen caressed her cheek

„Worse honey. On weekends you have to study all the time."

Karen saw the lights still turned on in Brooke´s room. It was 2 in the morning and Brooke sat on her bed. She came into the room and was surprised to

find Brooke actually over her homework.

But when she got a closer look she could see that Brooke had been crying. „What happened to this?", she took the paper and one could see that it had

been ripped in many parts. „I...I ripped it.",

Brooke whispered. „Why?",Karen asked. „Because...because I am too dumb to understand any of this.", Brooke let her fall with the back on the bed and

closed her eyes with her hands. „Brooke.

Stop saying that to you." „Well it ist he truth." Karen smiled at the girl and realized again how low her self-esteem was and that Brooke needed more

help with that than with anything else. „C´mon then lets do it together.", Karen suggested. „Karen. It´s 2 am.", Brooke said „I know that´s why we

should start immediately. But tomorrow no ripping okay." Brooke nodded and was happy to get help.