Peyton took Brooke´s hand although Brooke tried to get free. But there was no way she would let her escape this stuation. „Brooke, can you please look at us.", Haley whispered and hugged Brooke from behind and took of her baseball-cap again. Peyton then took Brooke´s chin in her hands. „We love you so much Brooke.", she said and without a sign Brooke suddenly jumped into their arms which made the three of them fall to the ground and cried hard. Peyton and Haley cried with her. Those were happy cries and sad on the same time. „I am so sorry. I am so sorry.", Brooke cried and hid her head in Peyton´s chest. „You don´t have to be Brookie. It was not your fault.", Haley said and hold her tight.
Suddenly two feet were standing in front of them.
„Brooke Penelope Davis. Get off the ground immediately.", Victoria looked so mad at her daughter.
At first Brooke thought she was dreaming but when Victoria grabbed her arm harshly and dig her nails into her arm, she realized that this was definitely not a dream.
Peyton and Haley stood up as well and looked up at the bigger woman in surprise.
„I just read your stupid letter.", Victoria hold it in her hand and then ripped it into pieces.
Brooke just looked at her mother with wide eyes.
„You are going too far with being the drama queen. I know it´s not a pleasure to see someone killing himself in front of you but you did not even know this person nor were you harmed. So stop exaggerating."
„Mrs. Davis. She is definitely not exaggerating...she...", Peyton tried to defend Brooke but Victoria immediately answered.
„Don´t you dare getting in between this argument now.", she pointed at Peyton and Haley who were scared right now.
Without warning Victoria took off Brooke´s baseball-cap again and looked at her arm. „Obviously you are still too weak to take care of yourself. That´s why your dad and I will take you to New York tomorrow.
Go pack your stuff and don´t you dare looking like this on the plane.", she hit Brooke with her cap on the forehead forcefully and went out of the room and left three tstunned people behind.
Of course Peyton and Haley had wanted to defend Brooke and talk back to Victoria but somehow all of them were too stunned by the scene that had just happened.
„Brooke...", Haley tried to take her hand in hers but Brooke just looked furiously at them.
„Don´t touch me, ok. Just...leave me alone."
She ran out of the school building.
She did not take any notice of her surroundings and she did not know where she was running excactly.
All she knew was, that she wanted to get away.
But the problem was that she wanted to get away from herself.
And with every step she took her shadow was right behind her.
There was no escape.
After running for about half an hour Brooke just fell into the grass and cried.
It was just enough. She looked up into the sky for a while and just thought about her life.
It was like she had no control over it any more.
Everything had changed so fast. Unbelievable.
She had not realized that someone was coming towards her and sat down on the ground as well.
She had her cap in front of her now, so that noone could see her face but when he took her hand she immediately knew who it was.
He took off her cap and looked down into those beautiful eyes he would miss so much. Brooke tried to look away but he softly put his hand on her cheek and then whipped away her tears.
„When are you leaving?", she asked softly and tried not to cry harder.
„How do...do...you know?", he asked confused.
„I heard your friend talking.", she whispered.
He had tears in his eyes as well.
„Tomorrow. My parents did not even give me time to adapt to that thought. LA. I am not an LA guy. And...I...willl miss you so much.", he took his arms around her and looked down on the beauty.
„What happened to your head?", he asked shocked when he saw the big bruise. She blushed immediately.
„Nothing. I...just...um...bumped into the door."
Julian nodded and whispered.
„I can tell that you are lying but it´s okay. Um...Brooke. I just wanted to let you know that I´ll be there no matter what, okay.
And...I know our relationship just started...and um...now we´ll be living so far away from each others, I mean me in LA and you here...", she interrupted him.
„I´ll be in New York. My mother just told me."
„Oh. I am sorry that our parents really do not think about us.", she nodded and took a deep breath and then laid down in his arms.
„I will miss you so much Julian.", she whispered and he took her chin and kissed her softly.
She realized that he suddenly blushed.
„What is it?", she asked confused.
„Um..you know...you´re my first big crush and um...I hope that my future will be your future."
Brooke´s eyes widened. Although he had said that in a weird way she could really tell that he fell for her.
It was not that she did not but at the moment she had to deal enough with herself.
„You don´t have to say anything. Please take care of yourself. You´re the most amazing person I ever met and I want you in my life forever.
Whether as a girlfriend or a good friend." Brooke nodded and listened to his heartbeat.
„I cannot believe how fast everything can change. It´s scary.", she sobbed and he went with his hands through her hair.
„Me neither." They stayed liked this for a while until Julian convinced her to go pack stuff for New York.
He did not know Brooke´s mother and therefore thought that it was a good thing for Brooke to be with her parents.
Of course it was the other way around.
Their last hug was very long and both of them cried knowing that fate somehow did not mean it good with them. Everything had started perfectly and now everything looked so bad.
xxxx
Brooke went into the kitchen and saw Karen sitting on the table.
Immediately Karen stood up. At first she wanted to scream at Brooke.
She was had been worried sick but when he saw Brooke´s face she could not cry at that girl.
Instead she hugged her tightly and kissed her cheek.
Brooke let her head slump on the older woman´s shoulder but there were no tears left any more.
„I have to pack my stuff." Karen looked confused at her.
Right in this moment Lucas went into the kitchen and asked Brooke.
„Is it true? Your mother is moving you to New York?", he asked it a bit furiously because the thought of not having Brooke in his life, especially now that she was so broken, was unbearable.
Karen looked from Brooke to Lucas and although Brooke did not answer, her face already showed the answer.
Without hesitation Karen called Victoria and the next thing Brooke and Lucas heard were Karen and Victoria obviously fighting on the phone.
"Mrs. Davis. I really understand your concerns but Brooke has gone through a lot and I think she needs her friends now and her normal surrounding."
"Miss Roe. Brooke Davis is still my daughter. And I am not pleased how she is looking at the moment and I think noone of you can give her that what a real mother and a real father can."
It was then Brooke and Lucas heard Karen screaming at Victoria. Of course they could not hear Victoria but she was screaming back at Karen for sure.
Brooke just let her head rest on the table. Lucas caressed her back for a moment.
"It will be okay.", he whispered and she gave him a short smile and then went into her room to pack her stuff.
Of course Karen could not force Brooke to stay with them.
She was still underage and if her parents said that she had to go live with them, there was no way out.
So Karen went to buy something for meal while Brooke packed her stuff and Lucas sat on her bed.
But in the mean time Karen was thinking how to stop Brooke from going. There had to be a solution.
"I hope you´ll call every day?", he tried to ease up the tension in the room but Brooke was so focused on the packing that it was not really easy.
She was still wearing the baseballcap when suddenly Victoria Davis was standing in her room and looking disgusted at her daughter.
"Brooke Penelope Davis. Change of plans.", for a moment Brooke got hope but when their driver came into the room and took her baggage without a word she wanted to cry immediately.
But she could not. Lucas just watched the scene in horror.
"Are you ready?", Victoria asked and looked at her watch.
"But…but…now?", was all that Brooke could stutter.
Victoria rolled her eyes and went outside again. This time Brooke went after Victoria and Lucas after Brooke.
"You did not say that we are leaving today. I am not going. I could not even say goodbye to my friends.", she whined like a young kid and crossed her arms in front of her chest.
"Well there is one friend of yours. So say goodbye.", Victoria pointed at Lucas and took out her Iphone to make a call.
Brooke looked up at Lucas and felt helpless.
"Look. Mrs. Davis. Couldn´t Brooke fly to New York a bit later?", he suggested but Victoria rolled her eyes and took off Brooke´s cap again and hit her hard on the head with it. Brooke flinched in pain.
"I told you not to look like this Brooke."
This was enough for Brooke.
She suddenly reacted promptly and took her cap back from her mother and on her head again.
"I won´t leave. Fuck off.", she said loud and shocked Lucas and Victoria. She was shocked at her own answer as well. Of course she had fought her mother a thousand times but she had never told her to fuck off.
She had said that with such force that it even took Victoria a moment to answer.
But of course her answer would not be nice.
Victoria grabbed her daughter´s arm so forcefully and literally carried her into the car. Brooke was trying to get free and Lucas wanted to help her but the driver, a big one, blocked the way.
"Brooke.", he screamed when Victoria finally had managed to push her daughter inside not caring that Brooke hit her head in the process.
Lucas ran after the car but nothing helped. Brooke was gone.
Brooke tried to open the doors but they were locked and then without thinking she started hitting her mother´s chest.
"I hate you.", she screamed but Victoria managed to get her daughter´s hands in hers "Stop hitting me.", Victoria screamed at her daughter but Brooke kicked and cried in the meantime.
So Victoria let the car stop a moment and went in front of the limousine, which was separated from the back with a little wall.
Brooke knocked on it all the time, kicked the window, kicked the seats but nothing helped.
Finally she gave up and just cried into her hands.
Victoria heard her only daughter crying and did not even feel guilty at all.
All she thought about was that Brooke should finally start behaving like a real woman and that she would not let her out on the street before she could act classy and not like a drama queen or a spoiled kid.
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Karen was shocked when she found Lucas sitting on the couch staring into nothing and finally telling her what had happened.
The food she had just bought fell to the floor and she ran to her son and hugged him tight.
"We will get her back.", she whispered into his ears not knowing whether this was true. Of course she was not her real mother and if Brooke´s parents decided to take care of her, there was nothing she could do to prevent that.
If Victoria and Richard were good parents, it would be perfect for Brooke to spend some time with them. But they were the opposite of that.
xxxx
Before they were walking into the airport again Victoria sat besides her daughter again. Brooke was not looking at her mother but out of the window. It was too much for her to fight back when her mother started yelling at her. Again.
"Would you stop crying. You have everything you need and all you do is complain and now get dressed." Victoria threw Brooke a dress on her lap.
Brooke did not even look at it nor did she move.
"Brooke Penelope Davis. I said get dressed. Now.", she screamed so loud at Brooke that Brooke flinched.
"Fine, be like that. But I promise you, you have to learn some manners in New York.", she took Brooke´s hand and pulled her out of the car.
Victoria did not let go of Brooke´s hand all the time.
Not because she was a good mother and wanted to protect her daughter but because she wanted to get the upper hand-as usual.
Brooke looked at the ground all the time and did not say are word.
The fly "home" was horrible. All she could think about were her friends and Karen. Karen had become the mother she always wanted and now she was sitting besides her real mother and it was the last thing she wanted at the moment.
"Oh look at that.", Victoria pointed at a dress in a magazine "that would look perfect on you. We should definitely buy this."
Brooke did not care at all about shopping at the moment.
When they arrived at their new house Brooke was surprised.
It was even bigger than the other houses she had lived in.
So it was true, her dad had another godd job and was making a lot of money again.
There was a cook, a chauffeur, a gardener and some other people for stuff you normally do by yourself.
"Isn´t it pretty.", Victoria asked her daughter but it was not really a question.
"It´s nice to meet you Miss Davis.", a older woman that must be the cleaning woman smiled at Brooke.
Brooke smiled back and said.
"Thank you.". Victoria raised an eyebrow.
"So you´re talking to the cleaning people but not to your own mother.".
She shook her head and then dragged her upstairs.
"The fifth door is yours." Brooke walked slowly into her own room. Of course it was furnitured and it looked not so bad. The room was very big and she had her own bathroom and a closet that was too big to believe.
She let herself fall on the bed and looked at the ceiling. She did not want to be here.
She closed her eyes and tried to think of anything good but nothing came into her mind, so she hugged herself. She wanted to feel save. In fact, all she wanted right now was lying in Karen´s arms.
"Mooom.", Brooke screamed and ran down the stairs a little later.
Brooke had to look in so many rooms until she found her mom sitting on a couch and drinking whiskey with her dad.
"My little Brookie. How I have missed you.", Richard stood up and hugged her daughter. "Yeah right.", Brooke whispered and did not hug him back.
"Where is my mobile?", Brooke asked her mother furiously.
"Oh. Right.", Victoria took a new Iphone out of her purse and gave it to Brooke with a wide smile.
Brooke looked astonished at it. This was definitely not her mobile.
"That´s not my mobile.", she said back.
"It´s your new one. It´s time to let go of all your friends out there and start a normal Davis life."
Brooke was beyond fure.
"Where is it? I need it. I don´t know any number of them."
Victoria looked madly at her daugher.
"That´s the point daughter. You get new friends. Here in New York."
Richard looked up at his daugher.
"What in hell are you wearing. Is this what you call fashion in tree hill?" Brooke rolled her eyes. Her parent were unbelievable.
"Gimme my mobile you bitch.", Brooke raised her voice. Her parents had never seen her like that. Of course she had been two years younger the last time they have seen her. "Brooke Penelope Davis. Don´t you talk like this to your mom.", Richard stood up in front of Brooke.
He was way bigger than his daughter and looked furiously down at her.
But Brooke did not care. She went to her mother´s purse to find her mobile.
"Get away from my purse. Now.", Victoria said harsh and when Brooke did not stop looking through her stuff, Richard grabbed Brooke´s waist and pulled her upstairs into her room.
Brooke was screaming and crying and hitting him all the time but he just threw her on her bed and pointed at her with his finger.
"I will not allow such behaviour in this house.", he went out of her room and locked the door.
Brooke immediately run to the door and knocked from the inside.
"Let me out. Let me out.", she screamed and then fell to the floor and cried into her own hands.
"You were right darling. They really spoiled her in Tree Hill. That´s not the daughter we know.", Richard sat besides Victoria.
"I know. She is out of control. That has to change.", she took another sip of the whiskey while she heard her daugher screaming upstairs.
The cook and cleaning lady looked shocked at each other.
They had not expected such a family dynamic in this house