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Chapter 4: The first Day of school
Tammy set her clothes on the couch. She still hadn't moved into Sam's room even though Brooke insisted. Tammy didn't want to stay in Sam's room because it just didn't feel right. Her sister would come back. She knew it. Tammy finally decided on what to wear. She chose the blue jeans, With the red t-shirt and long sleeve white shirt under. She had gotten a pair of red converses and a black belt that she wore loosely around her wait. Brooke came into the living room and stretched. She had gotten worried when she woke up and Tammy wasn't there. Tammy had slept in Brooke's bed the previous night because Brooke had been really worried about her. Plus Tammy had had a nightmare and was scared to go back to sleep. She saw that Tammy was already dressed and it was only seven o'clock. It was definitely a change.
"Wow that looks really good on you." said Brooke.
"Thanks for getting it for me." said Tammy.
"No problem. I am amazed that you are awake." said Brooke.
"Always exciting to go to school again in a new place and make new friends." said Tammy sadly.
"Hey it isn't going to be like that anymore. I promise you that. This is going to be your school until you go off to college and so are your friends, well the good ones at least. And this is your home now." said Brooke.
"You can't promise something like that." said Tammy sitting on the sofa.
Brooke sat beside her. She put her arms around her.
"I just did." said Brooke
Tammy smiled.
"Why can't you take me to school instead of Haley?" asked Tammy.
"Because I have to be the adult and work sadly. Designing clothes is harder than you think. But I promise that I will be there to pick you up after school and plus Haley wants to spend some time with you and Jamie has begged to see his cousin Tammy." said Brooke.
"Cousin.." laughed Tammy.
"Yeah I guess he's made a full turn around from when you two first met each other." said Brooke.
"You make it sound like ages ago. It was only two days ago." stated Tammy.
"And yet I feel like you've been here for years." said Brooke.
Tammy just smirked. Brooke couldn't put her finger on it but when she looked at Tammy it reminded her of something or someone. For a second she thought about Sam but she quickly dismissed that theory because Sam was an only child. She never mentioned any younger or older siblings and she had never seen Sam's file. She hadn't wanted to. She decided that if Sam even had to tell her anything she would do it on her own time.
"Brooke no offense but you look like crap. Please go do yourself a favor and get cleaned up. I'll make me a bowl of cereal." said Tammy.
"Thanks for sparing my feelings." commented Brooke, "And I will go and get ready for the day."
"Good. Oh and how about you do something productive today." said Tammy.
"Like?" asked Brooke.
"Call Julian and talk to him." said Tammy.
"How do you know about Julian?" asked Brooke.
"Jamie told me. He didn't give a lot of detail but apparently it has to do with Sam leaving and you got all depressed. Jamie said you were pretty messed up. You and Julian began to fight and he left." said Tammy.
"We split up because of how I was. I just regretted letting Sam go so much. I wanted her to be my daughter but I just didn't feel right trying to keep her away from her real mom." said Brooke.
"Brooke from what Jamie told me and from what I know Sam wanted you to adopt her. She legally wanted to be your daughter. She was just hurt that you told her to leave. Brook you can't beat yourself up for something that you can't change. All you can do is make up for lost time. Talk to Julian and try to talk to Sam." advised Tammy.
Brooke just looked at Tammy. She was one tough and smart kid. Brooke cared for her a lot and she, Haley, and Jamie could see how Tammy made her feel better. For the first time in months she wasn't depressed. She actually felt happy. She wanted to call Julian and hear his voice. She wanted to tell him that she loved him and wanted him back. She knew that she was the one who pushed him away just like with Sam but she wasn't going to do that ever again.
"Thanks." said Brooke.
Brooke kissed Tammy on the forehead and got up. She went to her room.
There was a knock at the front door. Tammy got up from the table and answered the door. She was practically tackled to the floor by Jamie within seconds.
"Nice to see you too." said Tammy, "Cuz."
"Oh you heard about that." laughed Jamie.
"Yeah I did." said Tammy, "Good morning Hales."
"Morning Tammy. You look nice." said Haley
"Thanks." said Tammy.
"How you feeling?" asked Haley.
"Good. Brooke is getting ready. She's been getting ready for the past HOUR." said Tammy loud enough so that Brooke could hear her.
"Tammy who is at the door?" asked Brooke.
"Santa. It's Haley and Jamie Brooke who else could it be?" asked Tammy.
Tammy and Jamie went over to the couch and sat on the sofa. They both started arguing about who got the remote and before long they were basically wrestling for it. Tammy grabbed the remote and put it up in the air. Jamie yelled at her for picking on him for his height and pulled her arm down.
"Okay knock it off before you both end up watching Oprah." said Brooke.
"Your funny." said Tammy.
"Oh I may be funny but I am also serious." said Brooke.
"You would have to catch me first old lady." said Tammy.
Jamie tried to hold in his laughter but the look on Brooke's face was absolutely priceless and he burst out laughing. Haley gave him the mother glare and he quickly stopped. He covered his mouth so he wouldn't laugh again.
"She's so sarcastic." said Brooke turning towards Haley.
"She reminds me of Sam." said Haley.
"Me too." said Brooke quickly glancing at Tammy.
"Was she okay last night?" asked Haley.
"She had a nightmare so I told her she could sleep in my room. I didn't ask her what it was about because she was exhausted and today was school. I didn't want her to fall asleep in class or anything." said Brooke, "Other than that she was pretty good."
"She had a nightmare so I told her she could sleep in my room. I didn't ask her what it was about because she was exhausted and today was school. I didn't want her to fall asleep in class or anything." said Brooke, "Other than that she was pretty good."
"That's good." said Haley.
"Yeah she's not really excited about the first day since she has moved around so many times. She's never had a stable home. Everyone always sent her back. She couldn't keep friends or the same school. Every few months it was different for her. She never had anybody." said Brooke.
"Yeah but it's different now because she has you and you love her. She's going to be able to have all of that because of you."
"Yeah I hope so. I really want this to work."
"Me too. She makes you so much happier. Ever since she showed up you have been back to your old self and we all missed that especially Jamie."
Brooke looked at her godson. He had been a little trooper through everything. She hadn't even pated attention to him because she was only worried about one thing, herself. She wished that she take the last year back and completely change everything. She would have adopted Sam, married Julian, been a great friend, a great godmother, and had a happy life. But she thought about what Tammy said. She still had a chance to make everything right. It wouldn't be like it was before but hopefully she could make it just as better. Plus there was thing that she had now that she didn't before, Tammy. And she wouldn't change that for anything.
"Hey later do you think I could spend some time with Jamie and you can take Tammy to meet Quinn, Clay, the twins, and Nate." suggested Brooke.
"That's a great idea. How about around like four? I highly doubt they will get any homework on the first day of school." replied Haley.
"Well you guys better start going or you're going to be late." said Brooke.
Haley looked at her watch and was shocked at how much time had gone by.
"Oh you're right. Tammy Jamie let's go. Were going to be late." said Haley.
Jamie ran to the car, Haley following behind him. Tammy went to the kitchen and grabbed her backpack off of the floor. When she turned around Brooke had a cell phone with a bow on it in her hands.
"I picked it up when you were picking out clothes." said Brooke handing the phone to Tammy, "If you need anything at all or you just feel like texting me you do it but don't get it taken away okay."
"Okay." said Tammy gratefully.
Tammy hugged Brooke.
"Thank you so much. This is awesome." said Tammy.
"You're welcome. Now go and get an education and don't come home until you have one." said Brooke.
Tammy laughed. She put the phone in her pocket and began to walk out the door.
"Tammy wait." said Brooke
"Yeah?" asked Tammy turning towards Brooke.
"I love you." said Brooke.
Tammy smiled. She wanted to say it back but she wasn't ready yet.
She just nodded and hurried to Haley's car. She knew that Brooke was looking at her. She had a confused expression on her face. Tammy felt bad for not saying it back but she knew that deep down Brooke understood why she couldn't say it. She knew about her trust issues. Tammy wasn't mad at her for saying it because she knew that she meant it. And she felt the same way. She loved Brooke.
Brooke watched as Haley's car drove away. Suddenly she felt her cell phone ring and she took it out of her pocket. She read the caller I.D. It said Tammy. Brooke opened the message and there were the four words that melted her heart.
I Love You Too.
Haley pulled into the high school parking lot after dropping off Jamie at the elementary school. Tammy was sitting up front with Haley. Her stomach was in knots. She didn't want to go to school. She was nervous. She knew that people probably wouldn't talk to her because it was the first day. She was the new kid but at least it was the first day of school so there were probably other new kids too. That took a little bit of pressure off of her.
"You okay?" asked Haley noticing that Tammy was really quiet.
"Just kind of nervous. You know with me being a new kid and everything and its the first day of school." answered Tammy.
"You will be fine and I am sure that you will make a lot of funs. My class is in room 113 so at lunch time if you want we could go get lunch instead of he nasty cafeteria food." said Haley.
"That would be great. Thanks Haley." said Tammy.
"No problem kid." said Haley, "So you ready to go inside?"
"I want to say no but I don't really have a choice do I?" asked Tammy.
Haley shook her head no smiling.
"I didn't think so." Tammy sighed," Well lets do this."
Haley and Tammy got out of the car and walked toward the entrance. Haley and Tammy went to the office to sign Tammy in and get her schedule.
"So what classes do you have?" asked Haley.
"Lets see. First period biology. Second history. Third PE. Fourth Writing with you. Fifth lunch. Sixth Language. Seventh advanced algebra. And 8th latin." said Tammy.
"Latin...your a freshman and your already taking Latin and advanced classes." said Haley.
"I tend to pay attention in school. I usually like it just not the people in it. And Latin isn't even that hard. I will actually be able to study now that I'm staying with Brooke." said Tammy.
"You say "staying with Brooke" like you are going to leave." said Haley.
Tammy just shrugged. She didn't know if at some point she wouldn't be leaving so she couldn't be positive of anything. Haley couldn't think of anything to say. When her and Tammy were done with the office they began to walk to Tammy's first period class. Tammy was trying to memorize her schedule. She wasn't even paying attention to where she was walking. Suddenly Haley grabbed her.
"Tammy watch where you are going. You almost slammed into a wall." said Haley.
"Oh sorry." said Tammy.
"This is your class." said Haley pointing to the door on her right, "You're next class is straight down the hall."
Tammy looked around the halls and suddenly someone caught her eye. It was Sam. She hadn't changed at all. She began to panic. She didn't want Sam to see her. Haley followed her gaze.
"Oh that's Sam." said Haley, "I should go talk to her. You want me to introduce you to her?"
"Uh no I have to go. Um see you later. Bye." said Tammy practically running into her classroom just as Sam looked over.
"Okay." was all that Halley could say before Tammy was gone.
She just shook her head. Brooke had gotten another strange one. She looked over at Sam and took a deep breath. She walked over to her.
"Hey Sam." said Haley.
Sam hugged Haley. She missed everybody so much. She wanted more than anything to come home but something just kept her from talking to Brooke. She just couldn't forgive her. She hated it with Rebecca. She just didn't feel like her mother at all. She just wished it could be like old times again.
"What's up Hales. Who was that girl with you?" asked Sam.
"Her names Tammy she's new here. She's staying with Brooke." said Haley.
Sam fell quiet.
"So she has another foster kid now. What's she gonna do make her leave too?" asked Sam angrily.
"Sam c'mon its not like that. Brooke misses you. She regrets letting you go. You know that she didn't want you to leave. She thought she was doing the right thing. She found Tammy sleeping in her store." said Haley.
"What was she doing there?" asked Sam.
"She's a foster kid with a bad home and has no one, just like you in the beginning remember. What do you think she was doing?" asked Haley.
Sam didn't answer.
"What's her story?" asked Sam.
"She was given up by her mother at birth. She juggled in and out of homes. She has diabetes so we have to keep an eye on her because she tends to forget her meds sometimes. She is in sort of a bad place right now. She doesn't really trust a lot of people. She's only had one good thing and that was her best friend which also turns out to be her big sister but we don't know the name. Her sister got her out of a really bad home after the people tried to kill her." said Haley.
Sam just starred at Haley. She knew exactly who she was talking about but it couldn't be. Tammy was sent back to the group home in new jersey. How could she end up in Tree Hill.
"Haley what is her last name?" asked Sam seriously.
"Jones I think." said Haley.
Jones. That was the same last name that Tammy had told her even though she knew it was a lie. Tammy had told her that so she wouldn't find out the truth. Tammy thought she was protecting Sam. But Sam knew the truth the whole time.
"Haley where is she?" asked Sam on the verge of tears.
Haley could see that something was bothering Sam. At first she thought that Sam was angry at Tammy because she was living with Brooke.
"Wow Sam what are you going to mess with Tammy?" asked Haley.
"No Haley I just need to know where she is. I have to talk to her." said Sam," I have to see her now."
"Sam why?" asked Haley, "If your thinking that Brooke took her in because she moved on your wrong."
"Haley you don't understand. This has nothing to do with Brooke at all. It has to do with Tammy. Please just tell me where she is. Is she okay?" asked Sam.
Haley could hear the despiration and worry in Sam's voice and knew that this was serious.
"You need to tell me what's going on or I can't help you." said Haley.
"She's my best friend." said Sam.
"But that would make you.." said Haley.
"Her sister." said Sam.
And there you all go.
You said you wanted to see Sam and I even gave you a little cliffhanger.
Coming up...
Sam and Tammy talk.
The Beach
Sam and Brooke talk
Julian
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