Hello everyone. I wanted to say a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone, who is still reading this story! In the last chapters there weren't the usual reviewers any more. I don't know if you're still reading it or if you're disappointed...I would really, really appreciate if you'd tell me if you are. Maybe there are some things you want to see more/less?

I hope you enjoy this one!

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The whole family was packing their luggage for Tree Hill. They were glad to go back but Brooke and Julian feared it a little though. "Do you think we're doing the right thing?"

Julian looked at Brooke and had to think a moment.

"I don't know, honey. I really don't know. I mean…but I don't like Victoria's idea either.", he sat down on the bed and took Brooke with him. She looked at her beautiful husband and was so relieved to have him at her side, "But what I do know is that we'll go through everything together."

"What would I do without you?", Brooke whispered softly and kissed him passionately while sitting down onto his lap.

"What would I do without you?", he asked with a cute smile and cuddled closer to her.

"Dad. Can you help me with the luggage?", Kevin came inside and stood in front of Brooke and Julian. The twelve-year-old one fitted perfectly into the family. He loved all of his family members and was more than happy to grow up with them instead of the orphanage. Although he was disturbed too at times because of the kidnapping, with the help of Mrs. Jones and his family, he managed to overcome his fears step by step.

"Sure, buddy.", Julian kissed Brooke's forehead again and then walked outside with his son.

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The last four days Victoria was anything but nice to all of them. All of them just tried to get out of her way and leave her alone. All of them but Phoebe. "Phoebe. Leave me alone.", Brooke heard Victoria screaming a little too loud at her daughter.

"But I…I made this for you.", Phoebe held up a picture she had drawn with all of them on it. Victoria looked at it and felt the tears coming up. She was in that picture too and it said "My family. We will miss you!". But she was Victoria: A woman that would not cry in front of anyone and she had never felt the pain she was feeling now. She took the picture and laid it on the desk without looking at her daughter.

"Okay. Now you can go.", she said to Phoebe who looked shocked at her. She looked even more shocked when Victoria accidently knocked down her tea and it went over the picture.

"Phoebe, I'm…", Victoria started but Phoebe already ran out of the kitchen with tears in her eyes. She bumped into Brooke and looked up sadly.

"What is it? What happened?", Brooke asked worried.

"Victoria hates me.", Phoebe answered and ran into her room and hid under the blanket. Brooke immediately felt the rage rising up and took a deep breath and then walked into the kitchen and walked in front of her mother with a huge anger burning inside of her. She did not say anything but just looked madly at her mother.

"Are you going to say anything or just stand there? I'd appreciate if you leave me alone.", Victoria did not look up from the magazine until Brooke snapped it away and threw it onto the floor.

"I've been nice to you. We all have been. I've shut up to avoid anyone getting hurt. Especially Phoebe. But now it's enough.", Victoria just looked at her without any emotion. "You…you are a cold hearted bitch, you know that? For the past few days Phoebe tried everything to catch your attention and you…you….it's okay if you hurt me. I'm an adult. But Phoebe isn't. You can't just get into her heart and then push her away like this."

"I'm not pushing anyone away."

"Right. You spill your tea over her picture.", Brooke held it up, "that she made for you. You won't talk to any of us more than two sentences a day and you don't even hug her any more or tell her goodnight although she asks you to. I wish she wouldn't ask you to and I wish she could see that you're just a woman without a heart." Brooke knew that this was not totally true. Victoria had helped them a lot in the last weeks but right now she could not stop yelling at her mother.

"Well, if you think like this my dear, then you'll be happy you get rid of me tomorrow.", Victoria just answered and took back the magazine but Brooke immediately snapped it away with tears in her eyes.

"Why do you hate us all that much? What did we do to you? It's okay if you treat me like that but she's nine for god's sake. You don't deserve to be called mother by her."

"Well, she's my child."

"You may have given birth to her but you definitely make sure to show us all that you don't havemotherly feelings inside of you.", Brooke said.

"Yeah, right.", Victoria answered coldly while Brooke burst out.

"You can be proud of yourself, mother. You made it sure to make your youngest cry. I see myself in her. I've cried so many times because you did not care for me for a second. I've cried until I realized that you'd never change. I stopped crying when I was ten. It was hard but I'm over it. I know I got a mother that only thinks about herself. God knows why you pretended to care that much in the last time. It hurts to see that my daughter believes it was all true. That you love her and…"

"For god's sake, stop it! I do love her.", Victoria suddenly stood up and screamed back at Brooke. "It's not your place to tell me whether I do or not."

"Well, you make sure that we all know you don't."

"Right. I'm a cold-hearted bitch.", Victoria walked around in the kitchen, "Do you know how much it hurts that she'll be gone? All of you. Do you know that I get all those feelings I've never felt before? Don't you know I am a failure as a mother? Do you think I'm proud of it? Guess what daughter, I am not.", Victoria felt the tears inside of her eyes but tried to let them in.

Brooke looked shocked at her mother.

"I know I was never there for you. I know that and it was wrong. I regret that I did not really see you growing up and becoming the woman you are now. And when I see Phoebe, I see you as well and it makes me realize what kind of a woman I am."

Brooke did not know what to say.

"I love that little girl out there that much that I don't know how to handle those feelings. I want to take her away from you and give her everything to make her smile but I know that wouldn't be right because you're more of a mother than I can ever be. It's just hard. I finally feel what motherly feelings are and then my…your…our…daughter has to leave me forever."

"We're in Tree Hill. It's not that far and…", Brooke said back.

"You are a mother. You know that I'll miss everything. Her smile, her crying, her stubbornness, god, even her cuddling."

"Then tell her that. Don't pretend you don't."

"I can't.", Victoria said.

"Why?"
"Because it makes me realize even more that I am about to lose the two most precious things in my life.", Victoria could not look at Brooke. Brooke was shocked that she included her.

"It's up to you if you lose us or not. It was always up to you.", Brooke whispered and touched her mother's shoulder. She did not want to do it. She knew she risked getting hurt again but Victoria was still her mother and it was probably the first time that Victoria showed so many emotions to her. She was shocked to hear her mother sobbing.

"I am so proud of you my daughter. Of both of you.", Victoria sobbed.

"Mother I…"
"Don't say anything. I know I've never treated you or any of my family the way they deserve it. I love you. I love you all and I'm proud that all of you became such wonderful persons.", she touched Brooke's cheek and hugged her tightly. "You all are better without me."

Brooke took a deep breath and then started, "It's too late for that. I've never expected me to say this now. We need you in our life. You've helped us so much in the last time…when…and….I see the look in her eyes when she looks at you. She loves you. Don't make me regret saying this but stay in our life.", Brooke whispered, "You're her birth mother and you got a special place in her heart."

Suddenly both of them turned around when Phoebe entered the kitchen with pictures in her hands and screamed, "I hate you. I hate you. I hate you. You make all of us cry. You're a cold-hearted bitch.", Brooke knew that Phoebe had that from her. Phoebe started to rip all the pictures with Victoria and her into pieces.

"If you rip that one, you're in big trouble. It's my favorite one.", Victoria stood up and snapped it away from Phoebe. Phoebe immediately lunged forward and hit Victoria again and again.

"I hate you. I hate you.", she screamed over and over again until Victoria took her hands into hers and held them tightly and looked down at her. Phoebe's lip was trembling.

"But I love you.", Victoria said.

"No you don't. You said you're happy that I'm gone.", Phoebe answered and Brooke looked shocked at Victoria who had guilt all over her face. She really hoped that allowing Victoria to stay in their lives was a good idea.

"I…it…was a lie.", Victoria went down on her knees to look into Phoebe's eyes, "You know, sometimes I say things I don't mean...I am not happy. I will miss you so much that it hurts and I was afraid to show those feelings but I'm not right now because your mom talked sense into my head.", Victoria and Phoebe looked at Brooke who smiled down at them. "Can you forgive me?"

Phoebe looked shocked at Victoria and then shook her head. "You made mom cry too.", she looked up at Brooke who wiped her tears and went through Phoebe's hair.

"It's okay. She did not make me cry…we just had…an argument.", Brooke answered and felt sorry that Phoebe was put in the middle of all this.

"No, it's true. This fight is my fault and I'm sorry.", Victoria stood up and looked at her two daughters. "and…I've…got…", she had trouble talking further. This was probably the reason she was so harsh to everyone, "I got something for you two that…well it's a present and…"

"What is it?", Phoebe asked confused and cuddled closer to Brooke. Victoria took something out of her bag and gave it to Brooke. Brooke looked shocked at it and the tears came up immediately and she held her hand in front of her mouth and did not know what to say. She looked at Victoria in shock and gasped.
"What is that?", Phoebe asked and snapped the paper away and read it. So it was officially. Soon she'd be a Phoebe Baker. She looked up at Brooke and Victoria and then threw the paper onto the ground and ran out of the room sobbing.

Victoria looked shocked after Phoebe and then at Brooke, "What…what…I thought…"

Sam and Julian came inside and were confused to see the tears in their eyes.

"What happened?", Julian and Sam looked shocked at the paper and then at Victoria.

"Oh my god. You did not show that to Phoebe now, did you?", Sam asked worried and happy at the same time. She knew how close her little sister had grown to Victoria after the kidnapping.

"Am I the only one, who does not get why she's not happy because of it? I…it was hard signing this and…and…I thought that's what she wanted…what you all….I mean…", they could tell that Victoria was confused.

"It is but…to her it feels like you give up on her now. It was not really the right moment to give it to her.", Julian answered and patted Victoria's back. He realized that she really had no clue how much she meant to Phoebe. Inside he was jumping up in joy. He could finally adopt his little princess.

"But…I'm not…I…"

"Let's go talk to her.", Brooke took Victoria's hand and walked into Phoebe's room.

"Honey.", they sat down on the bed, "We would like to talk to you."

"Go away. Leave me alone.", Phoebe sobbed.

"No, we won't.", Brooke said and pulled away the blanket. "There is something your mother wants to tell you.", she pulled Phoebe onto her lap and slung her arms around her to protect her.

Victoria looked shocked at Brooke and then at Phoebe. "Um…I thought you'd be happy to be adopted…"

Brooke took a deep breath, "What she wants to tell you is that no matter what, you'll be always her daughter too. You have a mom and a mother if you want to. I am your mom but Victoria gave birth to you. Nothing will change that.", Brooke prayed that she was not lying to her own daughter now. Victoria immediately continued.

"You are my baby girl. Forever and I love you. Brooke is your mom and I know she'll take good care of you but you can always come to me no matter what. I loved having you here with me and I can tell that my daughter, both of them, are beautiful from the inside and outside and I'm proud of both of you. Can you forgive me? Pleeeeeease.", Victoria showed a puppy look and hoped that Phoebe would accept her apology.

"Okay, but mom is way better with children than you are.", Phoebe said honestly. Victoria and Brooke burst out into laughing.

"Yes, she is. She's the best mom you can have. You are very lucky to have her.", Victoria said while Brooke looked shocked at her. This compliment meant a lot to her.

"I know.", Phoebe answered and cuddled closer to Brooke. "Can you come to Tree Hill with us?"

"Phoebe, I've got…"

"Pleeeeeeaaaaase.", Phoebe slung her arms around Victoria this time, "Just for a week. Please, please, please. I'll be so sad if you don't and I'll cry all the time and it'll be your fault again and…"

"Okay, okay. Stop it. I'll come.", Victoria tickled Phoebe again and then kissed her cheek and lay down besides her. Brooke lay down on the other side.

"So if I have a mom and a mother, then I'll get more pocket money, right?", Phoebe smirked and took her short arms around Brooke and Victoria.

"Definitely not.", Brooke and Victoria said in unison while Phoebe rolled her eyes and then jumped up on the bed and screamed when she realized something.

"OH MY GOD. OH MY GOOOOOOD", she looked down at Brooke and Victoria and fell of the bed but did not care at all and ran outside, "Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad. You can adopt me now."

Julian jumped around happily with her in her arms. "I'll be Phoebe Baker soon. Aaaaaaaaaaaa", all of them watched the cute scene.

"Thank you mother.", Brooke squeezed Victoria's hand, who had tears in her eyes. It was hard for her but seeing her baby girl that happy was worth it. Definitely. She took a deep breath and then squeezed back.

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Some hours later Brooke yelped when Julian came into the bathroom and closed it and smirked at her while she was packing her stuff. She smirked back. "She's a Baker soon."

"I know.", Brooke answered happily and slung her arms around him. He kissed her softly and hugged her tightly.

"Julian. Not…", Brooke whispered when he went under her shirt and tried to open her bra.

"We have some hours left.", Julian nibbled at her ear.

"But…oh god.", she moaned when he pushed her back against the wall and went inside her pants with his hands and then pulled them down to her knees. She unbuckled his belly immediately. They knew they did not have that much time and slumped down into the empty bath tube.

"Fuck…Come for me baby.", Julian moaned into her ear and immediately kissed her to prevent Brooke from screaming too loud. They were not really looking forward for any attention from the others. Both of them came at the same time. He stayed on top of her but then looked up shocked when the door opened. He immediately closed the shower curtain. Brooke and Julian looked shocked at each other when they heard Kevin and Phoebe coming inside. Fortunately the curtain was not transparent. They prayed that the kids would not see them in this position.

"I'm going to be adopted. I'm going to be adopted. I'm going to be adopted.", Phoebe sang all the time and took all her stuff.

"Are you going to change your last name?", Kevin asked and looked for his toothbrush.

"Yeah, of course. I want to be called like mom, dad and Sam.", Phoebe smiled wildly and then looked up at Kevin, "Why don't you ask mom and dad too if they adopt you."

"I don't need to be adopted. Dad is my dad by birth."

"Yeah but mom isn't. She could adopt you and…"

"Brooke is not my mom.", Kevin said harshly and they heard Phoebe taking a deep breath.

"I know but…"

"No. My mom is Melanie not Brooke. I don't want to be adopted by her.", Kevin said again. Julian held Brooke a little closer to his chest and felt her heart beating fast.

"I know that. I'm not dumb. But I've got two moms too. So maybe if mom adopts you, you could change your name too. So we all are called Bakers.", they heard how enthusiastic Phoebe was about that idea.

"I don't know.", Kevin just answered.

"But mom is a good mom. She really is and she…"

"I know that."

"And she likes you and you like her.", Phoebe clapped her hands in joy and took a game boy and wanted to put it into her bag.

"That's mine."

"No it's not.", she protested and tried to get it back but Kevin held it up into the air.

"You destroyed yours. This is mine.", Kevin argued.

"But you said I could have it.", Phoebe whined and jumped up to get it.

"I did not say that. I said you can play with it at times.", Kevin pushed her back a little.

"Yeah and I want to play with it forever.", Phoebe whined again and Brooke and Julian had to suppress their laughs and could breathe again when they heard the two running outside and continuing to argue. They got dressed again and then laughed and walked outside. They found Phoebe and Kevin wrestling around on the ground.

"Owwwww….", Phoebe protested when Kevin sat down on top of her and held her arms above her. "Get off me."

"No, gimme back my game boy."

"No. It's mine.", Phoebe held it in her hand.

"Lucky. Come boy.", Kevin said and made Lucky lick Phoebe's whole face. She laughed and struggled to get free until Kevin snapped the game boy away and stroke Lucky happily. "Good boy."

"That's not fair. Mine is broken and you said I can play with yours whenever I want.", Phoebe crossed her arms in front of her and pouted. Kevin just shook his head and sat down on the couch and opened the game boy to play with it. Usually he did not really play with it but as a big brother now he teased Phoebe with it. Phoebe immediately jumped on top of him and tried to get it again until Sam went in between. Sam was a little galled since Ben was in Tree Hill again to exercise. The grown-ups just watched the three kids interact.

"We are parents of three crazy kids.", Julian laughed. Sam took the game boy into her hands and screamed at her younger siblings.

"Could you be quiet for just one hour? I was about to fall asleep.", Kevin and Phoebe immediately protested.

"She took my game boy. I just wanted to play a little."

"You never play with it.", Phoebe argued and tried to take it from Sam. But Sam was bigger and just held it up. "Saaaaaaam."

Sam jumped into the middle of the two annoying kids and did the headlock to both of them. "Saaaaaaaaaaaaam.", Phoebe tried to get free while Kevin tried the same but Sam just laughed.

"You deserve that. Say it after me now: We will never wake up our big sister again."

"We will never wake up our big sister again.", Kevin said and Sam nodded proudly.

"And you Phoebe?"

"I will always wake up my big sister.", Phoebe said stubbornly.

"Wrong answer.", Sam let Kevin free and then jumped onto Phoebe and tickled her merciless.

"Stoooooooooooooooooop.", Phoebe laughed.

"Oh my god. We're lucky we did not have any siblings.", Julian said to Brooke who nodded. Kevin laughed and jumped on top of Sam to help Phoebe.

"Let her free.", he said and tickled Sam a little.

"You're on my side, Kevin.", Sam laughed and then tickled him as well.

"Kids the…", Victoria could not end her sentence because Kevin already bumped into the table. All of them gasped at the loud sound and then he held his forehead in pain.

"Are you okay?", Sam asked and saw the tears falling down his cheek. Julian and Brooke immediately walked over to him and he fell into Brooke's arms and sobbed.

"It's okay. Let me see it.", Brooke could tell that this huge bump must hurt. "Let's put ice onto it.", she stroked his back while he tried not to sob.

While the two of them walked into the kitchen Julian jumped on top of Sam. "How come one of you siblings always ends up crying when you fight with them?"

"Daaaaad.", Sam whined. "Let me go."

"Phoebe. Sam wants to be tickled.", Julian smirked down at his oldest sister who tried to get free. Phoebe ran to them and immediately tickled Sam, who laughed loudly.

"That is mean."

"Really, you think it's mean to use my strength against you?", Julian smiled down at Sam.

"Yes, it is.", Sam argued and pulled out her tongue. "Phoebe, don't you dare do that. You'll be in big trouble.", she said to Phoebe who wanted to tickle her feet.

"Do it.", Julian just said and held her tightly.

"You're mean.", Sam pushed Julian backwards when he let go of her and went through her hair.

"Awwwww.", he pulled his arms around her again and held her tightly.

"Dad. You are annoying me.", Sam whined. "Mom. Could you tell dad to stop cuddling me to death."

"It looks kind of cute.", Brooke said and sat down on the chair while Kevin sat besides her and leaned against her with an icepack on his forehead. He burst out into laughing as well when Sam tried to push Julian away and got frustrated.

"Dad. Stop it, okay."

"But I love you so, so, so much.", Julian answered like a baby.

"Yeah right. Then cuddle with Phoebe. She loves cuddling. I hate it."

"No you don't. You cuddle with Ben all the time.", Phoebe immediately answered and hugged herself and pretended to kiss someone.

"Oh shut up.", Sam rolled her eyes and finally managed to get free. She immediately walked away, "I wanna sleep an hour now. Without interruptions. Thank you."

"Why does she like sleeping at day? Humans sleep at night not at day. Maybe she's a vaaaaaampire.", Phoebe jumped on top of Julian and squeezed his cheeks.

"No, I am one and I can smell vampires. I'm kind of hungry.", Julian smirked at Phoebe now.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.", Phoebe ran into the room and jumped onto Sam. "Help me. Dad wants to bite me."

Brooke heard her husband and Phoebe laughing while Sam threw them out of the room. "Are you okay?", she went through Kevin's hair. He nodded but did not want to stand up and still leaned against her.

"Do we move to the old house?", Kevin asked suddenly and looked up at Brooke with his huge eyes.

"Um…how come you ask?", she asked a little confused.

"I heard you and Victoria arguing that she thinks it's better to move into another house because of…because of the kidnapping and so." He did not know whether he liked the idea or not.

"We haven't really decided yet.", Brooke admitted. To be honest, she did not know what the better idea was. Moving into a whole new home without any memories or staying in the old one but risking that Phoebe would not feel safe any more.

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What do you think of it? I thought it was time that Victoria let out her emotions a bit more. Do you think they should move into another home (in Tree Hill) or should Phoebe overcome her fear in the old home? At the moment I'm not sure what I'll write. Maybe with a little help of you I could decide!

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