Hey guys, I splitted the last chapter into two. So this is the second one in one day. Yeeeah! I'm curious what you'll say!
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Brooke and the man looked at each other and didn't say a word. Nobody knew what to say until Victoria came inside and Brooke looked madly at her. "You left her alone with him.", she tried not to yell at her mother.
"I was outside talking on the phone for five minutes Brooke. I would never leave her alone with him.", she answered with disgust.
"Our daughter is probably a better mother than you'll ever be, Victoria.", Richard answered and stood up and looked madly at his wife. Victoria wanted to answer but Brooke stopped her from doing it.
"Richard. I want you gone.", but instead of listening to her daughter he walked over to Julian.
"You must be the man that makes my daughter very happy.", he shook Julian's hand who did not really know how to react. Of course he knew who Richard was and he remembered the hurt in Brooke's eyes when he forgot her birthdays or even their wedding without calling them or anything else.
"And you must be Sam and Kevin.", he took Sam's hand but she took it back immediately. Kevin looked up at his hand but did not take it and walked madly into his room and closed the door loudly. He knew how it felt to have a father that was never there for him and although Julian did not turn out to be the way her mother had always described him, he knew that Brooke must hurt deeply. He heard Brooke asking Sam and Phoebe to leave the room for a moment and then a soft knock on the door.
"Can we come inside?", Sam asked worried and smiled when he nodded. His sisters closed the door and slumped down on the bed with him. Outside they heard the four adults yelling at each other.
"Wow. I can't believe that he just came without telling us. Why on earth where you so nice to him?", Sam asked Phoebe who crossed her arms in front of her.
"He was nice to me and he said that he wants to make it up to Brooke and to all of us."
"Well, you do remember that he was not very nice to you when you were a baby and he never really cared for Brooke either when she was a child. You know that he was never around.", Sam said madly.
"Yeah and you know how it is if your father doesn't want you.", now Kevin looked a little mad at Phoebe.
"But he….he was nice and…he had a book full of pictures with mom as a child and…"
"Phoebe. Pictures don't mean anything if the person that loves you is never around. I hope mom doesn't fall for this.", Sam went on her tummy and looked at Kevin.
"Yeah, he doesn't deserve her as a daughter. I don't want Brooke to get hurt.", Kevin admitted. "Lets take care that he doesn't hurt her, okay?", he looked at Sam with big eyes. She smiled at him and patted his knee.
"Don't worry. I think mom is capable of defending herself.", the kids heard the door getting closed furiously and then wondered that Julian and Brooke were yelling. They went to the door and tried to understand what they were saying.
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"How on earth could you take his hand and defend him? I've told you how he is. He's the male Victoria but…", Brooke walked around in rage.
"I know honey, but you're okay with Victoria now too maybe…", Julian tried to calm her down.
"I am okay with her for only one reason and you know that. I still prefer her not being in our life that much because she tends to get back to her bitchy mood. But I accept her being with us because in a weird way she likes the kids. But my dad…Richard is even worse. He…he…", Brooke felt the tears coming up and took a broom and threw it on the floor. "Damn it. Why does he have to come back now?"
Julian opened his arms and walked over to her and wanted to hug her but she looked madly at him.
"It's your fault too because you encouraged him that it would be fair to have a second chance. How could you do that? It would not even be a fucking second chance but the thousand one."
"Brooke, he's your father. All I'm saying is that he maybe really changed and wants to get to know us all and the kids."
"Bringing the kids into it is unfair. They won't end up having a great grandfather but another person that hurts them."
"He can't hurt us.", Sam came out of the room and sat down on the couch.
"Samantha."
"No dad. Mom is totally right. He was never there for her. That asshole doesn't deserve a second chance."
"Samantha!", Julian yelled at her.
"I'm sorry but that's what he is. I know the stories."
"I agree with Sammy. Brooke should not give him a second chance.", Kevin said and looked madly at Julian. Julian could not believe what was happening.
"Kids, this is a talk between…"
"No dad, actually it's not. If Brooke gives him a second chance, we have to do that too. I won't do that."
Julian shook his head and then looked at Brooke again. "It's just one dinner Brooke. A family dinner. Nothing more."
Suddenly a mobile rang and everyone looked at Phoebe. She blushed a little but took it and then walked over to her mother, "Um…it's…it's…your dad."
Brooke looked shocked at Phoebe and then took the mobile, "Don't call her. Don't call anyone of my family. Bye. And you stop answering the phone if he calls.", she looked down at Phoebe and gave her back her mobile.
"This is ridiculous.", Julian answered and took the mobile. "I'm going to dinner with him. Who comes with me?"
"Don't you dare.", Brooke was past fury.
"It is just a dinner."
"Dad. You can't do that.", Kevin looked shocked at his dad and went in front of Brooke as if he wanted to protect her. She took her hands on his shoulders and tried to calm down.
"Sam, are you coming with me?"
"Definitely not. And you know you're making a mistake.", Sam answered madly and went besides Brooke.
"Kevin?", Julian asked. He immediately shook his head and crossed his arms in front of him.
"Phoebs?"
"Julian, stop that. It's ridiculous. No one goes.", Brooke answered but looked shocked at Phoebe when she whispered.
"I'll go."
"At least one in our family gives others a second chance.", Julian answered madly.
"Leave us alone for a minute please.", Brooke said furiously and could not stop looking madly at Julian.
"But mooom.", Sam answered but then went into her room with Kevin and Phoebe.
"I can't believe what you're doing. Putting the kids in the middle of it is not okay.", Brooke answered.
"I'm not the one putting them in the middle. If you agreed to just one dinner with your dad, the kids would not protest. I'm doing that for your best and be mad at me but I would like to get to know the man that shares genes with my wife."
While Brooke and Julian argued outside, inside the room the kids were arguing. It all ended in a huge disaster. Julian yelled at Kevin and Sam for making Phoebe cry while Brooke yelled at Julian for yelling at the kids and being blind.
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This night was nothing but fun. "You sleep on the couch.", Brooke threw his pillow onto the floor madly and Julian just shook his head.
"One day you'll be thanking me."
"For being a backstabbing husband. Trust me, I won't.", Brooke yelled at him and closed the door.
"Great dad. Just great.", Sam looked madly at Julian.
"Samantha. You get out of this."
"No, we won't. Richard will hurt Brooke.", Kevin walked besides Sam and leaned against her. Julian just shook his head and could not believe what was happening. He then walked into Phoebe's room and took his pillow onto her bed.
Kevin and Sam walked into Brooke's room and found her crying into the pillow. When she saw the two, she immediately pretended not to cry and wiped her tears.
"Are you okay?", Sam asked worried and sat down on the bed.
"Yes, I am. You can go to bed."
"It's not even Phoebe's bedtime.", Kevin smiled and went to her other side.
"I'm sorry you're in this.", Brooke apologized and could not believe that this little fight started to get out of control.
Sam went closer and laid her head onto Brooke's lap while Kevin leaned with his head on her shoulder. "Dad is blind.", he said "and Phoebe too."
"It's okay. We are a family. There are no sides.", Brooke went through his hair and could not believe that Kevin defended her and not his father. She had never expected that. She suddenly felt motherly feelings for him and realized that this boy would be living with them forever until he was old enough to have his own little family.
"What did you two do today by the way?"
"We were swimming and then we…um…at my mother's grave.", Sam and Brooke looked with a soft smile at him.
"Do you want to tell us about it?", Brooke asked worried and he nodded.
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"I'll wait here, okay?", Julian said to Kevin who nodded and took a deep breath and went over to the grave and sat down on the ground.
"Mooom. It's me. I…I am sorry I did not visit you for so long but a lot of bad things happened. Phoebe and I were kidnapped and I was so scared and I thought they would kill us. But now we are back home again and…dad is not the way you described him. He's…", he looked around to see that Julian was not looking and listening, "he's pretty cool and great to me. We spent the whole day together and we want to do that more often. Brooke is very nice too but don't worry, she'll never be my mom but I really like her very much. And Sam is the best big sister. We talk a lot in the evening before I have to go to bed. And Phoebe is a little annoying at times but I try my best to protect her because she is so vulnerable. You would have loved her because she's very good in dancing and little. I…mom…I miss you so much and….", he started to cry and suddenly felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around and looked up at his father. Julian had tears in his eyes too and bunch of flowers.
"I bought that for your mom."
"Those were her favorite flowers.", Kevin sobbed.
"I know.", Julian answered and wiped his tears and was glad when Kevin slung his arms around him and just cried.
"I miss her so much dad. Why did she have to die? I want her back?", they slumped to the ground and Julian held him closely to his chest.
"I can't answer you that question. Sometimes bad things happen and you don't know why. But I believe that your mom still watches you and is always there for you. Not in person but in there.", he pointed at his heart.
Kevin nodded and they just stayed like this for a long while. A father having his son in his arms and being there for him. While Kevin sobbed, Julian took a deep breath and talked to Melanie. He was still mad at her but he knew that his son should not stand between them.
"Melanie. I want to thank you.", Kevin looked confused up at Julian, "I want to thank you for raising our son. He's amazing and I'm sorry that you did never feel like telling me about him. I would have enjoyed every moment with him. Thank you for bringing him into my life. He's one of the best gifts in my life and I can understand why you loved him so much because I feel the same way. You don't have to worry because we will take care of him. No matter what.", Kevin sobbed even more when Julian continued talking but in the end both of them stood up and took a deep breath and hugged each other tightly.
"Thank you dad."
"Don't thank me. Thank you for sharing that special moment with me.", Julian went through his hair and was very proud of the boy that was his son.
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Brooke and Sam were failing not to sob when Kevin told the story. "Why are you sobbing?", Kevin asked a little confused.
"It's just…it's not okay what we are doing right now. We should stop fighting. We are a family.", Brooke answered. Sam nodded and hugged her mom tightly and pulled Kevin into that hug. Brooke felt Kevin hugging her even tighter and she enjoyed it. Although Brooke was still mad at Julian, she realized that now- being a mother and in the hard situation everyone was in- it was more than important to stick together, no matter what. The three of them stayed in the bed for a while until they heard Phoebe crying loudly outside and arguing with Julian.
"I don't want to go if mom doesn't love me then any more."
"She still loves you Phoebe.", he picked her up and went into the room and rolled his eyes when he saw the three of them looking madly at him.
"Okay, I'm sorry. But could you tell your youngest that you still love her.", he went onto the bed with Phoebe and Brooke immediately opened her arms and took Phoebe onto her lap.
"I'll love all of you no matter what. Fighting will never change that. I even love your dad that obviously is wrong and stubborn as hell and…"
"Okay, okay, I get it.", Julian answered, "if you don't want me to meet him, then I won't."
"I don't.", Brooke immediately said and could tell that Phoebe was about to fall asleep from all the crying and started to suck her thumb again.
"Fine, I won't go but I still think that it's…", Sam interrupted him and just threw the pillow into his face. He looked shocked at her and started to tickle her.
"Daaaaaad. Stop.", she whined but he was merciless but Kevin went on top of him and tickled him too.
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An hour later the three kids were in their pajamas and on the bed. "How are we going to do it?", Phoebe asked.
"What?", Kevin took his pillow and lay down.
"Now we are three kids but two parents."
"And?"
"Phoebe, I'm almost seventeen. I'll survive not sleeping in my parents' arms.", Sam lay down in the middle.
"Well that's why you're in the middle now, huh?", Kevin joked.
"Well, I'm the oldest and I like it warm. You get the outsides.", Sam pushed them to the edge and smiled when Brooke and Julian came into bed as well.
"We need a bigger bed.", Brooke laughed and took her arms around Sam. To her surprise again, Kevin cuddled a little closer to her too. Julian slung his arms around the girls and took Brooke's arms in his hand and squeezed it. They remembered the times when such a fight ended in having wild sex but today that was definitely not possible.
"Oh please don't end up making out between us.", Sam saw the looks on Brooke and Julian's faces and remembered the time when she had lived with them alone.
"Samantha.", Brooke and Julian looked shocked at her while Kevin and Phoebe giggled at their redness.
"If they do that then I'm out of here.", Kevin joked and blushed himself.
"Ooooooh. Do you have Mrs. Peterson?", Sam asked Kevin who rolled his eyes and nodded. "Don't laugh.", he slapped Sam softly.
"Who is Mrs. Peterson?", Brooke asked confused.
"Well, she's a teacher at our school and she loves to teach the kids with a very, well…vivid book all about…", she looked at Phoebe and the held her hands over her ears. "Sex."
"Heeeeey.", Phoebe protested.
"That's probably why you can't stop talking about it brother, huh?", Sam teased him while he went under the blanket to hide his face.
"Can we start changing the theme?", he pleaded but Sam went out of the bed and came back with the book. "Saaaaaaaaam."
"Look. That's the book.", Brooke and Julian looked shocked at it and when Phoebe wanted to see it too, Julian immediately closed her eyes with his hands.
"Daaaaad.", Phoebe whined.
"There is no way you're going to see that.", there were drawings of the naked body and how people touched themselves and had sex in different positions.
"Okay, we need to talk tomorrow and why does she teach…with…with that book?", Julian said to Kevin, who looked shocked at him.
"Dad. We already talk enough about it at school. It's embarrassing.", Kevin whined and did not like the attention he was getting.
"Honey, It's nothing embarrassing. When two people love each other then…"
"Broooooooke.", Kevin whined and closed her mouth with his hands. They were glad that Mrs. Benzo had talked with Kevin and Phoebe about it in some sessions because both of them were confused about those men who wanted to sell Phoebe.
"Tomorrow we'll talk.", Julian said and Kevin looked annoyed at him.
"Hahahaha. You have to talk with dad about it.", Phoebe joked and pointed at Kevin.
"Don't be so happy. You've got mom. She's worse.", Brooke looked shocked at Sam. "Just joking.", Sam burst out into laughing.
"I already know everything. I don't need to talk about it. I will never do it.", Phoebe lay down again.
"Riiiiight. I bet in some years Kevin and I are going to handcuff you to us so that boys won't kiss you.", Sam teased Phoebe. Brooke and Julian looked shocked at each other and imagined a fifteen-years-old Phoebe, an eighteen-years-old Kevin and a twenty-two-years old Sam. They knew that a lot of different trouble would probably arise in the future.
"Eeewww. I won't.", Phoebe complained. Sam took the book again but Julian was fast enough and took it outside and then jumped into bed again.
"End of this discussion. You and I talk tomorrow. You already know too much and are too active. We talk about that too.", Sam looked shocked at her dad. "and you forget everything that was said in this room for another ten years. And you and I…"
"Oh god dad. Stop looking at mom like this.", Sam hit both of them softly and then took her arms around all of them. "I love you guys."
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Thank you!