Happy new year everybody! Hope you have a great 2011 with lots of suprises, love and happiness! This is my little "present" for you: A new update!

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Julian was walking up and down in front of Brooke and could not stop talking, "But what does she want? I mean, do you think she wants her back? That would be just absurd you know! I mean she...she is Victoria.", Brooke did not know what to say and just nodded sadly.

"I don't think that she really wants to take care of her. Gosh Julian I don't know what she wants. I think she is just jealous and like usual she just wants to destroy everything I have and...", Brooke stopped when the doorbell rang. She looked up questioning at Julian but he did not know who it was. So she ran to the door and opened it. Her face got even madder when her mother entered her house without permission.

"Hello daughter.", Victoria said cool and then looked over to Julian, "Hello Julian." "Victoria.", he answered and tried to stay calm. Normally he said to Brooke that she should do anything to build up a relationship with her mother but this time it was enough. There was no way he would let Victoria harm his Phoebe.

"What do you want?", Brooke asked harshly.

"Nice way to greed your own mother.", Victoria laughed back but then as usual came straight to the point, "I just wanted to tell you that I want to spend more time with Phoebe and you. So tonight I want the both of you at my house at six." Brooke widened her eyes.

"No way...I would...", but Victoria was faster "Brooke Penelope Davis. There is no room for disagreement. If you do so I consider taking Phoebe away from you.", she looked over to Julian, "It's easy since I am her mother.", Brooke hated that smile on her mother's face. It was a smile of victory. A vicious smile actually. She left the house by saying, "I see you two at six."

Brooke ran after her and closed the door loudly, "She cannot do that Julian! She cannot.", she screamed furiously "It is not fair. It is just not fair."

Julian went to her and hugged her tightly. "It is not. But right now I don't see any other way than doing it." Brooke looked up at him into his eyes and she could see the same fear, confusion and anger in his eyes.

"But Julian. What comes next? She cannot make us do everything she wants just because she is her mother and unfortunately mine too."

Julian did not know what to answer and kissed her forehead, "We'll find an answer.", he was really thinking about what they could do but it was no use. Victoria was true. She was her mother and since she did not hurt her physically she could force Phoebe to live with her. It was a thought he could not bare. Why would Victoria even want this? She wasn't actually nice or a mother for the last 12 years for Phoebe.

"But how can we tell it to Phoebe? I mean she won't want to go and...god Julian. She is eleven. A kid. She deserves a mother that cares."

Julian wished the same for Phoebe, "And you did and do too honey. But Phoebe has a sister that cares a lot for her. And if you haven't realized it. I do too." Brooke laughed at his comment "so we just tell her the truth."

In this moment Phoebe came into the living room where Brooke and Julian were standing and hugging each other.

"Tell me the truth about what?", she asked and let herself fall onto the couch and turned on the tv. Brooke and Julian looked at each other and then walked to her. Brooke took the remote control from her and shut it down again.

"Hey. I wanted to watch friends.", she protested but stopped it when she saw their sad faces, "You know that you two are scary, right?", she laughed and then Brooke started to speak.

"Look, Victoria invited us for today and…"

"No thanks.", Phoebe said calmly and wanted to take the remote control back but did not succeed. There was no way that she would visit her mother.

"I think that we have to go Phoebe.", Brooke answered softly. She did not know how to tell her the whole truth but when Phoebe stood up and wanted to leave the room Brooke added, "she can make you live with her." Phoebe just stood there not moving for a moment but then looked mad at Brooke and Julian.

"Nobody can actually make me live with anybody." with that she walked back into her room and closed the door loudly.

"Well that went well.", Brooke whispered to Julian and followed her little sister. Brooke widened her eyes when she saw what Phoebe was doing.

"What. Stop that.", she walked furiously into her room but Phoebe took the bag back from Brooke and walked to her cupboard again and put her clothes in it. Brooke sat down sadly at Phoebe's bed and looked confused at her sister who did not stop packing and looked very mad at the same time. After a little while she finally said something again.

"Why are you packing?", Phoebe pretended that she did not care and shrugged her shoulders.

"Seems like you're not really sad with me living with that whore.", Brooke was hurt immediately and looked shocked at her sister "and since I don't want to live with her, I am going to live on my own again. Not that I don't like it." She added but of course this was a big lie. Brooke could not hold her emotions any more. She jumped over to Phoebe and took her bag out of her hands and threw it to the floor.

"There is no way I am letting you tell me those stupid things in my face. I don't want you to leave. Do you understand me? I want you to live with us forever and...and I hate my mother for doing this to us. Do you really think I want you living with her? There is no way I am letting her do this to us and there is no way I am letting you live alone again or just running away. You have to get used to the thought that you have a family now and cannot run away whenever something does not work like you want it to be. What is with me Phoebe? Do you think I could be happy without you? Without my sister? Do you think any moment of it…that I need you as much as you need me? I...", Brooke could not talk any more. She had not realized that tears were falling down her cheek until now and so she just stood there looking into her little sister's eyes. It was then she realized that Phoebe's face was wet as well. Maybe even wetter as hers.

There was an awkward silence in the room and the sisters just looked sobbing at each others. Brooke opened her arms and Phoebe immediately ran into them feeling safe and crying heavily. Sometimes it was too much for her. She wanted to stay with Brooke and Julian. Brooke kissed her head and caressed her back.

"Phoebe. I love you. You're my sister and I will never let you down." She looked down at the small one who just nodded and still cried heavily.

"I...don't want to live with her. I am...a..f...raid of her. She...she hates me.", Phoebe revealed and for first time Brooke could hear an eleven year old talking and she understood that she could not understand what Phoebe actually felt for their mother. "You don't have to be afraid of her. I won't let her take you away from us."

Suddenly Brooke felt another hand on her back and looked up into her husband's caring eyes. They were sitting now on the bed with Phoebe on Brooke's lap and her head hidden into her chest and still crying. Julian sat down in front of them and took Phoebe's hands.

"Hey kiddo. I won't let that happen either. You're part of this family. A very big part, okay." Phoebe nodded softly and let her head rest on Brooke's chest.

"Do we really have to go there?", Phoebe finally asked and could see that Brooke was fighting with the answer and did not know what to say, "I think we should or we...I mean I have no other choice. But of course I will not force you.", she added immediately. Julian took the word.

"Why don't you do it one time and look what she's up to? Maybe we misinterpreted her and she just wants to have a meal with her daughters. As weird as it may sound, I know. If it is that horrible you'll never do it again." Phoebe looked deep into Julian's eyes and Brooke did so as well. Both of them nodded, which made Julian stand up.

"But I think that you two princesses should stop crying. Your eyes will look too red and fluffy. And you don't want your mother seeing that you've been crying, right?"

Both of them immediately nodded and wished a tear away. "Great.", he smiled and kissed both of them on the forehead, "so, let's have breakfast together and then we can do something fun today and tonight you'll meet with the queen of Dracula."

Phoebe laughed loud, "That would make us the sprouts of Dracula." Brooke laughed too and then whispered into Phoebe's ear "you know that that means that we are vampires and actually love to bite human beings?"

Phoebe understood the message and looked funnily at Julian. "You know that I understood what you were saying?", he pointed at them and ran out of the room while the two chased him.

"Blood. I want blood.", Phoebe screamed and tried to catch him. But he was faster and pulled her over his shoulders and on the bed and tickled her merciless.

"Noooooo. Help B...r...ooooke.", she screamed. Brooke jumped on his back and tried to tickle him as well but he was faster again and within seconds she was lying besides her sister on the bed and received a tickle attack as well. Phoebe suddenly put the blanket over him so he could not see any more. But the result of it was all of the three falling onto the floor with a loud sound and laughing loudly. Julian put his hands around Brooke and gave her a kiss, "I love you honey." But Phoebe, who pulled them apart, interrupted them immediately.

"Hey. And what's with me?" she lay down between them and received a kiss from both of them on the cheek. They stayed like this for a while. With Julian holding Brooke's hand and Phoebe in the middle of them. All of them were in thoughts and enjoyed the moment very much. In fact they felt like a little happy family. It was not long after that that Julian looked at his girls and found them asleep. It had been a long night and an exhausting morning. So he just pulled them up on the bed and lay down besides them. He was tired as well and thought that it would be a good idea to get a bit more sleep. He felt Brooke snuggling closer to her sister in the middle and reaching out for Julian's hand. Julian took it gladly and they fell asleep like this.

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