*JustLikeBrookeDavis: Thanks for your idea pal. So here comes the scene where Julian comforts both of them in the night!I hope you like it.
*may92: Finally you know what Victoria wants ;0)
So, here is the next chapter. It deals a bit more with Victoria, Brooke and Phoebe. What pairs do you want to see more (the Scotts, Joshua, Julian...)? I am open for any suggestions!
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Julian was coming into the bedroom with an orange juice and croissants. He loved to surprise his two girls.
"Yummy.", Brooke whispered without opening her eyes. Just the smell of everything was great. Phoebe on the other hand was seemingly still sleeping. So Brooke snuggled closer again and tried to wake her up with that. But of course this did not work since Phoebe was a heavy sleeper. So she pulled her into her arms, in an upright position and just waited till she opened her eyes. Julian and Brooke had to laugh watching her head fall to the side. This kid definitely loved her sleep. They wondered how she would be in some years, as a real teenager.
"So are you ready Phoebs?", Brooke asked her little sister who struggled to find the right outfit.
"I will never be.", Phoebe answered harsh and received a "me neither" from Brooke.
"Phoebe it is not important what you wear.", Brooke looked at the clock and was shocked how late it was, "we are kind of in a hurry."
"I know. I know.", Phoebe looked through her closet again, "but it is important! I don't want her to like my clothes. I want to look as ugly as possible." Brooke did not know what she actually thought of this statement but then took a dress out of Phoebe's closet and threw it on her head.
"Then wear this one." It was a white dress with many flowers on it in every color that existed.
"But that's my favorite one.", Phoebe whined, "That is not ugly. I thought you are a fashion designer and know what is In and Out."
"That my dear is definitely not In.", Brooke laughed and received a mean look back. "Maybe not in your old people's world but in mine it is.", Phoebe immediately answered back. She could not believe that Brooke found her favorite dress ugly.
"I am not old Phoebe. I am not even thirty."
"Yeah well sorry. You look older than you are.", Phoebe had to burst out into laughing when she saw Brooke's astonished face, "That was a joke Brooke. You do realize that, right?", she asked because Brooke did not give an answer.
Instead she shrugged her shoulders "Yeah, whatever. Just get ready. We leave in five minutes."
"Is she always like that before meeting her or…our mom?", Phoebe asked Julian who stood besides her and suppressed a laugh as well. Some minutes later Brooke and Phoebe were sitting in the car and heading to their mom. It was a weird situation and no one talked at all. Brooke was kept in her thoughts how to make the best out of the evening for Phoebe and Phoebe did not know what she actually felt towards her mother. Somehow she hated that sometimes she wished getting to know her a bit more. She knew that Victoria did not care for her and was not worth being a mom but somehow the imagination of a big happy family never had faded in her mind.
"Ready?", Brooke opened Phoebe's door and squeezed her hand, "Phoebe. We have to get in now."
Phoebe looked up into her sister's eyes and saw two caring ones. She was relieved that she did not have to go through this evening alone and had a big sister on her side. Of course she could defend herself pretty good and had proven it in the past but sometimes she could not hold back tears during fighting. And she hated that.
"So this is where she lives?", Phoebe asked astonished of the size of Victoria's house. "Yes, this is one of the Victorian Mansions. Feel free to destroy every ugly statue that lays around.", Brooke took a hand on Phoebe's shoulder and stiffened up when the door opened and a very happy-actually a too happy-Victoria opened it and hugged Brooke. "Hello my children.", she smiled heavily and wanted to hug Phoebe as well but Phoebe pulled away and looked disgusted up at her. Victoria realized her look and ran through Phoebe's hair quickly.
"Well, you will have to get used to a hug from your mother my dear." Phoebe wanted to answer but Brooke just shook her head and made her shut up through this movement. Then they entered the manor and were surprised what they saw. There were photos of Brooke and Phoebe all over the wall. If someone did not know that this was not a happy family one would never even think of it. Brooke and Phoebe turned around to see all those photos. They were framed in beautiful frames. There were even photos of Brooke and Phoebe when they were little.
"Do you like it?", Victoria asked her oldest daughter and added some wine into hers and Brooke's glass. When she wanted to give Phoebe a glass with wine as well Brooke took it out of her hand "She is eleven!"
"I know that. I gave birth to her. You drank your first glass with 11 as well. So here.", she gave the glass back to Phoebe who looked astonished up at Brooke and smiled but rolled her eyes when Brooke raised an eyebrow. So she gave it back to her sister.
"Phoebe, if you want you can go upstairs and look into your room."
Phoebe widened her eyes in shock, "There is no way that I am going to live with you, bitch.", she shouted outraged but wondered why Victoria did not shout back.
"Don't be silly. I don't want that either."
"So why do you have a room for Phoebe?", Brooke asked curiously and confused. She just could not understand her mother. What did she want? She knew that there was something her mother was hiding from them.
"Well. A young daughter should have a room at her mother's home.", Victoria smiled being a bit drunken and took Brooke by her arm and pulled her upstairs, "Look. Isn't it pretty?" Brooke widened her eyes in shock again.
Actually the room was very pretty. There were photos of Brooke and Julian and Phoebe together and a big white bed with many pillows in purple.
"Wow.", Brooke did not know what to say "why are you doing this?", she asked harshly while Phoebe stood in "her" room and was overwhelmed by its beauty and pretty things. It actually looked liked someone lived in it. There was a playstation, X-box and Wii. There were books and DVD's and stuffed animals and many other things.
"Brooke. Would you stop asking me that damn question for once?", but Brooke insisted on knowing the answer.
"No, I won't. I know you mother! You don't receive a motherly gene over night and want to warm up with your daughters. You always have a plan behind anything."
Victoria's vision suddenly changed. From the lovely and the caring mother to an evil looking woman, "I wish I had you as the second child. I bet Phoebe would have made less problems.", Victoria said harshly and looked at Phoebe who did not care at all what was happening but looked through her stuff.
"Stop doing this to us.", Brooke protested.
"What?"
"Comparing the two of us. You did not want me nor Phoebe. So why are you doing this now?"
They were interrupted by a loud breaking sound, "Oops.", Phoebe said "I did not see that pretty statue.", she smiled evil and got Brooke to smile weakly back and loosening her fury a bit. Phoebe walked over to them and looked up at her mother and sister. She would have never imagined being in such a situation. Somehow she could see that all of them looked the same. Only different ages and sizes.
"I know the reason now.", she left the older ones stunned and went downstairs with the two following her.
"What do you mean by that?", Victoria asked harshly and confused. How could Phoebe know the real reason?
"Well, I realize it now. There were some people from the press at school last week and they asked me about my mother."
Victoria's heart made a jump "And what did you say?", she hoped that Phoebe had not told the truth.
Phoebe laughed at the fact that she had Victoria in her hands at the moment, "The truth.", Phoebe knocked another statue over "by accident", "Oopps. Sorry. I am just not used to so many pretty things standing everywhere."
Victoria lost her patience and walked over to Phoebe and wanted to pull her at her arm but Brooke was faster and went between them.
"Don't you dare touch her.", she screamed at her mother in fury.
"What do you mean by the truth?", Victoria screamed but tried to stay calm at the same time. Phoebe on the other hand did not seem to care a bit. She shrugged her shoulders as if she did not just have an argument. Brooke was surprised how calm Phoebe could act sometimes during fights and powerful on the other hand.
"Well, that you are a backstabbing bitch who neglected both of her daughters and betrayed your husband and only loves herself and money."
Brooke widened her eyes in shock. What if it was true? The press would knock at their doors all the time sooner or later. Victoria had to sit down for a minute and then looked up at Brooke, "Your sister just ruined Clothes over Bros". Brooke did not know what to say. Of course it was the truth what Phoebe had told but she knew how the press could be. She did not feel afraid for herself but for Phoebe.
"Nah. I did not ruin it. Rule number one in business: Get the press interested in you with anything."
Victoria answered immediately, "But not by telling every private detail you brat."
"So you agree with my truth, mother?" Phoebe used the word for the first time but more with a disgusting sound and threatening one.
"Truth or not…it is not important. We have a meeting next weekend on Hawaii and you little miss should tell the press that you lied because this could ruin your sister's business. We sell clothes not family history."
"What meeting?", Brooke asked confused.
"The press wants to have some family pictures of the three Davis women, so we three are going on vacation. And we are going to be a happy family."
"I am not even a Davis.", Phoebe laughed a little.
"What? No, no, no. I don't want us three on any picture in any magazine. And we won't go on vacation."
Victoria handed Brooke a paper, of course she had known that Brooke would react like this and was prepared, "Fine. Then I'll talk to my lawyer and tell him that your sister has to live with me."
Brooke looked stunned at the paper. At the moment she felt fear and rage.
"You'll stop threatening us when we go, right?" Phoebe asked calmly and wrote something on a paper and gave it to Victoria who looked shocked down at it.
"Sign it. You don't even want to live with me. It's just a threat Victoria. Sign this and we go and after that you'll leave us alone and I'll tell the press that I lied.", Phoebe gave her a pencil and looked up at her with a grin. Victoria had to laugh at the paper and rolled her eyes.
"I see so much of me in you, beloved daughter", she answered proudly which made Phoebe uncomfortable and shiver, "I'll sign this stupid paper but during the meeting you two", she pointed at Brooke and Phoebe "have to behave. Do you understand me?" Both of them nodded and rolled their eyes, "Good.", she signed it and then took another sip of the wine.
"You may leave now.", she said coldly to her daughters who were relieved.
"Don't have to tell me that twice.", Phoebe jumped up happily looking at the paper and went outside. Brooke just looked sad and confused at her mother. Sometimes she asked herself whether there would be a day that she actually stopped imagining her mother could change.
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Back in the car Phoebe seemed too happy for Brooke, "What did you make her sign?"
"This.", she gave it to Brooke and Brooke started reading loud: "Victoria Davis is a backstabbing bitch who neglected both of her daughters and betrayed her husband and only loves herself and money. Her daughter, Phoebe Ferguson, may live with her other daughter, Brooke Davis as long as Phoebe pleases. Victoria Davis will pay the flights and hotel to Hawaii for her daughters and...and Julian Baker for the shooting days and one week longer."
Brooke looked up at Phoebe who smiled proudly, "I know. It's nothing official but you know she does not really want to live with me. It is only a threat and as long as it stays this way, we can have our fun with her. And of course I promised to tell the press that I lied but I don't have to do that because I did not tell them a word about anything. I am not stupid."
Brooke could not help but burst out into laughing, "Definitely not. You're a genius Phoebe"
"Have heard that before." Phoebe laughed as well "but I think Victoria is more of an idiot than I am a genius. I cannot believe she actually agreed to that.", she added when Brooke started driving home and could not wait to tell Julian of the evening and Phoebe's little white lie.
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Julian was sitting nervously on the couch when the two entered the house giggling. He looked surprised at them. Why were they giggling? He was prepared for anything but not that. He was prepared for two sobbing sisters in his arms or two fighting sisters but not this.
"Hey honey.", Brooke went to him and gave him a long kiss.
"God I am hungry.", Phoebe said and went to the kitchen to get some ice-cream and then went back to them with three spoons.
"Did she drug you?", Julian finally asked and made them laugh even more. Brooke started telling what had happened earlier.
"So we are travelling to Hawaii?", Julian asked astonished.
"Seems so.", Brooke gave her sister a high five. She was not actually looking forward to the shooting but the idea of having a little family vacation was pleasant. Even with one unwanted family member. She hoped that Victoria would just leave them alone after the shooting and take some massages or something else.
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Some hours later Phoebe was turning around in her sleep and mumbling something. "No. Noo. Please. Stop it.", she screamed so loud that Julian jumped up in shock from the other room. At first he did not know where that noise came from but then he heard another loud scream and ran as fast as possible into Phoebe's room. He realized immediately that Phoebe was having another of her nightmares since the robbery and went to her shaking her softly.
"Kiddo. Wake up. It's just a nightmare.", Phoebe shrugged up in shock and widened her eyes,"It's me. Julian.", he said realizing that she panicked. Phoebe's eyes were wet immediately and she rested her head on Julian's shoulder and cried heavy for the first time.
"Shhh. It's okay Phoebe.", he caressed her back and went to bed with her, "Nothing is going to happen." She could not stop sobbing but finally she was too exhausted and fell asleep again. He held her tight and tried to make her pain go away. It hurt himself seeing his women so hurt. After a while he stood up and wanted to leave again but Phoebe had pulled her arms around him and pleaded him to stay.
"Of course.", he whispered and lay down again. He promised himself that he should talk to her the next day. Something had to be done against those nightmares. It was the first time he realized that not only his wife but also Phoebe had them as well. He looked down at the small figure and felt happy to have her in his life.
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Suddenly he heard another scream "Noooooooooo. Heeeelp." He knew immediately that this was his wife and wanted to run to their bedroom but he did not want to leave Phoebe alone as well. So he pulled the sleeping figure up in his arms and took her with him. When he opened the door he saw his wife sweating and crying in bed.
"Another nightmare honey?", he looked down into her wet and red eyes and could feel her sorrow. She did not say yes but nodded with her head. He softly pulled his hands through her hair and while he laid Phoebe down on the other side he took Brooke into his arms.
"Why is she here?", Brooke asked concerned.
"She had a nightmare too", Julian whispered not wanting to wake her up. Brooke snuggled closer to her husband and felt guilty that Phoebe had to go through the same emotions.
"Oh god. Where am I?", Phoebe jumped up and looked shocked around.
"You're with us.", Julian answered softly and pulled her closer as well. Phoebe could tell that Brooke had been crying as well and rested her head on Julian's chest while looking into Brooke's sad eyes. She could imagine that her eyes weren't the luckiest at the moment either. Brooke caressed her cheek and tried to smile. So did Phoebe. Phoebe then turned around and stood up and wanted to walk back to her room but Brooke was faster and walked after her.
"Where do you think you're going?", she asked her sister and held her by the hand.
"Back into my room", Phoebe whispered sadly and did not dare to look into her sister's sad eyes. But Brooke just lifted her up into her arms. She was happy that she could still carry her sister and looked into her eyes.
"No way. You're staying with us." Brooke whispered and Phoebe immediately began to cry again.
"Thank you.", she sobbed while she heard her sister crying as well. They went back to bed and Phoebe snuggled very close to Brooke while Julian took his arm around both of them. He looked down into the eyes of Brooke and Phoebe "I love you two.", he said with a voice full of truth.
"We love you too.", Brooke and Phoebe answered and closed their eyes. It did not take long for the three of them to sleep. Nor Brooke neither Phoebe had a bad dream again this night. Somehow Julian had built a safe place for them and this safe place was with him.