Two hours later the Scotts came into their house and hugged everyone. Lisa was very happy to see Phoebe again and gave her a picture that she had drawn, "Thanks. That's beautiful. I will frame it.", Phoebe hugged Lisa and took the picture into her room.
"Momma. She likes it.", Lisa smiled proudly. Phoebe was definitely her idol and she loved spending time with her so much, that she asked her parents almost every day whether they could meet the Bakers.
"Yeah. I can see that honey. So Sam.", Haley took her arm around the teenager, "where are Brooke and Julian? Don't tell me they are still sleeping."
"Still sleeping and they don't know that you are coming. Phoebe wanted to surprise them."
"Ah ok.", Haley looked up at Nathan and took his hand. She smiled at him and he knew immediately what she was thinking. Revenge.
"Really? Now?"
"Oh yeah. Remember the last time they surprised us?", Haley answered and both of them opened their bedroom door carefully, "Oh, aren't they sweet.", Haley smiled at the view. Julian and Brooke were sleeping almost on top of each other's. Brooke's arm and leg were on top of Julian and it looked like she was using him as her pillow. Haley remembered the time when they were in high school and had sleepovers. Brooke had always used someone as her pillow. She was definitely a cuddle monster.
Carefully Nathan and Haley walked towards them and covered their own mouths when they started painting their faces in every color. They walked out of the room again and Sam looked stunned at them," What have you done?"
"Just wait Sammy.", Nathan laughed and went to the other kids who were playing in the living room.
"Wow, the table looks amazing kids.", Nathan sat down on a chair and Sam and Phoebe looked proudly at each other's.
"Yeah it was Phoebe's idea…"
"…but Sam helped a lot."
Haley and Nathan shared a look. It was wonderful to see the two girls getting along so well. Nobody who did not know that they weren't sisters by blood would have assumed that.
Everyone looked at Julian when he came out of the bedroom. The kids looked shocked at him and their mouths stayed open while Haley and Nathan burst out into laughing.
"Haley, Nathan?", he rubbed his eyes "I did not know you were coming."
Julian's lips were painted in red and he had many hearts on his forehead and black points on his cheek. "Why do you look like this uncle Julian?", Lisa pointed at his face.
"Like what?…oh my god.", he went into the bathroom and immediately cleaned his face. He could see that Brooke was looking the same but decided to play the little game.
"You two.", he pointed at Haley and Nathan and tried not to laugh when Brooke came out of the bedroom as well with tired eyes and looking like a clown.
"What. Why are you here?", Brooke asked tiredly and kissed Julian a good morning.
"Your girls invited us.", Nathan tried to suppress a laugh.
"Oh. Ok. Cool.", Brooke said honestly and sat down and wondered why everyone was looking at her and suppressing a laugh but before she could ask them the bell rang and she stood up to open the door. "Oooh. I hope it's the hot postman again.", she joked and opened the door. It was him but he looked shocked at her. Why was this beautiful young woman painted like a clown?
"Hello Mrs. Davis-Baker. Umm…here's a letter for you."
"Well, thank you.", Brooke flirted and went in again,"Ok guys. Why was he…", she touched her face and looked at her hand and saw the color on it.,"Oh noooo.", she went into the bathroom, "Naaaaaleeeeeey" she screamed and washed her face, "That so means revenge.", Brooke laughed and went through Jamie's hair who had spit the milk on his shirt because he was laughing so hard.
"You are mean. Even you.", she pointed at Julian and slapped his back softly.
"Why do you call them Naley?", Phoebe asked Brooke a little later.
"Your sister always has those short cuts for everyone. It's Nathan and Haley together.", Jamie answered smiling and tried to drink his milk again but whenever he was about to take a sip he had to laugh.
"Yeah. We are Brulian.", Brooke kissed Julian again. Sam and Phoebe rolled her eyes. Whenever Brooke and Julian were in a good mood you could see them kissing all the time. Sam took her arm around Phoebe and pretended to kiss her "And we are Pham."
Everybody laughed and enjoyed each other's company.
xxxxx
"So what are your plans for today?", Julian asked the Scotts who looked at Phoebe. Phoebe had told them that she had planned everything and blushed a bit when everybody looked at her.
"Sam and I have a surprise and we booked a table at a restaurant.", Phoebe said fast.
"Oh ok. Great. So Baker and Scott time again.", Julian laughed but of course he loved the thought of it. In fact he loved spending time together even more since Sam and Phoebe had come into their lives.
"Well, actually it is Davis-Baker, Walker, Ferguson and Scott time.", Jamie said without realizing that Sam and Phoebe looked shocked at him. He looked back "No. I meant this in a nice way.", he apologized. He had not said that to make them feel left out.
"We know Jamie. Maybe we should change our names one day.", Sam really liked the thought. She wanted to be adopted soon and loved the idea of being Sam Baker sooner or later.
Phoebe thought about it a moment, "I would call me Helena then. I like that name."
Sam looked confused at Phoebe "our last names you idiot."
"Don't call Phoebe an idiot, Sam.", Lisa defended Phoebe and looked madly at her.
"Oh sorry kiddo.", Sam laughed at Lisa. This little girl always defended Phoebe no matter what.
"No. Davis sounds like a first name and Baker like, well…like someone who bakes. I want to be called…umm…Scott.", Phoebe said without thinking and smiled at Haley and Nathan
Of course Sam realized the chance to make fun of Phoebe and started, "Oh. You will in the future."
Jamie immediately kicked Sam under the table and blushed a little.
"Why?", Lisa asked confused and looked at Sam who could not help but smile all the time.
"Because Phoebe will marry Jamie and get many, many babies.", Sam laughed hard when Jamie and Phoebe looked shocked at her and stayed mute for a while. The grown-ups burst out into laughing at their shocked faces.
"We will nooooot.", Phoebe complained and did not look at Jamie, it was too embarrassing. He face was colored in the deepest red.
"Okay, if you say so.", Sam continued eating calmly and pretending not to hear Phoebe's complains.
"Take that back.", Phoebe finally said to her.
"Take what back?", Sam pretended not to know what Phoebe meant and continued eating.
"You know exactly what I mean."
"Phoebe. No need to get so dramatic. It's not like you and Jamie have been K-I-S-S-I-N-G.", Sam laughed and then looked from Jamie to Phoebe. They were so read in embarrassment and when Sam looked at the grown-ups who raised an eyebrow and somehow smiled, she finally understood it.
"Oh my goooood.", she laughed hard and almost spit the food at the table. "No way. You two kissed. What? When? How? Oh my gosh.", Sam stuttered but of course nobody answered her questions.
"They kissed on our vacation.", Lisa smiled at Sam and made the situation even worse for Jamie and Phoebe. They did not dare to look at each other and stayed mute.
"Okay, enough with this theme.", Haley intervened when she saw how embarrassed Jamie and Phoebe were.
"Okay. Okay. Sorry.", Sam could not help but laugh through the next minutes while Jamie and Phoebe did not say a word and concentrated on their food.
"I got an idea.", Brooke suddenly jumped up "A very good one." Everybody looked at her and hoped that her idea really was a very, very good one. Sometimes Brooke's ideas weren't and ended in a big disaster. Like the time when she had made Nathan and Haley and Julian go skydiving and Brooke was the only one who had been so afraid that she had not done it. "Lisa, I know today is not your birthday but do you still want a present?", Lisa nodded immediately and smiled wildly at Brooke. Brooke's presents were always the best ones.
"Great. Because I think that six is the perfect age to get such a present and I will buy it today for you."
"Umm…Brooke?", Nathan asked confused but Brooke just addressed Phoebe and did not pay attention to him. Nathan always told her that she should stop spoiling the kids so much but there was no way she would stop buying great things for them. She just had too much fun in shopping.
"And for you too. Because you don't have it and need it. And for you too.", she pointed at Sam," And…well…Phoebe bought it for you, so you can get whatever you want."
Julian smiled at Brooke's happiness while the others looked confused at her.
"Oh noooo. I don't want a bike.", Phoebe complained while Lisa's eyes went wide and she raised her hand "But I really, really want one aunt Brooke"
Sam raised a hand as well "Um…okay. Did not think about it but why not."
"Majority rules, Phoebe.", Brooke went through her hair "let's go shopping today."
"Why do you always get us to go shopping, Brooke?", Nathan laughed and Brooke poked out her tongue at him. "Well, that's what I am good at, right."
"Oh yeah. I can tell that.", Jamie remembered how often Brooke had taken him to the mall.
xxxxx
Some hours later they were in the store. Lisa immediately had found a perfect bike for her. It was a pink one from Barbie and very cute, "Can I have this one aunt Brooke?"
"Of course my darling. This looks awesome.", Brooke took Lisa into her arms and then went to Sam, "Got one?"
"I think I want this one.", Sam pointed at a bike with a huge smile on her face. Of course she knew that Brooke was going to protest a little.
Brooke looked shocked at the bike, "You do realize that this is a boy's bike and black?"
Sam rolled her eyes and said back "Do I get to decide or you?"
"Fine. Fine. If this is what you want, take it.", Brooke laughed and whispered into Lisa's ears, "You sure have a better taste." Lisa nodded and then they went to Phoebe. Phoebe was running around with Jamie in rollerblades. They were allowed to test them at the store and laughed hard when Phoebe fell right in front of Brooke to the floor.
"Watch out Phoebe. So which bike is it?", Brooke asked curiously but Phoebe shrugged her shoulders, "I don't care. Just choose one.", she went after Jamie again but Nathan took her at her waist and on his shoulders, "You are going to destroy the whole store."
"Oh c'mon Nathan.", Phoebe complained but he held her tight.
Meanwhile Brooke and Julian looked around for a bike for Phoebe, "This one.", Brooke took a pink bike with many flowers.
"Her favorite color is violet, not pink. I think…she wants this one.", Julian pointed at one.
"No, that is…I don't know. Ugly.", Brooke screamed after Phoebe to come by and decide.
"Which one do you want?" Phoebe looked at them and then at Sam's. Although Sam's bike was a boy's bike and black, she smiled, "This one.", she pointed at Sam's bike and Julian and Brooke were shocked. There was no way Brooke would allow two of her girls to have such a bike. Shopping with Brooke always meant that sometimes you had to take what she wanted.
"That's a boys' bike Phoebe and it does not fit you." Phoebe hesitated for a moment and then looked at the other bikes again.
"This has your favorite color.", Julian pointed at the bike he wanted her to have and grinned down at her.
"Okay.", Phoebe shrugged her shoulders and went over to Sam and Jamie again.
"See.", Julian pointed his finger in Brooke's face who slapped his hand away.
"You manipulated her."
Jamie got the rollerblades and the girls the bikes.
xxxxx
At home Jamie helped his little sister to cycle.
"Always look to the front and focus, okay.", Lisa nodded and started but fell on the floor a few times. But she was a very brave young girl and started cycling again. She did not even complain when Jamie let go of her without telling her. It was a whole different story with Sam and Phoebe.
"I said don't let me go Sam!", Phoebe stood up from the floor and kicked the bike with her feet. She hated to fail in anything and tears of fury appeared in her eyes.
"Sorry. But you were too fast.", Sam apologized and suppressed a smile. Actually Phoebe looked the cutest when she was mad at something and right now Phoebe was really mad.
Of course Julian filmed the cute scene while the other grown-ups smiled at their kids.
"Are you ready to go again?", Sam asked Phoebe who shook her head and took off her helmet. "No, I am not and I am not going to do it again. I hate cycling."
"Well, okay but look at Lisa. She is cycling there without help. And she is six. And you'll be the only one on vacation who has to ride a tricycle."
Phoebe looked shocked at the little girl "What?" She immediately went on her bike as well "But let me go when I say so. Not earlier. Okay."
Sam nodded, rolled her eyes and started running with her.
"Now."
Sam let go of her and Phoebe cycled alone without any problems. "I said let go Sam.", she complained and looked backwards and suddenly realized that Sam was not helping her any more. Of course this caused her to loose her balance and to fall to the ground again.
Lisa cycled over to her. "Never look backwards Phoebe."
Phoebe looked madly at her and went on the bike again but this time she did not fall and within minutes she screamed, "Look. I am cycling without my hands."
The adults clapped their hands at Lisa and Phoebe and were very proud. "Our kids are amazing.", Haley hugged Brooke and remembered when they had learned cycling. Sometimes the time went by so fast.
xxxxx
It was Monday morning and Julian went into Sam's room to wake the two kids. Phoebe was lying on the floor again cuddled in her blanket. Obviously Sam had kicked her accidently out of the bed again,"It´s time to wake up.", he opened the curtains and the two started to complain. Both of them hated Monday mornings.
"Shit. What time is it?", Sam jumped up when she saw the light outside.
"6.30.", Julian said and went to Phoebe to shake her a little.
"Fuck." She went into the bathroom and ran out of the door leaving Julian in surprise, "I am sorry, I have to be at school earlier today." Phoebe looked up and at her "Umm...Phoebe you'll come, right?" Phoebe nodded." Great. Just wait in front of the school. I'll get ya."
"Umm...okay.", Phoebe was so afraid of this day. Of course she was strong but not that strong to face the whole school. She went under the blanket again and closed her eyes. "No, no, no.", Julian took her blanket and pulled her up and into the bathroom.
"Should I walk you to school?", Brooke asked Phoebe softly when she came out of the bathroom dressed. Phoebe immediately shook her head "Nooo. I am not a baby."
"Okay." Brooke and Julian were equally scared that this day would be horrible for Phoebe and it drove them crazy to know that they just had to wait till the girls would come back home. Would they see a sad Phoebe, a mad Phoebe or a happy Phoebe?
"Call me if it's too much, okay.", Julian said softly and hugged Phoebe from behind.
"Yeah. Yeah.", Phoebe replied and sat down on the table and started eating. She pretended not to care but of course she did and she actually was about to cry. She thought of Zoey and how they had hit her and the YouTube video and that everybody had seen her half naked.
Of course Brooke and Julian realized how calm Phoebe was and although they had talked to let her go alone, Julian could not take the sadness any more and went over to Phoebe and took her on his lap. "How about we drive you to school? Nobody will see us and think that you are a baby. Would that be okay for you?"
Phoebe leaned back at Julian's chest and nodded. The three of them went into the car and Brooke turned around when the car stood still but Phoebe just stared out of the window.
"You're going to be okay Phoebe.", Brooke took her hand and squeezed it. Phoebe nodded but a tear went down her face. "Can't I stay at home?", she whispered and her lip started to tremble. "Oh honey.", Brooke went to the backseat and hugged her tight "we are sorry but you have to go to school. You can't stay at home forever. But whatever happens we are there for you and will help you, okay?", Phoebe looked up at her sister and nodded and then went on her lap and hugged her tight. "Just five more minutes.", Phoebe whispered and Brooke nodded. They stayed like this for the next ten minutes when Sam knocked on the door.
"Why are you wearing my baseball cap?", Sam opened the door and looked confused from Brooke to Julian and then to Phoebe whose head was resting on Brooke's shoulder.
"Sorry, but I don't have such stuff and I don't want to be recognized immediately."
"Okay, now c'mon.", Sam took Phoebe's hand and pulled her outside. She took her arm around Phoebe while Brooke and Julian looked after their girls.
"I hope she'll be okay Julian.", Brooke said in the car and Julian nodded. They saw how another girl went over to them and hugged Phoebe tightly. "Missed you kiddo.", Rachel said and slapped her base cap softly. "Nice cap but not really fashionable. Don't worry. Just wait a minute and you'll be history.", Phoebe looked shocked at Rachel and when they went into the school she was so shocked that she could not walk any more.
