Sam quickly reaches for her discarded tee. This can't be happening, the last time Brooke caught her and Jack in bed together; it resulted in one awkward lecture. Julian looks like he wants to vomit. "B-Brooke, it's not what it looks like" she stammered unsurely.
Julian shields his eyes; this can't be happening. "I think it's exactly what it looks like. You two are having sex in my and Julian's bed" Brooke countered s Jack pulls up his jeans.
"Brooke, let us explain" Jack pleaded; they're never going to let him stay now and if they do, they'll have separate bedrooms.
"Get dressed" Brooke ordered sternly, the teens quickly and nervously get their clothes on. "Go to the kitchen and stay there."
"Shit, we're in trouble" Jack whispered as he walks downstairs and into the kitchen. Sam chuckles worriedly, wanting to have a cool bravado in front of her boyfriend.
Riley starts to follow the teens, but Julian quickly stops her. "Riley, it's time for bed" he ordered sternly.
"But, I wanna know what's going on" Riley complained causing the father to fold his arms over his chest.
"Now" Julian ordered raising his eyebrows warningly at her. The nine year old stamps her foot, but reluctantly does as she's told. "What do you think we should do, Babe?" he turns to Brooke who shakes her head.
"I'll tuck the kids into bed and our sex feigns can stew" Brooke lifts the two little boys into her arms; Julian gives each of his sons a kiss before watching his wife proceed upstairs.
Julian nods, he feels about ready to vomit. Sam, the same girl who asked him for tips on her screenplay was having sex, in his bed of all places. Had she ever had sex before? Julian doesn't want to think about that, he goes into the bathroom and splashes cold water onto his face.
Brooke has her babies perched on her lap. The boys share a room because Brooke has deemed them too young to be separated. It's more for comfort than anything else. The twins seem to enjoy being with one another every morning.
"Momma" Jude whispered as Brooke rocks back and forth. Dave's already asleep, a bit of drool is smeared on his cheek.
"Yes, baby its bedtime" Brooke smoothes out his dark hair and tries to ignore the numbness in her arms. It never used to hurt to hold them before; the boys are defidently growing up.
Jude nudges his head into his mother's blouse. Brooke chuckles at her son and pats the boy's cheek. She honestly wonders what their teenage years are going to be like. If Sam and Jack are any indication as to what the future is, then Brooke wants them to be babies forever.
Brooke gently places Jude in his crib. She ruffles his hair and tucks the baby in before easing Dave into his crib. The little boy murmurs at the newfound position. His big eyes flicker open. "Momma" he said excitedly.
Brooke puts her finger to her lips. "Shh, it's bedtime. Momma will see you early tomorrow" she promised as Dave nods, understand. The boy grins with delight and closes his eyes.
Quinn rubs her stomach; she and Clay still haven't told her friends about the baby yet. Even Logan hasn't told his first grade class; Quinn wants to wait until they're completely sure. Clay is bursting with pride and can't wait to have another child.
Logan runs over to his mother. "Can Nate and Jess sleep over next Friday?" he asked his eyes full of hope.
Clay smiles, when he was growing up; he loved sleepovers. It was always fun to be with the guys and hangout. "Of course" Quinn stated happily and suddenly shares a look with Clay. Who's Jess?
The adorable little boy starts to run out of the room. "Wait, wolf-man, who's Jess?" the father asked curiously; he doesn't remember meeting any kids named Jess.
"Nate and me's friend" Logan answered confidently; he can't wait to hangout with his friends next week.
"Okay, but we need to meet Jess's parents before" Logan jumps into his father's arms. Clay barely manages to catch his son, but somehow does.
"Can we play with my planes, Dad?" the boy asked as Clay nods, but glances at Quinn for permission.
"It's almost dinner-time" Quinn reminded her two boys who sigh, Clay actually wanted to play with the planes too.
Logan thinks about it. "Do you wanna play with us, Mom?" the six year old asked grinning up at her.
"I've only been waiting for you to ask, Log" she joked winking playfully at them before starting outside.
"Mom's cool, Dad" Logan observed; none of the other Moms' would ever wanna play outside.
Clay grins watching his hot wife from the porch. "Oh yeah, Log, she's the coolest" he replied smiling.
Julian goes upstairs to talk to Riley. He just ordered her to go to bed and didn't even tell her goodnight. The poor kid's probably feeling like crap right now. When Julian enters Riley's bedroom, he finds her sleeping like a baby. The foster parent gently pulls up her covers and smiles somberly.
"Sorry for yelling at you, Rye" he murmured as Riley mumbles some nonsense about not wanting to go to school. "It's Sam and Jack, I'm mad at; not you."
Brooke appears at the doorway looking exhausted. "What do you think we should do?" his wife asked in a quiet whisper.
"Probably something, we've kept them waiting for half an hour now" Julian answered running a hand through his hair.
"Maybe, it's a good thing they're going back to Jack's family" Brooke whispered sadly. "We can't handle this."
"Says the woman who wanted to lock everyone in the basement and keep them there" Julian chuckled, his eyes bright with amusement.
"That was before this woman found Sam having sex in our bed. Oh my god, where are we gonna sleep tonight? I am so not sleeping in our bed until the sheets are burned and the mattress is cleaned."
"Spare bedroom" he answered.
"The bed isn't as comfy" Brooke pouted as she strode into the kitchen putting on her Mom face. "Didn't we talk about you having sex like four years ago?" she demanded glaring at Sam.
"Brooke" Sam started wanting to get their point across. Technically and legally, she and Jack are adults. They can do as they please without receiving a lecture.
"No, you don't get to talk. I can't believe you did this. What were you thinking?" Brooke doesn't want to even think what could have happened had they not walked in.
"We don't have to answer to you, we're adults" Sam doesn't like being chastised to like some little kid. She and Jack are nineteen years old, they're old enough to vote and two years shy of drinking alcohol legally.
"You may be legally an adult, but in my book you aren't mature enough to understand what being an adult really means" the foster mother pointed out earning a hurt look from Sam.
"That's a load of crap" Sam prides herself on being quite mature for her age.
"Hmm, well what if you had gotten pregnant?" Sam blinks, clearly taken by surprise. "Could you and Jack raise a child? Do you have the means to raise a child?" Brooke asked causing Julian to press his lips together tightly to keep from smiling at this.
"Haley and Nathan did."
Brooke said, "They were lucky and had a strong support system."
"What are the chances that I'd get pregnant?" the teen asked shaking her head.
"It's more likely than you think" Brooke answered briefly remembering the pregnancy scare she had in high school. Several other girls had pregnancy scares as well, only they never admitted it.
Jack watches his girlfriend fight, nervous as hell. Sam has guts to be going up against Brooke like this. "That's bull and you know it" Sam stated defiantly.
"What I know is that you two shouldn't be having sex" Brooke's eyes are narrowed with tired anger. Today's been hard and tiring, and all Brooke wants to do is sleep.
"Period" Julian added wincing.
Jack can see his girlfriend's jaw clench. Sam hasn't been chastised since she last lived with Brooke. "We were just happy" Jack said giving Sam a look in a weak attempt to calm her down.
"Julian and I get happy sometimes too, but we make sure everyone's gone and…oh my god. I would do anything not to have this conversation with you."
"Brooke, stop it. Please" Sam holds up her hand. "We were celebrating cause Jack and I want to transfer to Tree Hill College" she said hoping to get off the topic of sex.
Brooke and Julian share a look. "Sam, as much as I'd love for you guys to move here. I don't think that's a good idea" the woman said causing Jack's breath to catch.
"Why not?" Sam's face is crestfallen; she though Julian and Brooke would throw a party over news like this.
"You two have a life in L.A. you guys can't just pick up and leave everything behind" Brooke explained knowing she and Julian can't handle adding two more kids to their brood.
"Sam's everything to me, Brooke" Jack said causing Brooke to smile at him, remembering when she was young and in love.
"I got that, but come on" she answered. "Be realistic, do you know how long it would take for a transfer to come through college admissions?"
Sam and Jack don't say anything. They're both a bit hurt, Brooke and Julian don't want them to move in. "Don't you want us?" she asked feeling like a little kid again.
"Sammy, you'll always have a home with us, but college is the time to focus on your life" Brooke gently caresses Sam's hair.
Jack shrugs, he gets it. Well he wants to understand that some things happen for a reason. Perhaps, if they move on from Tree Hill is the best thing. "I'm going to bed. Night Brooke, night Julian" he said starting out of the room with a look of relief in his eyes. He's secretly glad they don't have to move.
"Jack" Brooke stops him. "If I ever catch you and Sam having sex, I'll make sure you can't ever do it again."
"Got it" the teen answered quickly side-stepping around Julian who's frowning sternly at them.
Sam starts to get up, but Brooke stops her. "I love you Sam, I'll always love you. You believe that, don't you?" Brooke asked making sure they have eye contact.
"Is this because of the sex thing?" Sam asked trying very hard not to smirk at Brooke's sudden discomfort.
"A little, but mostly because I think you and Jack need to focus on your life. Tree Hill is part of your past, your future lies where you plan on going. You understand that we love you, don't you?" Brooke asked wanting to hear Sam's reply.
"Yeah, I love you too" Sam answered sheepishly, Julian grins proudly at her.
"Come on, give me a hug; it's time for bed" Brooke holds her hands out with a smile.
She rolls her eyes, but gives her former foster mother a hug before exiting the kitchen. Julian gently ruffles Sam's hair. He walks over to his wife and gently kisses her on the lips. "You know, I think we might just survive; Riley, Davis and Jude's teenage years"
"By then, I'll need a wig to cover up the future gray hair" Brooke commented causing Julian to pull her in for a kiss.
Julian said, "By then we'll both need wigs."
Alex takes a sip of her Coke. She and Chase have been hanging out a few times everyday; mostly because she's helping out with Red Bedroom Records, but neither of them are complaining.
"I think I did something wrong, but I'm not sure" Chuck announced staring at the empty glass of Root Beer.
Chase glances over at his 'little brother' mildly concerned and a little annoyed as well. "What'd you do, Chuck?" Chase asked shaking his head with a soft hearted smile.
Chuck smiles hoping it doesn't sound as bad as he thinks it might. "I sort…well it wasn't just me, it was Jamie and Madison and Andre…actually Andre didn't do anything, this time. I thought he would, but he didn't and that was good of him" Chuck rambled knowing his thoughts are becoming tangled with worry.
"Chuck, what did you do?" Chase reiterated his tone becoming firm and worried.
"Okay, okay" the nine year old murmured. "Madison, Jamie, and I kinda got most of the playground to be mean to this new girl and then we got her in trouble today."
"How were you mean to this new girl?" Alex asked frowning slightly at the young boy who shrugs. "Chuck, come on. Besides get her in trouble, what did you do that was mean?"
"We told everyone not to sit with her at lunch or play with her" Chuck tries to think, he knows they did more. "Umm…sometimes during class we throw things at her, but that's only Madison and me. Jamie pretends like he does, but he doesn't" the boy explained causing Alex to shake her head in dismay.
Kids these days are supposed to be nicer, more understanding. Now it feels like, each generation is getting crueler. "Chuck Scolnik, why would you do that?"
Chuck doesn't say anything. "Chuck" Chase said sternly. "Answer Alex's question."
"I don't know; it was fun at first. Now it feels all icky and wrong. Like my stomach is in knots" Chuck admitted softly, he feels a weight being lifted from his shoulders.
"That's guilt, Chuck and rightfully so" Alex said firmly. "How do you think this girl felt after you did all this?"
"Pretty crappy."
"You're apologizing tomorrow" Alex ignores his word choice and watches Chuck's eyes widen; he doesn't wanna. If he does, then that'll mean Brooke and Julian will find out.
"Chase" Chuck complained hoping his 'big brother' will have his back on this one.
"She's right, you're apologizing tomorrow" Chase reaches for his cell and flicks through his contacts. "Tonight, I'm calling Nathan and telling him what Jamie's been up to" Chase explained causing Chuck's eyes to widen.
"Don't, Jamie will think I'm a baby" Chuck whined.
"You don't get a say in this one. Sit there and finish your drink. Get out your homework" Chase ordered his eyes full of dismay. He turns and walks out from behind the bar.
Alex shakes her head at Chuck. "Why would you do this, Chuck? You know it's wrong" she said sounding almost maternal.
"I just wanted Madison to like me like she likes Jamie" the nine year old gives up, he wishes Madison chose him instead of Jamie.
"Oh Chuck" Alex gives him a hug. "You know better than this, do you think we should tell your Mom?"
"She wouldn't care."
"Well, I do and you can't do this ever again. Got it?" Alex warned remembering when she was young and kids bullied her.
"Yeah" Chuck rests his head in his hands wishing he hadn't told them about this. Now Alex and Chase are pissed at him and he's gonna get Jamie in trouble.
The sky is so beautiful tonight; so full of stars and life. Karen takes a sip of her beer. The kids are all safely tucked away in bed and life seems good right now. Andy and Peyton turned in ten minutes ago, so it's just her and Lucas. "What's my son thinking about?" she asked.
Sometimes Karen still sees Lucas as the fifteen year old boy who was hopelessly in love with Peyton Sawyer. Other times, she sees him for the honorable man she and Keith raised him to be.
"Tree Hill" Lucas answered causing Karen to nod; she's been thinking about Tree Hill as well.
Lucas hasn't been there since Nathan was missing and even that was for a brief moment. Peyton hasn't been there in years and Sawyer was just a baby when they left.
"Why?" Karen asked; not angry, just curious. Her son has always been a bit of dreamer.
He smiles softly and shrugs. "Do you ever miss it? Being there and just…I don't know" Lucas chugs on the remains of his beer.
Karen nods; at times she does miss the memories, but that was the place Keith was murdered. "I think on our way to New York, we can stop for a visit" the mother offered giving her son a grin.
"How would you feel about Peyton and I moving back?" Lucas and Peyton have been talking about it, but neither one has wanted to tell Karen in fear she'll be disheartened about it.
"I'd feel sad, but know it was right" Karen said sadly. "Is that what you want to do, Lucas? Move back to Tree Hill."
"Maybe" Lucas shrugged. "I just want to stop moving, Austin and Sawyer need stability."
Karen smiles, "living on a boat and traveling isn't very stable, son" she observed her eyes glistening in the moonlight.
"No, it isn't" he grins back at her. Lucas wonders how his mother was so strong about everything. "We might look at a few houses, but…Tree Hill isn't stable either."
"No, it isn't" Karen closes her eyes and breathes in. "Lucas, you and Peyton should settle wherever feels right. If Tree Hill feels right, then settle there. If not, there's a million other places and I promise Andy, Lily, and I will visit you as much as we can" she said offering her eldest a warm grin.
Lucas shakes his head and gives his mother a hug. "How did you do it, Mom? How are you so strong?" he asked softly.
"Most of it comes with age" Karen joked winking at him. "I'm going to bed, I love you Lucas."
"Night Ma, love you too" Lucas laughed as he stares up at the star filled sky. Life is strange, it's just…strange. Perhaps that's the way it's supposed to be.