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The police had been between Brooke and Lucas and Nathan and Haley's homes for the last two hours. There wasn't too much that anyone could do it was all a waiting game. Haley sat on her living room couch she had her head buried in her hands crying. An officer was taking a statement from Nathan who was sitting on the other side of the couch answering as many questions as he could.
"What was you son wearing again?" the officer asked as he wrote down in a notebook.
"He had on a green top with a soccer ball on it and a pair of jean shorts" Nathan ran a hand through his black hair.
"Do you think there is anyone your son would be with?" the officer asked again
Nathan shook his head "No….nobody at all"
"Dan….he might be with Dan" Haley said lifting her head from her hands
"Hales…we haven't heard from Dan since he attacked Brooke" Nathan stared at Haley and ran a hand across her back.
Haley shook her head "I've seen him around town…he kept asking to see Jamie but I told him no…I think that he might have Jamie and Hannah"
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Lucas was sitting on the front porch of his and Brooke's home he didn't know what to do. He just stared blankly at one of the many pictures of Hannah in his wallet. The one that he was looking at now was of him, Hannah and Brooke it was taken at the park about a month ago Brooke was holding Hannah and Lucas was standing behind her all three of them were looking at the camera and smiling. Lucas shook his head and wiped away a tear that slid down his cheek the police told him the best thing for him to do was to stay out of the way and to just wait it out but he felt helpless. Brooke wouldn't come out to talk to anyone she just wanted to be left alone. Karen sat in the living room with Andy and cried she blamed herself that something had happened to Hannah but everyone assured her that it wasn't her fault. That didn't make her feel any better, she kept wishing that she could go back and make things better.
Mouth walked back through the hallway, he heard a noise coming from Hannah's nursery and he pushed the door open. The room was completely dark except for Hannah's nightlight that was illuminating the corner that Brooke was sitting in. Mouth sighed sadly and he walked in he walked over to Brooke and sat on the hardwood floor next to her.
"Hey buddy" he said softly and wrapped his arm around her, "buddy" was always what Brooke called him and it always made him feel good to hear her say it so he hoped that hearing it from him would bring her some comfort.
"It's her bedtime" Brooke whispered she held Hannah's pink blanket in her hands and twisted the fringe that hung from it.
"She's ok Brooke" Mouth assured
" No she's not…she needs her blanket…she can't sleep without her blanket…I don't know how many nights that Lucas and I spent walking around the house searching for this thing" Brooke said referring to the blanket.
"I remember when you let Rachel and I baby sit her and you guys forgot her blanket at our apartment…Luke came knocking on the door at midnight looking for that thing" Mouth smiled sadly at the memory. "Hannah will be home soon Brooke"
Brooke shook her head and started to cry again although she'd never really stopped "No….you don't know that so don't say that….If I was a better mother than this wouldn't have happened"
Mouth shook his head "Brooke…you're a great mother….I don't want to hear you say that ever again…this was an honest mistake…Hannah is just fine…I promise"
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Dan drove down the interstate he was trying to block out the blood curdling sobs that were coming from the backseat. Hannah hadn't stopped crying since they'd left Tree Hill two hours ago.
"Hannah sweetheart….STOP CRYING" Dan raised his voice at the end of his sentence and tightened his grip on the steering wheel. His request wasn't granted if anything the raising of his voice made Hannah cry even louder.
"Don't be mad Grandpa Dan….Hannah is just sleepy…she needs her blanket…we forgot it" Jamie took a hold of Hannah's hand and he leaned down and kissed it. "It's ok Hannah….We'll be home soon"
Dan shook his head "Jamie we're not going home son"
Jamie looked over at Dan "But Grandpa…I want to go home"
"Home?" Dan asked "Jamie you don't want to hang out with Grandpa Dan?"
Jamie shook his head "No…sorry Grandpa but I'm sleepy and Hannah wants to go home too"
Dan shook his head "Fine….you want to go home?" Dan pulled the car over in a rest area and got out of the car. He walked to the backseat and opened the back door. "Come on" Dan picked up Hannah and reached for Jamie's hand. Jamie took a hold of it and he hopped out of the car. He walked Jamie over to a nearby bench and sat him down, he put Hannah down next to him and walked away.
"Grandpa Dan where are you going?" Jamie asked
"Wait here Jamie…your daddy and Uncle Lucas said that they'd be here to get you and Hannah later" Dan said getting into his jeep and driving away.
Jamie looked over at Hannah and slid off of the bench, after he got down he reached for Hannah and helped her to get down and he took a hold of her hand and walked over to a payphone.
"It's ok Hannah…I'll call 911" Jamie picked up the phone and dialed the number for help.
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Lucas came running into the house and back to the nursery. He found Brooke and Mouth in the same spot. Brooke was resting on Mouth's shoulder as she cried and Mouth was doing the best that he could to comfort her.
"They found them" was all he needed to say and Brooke was up off the floor and out the door.
"Where were they at?" Mouth asked
"At a rest area in Charlotte…they're at the police station right now….Jamie called 911 and got help"
"How long have they been there?" Mouth asked following Lucas out the door he spotted Haley and Nathan getting in the backseat of Lucas' Range Rover.
"I'm not sure…will you just keep an eye on things for me please?" Lucas asked before getting into the car.
"Yeah…no problem" Mouth replied as he watched Lucas drive away.
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The drive to Charlotte seemed like it was taking forever. There was a lot of traffic considering it was almost midnight by the time they had gotten to the town. Once they pulled up to the police station Brooke and Haley almost ripped the door off of the car in an effort to get out. Haley was the first one to make it in and she ran to the back of the police station and saw Jamie standing in the hallway carrying a bear.
"Jamie!" Haley screamed and she took off down the hallway to her son. Jamie whipped around at the sound of Haley's voice and he smiled and held his arms out for her.
"I missed you tonight mama" Jamie wrapped his arms around Haley's neck and Haley sobbed into his little neck.
"I missed you too" Haley managed to get out.
"Why are you crying mama?" Jamie asked and he rubbed his hand across her face.
"I'm just happy baby" Haley told him.
Brooke quickly followed Haley and she searched every room she saw for Hannah but she couldn't find her anywhere. Brooke felt her heart drop when she came around another corner and found a police officer holding Hannah. Hannah was resting her head on the man's shoulder and she struggled to keep her eyes open as the guy walked around with her on his hip. When he saw Brooke he put Hannah down on the ground and Hannah instantly smiled and took off running down the hallway to her mother.
"Mama" Hannah called and held her hands out.
Brooke sank down to her knees and smiled through her own tears as Hannah ran into her arms. "Oh thank God"
Brooke picked Hannah up and held her in her arms and swayed back and forth with her Lucas came around the corner and Brooke turned so that Lucas could see Hannah.
"Hey monkey" Lucas smiled and held his hands out to Hannah. Hannah in turn reached out to him and smiled.
"Dada…Hi" Hannah patted Lucas' shoulder and laughed.
"Mommy and daddy missed you so much Hannah" Lucas explained and he wrapped his free arm around Brooke who hadn't taken her eyes off of Hannah since she'd seen her.
The two of them took off walking down the hallway and they found Nathan and Haley talking to Jamie.
"Who were you with Jamie?" Nathan asked
"Grandpa Dan…he said he was going to take me and Hannah to get ice cream…but we left town and he said that he forgot his money at his house and we had to go and get it….but then we never got to his house so he told me and Hannah that we were going to go and stay with him for awhile….I told Grandpa Dan that I didn't want to hurt his feelings but I didn't want to stay with him…..So I think that made him sad and he pulled over and made Hannah and I wait at the potty…so I called and got help"
Lucas handed Hannah to Brooke and he knelt down in front of Jamie "Thank you for taking such good care of Hannah little man…you saved her life"
Jamie smiled "Hannah's my best friend….That's what friends do"
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It had been almost a month since the night that Jamie and Hannah had been taken by Dan. Brooke was standing in her store talking to Rachel and she watched Hannah playing on the floor behind the counter.
"So you and I haven't really had a chance to really talk how have things been?" Brooke asked as she worked on a few sketches.
"Good….I have something that I need to talk to you about though" Rachel said as she cleaned out her purse.
"Sure…what do you want to talk about?" Brooke asked looking up from her sketch book.
"I think I want a baby…I mean Mouth and I have been married for a few months now and I feel like it's only the next step" Rachel explained leaning against the glass countertop.
"Rachel…I think that's a great idea…I think you'd be a great mom…Have you talked to Mouth about it?" Brooke asked.
"Yea…he said he thought we were ready and anytime he wanted to try to let him know…I mean I know if I do this I'm sacrificing everything my body, work, my vagina will never be the same…I mean if I do get pregnant and give birth from then on out every time Mouth and I try to be romantic it'll be like throwing a hot dog down a hallway" Rachel sighed.
"Rachel…that's not true….I think it's great that you and Mouth are trying to have a baby…I'm sure that you guys will make a beautiful baby together" Brooke smiled and went back to drawing.
Rachel looked down at Hannah and smiled "Is it worth it?"
Brooke looked over her shoulder at Hannah who was talking to her purple monkey and smiled. "More that what you'll ever know"
Rachel looked at Brooke "Do you really think I'd really be a good mom?"
Brooke nodded "Yeah…I do"
"So have you talked to Lucas about wanting another baby?" Rachel asked
Brooke shook her head "Um…No I want to but I'm just kind of afraid to talk to him about it…I feel like It might not be a good time"
"Well what makes you think that?" Rachel reached across the counter and grabbed her purse.
"I went to see my doctor the other day for a check up and I told her about wanting another baby and she like freaked out on me…she said to me and I quote exactly "Now Mrs. Scott… I don't think it's the best idea for you to rush into another pregnancy…I know it's been a rough year for you mentally and physically and I would recommend waiting" So I don't know what I should do" Brooke put her pen down and pulled her hair up into a messy bun.
Rachel shook her head "Well what the hell does she know if I were you I would have told her to mind her own damn business"
Brooke shrugged her shoulders "I just don't know why everyone thinks that I can't do this…I mean I can handle another pregnancy"
Rachel nodded "Well if that's how you feel about it just tell Lucas that you want another baby…I mean you know that he wants another baby"
"I think I will…I mean how hard is it going to be…I feel fine and I'm a lot better than I was….Haley's getting ready to have Leah in about a month and a half and It's just been on my mind for a while" Brooke went back to drawing as she talked to Rachel.
"Well tell your husband that…or you could just surprise him" Rachel smiled.
"Surprise him by what…getting pregnant….If I told him not to use protection than he'd wonder what's up…I haven't even told him I went off the pill" Brooke explained.
"When did you go off of the pill?" Rachel asked
"I don't know a couple days before Hannah's birthday so around a month ago" Brooke told her friend.
"Well since I know the two of you…well you….I'm sure that the two of you have had relations more than once since you went off the pill" Rachel teased.
"You just think you know me so well" Brooke rolled her eyes
"I do know you….hell if I was married to Lucas we'd be in the poorhouse because I'd be on him all the time….We wouldn't even be able to afford the water they'd need to hose me off of him… those muscles that flex when he's doing stuff around your house and that scruff he's rocking now oh Lord" Rachel rested her chin in her hands and smiled as she thought about Lucas.
"Please don't talk about my husband like that" Brooke asked
"What…I mean you don't have to open your eyes to know that the guy's gorgeous…and everyone knows that you are too so what's wrong with two good looking people having some fun together and if you get knocked up so be it" Rachel turned her head and raised her eyebrow.
"I just need to think of a way to bring it up" Brooke bit her thumb nail as she thought.
"Well the two of you could just go camping again" Rachel teased and laughed when Brooke smacked her on the arm.
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Later that night after Brooke had given Hannah her bath Lucas put her down for the night. He walked in the living room and found Brooke curled up on the couch watching the news. He took a seat next to her and kissed her on her shoulder.
"What are you thinking about Pretty Girl?" Lucas asked
Brooke shook her head and turned to him and smiled "Nothing…I was just thinking about the news"
Lucas nodded "Ok you sure nothing is wrong?"
Brooke leaned into Lucas' arms and he kissed the top of her head. "Well you know you can tell me anything"
Brooke nodded "Lucas I want another baby"