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Brooke stood in the bedroom and packed her suitcase. Lucas had found a house Texas and he had rented it for 2 weeks. He told Brooke that getting away for a little while would help a lot of things. Since the house was a nice size Lucas had also invited Nathan, Haley and Jamie to go with them. Nathan was unsure at first since Haley was almost 8 months pregnant but Haley assured Nathan that she would be fine and thought it would be nice for them all to spend some family time together without outside interferences. Brooke heard Hannah laughing and she turned to look at her. Hannah was on the floor with Jamie playing with some play-dough. Jamie was rolling the play-dough out like a snake and teasing Hannah with it. His actions sent Hannah into fits of laughter and Brooke smiled as she watched them. Just then the phone rang and Brooke reached over and looked at the caller ID before answering it.
"Hey Tutor Wife" Brooke said into the phone.
"Hey…do you think that I should bring a sweater? I don't know how cold it's going to be…and what about bug spray and suntan lotion…I'm just not sure what to bring"
"Haley….I don't think you're going to need a sweater but if you want to bring one…you should" Brooke said as she folded her clothes.
"It's just I get really chilly…and I don't want to get down there and not have anything…I've just forgotten what it's like to be pregnant"
"I think you'll be fine…besides we're going to be shopping most of the time so you're not going to have time to be cold"
"Ok well I'm almost finished packing….I just have a few things of Jamie's left and then I'll be over…I appreciate you watching him I just got it all done so much faster"
"That's fine….they're being good they're just playing…just take your time and I'll see you when you get here….Nathan is supposed to bring some stuff over so he'll be here in a little while"
"Ok well I don't know about you but I'm excited about this trip I've been dying to get out of the house"
"I know.." Brooke was interrupted by the door bell "Hey…I'm going to have to call you back someone is at the door"
"Ok I'll talk to you in a little while…bye"
"Bye" Brooke hung up the phone "I'll be back in a minute Jim-Jam keep an eye on Hannah for me"
"Ok" Jamie said looking up from his play-dough.
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Brooke walked to the door and opened it figuring it was Nathan "I was wondering when you were going to get here" she said as she opened the door. But the person she saw wasn't Nathan.
"Thanks I felt the same way about you" Chase said smiling as he stood in the doorway
"What are you doing here?" Brooke asked narrowing her eyebrows.
"You're not going to invite me in?" Chase asked folding his arms.
"You need to go" Brooke said shutting the door but before she could Chase put his hand up and pushed against it forcing his way into the house.
"You know it really hurt when you slapped me the other day…watching you run after Lucas like that broke my heart" Chase shut the door behind him and followed Brooke as she walked backwards. She stopped when her back hit the kitchen wall and she rested her hands against it.
"Chase please just go away" Brooke said softly.
"I can't Brooke…I know I'm the one for you…I want you to come with me" Chase said walking toward her. "SO STOP BEING SO STUBBORN" he screamed and placed his hands on either side of her head as he made it to the wall.
"Aunt Brooke?" Jamie called walking into the living room and around the corner.
Brooke turned her head "Jamie go back to the bedroom and lock the door"
Chase grabbed Brooke by the face and held on so tightly she was sure he'd leave a bruise and forced her to look back at him. "Please come away with me Brooke…I'll make you so happy…you'll never want for anything…you can sell your business and we can just leave everything behind" Chase leaned in and nuzzled Brooke's face and she whimpered and turned away.
"Chase please you're hurting me" Brooke struggled to get out of his grasp but he tightened his grip as he held onto her.
"GET AWAY FROM MY AUNT BROOKE" Jamie screamed and took off running toward Chase. Jamie swung his arms hitting Chase in the legs and back as hard as he could. Chase just laughed and pushed Jamie back knocking the little boy down to the hardwood floor. "DON'T MOVE" he yelled.
"Chase STOP" Brooke screamed Chase turned his attention back to Brooke and placed his hand over her mouth. "Aw…baby don't scream like that…I don't want to have to hurt the children…now where's that cheating husband of yours?"
Chase moved his hand so that Brooke could answer "He went to the store to get some stuff"
"Oh" Chase said and his mouth turned up into a smile.
"Chase please…don't do this" Brooke pleaded.
"I love to hear you beg…I forgot how much I liked that" Chase leaned into Brooke and before he knew it, someone grabbed his shoulder and forced him up against the wall. When Chase opened his eyes he was met with Nathan's angry gaze.
"You just can't stay away can you man?" Nathan asked as he tightened his grip on Chase's shirt.
"Get off of me before I kill you man…I'm warning you" Chase said trying to twist out of Nathan's grip.
"I'd like to see you try" Nathan said letting go of Chase and punching him across the face.
Chase fell to the floor and grabbed his nose that was bleeding "You broke my nose"
"Good…that means you got the message now get the hell out of here" Nathan said bending down to grab him by the shirt. "Don't come back….stay away from my brother's family…and don't ever let me see you touch my son EVER again"
Chase stood up and grabbed a handkerchief out of his pocket and covered his nose. He looked over at Brooke who was bent down trying to soothe a crying Jamie. "You missed your chance"
Chase walked out of the door and slammed it. Nathan looked over at Brooke "Are you ok?"
Brooke nodded and stood up "Yeah I'm fine…I need to go check on Hannah"
Nathan knelt down beside Jamie "You ok?"
Jamie nodded and wiped his eyes "Yeah…I'm ok…are you ok daddy?"
Nathan smiled and nodded "Yeah…hey Brooke"
Brooke turned around "Yeah?"
Nathan stood up and walked over to her "Don't tell Haley about this…I don't want her to stress out especially since she's pregnant"
Brooke nodded "As long as you don't tell Lucas"
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Nathan and Haley sat at the airport waiting on Brooke and Lucas to get back from checking their luggage. Haley smiled and watched Jamie playing in the seat next to them, she couldn't wait for Leah to come so that Jamie would have a little sister. He was already so good with Hannah and with Peyton and Jake's younger kids that she was sure he'd be excellent. Haley looked back over at Nathan and she rested her head on his shoulder.
"You've been so quiet today…is anything wrong?" Haley asked yawning softly.
"I'm ok…I've just got a lot on my mind" Nathan replied "You sure you're up to traveling?"
Haley nodded "Yeah…I can't wait it's going to be so much fun in Texas and plus it's Jamie and Hannah's first time on an airplane…I can't wait to see Jamie's face when we take off"
Nathan smiled "Yeah…it's all he's talked about"
"Ok so…I've got so many toys and activities in this bag that Hannah and Jamie should be occupied for not just the airplane ride but for basically the whole time that we're in Texas" Brooke said as she walked up to Nathan and Haley and sat her the bag on the floor. Lucas walked behind her carrying Hannah on his shoulders, Hannah held onto Lucas' hands and looked around the airport at all of the people.
"That's great…I love activities" Nathan joked.
"I'm glad…the princess coloring book should suit you just fine" Brooke teased.
"Yes…score" Nathan said pumping his arm.
Lucas pulled Hannah off of his shoulders and sat her down on the seat next to Jamie. Lucas walked behind Brooke and wrapped his arms around her. She turned her head and smiled and he kissed her temple, he pulled back and frowned when he noticed a small purple bruise at the bottom of her jaw.
"What's this from?" Lucas asked running a finger over it gently.
"Oh…I hit it earlier at the house…you know me clumsy as I don't know what" Brooke laughed uncomfortably and turned away.
"Yeah man you know how clumsy she is…can't walk and chew gum at the same time" Nathan assured. "Remember on the Fourth of July when she burned herself on the sparklers…after it went out?"
Everyone laughed and Brooke rolled her eyes and picked Hannah up and sat down resting the little girl in her lap. "I didn't know it would be hot"
Haley smiled "Yeah Brooke you see when you light something on fire…it tends to get hot"
"Really Haley?…I had no idea" Brooke shot back.
"Well that's what I'm here for Tigger" Haley said reaching over to pat Brooke on the shoulder.
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The plane ride to Texas went off pretty well, Hannah fell asleep almost as soon as the plane took off. Jamie played with some of the toys Brooke had before falling asleep himself. Brooke and Nathan were both quiet the whole way there Haley and Lucas didn't pay too much attention to it, they just figured they were both tired. Once they made it to the house everyone seemed to be in better spirits. Lucas walked in first and Brooke came in after carrying a now awake Hannah. Brooke sat Hannah down on the floor in the living room and took some toys out of her diaper bag and placed them on the carpet. Jamie came running in followed by Nathan and Haley.
"Mama there's a pool….can I go swimming Mama…can I?" Jamie asked looking out the backdoor and to Haley.
Haley walked over to the back door and looked at the darkening sky "Jamie sweetie it's going to rain and I'm not sure where I packed your swimsuit so how about we just wait until tomorrow and I promise you can swim as long as you want tomorrow" she said looking down at her son.
Jamie looked down at his feet and nodded "Ok mama can I go play with daddy?"
Haley nodded "Yes sweetheart just don't play to rough with him cause you know daddy's foot is just starting to get better"
Jamie took off running down the hall to what Nathan decided would be his and Haley's room for the next two weeks.
"He's such a good kid" Brooke smiled from the couch as she watched Jamie run down the hall.
"You have to say that you're his godmother" Haley joked and took a seat next to Brooke.
"No…I say it cause it's the truth" Brooke assured.
"I just wonder what this one's going to be like" Haley said running a hand over her rounded belly.
"Wonderful I'm sure…you know what I just thought of….what if Leah and Hannah end up fighting over Hayden…could you imagine?" Brooke asked making a face.
"Jeez it would be like the last three years of high school all over again…and besides I don't know what Peyton's thinking but Hannah doesn't' give Hayden the time of day" Haley slipped her shoes off and curled up on the couch.
"Well if Hayden wasn't so down in the dumps all the time Hannah would acknowledge him" Brooke shrugged her shoulders as she talked.
"Yeah well he's just like Peyton….he's going to be the tortured artist out of the group of them…although that's not bad…considering all the kids personality for instance Jenny is a total sporty kind of girl…she's just like Jake, Emily is a ball of energy she's always into something good or bad, Jamie's is amazing he's going to grow up and get married and his future wife will find out that Jamie's as clueless as his father, and then there's Hannah…a little beauty who's just like her mother and I'm going to guess in about 14 years a girl who's daddy is going to be chasing boys away from the house…I can't wait until she starts putting sentences together I can only imagine what will come out of that little mouth" Haley said looking over at Brooke.
"I know…that scares me" Brooke sighed and bit her lip.
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After dinner Haley and Brooke gave Jamie and Hannah a bath and afterwards they all sat in the living room and talked as the kids played.
Lucas and Brooke sat on one couch and Nathan and Haley sat on another. Jamie was sitting on the floor with Hannah playing with blocks. Jamie was building a tower and Hannah watched and tried to imitate him.
"Look how high my tower is Hannah" Jamie said as he stacked to tower of Hannah's head.
"Be careful Jamie…don't build it too high" Haley said watching as the kids played.
Before Jamie could reply the tower fell over and one of the wooden blocks came down and smacked Hannah on her head, sending her into a blood curdling scream. She grabbed her head and turned to look for Lucas and Brooke.
"Uh oh….poor baby" Lucas said and he got up from the couch and picked Hannah up. Hannah buried her face in Lucas' neck and screamed as she cried. "It's ok baby girl….I know that hurt…just tell daddy all about it"
"I got some ice….maybe that will help…." Brooke said walking into the living room with a washcloth full of ice from the freezer. She walked over to Lucas and looked at Hannah "Here Hannah let mommy see your head ok" Brooke coaxed as Hannah cried on Lucas' shoulder.
"I'm sorry Hannah" Jamie said starting to cry himself, he walked over to Nathan and Haley and sat down "I didn't mean for it to fall"
"It's ok Jamie we know it was an accident" Nathan soothed and he rubbed Jamie's back as he cried.
"I didn't mean for it to hurt her…I feel bad" Jamie said through his tears.
"It's ok Jamie" Lucas said as Hannah started to calm down except for a few strangled sobs that left her little body.
"See she's ok now" Brooke assured and she took Hannah from Lucas. Hannah rested her head on Brooke's shoulder and looked over at Jamie as Broke walked over to the couch where he was sitting.
"I'm sorry" Jamie said and he turned around and looked at Hannah.
Hannah kept her head resting on Brooke's shoulder and she kept her eyes on Jamie and pointed "Sad"
Brooke kissed Hannah on top of her head "Yeah..sweetie he's sad cause you got a boo-boo"
Hannah pulled back and looked at Brooke and Brooke kissed her forehead "I think it's bedtime"
"I'll second that" Nathan said and he moved to stand up.
"Me too" Haley said in the middle of a yawn.
"I'll put Hannah down" Lucas said and he walked over to Brooke and reached for Hannah.
Nathan picked Jamie up and threw him over his shoulder, since Hannah and Jamie were goring to share a room Nathan was going to go ahead and put Jamie to bed too.
"Uncle Luke can we play in my room for a little while?" Jamie asked as Nathan carried him down the hall.
"No Jamie we can't" Lucas said as he nodded yes.
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A little while later everyone was making their way to bed. Lucas walked in the bedroom after changing into sleep pants and a shirt. Brooke came in right after him and shut the bedroom door.
"One bathroom for all of us is crazy…between Nathan and his "manskaping" and Haley having to pee every 5 minutes, and poor Jamie stalling to get out of going to bed it's taken me like 30 minutes to brush my teeth" Brooke sighed as she got into bed.
"I'm sorry babe…you should have just used the kitchen sink to brush them" Lucas got into bed beside of her and reached for his book on the nightstand. "I just can't believe you ended up with such a bad bruise on your jaw"
"Luke it's not that bad" Brooke said curling into the bed.
"It looks like someone grabbed you" he said without looking up from his book.
Brooke knew she had to change the subject before Lucas kept on talking about it. "You know Luke…we are on vacation so you don't have to read"
"Well there's a TV I know how much you like "Jay Leno" " Lucas turned a page as he talked to Brooke.
Brooke nodded and leaned into him and nuzzled his ear "Well you could watch me ride you"
Lucas turned his attention from his book "I think that would be a better visual"
"I thought you would" Brooke smiled and moved to straddle Lucas.
Lucas sat up and Brooke leaned in and kissed him, Brooke pulled back and lifted Lucas' shirt over his head and dropped it on the floor beside the bed. They continued to kiss and each one deeper and more passionate than the last. Lucas trailed his mouth down Brooke's neck and he moved his hand to move her tank top strap off of her shoulder. He then moved both of his hands down and gripped Brooke by her lower back and pulled her against his pelvis.
"Luke" Brooke whispered.
"God Brooke I want another baby with you so bad" Lucas groaned against Brooke's neck.
Brooke pulled back and reached for the him of her pajama top but before she could remove it the bedroom door flung open and Jamie ran in. Brooke and Lucas flew apart like two teenagers that had been caught by their parents, Lucas grabbed a pillow and threw it over his lap to hide his arousal.
"I had a bad dream can I sleep in here?" Jamie asked standing at the edge of the bed.
"Jamie…why didn't you just go to your mom and dad's room?" Lucas asked
"Cause mommy and daddy locked their door" Jamie said pulling at the blankets.
"Yeah Jim Jam you can sleep here" Brooke said pulling the blanket back.
Jamie smiled and crawled into bed and got between Brooke and Lucas. "Can I watch Carton Network?"
"No…it's time for bed…besides it's "Adult Swim" anyway" Brooke said curling up next to Jamie.
"I know daddy let's me watch Family Guy on Friday nights…we get up after mommy goes to sleep" Jamie said looking up at Brooke with puppy eyes.
"One episode of "Family Guy" then straight to bed" Brooke said handing Jamie the remote.
Lucas shook his head and grabbed his book off of the night stand, he looked over at Brooke before opening it. "You know you owe me two times over now"
Brooke looked over at Lucas and smiled "I know…and I'll think of something to make it up to you"
"So you say" Lucas said and he started reading again.
"You'll see" Brooke said as she started to watch TV.
"See what?" Jamie asked.
"Nothing" Brooke and Lucas both said in unison.