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Brooke followed Lucas out of the restaurant she winced at the tight grip that he had on her wrist and she sighed thankfully as he let go. She rubbed her wrist as he turned to look at her.
"Lucas, this is really inappropriate. I mean Nathan and Haley are in there waiting for us" Brooke started.
"I know. And the sooner you tell me what's wrong. The sooner we can go back to lunch" Lucas said turning to look at her.
"Nothing's wrong. I just don't want anything to eat" Brooke explained.
"Brooke, that's no excuse. You didn't eat anything but watermelon, and strawberries for breakfast. Just tell me what's the matter with you" Lucas narrowed his eyes and took a step closer to Brooke.
Brooke turned her head from Lucas's gaze and she watched the people walking up and down the road behind Lucas. "It's nothing….I'm fine"
"You know Brooke; you give me speech after speech about lying. And now you're lying to me" Lucas shook his head and tipped his finger under Brooke's chin. He turned her head up to face him. "Just tell me sweetheart. Whatever it is we'll get through it together"
Brooke looked into Lucas' eyes and the concern she saw broke her heart. She had to tell him she knew she did. "I just haven't been feeling well"
"How long have you felt bad?" Lucas asked dropping his hand from Brooke's chin as he held her gaze.
"Just a few days, I don't think it's anything to be concerned about. It's just the heat" Brooke nodded her head to emphasize her point.
"What seems to be the problem?" Lucas asked
"It's just my head and I just feel kind of sick at my stomach" Brooke confessed.
"I'm going to take you to the emergency room" Lucas said he started to walk past Brooke but she grabbed his arm in protest.
"Lucas, please. I'm fine, it's just the heat I promise" Brooke pleaded her eyes clouding with tears. "I don't want to ruin our vacation. Pleas, drama finds us everywhere, I just want to enjoy the next few weeks with our kids and our family. I just need a good night's sleep"
"Brooke…" Lucas started but he stopped when he saw the pleading look on Brooke's face. "If you're not feeling better in the morning I'm taking you"
Brooke exhaled deeply as she watched Lucas walk back into the restaurant. She felt an awful wave of nausea come over her body and had to swallow deeply to keep from being sick. How was she going to convince a doctor she wasn't sick? She had to feel better tomorrow. She just had to. She wasn't going to make this trip about her, it wasn't. It was about them all having fun together as a family. Something that hadn't happened in a long time, she'd put up with it for her kids. Sure, she could have told Lucas how bad she really felt, but she did the right thing. She took a deep breath and pushed the glass door and walked back into the restaurant.
LATER THAT NIGHT
The Orlando sun had set and with it came a cool evening breeze. Brooke had to admit after a small dinner she was feeling a lot better. She knew that it was just the heat. She never did handle extreme temperatures too well. Lucas always tried to blame her weight; he would always complain that she was too skinny. She only ever heard it from him and her friends. Everyone else always told her that she looked great. As long as she felt good, then that's all that mattered. And right now she felt pretty great.
"Mommy" Hannah called from behind Brooke where she was walking with her Uncle Nathan.
"Yes, Hannah" Brooke answered looking back at her daughter.
"Can we ride that?" Hannah asked pointing to The Haunted Mansion.
"Hannah, I don't think so. You're too little baby girl" Brooke explained.
"Pwease, mommy" Hannah stuck out her bottom lip and tilted her head to the side as she looked up at her mother.
"Hannah, I don't know" Brooke said. She looked at Lucas who was holding Isaiah. "What do you think?"
"I think one time isn't going to hurt. If you and Haley go with her then I think she'll be fine. It's not that scary Brooke. You know that" Lucas looked at Isaiah who was patting his father's shoulder gently as he looked around the park.
"If she has nightmares, you're getting up with her" Brooke explained as she reached her hand down to her daughter.
"We go mommy?" Hannah asked letting go of Nathan's hand to reach for her mother.
"Yeah, we're going" Brooke said.
"Yea, fanks mommy" Hannah wrapped her tiny arms around Brooke's legs and squeezed.
"Yeah, we'll see how well you take this" Brooke said bending down to pick up her daughter. She looked over Nathan's shoulder at Haley who was walking back towards them carrying Leah.
"I tell you, nobody poops more than this child" Haley said bending down to fasten Leah into her stroller. "She's definitely Nathan's daughter"
"Aw, thanks Hales. As long as she inherits something from me" Nathan wrapped an arm around his wife and kissed her on the top of her head.
"Gross" Jamie said covering his eyes and looking away from his parents. "You guys are too old to be doing that"
"Thanks Jamie, you make mama feel good" Haley said to her son sarcastically.
"Can we go on The Haunted Mansion now?' Jamie asked reaching for Haley's hand.
"Well, James Lucas Scott are you going to hold your mother's hand?" Haley asked as she reached down for Jamie's hand.
"Yeah, I know you'll be scared mama" Jamie said pushing his Mickey Mouse ears up higher on his head.
"You know Hales, I bet there will be clowns" Nathan added raising an eyebrow.
"Jamie maybe your daddy should go with you" Haley said planting her feet solid as Jamie pulled her by her hand.
"I want you to go mama" Jamie said grunting as he used all his body weight to pull Haley.
"Fine, don't say I never did anything for you" Haley said following her son towards the huge brick building with the dark green roof.
"Hurry mommy" Hannah said as she held onto her mother who was walking beside Haley.
"We're going to have to wait a little while baby we have to wait in line" Brooke explained.
"I not want to" Hannah said looking at Brooke as they finally came to a stop at the end of the line.
"I know but we can't cut Hannah. It's not nice" Brooke explained "We have to wait our turn"
"Ok" Hannah sighed and wriggled out of her mother's grasp so that Brooke would set her down on the ground.
"We ride together Jamie" Hannah said looking up at her cousin.
"Maybe Hanny. I think I want to ride with my mama though" Jamie explained to Hannah.
"Oh. I ride by myself" Hannah said.
"No ma'am you're going to ride with mommy" Brooke said pulling playfully at Hannah's dark pony tail.
"I ride with you all day" Hannah tilted her head back and looked up at Brooke.
"You don't want to ride with mommy?" Brooke asked looking down at the toddler.
"I do. I just kidding" Hannah said laughing as she twirled around to wrap her arms around Brooke's leg.
"Hannah, you're just too funny" Brooke said patting her daughter's head.
"Man, I didn't know this place would be this crowded" Nathan said as he and Lucas stood in line at the soft serve ice cream cart.
"Me either" Lucas said as he looked up at the menu. "I'm just glad it's cooling off"
"I can't wait to get back to the hotel. I need a shower" Nathan said to his brother.
"Is that what that smell is?" Lucas asked looking at Nathan. "I'd say you do man"
"You're real funny man" Nathan shook his head and turned back to look at the menu.
"I'm just kidding you little brother. You know I love you" Lucas said as he wrapped an arm around Nathan's shoulder.
"Aw, how sweet. Have you two been together long?" A voice asked from behind them.
Nathan and Lucas turned behind them and looked at the old woman standing in line behind them. "Excuse me?" Nathan asked.
"You and your boyfriend. You two have a beautiful family. Have you two been a couple long?" The old woman asked again.
"Ma'am, I think you may have the wrong idea" Lucas started.
"4 years ma'am" Nathan said wrapping an arm around his brother.
"Nate, stop" Lucas said furrowing his brow as he shrugged his shoulders to get out of his brothers grasp.
"Come on Luke, now don't be shy" Nathan said while smiling at the old lady.
"You two are sweet" The lady said before looking at her watch. "Oh dear, I have to meet my family, you boys have a nice evening"
Nathan and Lucas watched the old woman leave and Lucas turned his head to look at Nathan. "You're a dead man"
"It's payback for the way you treated me before we left" Nathan said with a laugh.
"I'm serious, I'm going to get you back for this" Lucas said shaking his head.
"And then it took you all the way up to the top and dropped you" Jamie explained his experience of riding the Tower of Terror to his mother as they waited in line.
"How many times did you and daddy go on this?" Haley asked
"Seven. Dad said we could go on it for as many years old I am" Jamie turned back and shivered slightly as the cold air hit him as they finally made their way into the brick building after 15 minutes of waiting in line.
"I'll be sure to tell daddy thanks for letting you go on that ride" Haley said forcing a smile as she looked down at her son before turning her attention to Brooke.
"I tell him that he's a little boy to be careful, does he listen? No. cause he wants to be Mr. Cool" Haley shook her head.
"He just wants to have fun with his son Tutor Wife" Brooke said bumping shoulders with Haley.
"Yeah, I guess. I just want Jamie to be safe" Haley said with a sigh.
"I am safe mama" Jamie said as they walked through the ride and over to the carts to get on the ride.
"Hold me mommy" Hannah said raising her arms up to Brooke.
"How about you hold mommy for a few minutes" Brooke said kneeling down like she was going to sit in Hannah's arms.
Hannah laughed and folded her arms down. "You too heavy mommy"
"Too heavy?" Brooke asked.
"Yeah. I just little" Hannah said raising her arms back up to her mother. "Daddy hold you"
"That would be nice" Brooke said bending down to pick Hannah up.
"You guys ready?" Haley asked as the 4 climbed into the cart.
"I'm ready" Jamie said as the bar got pulled down across them.
"I ready" Hannah said clapping her hands before resting her hand on top of Brooke's as the ride started to go down the track and into the mansion.
"Does that taste good buddy?" Lucas asked as he scooped up a spoonful of chocolate and vanilla swirl ice cream out of the cup and fed it to Isaiah.
"Yum Yum" Isaiah said banging his hands against the cup holder of his stroller.
"Yeah, daddy likes it too" Lucas said taking a spoonful of ice cream and eating it himself.
"I think Leah likes hers" Nathan said looking at his daughter who was covered in vanilla ice cream.
"Is that good Leah?" Lucas asked his niece.
"Too cold" Leah explained as she liked the soft serve ice cream off of the cone.
"Haley's going to flip out on you" Lucas said with a chuckle as he looked at his brother.
"I know. What can you do though…she's a baby, it's Disney World. You've got to let a kid be a kid" Nathan explained as he ate his banana split.
"If you say so" Lucas heard Isaiah whine and looked at his son. "What is it buddy?"
Isaiah looked at Lucas and opened his mouth as he pounded his hands on the cup holder.
"Oh, I see" Lucas said as he scooped a small spoonful of ice cream into Isaiah's mouth.
"Daddy Goofy" Leah said pointing her hand at the giant dog walking towards them.
"Yeah, I see him" Nathan said as he watched the dog get closer to them.
Leah slipped off of the bench and walked over to the dog and wrapped her arms around him. "Hi Goofy"
Goofy waved down at Leah and then tiptoed over to the side of Isaiah's stroller and looked at the baby. Isaiah looked over at the dog and furrowed his brow as he studied the features of the larger than life cartoon character in front of him. Goofy sensing Isaiah's uneasiness reached a giant gloved paw to him. Isaiah let out a shrill cry and reached for Lucas as sobs overtook his entire body.
"Oh Isaiah, you're a big boy it's just Goofy" Lucas explained as he sat his ice cream beside him and reached for his crying son.
"DADA" Isaiah screamed as Goofy covered his eyes and backed away from the stroller.
"Isaiah, it is ok. He's not going to hurt you" Lucas said as he lifted the baby out of the stroller and sat him on his lap.
"NO NO NO NO" Isaiah screamed throwing his body backwards in Lucas's arms.
"I don't know if we're going to make it to the fireworks or not" Lucas said to Nathan as he bounced Isaiah on his lap gently.
"I know what you mean" Nathan said as he spotted Haley and Brooke coming towards them.
"What happened?" Brooke asked as she walked up to Lucas who was still holding a sobbing Isaiah.
"That damn dog happened" Lucas said pointing over to where Goofy was posing for a picture.
"I'm going to just take him back to the hotel" Brooke said reaching for Isaiah.
"I'll go with you" Lucas said standing up.
"No, Luke stay and watch the fireworks. I'll see you back at the hotel" Brooke kissed Lucas and Hannah both good bye before pushing Isaiah's stroller up the walkway.
"You just don't like Disney do you buddy?" Brooke asked as she lay in bed with Isaiah. The whole room was dark except for the light from the TV that was on mute. Isaiah took his bottle out of his binky out of his mouth and curled deeper against Brooke.
"You ready for sleep huh buddy?" Brooke said as she picked him up and carried him over to the pack and play.
Brooke waited until she knew Isaiah was asleep before she decided to take a shower and get into bed herself. She turned the hot water on got undressed and stepped inside.
"Look daddy" Hannah said as the fireworks show started. She had the perfect spot, right on top of her daddy's shoulders.
"I see those baby" Lucas said to his daughter. He wished Brooke would have stayed at the park but he understood. She was right about Isaiah he didn't like the park, and it was a problem that he and Brooke were going to have to deal with.
Lucas looked over at Nathan and Haley who were looking up at Cinderella's Castle. The lights shining up on the castle would turn colors every few seconds making the castle look like it was a variety of colors as the fireworks shot up behind it in the night sky. The song "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes" playing along with the voice of Cinderella's fairy god mother. Nathan wrapped his arms around Haley and pulled her so her back was against his front. Leah had lost her battle and finally given in to sleep but Jamie stood by his mother and father mesmerized by the sight before him.
Brooke had just finished washing her hair when she opened her eyes and looked down to see the dark red water swirling around the drain. She turned the water off and reached for her robe. She slipped it on and tied it before she became dizzy and the darkness closed in on her and she collapsed to the tile floor.
tanya2byour21 Thanks for always reviewing. It means a lot to me. I hope that you don't get to mad with what happened to Brooke.
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OTH-Brucas-love I'm glad you liked the chapter. I know some of the characters seem different but I can't see Nathan being serious all the time. He just seems like he's always the pushover with his kids. Thanks for reviewing
Smartie01 THANKS for your review. I'm really glad you like this story. I've done my best to include everyone. It's just sometimes hard to include Peyton, cause I don't have the most favorable opinion of her lol. But I'm really glad you liked the chapter and again thanks for reviewing.
SheDevilJen Thanks for reviewing. I'm glad you liked the chapter and hope you like this one as well.
DANI OTH You're right kids do have a sixth sense about things. It could explain a lot with Isaiah being so cranky. You know what would be awesome though, if one time we were both at Disney together. Talk about what a small world that would be. But let me tell you we'd have some fun.
Princesakarlita411 I don't know what could be wrong with Brooke. Of course, I have a few ideas I just don't know which one to use yet. Thanks for your review.
