Hey Everyone, This chapter was orignally in three parts but as with Chapter Eighteen I decided that it would be better to trim it down into two chapters hopefully its easier to keep track of whats going on, Anyway as usual all reviews and feedback are welcome :D ...And also this chapter is written from the view of everyone instead of just from Joey's Point Of View...Hope you all Enjoy...
Brooke's clothing in this Chapter;
Black Hoodie with Ed Hardy designing on the back and arms
Everlast grey skinny fit T-shirt
Dark Blue loose fit Denim jeans with Rainbow colored cubed belt
Black Converses.
Mel's clothing in this chapter;
Light Blue lumberjack style skinny fit button up shirt
Dark Blue skinny fit jeans (that show off her hips :p)
Olivia-White and Pink baby grow
Lily-Black jeans and Hello kitty t-shirt, Adidas Pink trainers
Seb-England football kit Black and Red Nike Trainers
Alexis-Purple Adidas tracksuit-Purple adidas trainers
Taylor-Black combat trousers and red/maroon Kangol T-shirt/Black Converse trainers
July/August 2009
Brooke was sitting in the front room un-amused flicking through the Channels on the sky box, the more she flicked past the more bored she got, when out of the corner of her eye she noticed Mel approaching her with a big grin on her face.
"Why are you so happy?" Brooke asked slightly bewildered
"No Reason" she said moving closer to her wife "I just realized that we..." She paused as she reached Brooke and proceeded to climb onto her lap then leaning in to kiss her neck "are " Pausing again this time placing a kiss on Brooke's cheek "all" pausing again this time kissing Brooke on the lips "alone"
"Really and that's good why?" Brooke asked though she knew exactly what Mel was suggesting
"Well I was thinking maybe we could catch up"
"Catch up, is that what it's called now?" Brooke asked raising her eyebrows, she laughed when Mel frowned at her "And this catching up what would it entail exactly?"
"Well, it would involve you...(Kiss)...me...(Kiss)...this sofa...(Kiss)...and no clothing what (Kiss) so (Kiss) ever" She completed moving her hands down to Brookes jeans, she was slightly surprised when Brooke pulled out of the kiss and gently grabbed her hands pulling them up with hers, causing Mel to frown at her and remove herself from Brooke's lap, then move towards the hallway and their bedroom,
"Here we go again...Babe, where are you going?" Brooke shouted out as she got up and followed Mel
"To find someone that wants to have sex with me" Mel shouted back her voice seemingly shaking with sadness
"I want to, Mel" Brooke said as she reached the door of their bedroom, "I was just thinking..."
"What B, what were you thinking, that you've gone off Latin women, or just that you've gone off me" With that Mel grabbed her wallet and keys and walked towards the front door, she went to open it but the door was pushed shut from behind her by Brooke who had again followed her, she felt Brooke gently grabbed her arm and spun her around so that they were face to face.
"I wasn't saying we shouldn't, I was going to say that maybe we should lock the door in case anyone comes back early" Brooke explained looking Mel dead in the eyes "I swear that's all it was"
"Really?"
"Yes Really, I still like Latin women, and I haven't gone off you, I promise"
"Tell me, just say it and I'll believe you" Tears beginning to fall from her eyes down her cheeks
"Say what babe?" Looking at Mel she realized what she wanted her to say as she wiped the tears from Mel's cheeks, so placing her arms around Mel's waist she pulled her closer so their hips were tightly pressed together " I (KISS) Love (KISS) You" As soon as the last word left Brookes mouth Mel kissed her passionately dropping her keys and wallet as she did so, as the kiss deepened she moved backwards with Brooke, slowly removing Brookes top as she did so then followed by her vest, she started to undo her belt when they hit the sofa causing both of them to collapse onto the sofa, they both laughed as they pulled themselves up right.
Brooke sat back in the same position she was before, with her legs stretched out on the sofa and her lower back resting on the arm of the sofa, Mel crawled up the remainder of the sofa placing her knees carefully on the sofa, until she reached Brookes lap, she continued to move up until she was straddling her, she looked Brooke in the eyes trying to see if she wanted to stop when she didn't see anything, she smiled then wrapped her arms around Brookes neck, slowly moving into a loving kiss within seconds they both were overtaken with passion as the kiss got deeper and deeper Mel pulled back, she moved her left hand to find Brookes right hand entangling them, she kept her right hand around Brooke's neck as the passion rose in her she found herself squeezing Brookes hand tighter, placing her hand on the side of Brookes neck so that her thumb was on Brookes jaw, she traced it back and forth on her jaw line, again she moved in for a soft kiss as the kiss again deepened she could feel her temperature rising as her whole body began to pulsate, various parts of her beginning to throb, she knew what she was feeling but as always it scared her that Brooke was the only one who could make her feel this way, as if she was about to explode even though all they had done was kiss, that of all things was the scariest feeling, she slowly began to pull away from the kiss unable to control herself let alone control Brooke to do what she wanted her to.
Sensing that Mel was starting to fade, Brooke did what she usually did from the start and took control of the situation. She slowly moved her legs bending her knees until her right foot was on the floor and her left knee was bent on the sofa, she rose up lifting Mel with her then slowly lowering them both down on the opposite side of the sofa until Mel was basically in the same position Brooke had been in before except Mel had her legs wrapped around Brookes waist and her arms were on Brookes lower back, Brooke then placed a soothing kiss on Mel's cheek as if to reassure her that it was okay. She began unbuttoning Mel's shirt with her free hand she slowly undid them one button at a time, as she undid each button she felt Mel's body tense even more & more, her legs tightening around her waist. She looked at Mel smiled then releasing her right hand from Mel's left hand she ripped the shirt wide open ripping the buttons off the shirt in the process, she was just about to continue when Mel hit her on the back.
"Ow, what was that for?" She enquired looking from over her shoulder to Mel
"This is my favorite shirt"
"I'm sorry baby, I'll buy you another one"
"Another one, which I wore on our first date"
"Awww, I'm double sorry, I guess I'll just have to make it up to you"
With that Brooke released a mischievous smile and kissed Mel on the brim of her neck she slowly began moving down her abdomen moving slowly placing delicate kisses as she went further down Mel's abdomen until she reached the beginning of Mel's jeans as she began to undo the button she looked up towards Mel, when she did she saw the Mel was looking up at the ceiling as she normally did however she noticed tears were running down her cheeks. Brooke re-buttoned the two remaining buttons on Mel's shirt, she sat up and lightly placed her hands around Mel's wrists causing Mel to look down when she realized that Brooke had stopped because of her tears she looked at her and said "I'm so sorry" and began to cry even harder. Upon seeing this Brooke moved back into the position she had begun in, still maintaining the grip she had on Mel's wrist, feeling Brooke move Mel sat up causing Brooke to release her grip on Mel's wrists as she did Mel slowly moved up the rest of the sofa until she was laying on Brooke her head resting on Brookes chest listening to Brookes heartbeat, she placed her left arm around Brooke's waist and placing the other on her stomach, she then wrapped her right leg around Brookes right leg hugging her tightly then closing her eyes.
Brooke didn't do anything other than what she was already doing, she just held Mel knowing that sometimes it was the only thing that could calm her down when something was wrong and she knew something was definitely wrong, this wasn't the first time that Mel had broken down during one of their as Mel called it love making sessions, but she'd had never been able to work out why, so she just decided to be there in case Mel wanted to talk. A few minutes later the tears had completely disappeared from Mel's eyes and she seemed to be completely calm, she slowly lifted her head up and looked up at Brooke,
"I'm sorry, I don't know where that came from" she said as she wiped her face in case any of her make-up had blurred
"It's fine, I've told you before I don't mind as long as you're okay now" Moving her hand up to wipe away a stray eyelash on Mel's cheek
"No, it's not okay, I don't deserve you" Mel said as she replaced her head on Brookes chest taking in her perfume, and the feel of her skin on her own
"Hey, why'd you say that of course you deserve me, you're just going through a tough time" Brooke replied placing a loving kiss on Mel's forehead, then beginning to comb her hand through Mel's hair.
They relaxed into each other's embrace for around 30 minutes when Mel looked up at Brooke and let out a smile that while was filled with happiness, but was also filled with pain, somewhat of a grimace. "My mum died" She said looking Brooke dead in the eyes, Brooke merely looked down at her reeling from the statement, "I think that's why I haven't been able to go, you know, all the way with you"
"When did she die?" She asked she had always loved Mel's mum, she was the only one that accepted that Mel was a lesbian and that she was with Brooke
"Six weeks ago" she paused to stop herself from giving into the tears welling in her eyes "My family didn't want me at the funeral because..." She stopped knowing that Brooke would be upset by the truth
"Because of me"
"No, well yeah, they still think that you turned me gay, plus I told them I wanted you there, and they went crazy and banned me from the funeral" Mel explained.
"So, maybe inside your blaming me for you not being able to go to the funeral" she somewhat asked sadness present in her voice
Mel moved from her position laying down, and moved onto Brooke's lap straddling her, then looking Brooke dead in the eyes she answered Brooke's previous statement "No, No way...Baby I didn't mean it like that, I knew I was gay before I met you in school, I don't know what I'd be without you. They don't care about me like you do, they don't care that being with you makes me happy, happier than I ever thought I could be" Mel sincerely said stroking Brooke's jaw line lightly with the back of her fingers.
"Why didn't you say anything to me before, you know how much I loved your mum"
"I know and I was gonna tell you then your mum called you and you had to go and stay with her for weeks" Mel explained continuing to stroke Brooke's face almost therapeutically.
"So why not tell me when I got back?"
"I wanted to but you were so happy and I didn't want to spoil your happiness, then Frankee and the others kept pressuring you about the album, and I didn't want to..."
"Stress me out" Brooke finished for Mel
"Yeah, you had so much going on I didn't wanna add to it"
After a couple minutes Brooke looked at Mel, "I'm sorry" tears brimming in both their eyes
"Why are you sorry?"
"Because I wasn't there for you, because I didn't notice anything"
"It's not something you have to be sorry for" Mel sincerely told Brooke, she then moved in closer to Brooke placing a soft & delicate kiss on Brooke's cheek and then moving softly and placing another kiss on her lips
For the first time in a while they shared a now rare moment with each other were the kiss stayed soft and delicate not escalating to anything more than it had started-filled with love-they were interrupted by five people all of them they knew, there was Taylor who after Brooke was the oldest of the girls and was fourteen years old, then there was Alexis who was the second oldest of the girls and had just turned eleven but also suffered from severe autism so much so their mum asked Brooke to take over caring for her a month previous, then there was the only boy Sebastian who was two years old and had mastered the art of walking and talking, then was the second youngest of the siblings Lily, she was eighteen months old and had only just started talking and could just about walk, and then the last of the siblings fast asleep in her pram was three months old Olivia.
Taylor pushed Olivia into the kitchen, Alexis followed her waving excitedly at Brooke who did the same back smiling at her little sister, Seb slowly walked over towards them as he did he happily called out "Auntie Mel, Mel" Rushing as fast as his legs could carry him when Mel held her arms out for a hug, Mel picked him up as soon as he reached her, lifting him up and down causing him to burst out laughing as she placed him on her lap, as she did he reached and grabbed hold of Brooke's shirt and pulled her, she lent down letting him pull her towards him then he placed his lips together and tilting his head upwards indicating that he wanted to give her a kiss, Brooke let out a small giggle then leant down and gave him a quick kiss on the lips.
She was about to give him a hug when she heard Lily calling her from the swing Taylor had placed her in, in the middle of the room, She got up from her seat moving quickly towards Lily and then kneeled down in front of her, she started pushing Lily back and forth slowly after a few minutes she stopped pushing when Lily started crying,
"Hey, why the tears bubs?" She asked wiping the tears from Lily's cheeks, then picked her up pulling her out of the swing as soon as she picked Lily up she stopped crying and began playing with the dog tag around Brookes neck after a few minutes of holding Lily to calm her down, Brooke walked over to the corner of the room and placed Lily in the playpen. As she began to walk over to Mel and Seb, Lily began to cry again stopping Brooke in her tracks she slowly turned around raising her eyebrows at Lily
"Really Lily?" She asked moving to the little girl instead of picking the girl up, she sat in front of the playpen and started to pull funny faces at Lily causing Lily to begin laughing she placed her hand on the cotton meshing of the playpen wanting Brooke to pick her up still "Nope, you stay in there, look there's loads to play with...like your bear" Brooke said trying to convince Lily to comply with her, instead Lily looked at the bear picked it up then again looked at it then dropped it and reached her arms upwards this time, causing Brooke to sigh "No, not gonna happen Lily" Brooke looked down trying to stay firm in her decision but she didn't count on Lily giving her a puppy dog like look, she sighed as she bent down and picked her up "You know you're the only one who's allowed to do that, right?" Brooke looked over at Mel who had Seb on her lap half asleep, Mel was looking at her with Love and wonder, she looked back to Lily who was now resting her head on Brooke's shoulder.
"Seems like we've got two sleep monsters on our hands" She said looking back at Mel
"Yeah, now to convince them to go to sleep" Mel replied
"You wanna sleep don't you Lily?" Brooke asked hoping that for once she would comply with going to sleep, as she expected Lily shook her head "But you're tired so you need to sleep"
"mo" Lily said rubbing her eyes
"You mean No, Lily" Brooke replied smiling at the little girls attempt at speaking, she looked at Mel, who looked back at her with a look that said 'You know what you have to do' "How about if I play you a song on the guitar?" Lily and Seb both yelled out "Yay" causing Mel and Brooke to laugh, Brooke walked over to Mel and Seb and placed Lily down on the sofa with them, she disappeared into her and Mel's bedroom then quickly re-emerged with her acoustic guitar which had a classic golden brown polish finish but it also had 'Brooke' on the bottom left hand side of the guitar in bold italic writing, she walked back towards the sofa and pulled out a stool from under the table, "So, what song?" She looked at Mel, Seb and Lily waiting for an answer, then she heard a voice from behind her
"LEONA LEONA LEONA" Alexis shouted excitedly walking up behind Brooke and hugging her. "Please Brooky"
"Okay, but you have to be really really quiet so they can sleep deal"
"Deal" She replied in almost a whisper, as she sat down in front of Brooke crossing her arms and concentrating on the strings of the guitar in Brookes hands
"Do I need to ask what Leona song?" Brooke said looking down at Alexis, with that she pulled a pick out of her pocket and began playing
-Bleeding Love-Leona Lewis(Boyce Avenue version)
As she finished the song, she looked at Seb and Lily and as intended they were fast asleep, she looked down at Alexis ready to tell her be extra quiet when she saw that Alexis was fast asleep aswell though she was still sitting up, Brooke slowly placed her guitar on the floor and knelt down next to Alexis, carefully she uncrossed her legs and then pulling a free cushion of the sofa she placed it under Alexis' head and slowly lowered her down to the floor, she then removed her hoodie and layed it over Alexis in case she felt cold.
She got up and went to talk to Mel, when she noticed that Mel was also asleep "Didn't know my music was that boring" Brooke laughed to herself she walked over to Mel and placed a soft kiss on Mel's head.
She walked into the kitchen, where she found Taylor sitting at the dinner table staring into space, she walked to the fridge, got a can of Pepsi max out then went and sat next to Taylor, She didn't speak she just looked at her, she knew something was wrong and it wasn't like whatever was wrong with Mel, she could fix it maybe help somehow, after a few minutes Taylor looked up at Brooke one look at her older sister and she burst into tears throwing Brooke slightly, she stood up and held her hand out for Taylor to take which she did, Taylor threw herself into a massive hug with Brooke, Taylor wrapped her arms around Brookes back and Brooke placed both arms on Taylors neck with one of her hands on the back of Taylors head, before they had a chance to talk Brooke's phone went off
"Give me a minute" She said winking at her little sister then moving over the other side of the kitchen, "Hang on your where?, yeah I know it, but why are you there? Okay okay okay calm down I'll come and bail you out okay, I'll see you soon" With that she hung up and walked back over the Taylor, "Hey Tay, I'm gonna have to go out quickly"
"But, why I thought we were gonna spend time together"
"And we will I promise, but it's really important" Brooke sighed when Taylor looked at her unconvinced "Tay, that was Joey, she needs my help"
"Cousin Joey?" She asked when Brooke nodded she continued "What's so important that she needs you right away?"
Brooke moved to the table in case the others were awake so that only Taylor could hear her "You can't tell anyone, promise"
"I promise"
"She's been arrested..."
Brooke arrived at the police station around twenty minutes after getting Joey's call, she pulled her Black BMW
535xi onto a road in front of the police station, she sat in the car for a moment just looking at the door to the station thinking to herself about the kind of person Joey was, it wasn't the person that had phoned her up asking her for help, she got out of the car took a deep breath in and walked throw the station doors, as she got inside she got a sense of déjà vu, this was the station she used to spend most of her time when she was a teenager either bailing her mother out or her mother or step-father bailing her out. She walked up to the front desk and explained that she was there to bail out Joey the policeman at the desk handed her the paperwork she had to fill out, she quickly finished filling everything out she gave it back to the police officer he told her to sit down and wait a few moments for them to sort out the paperwork.
One hour later, Brooke heard a door open when she looked to her right and saw a police officer emerge with a scruffy looking intoxicated women she vaguely recognised as Joey, the officer took Joey to the front desk got her to sign some papers then talked to the other officer at the desk who then pointed to Brooke, the second officer then turned around and motioned for Joey to come with him as he and Joey reached Brooke he spoke directly to Brooke "If she does it again she'll get more than a fine and a caution"
"She won't officer thank you very much" Brooke replied taking Joey under the arm gently and leading her out of the police station and towards her car, as they reached the car Joey looked from the car to Brooke.
"Damn, My cousin got rich" She slurred then laughing at her statement
Brooke looked at Joey and thought to herself, 'brilliant from two troubled women in the house to three this should be fun'.
"How about we go to the pub Brrrrr" Joey said not completing the last word of her sentence
"How about we get a coffee or Five to sober you up" Brooke replied as she helped Joey into the seat "God, when did you put on so much weight Jojo"
"Hahaha I haven't been called that in years" She replied looking at Brooke then pulling her forcefully into a hug "It's good to see you, how did you find me?"
"Jo, you called me, and it's good to see you too" She stated pulling out of the hug then continuing to place the seatbelt on Joey
"I did, I don't remember that"
"Yeah, getting ratted has that effect Jo, now how about those coffees?" Brooke got no reply as she got into the driver's seat; she looked at Joey who now had tears rolling down her cheeks "Jo, whats up?"
"I can't forget her; no matter what I do it doesn't go away"
"Jo, just give yourself time to deal with your emotions and it will, how about I take you back to mine you can have Alexis' room she usually ends up on the sofa anyway"
"Okay, Thanks" Were the only words Joey could manage to form properly