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
Part Two
Brooke pulled up in front of her house it was about nine o'clock it had been about thirty minutes since she had picked Joey up, she deliberately took the long route to allow Joey to think and sober up a little bit. As she pulled up she got out and walked round to the side of the car were Joey was just staring at the floor of the car, Brooke opened the door and helped Joey get out as they walked the short distance to the house, Joey began to stumble even more with every step she took turning back around Brooke locked the car then moved over to Joey and motioned for her to let Brooke carry her into the house she was somewhat surprised when Joey merely nodded at her then wrapped her arms around Brooke's neck
Brooke quietly placed her key in the door as she opened the door she heard the sound of Mel shouting at someone then she heard Taylors voice seemingly shouting at the same person, on top of that she could hear Olivia, Lily and Sebastian crying, as she placed Joey ,who had now given into the drink and was fast asleep, on the sofa, she looked around the front room she could see the coffee table had been turned over as had Lily's Playpen and Olivia's Pram she immediately ran over to the pram checking her youngest sister wasn't in the pram, relieved when she found nothing but blankets she quickly got up and followed the shouting into the kitchen where she found Mel, Taylor and A man and woman she knew to be her mother Maxine who had Olivia in her arms and her step-father Noah arguing with each other, they all stopped as Brooke entered the room so all that was left was the sound of crying from the three youngest siblings, Brooke turned her head to see Lily sitting on the floor covered in spaghetti hoops she looked a little to the left of Lily and saw Sebastian sitting on floor as Lily was covered in spaghetti hoops, she moved over to Lily and sat on the floor in front of her crossing her legs as she reached the floor, Lily crawled as quickly as she could to Brooke, Brooke sat Lily on her lap and began bouncing her up and down on her knees as Lily's tears stopped Brooke looked over at Sebastian who looked like he was scared of something she looked at him winked and said "Nobodies gonna hurt now I'm here promise" as she finished the last word Sebastian got up of the floor and ran over to Brooke jumping onto the remaining free part of Brooke's lap, they both hugged her tightly, Brooke picked them both up in her arms getting onto her feet, she walked up to Taylor and Mel and asked "Are you two okay?" Taylor nodded at Brooke as did Mel, Brooke walked out of the kitchen back into the front room kicking the Playpen back so it was upright again and then placed them both into the playpen she kissed them both on the forehead then went to walk away but stopped when she heard them both begin to cry, she looked around when she noticed two small photo albums on the floor, she picked them up and gave one to Sebastian and the other to Lily, she looked at the both "You've both got find the best pictures in these albums ok, one each then I'll get your favorite ones made really really big, but it's gotta be a surprise for me so I'm gonna go in the other room yeah"
"YEAH" They both replied smiling at Brooke "go pwises" Seb said releasing a small giggle
Brooke walked quickly into the kitchen as she did so she looked closer at her mum and step-dad as she did she noticed cuts and bruises all over them mainly on her mums neck face and arms and on Noah's arms and hands, she looked at Mel who had a mark on her neck, she then looked at Taylor who had blood on her shirt and numerous cuts on her arms. Feeling the anger brimming inside her Brooke looked down at her fists which were firmly clenched from the anger she felt inside her, she began breathing taking deep and long breathes in and out until her fists had unclenched.
"What the hell happened in the two hours I was gone" She asked looking at Mel and Taylor
"They wouldn't let me see my daughter" Noah interrupted
"Was I asking you?" She replied coldly, attempting to move to where Noah and Maxine were standing but she was stopped by Mel, who simply placed her hand on Brooke's abdomen stopping her in her tracks
"They knocked here around eight they wanted to see Olivia but she was asleep so I said they should come back tomorrow" Taylor explained
"Okay, then what happened after that?"
"They wouldn't go so I called Mel to the door, she said to let them in so they could see Olivia was sleeping but when they did they wanted to wake her up, when I said no Noah grabbed me, then Mel pushed him away, then he knocked her over, when mum said they should go he attacked her then they started fighting with each other they woke everyone else up and we tried to get Alexis, Lily, Seb and Olivia out of the way but they grabbed Olivia threw Lily and Seb's food over them when they wouldn't eat it when he was trying to feed them, he put them on the floor then left them there, when I went to pick them up he did this to my arm, I did try to stop them I swear B"
"Hey, I know you did, I know both of you would have" Brooke looked at Noah and Maxine then around the room "Where is she then?"
"Sorry babe, who?" Mel asked Brooke
"Where is Alexis?"
"What she was sitting with Lily and Seb after….."
"After what Mel?"
"After Noah hit her"
As the word hit left Mel's lips Brooke launched herself at Noah grabbing him by his shirt and pulled his face to hers, as Brooke tightened her grip Mel whispered in her ear "Stop, he's not worth it we need to find Alexis" Not Listening to her wifes words she tighten the grip on Noah's shirt seeing the anger in Brooke's eyes Mel whispered in Brooke's ear again "Babe, please don't ruin everything for this scum" Looking at Mel seeing the tears slowly forming in her eyes she turned back to Noah as she did so she pulled Noah closer looking him dead in the eyes,
"If anything worse than what you've done has happened to Alexis, I will gut you like the slimy fish you are, Maxine is going to give Olivia to Mel NOW then the both of you get out of my house" With that Brooke released her grip on Noah's shirt and watched as Maxine and Noah moved as fast as they could out of the kitchen within seconds of them entering the front room the front door slammed shut. "Now we need to find Alexis, do you have any idea where she could be?" She asked looking at Mel and Taylor
"No not since a few minutes before you came in" Mel replied beginning to look around the kitchen as she did she noticed a patch of blood on the floor near the fridge which was where Alexis had been sitting after Noah had hit her. "She wouldn't go far would she?"
"Not normally no she wouldn't but you know what she's like when she gets upset"
Brooke looked around the room and then looked at the spot Alexis was sitting spotting the amount of blood on the floor her fear for Alexis beginning to rise but at the same time so did the anger towards her step-father, she took a deep breath and continued to look around the room when she noticed the back door was open.
"Mel, Can you check upstairs for me please?" She asked after looking at Taylor and seeing tears were running down her cheeks.
"Sure" Mel replied also noticing that Taylor was crying and knowing that what was to follow was a sisters only moment.
As soon as Mel left the room with Olivia, Taylor literally flew at Brooke squeezing her as tight as she could, as surprised as she was Brooke hugged her younger sister squeezing her arms tightly on the back of Taylor's shoulders,
"I'm so sorry Brooke" Taylor cried through the tears burying her head in Brooke's shoulder even more,
"Hey, none of this is your fault" Brooke stated shocked by the fact that Taylor was blaming herself "Tay, Look at me" She said moving Taylors chin upwards so she was looking at her, "This is not your fault okay, I don't blame you, nobody does or will, This is down to Mum and that dipstick" As she completed her sentence she used her right hand to wipe away the tears on Taylor's cheeks.
"Really, you don't blame me?"
"Never Tay, your fourteen years old how could you stop them both" She answered firmly, "Now why don't you go upstairs and clean yourself up"
Taylor slowly pulled out of the hug and nodded to Brooke "Can I use your shower please?"
Brooke let out a little laugh she already knew the question was coming before Taylor asked her, "Of Course you can" She replied kissing Taylor on the forehead, with that Taylor walked in through the front room upstairs not noticing Joey crashed out on the sofa.
Brooke looked around the room at the mess (spaghetti hoops) covering most of the floor along with the blood that she knew was from Alexis, she walked over to a small cupboard in the corner of the kitchen and opened it up pulling out a mop and bucket she filled up the bucket with hot water and floor cleaner, and began mopping all the mess up. As she was about to empty the water down the drain and refill the bucket Mel walked into the room, she walked over to Brooke, she placed her hand over Brookes indicating for her to let go of the bucket. She then pulled Brooke into a hug, the hug lasted a few minutes when Brooke pulled away tears glistening in her eyes, she took a deep breath in before she had a chance to say anything Mel spoke first.
"I think I know where Alexis is"
"Where?" Brooke asked eager to find out the location
"I think she's in the studio"
"The studio that's an hour away"
"No, the studio at the end of the garden"
"Why would she go there?"
"When I was checking upstairs I noticed there was some blood on the draw where you keep your Skullcandy headphones"
"So you think she could be in there"
"Yeah, I mean it makes sense she was calling out for you after Noah, you know, and she knows that most of the time you're not here your in there, and I looked out our window and the studio lights are on"
"I'll go check it out" As she reached the back door she stopped and looked back at Mel "I hope your right about this"
"Me too" Mel uttered to herself as Brooke disappeared from her sight
Studio description- Studio apartment like space converted from a extra room into a studio by Brooke and some 'friends' of hers, Control panel is advanced version basically meaning it can create a track from beginning to end and can slowly strip down a track layer by layer, the booth is the size of a standard room can fit seven people at once and instruments, also there are five sets of headphones hanging on one side of the booth with names above each belonging to each member of Fifth Element, On the side of the Control panel there is Pink seatee which could fit four people at a time next to that is a office chair (Swingy Chair) and folded up in another corner of the room was some folded up black chairs.
Brooke took a deep breath in as she opened the door of the studio as she did she was happy and relieved to see Alexis, her happiness turned to shock and sadness when she saw the state her younger sister was in, she was sitting in one of the corners of the room in a space between the control panel and the wall her t-shirt was covered in blood and spaghetti, she slowly moved over to Alexis seating down in front of her crossing her legs,
"Hey Lexi, what you doing in here?"
"Brooke loves music" Alexis smiled looking at Brooke at the same time gripping the headphones in her hand tighter
"Yeah I do, you know what else I love?"
"What?"
"You and you know I would never let anyone hurt you as long as I'm here"
Alexis nodded and began rocking back and forth with her knees now firmly against her chest, "Brooke gone, Bad Bad man wasn't"
"I know but the bad man's gone now" Brooke continued "He's gone and I'm back"
"Promise, Brooky make Promise"
"I promise you he's gone, he's never going to hurt you again" As Brooke completed her sentence she watched Alexis as she slowly got to her feet as she did so, Brooke stood up as well once Alexis was on her feet fully she slowly moved over to Brooke and walked into a hug, clinging to her sister, "How about you get some sleep?" Alexis nodded, Brooke walked out Alexis clung to her arm as they walked back to the house as they entered the kitchen they saw Mel mopping the kitchen floor, she rested the mop on the wall near her and moved towards Alexis
"Thank god you're okay Alexis" She said attempting to hug Alexis, however she and Brooke were shocked when Alexis hide behind Brooke as if she thought Mel was a threat to her.
"Lex, it's only Mel she's not going to hurt you" Brooke said turning around to comfort her sister
"Go sleep now" Alexis whispered in Brooke's ear, as tears fell down her cheeks
"Okay, Sleeping time it is, you go up and get changed, and I'll be up in a couple minutes"
"Promise" Alexis asked
"I promise" Brooke confirmed, with that Alexis exited the room quickly running up to her room and closing the door. On hearing the door close Brooke looked at Mel who looked as if she was about to burst out in tears "She didn't mean it"
"I know but it still hurts that she thinks I could hurt her"
"She knows you wouldn't, but the man she thought of as her dad just hit her" Brooks moved up close to Mel, placing her hands on Mel's hips "She'll be better tomorrow, okay" Mel nodded, she moved her right hand up to Mel's cheek then gently kissed her on the lips "I'm gonna go up and calm her down, it might mean that she sleeps in with us or me in with her"
"No problem, just make sure she feels safe"
"Thank you babe" As Brooke went to exit the room she turned back remembering she had to tell Mel something "Oh I forgot to say, Joey's gonna stay with us for a while she's a little messed up at the moment she needs family around her" Mel smiled at Brooke nodding that she had no objections. As she went to leave Brooke again stopped and turned around smiling at Mel "Just in case you didn't know..." She reapproached Mel kissing her again on the lips this time letting her passion flow in to the kiss. "I Love You" As she went to walk away she was surprised when Mel gently grabbed her wrist making her turn around to face her as she did, Mel pulled Brooke towards her, she passionately kissed Brooke as she let all her passion seep into the kiss causing Brooke to slightly move backwards from the force in which Mel had kissed her, Mel gripped tightly onto the back of Brooke's jacket after a few minutes they both slowly pulled out of the kiss. Mel whispered into Brooke's ear "I Love You too" Brooke smiled at her, winked then exited the room.
Once she saw Brooke disappear up the stairs, Mel walked back to the mop as she went to pick up the mop she lent on the wall and began to slide down it as she did she burst into tears.