Brandon POV
I headed up the sidewalk to the house. It had been a long time since I had been here, It still looked the same to me. I stood at the front door and gently knocked, after a minute Callie opened the door.
Callie- hey, come in.
I entered the house and was surprised to see it was mostly empty. There was only a few pieces of furniture remained and the walls were bare.
Brandon- its practically empty in here.
Callie- yeah well I'm mostly moved into my apartment now so.. I haven't been here in awhile.
Brandon- right..
Callie- um.. the lawyer made a list of things we have to settle on before the divorce can go through, we can sit down in the kitchen.
Brandon- okay.
We sat at the table and started going over the list.
Callie- what about Brooke's college fund?
Brandon- I don't know..
Callie- I wouldn't feel right using the money but.. we can't just let it sit there, its almost five thousand..
Brandon- maybe we could.. donate it to a charity or something..
Callie- yeah.. that's a good idea.
Brandon- okay then.. I guess the last thing is the house.
Callie- I don't want it, Brandon.
Brandon- I guess we should just sell it..
Callie- yeah.. we can split the money.
Brandon- well I guess that's everything then.
Callie- I guess it is..
Brandon- and this is what you want?
Callie- yeah.. we both need to move on, a fresh start.
Callie POV
I came into the house and headed upstairs. I went to the end of the hallway and opened the door to Brooke's room. I had cleared out every room in the house, except this one. I had to pack things up so we could sell the house. I pulled out my phone and sent a text message to Brandon, after a few minutes he appeared at the door.
Callie- thanks for coming.
Brandon- no problem.
We went upstairs to the room and stood in the doorway taking in the view for a moment.
Callie- this has to be done so we can sell the house but.. I just couldn't bring myself to do it.
Brandon- we can do it together.
Brandon crossed the room and started packing things.
Callie- it feels wrong.. packing her things up on her birthday..
Brandon- I know.. but it has to be done.
Brandon picked up a little toy microphone.
Brandon- remember when she put on that concert for us?
Callie- yeah.. she got all dressed up and sang for us.
Brandon- and she wanted color in her hair like the real rock stars..
Callie- yeah and I told she couldn't color her hair so she smeared jelly in it to get the color.
We both laughed at the memory of our daughter. After we stopped laughing I felt a tear come to my eye.
Callie- if you could do it all over again, would you? even if you knew she was gonna die?
Brandon- yeah.. I would, I would do everything better..
Callie- you were a good dad, Brandon.
Brandon- I didn't go to her dance recital.. I kept saying someday.. someday.
Brandon was trying to hold back from crying.
Callie- she knew how much you loved her..
I was crying now, I grabbed a tissue and wiped my eyes.
Brandon- I'm sorry.. I shouldn't have..
Callie- no, don't apologize I.. I want to be able to talk about her and remember her without crying.. I just miss her so much.
Brandon came over and wrapped me in a hug.
Brandon- I miss her too.
After Brandon left I felt a rush of sickness come over me. I ran to the bathroom and vomited. This combined with the dizziness made me almost sure I had the flu that was going around. With everything going on I hadn't gotten a flu shot this year and I was working around dozens of kids everyday. I called the doctors office to see when they could fit me in for an appointment and was surprised to find out I could get in later today. I sat in the exam room waiting for the doctor to come back with my results. She finally came back after what seemed like an eternity.
Callie- so is it the flu?
Doctor- uh.. no, its not.
Callie- its nothing serious is it?
Doctor- Callie.. your pregnant.
Callie- that's impossible..
Doctor- the test is positive, your about two months along.
Callie- I can't.. I can't be pregnant.
Brandon POV
I sat in the kitchen at the house. Everyone was running around packing to go to the beach this afternoon. I just sat there, feeling completely depressed.
Lena- Brandon, why don't you come to the beach with us?
Brandon- I don't feel like it..
Lena- are you upset about Brooke?
Brandon- no.. well yeah its Brooke and its.. the fact that I just got my divorce papers in the mail.
Lena- I'm sorry..
Brandon- I guess its really over now.. we settled everything, there's nothing tying us together anymore.
