Hey guys, so dianehermans wished for a Brucas wedding story with two surprises. Well she is getting a third, just because I couldn't resist and she told me she ships that pairing too. So I really hope you like this one. The idea wouldn't leave me alone, let alone sleep after I started the outline.
Highway run
Into the midnight sun
Wheels go 'round and 'round
You're on my mind
Restless hearts
Sleep alone tonight
Sendin' all my love
Along the wire
He still remembers that night, as if it were yesterday but in reality, it has been 10 years. At first it had been hard to convince her he really loved her and not her best friend or his editor, but she gave him her friendship again. Back in the day that was all he could hope for and so he made sure to be always there when she needed him and worked his way back into her heart and fought hard to gain back her trust, too. He could count himself lucky to have such a great group of friends and he wished that even Peyton would find her soulmate. And from the sparkle and mischief in his fiancés eyes he knew there was a surprise for the maid of honor waiting at the reception.
And here I was thinking guest were supposed to bring present not receive them.
But this spontaneity and generosity is exactly what he loves about Brooke. She has an idea to help her friends and she has the means to do it, so she just does. Over the years there were so many examples, and this would just be another one of these. In return her friends stand up for her and support her where ever they can. After he finally had gathered up the courage to propose to her she had at first asked for some time to think and he was naturally crushed. His track record with proposals really wasn't the best and when he called their friends for a caring ear, he received none of it. He got a lecture about how much of an idiot he is being. And that led him to the perfect idea: he recreated their night in central park from all those years ago and finally in the horse drawn carriage she said yes and made him the happiest man on earth.
Today was the day she would make him just a tiny bit happier: Promising before god and all their friends and family to be his forever. And he will happily do the same and then hold her and never letting her go again. After all she had crashed into his life like the comet, he had been writing about in his second novel which everyone had misinterpreted to mean he loved Peyton. That had been a hard obstacle to over come but today he had the perfect gift for her: the little girl who owes her life to Brookes generosity is here to celebrate with them. Caring for her had been a huge catalyst in them getting closer again and finding their way back to each other.
They say that the road
Ain't no place to start a family
Right down the line
It's been you and me
And lovin' a music man
Ain't always what it's s'posed to be
Oh girl, you stand by me
I'm forever yours
Faithfully
Just like Lucas but in a different house Brooke looks at herself in the mirror. This is it. The day she had been dreaming about ever since high school. She is finally going to marry Lucas Scott. At times this day had seemed impossible and back then she had resigned herself to support her best friend in this relationship. That horrible not-exactly-a-proposal disaster had broken her heart in more way than one. When Lucas had showed up in New York back then she would've loved to just throw herself at him and help him forget but that wouldn't have helped in the slightest.
Five years later she and Peyton move back to Tree Hill and Lucas has a new outsider girlfriend with whom he shared the love for literature. The path was set. And if she were totally honest with herself even, she had thought that the only woman to break that new union apart would be Peyton. Heck, even Lindsay thought so: Lucas' new book was about a comet after all and Blondies car is a Comet. But as it turns out that was just a weird coincidence. When she grew insecure after learning about the book and that it was the reason why Lindsay stopped the wedding Peyton reassured her multiple times that she wasn't interested in Lucas in that way anymore. It was still hard to trust him and her again. But somehow it worked and she would happily proclaim her love in front of all the world listening. Because he had already given her more than she could ever ask for. In an unconscious gesture she rests her hands on her still flat belly and thinks about the grainy black and white print out she has hidden in her stockings. This was her surprise for Lucas today, well beside herself.
She hears the door behind her open and her two best friends come in. She quickly pulls her hands from her belly and smooths the dress – her own design.
"Are you ready to become a Scott, B. Davis?"
She turns around and looks Peyton in the eye: "Yes, let's do this!"
She follows her friends to the huge oak doors and the walk down the aisle.
Circus life
Under the big top world
We all need the clowns
To make us smile
Through space and time
Always another show
Then everything
Wondering where I am
Lost without you
The ceremony had been beautiful, and Lucas' vows had brought her to tears already but what happened when they moved to leave the church had her sobbing. A little girl about 10 years old by now in a little rosé dress walked to her and gave her two lilies. "Thank you for helping me, when my mum couldn't." Angie. She was so beautiful now and so smart. I just hope our little one will be as smart and graceful as this little girl.
This had been a perfect gift and a wonderful surprise for Brooke, one she intended to return. But for now, she turned her head and tried to find her blonde, single friend.
"What are you doing?" she feels his breath tickle her neck when he leans in close to her. "Looking for Peyton. Her surprise is going to go on stage in a couple of minutes!" she doesn't need to turn her head; she just knows he is confused. "Yes, Haley is singing now. No, she isn't the surprise. Her duet partner is." "Brooke? What did you do? Pete is married you know?" She turns into his side and lightly slaps his arm. With a slight nod of her head she gets Lucas to look at the stage and from the look on his face she can see he saw the surprise. "How?" Brooke just puts on her brightest smile "Trade Secret" and seals his lips with a kiss.
There is no time for further discussion because Haley calls for the newly wed couple to open the floor with their first dance. Brooke still hasn't found Peyton in the crowd, but Haley moves her head almost imperceptible to the garden door and when the first words of the song flow through the air the Blonde makes an appearance: Standing shell-shocked in the door way.
Brooke smiles at Lucas all the while he leads them across the floor and soon all their friends start in and grab their dance partners. She just knows that now; she is finally in her happy place and she will stay here forever. They all hope that Peyton now also can find her happiness and if the man she is dancing with now is any indication it won't be too long. Fingers crossed.
And being apart ain't easy
On this love affair
Two strangers learn
To fall in love again
I get the joy
Of rediscovering you
Oh girl, you stand by me
I'm forever yours
Faithfully
Faithfully - Journey
