He looked up at her and smiled, holding in his hand a beautiful diamond ring. 'Brooke Davis...' as she smiled down at him. 'Will you marry me?' She took a deep breath and hesitated on her answer, 'Julian', she whispered closing his hand. He looked up at her confused, as she stood and walked behind him. 'I uh...' she struggled, brushing her hair behind her ears. 'Brooke, what's wrong?' he asked pulling himself to his feet. She exhaled deeply and walked over to him, taking his hands in hers. 'I love you. '. Julian smiled and she stoked his face, 'I love you too', he replied. Brooke nodded and slightly smiled, 'But uh, before I can answer you. I need to go back to Tree Hill and sort some things out'. He shook his head, and stepped away from her. 'What kind of things?' 'Just things Julian.' She replied. He slowly rubbed the side of his head and took a deep breath. 'Okay'. Brooke smiled and walked slowly over to him, 'Just, give me some time. I'll come back and you'll have your answer.' Julian nodded, as she placed her hand on his cheek and leaned in to kiss him. 'I'll be back soon', before walking away. He squeezed the ring tightly in his fist and watched her leave.
The next morning, Brooke was getting ready to leave New York and head back to Tree Hill. Whilst sat in the airport, she took out her phone and dialled Julian's number. 'Hey Julian, It's me. I'm getting ready to leave now. I just wanted to say that, I'm sorry for just walking away like that last night, I was just confused and, there' s just so much I need to figure out first. But I'll be back as soon as I can, and we'll talk and figure this whole thing out, okay? I'll see you soon. Bye'. She closed her cell phone and placed it in her pocket.
Arriving in Tree Hill, she looked around the airport for her childhood best friend Peyton. 'Brooke Davis', a voice yelled behind her forcing her to quickly turn. Brooke's face quickly lit up, 'Hey, P. Sawyer!' she yelled as she was pulled into a hug. 'I missed you '; Peyton smiled releasing herself from the hug. 'I missed you too'. Brooke replied, as they walked out of the airport together.
'So, not that I'm not happy to see you, but what are you doing back here?' Peyton asked. Brooke looked over at her, 'well, for the past year I've been dating this guy. And, last night he asked me to marry him'. 'Oh', Peyton replied. 'Yeah', Brooke whispered. 'So, you've come back here to..?', 'Yeah', Brooke cut her off, 'I came back to divorce Lucas!'