Pulling into the old and familiar parking lot he glanced at what he once referred to as the dungeon. It was hard for him to believe that so many years had passed since he had last entered the daunting old building, but then again since graduation Tree Hill High was not exactly on his top five lists of places he wanted to visit.
"C'mon sweetheart!" his fiancée called from the other side of the car. "We're already late." In all honesty he had been a little uncertain about his willingness to come back for Tree Hill's ten-year reunion given that fake "how are you?" and "you look absolutely amazing!" just weren't a part of his persona. Though he had been with his now fiancée for about two years and had known her for four the only people from Tree Hill she had really gotten to know apart from his mother were Nathan and Haley. It wasn't as if he had dismissed everyone else from his life, but it was more that those who were a significant part of his high school life were now people mentioned in his life opposed to actual players. In fact he credits his fiancée's persistence of wanting to meet those in his past for his current predicament; but if pushed a little further he'd admit, if only to himself, that he wanted to see if she'd be there. Just to give himself the satisfaction of knowing that she was doing okay, that she did indeed exist beyond the mere memories he still held.
"Lucas Scott," he said to the woman sitting at the desk in front of the entrance, handing out the classic "hello my name is" stick-on.
"Lucas?" the women repeated glancing up at him smiling.
"Bevin?"
"The one and only!" the ex-cheerleader grinned. "I haven't seen you since Mouth's wedding a few years back. How have you been?"
"Pretty good. This is my fiancée Veronica," indicating the tall brunette at his side. "Ronnie, this is Bevin, one of the funniest girls I knew when I was seventeen. Remember my friend Skillz? The basketball player I once told you about? Well, this here is his lovely wife."
"Ha-ha Lucas, I wasn't that funny, lets just say my naïve-ness lasted all the way up until senior year." Bevin laughed. "It was nice meeting you, and I hope to see you both once I'm done here!"
"You too Bevin," Veronica smiled wondering what stories this woman had about Lucas that she could use to tease him with later. "You'll have to come tell me all of Lucas' horrifying moments from high school!"
"You can count on it!" Bevin replied as the couple waved goodbye and made their way towards the gymnasium. Looking at Lucas and Veronica, Bevin sighed looking over the list of RSVP-ed past students and thought back to the days when she could look at some of the names and remember happier times. For some silly reason she had always thought that just maybe they could've all stayed friends forever, but then again she was known for having some impossible wishes as a teen.