Lucas quietly tiptoed into the main bedroom…I collected his suit and his car keys… he tried desperately not to wake Peyton. He watched Peyton sleep for a while, she looked so peaceful and beautiful. He waked out and placed his things on he table. Lucas then walked into his special draw and pulled out a small box… he opened it and it contained a thin silver band…Peyton's wedding ring and Lucas just smiled. Lucas was interrupted by a knock at the door… and Brooke joyfully walked in.
She placed her bags on the floor and ran over to give Lucas a huge hug.
"Where's Lily??"
"Oh she wanted to stay with Jamie, but her hair and make-up is done so Haley's keeping an eye on her…she looks beautiful Luke…. Haley's gonna stay with her and Jamie."
"Thanks.. Your just the best Davis"
"So Luke how are you feeling about the big day??"
"Well we've had some drama already today, but apart from that excited…I am marrying the women that I love!"
"Drama??"
"Don't ask…I'm sure Peyton will tell you…anyway I should get going to Nathan and Haley's"
"Yeah you should…. You don't want to see the bride in her wedding dress before the wedding…and considering your look with weddings my friend would you really like to chance this??"
"Very funny…"
He replied in his sarcastic tone.
"Speaking of the bride where is ??"
"She's in there asleep. Anyway I shall see you at the wedding….give Peyton my love"
"Will do now see you in a few hours"
Lucas left the house and Brooke was ready to get the party started. She lifted Peyton's wedding dress out of its protected cover and hung it up against the door. It was the third wedding dress that she had made for Peyton… the first was Peyton's ideal wedding dress which was destroyed by Sam, when she decided to gate crash the store… The second was a painfully hand stitched skinny girl corset wedding dress, which Peyton couldn't wear because she fell pregnant…. And the third…well it's this one, it's the best of all. Beautiful white silk… a strapless dress that would suit her perfectly and it would come to her knees. It would be accompanied by a handmade veil that would lay on top of her beautiful silky golden hair.
Brooke checked in on Peyton who was still fast asleep with her hand on her stomach, protecting her baby. Brooke just smiled. Then she walked over to the spare room and peek inside…. Brooke was overwhelmed by what she saw… The baby's room, she walked inside and look around…she could feel her eyes beginning to fill up because she knew that she would do anything for a baby. Then she was interrupted by the alarm clock and heard Peyton starting to rise. She walked into back into the main room to greet her best friend….
"Hey ""Hey "
"So soon to be Scott, you excited??"
"You know what??? I'm marrying the only guy I have ever truly loved…so you could say that yeah."
"Lucas left for Nathan and Haley's about half an hour ago and asked me to pass on his love… So Sawyer it looks like its just you and me… so lets get to work."
Peyton left to take a shower while Brooke made some coffee. Not before long the phone rang but, it went straight to answer phone….
Hi guys this is Peyton, Lucas and baby Scott …erm were not in right now so if you leave a message we will get back to you as soon as we can…
"Peyton, Lucas it's Dr. Jackson here… I'm just ringing regarding Peyton's condition, we would like you to come in for some more tests and another scan in the next few days….so we can make sure that everything is in order…Thanks."
Brooke was left completely confused and startled…She kept thinking what condition, what could Peyton not have possibly told her own best friend about, this wasn't like her…Brooke planned to question Peyton as soon as she came out of the shower…
Peyton walked out of the bathroom in Lucas's dressing gown… Peyton saw Brooke just standing in the hallway by the phone still looking pretty dazed and confused…
"Hey Brooke what's wrong??"
"Your Doctor just phoned about asking you to go for some tests and another scan next week because of your condition….what condition Peyton??"
"There were some complications…before the accident….Brooke, I have a condition called Placenta Previa-"
Before Peyton could finish, Brooke interrupted…
"What is that, what does that mean?"
"Well it means that I run the risk of haemorrhaging during the birth or during the delivery"
"Ok… but your going to be ok right, you and the baby??"
A look of shock swept across Brookes face…
"Yeah yeah, if everything goes perfectly, yes"
"Peyton come on, what if everything doesn't go perfectly?"
"Then you could loose me Brooke?"
Brooke looked confused…
"I could die……..and the baby too"
Brooke pulled Peyton into a tight hug, she hated keeping this secret from her best friend…especially this. They had been through so much together the least she deserved was the truth…
"Why didn't you tell me??"
"Because I wanted you to go with L.A with Julian, but I knew you wouldn't go if you knew…"
"I'm not going anywhere….you suck for not telling me!"
Brooke pulled Peyton into another tight hug…
"How am I gonna help us get through this ?"
"I don't know….we just will"
Brooke placed her hand over Peyton's stomach and replied….
"You damn right we will…"
So, time passed and Brooke had fixed her own hair into shape for the wedding as chief bridesmaid and now it was time to fix Peyton's…. so Brooke got to work…Brooke could see a worried look on Peyton's face….
"What's on your mind ??"
"Nothing.."
"Don't lie to me…you're my best friend…I know you too well"
"Ok, its just…I'm wondering if Lucas is making the right choice, marrying me"
"Are you joking me…. Your Peyton Sawyer, the guy wrote a whole book about how much he loves you…what's brought his on???"
"It's just, it doesn't seem too long ago he was marrying Lindsay and now he is marrying me"
"Don't worry about it Sawyer, you are the only girl for him… he loved Lindsay but, not in the same way or as much as he loves you."
Peyton was glad of the reassurance and Brooke was now done. Her hair was pined back and let two parts of hair fall down on either side of her face. Peyton placed a beautiful pair of silver diamond earrings in either ear and also got Brooke to fasten a matching necklace around her neck. It was the set that Lucas had bough her a few weeks back. In turn she helped Brooke put a small necklace on…it was beautiful, but not as beautiful as Peyton's. Peyton hadn't seen the dress before so when Brooke revealed the dress to her, she was absolutely flabbergasted….
"Brooke it's beautiful!!"
"Yeah well only the best for my best friend, but it will look even better on you"
Peyton walked off into her room and took Lucas' dressing gown off and placed it on the bed… she then carefully took her wedding gown and placed it over her head and pulled it down until it fit her body…. The soft white silk flowed over her baby bump and it matched her skin perfectly…she looked beautiful…. She attached the veil at the back of her hair…and gently placed the silver diamond shoes over her feet…she look amazing…. Brooke wore a tightly fitted gown that trailed slightly behind her…it was a very low cut dress and it was a very light shade of purple…it look perfect on her…. Brooke stood in the hallway waiting for Peyton to appear….
"Ok here I come…."
Peyton opened the door to meet a shell shocked Brooke…
"What?"
"Peyton….. You look beautiful….out of this world…"
"Thanks"
Just then they heard a loud beep from outside…that was there car ready to take them to the lake where Lucas and Peyton had met…where they spoke their very first words to each other. Brooke helped Peyton into the car aswell as lock up the house and they drove off into the daylight…..
