Chapter 6
Lucas pushed himself forward, nudging a few people out of the way, so he could clearly see what was happening. His face dropped as he saw Julian pull the box from out his pocket.
Brooke gasped again, and Julian opened the box revealing the ring, but this time, Lucas gasped too.
Nathan was stood on the opposite side of the room, with Haley. He had noticed his brother's reaction, and almost as if Lucas could feel his brothers eyes, glaring at him, he pulled his eyes away from Brooke and Julian, and looked at his brother. Lucas instantly knew Nathan had seen the clear disappointment in his face when Julian pulled out the ring. Lucas was first to drop the silent connection between himself and his brother. He cowardly moved back slowly, and stood next to Peyton.
From then on he kept his eyes on the centre of the room, watching Brooke and Julian, he refused to look up again to see his brothers angry expression.
"Brooke." Julian said silently, with a smile on his face. He had on hand holding Brooke's, and the other holding the box with the ring.
"Brooke." He said again, this time he took a deep breath. He looked at Nathan for support, as he couldn't remember the last time he had been this nervous.
Nathan, who had now stopped glaring at Lucas, had his attention back to Julian and Brooke. He met Julian's gaze and gave him a wink for support.
"Right," Julian said, sighing. He shook his head and let out a small laugh before continuing.
"I'm so nervous, as you can tell, but here goes. Brooke I love you, you mean the world to me, and if you will let me I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I want to make you happy, because everyday I spend with you, I realise how happy you make me, and how much I love you. I don't know what else I can say, to show you how much you mean to me. Would you do me the honours, of becoming my wife?" Julian asked, gushing, the whole time looking into Brooke's eyes.
The room was suddenly filled with the guests quietly saying 'Aww' to each other, as they admired Julian's proposal.
Brooke used her free hand to wipe a tear away from her eye. She had to clear her throat, and take a deep breath before she answered.
"You don't have to say anything else. That was perfect." Brooke whispered, another tear slowly poured down her cheek.
"I love you, and I've never been as happy as I am now with you, in my whole life. Of course I want to marry you!" Brooke said, her voice breaking, as more tears poured down her face.
The guest all cheered, throwing their arms in the air, and hugging each other.
Julian, placed the ring on Brooke's finger, and stood up. He wrapped his arms around her, and lifted her up, he span her around a couple of times laughing, then placed her back down.
"Thank you." He whispered, a tear of his own poured down his face, as he placed his lips on Brooke's.
The guests all ran around the couple, congratulating them.
Everyone had moved, apart from Lucas. He stayed fixed in his place. He saw Peyton with her arms around Brooke, look around at him, meeting her eyes; he began to walk forward, to congratulate Brooke. However, something hard soon grabbed his shoulder, holding him in place.
"'I've never been as happy as I am now with you, than I have in my whole life." Nathan's voice whispered hard, in Lucas' ear, as he quoted what Brooke had just told Julian.
Lucas' head dropped, and he turned to face his brother.
"Don't Luke." Nathan said stern.
"Don't do this, you can't. You heard her, we all did, she loves him. She's finally happy. She's finally let somebody in again, since you messed with her heart. I will not let you ruin his for her. Think about Peyton, about Sawyer. Don't ruin what you have with them." Nathan whispered in Lucas' ear again, so nobody could hear.
Lucas opened his mouth to say something, but stopped and closed it again. Nathan saw a glance of pain cross his brother's face, and he put his arm on his shoulder again, this time, for comfort.
"I'm gonna help you get through this, whatever this is. It's gonna be okay Luke." Nathan said finally, as he saw Peyton with Sawyer, walking over.
Nathan smiled at Peyton as he passed her, before going over to congratulate Brooke and Julian.
"Luke?" Peyton asked, as Lucas had his back turned.
On hearing Peyton's voice, Lucas span around, and forced a smile.
"What's wrong? Why haven't you been over yet?" Peyton asked confused.
"Oh, I was waiting for it to die down a bit, to many excited people over there." Lucas said, laughing, and he nodded to the direction of people jumping up and down, laughing, hugging and crying with each other.
"Too much drama." Lucas laughed again, hoping to convince his wife.
It worked.
"Aww, don't be mean. Look at how happy she is. I've not seen her like this in a long time. Brooke and Julian. Who would have thought they'd be each others soul mates." Peyton said, resting her head on Lucas' shoulder, as she watched her best friend hugging and laughing, her fiancé.
Lucas put his arm around his wife and baby.
"Yeah. Soul mates." He whispered, fighting back tears.
