Peyton stood in front of a mirror in a beautiful floor length white gown. It was simple and elegant much like Peyton herself, as Brooke would say. Is had some simple embellishments around the empire waist that ran up into the straps of her dress.
Peyton couldn't believe that this day was here. After everything they had been through. Boyfriends, break ups, assaults and shootings they were finally here.
The past year had been difficult. Brooke was recovering from her shooting and there were some complications. An infection took hold and Brooke was hospitalized for far longer than she was suppose to be. However once Brooke was healed and able to leave the hospital Peyton took her to their favourite spot on the pier and worked up the courage to propose.
It didn't go quite how she expected. Of course Brooke said yes with tears in her eyes but then she smacked Peyton in the arm and proclaimed that she was going to propose.
After their fun afternoon out they returned home and met up with their friends and the crazy wedding planning began. Of course Brooke insisted on making her own dress and even offered to make Peyton's. Peyton, while she would love Brooke to make hers, wanted to stick with the superstition of not seeing the bride in their dress.
Now here she was, waiting for the moment the ceremony would start.
The ceremony was about to start. Everyone was there. Their friends from the hospital were scattered throughout the audience, all except Alex. Alex Karev was currently with the brunette bride as he had been chosen to walk her down the aisle. Nathan Scott was who Brooke chose to stand with her up at the altar and ironically Callie was chosen by Peyton to stand with her. Their mutual friend Haley was chosen to perform the ceremony.
Peyton reached the end of the aisle and turned to her father to give him a kiss on the cheek and then turned to watch Brooke walk in. As soon as the doors were opened Peyton's breath was sucked from her body. Brooke was looking ethereal in her strapless white gown.
"Breathe" Callie whispered to Peyton as she chuckle at the awed look on her friends face.
"I've been told that the brides have written their own vows" Haley said and then gestured to Brooke to begin.
"Peyton, before I met you my world revolved around one thing…me. And I liked it that way on my own, but then I met you and you saw through the façade. You saw me. You've taught me to trust, how to let someone in, and what it truly means to fall in love. I can't possibly describe how much I love you, so I'll tell you why I love you. You see the world in a way that no one else does and you appreciate everything, including me. There's no one in the world like you, and if you say "yes" in a few minutes, I'll get to spend the rest of my life trying to see the world through your eyes, appreciating everything, including you… the most unique, wonderful, beautiful woman I have ever met." Brooke said with tears welling up in her eyes.
"Brooke, I've loved you since the first time I saw you. And this ring and these words, are simply a way to show the rest of the world what's been in my heart for as long as I've known you. Despite how confused I've been or lost I might've gotten, there was always you finding me, and saving me. You deserve to be adored and that's what I'm going to do for the rest of my life. I love you, Brooke Penelope Davis. I always have and I always will."
Once the vows were finished there wasn't a dry eye in the house. Haley smile as she looked at her best friends in the world, thrilled that they were finally getting their happy ending.
Alex looked up at the couple and couldn't stop the smile that formed as he thought about what it took to get here and that more than a year ago they were so close to losing each other.
As the ceremony ended, Brooke and Peyton walked down the aisle hand in hand happy to start the rest of their lives together.
