Brooke, Juliet, and Lucas all climbed out of Brooke's sleek black Audi. Lucas handed Brooke the keys to her car and the couple watch Juliet sprint up the stairs to the front door.

"Juliet I'll see you later princess!" Lucas called out to his daughter.

Brooke turned to Lucas and frowned, "You don't want to come inside with us?"

Lucas scratched the back of his head, "I have a few errands to run. I'll be back before dinner I promise."

Brooke's frown deepened. He took her face into his hands and gently kissed her.

"I won't be gone long." Lucas jumped into the driver side of his car and drove off.

"Where is daddy going?" Juliet asked from at the top of the stairs.

"I don't know sweetie but he will be back soon." Brooke smiled. "At least I hope so." She thought to herself.

Brooke unlocked the front door and walked inside. She couldn't shake the feeling that Lucas was up to something. He only scratched the back of his head when he was trying to think of an excuse. Brooke knew him too well for him to lie to her and get away with it.

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Lucas drove to his house to find Lindsay's car still sitting out front. He pulled into his driveway but hesitated getting out. He didn't want to face Lindsay again, not right now. Not when he was planning something big for Brooke. He walked into his bedroom and found Lindsay sitting on the bed with a copy of his new book in her hands.

"This is beautiful." Lindsay was crying over the manuscript.

Lucas stayed in the doorway. He didn't know what to say or do so he remained silent.

"The boy saw the comet." Lindsay paused but kept her eyes on the words in front of her. "The boy saw the comet and he felt as though his life had meaning. And when it went away he waited his entire life for it to come back to him." Lindsay began to cry again. "It was more than just a comet because of what it brought to his life."

"Lindsay…" Lucas tried to stop her from reading the rest but she continued.

"Direction and beauty. There were many who couldn't understand and sometimes he walked among them. But even in his darkest hours he knew in his heart that someday it would return to him and his world would be whole again. And his belief in God and love and art would be reawakened in his heart." Lindsay closed the manuscript and handed to Lucas. "It's a beautiful story Luke. It's just not our story."

Lucas looked down at the manuscript and then back up at Lindsay.

"I came home early to tell your book was being published!" Lindsay wiped her tears away with the back of her hand.

Lucas opened his mouth to say something but Lindsay stopped him.

"You deserve happiness and from the story it looks like you already found it, with Brooke and Juliet." Lindsay's smile was full of sadness and heart ache. "They are your family. Don't let them get away again."

She picked up her luggage and before she left she turned to Lucas.

"I found the engagement ring in the drawer. It's beautiful." Lindsay turned and left.

Lindsay's departure left Lucas speechless. He fell onto his bed and released a heavy sigh. The last thing he wanted was to hurt Lindsay but having her blessing to move on and be happy only reassured him that what he was about to do was right. He rolled off of his bed and walked over to his sock drawer. Inside was a four carat engagement ring. It was his Uncle Keith's ring. Keith bought the ring to propose to his mom. Sadly Keith never got the chance.

Lucas pulled open the box and stared at the ring sitting peacefully inside. Brooke Davis is the one for him and now he wanted to make Brooke Davis his wife. Lucas closed the box and pushed it into his coat pocket there are just two people he needed to talk to first.

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Lucas pulled into the drive way of Nathan and Haley Scott's home. He quickly climbed out of his car and ran up the stairs leading to their front door. He walked right inside to find Haley and Jamie dancing while Nathan recorded them. This was his model family, a family he strived to have for himself one day and he was now about to have this with Brooke.

"Uncle Lucas, check out my new dance!" Jamie called out to his uncle. "I'm teaching mama."

Nathan turned to find his half-brother standing behind him.

"Hey Luke." Nathan and Lucas hugged.

The two went back to watching Haley and Jamie dance.

"I need to talk to you and Haley." Lucas whispered over Nathan.

Nathan searched his brother's facial expression for any hint of what the talk would be about.

"Everything okay?" Nathan asked after gaining no hints from his brother.

Lucas nodded and smiled from ear to ear, "Everything is perfect."

Once the music stopped Jamie and Haley stopped dancing.

"Jamie, go feed Chester." Nathan handed his son a carrot for his pet rabbit.

"Oh I get it! The adults need to talk." Jamie shook his head and took the carrot upstairs.

Everyone laughed at the little boy. He was way too smart for his own good.

"What is it?" Haley said, slightly out of breath.

"Lucas needs to talk to us." Nathan informed his wife as he fetched Haley a water bottle.

"Thanks love!" Haley kissed her husband and guzzled down the water. "So what's going on Luke?"

Lucas almost laughed at the way Haley drank her water but shook the thought out of his head. He pulled out the ring box from his coat pocket.

Haley gasped loudly and Nathan's eyes widened. Lucas opened the box to show them the ring.

"Oh my god it's Keith's ring!" Haley smiled brightly.

"Question is will Brooke like it?" Lucas closed the box and put it back into his pocket.

"Of course! She'll love it." Haley nodded once.

Nathan hesitated. "I thought Brooke liked the more flashy and luxurious things in life?"

"She does but she cherishes sentimental things way more than she does flashy things." Haley said in a matter of fact tone.

Lucas looked from Nathan to Haley then back again. "Maybe you're right Haley!"

Haley smiled and made a face at her husband. "Mm!"

Nathan laughed and turned his attention back to his brother. "What's with the sudden proposal anyways?"

Lucas gave his shoulders a gentle shrug. "Juliet asked if we were getting married and you should have seen the look on Brooke's face when I said someday."

"Luke you aren't rushing into this because of a look Brooke made, right?" Nathan asked.

Lucas shook his head. "No! If I'd known Brooke wanted to be married I would have asked her to marry me at the café after we kissed but I figured she'd wanted to wait." He sighed heavily. "But now that I know we want the same things I think I'm ready."

"Okay Luke but you can't go into this thinking that you're ready. You have to know for sure." Haley said simply.

"I'm ready. I am a 100% ready to call Brooke Davis my wife." Lucas smiled from ear to ear.