A/N: So here's chapter 10!! Yeah, double digits ;) Okay, so I've figured out a way to keep me writing. I've decided that before I post a new chapter, the chapter that comes after that has to already be written. So as I'm editing this, Chapter 11 has already been written. But I won't post it until I've written Chapter 12. It just makes things easier for me. :)

Disclaimer: One Tree Hill is my life... but I don't own it :(

Peyton stared down at the tiny box that sat in his hands, the diamond shining in the little light that escaped into the room from behind the thick, heavy curtains.
"You...you want me to marry you?"
Lucas nodded eagerly, "I want nothing else in the world more than to be your husband."
"But, do you really think now is a good time? With Caitlin and I being pregnant? And us all living under one roof, and Caitlin being your ex fiancée?" Peyton questioned.
He looked at her in disbelief, shutting the small box before taking a seat next to her on the bed.
"Why are you working so hard to shut me down, and to not get married. Do you not want to get married? 'Cause if that's it, just say the word, and I'll wait 'til you're ready. I would wait forever for you."
"Luke, I'm scared. Scared and confused. And if you're willing to wait forever, then why didn't you? Why did you propose to Caitlin and forget about me?"
"Is that what you think? That by marrying someone else I would ever be able to forget about you?" Lucas practically laughed.
Peyton shrugged, not really sure what she thought.
"Peyton, there could be a thousand Caitlin's, but just one you is better than all of them combined." He said quietly, taking her hand in his.

"You see this ring?" He continued, flipping the box open once again. "I bought this right after we got back from Honey Grove, just waiting for the perfect moment. The plan was to ask you the morning before you left for California, knowing that you'd have a reason to come back. But you told me something, before you left that made me feel like it wasn't necessary, that I didn't need to make you feel like you had to choose between California and me."
Peyton thought back, wondering what she could have said to make him feel that way, and that's when it hit her.
"It doesn't matter if I stay or go with us, because I'm going to love you forever, Lucas Scott." Peyton whispered, tears clouding her vision.
"I knew right then that you would come back to me, and you would always be with me." Lucas nodded, "But I was kind of wrong. I thought you would come back, like we had always planned and everything would be the same."
"But I didn't." Peyton frowned.
Lucas shook his head, "No, you didn't. You called me up, and you broke my heart. And I was just, in a bad place for the next little while, I guess. It was the night of that phone call that I met Caitlin. I was drunk, miserable, lonely and recently single, and she was just there. One thing led to another and she was the only thing keeping me together. I was dying without you Peyt'. And she knew it."

Peyton shut her eyes for a moment. It hurt her to hear that. Hear that she had almost killed the only boy she had ever really loved, and the person who had saved him was the one woman she despised the most in the world at the moment. All those times Lucas had saved her, and she couldn't even save him just once.
"I was waiting Peyton, waiting for you to show up. But I was losing hope. So I bought the second ring and proposed to Caitlin. I was slowly becoming more attached to her, because I was missing you even more as time went on. More than you'll ever know."
The tears were now freefalling down Peyton's face as she heard this. She shook her head lightly. "No, I know. I know, because I missed you more. I just, kept it all inside."
"In typical Peyton Sawyer fashion." Lucas smirked.
"Well, if you'll still have me, it would be in typical Peyton Scott fashion soon enough." Peyton bit her lip, grinning at him.
Lucas' eyes widened. He hadn't been expecting that. "Seriously?"
Peyton nodded, "I told you, I'm going to love you forever, Lucas Scott."
Lucas smiled, pulling the ring out of the small velvet covered box, slipping it on her finger.
"I'm going to love you longer." He assured her.
"I'll take that as a challenge." Peyton winked, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Good." Lucas laughed, inhaling her scent and burying his face in her curls.

It was a moment of serenity. Serenity. Now there was something that the three of them hadn't experienced in a long time. Things were so awkward between them right now, that it was hard to find time to relax. A crazy love triangle, two hormonal woman, a slowly turning insane Lucas. It was practically impossible.
"How are we going to tell Caitlin?" Peyton asked suddenly, as the thought had just occurred to her.
Lucas frowned. He had managed to forget about that tiny detail.
"I don't know. Is there really a good way to do it?" He asked, thinking about how this was only going to make things more complicated.
Peyton thought about this for a moment, before deciding, "No. I don't think so."
"Well, now's as good a time as any, right?" Lucas said, not that he was looking forward to it in the least.
"Yeah, I guess it is." Peyton nodded in agreement.

And that was how they ended up in the dining room of Caitlin's house, just like they had on their first visit here. Lucas and Peyton on one side of the table, Caitlin on the other. The room was absolutely silent, no one was moving, no one wanted to break the silence. But by the way Caitlin was watching Peyton's hand intently, it was obvious they all knew why they were sitting here once again.

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Oh, and I have received some ideas for the baby names, but if you have others please let me know. I've put some names together, but they aren't final yet.