Disclaimer: I don't own One Tree Hill or The Holiday. Also, there are a couple places where I altered some lines from the show. I don't own those either.

Note: Okay, first I have to say thank you SO SO much for everyone who reviewed at any point during this story. Every single one meant more than you know and made this story even better to write. I'm sad that this is it – the final chapter – but I'm pretty happy with how this story, which was just supposed to be a quick holiday fiction, turned out. I hope y'all like how everything is wrapped up! Who knows – The Fourth of July is right around the corner, maybe a holiday reunion is in the works. Wink wink

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Two Years Later

"She's not picking up the phone!" Brooke whispered, pointing to Lucas' cell phone, which she was using.

"Why are you whispering?" He laughed, the huge smile that had been plastered on his face for the last twenty-four hours widening.

"I'm excited!" She smiled back, jumping up and down as the phone continued to ring.

"Hello?" Karen finally answered the phone. "Lucas?"

Brooke jabbed the phone again and looked at Lucas to signal that she had picked up.

"Actually, this is Brooke." She finally said, her voice a little shaky with excitement.

"Oh, hey Brooke. How are you?" Karen said a little absentmindedly. She was probably still at the café.

Over the past year, Karen and Brooke had grown really close (just as Lucas had promised). IN the beginning, Karen was not a fan of the marriage. But she and Brooke talked a lot over the weeks leading up to the wedding, and even Karen couldn't deny that Brooke and Lucas grew closer and more in love everyday. Finally, on their beautiful wedding day, Karen gave Brooke and Lucas her full blessing, saying that she honestly knew they were meant for each other.

The wedding had been everything Brooke had dreamed of since she was a little girl. She had walked down the aisle of Tree Hill Chapel in an amazing white Cinderella gown that she had designed and made herself. Haley, Peyton, and a few girls from New York wore dark blue dresses that she also designed.

Lucas had almost fainted with happiness when the back doors opened and Brooke walked down the aisle, on the arm of her father. He had never seen anyone more beautiful; her dark hair, curled just slightly, fell under the vale that covered her face.

When it came time to lift the vale and say their vows, Lucas had no doubt that he had made the right decision.

Their vows didn't leave a dry eye in the Chapel.

"When I first announced to everyone that Brooke and I were going to get married, I remember saying to all the doubters, 'Prepare to be surprised.' Well, I have to say even I was surprised at how deeply I've fallen in love with you; because, you see we do something that's very rare to see in someone our age. Actually, it's very rare to see in anybody; we give our hearts to each other, unconditionally. And, that's what true love really is. It's not this fairytale life that never knows pain, but it's two souls facing it together and diminishing it with unconditional love. I'm ready to do that with you Brooke Penelope Davis. I'm ready to love you forever."

"I'm not the most eloquent speaker, so I thought I would borrow a few words from Shakespeare. 'Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds.' When life gets hard, when things change, true love remains the same. I look at you and some how I feel safer. I don't know if I can explain it, but you give me hope. And sometimes, I'm afraid say it out loud because maybe if life finds out it'll try to beat it out of us, and that will be a shame. But looking at you now, I believe that we have what it takes, I know that we have what it takes, to love each other forever. I have every hope in tomorrow, because we all can use a little hope sometimes, you know. That feeling that everything's going to be okay and that there's going to be someone there to help make sure of that. So, here's to you and me, and here's to hope, and here's to a love that will not alter."


Two years later, there had been tears, fights yelling, but mostly laughter, love, and kisses. Now, there was going to be a little something more.

"Brooke?" Karen asked again, bringing Brooke back to attention.

"Karen, I need to ask you something really important." Brooke kept her tone very serious.

"What's going on Brooke?" Karen asked worriedly.

"Well, I need to ask you a favor – and I understand if you don't want to, it's a really big favor, and-" Brooke was rambling very fast, and Karen had to try multiple times to stop her.

"Brooke! Brooke! Just ask, whatever it is! Is everything okay with you and Lucas? You can tell me if…"

"No, everything is fine with me and Lucas, but I wanted to ask you if…well, we wanted to ask you if you would considering being a grandmother."

Silence.

"Karen?"

"You're pregnant!" Karen screamed, but in a good way.

Brooke smiled, and nodded at Lucas and they both ran into the café.

Karen dropped the phone and ran up to her son and daughter-in-law.

"You're pregnant!" Karen said again, wrapping her arms around Brooke.

Brooke laughed, dimples on full display. "I'm pregnant!"

"We found out last night." Lucas said when Karen turned to her son. She didn't think she'd ever seen him happier.

"Well, I certainly can't wait to be a grandmother." Karen smiled at the two and patted Brooke's stomach.

Brooke smiled again, leaning into Lucas' chest.

"We can't wait to be parents."

"Have you told Haley and Nathan yet?" Karen asked after calming down a little bit.

"Not yet." Lucas answered after a spoonful of the crab bisque Karen had placed in front of him and Brooke; "We're going to tell them tomorrow. I think they have something going on tonight."

"What are you talking about?" Karen asked, looking at both of them.

"Don't look at me," Brooke held up her hands, "The only thing he'll tell me is that I must watch the NYU/Duke basketball finals tonight."

"Okay…" Karen raised her eyebrows but Lucas didn't offer any more information.

"Well, guess we'll both find out tonight!" Brooke shrugged, taking the spoon from Lucas and grabbing a bite.

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"And here is Haley James to sing the National Anthem!" The announcer roared over the crowd, most there to see the game, but a good amount to see Haley.

Haley had been accepted to NYU, but the tuition had been too much to pay. Instead, she had taken online courses from the school, a much cheaper alternative, if less academically challenging.

Nathan was in his last year at NYU (Lucas and Haley had already entered into graduate school, Brooke was busy with her monthly column in Seventeen Magazine and her small, but growing, fashion line that sold in a few select stores on the east coast) and was getting looked at by professional scouts. This night was going to be very important to his future.

During all her spare time, Haley had met and performed with Chris Keller many times, launching a small fan base that was growing as quickly as Brooke's fashion line.

Haley stepped out onto the court, wearing an original dress by Brooke of course, and sang her heart out. She'd never been at a better place in her life. Things between her and Nathan were perfect. She was still his neighbor (even though he spent most of his time in her apartment) and they were still going stronger than ever.

It hadn't taken long for her to tell him that she loved him. Everything had been perfect.

"I miss Lucas." Haley cried, wiping a tear from her eye. "I'm sorry I'm acting like this, but I-"

'It's okay Haley, he's your best friend. You are going to miss him." Nathan tried to soothe her.

"But it's been a month! You'd at least think that I could stop crying ever other day!"

"I promise that it's going to get better okay. I love you Haley James and I'm going to take care of you. Always and forever." He whispered, wiping more of her tears from her face.

Haley smiled softly, "That's cheesy, but incredibly romantic." She leaned over and kisses him. "Thank you."

Nathan nodded and wrapped his arms around her. "Thank you" hadn't really been the words he'd wanted to hear, but they'd do for now.

"Okay, well I have practice early tomorrow so I'm going to hit the sack." Nathan announced, standing up reluctantly.

"I'll walk you over." Haley said, getting up.

"I live next door Hales." He laughed even though he was glad she was walking over.

"Okay, well, night." He said at his door, giving her a quick kiss.

"Night." Haley smiled as he closed the door. She turned to walk away, but then she felt that feeling in her heart, the one that told her she needed to say it now. She'd been holding it in too long, scared that things weren't going to work out in New York.

She knocked on the door, and waited, biting a fingernail anxiously.

"Yeah?" Nathan asked, pulling the door open.

"I forgot to tell you something."

"What?"

"I love you."

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Brooke turned up the volume on the TV. "She has such a beautiful voice. My column on her in last months Seventeen made the bosses crazy. They think she's the next big thing."

"And we know she is." Lucas agreed, taking a seat next to his wife (and child, if you wanted to look at it that way).

"So I get why we are watching the game, for Nathan and Haley, but why couldn't we have told them our news today?" Brooke asked as Haley came to the end of the song.

"I promised Nathan I wouldn't tell anyone!" Lucas told Brooke for the thousandth time.

She frowned, "You two really take this whole brother thing too seriously."

"Just watch."

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Haley finished the song and the crowd went wild. She began making her way off the court so the players could make their entrance, but something extremely out of the ordinary happened.

"Now, we have a special presentation. If Haley could just come back to center court." The announcer said as the surprised audience became as silent as Haley.

She stood there for a moment, wondering if maybe she was supposed to sing another song when she heard every girl in the audience start screaming.

Turning around, she saw Nathan, fully dressed out in his basketball uniform, walking towards her.

"Nathan- what is this-"

She said nothing more because all ability to speak left her as Nathan got down on one knee on the floor in front of her.

"Haley James," His voice carried through the arena thanks to the microphone in Haley's hand.

"Over the past year two years, I've learned so much about life and love. We've been through so much, good and bad. And even if I could, I wouldn't take back all the bad stuff that's happened between us, 'cause it brought us here, this moment. The first month you moved here, I told you how much I loved you and how I would always, always protect you. For a while, nobody believed that this would work. But I don't think anybody understood the love that I had, have, for you; because, if they did they would have never doubted us. So I want to say to you all over again in front of most of our world that I will always protect you and always be there for you. Because today, when I look into your eyes my love for you only grows. It's even stronger now and that love will never waver. This I vow to you today and always, forever. Marry me, Haley James. Marry me again in front of all our friends and our family."

Haley couldn't breath, but she could feel her heart beating a thousand times per second as Nathan pulled out a beautiful diamond ring.

"Will you marry me?" He repeated taking her empty hand, which happened to be her left.

"Yes." She whispered, but somehow the whole audience knew what she'd said because they burst into applause.

Haley didn't care about everyone else though. All she cared about was the man who was slipping the ring on her finger, and wiping the tears of happiness from her face, just as he'd just promised to do forever.

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"That was so beautiful!" Brooke cried, wiping her own tears away. "I can't believe you didn't tell me!"

"I didn't want to spoil it!" Lucas responded, "Plus I was a little preoccupied with our own news." He leaned over and kissed her.

Brooke smiled into his kiss. "I'm glad we didn't tell them, this is her day."

'It's our day to." Lucas whispered in her ear as he placed his hands on either side of her and leaned over her.

Brooke giggled and said, "Looks like we are going on another holiday to New York," before tilting her head up to kiss the man she loved, something that she knew her best friend was doing a few states over.

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Haley sat down at the counter of Karen's café, waiting for Brooke. Nathan had went to meet Lucas at the River court for game.

"Haley James soon to be Scott!" Brooke screamed, running over to hug her best friend.

"Brooke Davis soon to be mother!" Haley laughed as she hugged Brooke back.

"Wow, how things have changed since we switched." Haley shook her head, remembering when she worked in this café.

"Yeah." Brooke agreed, "I'm so glad we did. But Hales," She said, looking at her friend.

"Yeah?"

"I wouldn't switch with you now for the world."

Haley matched Brooke's smile, "Me neither, I'm pretty happy where I am now. How about next time we go on a holiday, we go together?"

"Sounds perfect!" Brooke said, picking up the hot chocolate that was just placed in front of her and linking arms with Haley as they began their walk to the River court.

"Where to this time? The Bahamas? France? China?"

"Hmm…" Haley tapped her chin, "How about all of the above?"

"Perfect."

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A/N: The end! I hope you all enjoyed it! Please review! This is your last chance:o) Also, make sure to check out some of my other stories. In regards to a sequel, read the opening note. ;o) Thanks again for reading this!