I was so sure I had posted this chapter. So sorry for the wait would have been earlier if I had remembered. This is where it ends though. Hope you like. Please read and review.

Jess 3

Second part.

A little bit after Haley and Lucas came back to find everybody watching TV. Lucas goes to sit with Brooke as Haley goes to Nathan reassuring them that everything is alright.

About half-an-hour later. They stop watching TV as the Chinese arrives. They ate and talk some more. Finally when nine came around, Lucas and Brooke said goodbye tired from the plane ride.

"I'm going to tell my mom tonight." He says as they get into his car and turns on the engine.

"That's good Luke. Do you want me there?" She asks, wondering if he needs someone with him to help him.

"Not really. This is something I have to do on my own." Brooke nods understanding and turns on the radio. Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol come on.

We'll do it all
Everything
On our own

We don't need
Anything
Or anyone

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?

Brooke momentarily glances over to Lucas and smiles, knowing that she'll be okay.

They arrive to the house and they both go in and find Karen in the living. Brooke says hi and then leaves to go into Lucas' room, to get ready for bed.

Karen can see that Lucas isn't himself. He's standing up and slightly going from side to side. She waits for him to say something but he seems too nervous or bothered that he doesn't.

"Sit down Lucas." She advises. He sits down and takes a deep breath.

"This is it. I can't keep it anymore, after this she will now." Lucas thinks.

"Mom…" He clears his throat, seeing as that little bit came out squeaky. "There's something I need to tell you…"

"Oh no, nothing every good starts with 'There's something I need to tell you'…" Karen thinks concerned.

"I…have HCM." After his words departed from his mouth, he saw Karen was devastated. "I need you." He chokes out.

Karen stands there for a few seconds shocked and quickly goes to embrace her son. They stand there in each other's arms, for what seems like forever, trying to slowly mend their cuts.

Later in the evening, Lucas walks into his room and finds Brooke sound asleep. He smiles as he changes into pajamas. He goes to his bed and puts his arms around Brooke, trying not to wake her up. She moves a bit, but quickly cuddles closer to him. He falls asleep only seconds later, knowing everything will be okay.

The next morning, Brooke wakes up first. She gets up, trying not to wake Lucas up and goes to take a shower. She gets out of the shower in only her towel and goes to Lucas' room where all of her clothes are.

"Hey Pretty Girl." Lucas says as she enters his room.

"Oh my god." Brooke says clutching her chest, while trying to keep her towel on her. "Don't ever scare me like that." Lucas just laughs. He gets up and goes to his closet and takes out something.

"Here." He says handing it to her. "I know you love my big shirts." He says smirking.

She smiles. "Thanks." She says, grabs the shirt and kisses him. She pulls away. "Oh…yea. So how did it go with your mom?" She asks curiously.

"Good, I guess. I told her, cried, she hugged me, said she loves me and then we went to bed." Lucas explains, and Brooke nods.

"I thought you would cry sooner or later, seeing as when you told everyone, you were on the verge of tears." Brooke jokes.

"Hey I was not." Lucas states, but she just laughs. Brooke goes to change near his closet while he goes to go brush his teeth. He comes back and finds her sitting on the bed waiting for him.

"Come on, let's go eat." He says as he approaches her.

"No." Brooke says and grabs him by the shirt, brings him down to her level and kisses him.

Lucas kisses her back and he starts leaning on the bed and brings Brooke too, so that she's lying down too.

"You known…" He says in between kisses. "Considering….my mom…might….be….li…like…two…feet-" Lucas continues but is cut off by someone clearing their throat. They both pull away.

"I knew, I shouldn't of had let you in the same room." Karen says and goes back to the kitchen.

"I told you…" Lucas says once she's out of earshot and Brooke laughs again.

Brooke's about to say something but gets cut off. "Come on you two." Karen yells. They both go into the kitchen and find Karen leaning on the counter with a cup of coffee in her hand.

"Coffee?" Karen suggests and they both nod.

"Umm…that's so good." Brooke says sipping her coffee. "I swear the coffee in California is crap compared to this." Lucas and Karen chuckle a little.

"So since you two are staying here and-" Karen starts.

"WHAT?! I can stay here?" Brooke exclaims, shocked.

"Yes, Brooke-" Karen starts again but is cut off by Brooke again.

"But-"

"No buts. You're staying here." Karen says firmly but with a smile.

"Thank you Karen." Brooke says.

"Oh man." Lucas grunts.

"Hey!!" Brooke says offended and playfully punches him on the arm. Karen laughs at the two.

Once the laughter dies down, Karen sits down at the table and motions them to sit down too. "So, we are going to need ground rules, since you both have a relationship now."

"Mom." Lucas whines.

"No, Lucas." Karen pauses. "So there will be no sex. I'll let you sleep in the same room together, but no sex. Now I know you too, already have had sex, hence the pregnancy scare last year, so if you do have sex, and I'm not encouraging it, it will be safe sex, got it?" They both nod, uncomfortably. "You will both be home by 11, no negotiations. Understood?" They both nod again. They are all quiet until someone's cell phone rings.

"Oh that mines, sorry." Brooke says as she gets up to answer her phone. "Hello…Oh, hey…yeah, okay…one it is…see you soon." Brooke says into the phone and then closes it. She turns back to the table and sits down.

"Who was it?" Lucas asks curiously.

"Haley. Peyton, her and me are going to the mall later, even if I have a strict budget." Lucas smiles at her.

"That's cool. I guess I'll go and shoot some hoots, with the guys then."

"Be careful Luke." Karen warns him.

"I know mom."

"Well as much fun this is, "Karen says after a while. " I have to go to the Café and check by Tric. Bye." And she heads out the door.

"So…"Brooke says once she's gone.

"So…"

"That was…interesting."

"Yep." Lucas agrees. They continue on drinking their coffees in silence.

"I'm going to go get ready for this afternoon." She says and kisses Lucas softly.

Brooke met Peyton and Haley as planned, an hour later. They had shopped for a really long time and had all their hands full, while Peyton and Haley went to put the bags in the car, Brooke excused herself to the washrooms. Peyton suggested that now was a good time to call Lucas.

"Hello?"

"Hey, it's me. Is everything ready?" Haley asks.

"Um…yea almost." Lucas says uncertainly.

"You sound nervous." Haley says with a laugh. "Don't worry, okay? So soon we will be back and I'll drop her off."

"Okay, Thanks again Haley."

"It was fun." Haley says with a smile even if Lucas can't see it. She hangs up.

Lucas turns around, after putting the phone down. They stayed most of their time at Lucas' house, but also went a bit to the Rivercourt. "Thanks for helping guys." He pauses. "So she should be back soon…"

"Yeah, yeah. We get the hint. We're leaving." Nathan says and Lucas laughs.

"You have to tell us all about it. " Jake says and all of his friends leave. Once they're gone, Lucas goes to get changed.

"I had fun tonight." Brooke beams as she looks in the back of her seeing numerous shopping bags.

"You always have fun shopping, Brooke." Haley says for a matter of fact. She smiles at her and looks back on the road.

"True, but it was fun to hang out together, just us…" She pauses, "and…Peyton."

A few minutes later, they arrive over at Lucas' house and Haley puts the car in park. Brooke hurries out and opens the back door as she struggles with all of her bags. She finally manages to get them all and she looks at Haley, who hasn't moved.

"Aren't you gonna come in?" Brooke asks, from the back seat.

"Um…not tonight." She says not looking at Brooke.

"Ah, come on! We could watch a movie; eat ice cream-" Brooke starts suggestions, wanting to spend more time with her.

"I can't Brooke…I'm…um…meeting Nathan later tonight." Haley says quickly, almost stumbling over her worlds.

"Um…Ok." Brooke says shocked and disappointed. "Well, bye." Brooke tries to wave with all the bag that she has in her hands, but it doesn't work. She closes the door and Haley lets out a huge sigh.

"You owe me, Luke." She says to particularly no one as she backs out of the parking lot.

Brooke walks over to the door and struggles taking out keys, Karen left her.

"Why is Haley acting so weird?" She thinks. Quickly those thoughts go away as she opens the door and she puts all of her bags down in the corner.

Lights barely on, but just enough to show where to go. A few candles here and there and a scent so intoxicating that you could die from such a beautiful scent. Brooke is can't speak, she is so thrown. This was really not something she expected. Words can't even describe what she is feeling right now. A soft music starts to play.

All this feels strange and untrue

And I won't waste a minute without you

My bones ache, my skin feels cold

And I'm getting so tired and so old

The anger swells in my guts

And I won't feel these slices and cuts

I want so much to open your eyes

Cause I need you to look into mine

Tell me that you'll open your eyes


She hears footsteps coming towards her and she already knows who it is. He appears in a nice suit, looking fresh and clean. Not that he doesn't usually, but there was just something different with how he was today. She comes closer and closer to her and shows her a dozen of beautiful roses.


Get up, get out, get away from these liars

Cause they don't get your soul or your fire

Take my hand, knot your fingers through mine

And we'll walk from this dark room for the last time

Every minute from this minute now

We can do what we like anywhere

I want so much to open your eyes

Cos I need you to look into mine

"You did all of this for me?" Brooke whispers, getting teary. This was the most wonderful thing anyone had made for her.

"Yes." Was all Lucas could answer. Brooke cups his face and kisses him softly. A kiss so fill with passion and love. So wonderful, that all they see is each other. It was perfect. Both of them knew there was no such thing as perfect, but to them this was the perfect moment. There wasn't any other word to describe how they felt right now, this second.

Tell me that you'll open your eyes

All this feels strange and untrue

And I won't waste a minute without you

"I love you." She says as they pull apart, but they keep their foreheads touching, just wanting to feel close to each other.

"I love you too." He says as they both close their eyes, enjoying the moment. Lucas takes a deep breath and takes her hand. "Come on. There's more." He smiles as she is shocked again.

He brings her to his room where there is a small table, with two chairs and candles in the middle of the table. Brooke gasps as she sees it. There is tasty smelling food on the plates, which just makes both of them just want to go over there and eat.

He smiles at her as he goes around and moves her chair, so she is able to sit in. He then goes to the other side and seats himself.

"Mmm…my favorite!" Brooke says excited as she looks down at her plate. Roast beef and cheese and bacon pasta. Lucas chuckles.

"Bon Appetite." Lucas tries to say in French, but totally misses which makes Brooke laugh. He bends down to his side and grabs a paper bag.

"Lucas…something else?" She asks in disbelief. He smiles and takes out a bottle of champagne. He pops open the bottle and the cork goes all the way to the other side of the room, which makes them both burst into laughter once again.

He lifts his glass and she follows in suit. "To us! " He says happily.

"Cheers." She responds and they both take a small sip of their drink.

Soon after dinner ended and they were practically full. Now they were both cuddled on the bed, enjoying being with each other and talking.

"So this would be why Haley was acting so weird?!" Brooke says to Lucas with an amused smile. He chuckles and nods. He kisses the side of her head as she nestles even more into his arms.

"Thank you." She pauses. "For tonight and for everything. For not giving up on me when I left and…" Brooke drifts into silence and smiles at him as he smiles back. They both stay silent for a few minutes.

"Go look into your night table drawers." He whispers to her and she goes to see confused. Her back to Lucas.

She opens the drawer and sees nothing. "Um…nothing's in there." She says even more confused. She looks back to Lucas but he's not there. She looks around and finds him behind her.

"I know." He says. He reaches down and leans on one knee as he gets a red velvet box out of his pocket. He opens it and Brooke gasps. It's a simple but beautiful ring, with simply one diamond in the middle. It wasn't too big and it wasn't too small.

"Brooke, I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I constantly think about you, actually scratch that, I…always think about you. You make me want to be on your side every second of my life. You make me feel wonderful inside and I hope you feel the same. I know we're still young, so this is an engagement ring but we don't have to get married now. It could be in a year or five, I don't care. All I want to do is be with you. So…Brooke Penelope Davis will you do me the honors of marrying me?" He asks and he could already see tears in her eyes.

"Why do you have to have such a good way with words?!" She says chuckling slightly. She takes a deep breath. "Of course Lucas. I would love to marry you." She smiles and he takes her hand.

"May I?" He asks. Brooke nods and he put the rings on her finger. He gets up and kisses Brooke. The kiss lasted until they couldn't breath anymore. They both lay down on the bed, arms wrapped around each other, exchanging soft kisses every now and then.

End!