A month and two weeks had passed in Tree Hill making the date February 23; Peyton and Jake's wedding day.
"Argh! I look horrible Brooke! I'm so fat!" Peyton cried from the bathroom where she was putting on the dress Brooke had made for her.
"You're not fat, you're pregnant." Brooke replied.
"Fine. I feel fat." Peyton sneered.
"I'm probably not going to get through to you huh?" Brooke asked.
"Nope." Peyton huffed.
The scene that followed reminded both Brooke and Peyton of when they were in Honeygrove, Texas getting ready for "prom." Except this time, Brooke was with Lucas and Peyton was hours away from marrying Jake.
"Brooke?" Peyton asked, looking at her best friend through the mirror as she curled Peyton's hair.
"Hmm?"
"How come you didn't come to the mall on your birthday senior year?" Peyton asked.
Brooke had no idea where the question had come from; it had pretty much come out of left field.
"I came Peyt, you just didn't see me." Brooke whispered.
"Why didn't you make your presence known then?" Peyton asked turning around to face Brooke.
"Because when I showed up I saw you and Luke walking out of the mall and he had his arm wrapped around you." Brooke stated, her voice cracking a bit.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to get you all upset. I was just thinking about how everything turned out you know? Like less than a year ago I was with Luke and I thought that we were going to get married and here I am marrying Jake and pregnant with his baby. I mean I guess I'm just really thankful for how everything turned out." Peyton said.
"I know what you mean. Like what if Luke and I weren't going through a hard time and Haley never told me heal my hurt with something I love, I might not have Clothes Over Bros. And what if you never told me that you still might have feelings for Luke the night before Naley's wedding." Brooke said, whispering the last part. Even though Peyton was hours away from marrying a great guy and Lucas was with her, Peyton and Lucas' history was a painful time in her life that she never wanted to revisit.
"Brooke, I am so, so sorry that I said that to you, I really don't know what I was thinking. I mean I guess I was just really heartbroken because I had just gotten back from asking Jake to marry me and he said no because I said "I love you Lucas" in my sleep. I guess I just needed to know if what I was saying in my sleep was true, and in the process I hurt the one person who's been there for me when no one else has and I am so, so sorry for that Brooke." Peyton explained to her best friend.
"I know you are P.Sawyer." Brooke said taking her best friend into a hug.
"I just think it's a process we'll never understand." Brooke said after a peaceful silence settled between the two best friends.
"What is?" Peyton asked.
"Fate, the way things are supposed to be in the end. As much as I would have loved to tell you in high school that Lucas and I would be engaged, I'd own a multi-million dollar company, and Lucas would be a New York Times Best Selling Author, I wouldn't have been able to. I always felt like that was going to happen but I didn't know how I was going to get from point A to point B, and then there were the times when you and Luke were together that really made me question what I had originally thought. But look at us now, you're pregnant and getting married to a great guy, I'm engaged to my high school boyfriend –" Brooke was cut off.
"We have pretty amazing lives don't we?" Peyton asked.
"That we do." Brooke said as she giggled.
"I didn't mean for it to be funny B.Davis." Peyton said, looking over at her best friend who was in a fit of laughter.
"I know, but if you asked me in high school if we had pretty amazing lives, I would have laughed in your face."
"Brooke. You had probably the best life in high school, little Miss Popular, you were hot as hell, had the star of the basketball team as your boyfriend…yeah, you're life was horrible." Peyton said sarcastically.
"Ha-ha, very funny. No what I meant was we were put through so much heartache in those years between you with your mom and Ellie, Keith and Jimmy, the emotional stuff Nikki put you and Jake through, and Lucas cheating on me. Those were really tough times in our lives and we made it through all of them." Brooke tried to explain.
"Yeah, like we were put through all of that when we were young so we'd appreciate the good times in our lives and so that right now we can be happy." Peyton responded.
"Exactly."
Peyton and Brooke had talked in the recent years but not like this, they'd been more honest in the couple hours they talked then they had been since high school; and it felt good.
"You ready to get married?" Brooke asked.
"You bet." Peyton answered.
After the blonde and the brunette reapplied their make-up which had become smudged from all the crying, they headed out into the bride's room to meet Haley, Rachel, Jenny, Karen and Deb.
"Peyton, you look beautiful." Haley said as soon as Peyton and Brooke stepped into view.
"No I don't, I look fat." Peyton retorted.
"P.Sawyer, you're going to need to learn how to take a compliment because people always tell the bride she looks stunning. And look at that, you're a bride!" Brooke responded sarcastically.
"I'm sorry, it's just hard to feel like you look pretty when I feel huge!" Peyton exclaimed.
"But you're huge because you're pregnant with one lucky guy's son." A deep voice said from the door.
"Broody!" Brooke exclaimed running over to him.
"Brooke, you look absolutely gorgeous." Lucas told his fiancée while giving her a sweet kiss on her forehead.
"You don't look too bad yourself." Brooke teased.
"You think you're funny don't you?" Lucas asked smiling.
"I'm hilarious." Brooke said spitting her tongue out.
"So you guys about ready? Jake sent me in because we're about to get started." The broody boy asked.
"Yeah, we're just about ready, we should be out in about ten minutes." Karen told her son.
"Brooke!" Peyton yelled after Lucas had left.
"Peyton!" Brooke yelled back.
"I don't have anything new, borrowed, old or blue!" Peyton exclaimed, panicked.
"Oh dear." Deb said.
"Well here, you can borrow my…oh god, what can you borrow of mine?" Brooke said aloud while going through her purse.
"Well you can wear this blue anklet I made in school the other day." Jenny said.
"Thanks Jenny Penny." Peyton responded, delicately slipping the anklet on her ankle.
"Anytime Mom." Jenny winked at Peyton, causing Deb and Karen to laugh at the little girl.
"Well I guess I could give you one of your presents now and that would count as something new." Brooke said walking out of the bathroom with a wrapped gift in her hand.
"Please!" Peyton yelled.
"Here you go buddy." Brooke said handing her friend the gift.
"Brooke, it's gorgeous." Peyton said as she took the bracelet out of the box. It was a Tiffany & Co. bracelet that had been inscribed with the words; People who are meant to be together always find their way in the end.
"It's what I said to Lucas and it proved true and I thought it proved true about you and Jake." Brooke explained.
"I love it." Peyton answered as she clasped it around her wrist.
"Now you just need something old and something borrowed." Brooke said.
"Okay, there has to be something old in here. Let's see, what about…" Karen started but was cut off.
"Does this count?" Peyton asked as she held up the picture Ellie had given her; the picture of Peyton with her birth-mom on their last day together.
"Peyt, that's perfect." Brooke told her friend.
"I know what you can borrow!" Brooke screamed after thinking about it for a few minutes.
"What's that?" Everyone asked.
"A pair of my shoes, follow me!" Brooke barked.
When they stepped into the room Brooke was occupying they were in awe, leave it to Brooke to bring her entire shoe closet with her to a four-day retreat at a hotel.
"So, which ones will it be?" Brooke asked.
Finally, the girls were ready and they headed out to the alter.
"Dad!" Peyton screamed when she saw her dad waiting for her.
"Peyton, you look absolutely stunning." Larry told his daughter.
"No, I loo—Thank you dad." Peyton said, stopping herself before she said the word fat.
"What are you doing here though?" Peyton had sent her dad an invitation but didn't think he would have gotten it being at sea and all.
"You really thought I'd miss my only daughter's wedding?" He asked.
"No, I'm just so surprised and happy you're here." Peyton told her dad.
"Come on, it's time for you to get married." Larry said.
Jenny walked down the aisle first with Jamie, she the flower girl and he the ring bearer. Next came Haley, then Rachel, followed by Karen and then Deb. Brooke was the last to go out before Peyton, being the maid of honor. Everyone rose when Peyton made herself known at the end of the aisle; she really did look stunning even if she was 5 months pregnant.
After the vows had been said and the rings had been exchanged, everyone headed over to the reception. Jake and Peyton could not look more in love than the did right then, this did not go unnoticed by Brooke, Lucas, Nathan and Haley. Finally things were looking up for the girl who claimed "people always leave." Soon everyone dispersed from the dance floor leaving only the newlywed couple to dance to their first song as husband and wife.
If
the heart is always searching, When you look me in the eyes, How long will I be waiting, When you look me in the eyes, More
and more, I start to realize, When you look me in the eyes, When you
look me in the eyes. And tell me that you love
me.
Can you ever find a home?
I've
been looking for that someone,
I'll never make it on my own
Dreams
can't take the place of loving you,
There's gotta be a million
reasons why it's true.
And
tell me that you love me.
Everything's alright,
When you're
right here by my side.
When you look me in the eyes,
I catch a
glimpse of heaven.
I find my paradise,
When you look me in the
eyes.
To be with you
again
Gonna tell you that I love you,
In the best way that I
can.
I can't take a day without you here,
You're the light that
makes my darkness disappear.
And
tell me that you love me.
Everything's alright,
When you're
right here by my side.
When you look me in the eyes,
I
I find my paradise,
When you look me in the eyes.
I can reach my tomorrow,
I can
hold my head up high,
And it's all because you're by my
side.
And tell me that you
love me.
Everything's alright,
When you're right here by my
side.
When I hold you in my arms,
I know that it's forever.
I
just gotta let you know,
I never wanna let you go.
Everything's alright,
When you're right here by my
side.
When you look me in the eyes,
I catch a glimpse of
heaven.
I find my paradise,
When you look me in the eyes.
Brooke and Lucas sat in their seats looking at their best friends thinking about their wedding, which was only in about 2 months.
"Have you thought of a song yet?" Brooke asked.
"I'm really torn between two, but trust me both of them are amazing; you will not be disappointed." Lucas assured.
"I can't wait for that to be me." Brooke said.
"It can't come soon enough." Lucas told his fiancée.
"Tell me about it, I just want to go to bed tonight and wake up and have it be April 27th. I love you so much Lucas." Brooke said looking into his baby blue eyes.
"I love you more than you'll ever know Brooke Davis."
After hours of partying, Brooke and Lucas decided to head out, they had to pack since instead of going on the normal honeymoon; Jake had paid for all six of them to go away for two weeks to Turks and Caicos.
"We're going to go home, we'll see you guys tomorrow morning around 7:30?" Brooke asked Jake and Peyton.
"Yeah, we'll be at your house to pick you up." Jake responded.
"Sounds good. Congratulations you guys." Lucas told the couple.
"Thanks Luke." Jake and Peyton said in unison.
"Have fun tonight!" Brooke winked at the couple.
All Peyton and Jake could do was laugh at the petite brunette.
As Brooke and Lucas pulled out of the parking lot, so did a black car that had been following them since Brooke arrived back in town four months ago.
The next morning came too fast for all three couples.
Peyton and Jake picked up Nathan and Haley first because they all knew that Brooke would need all the time she could get.
Peyton, Jake, Nathan and Haley pulled into Brooke and Lucas' driveway and honked the horn a few times.
"Pretty Girl, they're here!" Lucas called up the stairs from the foyer.
"I'm not ready yet!" Brooke yelled down.
"Brooke, you've been packing for 4 hours, I'm pretty sure you have everything you own in your 4 suitcases."
"Five." Brooke huffed as she tried to make her way down the stairs carrying all 5 but she was having extreme difficulty.
"Here, let me help you." Lucas offered.
"Thanks Handsome." Brooke said giving him a kiss.
"Anytime babe."
And with that, Brooke and Lucas joined the gang in the car and headed for the airport. Little did they know that the black car was right behind them.
"Jake!" Brooke yelled from the backseat.
"Yes Brooke?" Jake asked.
"Can we stop at the next gas station?"
"Why?"
"Because I need to pick up US Weekly, Star, Glamour, Cosmopolitan and People, oh and a few snacks." Brooke stated.
"I'm pretty sure they have all that at the airport Pretty Girl." Lucas told the girl who was currently snuggled up against him.
"Yeah but I also have to go to the bathroom…really bad." Brooke said.
"Okay, the next gas station I see, we'll pull into okay?" Jake asked from the driver's seat.
"Sounds good to me, and I promise I'll make it quick." Brooke exclaimed.
When Jake pulled into the gas station, they all decided to get out of the car and go in. Brooke in pursuit of her magazines and snacks, Lucas was thirsty, Jake and Nathan were hungry, Peyton had to go to the bathroom every five minutes because of the baby, and Haley went in so she didn't have to sit in the car alone.
The driver of the black car pulled into the same gas station right behind them, got out of the car, and headed into the convenient store ready to cause some havoc.
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A/N: Sorry about the length I just really really wanted to get this chapter up! I saved the vows for Brucas's wedding and thanks to Brucas224 for suggesting "When You Look Me In The Eyes" by the Jonas Brothers as a wedding song, I know I said for Brucas but I needed one for Jeyton and I have a different one planned for Brucas' wedding! I hope you guys liked the chapter and be sure to leave lots of reviews, next chapter will be extremely intense and the driver of the black car will be revealed…who do you all think it is??
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