Lucas was at the altar standing next to the priest and his best men: Mouth and Nathan. He was waiting for Brooke with one hand on his pants' pocket where he could feel the small box that carried the rings inside. Since he and Brooke set the date so fast, she didn't wear an engagement ring. She thought it was because he was having them made and that'd take time, but truth is that Lucas wanted to surprise her.

After he proposed to Brooke, he talked to his mom who gave him the ring Keith had given her a few years before. Karen said that the ring was the symbol of a love long wanted and that would never fade, even after Keith passed away. So she gave the ring to Lucas for him to give to Brooke, because their love was just as strong. He wanted to surprise her; she wouldn't see this one coming.

The church's coral started to sing and all the guests stood up at that sound. Lucas straightened himself up while taking a deep breath. All eyes were at the main entrance where they could see the bride's silhouette moving towards it.

Brooke stepped inside the church and took a brief moment to sink it all in. It was really happening. She loved weddings so who would've thought her own wedding would make her so nervous?

Taking one step at a time, she slowly walked towards the altar. Her eyes never left Lucas'. It was like she was being pulled by his gaze and she couldn't help but to move on his direction. She could hear people whispering as she walked by, talking among themselves, commenting on how beautiful she was. As flattered as she was, that didn't matter. The only thing that matter to her now was to reach the altar. Her look casually danced around and she saw Haley tearing up in a smile standing next to Peyton. Peyton was standing at the altar a few feet away from Lucas.

Before she could think of anything else, she felt Lucas' hand on hers. She had gotten there. He smiled and leaned to place a kiss on her forehead. She closed her eyes, feeling the kiss and then heard a soft whisper.

"You're prettier than you usually are."

She smiled and took his hand as he led her to kneel before the priest. She had to place both hands together so she couldn't hold the bouquet. She instinctively turned to Peyton who was already next to her and ready to hold the flowers for her.

Standing there, kneeled next to Lucas, holding his hand and handing the bouquet to Peyton at the same time, it hit her: they'd always be like this. Lucas and Peyton had always been there for her. Peyton helping her with a kind and friendly hand for whenever she needed and Lucas by her side, as her man. She couldn't ever want them apart. They'd always be together. Together for her. Thanking Peyton with a smile, she turned back to Lucas and the priest who carried on with the ceremony.

When the priest told Lucas to say his vows, Brooke expected him to reach for the piece of paper Mouth had taken from her a few minutes before, but instead of that, Lucas simply took her by both hands and stared deep into her eyes.

"Remember tonight, for it is the beginning of always. A promise. Like a reward for persisting through life so long alone."

He started softly and Brooke's eyes filled up with tears. He remembered. A few years before, on Keith's first attempt of marriage, Brooke read Lucas' toast to the couple and wondered if she'd get something as beautiful on her own wedding day. And now she was having that. She loved him even more for remembering her words.

"A belief in each other and the possibility of love. A decision to ignore, simply rise above the pain of the past. A covenant, which at once binds two souls and yet severs prior ties. A celebration of the chance taken and the challenge that lies ahead. For two will always be stronger than one, like a team braced against the tempest civil world. And love will always be the guiding force in our lives. For tonight is mere formality. Only an announcement to the world of feelings long held. Promises made long ago. In the sacred spaces of our hearts."

He took some time, staring at her smile between some tears that were strong enough to roll down her cheeks and then continued.

"You once wondered if you'd get such beautiful things said to you on your wedding and I promised you that you would. So now I'm keeping my promise. Being with you feels like home, feels safe and feels right. And I'll never let you go. I love you, Pretty Girl."

She softly brushed some tears away from her face with the tip of her fingers as she looked up, trying not to ruin much of the make-up.

"Not fair for you to keep your promises when I've made so many I didn't keep" she sniffed and looked up to him, "I promised myself a thousand times that I wouldn't look at you or talk to you again. I didn't keep any of those, obviously. Because the first one I made, the most important one, that was to find real love and never let it go, I was already keeping. The moment I fell in love with you I was bonded to love you for as long as I could. And I always will. I love you, Lucas Scott."

Never looking away from each other, they heard the priest saying the vows for them to repeat after him. To have and to hold, from this day foreword, in sickness and in health, for richer or poorer, for better or worse, till death do them part. They exchanged rings and Brooke's face once she saw hers was just as Lucas expected. She was surprised and teared up as he slid the ring on her finger.

The priest finally smiled a warm smile, "You may now kiss the bride."

Lucas gently put both hands on Brooke's face and pulled her closer to a kiss. She kept her hands on his arms and watched him getting closer to her, while smiling and then finally closing her eyes for the kiss.

Have you ever wondered why do fairytales always end with the big wedding? Some say it's because once you're married, the problems begin and the magic of the fairytale goes away. But I don't see it that way.

For me, the real fairytale begins when the rough time comes and you still feel like being next to the one you love is the right thing to do. When everyday's like that first day after you got married. Maybe I'm kidding myself or aiming too high, but I honestly believe that if you love someone and commit to that person, you build yourselves a long road to ride together. To be happy, to make your own fairytale, to live a whole life together. And after me and Lucas coming this far, I really think we're gonna make it. We'll have it all.

So... that was it! First, I just wanted to say this title is a song by Shania Twain. And then... I wanted to thank you guys for all of your reviews since the begining. Really! Every time I saw a chapter got lots of reviews I got even more excited to update again! And sorry for the times when I took to long to do so :D But I really hope you guys liked this story. I surely enjoyed writing it! So this is it. Let me know, for the last time, what did you guys think about this!