"Look at you. You're practically glowing." Brooke said when she saw her best friend. "Talk for yourself. You don't look too bad yourself." They hugged and they both cried a little, because it felt so good to finally see each other again. "Hey, Jake." Brooke said and gave her best friend's husband a hug to. "Where's that man of yours hiding today?" Peyton asked while they were walking out from the airport. "He didn't want to meet his psycho ex." She answered and Peyton laughed. "No, actually, he, Nathan and Jamie are on a camping trip." Jake sighed. "So I have to put up with you two all alone." Peyton punched him in the side. "Don' you worry, they'll be home tonight."

"I can't believe it's only one week left to the big day. Do you have everything under control, ?" Peyton asked. She, Brooke and Haley were sitting at the table drinking tea and catching up. "I don't know. It's so much that have to be perfect. Flowers, catering, the dresses. But Hales here has been a big help." Haley smiled at her. "Anything for you and good, old Lucas." They all smiled. "Even the dress is finished. I had to start all over when I heard about this little one coming." She said and touched her growing stomach. Peyton looked down at her own baby bump. "I hope you've made me a dress that doesn't make me look like an elephant." She said and made a pouty face. "Don't you worry, . You'll look beautiful. But of course you won't be the prettiest girl in that church." "No, Peyton. That'll be me." Haley said without cracking a smile. "That's not fair." Brooke whined. "I hope you understood that I was kidding. You'll be the princess and I'll be the troll."

"Honey, I'm home." He yelled out when he opened the door. "Oh, hey, Peyton." He had forgotten about the fact that she and Jake had arrived the same day. "Hey to you too." She was sitting in the coach reading a magazine. "Where's Brooke and Jake?" He asked before sitting down next to her. "He's helping her with a book shelf, which I hear you were supposed to fix last week." He looked down. "Yeah, there's been a lot going on lately. How are you doing? Excited for the baby?" She nodded. "Yeah, but now I just want to get it out." He laughed when he saw the look on her face. "Look at us. Who would've guessed we could sit her as civilized people when you were marrying another woman and I was married to another man?" He thought about her question for a little while before answering. "We've grown a lot. And this was what was supposed to happen all along. You and Jake and me and Brooke." She nodded slowly. "You were right that day when you kind of broke my heart. You and I were never meant to be." Seeing them sitting there, together, didn't make her jealous or angry. They had all been through so much. Tears, love and heartache. But finally everything was coming together like they always were meant to do. And Brooke didn't find it weird or uncomfortable at all to have her fiancé's ex-girlfriend living in their house.

The next days they all spent together. Having fun and making the last preparations before the wedding. Brooke and Lucas had decided not to have a bachelor and a bachelorette party. Since Peyton and Brooke couldn't drink, Brooke would just like them to go out for dinner. She told Lucas time and time again, he could have his own bachelor party. But his answer was the same every time; he was determined to take the guys out to dinner with the girls. So that's what they did. "You ready to be a father again, Jake?" Nathan asked. "Yeah, absolutely, man. I've had some practice. But this time I hope it's a boy, so we'll have one of each." He smiled when he thought about his little girl back home and the new baby that soon was coming. "And he will end up married to your little girl." Peyton said and took her husband's hand. Brooke just laughed. "You seem so sure, Peyton. No matter what it is, I'll love that baby more than anything in the world." "I don't want you two crazy women to force our children together. If it's meant to be I will happen." Lucas said with sureness, and he thought it was a bite strange to sit and talk about their children's future. They talked, laughed and danced all night.

On the way home Lucas walked behind the girls and talked to Jake, there was something he would like to ask him about. "You know Julian, right? Julian Baker. He was in your wedding. I was meaning to ask you then, but I never did." Jake sighed. "I know him. Knew him. We go way back. I know him as a really good guy, but I've heard he have caused some problems for you. I guess it went downhill for him when his mother died. And his father never cared about him the way he should, much like yours. He never felt like he had his father's love and blessing and support." Lucas looked down at the roadside. "I guess that explains a lot. But it doesn't really matter now. He's out of our lives for good." Something was vibrating in his pocket, his phone was ringing. The name that lit up on the phone hit him in the face. "Hey." He had not heard that voice in over a year, and to hear it again now caught him by surprise.