Lucas had planned everything out perfectly. Peyton would call before she came home like she did every day just to let him know and then he would put the finishing touches on. He had prepared dinner. She would be shocked. Lucas rarely cooked and when he did it was always a five-course meal. This time he outdid himself. He made lobster ravioli some made bread, a great dessert, a good salad and some appetizers. With the time he had left over he took a shower and put on a nice suit. He then started decorating. Earlier that day he had purchased over 3 dozen red roses. He started sprinkling them from the entrance to the bedroom. Once on the bed he put a dozen red and light pink roses and under Peyton's pillow hid a small gift. Lucas then went back into the kitchen and set the table, with their favorite china and lit some candles. He poured some wine, and put the champagne on ice in the freezer. Lucas was sitting down watching some TV when he heard Peyton come in. "Luke you here? What's going on?" Lucas walked into the entry way and greeting Peyton with a kiss. "Hey babe, how was shopping?" Luke looked at all her bags and knew that she had accomplished what she wanted. The only bag he didn't see was one from Victoria's Secret. "Shopping was great I got exactly what I needed and had some fun as well, I also bought you a shirt for tomorrow, thinking you might want to wear something new." "Well why don't you relax a little and have some wine, I will put your bags in our room and dinner will be ready soon." " I thought that we were just ordering in tonight and relaxing and watching some movies," Peyton asked. "I thought it was the last night before we officially became adults and our new lives started that we should celebrate so I made a nice dinner." Peyton was relaxing watching a movie on Lifetime while Lucas got everything ready. He put all her new clothes away and then walked back into the living room and into the kitchen where he made final touches on the floor. "Peyt, dinner's ready." Peyton made her way to the table where she noticed the candles and the nice dinner. "Luke I think you outdid yourself this time, what are we eating?" "Well I remember how much you loved that Lobster Ravioli when we went to that Italian restaurant so I made some lobster ravioli and some other food," Petyon just looked at the food in shock. "Luke thank you so much for this." Lucas decided this was a good time to talk about the past, they had talked about it in a long time, because since they had started out with a clean slate they didn't want to drag up the past and start new fights. "Peyt I know you might not want to talk about this but I thought we should probably bring up the past." "Luke I don't mind talking about the past, I just don't want it to ruin what we have right now." With that Peyton and Lucas talked about highschool, trying to skip over the most painful parts. The one part that Peyton brought up, that shocked Lucas was that one night they spent at Dan's beach house while everyone else was gone. "Lucas do you remember that night?" Lucas sat there with a smile on his face recalling that night. "Of course I remember it, how could I forget"

Lucas and Peyton had just arrived at the beach house. Nathan had lent it to them for the weekend while him and Haley were visiting Dan at a hospital a few hours away. Lucas was excited to be able to spend the entire weekend at the beach, but especially with Peyton. He knew not to expect too much and he didn't want to much. He didn't want to rush anything. Lucas and Peyton spent the day at the beach reading, listening to music, relaxing and going in the water. Lucas decided to be mean to Peyton and while she was tanning and listen to music he snuck up behind her and picked her up. Taking off her head phones he carried her to the water and dropped her in. She was shocked and starting a water fight with Lucas. All Lucas could do was smile. "Luke what are you smiling at?" "You Peyt" with that he walked over to her and gave her a long sweet kiss. "What was that for?" "Peyton, I love you" There he had said it. The thing he wanted to say since forever, finally he had found the right moment to express his feelings. All he had to do now was wait and see if she felt the same way. As a smile crept on her face "I love you too Lucas, With all my heart" With that they shared another long passionate kiss and decided to head back inside because it was starting to get cold. That night they ordered in pizza and watched movies. The first movie they wanted was "How to Loose a Guy in 10 Days," Lucas had let Peyton choose. They were snuggling on the couch in complete happiness over the events of the day. Lucas noticed that Peyton was starting to get tired," Why don't we head up to bed?" Peyton and Lucas walked up to bed where Lucas put her to bed and started to leave the room. "Lucas where are you going?" "I didn't want you to think I assumed anything would happen tonight, especially after the fact that I told you I loved you." Peyton just looked at him. "Lucas do you want something to happen tonight, honesty please." "Peyton I love you with all my heart and I would love to be with you but I don't want to force anything. "What happens if I tell you I feel the same way?" With that Peyton and Lucas spent a memorable night together neither one will ever forget.

All through the rough times Peyton always remembered that night and it gave her hope that they would someday be together.

Lucas and Peyton finish dinner and Lucas suggests they head to the bedroom. Peyton completely agrees, not exactly sure what was going on, but she had an idea. As they ended the bed room Peyton notices all the roses. "Luke are these for me?" "Of course" With that Lucas reaches under the pillow and tells Peyton to sit down on the bed. He gets down on one knee and opens the box revealing a three caret diamond ring that he knew Peyton had been looking at earlier. "Peyton, we have survived everything, highschool, the whole Dan thing, all the drama, that big fight, four years of college, and we have made it through everything. We are about to start a new life tomorrow and I was wondering if you would start that new life with me as my wife?" Peyton was just staring at him in shock. She knew that he was going to do something romantic, but she didn't know it was going to be a proposal, she thought he would want to wait.
"Of course Luke, I would love to be your wife" With that he slipped the ring on her finger and they shared one long passionate kiss. "How did you know I wanted this ring?" "The best thing about being friends with one of your best friends was I knew who to go to for advice." Peyton realized that Haley must have told Lucas what ring she had been looking at and Peyton was so glad that Lucas would care enough to pay attention.

Remember to review, I promise the story will include Haley and Nathan in the next chapter, I just wanted to get some things out of the way so the rest of the story would make sense