Brooke sighed as she sat on the floor of her trailer surrounded in a sea of clutter of everything bridal. Choosing a wedding gown, bridesmaids dresses, china patterns, gift registries, cake tasting, menu choosing, getting all the attendants fitted…It was a nightmare to say the least. Normally Brooke Davis would love planning such an event. After all, it was the event. It was her day, her walk down the aisle to join in eternity with the man she loved. It was supposed to be a happy time, the party of the year. But one thing, one factor, one obstacle stood between Brooke and total happiness. It was just a VHS tape but its existence and unknown whereabouts were adding more than a few gray hairs to Brooke's head.

"Knock, knock."

"Who is it?" Brooke called out.

"Your Sugar Pappy."

"Iiieewww", Brooke rolled her eyes. "Come in Tim. What are you doing here?"

"Is that any way to greet your fabulous and incredible agent? Huh? Especially when I have such fantabulous news."

Brooke rolled her eyes as Tim made himself comfortable.

"Tim, who uses words like 'fantabulous'?"

"Boy, someone is in a bitchy mood. Is it that time of the month or what?"

"Tim!"

"Okay, okay. Straight off the Hollywood Hot Sheet. They're doing a remake of this classic horror movie. It just started filming in Australia. The cast is off the hook, I mean all the 'It' teen stars of the moment. It's gonna be a huge hit. And guess what? The head casting agent called me this morning. Guess who the director personally asked for in a cameo role?"

"Me?"

"The one and only! It's a great opportunity, Brooke…"

"I know but…"

"Listen, I have to run but I'll fill you in on the details later. I totally accepted the offer on your behalf because I would have been a fool not to. This project is gonna be hot."

"But what about the show and…"

"Relax. We leave in three weeks. The show will be on break so you'll have just enough time to film your part in the movie. It's gonna be awesome, Brooke. You, me and Peyton and I'm just letting her tag along because we're gonna need someone to bring us coffee and stuff. I swear her attitude sucks! Ever since I broke up with her…"

"Tim, you guys never went out. Ever."

"Oh yeah. That. Anyway. She wanted me. She totally wants my body. All girls do. I just had to let her down gently. Anyway, who's gonna complain about a three week paid vacation in Australia? Dude, I'm gonna swim and snorkel and…"

"Wait, Tim. Did you say we leave in three weeks?"

"Yeah."

"And we'll be there for three weeks?"

"Yeah. Sweet, huh? You can thank me later."

"Thank you?" she said, hitting him with a bridal magazine. "I should kill you. Tim, what is happening in exactly five weeks? Huh? Go ahead, check your Blackberry."

Tim sighed as he did what he was told.

"Newspaper interview…WB party…Lucas and Brooke's wedding…oooh! The new digitally remastered Star Wars DVD comes out."

"Tim!"

"What?" he shrugged innocently. "It's the one with all the cool extras including ten previously deleted scenes."

Brooke threw her hands up and screamed in frustration.

"And why haven't I fired you by now? Who gives two shits about your stupid Star Trek DVD…"

"Wars. Gosh, it's Star Wars. Get it right, Brooke."

"Whatever! It's my wedding day! Hel-lo! You know, I'll be the one in the white dress getting married."

"Oh…that."

"Yeah, that, doofus! What am I supposed to do? Call up 500 family members, friends and guests and tell them never mind? Why, because my idiot of an agent confirms deals without even mentioning it to me first? Damn! Nice going, Tim."

"Hey don't get pissy with me, man. This is an opportunity, Brooke. Yeah your career is taking off but we're not exactly in the position to be turning down lucrative offers from well known directors. Besides, didn't you and Luke already have that talk about your career and stuff and didn't he say he would never stand in your way? Just talk to him. He will understand."

Tim shrugged, stole an apple from Brooke's fruit basket and was on his way. Understand. Ha! Would he? Brooke sure was asking a lot for Lucas to be understanding about.

She jumped as her cell rang. Speak of the Devil…

"Hi babe", she sighed.

"Hey you. What's up? Did I get you at a bad time?"

"No…no, I'm good. Everything is fine. What's going on?"

"You don't sound fine. You sound upset. You sure everything is okay?"

Brooke sighed. Nothing was okay. She was so on edge about that stupid tape that it was driving her batty in every other aspect of her life. She had trouble eating and sleeping and even concentrating on work. The worry was taking the joy out of all the wedding plans and sometimes Brooke felt so guilty for concealing the truth, that it was hard to look Lucas in the eye.

"No, Luke. Everything isn't okay. There is something…there's something I have to tell you."

"Okay", he said uneasily. "What is it? What's on your mind?"

"I don't know how to say this. It's going to hurt you and the last thing I ever want is for you to get hurt."

"Brooke…"

This was it. Now or never. Moment of truth.

"Luke…Tim just committed me to a movie. It's a really huge deal but it's in Australia and it would be during our wedding. I'm sorry. I know you must hate me and I'm not trying to choose my career over you but…"

She just couldn't. It was on the tip of her tongue to tell him all about Felix and the tape that was now strangely missing but the words just couldn't come out.

"Brooke, slow down. It's okay", Lucas chuckled.

"What? You're not mad?"

Mad. He was laughing.

"No. Actually, I'm kind of relieved. I want a wedding but I wanted something small and intimate. All of a sudden plans got out of hand and now it's the event of the year. I see you stressed because of all the extra crap you have to do and babe, that's not right. I don't care about that. I just want you. I just want us."

"Lucas…"

"We'll send out a notice or do whatever we have to do and tell everybody the wedding is cancelled for the set date. Then the weekend before you go to location, we'll do a small deal at that little church on Main Street in front of close friends and family."

"Really?"

"Yeah and do you think anyone will object to me going to Australia with you?"

"No. I don't see why not…"

"Good. Then the issue of a honeymoon is settled too. What do you think?"

Brooke took a deep breath.

"Sounds perfect, babe. I can't wait."

"Good. This is gonna be great! I'm excited, Brooke. And to think, you had me scared there for a second. I thought you were going to tell me something really bad."

Brooke just forced a smile. What a great guy! And he was her guy. So loving and accommodating. He didn't care about frills or money or any of that stuff. He just wanted her. Brooke was lucky. Damn lucky and she knew it. She couldn't lose him. She had to tell him. And she knew the longer she waited, the worse it would be. She would tell him. She would just be honest and he would understand. And everything would work out. Exactly! As soon as she summoned the courage, she would spill her guts…some day.