Epilogue I

Peyton sat with Lucas on the hood of her car that was parked at Rivercourt. They were both watching the sunset over Tree Hill. Peyton rested her head on to Lucas's shoulder as he wrapped his arm around her. She leaned further into him, trying to draw in his warmth. Peyton kept shivering as the night fell around them.

"Cold?" Lucas asked.

"Yeah, a little. But I have you to keep me warm,"

"I'll get a blanket," He kissed the top of her curly hair, hopped off the car and walked to the trunk.

Lucas rummaged through the trunk, looking for what he wanted. Once he found what he was looking for, he shut the trunk and made his way back to Peyton.

"Finally, I was just about to freeze to death," Peyton joked.

Lucas just smiled as he wrapped the blanket around her, while holding on to a surprise for Peyton. He remained standing in front of the blonde, making sure her eyes never left his. He leaned his forehead in till it gently touched hers. Lucas closed his eyes and gave Peyton a soft kiss on the lips. Lucas's heart began to beat faster. With his free hand, he gently pushed back a curl from her face.

"Are you happy?"

Peyton smiled, "Very,"

"Good, cause I have something for you" Lucas replied as he revealed his gift for her.

Peyton was surprised to see a black sketch book with a red bow wrapped around it. She took the book from Lucas's hands and immediately recognized it. It was the book that contained the sketches of all of their happy moments together. She looked back up to Lucas and smiled. Her eyes were still wide with surprise.

"Go on, open it,"

"Lucas, I know what it is,"

"Yeah, I know. I just want you to open it," he simply replied.

Peyton looked at Lucas for a moment, trying to figure out what he was up to. She couldn't figure it out, so she followed his instruction. She looked down at the book. Her hand slowly pulled at the loose end of the bow to untie it. When she pulled at it, the bow remained intact. She pulled a bit hard, but the bow remained tied. Her gaze looked back at Lucas's grin.

"Funny, you had to double knot it," Peyton sarcastically commented.

Lucas just replied with a bigger grin and shrugged his shoulders.

Peyton turned her attention back to the bow. She was determined to untie it. She decided to unknot the bow itself. As her fingers wrapped around the knot, she felt something hard. She looked at the object that was preventing her from loosening the bow. It was a white gold band, with a diamond sitting on top. Peyton gasped when she realized what it was.

Peyton looked back at Lucas, who was now down on one knee. Peyton brought her hand to her moth, as if she were trying to hide her shocked face.

"Peyton Sawyer, will you marry me?" Lucas simply asked.

Peyton couldn't verbally answer, so she nodded her head continuously.

Excitedly, Lucas stood up and picked Peyton up. He held her close to his body and spun her around, laughing and yelling celebrating their engagement.

Finding her words again, Peyton joined Lucas's yelling, "Yes! I'm going to marry you, Lucas Scott,"

Lucas put Peyton back on the ground. She excitedly looked at Lucas and said, "Now help me get this ring on my finger," They shared a laugh and Lucas untied the ring from the bow. As Lucas untied the bow, Peyton watched, wiping a happy tear away from her eye.

Once the ring was finally untied, Lucas took Peyton's outstretched left hand and began to place the ring on her ring finger. Suddenly, without warning, Lucas took the ring away.

Peyton tighten her lips and brooded at Lucas. "Lucas Scott…do NOT tease your future wife,"

"Now hold on, before I put this on, there's one thing I need you to do,"

Peyton folded her arms across her chest, "I am not moving my records out of our room. They stay!"

"I know, I know, they go, you go…blah blah blah. But that's not it,"

"LUCAS…"

"Relax, I just need your help,"

"Help with what?"

"Capturing this moment," Lucas took the book and flipped it open. Peyton looked at the open page and laughed.

Lucas had interpreted their moment with a drawing of his own. There was a rectangular box sitting on two circles. On top of the rectangular box was a stick figure cartoon of Peyton, curly hair and all and just in front of the box was a stick figure of Lucas, down on one knee. The caption on top of the page read: Worth waiting for.

After Peyton stopped laughing at Lucas's inability to draw, she took the book from Lucas. "It will be my pleasure, AFTER you put that ring on my finger,"

Lucas smiled and reached for Peyton's left hand again. This time, he carefully slid the ring onto her ring finger.

"You're stuck with me now, Lucas Scott,"

"Uh-uh…YOU'RE stuck with me, Peyton Sawyer-soon-to-be-Scott,"