Chapter Twelve-And this was it.

A single red rose lay on the Brooke's bed when she entered the hotel room. She had spent the entire previous day lying in Nathan's hotel room with him. They had hardly spoken, just spent time together. Brooke had talked to the guard and told him the whole story. They were searching for the man, but unsure if they would find him.

She was feeling unusually better now. She was surprised she wasn't more emotionally broken up over the situation. She had talked the rest of her friends into staying for the rest of the trip and trying to forget the incident. They had wanted to take her home, but she insisted.

Brooke reached down and picked up the rose with a smile. Lucas stood watching her from the bathroom. She was gorgeous. Her hair was curled and hung below her shoulders. She was wearing a short black silk dress. She wore sandals with straps crossing all the way up her legs. She was smiling. "Who is this from?" she asked him staring at her.

"It's from Nathan." He said sadly. He wished it had been from him. He could tell that Brooke and Nathan had something going, and part of him began to accept that fact. He had broken up with Peyton the evening before. Peyton took is surprisingly well. She explained to him that she wasn't in love with him, and that her heart had always belonged to Jake. Lucas understood that, because even though the girl in front of him was in love with his brother, his heart belonged to her.

Brooke smiled again. This time his heart melted. He wanted to so much for her to be smiling because of him, but he knew that would never happen. "He was here?" she asked. She walked over to him and adjusted his tie. Everyone had agreed to go out for a nice dinner.

Lucas nodded. He grabbed his wallet off the dresser and followed Brooke out the door.

Haley walked down the sand toward the bar where everyone planned to meet. She was wearing a knee length kaki skirt and a black tank top. Her hair was pulled back into a low pony tail, and she was wearing flat black sandals. She reached Lucas's side and decided she was going to stick with him for the night. She hadn't hung out with him in quite some time.

Peyton and Jake were waiting patiently on bar stools laughing with each other. Peyton had explained the situation with her and Lucas the night before. She told Jake how much she cared for him and he accepted her apology. They agreed to hang out as friends for the time being. Peyton didn't want to rush into anything else right away.

Jake smiled at her slightly. She was wearing a white dress. It was flowing around the knees and sleeveless. It looked great on her. Her hair was pulled back with pins and she wore the sandals Brooke had given her.

Jake had watched her over the passed few days with everything that happened with Brooke. Peyton really cared about Brooke and was doing everything she could to be there for her. He admired this. She was wonderful and he would give anything to go back to the way their relationship was before he left again.

Nathan and Brooke walked down to the bar holding hands. Brooke was laughing slightly but holding one arm across her chest. Peyton knew she was worried about the obvious bruises covering her body. It didn't matter how bad they were, she looked great.

Everyone noticed Tim not far behind them. They were surprised to see him holding the arm of a girl not too much older than them. Lucas immediately recognized her as the woman rescued from the beach. She looked gorgeous. Nobody had noticed before when she was tattered, crying and bruised. She had straight light blonde hair and perfect blue eyes. She was wearing a pink sundress and really high sandals. She was smiling and holding onto Tim as they approached.

"Wow." Haley muttered. "Tim with a girl, and Nathan with Brooke, who would have ever thought this would happen?" she asked Lucas.

Lucas shook his head. "I have no idea."

The dinner was the nice. It was their last night in the Bahamas. Everyone sat at a large round table laughing, joking and genuinely happy. Nathan noticed Haley secretly checking her cell phone for service every few minuets. He knew she was trying to talk to Chris, but for the first time, he just didn't care.

A man approached the table and spoke directly to Brooke. She had hardly recognized the man as the guard. He was no longer wearing uniform. He smiled at her and bent down to her level. "We found him."

"You did?" Brooke asked happily. "That's great."

The man nodded. "He's in custody. It looks like the two of you were the only victims." He said glancing at the woman with Tim. "We caught him just in time."

"That's great." Brooke repeated

Nathan looked at Brooke who held tightly onto his hand as they ate and knew he could never be happier than this. She was perfect.

The End-Hope You Liked It!-Brittney