Ok guys…the verdict on the sequel is yes, I will do one! Yay! I'm excited. Now I have all honors high school classes this coming school year, and I will be swamped with work…my best bet would be a couple updates a week…but for the first few weeks of school when the workload is light, I will write like mad! I'm so excited; you guys are so sweet for wanting one lol! ;-) It made me SO happy to see the support!

A beautiful January day greeted Brooke Scott as she bounced out of her bed, rustling Lucas a little. She bounded down the hallway and into Madison's room, opening the blinds and kissing the little girl good morning. She was in an unusually happy mood, because today was Alexis's bridal shower, and she was immensely excited.

"Madison! Wake up cutie pie mama has a LOT to do and I need your help" Brooke chirped, shaking Madison lightly. Madison rolled over and yawned, opening her eyes slowly and smiling at Brooke.

"Mommy I's still sleepy"

"So am I" Brooke lied. In fact, she'd never been better rested in her life. "But we have stuff to do! I need you to go grab a pop tart for breakfast and take a shower and get ready" she instructed.

"Ok mommy" Madison yawned, not quite awake.

"Thank you princess, you're so helpful" Brooke said. Walking into the kitchen, she had a sudden urge to eat fish so she warmed fish sticks while she hummed softly to herself. The house was gleaming and clean, and the tables were set up in the dining hall. Everyone was coming in 45 minutes, and she wasn't even dressed yet. She quickly ate her fish sticks and walked into their room, where Lucas was snoring.

"Lucas Scott, get your ass up off of the bed and help me with the tables" Brooke giggled.

"Brooke…mm" he rolled over in bed.

"Lucas!" Brooke said, smacking him on the butt. "Move it!"

"Fine, fine…shower together?" he mumbled.

"Oh yah" Brooke said, stripping down. They took a quick shower and were dressed within 30 minutes.

"Ok, so what do I have to move?" Lucas whined.

"A lot of tables" Brooke giggled.

"Didn't we hire people for this?"

"To construct them…we're just redoing the layout"

"Oh my god Brooke…" Lucas laughed. "I'm going to have to move 20 tables around until you deem the layout perfect?"

"Uh huh"

"Brooke…sweetheart…" Lucas groaned.

"Lucas, don't sweetheart me…Nathan and Jake should be here soon to help out" Lucas breathed a sigh of relief and eyed the huge dining hall. The tables were the best quality, with gold and silver fabric hanging off of them. There were fresh cut flowers lined up on the side for the tables when they were done rearranging.

"Brooke, this looks gorgeous the way it is…did you do it? You should be an interior designer for like celebrities" Lucas took a shot into the dark, hoping that she would let him off.

"Aw, Broody, you think so? How about we wait till Haley and Peyton are here to do anything?" Brooke said, smiling. Lucas breathed a sigh of relief and pulled her into a hug.

"I don't want my baby sister getting married…me and Nathan have some serious qualms about that"

"But are you glad it's Matthew? Do you like him?" Brooke asked. "Because I do, I think he's a good guy"

"I guess…he's not bad by any means, but I like him as much as I could like a guy marrying Alexis"

"Yah…aw don't be sad, Lucas, she had to grow up sometime, right?" Brooke said, stroking his face soothingly. She didn't even wanna think about what would happen when Madison announced she was getting married.

"But she's only 19!" Lucas protested.

"I know…and Haley and Nathan were 17, we've been dating since we were 16, same with Jake and Peyton…and Matthew's really good…he'll treat her right"

"I'm gonna keep an eye on that man" Lucas grumbled. "If he mistreats her-"

"He wont, don't worry" Brooke laughed.

"Madison's not getting married"

"You're so cute, Broody" Brooke giggled, kissing him. "She's in love…she had to get married eventually"

"But at 19?"

"She's SO mature, Lucas…she's in her senior year of college, she's that intelligent…if it's anyone who should get married at 19, its her"

"I know…" Lucas grumbled. The door bell rang, and Haley, Peyton, and crew arrived. Alexis was coming later, with Karen.

"Sorry we're late…I had to spend a good 30 minutes dissuading Nathan from denouncing the marriage…he's feeling a tad overprotective" Haley giggled. "It's kinda cute, actually"

"Same with Lucas…I wonder what Andy's like"

"Oh, let's not go there" Peyton shuddered.

"Ok boys…our boy toys" Brooke said, biting her lip, in an attempt to look sexy. "We need you to move tables"

They spent the next hour instructing the boys on how and where to move the tables. There was a lot of shouting, laughing, and clanking, and after an hour of hard work, the tables were set right, with all three men panting and sweating.

"Why don't you cool off and take a dip in the pool?" Brooke suggested.

"Brooke, in January?"

"Well…then go stand outside for a little while and then you'll freeze" Brooke giggled. "We girls must now decorate the tables" Brooke giggled. The guys breathed a sigh of relief and walked to the living room to watch TV.

"Ok, so we can put the roses on the table, and sprinkle it with the little confetti things and we should be ready" Brooke instructed.

"Can you believe Alexis is getting married? I remember when she was 5" Haley said.

"Yah…Nathan and Lucas aren't taking it too well" Brooke said. "Poor guys…she means a lot to everyone, she's been such a blessing to everyone. And she was calm through the Dan thing and through the Anthony thing and through Madison's crisis…she's literally the glue that holds us all together"

"I'm gonna miss her if Matthew decides on California" Peyton sighed.

"I know…that's killing Lucas too…he has some crazy notion that he's gonna not treat Alexis right" Brooke said.

"Same with Nathan! I tried to explain to him that we've known Matthew for a long time now, and she talks a lot about him to us especially…they'll be great"

"No babies for a while though" Brooke said. "Alexis wants to wait"

"Yah…if Alexis got pregnant, too, I think Nathan might spontaneously combust" Haley giggled, adjusting one of the vases and sighing. "Ok, finished" the girls stood back and admired their handiwork. Martha was baking the cake in their gourmet kitchen at the other end of the house, and things were being cooked right and left at Karen's café. Brooke had vowed to give her sister in law, her "baby sister" as she liked to call her, the best bridal shower she had ever had.

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"I'm not liking this whole Alexis getting married thing" Nathan sighed.

"I know dude…but she's so happy and the girls are so excited…" Lucas said, leaning back against the couch. "As long as that Matthew guy treats her right"

"He will…I know we don't like him, but he's gone along with every stupid thing our family's done, and he seems really good…plus he's got a good job that's very high paying, so at least he can support her well" Nathan analyzed.

"So are you going to the bachelor party?" Lucas asked.

"Yah, we're invited, right? But if there's strippers, I'm gone…Haley would blow ten fuses"

"Same with Brooke…I'd rather see my wife than a random girl"

"Yah…where are our children?" Jake asked.

"I don't know…Madison! Catherine! Jenny! Anthony!" Lucas called. Four children came sliding in.

"What are you guys doing?" Nathan asked.

"I's and kitty and Jenny are playing dolls and Anthony's playing basketball"

"That's my boy!" Nathan high fived Anthony and then tickled him. Anthony giggled and climbed into Nathan's lap.

"Daddy's I made a free throw!"

"You did?"

"Yahs! It was good, wasn't it Jenny?"

"He's a natural, Uncle Nate" Jenny laughed. "He tried to teach me, but I can't play basketball for my life"

Jake sighed dramatically. "I'm a man who's had the testosterone painfully eliminated from him by three girls in my house spraying perfume, dancing in dresses, and putting on makeup. But I love them anyway" Jake winked at Jenny.

"You better Dad" she laughed.

"Hey, I have two girls in the house, both of which far surpass your girls' girliness" Lucas pointed out.

"I have me and my boy!" Nathan said high fiving Anthony.

"I's daddy's princess" Madison said, climbing into Lucas's lap.

"That you are baby" Lucas said, hugging her little frame close to him. "My one and only"

"I thoughts mommy was your princess too" Madison said confused.

"Mommy's my queen" Lucas laughed.

"Oh! I your princess daddy?" Catherine asked.

"Of course kitty" Jake laughed. "And Jenny's my first" Jenny giggled and played with her hair. She was now a tall, beautiful 13 year old with a gorgeous smile and twinkling hazel eyes. Being the oldest, she knew everything that went on with everyone, and was a very clever girl indeed. But she also had a heart of gold, with a soft spot for Madison, her sister, and Anthony.

"I's a ninja turtle" Anthony informed them.

"No, dude, you're a basketball star"

"Ninja turtle daddy!"

"Basketball star"

"Turtle"

"Fine…be a turtle" Nathan laughed.

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"Alexis is almost here!" Brooke announced to the vast sea of feminine faces. All of Alexis's friends, Brooke's friends, Karen's friends, relatives, aunts, cousins…everyone was there to celebrate with Alexis. Everyone nodded, anxiously awaiting the arrival of the bride to be. Finally Alexis walked in and was greeted by "congratulations", "you look beautiful", and "who's the lucky guy?".

"Ok, we're gonna play a little game called 'Who got married first' in this room, ok? Everyone, on a piece of paper, write down the year you got married and then call it out, ok?"

"1988"

"1990"

"1979"

"1955"

1955 ended up winning. "Who was 1955?" Alexis asked.

"Great Aunt Myrtle" Karen whispered.

"How typical" Brooke snorted. Haley and Peyton giggled and they played a lot of other games with the guests, such as 'Who has the most kids and grandkids combined?' Great Aunt Myrtle won that one as well.

"Great Aunt Myrtle must have been busy…7 children, 21 grandchildren" Alexis commented

"Jesus Christ!" Brooke said. "Good thing I only have one daughter" she giggled.

"I know!"

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"What do you think the girls are doing?"

"I dunno"

"I want mommy" Anthony whined.

"Baby, mama's at the bridal shower" Nathan said.

"But where are Maddie and Kitty and Jenny?"

"At the shower…" Nathan said, wincing.

"I wanna go" Anthony said.

"It's for girls only…don't you wanna hang with the dudes?"

"Yah!" Anthony giggled. "We watch basketball?"

"Yah" Nathan said. Lucas gave him an impressed look. Nathan shrugged "Crisis averted" he laughed.

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"Oh, Brooke…it's beautiful" Alexis cooed over the vase that Brooke had given to her as a wedding present.

"I know…it's your favorite color, yellow!" Brooke giggled.

"Thank you" Alexis said, hugging Brooke.

"I helped mommy pick it!" Madison informed the crowd.

"You did? Thank you bumblebee" Alexis laughed, blowing Madison a kiss.

"And mom…the china set? So practical!" Alexis giggled, hugging her mother.

"Ok, well thanks for coming everyone" Karen said. "We're so excited about her wedding and we can't wait to see you guys at the wedding." Everyone slowly filtered out, and soon, Alexis, Karen, Peyton, Catherine, Jenny, and Haley left. Lucas came home about 20 minutes later.

"I missed you all day…" he murmured.

"I missed you too…how was bonding with the guys?"

"We watched basketball"

"I figured" Brooke laughed.

"Where's Madison?" he asked. "I missed princess Jr."

"In her room, pretending to get married"

"What? No! She can't even think about it…not when she's 3, at least! 30 might be a better age!"

"Lucas…calm down, every 3 year old dreams of getting married…I did"

"Who did you wanna get married to?" Lucas asked, laughing.

"No one in particular, I just really wanted to get married when I was 3"

"So it's normal?" Lucas asked.

"Yes…and Lucas, do you think we're going to let our 3 year old get married?" Brooke laughed at the absurdity of her statement.

"Sorry…overprotective father here…in light of Alexis's wedding, I've decided that Madison is never crushing, dating, or getting married"

"What about our grandkids?"

"Oh, who needs grandkids?" Lucas asked. Brooke smiled at him and he felt his heart plummet to the ground. All this wedding stuff made him remember when he and Brooke were first dating in high school.

"Broody…you're so cute" Brooke said, wrapping her arms around him. He kissed her hair, just like she loved it, and buried his face in her neck.

"I love you Brooke…all this wedding stuff reminds me of us when we got married…and it reminded me of how much I love you"

Brooke smiled, her eyes twinkling like they did whenever she was happy. Lucas sucked in his breath, seeing her eyes shining and her face glowing from the fluorescent lights.

"I love you too, Lucas" she whispered, kissing him. He wrapped his arms around her and breathed in her scent. Finally, after an entire day, which was pretty long for Brooke and Lucas to be apart, he could finally hold his wife in his arms.

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"Don't have too much fun at Matthew's bachelor party tonight" Brooke giggled the next morning while Lucas made them breakfast.

"Yahs, daddy!" Madison chirped.

"Madison, do you even know what a bachelor party IS?" Lucas asked, laughing.

"No, but I want more syrup on my panky cakes"

"Panky cakes? Pancakes honey?" Brooke laughed. "And your 'panky cakes' are drowning in syrup as it is"

"But it'll vaporate" Madison explained importantly.

"Baby, syrup doesn't evaporate" Brooke laughed, exchanging an amused look with Lucas.

"Yes it does! It'll fly off and make a syrupy cloud" Madison said. "And then it'll rain syrup!"

"Looks like Jenny's teaching the girls what she learned in Science class" Brooke laughed.

"When it gonna rain syrup?"

"Its not gonna rain syrup, princess" Lucas said, pouring syrup on her pancakes.

"Oh" Madison said, looking disappointed.

"Maddie, are you gonna help mommy pick out her clothes?" Brooke asked.

"Yahs! You has to looks hot so daddy doesn't have fun at Mattie's" Madison said matter of factly. Brooke and Lucas simultaneously burst out laughing. Brooke kissed a confused Madison.

"You are such a cute little thing, you know that, right?"

"I's hot"

"That too…come on ho…we have to get dressed" Brooke said, taking Madison's hand and walking to their room.

"Ok, Maddie, make mommy look hot" Brooke said, unleashing Madison in her closet. Madison immediately picked out a short khaki skirt and a maroon cashmere sweater.

"Madison Caitlin Scott, you are BRILLIANT! I would never have thought to combine this!" Brooke shrieked, kissing Madison. "You are definitely my fashion designer daughter!" Brooke got dressed quickly.

"Ooh…I really DON'T wanna go to Matthew's bachelor party" Lucas said, seeing Brooke emerge from the room.

"Madison picked this out-she's BRILLIANT" Brooke giggled. "And that's my brilliance in action, not yours"

"Fine, I'll give you that one…she made you like hot as hell" Lucas said, kissing Brooke's hair softly. "You look beautiful, though"

"Thanks hubby" Brooke giggled.

"I's look beautiful like mommy, daddy?" Madison asked, overhearing Lucas and Brooke.

"Yes, as always princess" Lucas laughed. "I have the two most beautiful girls in the world in my house" Lucas said, picking Madison up and kissing her. That made her giggle and then put her head on Lucas's shoulder.

"We're here!" Peyton and Haley chorused through the mansion.

"Already? Jesus you guys like live here" Brooke giggled. "But we love you anyway, right Lucas?"

"I don't know about that…" Lucas said jokingly.

"Lucas Eugene Scott!" Haley said, smacking him on the arm.

"What did we say about the middle name?" Lucas whined.

"That I will use it to my advantage whenever I want" Haley giggled, hugging her best friend tightly.

"Hey…from now on, my middle name is Bob" Lucas proclaimed, half seriously.

"And from now on, you are a very divorced man" Brooke giggled, kissing Lucas softly.

"Brooke…" Lucas laughed, closing his eyes for a second when she kissed him. "You couldn't divorce me if you tried"

"BROODY! I am NOT like that!" Brooke shrieked. "But I'd miss your hot body every ni-"

"Brooke!" Haley and Peyton said, gagging.

"Fine…where are your boy toys?" she asked giggling.

"Taking advantage of Lucas's basketball court" Peyton said snappishly. "If it wasn't for the fact that Jake brings in 30 million dollars a year, I would not let him play basketball, he's so absorbed in it"

"I know…Broody pants over here looks sexy as hell playing basketball" Brooke giggled.

"Brooke…" they groaned.

"Daddy's I's want a pony"

"Madison, baby, we have been at this for 2 years now…no pony" Lucas laughed.

"But I's love ponies" Madison said, making a sad face.

"I know, honey, but where would we keep it? And what would we do with it, you can't ride it honey" He said. "I'll buy you a pretend pony"

"Okays" she giggled, standing on her tiptoes and hugging Lucas. He picked her up and tossed her over her shoulder. "Daddy!" she shrieked, giggling. "You're ruining my hair"

"Brooke you corrupted my baby girl"

"I know" Brooke flashed Lucas a cheesy grin and kissed him.

"Alright ladies you have your fun, I'm gonna go to Matthew's and drag your husbands with me so I'll see you guys tonight…we're gonna hit the Rivercourt before we go" Lucas informed them.

"Ok, bye baby" Brooke said, hugging him. He pulled her close and kissed her hair.

"I love you, don't forget that, ok?"

"Never…same to you"

"Bye Maddie love you"

"Love you too daddy"

Lucas left with after giving Peyton and Haley a quick hug.

"SO what are we gonna do?"

"Wait for Deb, Karen, and Alexis to show up and wonder what the hell the guys are doing"

"If Nathan even touches a stripper-" Haley said.

"Haley, the man is crazy for you" Peyton reassured. "He said no one could ever compare to you, you should believe that"

"Well…the strippers have nice bodies"

"Yes but they're not you, are they?" Peyton asked. "And who did he marry?"

"Me" she said timidly.

"Yah" Peyton said, flipping through Brooke's Vogue.

"So what do you think the guys are gonna do?" Brooke asked.

"Beer, football, strippers…right up their alley" Peyton giggled.

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It was 9 at night, and the bachelor party invitees were strolling into Matthew's posh penthouse.

"So dude, strippers?" Tim asked.

"Yah…because you insisted dumb ass" Matthew grumbled. "Alexis wasn't too keen on it"

"Do, why do you listen to her?" Tim asked.

"Because she is my FIANCÉE, Dim!" Matthew said. "I have to respect her opinions and wishes"

"Shut up Dim" Lucas snapped impatiently. "Don't be annoying"

"Fine, dudes, just being congenial"

"OOH big word where did you learn THAT?" Nathan mocked.

"Dude, Miss Congeniality was HOT" Tim said. Nathan and Lucas shook their heads and sat down on the couch. They weren't looking forward to an evening of women parading around when all they really wanted to do was get home to their wives and children and sleep. Food was passed around every which way and beers were being downed here and there.

"Dude…I just wanna go home to Anthony and Haley"

"Same here…I miss my teddy bear" Lucas said. "And Brooke…but he's our future brother in law, we have to stay"

After 3 hours of strippers, beer, chicken wings, and headaches, Lucas, Jake, and Nathan happily returned home to their wives. Lucas found Brooke curled up on the couch with Madison in her arms, both sound asleep. Lucas took a throw and put it gently over his girls. Kissing both of them goodnight, he crept silently to the bedroom. He saw his two favorite pictures: one of Brooke at the beach in the moonlight, the wind blowing her hair back beautifully, and one of Madison when she was a baby sitting up in the grass staring off into the distance with her huge teddy bear next to her. Needless to say, Lucas fell asleep with a smile on his face.

A/N: The next chapter is the last chapter. About the sequel, I am writing one! Yay! But it is important to know that updates will be MUCH less frequent and I'll hardly have any time. Hardly…so I'll be much less reliable updater but I will make this like my after school extracurricular so I'll try to be responsible about this, because after all I did make a commitment. I have a lot of general stuff planned out for the sequel, but you guys can tell me what you want to see happening. Me being me, the sequel will be centered around Brooke and Lucas and the kids for sure, like Madison, Catherine, Anthony, if Alexis ends up with children, that type of thing…so it's a Brucas fic for sure…Haley and Nathan and Peyton and Jake will be less prominent in this fic…sorry! Lol…so yah review! The sequel will be called "Till Death Do Us Part", but I will tell you in the description that it's a sequel to this one if the title changes…ok enough ranting- REVIEW! Thanks for your support, its what made me wanna do the sequel…so many regular reviewers who offered constructive advice, praise, and ideas…could NOT have done it without you, and I mean it! Thanks!