"I talked to Nathan today," It seemed so odd to finally come home to someone. Brooke was the last girl who actually seemed like a 'come home to' girl, but she was beyond wonderful. She was perfect in every fashion, and yet something about her seemed to be tragic. She didn't really want to be a mother and that was something he knew, but she knew she had too. She wouldn't let someone drift off into nothingness in some void like some women who aborted their children would. She'd want to show whatever sex the child was that it could grow up in the world. Brooke Davis could actually love many people other than herself.
"You what?..." Brooke sat up from her spot on the couch sleeping. Her voice could tell you that easily as she rubbed her eyes which would have smudged eyeliner it was wearing any but she wasn't. Moving her arms to streatch the sleeves of the the sweatshirt she had jacked from the guy standing in front of her a few weeks ago and yet still smelled like him. "Because I could have sworn I was just in a dream and you said you actually talked with your brother..."
Lucas nodded lightly, "Yeah..." He didn't have anything else to say. It was truthful and honest and to the point, "The two of us had a conversation at which point I said you were pregnant, and finally we played basketball and didn't have another conversation on the topic I meant to have a conversation." He moved down onto the couch next to Brooke, "It was interesting...and I felt like I was going to collapse the whole time." He let out a deep sigh, "For some reason I think he's going to tell Dan..."
"For someone so smart...you really are stupid aren't you..." Brooke looked at him her eyes in disbelief. "Are topics like...how's the day? Or...how are you doing in school so cliché to you?" If Lucas hadn't learned this by now it was something he should catch on to real quick. The princess of Tree Hill had a temper, a temper you really didn't mess around with. The second thing was you never did anything without consulting her about it either.
Lucas took a deep breath as he continued to look at her, "Brooke, he's my brother regardless of how I look at it. We actually had a conversation and the two of us actually got along. We mentioned Haley once...besides it was just about us." Lucas looked into the eyes of Brooke, "You're beautiful and I want to give you everything...I have nothing." He was trying to soothe that savage beast that was Brooke's inner temper, "I love you."
"You can't just think that because you tell me you love me that everything is just going to be okay..." Brooke adverted her eyes knowing if she looked at him she would be gone. Not gone per say but mentally gone into her fairy tale world of her own personal Cinderella happy fairy tale ending. The world were she and her guy lived perfectly content with there little dog and white picket fence. "Because Luke...it's not...it's far from okay and you know it as well as I do."
Luke moved around to look into her eyes a small smile coming across his face. He pulled something out of his back pocket as his smile grew across his face. It was a wonderful necklace made of various colored stones. None of them were dyed unnaturally. The color was their own. Rose quartz and mother of pearl this wonderful necklace was made for this exact moment. The cameo at the end was simply as beautiful as the rest. It was cheaper than an engagement ring, but the purpose was all the same, "Marry me Brooke..."
Her hazel eyes softened at the display before her. Maybe it was the hormones or maybe it was the fact it was a genuine act that no one had ever done anything for her before because they wanted to. Tears glistened in the corners trying to come out but they wouldn't. Letting the moment settle she took the time to think though you would think that there would be nothing to think about. Having a baby did not mean marriage in any form but having someone who loved you meant the world. Looking up from the necklace and into the deep intense blue eyes that stood before her which could possibly belong to her own Prince Charming there was only one thing she could get to come out from her mouth. "If I say no...I don't get the necklace do I?"
"I may never be able to give you the world, or we'll not always been the happiest people in the world," Luke continued to look at her, "It may come too soon and we may have a lot of problems along the way, but I love you right now, and will go on loving you. You'll always have my heart." He continued to look into her very soul. He saw something more wonderful than anyone had seen in this woman before. It was the inner most soul. He no longer saw her good looks, but he saw her true beauty. He saw the loving essence that made up Brooke. He saw everything about her except her wonderful looks. It was all perfect, and all loving, and for the first time, he would give up everything for her.
"Your Mom is going to kill you, you know." Brooke raises a hand to push the tears away so they would not have a chance to stain her cheeks. She felt almost silly in a way but there was a part of her they would never grow up no matter how old she was. Her nickname was Cheery for a reason and that should tell people enough. The necklace almost seemed to be a perfect symbol of their relationship. Neither one could actually tie the other down which the ring used to be a symbol for closing off your heart once it was taken. It wasn't that they didn't belong to one another it they both loved things about one another that others would want to change in them in return keeping them open. With a raised brow she stretched an arm out pulling his shirt collar down seeing the simple beaded letter L necklace she had got him when they were dating around his neck. "And I had that in my ex boyfriend stuff box...how did you get it back?"
Lucas moved closer to her as he whispered lightly into her ear, "I stole it," He moved his head slowly down past her cheek and finally looked directly into her eyes. So much seemed to pass between the two of them as the whole world slowed down. His lips moved closer to hers. Eternity seemed to pass in seconds, and soon the world was swirling around them. As their lips touched for what seemed like the first time, the whole world was enveloped in an angelic light, and both himself and Brooke were swirling. This is what happiness felt like. This was the essence of love. Time was standing still, and if it was only for a second, that second was perfect.