"Peyton….hun come on." Haley stood tapping her foot on the hard tile floor.
"P. Sawyer get your skinny ass out here rite now" Brooke demanded as she stood next to Haley with her hands on her hips. "You are so not doing this right now, not today."
"I'm sorry you guys…cant you just go out there and do this without me." The blonde pleaded on the other side of her room door. Brooke rolled her eyes as she pushed the door open. Peyton looked up to find the brunette with a bobby pin gripped between her fingers.
"You should've known I would get in here P. Sawyer." she said calmly as she sat on the bed next to her best friend. Peyton just looked up at her with tears forming in her eyes. "Oh no…you can't do that…we just finished your makeup." the brunette whined.
"And this is why its water proof" Haley said with a smile as she handed the blonde a tissue. "But you shouldn't be crying Peyton."
"I know…I'm supposed to be happy and all but I'm not sure about this anymore." She looked up at the two girls with more tears quickly forming in her eyes. She pushed a stray peace of hair out of her face and tucked it behind her ear.
"I got cold feet too Peyton…I wanted to turn and runaway and never look back. God, Peyt I had cold feet up until I said 'I do" and then it was just magically better all of a sudden and I felt amazing." Peyton and Brooke watched a the smile on Haley's face grew wider.
"I just…I want everything to be perfect and something always goes wrong…I'm just so scared that that's gunna happen again and that its gunna happen today." She hung her head down as Brooke pulled her into a tight hug.
"Nothing is going to go wrong, I promise you that. I wont let anything go wrong today. It's your wedding day and if it's the last thing I do I'm gunna make sure everything happens just the way you want it. Remember when we were younger and we would plan our weddings…you said you didn't wanna get married in a church…you wanted to get married on the beach, with the wind blowing through your hair. The weather would be perfect, not to hot or cold, just rite and the sun would be bright but not blinding. You'd have a dress that fit you perfectly and you'd have the gloves to go with it. You didn't want a veil or a nice hair piece." Brooke reached for Peyton's trembling hands and gripped them tightly. "Your having your dream wedding" Brooke smiled but the blonde didn't return the gesture, she only struggled to hold back more tears.
"No I'm not, I always thought my mom would be here and…" she buried her face into Brooke's shoulder as she gave into the tears. Brooke did the only thing she could, she held her best friend as tight as possible as they rocked back and forth on the edge of the bed.
"Ut oh" the two brunette's looked up to find Karen walking slowly into the room. The soon to be mother-in-law knelt down in front of the blonde and placed a comforting hand on her arm. "Peyton…sweetheart…"
"It just feels likes something is missing without her" Peyton looked up briefly before falling back onto the brunette's shoulder.
"Peyton she's watching you and she's here with you. She's gunna be with you for the rest of your life and especially today when you take those steps to begin a new chapter in your life." Karen watched as the blonde looked up at her and wipe the tears away.
"I just wish she was really here" She forced a small smile as she looked around the group.
"Well I can help a little bit, that's why I stopped by." Karen picked up a small box from the ground that she had brought in with her. "Lucas has had this for the last three weeks, he's kept in my room and I only found out about it yesterday." Karen smiled as she handed the box to Peyton. The blonde slowly pulled the lid off the small box, unsure of what to expect. Her eyes lit up when she caught sight of the crystal drop earrings. She looked up in disbelief.
"Where did he get these…how did he…" Karen could only smile as the other two girls looked on in confusion.
"He went up into your attic and he went digging. He said it was in one of the boxes near the back and the clasps were broken so he got them repaired."
"Oh God…"Peyton was speechless. "These were my moms…she used to wear them all the time but she lost them one day." Peyton hugged Karen tightly as she whispered thank you repeatedly into her ear.
"Don't thank me for that, thank Lucas…but I did bring you something, we have to keep tradition." Karen revealed a larger box from behind her back. "I brought this for you…its something new." Peyton opened the rectangular box to reveal a rhinestone necklace with three flower designs at the bottom. Peyton looked up at the women and smiled brightly.
"Thank you so much Karen" she whispered. She took the necklace out of the box and held it in her hands. "Would you?" she asked timidly as she looked at the older women who nodded her head.
"I'd be honored" Karen replied as she took the necklace from the blonde and they both stood up. Peyton anxiously turned around and let Karen place the necklace around her neck. When she turned back around she quickly hugged her with a radiant smile playing on her lips.
"Wait we're not done yet" Brooke stood from the bed and ran out of the room. She returned seconds later with a bag in her hand and a glowing face. "Okay so I w s going to wait till later but your in need of something blue and I have just the thing." The brunette smirked happily as she handed the bag over to her best friend. As Peyton opened the bag she pulled out a small card.
"Just thought I'd make your night a little more fun" The blonde read out loud. Peyton dug back into the bag and grasped the gift between her fingers as Brooke finally thought about her gift and the people in the room, mostly the one woman standing in front of her best friend.
"Peyton wait" Brooke bit her bottom lip as the blonde removed the blue lingerie from the bag and held it up. They all looked towards Karen and Brooke and Peyton couldn't help but blush, especially Peyton. They were surprised when Karen laughed and took the blue silk from the blonde's hands.
"Cute" was all she could manage as she laughed and soon Haley joined in. Brooke just smirked while Peyton stood too embarrassed to move. "It's alright you two…it's not that big of a deal." Karen placed the lingerie back into the bag as Peyton started to lose the red tint in her cheeks.
"Well now you just need something borrowed but I think that's covered" Haley teased as she lifted up the bottom of Peyton's dress to reveal the champagne colored garter belt sitting on her thigh…more importantly the one the petite brunette had wore on her wedding day "It'll due" Haley shrugged as she let the dress fall back to the floor. They all laughed as Haley's cell began vibrating. She looked down to see a message from Nathan asking where they all were.
"I guess that means we should be going now…don't want you to be late to you own wedding P Sawyer. Brooke linked arms with the blonde as she led her out the room. "Let's get a move on people" She shouted as they made their way down the stairs. "You ready best friend."
Peyton thought for a while and then smiled. "Yeah…I am"