So after all they had been through it was time for graduation. Lucas and Brooke were graduating from NYU a day before Nathan was graduating from Duke and Haley graduated from Cornell a week later. Peyton being the lucky one had already graduated but was still living in New York so she was able to go to everyones' ceremonies. It had been hard but everyone survived the papers, breakups, rumors, basketball seasons, fashion shows, and just their every day drama filled lives.
After getting married again Haley and Nathan had a long distance relationship during the week but on the weekends they were together with Haley traveling back to North Carolina or Nathan coming into NYC. Usually Nathan was the one that came in so he could also visit his brother and Brooke and Peyton. Brooke and Lucas survived everything and their relationship flourished. By their senior year they were living together and in everyone else's eyes were practically married, at least they acted like it. Karen was just waiting for the day her son would propose to Brooke and she would become her actual daughter in law, although Karen still always thought of Brooke like a daughter.
Brooke woke up all excited on graduation day. She knew that Lucas was still going to be asleep for awhile so she decided it was the perfect time to make sure his present was completely done. She got up out of bed and went into her closet and took out a photo album. She knew this was the one place Lucas would never look for his present he hated going into her closet, reminded him of all the clothes she had and the money she spent. Brooke took out the album and looked over it one more time taking in each picture. There were pictures from when they were a child and use to dress up together to pictures at basketball games during highschool and prom. Of course there were a ton of college pictures, some from Nathan and Haley's wedding, some candid photos Karen had taken and some of Lucas that Brooke had taken without his knowledge. She felt this was the perfect gift for the end of a chapter in their life. Little did she know Lucas also had a surprise present for her. After sitting there and looking at the pictures for awhile she decided that it was time to get in the shower and start the glorious day of graduation off correctly. As she was getting in the shower she looked at Lucas sleeping peacefully and knew better to wake him, although she would have loved to shower with him, something that had become almost a ritual since they usually always woke up late and didn't have time for each to take a shower.
After a little bit Brooke got in the shower and Lucas woke up to the door. He went to open the door and found a very excited Haley and a super tired Nathan standing at the door. It was obvious that Haley had dragged Nathan out of bed way to early and Haley could see that Lucas was still tired. "Did I wake you up?"
Lucas started laughing, "yeah not everyone gets up at the crack of dawn like you, well you and Brooke." Nathan started giving Lucas a little smirk. "Well it seems as if my big brother had a late night last night. Hmmm wonder if some early celebrating was going on, you know before the parents come and rain on the parade."
Lucas just started laughing. Everyone knew him and Brooke had a very active sex life even when Karen was in town. I am sure both Brooke and Lucas couldn't even count the number of times someone had walked in on them having sex or in the middle of making out or doing something else. Lucas had promised Karen though that while she was here this time she wouldn't walk in on anything. Plus Lucas figured they would be busy. They would celebrate in their own way when everything was over. Just him and Brooke alone, doing it their way, no interruptions spending time together.