"Brooke…sweetie, wake up…its graduation day!" Lucas shook his girlfriend awake.

"Oh my god, it is!" Brooke said, shooting up. "We're graduating!"

"Yeah…high school has come to an end" Lucas said, kissing Brooke good morning. "And now we're going to college"

"I'm glad Haley decided on UNC with us instead of somewhere else"

"Me too" Lucas said. "Plus, she and Nathan would've been seriously screwed up again if they had to be apart"

"Yeah…ok I'm gonna go take a shower…gotta look beautiful for graduation!"

"You always look beautiful" Lucas smiled.

"Well today, I wanna look gorgeous" Brooke giggled, running to the bathroom.

Lucas smiled to himself as he watched her run down the hallway into the bathroom. She was in every aspect what he wanted. And not physically as much as spiritually, in a life partner sort of way. Lucas's mind flashed back to the ring that was hidden at the bottom of the drawer. Should he, or should he not?

"Hey pretty girl" Lucas said to Andrea when his mom handed her to him.

"Lucas, watch your sister while I go get ready" Karen said hurriedly.

"Andrea!" Brooke giggled when she saw her. "Hi cutie pie…Lucas I'm stealing her from you"

"No way, she's all mine" Lucas laughed. 1 month old Andrea had no idea what was going on. She just cooed.

"Andy, do you have the camera!" Karen yelled as she brushed her hair franticly. Poor Karen. Days like these put her in such a hither thither.

"Yes, love, all 3 of them" Andy rolled his eyes and chuckled.

"I saw that!"

"Oops" Andy laughed, taking Andrea from Lucas. "Ok, its time for you kids to go…I'll see you at graduation"

"Ok" Brooke and Lucas nodded, hugged and kissed everyone goodbye, and then walked out to the car.

They both sat in silence as they drove to school. Her high school years flashed before her eyes. Being a naïve freshman, a less naïve sophomore, and then a junior. Her and Lucas's romance, the betrayal, the heartbreak, the forgiveness, the friendship, the falling in love again…then the summer without Lucas, the bittersweet reunion, Rachel, Chris, Nathan and Haley, Rachel dying, Andrea, and the many things in between. It had been a long, long 4 years. But they had also flown by…she remembered freshman orientation like it was yesterday…and now she was graduating.

"Oh my god…oh my god….OH MY GOD WE'RE GRADUATING!" Haley shrieked.

"I know…" Peyton sighed. She couldn't believe it. The four years had flown by.

The graduating class took a seat and turned to the principal.

"This class was amazing" he said. "It has so many talented people, so many students I got to know personally, and so many students I'm proud of" he went on to talk about the achievements, the colleges on their lists, etc. "Now I would invite our salutatorian to come up and make a speech…Brooke?"

Brooke Davis was salutatorian. Whispers echoed…most of them congratulatory.

"Four years ago" Brooke's voice boomed over the speaker. "We were all new. We didn't know each other…we were all the same when we started. There were no cliques yet, no popular crowd, no nerds, nothing. Now, I believe, we should graduate the way we began. Today, we're not classmates anymore. We're not lab partners. We're not team members…today, we walk away as friends. So stand up and look around. 95 percent of these people and you will never cross paths again- and every single one of them has affected your life. Today we leave Tree Hill High…we are no longer students here. But in a way, we'll always have a place here. We watched each other grow up, now we're watching each other graduate. So let's make it sweet…ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the graduating class of 2006!"

Thunderous applause greeted Brooke's speech. After hugs and smiles, Brooke took her seat again.

Then the valedictorian (Haley, of course) made her speech, and after that, it was time to graduate.

"Haley Scott…"

"…Nathan Scott"

"Brooke Davis…"

"…Lucas Scott"

"Peyton Sawyer…"

"…Jake Jageilski"

"Ladies and Gentleman, boys and girls, parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers, aunts and uncles…I present to you the graduating class of 2006!" the principal boomed into the microphone. A cheerful shout went up from the class, and they threw up their caps. As Brooke jumped up to catch her cap, Lucas caught her arm.

"Yeah?" she turned around, all smiles.

Lucas got down on one knee. "Brooke Davis, will you marry me?"

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