"Why isn't Brooke here?" Mouth said looking annoyed. "She complained about me being five minutes late and now she's like an hour late"

"Calm down Mouth" Bevin walked over to mouth and gave him a comforting tap on the back.

"It kinda does seem wrong though" Peyton said. "Usually she would be here 3 hours before to make sure everything was perfect" right then Brooke entered the room looking bewildered and her eyes were red and she was limping.

"Where have you been?" Bevin rushed towards her to help her inside. "And what happened to you?" But Brooke gave no reply. She just limped over to the bed and sat down, her eyes glittering with tears and her hands shaking as they covered something above her chest.

"What's wrong Brooke" Peyton hurried over to her and placed a comforting arm around her shoulders, but Brooke still gave no reply. "Brooke you have to talk to us"

"Where are we?" Haley stepped out of the car into the pouring rain. "This is crazy!"

"I know! That's what makes it so great!" Nathan yelled as he ran over to her. "God I love you" he whispered to her as he pulled her into a deep kiss. They pulled away after a while, both seeming to still be reliving the kiss, and Nathan pulled her into a bunch of trees.

"Where are we?" Haley whispered.

"You'll see" at that moment they reached what seemed to be a huge meadow.

"What is this?" Haley looked around her, trying to find what Nathan was going to show her, and then she found it. At the corner of the meadow where a river was flowing, a little tent was had been set up and a light was coming from inside. "Oh wow"

"You haven't seen the best part yet" He grabbed her hand and they ran towards the tent, the rain splashing against their faces and their clothes soaked. When they reached the tent Haley stopped. "What's the matter?"

"I'm scared" Haley whispered. Nathan walked towards her and gave her a long, passionate kiss.

"I'll protect you"

"I'm so glad you came Luke" Peyton walked over to Lucas to help him take of his coat. "I tried calling Nathan and Haley but they wouldn't pick up and I didn't know" but Lucas interrupted her babbling.

"I'm here now. What's wrong?" He looked around the room to find Brooke sitting on the bed, shaking, and Mouth and Bevin sitting next to her, comforting her. "What happened to Brooke?" He rushed over to her attention and took hold of one of her hands, but she just ripped it out of his grip.

"Brooke?" he whispered to her as softly as he could manage. He tried to grab hold of her hand again but she slapped his hand away. She abruptly stood up and ran out of the room, still holding her hands close to her chest. Bevin and Mouth followed her out the room.

"What happened to her?" He asked Peyton, sounding angry and confused.

"She just came in limping and shaking and she wouldn't talk, and she was always covering something above her chest" Peyton explained as best she could, but she was having a hard time concentrating. A tear slowly made its way down her cheek and Lucas quickly wiped it off using his sleeve. For a second their eyes met and Lucas could feel his heart skip a beat and butterflies being born in his stomach. He stood there for a while; completely taken over by the feeling, but before long he shook it off and walked over to Peyton's album collection. "Lucas?"

"Peyton, I" Lucas started as he started to fiddle with the albums, picking up the occasional one to look at the cover before he continued. "I love Brooke"

"I know you do and so do I" Peyton moved closer to him and tried to catch his gaze, but he seemed to be avoiding it with all his strength. "That kiss in the library…I"

"You don't have to explain" Lucas interrupted her, turning his gaze to her and looking into her eyes.

"It's just…I thought I was dying, and you saved me. And I didn't want to leave this world without knowing what I could have had" Peyton turned her gaze to an album she'd picked up and started to blush.

"Peyton" Lucas placed a hand under her chin and lift it up so that they were staring at each other. "I love you"

"Lucas" Peyton walked over to her bed and sat down.

"I love you" Lucas walked over to the bed, sat down, and grabbed her hand. "But I am insanely in love with Brooke" He gave her a reassuring smile.

"I don't want to hurt her" Peyton croaked.

"And you wont have to" Lucas stood up and walked over to the door.

"Lucas?" Lucas turned to face Peyton. "Thank you. For saving me"

"It's my job"

"How did you do this?" Haley crawled into the tent and found a neatly arranged bed made out of oriental pillows and candles all around. "Wow" she muttered. Nathan crawled in after her and stared at her for a while, enjoying her reaction.

"When did you do this?" she said softly, completely taken by the scene.

"Just before I called you" he whispered before he started to gently kiss her naked neck and wrapping his hands around her slender waist. "I love you" he whispered as Haley let out a small moan. She turned quickly around and started to kiss him as if her life depended on it. They leaned back on the cushions, Haley on top of his body and kissing his neck.

"I don't think it's possible to be this in love" she whispered in his ear before kissing him passionately on the mouth.

Peyton was lying in bed, making one of her usual no-one-gets-me-I'm-so-alone-save-me drawings when she heard a familiar 'beep' from her computer. She rushed over to it, thinking it might be her dad checking in on her but what she found was way better. She'd just received an email from Jake. She couldn't control the butterflies in her stomach and she took a while before finally clicking the pop-up and opening the email.

Dear Peyton,

I'm so sorry how we left things, but I don't want you to think about me or miss me too much, because you're too good for that. Anyway, what I really wanted to say was that I know where Jenny might be, and I'm going there first thing Tuesday morning, but I was wondering if you would help me with something. I was going to come to Tree Hill to get some of Jenny's things and then take off so I was wondering if you would want to come with me. Reply as soon as you get this.

I still love you Peyton

Jake

Peyton had rarely ever been so happy. She hurriedly sat down on the chair in front of the computer and clicked 'reply'.

Dear Jake,

Just hearing from you means more to me than you could ever imagine. I've missed you, and I love you, so I guess what I'm trying to say is that I would love to come with you. When can you pick me up? Oh and where are we going to go by the way?

I love you

Peyton

P.S. I miss you and I'm so glad you wrote to me.

Peyton must have edited the email at least 10 times before she was happy with it and when she clicked 'send' the butterflies grew bigger than ever. She couldn't hold in the urge to jump around so that's just what she did. She ran over to her queen size bed and jumped up and down singing:

I love Sundays I love Sundays I love Sundays