Hey Guys
So the resumes are still going out and but I did clean the apartment today so that was a step forward…lol. So tonight is the Chapter we have all been waiting for. Also if you want to kind of get an idea of what the dresses look like there are links on my profile page.
mags0607: They will have a crazy night in this time I think, not sure though.
MARIALAFFERTY: The wedding will be here soon.
DanaJaycee: I do to I wish she was like that now. That is just so wrong that the school didn't follow the rules when it came to your son. You might actually have fun home schooling them though, that way you can see their progress first hand instead of seeing or hearing about it second hand. Reply when you can, your spot is here and it is not going anywhere. Good Luck.
Team Frank: Thank you for the review on the other story, and the reason the end seems rushed is because the song actually stops at the point after the guy asks about her daughter so I had to come up with a way to wrap it up. Sorry.
Love,
Emily
(Mark Schwann and the WB own the characters depicted in this story I don't own anything… I wish I could say I owned the show but I don't…Also the vows and the speeches were barrowed from a couple web sites which I can't remember the names of at the moment so I don't own the either.)
Brooke and Lucas arrived at Larry's house a couple minutes later.
"Oh good here are Brooke and Luke." Said Haley as she spotted Lucas' car pulling down the street.
"Hey." Said Brooke as she and Lucas got out of the car.
"Hey, sorry we woke you guys up." Said Peyton as she hugged Brooke.
"I told you it's fine we'd been sleeping since before dinner last night." Said Brooke as she hugged Jake.
"Good to have you back man." Said Lucas as he did his manly handshake thing with Jake.
"Good to be back." Said Jake.
"Autie Book!"
"Jenny, munchkin. Come here." Said Brooke as she picked Jenny up.
"I miswed you." Said Jenny.
"I missed you too!" Said Brooke.
"Unwle Luke!"
"Jenny! Were you good for Mommy and Daddy on the way here?" Asked Lucas he picked Jenny up out of Brooke's arms.
"Yes."
"Good girl." Said Lucas.
"So are we all awake enough to get this done?" Asked Jake.
"Yeah, let's get this done." Said Nathan.
"So how much furniture do you have?"
"Um, Peyton's art chest, Jenny's crib, and a few odds and ends." Said Jake.
"Is Jenny's crib in one piece?" Asked Lucas.
"No, but I can put it together myself."
"Okay. Well let's get this done." Said Nathan.
"I say we get the chest out first and then we get everything else out because I see that as the major issue especially as we have to get it up the stairs." Said Lucas.
"Yeah question how did we get it down here?" Asked Jake.
"I don't remember." Said Nathan.
The boys got the art chest out of the trailer and just rolled it up the walkway. They got into the house, in one swift movement. Now they had to figure out how to get it up into the bedroom. Meanwhile the girls were trying to come up with ideas of how to get it up also.
"What if they slid it up on it's side?" Asked Haley.
"Not safe if one of them looses footing while pushing it, it's a trip to the hospital for one of us." Said Peyton.
"How about taking out the drawers that way it would be lighter for them to carry it." Suggested Brooke.
"That would work if the drawers came out they have catches on them." Said Peyton.
"I think our best option would be to get a hand truck and pull it up that way." Said Jake.
"Do we know anyone that has one?" Asked Nathan.
"Peyt, does Larry have a hand truck any where?"
"I don't know let me go check." Said Peyton who handed Jenny to Brooke.
Peyton went out to the garage and to check and she didn't find one.
"Guys we don't have one." Said Peyton as she walked back into the house.
"I think Keith does at the garage let me call and see." Said Lucas.
"Okay." Said Jake.
"Keith's Auto Body, this is Keith."
"Keith, it's Luke."
"Hey what's up?"
"Do you by any chance have a hand truck?"
"What do you guys need a hand truck for?" Asked Keith.
"Peyton's got a tool chest that she uses for art supplies and we need to get it from downstairs to the bedroom and we can't figure out any other way to get it up there."
"Yeah, I'm going on a tow right now I'll drop it by." Said Keith.
"Thanks Keith." Said Lucas.
"No problem."
"See ya in a little bit." Said Lucas.
"Bye."
Keith arrived a couple minutes later and dropped off the hand truck.
"Hey Guys."
"Hey, Keith thanks. This will defiantly help." Said Jake.
"Okay, well be careful guys." Said Keith.
"Yes, Dad." Said the boys in unison sarcastically.
"Smartasses." Said Keith as he walked out of the house.
"So what is left to do on the dresses?" Asked Haley.
"Just minor alterations to make sure everything fits correctly and the trimming the seams." Said Brooke.
"What do say we leave the boys here and go get that stuff taken care of that way you can work on Karen's dress a little." Said Haley.
"I'm game." Said Peyton.
"Okay, I'm in." Said Brooke.
"Hey do you guys really need us?" Asked Peyton.
"Always, but not right now." Said Nathan.
"So if we left you wouldn't be mad?" Asked Brooke.
"No, why got something better to do?" Asked Lucas.
"Well, as much as I love to see you guys move stuff around we do have a few things left to do for the wedding next weekend." Said Brooke.
"Go I'll see you at home." Said Lucas as he kissed Brooke.
"See Ya." Said Brooke.
"Nate I'm going to need the keys." Said Haley.
"Why?"
"Because Peyton's car is hooked up to the trailer that you guys are unloading and Lucas' is a two seater." Said Haley.
"Okay, here." Said Nathan.
"Thank you, bye guys." Said Peyton as they walked out of the house.
"Peyton, you taking Jenny with you?" Asked Jake
"Yeah." Said Peyton.
"Okay." Said Jake as they finished hooking the chest up to the hand truck.
After putting Jenny's car seat in Nathan and Haley's car they left to go back to Karen and Keith's which they were surprised to find Karen home.
"Hey Karen." Said Brooke as they walked into the kitchen.
"Hey girls, Peyton you got back early." Said Karen.
"Yeah there was no traffic so we just kept driving." Said Peyton as she hugged Karen.
"So I noticed you all are missing your other halves." Said Karen.
"Yeah, they're unloading the trailer, I was afraid we would get in their way so we decided to do the final fittings now." Said Brooke.
"Do you want to join us?" Asked Haley.
"Sure." Said Karen.
"Oh my god, Brooke these look better than your designs." Said Peyton.
"You haven't seen nothing yet." Said Brooke. "Karen would you like to see your wedding dress in person?"
"Yeah."
"Here you go."
"Brooke it's better than the picture you sent me." Said Karen getting teary eyed.
"Brooke I think you should seriously consider changing majors to fashion instead of interior design." Said Haley.
"We'll talk about it later." Said Brooke. "Now go put on your dresses so we can figure out where things need to get altered."
A couple minutes later they came back all in their dresses and Brooke was amazed at the fit of them and how close they were to perfect.
"Brooke they fit perfect in the bodice so what alterations do you have to do?" Asked Haley.
"Just the hems on the bottom, since I didn't have you guys there I didn't do them." Said Brooke.
"Okay so where do you want us to stand?" Asked Peyton while she looked over at Jenny who was watching a movie on Brooke and Lucas portable DVD player on their bed.
"Um, on the chair should be fine." Said Brooke as she got some pins out.
Brooke pinned all the hems on the dresses and told them that they need one more fitting just in case. Even she couldn't believe that she didn't need to do any alterations to the bodices of the dresses for Haley and Peyton. Karen's dress fit her perfectly also. They all changed back into their regular clothes and helped Brooke organize the room better than they had the night before.
Pretty soon the room was done and they just waited for the guys to come home Peyton put Jenny down for a nap on Brooke and Lucas' bed in a menagerie of pillows so she would fall off and hurt herself. The boys returned about 2 hours later after they had brought the hand truck to Keith and then returned the trailer. Jake even put the crib together at that time also.
"Hey." Said Lucas as he walked into the kitchen with Nathan and Jake behind him.
"Hey, so how did it go?" Said Brooke.
"Good everything is in, and the trailer is back at the rental place. So now we're going to move the fridge to the basement." Said Lucas.
"Well be as quiet as possible when you go in there to get it Jenny's sleeping." Said Haley.
"In our room?" Asked Lucas.
"Yeah."
"Okay. Let's go guys and finish this last bit, while we have the energy." Said Nathan.
The boys went into the room quietly and got the extra fridge out, and brought it down to the basement and set it up. They all sat on the bed and were all relieved that there would be no more moving to be done. The next major thing that they had to do was show up at the church the next weekend.
"So have you got your speech done yet?" Asked Nathan.
"Part of it, I know what I want to say." Said Lucas.
"What about Brooke's?" Asked Jake.
"I think she's almost done, she's more nervous about actually saying it than writing it." Said Lucas.
"That's understandable." Said Nathan.
The guys went back upstairs and joined the girls and Karen in the kitchen who were talking about final wedding preparations when Keith got home and ended up joining in the conversation.
"Royal called the shop today, they decided to stay at Deb's when they come up here." Said Keith.
"You told them they were more than welcome to stay here didn't you?" Said Karen.
"Yeah, but he said it would be better, that way there wouldn't be the added stress of houseguests on top of the wedding." Said Keith.
"Okay." Said Karen.
"So you guys getting nervous?" Asked Peyton.
"Just about the day, not the marriage." Said Karen.
"When you've waited as long as we have as soon as you get over that the rest just falls into place."
"Brooke can I talk to you really fast?" Asked Nathan.
"Yeah." Said Brooke as she followed Nathan into the living room.
"Okay, well I was talking to Lucas and he said you were nervous about the speech, well I was reading this article for one of my classes and I think it could help you out."
"Okay."
"KISS."
"What?"
"Just remember KISS."
"If that mean remember to kiss Lucas I won't forget that."
"No, it means Keep It Short, and Sweet." Said Nathan with a laugh.
"Thank you Nathan." Said Brooke.
"No problem." Said Nathan as they walked back into the room.
"Mommy!" Said Jenny from Brooke and Lucas' room a couple minutes later.
"Coming Jenny." Said Peyton as she walked over to the bedroom.
Peyton came out to the kitchen carrying Jenny who was lying on her shoulder.
"Jake we should get going to see your parents before it gets too late." Said Peyton.
"Okay, let's go I just have to move the car seat back and then we can go." Said Jake.
"So what time is Larry coming in?" Asked Brooke.
"Tomorrow morning at around 6." Said Peyton as Jake went out to move the car seat.
"That's good so when you see Lorna can you tell her that I need to see her for alterations for the dress?" Asked Brooke.
"Yeah, absolutely." Said Peyton.
"Do you need Deb too?" Asked Haley.
"Yeah, any time the have would be great." Said Brooke.
"Okay I'll let her know." Said Haley.
Jake came back into the house and got Peyton and Jenny and they left for dinner with his parents and then shortly after that Nathan and Haley left. After everyone was gone Karen, Keith, Brooke, and Lucas ordered a pizza and decided to watch movies. Later on Brooke decided it was too late to work on the dresses that night so she decided to work on them in the morning.
Everyone fell asleep around midnight and woke up early the next day. Lucas went to the garage with Keith. Karen told Brooke that she didn't have to go to the café that day if she wanted to work on the dresses. To which Brooke happily agree but told her as soon as they were done she would come in and help out. Deb and Lorna ended up coming over at around 2 for their fittings, which had the same results as the others did in regards to fitting perfectly. Brooke had Haley's, Peyton's, and Karen's dresses all done by 4 and decided to head down to the café for a little while.
"Hey Karen, what can I help out with?" Asked Brooke.
"Brooke, I wasn't expecting you to come in today." Said Karen.
"I needed a break I got yours, Haley's, and Peyton's dresses all done. Deb and Lorna came over for their fittings earlier and so all I have to do is mine and theirs and everything is done." Said Brooke efficiently.
"I'd say you defiantly need a break but you aren't working here today, so sit down and have some lunch." Said Karen.
"Really Karen I came down to help out. Just let me do some thing." Said Brooke.
"You are doing some thing honey you are having lunch." Said Karen not taking no for an answer.
"Okay."
Lucas and Keith came in a couple minutes later and sat down with Brooke and talked Karen into taking a break with them. The small family sat down and had lunch together, they talked for a good half hour before Karen decided that she need to get back to work and the guys decided that they need to also.
Brooke decided that since Karen didn't need her she would go over and see what Peyton was doing for a little while.
"Hello?"
"Hey P. Sawyer what are you and Miss Jenny doing?" Asked Brooke.
"Not much just watching 'Cinderella' for the millionth time." Said Peyton.
"She's still on that kick, huh?"
"Yeah, but I could be worse it could be the Wiggles or something, so what's up with you?"
"Nothing I just called to see if you wanted to do something." Said Brooke.
"You want to come hang out over here I mean my dad is sleeping but come over here anyways." Said Peyton in need of adult conversation.
"On my way see ya in a few." Said Brooke.
"Okay." Said Peyton as she hung up the phone.
Brooke went over to Peyton's and hung out there for the rest of the afternoon, she finished watching 'Cinderella' with Jenny and she and Peyton talked about Lucas and Jake and Brooke's speech.
Royal and Mae arrived on Thursday afternoon and immediately went to Deb's to freshen up before heading over to Keith and Karen's for dinner that night. They asked the kids what made them decide to move back. And the kids told them that there just wasn't anything for them in Boston, and that they wanted to be where their family was. Royal and Mae seemed to understand that logic and didn't bring it up for the rest of the night. Karen and Keith decided that they didn't want to have the traditional rehearsal dinner since most of the guests at the wedding on Saturday were in the wedding party. So they just decided to go out for a nice dinner and then Karen and Keith parted ways for the night, Keith stayed at the house with Lucas, Nathan, and Royal and Karen, Brooke, Haley and Mae stayed at Deb's house, since that was where they were partially getting ready the next day. They all went to bed that night thinking of the day to come the day they all waited for.
The next morning the girls got up early and started to get ready for the big day ahead. The boys were allowed to get up a little later, but Brooke calling his phone to say good morning woke Lucas up.
"Hello?"
"I missed you last night." Said Brooke as she lay in bed at Deb's house.
"I missed you too, can you sneak away and come over here?" Said Lucas.
"No, you'll just have to wait until we get to the church later." Said Brooke reluctantly.
"Okay so how many dances are you going to save for me tonight?"
"Hmm, all of them. I am yours all night." Said Brooke.
"Okay, well I have to make sure every body is awake and alive so I will see you later?"
"Of course. Love you."
"I love you too." Said Lucas as he hung up the phone.
The day was a blur to those involved in the wedding party, the girls did everything from getting their hair and nails done to making sure everything was okay at TRIC for the reception later. The boys made sure that everything was running smooth on their end from the reservations at the hotel to making sure everything was set for the trip to Europe.
Everybody arrived at the church on time and got everything situated in the rooms, Brooke and Lucas were given the rings. During the preparations for the guys Keith was not even breaking a sweat instead he was asking everybody else if they were all right.
"Hey Luke, you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm great. I should be asking you that you're the one getting married." Said Lucas.
"Just checking. So while your Mom and I are gone, Paul is going to pay the bills for us, so you and Brooke don't have to worry about anything." Said Keith.
"Keith, Brooke and I will be fine, we just want you and Mom to enjoy your honeymoon and not worry about us, and we can take care of ourselves." Said Lucas.
"Okay, I'm just telling you that, and the money for your meds will be on the card just like it is normally, okay."
"Thank you Keith." Said Lucas.
"No problem. Thank you Luke for doing this." Said Keith.
"Anytime." Said Lucas.
Meanwhile in the Bride's room the girls were making sure everything was okay with dresses and make-up and everything else they could think of.
"So you ready Karen?" Asked Brooke.
"I've waited so long for this, I don't want to wait any longer." Said Karen.
"Well, let's go." Said Haley.
"Karen you look beautiful darlin." Said Whitey as he took Karen's arm in his.
"Thank you, you don't look to bad yourself." Said Karen.
"So I'm going to go let the guys know we're ready." Said Brooke.
"Oh, no you don't if you go we'll never see you or Luke again." Said Haley.
"I'll go." Said Lorna.
"Thanks Lorna." Said Haley.
"Meanie." Said Brooke as she stuck her tongue out at Haley.
"Real mature Brooke." Said Haley.
All the guys came out into the lobby except Keith and Lucas who were standing up at the alter.
"You look beautiful Karen." Said Royal as he kissed Karen on the cheek.
"Thank you Royal." Said Karen.
"Okay everybody are you ready, we're going to get started." Said church coordinator.
"I'm ready." Said Karen.
"Okay, the Groom's parents first then Nathan and Haley, followed by Larry and Deb, Lorna and Bruce, then we'll have Jake and Peyton, then Jenny followed by Brooke, and finally Karen and Whitey." Said the coordinator.
"Okay, Jenny remember what I told just follow Mommy when we tell you okay." Said Brooke.
"Otay, Autie Book." Said Jenny.
"Good. And don't forget to throw the flowers." Said Brooke.
The music started and the processional started in the order that was stated by the coordinator. When it was Jenny turn she waited until the woman told her to go and she did what Brooke told her to do she threw the flower petals in the air as she walked making the people sitting in the pews a little. Skills was taking pictures of it the entire time. When it was Brooke's turn she looked directly at Lucas who took a deep breath when he saw her as she made her way down the isle. After she got to her spot the music changed signaling to everybody that Karen was next. Everybody stood as the doors opened once again and revealed Karen standing next to Whitey looking directly at Keith as he took a deep breath just Lucas had done with Brooke. Karen made her way down the isle and after what seemed an eternity to her and to Keith she reached the alter.
"Please be seated. Who gives this woman to this man?" Said the Priest.
"I do." Said Whitey as he joined Keith and Karen's hands.
"Dearly beloved, we have gathered here today to join Keith and Karen in matrimony. If anybody objects to this union please speak now or forever hold your peace." Said the Priest as he looked around the room. "Keith and Karen have decided to recite their own vows today, Karen."
"Keith, You are my best friend, my confidant and one of my favorite pests. You make me laugh and cry, you are honest and wise. You are my strength and you are kindhearted. You always love me no matter what. You have always managed to help me through bad times and I cannot imagine my life without you. Today, I want to make a promise to you and to myself, in front of our friends and family, to love, honor and protect you for all the days of my life."
"Karen, You are my best friend, my confident and not only are you one of my favorite pests. You have also given me one. You make me laugh and cry, you are honest and wise. You are my strength and you are kindhearted. You always love me no matter what. You have always managed to help me through bad times and I cannot imagine my life without you. Today, I want to make a promise to you and to myself, in front of our friends and family, to love, honor and protect you for all the days of my life." Said Keith as everyone laughed knowing he was referring to Lucas.
"Karen and Keith have now pledged their lives to one another and to their family, I will now ask for the rings being kept safe by their children Brooke and Lucas." Said the Priest. "I bless these ring to have no end and be cherished by the recipients that wear them. Keith please place this ring on Karen's finger and repeat 'With this ring I thee wed'."
"With this ring I thee wed." Said Keith.
"Karen please place this ring on Keith's finger and repeat 'With this ring I thee wed'."
"With this ring I thee wed." Said Karen.
"By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you Husband and Wife, you may kiss the Bride."
Karen and Keith made it official with the kiss and applause broke out in the church.
"Ladies and Gentlemen I would like to introduce Mr. And Mrs. Keith Scott." Said the Priest as the wedding party made their way out of the church.
