Hey Guys
Here is magic Chapter 69. What are your thoughts on tonight's episode, is it just me or have I tapped into Schwann's mind a little with the proposal. So I had a phone interview for a job today at 3:45pm EST. I think it went well. So keep your fingers and toes crossed. I'm still not sure how long this story is going to be but rest assured it is not ending any time soon. And on with the individuals.
Pauline J: I thought the same thing when I started writing this chapter.
LuvAngel448: That was me taking out my frustrations with Dan and putting it in Royal's mouth. Too bad I killed him huh…lol.
DanaJaycee: I got hungry writing it. It took me a good ten minutes to come up with Brooke's meal I had Lucas' line before I had the meal. I haven't decided yet I kind of put that in there as an open-ended invite. And like I said in my pm to you I'm here to help if you need it, my email is in my profile.
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)
Brooke and Lucas got back to the house and set the food containers in the fridge and settled on the couch for a little while.
"What's going on in your mind right now?" Asked Brooke.
"Just thinking how peaceful our lives have been the past couple years that's all." Said Lucas as he ran his fingers through Brooke's hair.
"I like it like this, just sitting here with you. We don't have to say anything to know how we feel about each other because we just know." Said Brooke.
"I like it too." Said Lucas.
"I want to be like this forever, just you and me sitting together at night." Said Brooke.
"It will be, I won't let anything change this. Ever." Said Lucas as he kissed the top of her head.
Nathan, Haley and Deb returned back to the house and decided to just hang out. Deb was still getting over the shock of what happened at the cemetery and how at dinner no one brought up Dan at all.
"So Mom, what did you think of Grandpa's little speech earlier?" Asked Nathan.
"I wish Dan was standing in front of him to hear it, it needed to be said Nathan. Now maybe we don't have to put on this show of the grieving family every year. I also wish Karen and Keith had been there to hear it first hand." Said Deb with a small laugh.
"I was just strange to hear Royal say some thing like that, I mean the last time I heard him speak like that was the first dinner I had with them." Said Haley.
"I know and it'll be a long time before we hear it again. And Nathan I just want to say I'm proud of you and Lucas for holding back for your grandparents' sake." Said Deb.
"We just didn't think it would have been right to say what was really on our minds out there." Said Nathan.
"Still it took a lot of restraint on your parts to do that." Said Deb.
"Well to tell you the truth Mom Lucas was just as shocked as we were when it happened." Said Nathan.
"I know." Said Deb.
While Brooke and Lucas were relaxing on the couch the phone rang.
"Where is the phone?" Asked Lucas.
"On the table right there." Said Brooke.
"Hello?"
"Hey Luke, how's it going?" Asked Keith.
"Good Keith how are you guys doing?" Asked Lucas.
"Every thing is going great. Just calling to see what you guys were up to, and how it went at the cemetery."
"We're just watching TV right now, and the cemetery was interesting." Said Lucas.
"Yeah, how so?"
"Grandpa let loose on the headstone." Said Lucas.
"What do you mean?" Asked Keith.
"He basically said that Dan should be proud of both me and Nathan and that he was happy that neither one of us took after him in personality. Then he asked if Nate or I had anything to say, and when we didn't he said let's go to dinner and then no one talked about Dan at all through the entire meal."
"Really?"
"Yeah, Keith it was unreal, Nate and I both stood there shocked." Said Lucas.
"Well, I'm shocked and I wasn't even there." Said Keith. "So how's every thing at the shop and café?"
"Everything is great at both places, we did about 10 cars this week." Said Lucas.
"That's great." Said Keith. "Well your mother wants to talk to you and to Brooke so here she is."
"Hi Honey, how are you?"
"I'm good Mom, how are you?"
"I'm great it's so beautiful here we have amazing pictures to show you guys already." Said Karen.
"I can't wait to see them, I'm glad you guys are having a good time." Said Lucas.
"Thank you honey, so how have you been feeling?" Asked Karen.
"I've been feeling fine Mom, and no I haven't played at the River Court yet." Said Lucas.
"Hey, I didn't ask that. I was just wondering how you've been feeling that's all." Said Karen.
"I'm fine mom, and if you don't believe me I will hand you over to Brooke and you can ask her okay."
"Okay let me talk to Brooke." Said Karen.
"Unbelievable. Brooke, Mom wants to talk to you." Said Lucas as he handed Brooke the phone.
"Hi Karen, how's the trip?" Asked Brooke.
"It's great, honey. So how's he doing? Is he giving you hard time?" Asked Karen.
"He's doing fine, and he hasn't been any trouble." Said Brooke.
"That's good, if he does you have my permission to smack him."
"Really hmm…thank you." Said Brooke smiling.
"Just so you know we have a lot of scrap booking to do when we get back." Said Karen.
"Yay! I can't wait to see the pictures, so where are you guys heading next?"
"We are going to go down to Vienna next and then from there not sure." Said Karen.
"Sounds great, and just so you know the café and TRIC are doing great, but we miss you guys." Said Brooke.
"Well we miss you too, and I will call you next week." Said Karen.
"Okay, bye Karen."
"Bye Sweetie." Said Karen as she hung up.
Brooke hung up the phone and turned to Lucas who had returned to his earlier position on the couch. Brooke snuggled up against him and laid her head on his chest while they watched the television, both content in their surroundings and with each other. Brooke had thought that if someone had told her sophomore year of high school that not only would she and Lucas be together, but also they would be living together she would have called them crazy, but now she would say they were smart. She grew more in love with him everyday, and she knew that he felt the same way. Lucas glanced down at Brooke and noticed that she was uncharacteristically quiet.
"Are you trying to steal my nickname Pretty Girl?" Asked Lucas.
"Not on your life." Responded Brooke.
"What are you thinking about then?"
"Us, how far we've come together. I mean think about sophomore year, if some one told you then that we would be here what would you have thought?"
"That they were dreaming, but now I'm the one that is dreaming. Because this is how I see us forever Brooke, together relaxing together. Someday we'll have kids running around sure but we'll be together." Said Lucas.
"I love you, Broody."
"I love you, too." Said Lucas as he kissed her.
Nathan, Haley, and Deb had decided to watch a movie. Nathan had protested but 'Sweet Home Alabama' had won out in the end. Nathan couldn't help but wonder if Josh Lucas' character had stock in phone cords because he kept ripping it out of the wall. But all in all he had to admit that it was a good movie. At least his mom and Haley hadn't made him watch 'The Notebook'. It had started to get late and they decided to turn in for the night since they had plans to meet up with Peyton and Jake for the big reveal of Jenny's finished room tomorrow.
Brooke and Lucas never made it to the bedroom they both fell asleep on the couch after watching a TV show that neither could name.
