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Disclaimer: If I owned One Tree Hill, we'd be watching Leyton scenes every week and not Brucas. I only own the plot.

On Saturday, a blizzard hit Tree Hill causing the airport to shut down. Karen visited Peyton that morning to help Peyton unpack. Karen often worried about Peyton being at home alone while Lucas was training and playing basketball around the country.

"Peyton, where do you want these boxes of plates to go?"

"Oh, I got them Karen. Thanks anyways, I think I'm pretty much done here. I don't want to hold you up too late that you get caught driving in this blizzard."

"Oh, don't worry about me Peyton. Have you talked to Lucas yet?"

"Last night actually, he said that training was excruciating and that he should be home tomorrow."

"It's okay to be worried Peyton." Karen's mood softened seeing her young daughter in law worrying about her son.

"Oh. I'm not worried. I'm just thinking, that's all."

Karen just nodded her head at the young girl. She knew that it was better to let Peyton sulk, then to prod her to express herself. Karen considered Peyton as her daughter and always had a special place in her heart for the young girl. She even remembered when Lucas had talked to her about proposing to Peyton.

Flashback

"Mom we need to talk." Lucas burst out as soon as his mother had come home from the grocery store.

"What's wrong Lucas?"

"You might want to sit down."

"Lucas, I'm fine standing up, now will you tell what's wrong?"

"You know that saying, "When we're born, our soul is split into half. We keep our half and the other half is given to someone else. And if we're lucky, sometime in our life, we reconnect with our other half, and we're truly happy and complete. I found my other half."

"Peyton, Lucas?"

"I know we're a little young, but I don't know what life would be without her. I can't stop thinking about her. When I'm with her, I'm like on cloud nine, and when we're apart, I can't stop thinking about her. It's crazy. I thought that it just might be infatuation, but I feel it in my heart."

"Lucas, are you sure? Its not that I don't like Peyton, you know I adore her, but don't you think you and her are a little young?"

"Mom, we've been dating for 4 years. I mean, how much longer? I love her Mom. I'm not acting on rash decision making here mom, I've been thinking about for about a year."

"A YEAR!"

"Yeah. I've always been the romantic guy, and I want it to be special for her. She's the girl for me Mom. She completes me, and I can't live without her in my life."

End Flashback

Meanwhile in California, Lucas Scott stood pleading with the airline official behind her desk.

"What do you mean all flights to Tree Hill are cancelled?"

"Sorry, there's a blizzard. They've cancelled all flights." The airline official just gave him a fake smile, and waved him away so that she could continue her conversation with her boyfriend on her cell phone.

Lucas thought, yea she cared.

Suddenly, an old man came up to Lucas.

"I overheard your conversation with that young airline official and I heard about your dilemma, young man. Look, there's a flight to Boston that leaves in 10 minutes. I heard that in Tree Hill, they're letting only local flights land. Hopefully, you'll be able to get to Tree Hill that way.

"Thanks sir."

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Peyton grew worried as the snow fell. Karen left about an hour ago, so she was alone in the house. As the wind blew through, Peyton suddenly felt emptiness around her. She missed Lucas. She hated that she had to be in Tree Hill, while he was out playing basketball. She loved how he could make her laugh and how he never made fun of her fears. She decided to make herself a cup of hot chocolate to warm herself up. As she was walking to the kitchen, she passed by a photo of her and Lucas from their senior prom. She could just remember him asking her like it was yesterday.

Flashback

Peyton thought she heard somebody yelling her name, but she just kept walking. Today was not one of her days. Her hair was uncontrollable curly that she decided to straighten it, however the ends of her hair did not seem to agree with that idea. She ended up with straight hair ending with ringlets which she found rather annoying. She instead put her hair up. On top of the bad hair issue, Lucas had not seemed to be remembering that their prom was at the end of the week. He still had not asked her, which made Peyton worry if he forgot about prom, if he didn't want to go, or if he didn't want to go with her. Suddenly her thoughts were interrupted when Lucas appeared out of nowhere.

"Hey Lucas."

"Are we hanging out later on at your place?"

"Actually, Lucas, I'm kind of busy. I mean, I have a strip due tomorrow and homework and stuff"

"Wow, Peyton. It does sound like you have a busy schedule." Lucas said sarcastically.

"Look, Luke. I'm just really busy. Okay?"

"Yeah, Peyt. Don't worry about it."

Peyton kissed Lucas goodbye on the cheek and started walking to her car. Lucas could sense that Peyton was really tense because of the way she walked back to the car.

When Peyton got home, the first thing she did was look through the mail. She threw away all the junk mail and was about to throw one last envelope when she noticed that it was addressed to her. She opened the envelope and read the slip of paper inside it.

Go to "our" special hangout for your next clue. - Your secret admirer

Peyton put the letter back, clearly puzzled, but she could only think that this "secret admirer" could be Lucas. From the way Lucas acted today at school, it couldn't possibly be him She decided that the only way to find out who this "secret admirer" was to go to the special hangout. Only then did she remember what special hangout?" She decided to go to the river court and then from there figure something out.

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Because it was springtime, she didn't need a jacket. In the middle of the basketball court, she found a piece of paper that told her to come back later. She went back home and tried to focus on her homework and her strip due, but she just couldn't.

At 8:00 o'clock she set out again, and brought a jacket. She went to the river court and saw candle lit in the shape of a heart. Below the heart, someone had written in chalk,

"Will you go to the prom with me, Peyton Sawyer?"

She gasped when she felt someone's arms around her waist.

"Peyt."

"Lucas, you didn't have to do all this."

"But I wanted to. But you never answered the question."

"Yes." One word, but it made all the difference in the world of Lucas Scott.

End Flashback

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Lucas slipped his key into the front door to enter his house. He thought, Wow! Peyton sure accomplished a lot. He saw the light in the kitchen and went towards it. When he entered he saw Peyton, typing away at her keyboard. As he crept closer to her, he saw that it was an email to him.

"Peyt."

The sudden voice caused Peyton to jump. "What are you doing here? They shut down all the flights coming in."

"Not the local ones. I flew to Boston, then from Boston to here."

"Oh Luke. You didn't have to do that."

"I didn't want you to worry."

"There's this thing called a cell phone."

"Still, I wanted to be here with you and I promised you that I would be back by Saturday, and I didn't want to break it."

"Lucas, oh my gosh. You must be freezing. Here let me get you some dry clothes."

Peyton stood up and was about to get Lucas some clothes, when she was pulled back. Lucas pulled her back so that he could kiss her.

"Welcome home Lucas. I missed you." Peyton said after pulling away and gave him a smile. His hand brushed her tears and he pulled her in and hugged her.

"I missed you too, pretty girl."