A/N: I had most of this written last night, but it was late and I was tired so I couldn't finish it, but alas, I did it tonight, but being that it's getting late again, I won't have the update for Defying Gravity…hopefully I can get that up tomorrow and another update for Whatever it Takes, if not then I will just be about a day behind and I'm sorry for that. School is demanding especially with my research essay that I really should be writing about right now. Oh well.

Part 3 Ch. 9: Congrats, You're Married

May

"No, this is all wrong. The banner needs to hang above the stage," Brooke demands as she takes a look around Tric. Later tonight, the party that she had been planning was going to start. She wanted everything to be perfect for her daughter and her daughter's wife. For awhile now, Brianna and Brooke hadn't been on the same page, but after their day of just being in each other's presence, things started to get better, especially the last few days.

Ty groans as he gets up from his chair to move the banner for the fourth time.

"Brooke, I understand that you want everything to be perfect and I do to because this is for my sister, but seriously, you really need to just pick a spot for the banner and make it stay. I'm tired of walking around with it."

Brooke sighs and nods her head.

"I know. I'm sorry, Ty. Really, I am. I just want this to be special. Brianna and Skye didn't really get a wedding and I want this to make up for it. I know perfect is near impossible, but I can make it as close to perfect as I can."

Ty finishes pinning the banner above the stage and hops off the ladder.

"Brooke, you have worked nonstop on this part for days. It's going to be fine. They will love it."

"I hope so. I do thank you for helping me Ty. Peyton was busy and Evan is spending the day with her. I'm sorry I have taken you away from your family."

"Skye is my family and because of her and Brianna's marriage that makes all of us family and I do everything for my family."

"You're a great man, Ty Richardson."

Ty grins at Brooke.

"Come on, I'll pay for lunch."

Brooke grins.

"Yep, I really like you Ty."

-I Need You Now-

Skye sat on the porch while she watched her wife cut wood with a saw. Brianna was wearing blue jeans with a carpenter belt and a black tank top. Brianna was wearing safety goggles over her eyes and her hair was in a ponytail. Brianna was currently in the midst of building shelves for a book case that was severally needed. Once it was finished, Skye would be the one to paint it.

Brianna stops the saw and blows off the saw dust on the board.

"You look sexy in your carpenter belt. Did you know that?"

Brianna removes her safety goggles and places them on the small table next to her.

"No, I did not know, but I'm glad you told me."

Skye gets up from her chair and walks over to her wife, wrapping her in her arms.

"You have to shower," Skye says before placing small kisses and taking small nips on the underside of Brianna's jaw.

"And why is that?"

"Your mother's party starts in an hour and we have to leave soon."

Brianna leans down and kisses her wife's lips.

"How about we save some time and shower together?" Brianna asks with a grin.

It didn't take long for Skye to answer that question because she grabbed her wife's hands and she dragged her upstairs.

-I Need You Now-

"This place is amazing," Skye says in awe as they walk into Tric.

"Yeah, mom loves parties," Brianna states as she wipes off the confetti that landed on her shirt.

"I think it's cute," Skye says with a smile as she and Brianna walk into the crowd all congratulating them.

Peyton and Brooke approached the teens with a smile. Brooke was the first to speak.

"How do you like it?"

"This is amazing Brooke. Now I sort of wished we had a wedding," Skye states with a smile.

Brianna glances at Skye and then around the club. Brianna spots an old friend standing by the bar and she places a kiss on Skye's cheek.

"There is someone I have to talk to."

Skye nods her head and looks back towards Peyton and Brooke.

"You only had a few days to plan this. How can you come up with this stuff?"

"I'm talented," Brooke brags. Skye laughs and nods her head. "But in all seriousness. Your brother helped me."

"Baby, I just spotted my dad so I'm just going to go talk to him, okay?"

"Tell him I said hi," Brooke says as she lets go of her wife's hand. Brooke turns back to Skye. "I don't just do parties. I do baby showers as well. You and Brianna are going to have kids, but not for awhile. The marriage was fast, but babies can't be fast."

Skye looks at Brooke with wide eyes, only thinking about one thing.

What have I gotten into?

-I Need You Now-

"I haven't seen you in a long time," Brianna says with a smile as she walks up to her friend.

"That's a good thing because usually when you see me it's because you're in trouble."

Brianna grins at Mary and throws her arms around her.

"You are one of my success stories, Brianna. Thank you for that."

"You are an excellent social worker. I just grew up hating them is all, but seriously you changed my life by placing me into Peyton and Brooke's care. You literally changed my life."

"And now you are married."

"Are you going to yell at me too?"

Mary shakes her head with a smile.

"I can't judge love. You have to work on the marriage though or it will fall apart. You can't let that happen, Brianna."

"I won't. I promise."

-I Need You Now-

"Dad, I didn't think you were coming," Peyton says as she wraps her arms around her old man.

"I had some time off and I figured why not make the trip to my granddaughter's already married party," Larry raises his eyebrow. "Care to explain that to me."

"They were drunk and in Vegas, but Brooke and I have come to terms with the fact that our eighteen year old daughter is married. We made a packed that Evan can't date until he's out of our house."

Larry laughs at his daughter's protectiveness. It was nice to see.

"So, this turned out to be a hit," Larry says as he looks around. "I see a ton of teenagers and I'm not much of Skye and Brianna."

"Brianna's old social worker managed to come and I think my wife took Skye aside to talk about things. It was really meant to be a small get together, but it ended up like this. I'm not complaining. Brooke loves it."

-I Need You Now-

"Attention everybody, my brother and I would like to speak to all of you about our best friends, Skye and Brianna," Chelsea says with a smile.

"Yeah, what my sister said, even though I hate talking," Chase says with a grin. "We have been rooting for them from the beginning. We love you two."

Skye rests her head on Brianna's shoulder as she scoots closer to her wife. They were sitting at a table listening to their friends.

"What my brother is trying to say is that, we are friends and we love you and that someday, like you, we hope to find the love of our lives. We weren't at the wedding, but we will be there for the rest of your lives. You're stuck with us," Chelsea says with a grin.

Skye turns to Brianna and kisses her in front of the crowd as everyone watches with interest.

"I love you."

"I love you, too."

Skye and Brianna were so focused on each other that they didn't notice their families walk up to the stage until Ty's voice surprised them.

"I have taken care of Skye for a long time. She's my little sister, but I see her as a daughter. I've watched her grow into this beautiful young woman and I look at the way she shares her love with Brianna and I can tell that what they have is going to last a life time. I love them both and today we are congratulating them on their marriage and hopefully many, many, many anniversaries to come."

Skye blew a kiss to her brother who smiled and winked at her as he walked off the stage.

"Most parents get to see their child grow up. It's common knowledge," Brooke starts off.

"Our situation with Brianna was different," Peyton continues. "We've only known Brianna for three years and it feels like we've known her, her entire lives, but the truth of the matter is, that we haven't."

Brooke takes over for her wife.

"But none of that matters because Brianna Evans is our daughter and we love her. When we first learned about her and Skyler's marriage, we weren't very happy, even my relationship with Brianna had suffered, but we've slowly are getting back to where we were before."

Peyton wraps an arm around her wife's waist.

"We are happy to welcome Skye into our family and we hope that their marriage together will be a lasting one."

Brianna gets up from her chair and runs up to the stage and wraps her arms around her parents.

"I love you guys, so much."

"We love you, too, sweetheart," Brooke coos.

Peyton places a kiss on Brianna's forehead.

"Enough of this emotional stuff, let's party!"

-I Need You Now-

"Tonight was amazing, thank you so much," Skye says as she looks around the empty club.

People had started leaving about an hour ago and Brooke, Peyton, Ty and Larry were the only ones left. Melissa couldn't come because she was with her daughter and decided to watch Evan as well.

"You deserve this. We love you guys and it was about time to actually celebrate your marriage instead of arguing about it."

Skye grins and Brooke and hugs her tightly.

"Unfortunately, I have to get going. I know it wasn't much of a trip and I apologize, but I'll call you two sometime next week, okay?" Larry asks.

"It's okay Gramps, we are glad you came," Brianna says with a grin.

Larry looks at his family with a huge smile.

"We all need to get together sometime soon, don't let me forget."

"We won't dad," Peyton reassures.

The group waited for their hugs from Larry except for Ty who felt a little out of place.

"I have to get going, Skye, but we should have dinner tomorrow."

Skye turns to her brother and hugs him.

"I loved your speech. You have a way with words sometimes," Skye jokes.

"I love you kid. You two should get home though. It's late and it's been a very exhausting day."

"I can take care of your sister, Ty, you don't need to worry that much."

Ty glances at Brianna and nods his head.

"I'll always worry though. She's my kid sister."

A half hour later and everyone was on their journey home except for Brooke and Peyton who had to go pick up their son from Ty's place.

-I Need You Now-

Skye and Brianna exit the car and walk up the steps to their house.

"Today was fun. I'm glad Brooke did that for us."

"Me too," Brianna bends down next to the door and picks up a package that was sitting on the porch.

"What is that?" Skye asks curiously as she unlocks the front door.

"I don't know," Brianna states as they walk into the house. "I'm going to find out though."

Skye drops the keys on the hook and follows her wife in the kitchen. Brianna places the card on the table and goes straight to opening the package. Skye rolls her eyes and grabs the card. Skye opens the card and starts to read it.

To Skyler and Brianna,

We have had our differences and there are times when we have gotten along and to tell you the truth we both saw this coming for you two. We just never thought it was going to be when we were eighteen.

Word travels fast even if you have moved away.

Skyler, I once loved you and maybe somewhere I still do, but that love has changed, but I do hope that you and Brianna have that love that you once talked to me about.

Brianna, if you hurt Skyler I am going to kick your ass. I will find you and kick your ass. I'm just warning you.

Mark and I love you both,

Sincerely your exes

Skye closes the letter and smiles slightly.

"What was in the package?"

"A picture frame with a picture of us in it," Brianna says with a smile. "But there are spots around the picture to put smaller ones in it. They're labeled like first child, birthdays, things like that," Brianna says as she hands the frame to Skye.

"That was nice of them."

Brianna nods her head and then looks at her wife.

"I didn't think they'd even start a relationship."

"Baby, they are expecting a child."

"Well yeah, but that doesn't mean they have to be together."

Skye yawns and shakes her head.

"I really don't want to talk about them. I just want to shower and get to bed. Are you coming?"

"Right behind you babe," Brianna calls out. Skye makes her way upstairs and Brianna grabs the picture frame with their picture in it and heads to the living room. Brianna places the picture on the mantel on top of the fireplace. Brianna smiles and runs her way upstairs to enjoy a shower and sleep next to her loving wife.