It was Tuesday morning, and both Nathan and Lucas were back at school. Nathan was in his office, as Lucas walked in and knocked.
"Hey man, come in." Nathan ushered him.
"Hey, how are you and Haley doing?" Lucas asked, sitting down.
"Perfect. You and Peyton?" Nathan said.
"Pretty perfect too." Lucas smiled. "It's good to have you back man."
"It's good to be back." Nathan smiled back.
"So Peyton said you guys were coming over for dinner tonight?" Lucas said, peaking around the papers on Nathan's desk.
Nathan swatted Lucas' hand away, "Yeah I think so."
"Alright, well I got to get going, I got a call from Brooke, and she wants me to meet up with her." Lucas said, standing up.
"Alright, but dude she's trouble, be careful okay?" Nathan said, with a weird look.
"She's in a bad place, and I promised Peyton i'd look out for her. It's alright, man. I'll see you tonight." Lucas was already half way out the door.
"See yeah." Nathan responded, staring down at his play book.

Lucas walked into Brooke's store.
"Lucas! Hey, uhh, come to the back." Brooke waved him over as her employee's stared.
"Yeah okay." Lucas followed her into the back room.
"Thanks for coming Lucas." Brooke said, rummaging through boxes.
"Sure, anytime, what's this about Brooke?" Lucas was skeptical and distanced.
"Do you remember what you said to me the night Peyton left?" Brooke asked, in between searches.
"Brooke…"
"Lucas, just answer the question!" Brooke snapped.
"Uhh…that I loved her? And if…if she never left we'd spend an amazing...summer together…" Lucas paused, looking away after each word.
"And that…" Brooke provoked him.
Lucas' expression was dead.
"You said you'd ask her to marry you." Brooke stopped searching, and approached him. "Right?" She asked.
"Yeah. I said that I wanted to marry her, and spend the rest of my life with her. And that I was going to find her, and take her back with me, and marry her here, in front of all of our friends and family." Lucas took deep breaths, realizing a lot of the pain he had suppressed throughout his years.
"So what are you waiting for?" Brooke finally found the box.
Lucas stared at her. "What do you mean?"
"I mean, you found her Luke, you brought her back…" Brooke sounded so happy.
"What's in the box Brooke?" Lucas walked a little closer.
Brooke opened the top of the lengthy box, revealing a lacy and silky combination of fabric yards. "I picked up this fabric while on vacation with my parent's in Milan when we were in high school. I said that it would be the material I would use to make my wedding dress one day…"
"And?" Lucas looked highly confused.
"And last night I drew up a sketch for a wedding dress." Brooke pulled out her sketch book from the drawers.
"That looks a lot like Peyton…" Lucas started to clue in.
"Lucas, your dumber than I thought." Brooke smiled.
Lucas smiled at her, and studied the sketch. "This is a beautiful sketch Brooke…and you're a really beautiful person for doing this for Peyton."
"I've done so much to destroy relationship, this is my apology and my gift to you guys. I love you both so much, and i'm so sorry." Brooke's eyes teared up.
"Hey, hey, it's okay." Lucas pulled her in for a friendly hug.
Brooke embraced him, than pulled away to retrieve her sketch book. "I can have the dress done in a few days…"
"Peyton and I are having Nathan and Haley over for dinner, so it's a pretty perfect time to ask her…" Lucas started.
"It'll be great Luke. She'd have to be crazy to say no to you, especially in front of all of her friends." Brooke smiled, patting Lucas on the shoulder.
"Your right." Lucas smiled. "Thanks for everything Brooke, i'll see you tonight." Lucas started to walk away.
"Tonight?" Brooke caught him before he left the back room.
"You said all of her friends were going to be there, I assumed you were coming…" Lucas winked, and smiled brightly.
"I'll see you tonight." Brooke smiled back.