Hey guys! Thank you so much for your reviews on Chapter 5. Here is the new and final chapter of this story. I am sorry this is story has been short, but I just needed to end it. Thank you so much for your support and making my first Fan Fic EVER a success! Enjoy Tiff
Ch. 6 – The Second Step
As I leave Peyton's house, I look back up at her bedroom window and I see her standing there. I wave her goodbye and smile my dimpled smile. She smiles and waves back and gives me a thumps up and mouths "Go for it." I can not tell you how good it feels to have my best friend back. How good it feels knowing that we can overcome anything if we just talk it out and have faith in our friendship.
I turn to walk away and head to the second step I have I have to take in making everything ok again. This is going to be the hardest thing I have ever had to do so far in my life. Admitting my feelings and putting my whole heart on the line is something I should have done a long time ago, but I was afraid. I am not afraid anymore. I am in love and I am not going to hide that from anyone, especially to the one who has my heart.
I continue to walk to find Luke when I pass by the book store that he took me into when we started dating for the first time. I walk in and that old book smell reminds me of him. I scan the book selection looking for something special. Something that I know he will like but it will also explain how I feel when he reads it. I pick up a book titled The 100 Best Love Poems of All Time By: Leslie Pockell and I begin to read through the pages. This is perfect I thought. It totally puts my feelings that I have such a hard time expressing on paper! I sit at the near by table and I begin writing on the inside cover a little not for Luke. Something he can look back on in the future and remember my love for him will never die. I go to purchase the book and the lady behind the counter tells me this is a great book and someone special must be receiving it. I told her she had no idea how special that someone is to me.
I leave the book store and head for Karen's Café. Haley told me she was working today, so maybe she can tell me where I can find Luke. I walk in the café and the door chimes.
Me: Hey Tutor Wife! What's up?
Haley: Hey Brooke! Not much, how are you?
Me: Well I kind of need some advice, so I thought why not ask the Tutor Girl herself.
Haley: Ok, well what do you need advice on?
Me: Well I have been doing a lot of thinking and I have finally realized that when I pushed Lucas away, it was the biggest mistake of my life. So I thought I could get him a gift to maybe show him how much he means to me and how much I love him. So I bought this poetry book with over 100 different poems about love (hands Haley the book and Haley takes the book and begins to read the description)
The 100 Best Love Poems of All Time
By: Leslie Pockell
Here, in one compact volume, is a greatest hits collection of the 100 bets love poems ever written by 100 of the world's greatest poets. This essential anthology is ideal for the romantic-and will inspire any cynic. The poets included range throughout the history of world literature: from the Classics (Sappho, Catullus) and Renaissance (Shakespeare, Donne, Dante) to the Romantics (Shelly, Keats, Wordsworth) and 20th century giants (Frost, Lorca, Graves), right down to the present day (Viorst, Patchen, Neruda). Each poem features a brief introduction, which details the poet's life history as well as the poem's significance.
Haley: Wow Brooke! This is great! Lucas will love this!
Me: I hope so, there are so many things in this book that say exactly how I feel about him.
Haley: Wait, you mean you have actually read this book?
Me: Yeah, as strange as it sounds, I really read the book. Ever since I met Lucas, my life has a new perspective to it. I really enjoy sitting down and reading a good book.
Haley: Well, then I guess Brooke there is only one thing left for you to do.
Me: Yeah and what would that be?
Haley: Go get your man Brooke! Everyone knows that you two are meant to be together, you finally realized it, now it's time for you to make him realize it too!
Me: I just hope he thinks the same way we think!
Haley: I think he will, you just got to have faith!
Me: Faith is something I had a hard time believing in, but you and Nathan made me believe again!
Haley: Well then Brooke, I guess this is the time to make us all believe in faith.
Me: I guess so. Well, I guess I need to go do what I have been wanting to do for so long. It just took me a while to finally admit that to myself.
Haley: Go get him Tiger and call me with the details!
Me: I will Tutor wife don't worry! I just hope it turns out the way it should be! Oh and one more thing Haley, do you know where Luke is?
Haley: Yes, he is at home. Bye sweetie and Good Luck!
Me: Thanks! I'll call you later! Bye!!
Cut to Lucas' bedroom door that is still painted black...
Knock, knock…
Lucas gets up and puts the book down that he was reading to answer his door…
Lucas: (surprised) Brooke, I wasn't expecting you! It's so good to see you. Is everything ok??
Me: Actually, nothing is ok. I have something really important to talk to you about and I was just hoping you would be willing to go somewhere with me.
Lucas: Of course, just let me grab my coat and we can go
Lucas grabs his coat and they exit the house. They begin walking and they end up at the Rivercourt.
Lucas: Wow Brooke, whatever you have to talk about must be really important for you to bring me to the place I love!
Me: Well, this place is important to you and so it is important to me. And yes, I hope what I have to say is as important to you as it is to me.
Lucas: Ok well, shall we sit on the bench?
Me: Sounds great! Ok where to begin.
Lucas: Just start from the beginning.
Me: Lucas, I know that we have been through a lot together; Peyton, the pregnancy scare, Nathan's car wreck, Haley's leaving for the tour, the school shooting, Keith's death and your heart condition. I once though if we could get through this many problems, we could get through anything, but somewhere along the way, I lost faith. Then I realized one day that love is a leap of faith and if you don't take it, love won't make it. So after the Naley wedding, I wanted to restore my faith in us, but then I kept seeing you and Peyton together and I just gave up on us. I pushed you away and I never really gave you a reason.
Lucas: This year has been really hard on us Brooke. But I want you to know one thing is for sure, Peyton and I are only FRIENDS, nothing more. I have no romantic feelings for her at all.
Me: I talked to Peyton and I know that now. But this is why I am here today, to give you this. (I hands Lucas the book) I got this for you. This book describes everything that I feel. There is so much I want to express to you, but I just can't find the words. So I think the book does it for me.
Lucas: Brooke, I don't know what to say to this.
Me: Don't say anything yet, I'm not finished
Me: I was lost until I met you Lucas Scott. Now I'm happy in today and hopeful for tomorrow. You brought out the REAL me and I am so grateful for that. It's like you made me see that pencils have erasers because people make mistakes and I could erase all my mistakes. You never faulted me for my mistakes, you just loved me for who I was, not what I had done in my past. So with that said, it's not fair for me not to forgive you for your mistakes. I forgive you and I want you to know that I will always be here for you through thick and thin.
Lucas: I really appreciate that Brooke and I want you to know that all the mistakes I made, I never meant to hurt you.
Me: I know that Lucas and it took me a long time to forgive you and to accept the fact that you are human too just like me.
I take the book from Lucas and open it to the first page
Me: Here, (I hand Lucas back the book to the first page) Read what I wrote.
Lucas: (reading out loud what is written) "My wish is not to mean everything to everyone but to mean everything to someone. That someone Lucas Scott I want to be you. Loving you is like breathing, how can I stop? I have loved you from the moment I met you and I will love you until the moment I leave this earth. Love is a hole in the heart that needs a lifetime to fill. I want you to be that lifetime and I want you to fill the hole that is in my heart. For you are the only one that holds my heart. I have learned that life is a journey; love is the destination. If you want something to work, you've got to put your love in it. I am willing to put my heart, sole and body into loving you the rest of my life. So please, if you love me, tell me it's true, if you don't, I'll still love you. Love means I care for you, I need you and I love you. I am the girl for you Lucas Eugene Scott, you'll see… Always your Pretty Girl, Brooke"
Lucas starred at the book for what seemed like minutes. He turned his head to Brooke and his eyes glistened with fresh tears.
Lucas: Brooke, you have no idea how long I have been waiting to hear these words. This book means so much to me. There are not enough Thank yous I can say. I will cherish this book the rest of my life. I could not ask for more from you! This book tells me what your heart really feels.
Me: Thank you Lucas. I was hoping you would feel this way and wouldn't think it was cheesy!
Lucas: There is nothing cheesy about the love you have for me Brooke!
Me: Lucas…
Lucas: shh Brooke, it is my turn now… I love you too! I always have! I am going to do everything in my power to make you believe in me again. When I brought you here to the Rivercourt after the Chris Keller incident, I told you this was my world and you asked if you could be apart of that world and I told you that you were the biggest part of my world. I still mean that, I always have. I forgive you for pushing me away. I know that you were going through a lot and needed to find your way, and I am glad that you found your way back to me. You always said that people who are meant to be always find their way in the end. We have found our way Brooke, back to each other.
Me: (crying) Thank you Lucas for always believing in me and never giving up hope on us! I promise, to never loose faith again!
Lucas: Just remember love can survive anything, we are proof of that.
I hug Lucas…
Me: If a hug represented how much I love you, I would hold you in my arms forever!
Lucas: Me too Brooke, me too
Lucas: How about we go back to the café and pack a picnic and go to the park and we can read this wonderful book together and talk about it?
Me: That sounds wonderful! But first, can we please go back to your house and paint over that dreadful black door?
Lucas: Of course, I have missed the red door and the girl behind it.
Me: Thanks Luke. I have missed the red door too! But most of all I want to paint over it because if I paint over the black, it will be like I am painting over my fears. I used to have so many fears, and now they are all gone because I have overcome the biggest one and that is letting you back into my heart.
Lucas: Oh Brooke…I love you Pretty Girl!
Me: I love you too Boyfriend!