Chapter 14
It was the day of the school projects and Lucas was fully prepared. Mouth had confidence in Lucas and he knew that Lucas would get what he wants. Brooke knew what she was going to say and Nathan knew that she would be great. All four pupils entered the classroom and sat down in their seats and got ready for the events that a small class project would bring. Meanwhile Haley was having a free period so she decided to go and visit Peyton's grave and then pay a visit to her old house and see Larry.
"Hey Peyton, I know you can't hear me but there are some things I need to talk to you about that I can't tell anyone else." Haley paused she knew that what she was about to 'tell Peyton', Peyton already knew. "I feel like that you are the only person I could tell. Peyton I'm so scared. Don't get me wrong I love Nathan but this is too much." Haley welled up her eyed glinting with tears, she could not bear the secret that only her and her dead friend knew. Little did Haley know, two other people knew her secret, how much longer would it remain that. A secret.
"Right class in pairs I would like you to step up on stage and give your presentation." Whitey called to the classroom as he led them to the school hall. "Lucas are you ready?" Mouth asked careful nobody else would hear. "As ready as I'll ever be." Lucas replied nervous but excited. He could not wait to give his speech and could not wait to see the reaction of his class. One student in particular. Lucas and Mouth took their seats and Lucas watched as Brooke entered the room with Nathan. Brooke caught Lucas' eye and they held that same gaze they had when they first saw each other at prom and when they were in Peyton's room after the funeral. A gaze of desire and passion. But Brooke sadly lowered her head breaking the gaze and she looked down at the floor. Lucas could not wait any longer so he went to the front of the hall where Whitey was talking to the technician. "Coach I have a favour, do you think me and Mouth could do our presentation first." Lucas asked eagerly. "Lucas you interrupted my conversation. Which is extremely rude, but yes you may go, because lets just say your partner subtly hinted what you might be doing." Whitey said finishing off with a smile and a twinkle in his old but lively eyes.
"Okay first up class is Lucas Scott and Marvin McFadden." Whitey said walking up onto the stage and then sitting down on a chair and the other side. Lucas and Mouth went up on stage with Mouth's laptop. Lucas took the microphone and began to speak into it whist Mouth prepared the presentation on his laptop. "Hi everybody I'm Lucas Scott and this is my good friend Mouth McFadden." Lucas was more nervous then he thought staring out into the audience but then he just imagined that there was only one in the audience. And that one person was Brooke. "Coach Durham gave us the project of citizen issues and we decide to pick a topic that is relevant to everybody because in their life everyone will be luckily enough to experience it." Lucas continued. Mouth had got the presentation up on the over head board. "We are not going to give away what our topic is but we are going to show you a few pictures and you can see if you can guess. They say a picture is worth a thousands words lets see if you can come up with just one." The rest of the class stared up at the board and on the board came up a picture of Romeo and Juliet, "Romeo and Juliet, one of Shakespeare's many classics. A tragedy, but also a love story. One of the most famous in time." Mouth said, then another image popped up onto the screen which made the whole class laugh, it was a picture of Haley and Nathan at their wedding kissing. Nathan sitting next to Brooke was also laughing but stopped when he saw Brooke's face, so he whispered, "Brooke what's up? Are you okay?" Brooke turned to look at Nathan and said "I know what their project is on, and I know what's coming next." Nathan looked confused so she continued. "Earlier in the day Mouth asked me if he could borrow a picture of me, he told me it was for the year book that he was starting to organise, but that's not where it is first going to appear." Brooke said Nathan suddenly realising what was going on they both turned back to Lucas and Mouth on stage. "My brother Nathan and my best friend Haley couldn't be more perfect for each other, Don't get me wrong I didn't at first approve of their relationship but now I can see that I was mistaken because Nathan makes Haley happier than I have ever seen her before." Lucas said hoping that maybe this project would also resolve his issues with Nathan. "The reason they work well together is that they both share something, they both love each other. The love they have is real and strong." Lucas finished off and then the next image appeared on the board a picture of him. "In my life I have made mistakes and I have to pay the consequences. For a big part of my life there was always something missing from myself. But I have found someone who had made my world complete." A picture of Brooke appeared on the board next to Lucas'. "Oh God, I gotta get out of here. Sorry Nate." Brooke said standing up and walked down the isle out of the hall but something Lucas said made her stop in her tracks. "Brooke Davis I know you're scared, but I want you to know that never in my life did I ever think I could feel the way I feel about you." Brooke turned around at looked up at Lucas and was shocked to see that he was walking off the stage and towards her. "Brooke I know that I screwed up, but before you write me off completely I want you to know one thing." By now Lucas was footsteps away form Brooke and everyone in the entire room was staring at them. "Lucas what are you doing." Brooke said timidly. Lucas was now standing right in front of Brooke he said, "Brooke Penelope Davis, I love you and I always will." Lucas said looking Brooke straight in the eye not caring what other people around him were doing or saying. Brooke could not believe what he had just said and she realised something her self. "I love you too Lucas." Lucas smiled and grabbed Brooke and kissed her and swung her around. Everyone in the room cheered and Whitey on the stage smiled. Mouth smiled warmly at his two best friends and he couldn't have been happier. "Wow I didn't think it was possible to be this happy." Brooke said finally parting from Lucas staring into his eyes. "Me neither." Lucas replied. "We have now completed Peyton's wish." Brooke said and Lucas remembered the document and it said that Peyton's wish was that even though Peyton had ruined their last relationship the thing she wished most in the world is that Lucas and Brooke would work it out and get together. "She would be proud of you Luc." Brooke said meaning every word. Lucas smiled into Brooke's eyes and the she gave him made him confident that Brooke Davis was defiantly the girl for him.