Hey everyone! Sorry it's taking me this long to update. But this is the part 1 of the final chapter. Hope you enjoy! I'll try to update again soon. Please review!

Note: Italics are flashbacks

How A Resurrection Really Feels

"Lucas, in high school I wrote 80 letters; one a day, for an entire summer. They were all addressed to you. But I never sent them because I was afraid. I was afraid of you and how you make me feel. I was afraid of getting hurt again, like before. But what I didn't realize was how fiercely you loved me. When life got hard, I ran away, much like I did to you our senior year. You never gave me up on me though. No matter how much I hurt you with my words you never gave up on me. It didn't matter who I was dating, you never strayed. It didn't matter what I did because you wouldn't stop fighting for me, for us. But then I did something I could never take back and even though it didn't seem like it at the time, you remained a part of me, the best part. You had such grace in that moment that I fell in love with you all over again. I've read your book eighteen times babe, and each time I read it I find something new you love about me. You inspire me Lucas Scott, but you also infuriate me. But what I've found out is that I would rather spend the rest of my days fighting with you, than being with anybody else. So today, I vow to help you love life, and to live within the warmth of your heart and always call it home. You deserve to be adored. So that's what I'm going to do. That's what me and this baby" Brooke trails off, taking Luke's hand and resting it along her stomach "…are going to do for the rest of our lives."

"We're having a baby?" Luke asks with a tear in his eye.

"Lucas Scott you're going to be a daddy. Are you ok with that?" Brooke asks teasingly with a glint in her eye.

Lucas tenderly pulls Brooke into him and kisses her furiously. One hand wrapped tightly around her waist, the other tangled in her hair. Pulling away, breathlessly, Luke whispers "I love you Pretty Girl."

"I love you too. Nice work Daddy." Luke silently laughs with that same boyish grin he possessed in high school; the grin that never failed to speed up Brooke's heart.

"Mr. Scott?" The preacher asks when taking a step forward. "You ready to give your vows now?"

"Yes sir, now more than ever." Luke turns back towards Brooke and lightly kisses her palm before he begins.

"I remember the first time I saw you." Brooke takes in a sharp breath as she remembers the night she snuck into the back of Luke's car and stripped free of her clothes. She laughs in spite of herself, thinking about how far they've come since then. "That night changed everything. You took my breath away. I had never seen someone as beautiful as you. And after all this time you still take my breath away. So today, I stand before you and our friends and family, promising to love you forever. I vow to fiercely love you, in all your forms. I vow to always protect you, and to catch you when you fall. I promise to never let you forget what's important in life. You said I inspire you and that may be true. But you, Brooke Davis, have given me something most people can only dream about. I have loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me that will always be enough. I vow to never forget this is a once in a lifetime love. You are mine forever. My wife."

Lucas smiled at his curly haired daughter as she jumped from the stairs and into his viewing. It took him a good thirty seconds to understand what his giggling daughter was all excited about. But once she yelled "Daddy!" Lucas was taken out of his trance.

"Mama is having a baby. I'm going to be the best big sister ever huh?" Raven said with wide eyes and ran to her mother placing a tender kiss to her stomach.

Brooke couldn't take her eyes off her husband. He hadn't said anything yet and it was making Brooke nervous. They always wanted another child but maybe Luke didn't think the timing was right, what, with the book tour and the reopening of Karen's café that Brooke has been helping Haley with whenever she goes into Tree Hill, which is quite often. Lucas and Brooke live about an hour outside of Tree Hill now, and they've found the mountains suit them well.

Brooke looked down at Luke's trembling hands and took a hold of them. She placed his ice cold hands against her belly and softly spoke to him. "Lucas-" but before she could finish Luke picked his stunning wife up off the floor and spun her around in excitement. Brooke and Raven began giggling like two little school girls.

"Luke we're having another baby." Brooke tenderly whispered in his ear as she felt her feet touch the ground again.

"I can't believe it." Luke cradled Brooke's face in his hands and softly brushed his lips against hers. He heard his wife's delicate sigh as their lips finally touched and massaged against each other's. With tears in his eyes, Luke got down onto his knees and brought both of their hands to her flat stomach.

"I found out two weeks ago but I didn't want to tell you over the phone. We've wanted this for so long and I just-"

"Baby, I love you." Luke said as he stood on his feet again. "Can you even grasp how unbelievably happy I am right now Pretty Girl?"

"I love you too, Lucas. I never thought we would get another child…" Brooke trailed off thinking about the struggles they've had over the past two years with getting pregnant. The doctor said it wasn't impossible but it was a lot harder for Brooke to get pregnant a second time. When she was pregnant with Raven she was on bed rest for the last four months. Her pregnancy was complicated and tiring. The risks were high and Lucas had been terrified of losing Brooke. But she was determined to continue on with the pregnancy. Luke stood by her as he always did but it was difficult and it created a heavy tension between the two of them for a while. But once Luke laid eyes on his little girl, he was a goner and suddenly all the risks Brooke had taken were worth it because there was nothing he could love more than the daughter Brooke Davis gave him.

Raven walks in between the couple, interrupting their moment, as usual. She tugged on her father's shirt to get his attention. "What about me?" With both hands up in the air she asks the one thing Lucas and Brooke could never question.

Luke picked her up in his arms. "You are your mother's daughter."

"Well duh, Daddy." Raven said with an eye roll and a snort.

It was Friday night and Brooke wanted to go this new club opening. Lucas was hesitant to agree because he had special plans for tonight, plans that would have to take a back seat, at least for now. He was going to officially ask Brooke to be his girlfriend again. Girlfriend. He hadn't called Brooke that in over four years. And now, to him, the word just didn't seem enough anymore. Brooke was his whole world, she was more to him than a friend, a lover or a girlfriend. She was his forever.

It had been three months since they ran into each other on the streets of New York and they had gotten to know each other again. Their hearts were exactly in the same place this time around and neither one of them wanted to screw it up so they thought they would keep things simple for a while. But, simple was a rare thing in the story of Brooke and Lucas.

Nathan and Haley had come to town for a visit. Jamie hadn't seen his god parents since his last birthday so the Scott family made a surprise visit to New York. They all spent the day together and even took Jamie to a Broadway show but tonight the adults wanted to go out. So, Jamie was staying in the hotel with Deb.

Brooke was eager to show Nathan and Haley around New York so the opening of the new club Chaos was the perfect thing to do. Luke was going to need some convincing though.

"Luke, please." Brooke pouted and snuggled up next to Lucas, her nose lightly grazing over his neck.

"I just don't feel like going to a club tonight." Luke barely got out his sentence because he was sure that if Brooke had nibbled on his ear he would have agreed to do anything she wanted.

"Well why not?" The pout still sketched on her perfect face.

"I had something else planned for us tonight, just me and you." Luke outstretched his arm around the back of the couch and wrapped it around Brooke's shoulder, bringing her closer to him. Brooke laid her head in the nook of his neck and rubbed invisible circles on his chest where he had some exposed skin from not buttoning his shirt all the way.

"Lucas, please. Nate and Haley are here. Can't you surprise me with your charm tomorrow night? Besides, if you say we can go tonight, I'll be sure to reward you later." Brooke whispered the last part in his ear before bringing the lope of it in her mouth and lightly biting down on it, causing Lucas to let out a quiet moan. Brooke smiled. It worked every time.

The club was crowded and everybody was crammed together, but being friends with Brooke Davis got you VIP treatment. So, Lucas, Brooke, Nathan and Haley were all in a round booth at the back of the club that had a black curtain you could use for privacy. It was great and allowed the four friends the opportunity to actually talk to each other without the annoying screaming chatter you usually have to do in clubs.

"I can't get over how big Jamie has gotten." Brooke and Haley had been talking nonstop about Jamie all day. It seemed Jamie had taken over Brooke Davis's heart once again and to be honest Lucas was a little jealous.

The boys just wanted a night out with their girls, they loved Jamie, more than anything, but they needed some attention too. Nathan hadn't had a night out with Haley in months and he had missed her. How crazy is it that you can miss someone so much and yet they are with you every day?

"Hey babe, why don't you come dance with me for a little while?" Nathan asked, interrupting Haley and Brooke's conversation. He put his hand on her thigh and gave it a little squeeze. "You know we won't get a night like this again for a while and I want to show off my sexy wife." Nathan winked and moved his hand a little higher up on Haley's thigh.

"Pulling out the Scott charm I see." Haley joked. She could never refuse her husband. And it was true. He hadn't look at her like this in a long time and Haley hadn't realized how much she had missed it until now. She grabbed a hold of Nathan's hand as she scooted across the black leather booth and moved towards the dance floor, all the while Nathan held a firm grip on her waist.

"I've missed Naley." Brooke said as she watched the two kiss each other just as they did in high school. Brooke could still see the love they held for one another and if she was honest, Nathan and Haley were even more in love today than they were back in high school.

Lucas wasn't watching the couple on the dance floor though, he was watching Brooke. Everything about her mesmerized him and each time he looked at her he found it increasingly difficult to look away. Her face was flawless.

"I love you." Lucas found himself blurting out. He didn't mean to say it, at least not then, he had it all planned out but of course, with Brooke, plans never seem to go through unless they're hers. But he couldn't help himself. He had to say it to her and the urgency of it overpowered the fear in him. The fear that was telling him she wasn't ready to say it back yet.

Brooke was overcome with so many emotions at that moment. She was stunned and speechless, but happy. Overwhelmingly happy and to her surprise the words 'I love you' didn't scare her anymore. They had been doing so well these past three months, better than she could have envisioned. Luke was right, time did change them. It made them into the people they were always meant to be and in turn it brought them back together, well not officially, but it was getting there. As each day passed, Brooke saw herself growing more in love with him than the day before. It didn't scare her like it did in high school. It excited her. Luke was different now, so was she. But on some level they were exactly the same. They fit. And she knew they were meant to be because they had somehow found their back to each other after all this time. After everything they had been through, they had found their way back and neither one of them were willing to let the other go.

Brooke still hadn't said anything yet, and Lucas became worried. But once he saw her face break out into a smile, that gorgeous and infectious smile, he knew it had to be a good sign.

"Luke, I-" But before she could finish her sentence a tall, dark haired man had approached their table and as soon as she heard his voice her heart dropped and her smiled faded. She turned to see the only man, besides Lucas, to ever hold a piece of her heart and he looked just as handsome as the last time she saw him.

"Julian." Brooke whispered.

"Hi, Brooke."

Shit.

Lucas didn't like the look this Julian guy was giving Brooke, his Brooke. He turned to look at his pretty girl and then he became really anger because the look Brooke was giving Julian was the kind of look that proved there was a history there and he didn't like it. He didn't like it one bit.

"What are you doing here Julian?"

"I just wrapped my first feature film. Me and the cast and crew are out celebrating." He smiled and Brooke's heart fluttered.

"Wow, that's awesome. I'm really happy for you. I know it's a dream come true for you."

"Thank you."

Lucas just sat there and watched as Brooke and Julian stared at each other. It seemed Brooke had completely forgotten he was there. And he was pissed.

"So are you going to ever come over here and give me a hug or what?" Julian teased.

Brooke moved to get up but Lucas placed a firm grip on her leg and that's when Brooke noticed the locked jaw and clenched fist. Lucas wasn't happy and Brooke knew it.

"I think she's fine right here." Lucas growled.

"Lucas-"

"Ah, Lucas Scott we finally meet. You're the reason I lost my girl over here." Julian made sure to infusive the word my. He was an egotistical jerk and thrived on pissing people off.

Lucas smirked and put his arm around Brooke, bringing her in close. Brooke had to resist the urge to roll her eyes. Guys were very territorial and that's exactly what Lucas was doing, marking his territory. But she didn't understand why, to her she was his, whether it was official or not. Julian was just a footnote in their love story, nothing more.

"I'm sure I could convince her to take one more ride with me though. Remember that night in the pool-"

"Julian, stop it." Brooke spoke before he had a chance to say anything else, because she was sure Lucas was about ten seconds away from knocking Julian out. She placed her hand on top of his and rubbed invisible circles along his palm. It seemed to relax him some, but Brooke knew Lucas and if Julian pushed him further, it could get ugly.

Julian wasn't backing down though. He wanted Brooke and if he couldn't have her he was going to make damn sure Lucas couldn't either.

"I got to tell you baby, I'm not used to hearing those words come out of that dirty mouth of yours. You're usually moaning my name or telling me to go harder."

Brooke tried to keep a grip onto Luke's hand but it was no use, he was strong and his face was violent. Luke was out of his seat and in Julian's face in a matter of seconds.

"You don't want to push me, bitch."

"Did I hit a nerve, Luke?"

Nathan and Haley had returned to the table and Brooke breathed a sigh of relief. She sent a glare towards Nathan, signaling him to help her out.

"Luke, man what's going on?" Nathan asked

"I'm about to beat this punk's face in, that's what's about happen." Lucas roared. Julian let out an evil laugh, mocking him. Luke's fist clenched tight by his side. Brooke rose from her seat and walked up behind Lucas. She tried to weasel her way between the two boys but Lucas pushed her back behind him.

"Luke, come on, let it go and come dance with me." Brooke said as she once again moves in to get between Lucas and Julian. This time she is successful but as she reaches for his hand, Julian grabs her by the arm and forces her up against him. His hand trails down the side of her back and just as his lips are about to crash down onto hers Lucas pushes Julian hard against the wall and starts bounding on him.

Brooke got knocked down in the process and was crying out in pain. Her arm had slammed hard against the table when Lucas pushed past her. Haley carefully helped her up and onto the booth so she could seat down. "I'll go get you some ice ok honey."

Nathan was trying his best to get Lucas off of Julian.

"Luke, you need to stop." Nathan's voice was calm. He didn't blame Lucas for his reaction. If a guy had come up to Haley like that, he would have done the same thing. But he also knew that Brooke was hurt and if Lucas stood any chance with her after tonight, he needed to get Lucas away from Julian.

Nathan pushed Lucas off of Julian and held his hand out so Lucas wouldn't run past him.

"Julian, I suggest you leave. And I'm not asking twice."

Julian straightened out his shirt and licked over his busted bottom lip before smirking at Lucas and turning to walk away.

Lucas had to have the last word though.

"If you ever come near my girl again, I'll make damn sure there's no one around to stop me next time."

Just then Haley came back with the ice, and that's when Lucas finally noticed Brooke was hurt.

"Brooke." Lucas whispered with worry in his voice. He moved to kneel down in front of her. "God, baby I'm so sorry. Are you ok?" He asked as he moved his hand down her arm and stroked the bruise gently.

"No, Lucas. I'm not ok. Nothing about what just happened is ok."

"Brooke, please. I didn't mean to hurt you. You know I didn't." He spoke tenderly; afraid he really messed up this time. How did he go from telling her he loved her to not even realizing he physically hurt her. He was so caught up in his anger and jealously that he didn't even notice his pretty girl was hurt.

He reached his hand up to stroke her gently on the cheek but she pushed him away.

"Don't. Just don't." Brooke barely got out the words before she was up and on her feet with Haley quickly following after her.