Title: Feels like Tonight

Author: D Sollers

Subjet: Season 5 BL fic- Minor spoilers. "I always saw us in Tree hill. We had a big house and an even bigger family and nothing else would matter because we'd be together."

Disclaimer: I own nothing to do with OTH, thank God.

Author's Notes: Okay so this is the last chapter of the story and it makes me so sad :-( But I am glad to have it finished so I can start on a few of my other stories. Plus it gives me time to brainstorm my new idea which I will probably have the first couple of chapters up next week, since I start work again tomorrow. I never realized how hard grooming dogs was (and I only do it three days a week!) Okay well I hope everyone had a safe and fun Halloween and that no one is ODing on candy like my daughter is ;-)

Chapter Twenty

When it's for you

Epilogue

New York City, 2009

"What are you doing here?"

He couldn't believe that after two years of silence, Brooke Davis was standing in front of him. "It's nice to see you too," she teased, her arms wrapping around him as she brought him into a hug.

Lucas pulled away from her and smiled. "That came out wrong, I am so glad you're here! But how... why?"

"I live here actually," Brooke said.

The room was crowded, filled with people he hardly knew. He hadn't seen them before and couldn't remember their names but as he stared down at the beautiful brunette, he didn't care.

"Why don't we get out of here?" He asked, his hand reaching down and grabbing ah old of hers. She smiled up at him as she nodded her head, his fingers entwining with her own.

It didn't take long for Lucas to find a bar, one that was well lit and filled with people in their twenty's. "How's your life Brooke?" He asked her, suddenly wanting to know everything that he had missed out on while dating Peyton.

She explained to him about her mother and their rocky relationship, that she was living in an apartment with Rachel but wasn't sure how much longer that was going to last because Rachel had been off in Paris modeling.

"What about you and Peyton?"

Her name fell off of Brooke's tongue easier and the thought saddened Lucas. Did she not care anymore? Was everything past them?

"I was going to purpose," he admitted with a laugh. He reached into his coat pocket and pulled out the velvet box, handing it to Brooke for the girl to examine. Brooke hesitated as she opened the box, staring down at the ring.

"It's beautiful," she whispered.

The bartender watched the exchange between the two and smiled. "Congratulations," he said as he made his way over to them, a champagne bottle in his hands.

"Everybody, give a hand for the young lovebirds."

Brooke looked at Lucas in embarrassment as he shrugged his shoulders. The champagne was already flowing and he smirked towards her. "Aren't you going to put it on?" He asked.

She stared down at the ring that was meant for someone else and sighed. Slipping it onto her finger, she reached for the glass of champagne. "We should get really, really drunk."

He nodded his head, wrapping his arm around her. "You're lucky," the bartender said towards the happy 'couple'. "To be so young and so in love, I can tell the two of you are going to last forever."

As he said the words, Brooke's heart beat against her chest reminding her just how real that this felt. But this wasn't a fairytale and Lucas wasn't her prince Charming.

They had made their way throughout the town, pretending to be a newly engaged couple and enjoying the benefits. Free food at the sushi bar, champagne in the Blue Lounge and more alcohol at a dance club.

As they walked towards the park, Brooke looked down at her feet. "I can't walk anymore. Carry me," she said, hitting him in the arm with her purse.

Lucas laughed. "You're drunk and I am not carrying you."

She pouted up at him. "Why not?"

"Because I'm drunk."

They laughed at each other as Brooke spotted the horse drawn carriage. "Lucas! Look at that," she said with a smile. "I've always wanted to ride in one of them."

"Lets go," he said as he grabbed a hold of her hand.

"It's awfully late, why are you two still outside?" The driver asked as Brooke and Lucas approached the carriage. Brooke started to laugh and Lucas looked down at the ring that was still resting on Brooke's finger.

"We're celebrating actually," he said with a smile. "I purposed to her just a few hours ago."

The driver smiled at them and opened the carriage door. "If that's the case, this ride is free. Hop on in," he said. Brooke hesitated for a moment before going against her better judgment and slipping inside. She was cold and tired and the alcohol was beginning to wear off.

Brooke snuggled underneath the blanket, allowing Lucas to scoot closer so that he too could use some of the blankets warmth. "So what do you have planned for the rest of your lives?" The driver asked, turning back to face them.

Lucas turned towards Brooke and smiled but before he could answer, Brooke cuts him off. "Well, we'll be a huge power couple. I'll have my clothing line and he'll be a famous author."

He doesn't doubt the words she is saying, he's known all along that Brooke Davis was going to make it with whatever she decided to do. "We'll have a huge family."

"Two boys and a girl," Brooke murmured, turning towards him.

He nodded his head. "I'll coach little league and she'll bake treats for them."

"Buy treats for them," she corrected, a small smile forming on her lips.

He looked back at the driver and remembered home, how much Brooke had always loved Tree Hill. "We'll spend summers in our beach house."

"Yeah, and winters in the South of France," she added.

Lucas looked down at their joined hands, the ring that had slipped onto her finger with such ease and smiled. "It won't matter where we are as long as we're..."

"Together," Brooke and Lucas said at the same time, as Brooke began to blush. The driver nods his head as he turned to look at the two lovebirds, the couple that had their whole lives ahead of them.

"That's the key," he explains with a small laugh. "Love is all you need but then again, I guess you already have that figured out."

Brooke turned towards Lucas and he nodded his head. "Yeah," he whispered into the cold night air.

Tree Hill, 2019

"Baby, wake up!"

Lucas rubbed her shoulder from where he was sitting on the bed and Brooke blinked her eyes open. "Ten more minutes," she smiled as she snuggled back under the blanket and tried to turn away from him.

"I'm sorry but your kids are already awake and down stairs," Lucas laughed, his hand finding the bump of her pregnant stomach.

Brooke groaned as she looked over at the clock. "It's only five forty five!" She exclaimed as she sat up, knocking Lucas' hand out of the way. "Each year they get earlier and earlier..."

"At least they're not snooping before Christmas like someone else I know," he said as he winked his eye. Brooke blushed in embarrassment as she reached out for his hand.

"Help me up."

He took a step back and allowed her to lean on him as she got out of the bed and he smiled down at her. His wife had always been gorgeous, voted most beautiful in her senior class. But with pregnancy, Brooke glowed.

"What are you smiling at Luke?" She said as she pulled the robe around her.

He shrugged his shoulders and laughed a little, dropping a kiss on her nose as he headed towards the door. "You're just beautiful," he explained as they walked down the steps.

"Merry Christmas mommy," said their daughter as the couple entered the room. The girl was little, no older than four or five with dark hair and dimples. Lucas imagined that it was what Brooke looked like when she was five.

Brooke kissed the top of her daughters head. "Good morning Hannah," she whispered. "Where's Kieth?" She asked, turning to Lucas in confusion.

Lucas pointed towards under the tree and Brooke laughed. Sure enough, after only a second her three year old son popped out from behind the tree, a Christmas bow centered on the top of his head.

"Merry Christmas," he said as he hugged his mother. If their daughter had taken to look like Brooke, Kieth was a spitting image of Lucas. Light blonde hair with intense blue eyes and a beautiful smile.

Hannah tugged on Lucas sweat pants. "Daddy can we give mommy her gift now?" She asked as she stared up at her dad and batted her eyelashes, something Lucas was never able to resist.

"Sure thing princess," Lucas said as he scooped up his little girl into his arms for a Christmas hug.

It only took a minute for Hannah and Kieth to run out of the living room, to search for the gift that they had gotten their mom. Brooke turned towards Lucas and smiled. "Are you sure you're ready for another one?" She asked.

"You owe me one more boy," he reminded her.

She rolled her eyes as she leaned into his body, smiling as he kissed the top of her head. Their kids entered the room, pulling a cardboard box on top of a wagon. Brooke turned to Lucas in confusion and he pushed her to open it.

As she pulled away the red bow, Hannah and Kieth looked towards Lucas in excitement. "Oh my God," Brooke said as she scooped the boxer puppy into her arms and snuggled against the puppy's face. "She's beautiful," Brooke giggled.

Hannah and Kieth nodded their heads. "Daddy told us you had everything you had ever wished for," Hannah explained as she petted the top of the dogs head. "Except for a puppy."

Brooke's eyes glossed with tears as she leaned up to kiss her husband on the lips. "I've gotta call Haley! Now we can go to the dog park together and we can dress them up!"

Lucas rolled his eyes at his wife's behavior, turning towards his kids. "Ready to open your presents from Santa?" He said with a grin.

"Yeah!" The two kids exclaimed, rushing towards their Christmas tree and pulling apart the paper. Brooke giggled at their children, sitting down on the couch beside Lucas. She held the puppy in her hands as she watched her kids awe at their gifts, each taking a second to lift them up in surprise.

Their living room was demolished with wrapping paper thrown everywhere, only an hour later. Brooke had insisted that she clean it before their family came over but Lucas told her no. "Can we make pancakes?" Hannah asked as she looked over at her mother.

"Sure," Brooke said with a smile grabbing a hold of her hand and walking towards the kitchen.

Lucas held the trash bag as his son began to pick up the pieces of paper, throwing them towards the bag. "That's my boy!" Lucas laughed as the trash fell into the bag.

"Daddy is it true that grandma is coming home?"

Lucas nodded his head and lifted the little boy into his lap. "Grandma Karen will be here in a few hours with Aunt Lilly," he explained. "So will Nathan, Haley and Jamie."

"Then we can build a snowman?"

Lucas smiled. "Then we can build a snowman," he repeated.

"Lucas! I think the puppy needs to go to the bathroom," Brooke called from the kitchen.

He lifted his son onto his back and headed into the kitchen, plopping him down on the chair next to his sister. "You're really going to have to name it, we can't just call it 'the puppy'." His wife rolled her eyes, carefully spooning the pancake mix onto the frying pan before turning her attention to the dog on the ground.

"Gracie, I like the name Gracie."

Lucas scooped the puppy up into his arms and smiled down at it. "Alright Gracie, welcome to the family." He pulled his jacket around him as he opened the side door, a package sitting on the ground.

"Who's that from?" Brooke asked as Lucas bent down to pick it up. He shrugged his shoulders as he brought it to the kitchen table.

"It's addressed to you," he said.

Brooke clapped her hands together in excitement. "Oh goodie another present!" She said with a laugh as she walked towards the table and began to open the cardboard box.

Inside was another box, this time wrapped with silver Christmas paper. Brooke pulled the paper off the box and pulled out another one, this time a thin black box.

She pulled the top of it off and peeked inside, her mouth falling open in awe. "It's beautiful," Brooke commented as she ran her fingers over the locket.

"It's moms," he explained. "Kieth gave it to my mom when she was pregnant with me."

Brooke's eyes filled with tears as she looked up at Lucas. "Put it on me?" She requested, still touched at both Karen and Lucas for such a wonderful gift.

Lucas handed the puppy to Hannah and waited as Brooke pulled up her hair. He clasped it around her neck, kissing her exposed skin as it fell into place. She backed away, a small smile forming on her lips. "How does it look?" She questioned.

"Like it was made for you."

They kissed and both Hannah and Kieth began to giggle. "Alright, alright!" Lucas said as he pulled away, once again taking the dog from his daughters hands.

"Can we eat in the living room?" Hannah asked, staring up at Brooke.

Brooke turned to Lucas and then back to her children. She shrugged her shoulders before beginning to dish the pancakes. "How the Grinch stole Christmas is on," Brooke said with a smile.

Lucas nodded his head. "Okay, since it's Christmas!"

Brooke watched as Lucas headed out of the house and she grabbed her children's plates, heading into the living room. Lucas came back a few minutes later and turned on the movie, taking only a minute to snuggle under the blanket with Brooke.

"Is this everything you wished for?" Lucas whispered into her ear.

Brooke looked up from where she was seated at the memories across the mantel. There were plenty of pictures, filled with the people that Brooke loved the most in the world.

She snuggled against his chest and nodded her head.

"Everything and more."

The End.

Alright everyone, that's the end of the story. I am going to update once more before I put this story under completed, I just want to make sure I do a thurough thank you list and also give you the link to my brucas video. Thanks for all the reviews and I hope to see some more!