Chapter 46

"You are my life, Peyt" Brooke says "You're everything to me and I'd be lost without you so there is nothing here for me anymore. You're my world Peyton Sawyer Scott and I don't want anything else but you and the kids"

Tears are rolling down Peyton's face. "Brooke, I love you so much"

"And I love you more than anything in this world"

Peyton drops down to her knee and Brooke looks at her "What are you doing?"

Peyton pulls the ring out of her back pocket "I bought this for you today" she says softly "And I'm hoping you'll let me put it on your finger and we'll spend the rest of our lives together." Peyton says sighing "Brooke Davis, will you marry me?"

Brooke just sits there staring at Peyton. Peyton is still on her knee waiting for an answer. A few minutes pass.

"Brooke" Peyton says

"Honey, get off your knee" she says "You're already in a lot of pain"

Peyton gets up and moves the chair she was sitting in over in front of Brooke the ring still in her hand.

"Did you hear me?" Peyton says

Brooke sighs "Yes"

"Are you going to say something?"

Brooke gets up and starts pacing back and forth. "Why are you asking me that?"

Peyton looks confused "I love you"

"Peyt, I just asked you a few months ago to marry me and you weren't ready… Why now?"

"Because I realized after everything we've been through that we shouldn't wait. We should start our life together and we should be a married couple" Peyton says her face dropping because she's confused at Brooke's reaction "Don't you feel the same?"

Brooke looks out at the city and then she turns back to Peyton. "You know I love you"

"Yes" Peyton sighs still holding the ring out to Brooke

Brooke smiles "Ask me again"

"What?" Peyton says

"I was just surprised. Please, ask me again" She says walking back over and sitting back down

Peyton goes to get down on her knee again.

"No, don't get on your knee, honey. You're bruised and in a lot of pain. Just ask me from there"

Peyton takes Brooke's hand and looks into her eyes "I know that things have been very complicated the last few months and weeks, especially. You have cared for me with such tenderness and I've fallen in love with you all over again. You are the most amazing person I know and I love you with my entire heart and soul. We fit together perfectly and I want to spend the rest of my life making you happy. Brooke Davis, will you do me the honors of marrying me and becoming my wife?"

Tears are streaming down Brooke's face. In fact, she's crying so hard she's having a hard time talking. She sniffles a little and wipes her eyes then she looks at Peyton and a huge smile fills her face.

"Yes, Peyton Sawyer Scott, I would love to be your wife!"

Peyton smiles and slips the ring on Brooke's finger. Brooke looks at it.

"It's so beautiful, Peyt"

"Just like you" Peyton adds leaning over and kissing her hard on the mouth

Brooke holds out her hand and looks at her ring for a few more minutes. Then she kisses Peyton again.

"I love you so much baby" she says

"I love you too" Peyton says

"We should eat, though, because our food will get cold"

"Or we could go have the most amazing sex"

Brooke gives Peyton a sly grin "Food first then dessert!"

The two start eating and then Brooke gets up and walks away. Peyton wonders what she's doing. Within seconds she returns and sits down. Peyton looks at her funny.

"Where'd you go?"

"Well" Brooke says "I was wondering" she says holding out the ring she had bought for Peyton "If you'd wear the ring I bought you?"

Peyton smiles "I'd love too"

Brooke takes Peyton's hand and slips the ring on it. "Fits perfect" Brooke says

"Sure does" Peyton says holding up her hand looking at it "It's beautiful. I love it"

"And I love you" Peyton says smiling

The two go back to eating their dinner.

"So when do you want to get married?" Brooke asks still with a huge smile on her face

"I don't know" Peyton says "Sooner than later"

"Really?"

"Really"

"Ok, so we can get married in New York" Brooke says casually

"So how about after we finish eating we start looking at places and then tomorrow we can start calling around and checking availability"

"Peyton" Brooke says "Are you serious? You really want to do this?"

Peyton looks at Brooke "Of course, Brooke! And I want to do it as soon as possible!"

"Ok, then" Brooke says smiling "After dinner we'll go check places out"

"Wonderful" Peyton says

The two finish their dinner and clean up. Then they go into the apartment and settle on the couch. Brooke pulls out her iPad.

"So do you want to get married in the city or somewhere else?" She asks as she opens Google Chrome

Peyton sighs "Brooke" she says softly "This is my second wedding and it's your first. I want you to have whatever you want. I had the chance to plan a wedding and you haven't. This will be your last chance so I want you to have what you want"

Brooke smiles at her "It's our wedding"

"I know that" Peyton says with a smile "But you know me, baby, I'm not picky and I just want you to be happy"

"Just marrying you makes me happy"

"But since you were a little girl didn't you dream of your wedding day?"

"Of course all little girls do"

"What did you want?"

"A big fancy dress, with all of my friends there, dancing, lots and lots of flowers"

"That's a start" Peyton says "Let's look at venues in New York"

Brooke types it in the search engine and waits for the responses.

"Here's the top 10 New York City wedding locations" Brooke says handing Peyton the iPad

"Do we want inside or out?"

"Let's see what they say"

"Ok" Peyton says "The first place is The Foundry" she says as she turns the iPad towards Brooke

Brooke frowns

"Ok, moving on" Peyton laughs "How about The Central Park Boathouse?"

"Oh Peyton!" Brooke says "That would be perfect. I'll take you there tomorrow"

"So do you want to stop looking and see the availability of this place?"

"Yes" Brooke says "If you like it"

Peyton clicks on the website and sees it "It looks beautiful" she says "How about we check it out and if it's not what we want we'll keep looking"

"Are you sure, Peyt?" Brooke asks

"Of course" Peyton says leaning over and kissing her "I told you. I want this to be your dream come true"

"Thank you" Brooke says leaning over and kissing her

"My pleasure" Peyton says

The two spend the next few hours looking at all they'll need to do to plan their wedding. Peyton yawns and Brooke laughs a little.

"Are you getting tired?" Brooke asks

"A little" Peyton says

"Me too" Brooke yawns "How about we go to bed?"

"Sounds good" Peyton says

The two head down the hallway and to the bedroom. They get ready for bed and climb in. Brooke snuggles into Peyton and Peyton sighs.

"What's wrong, baby?" she asks

"I just thought maybe we'd make love since we just got engaged"

Brooke leans up and kisses Peyton passionately on the lips "As much as I'd love to make love to you we're not going to tonight. You're already in pain and I'm not going to cause you more. Maybe tomorrow…"

Peyton sighs and kisses Brooke's forehead "Fine, I'm kind of tired so I'm not going to argue with you"

"Thanks" Brooke says laughing

The two wrap their arms around each other and drift off to sleep. The next morning Peyton gets up first and slips out of bed without waking Brooke. She gets dressed and goes to the market on the corner to get supplies to make breakfast. She returns to the apartment and Brooke is still sleeping. She starts a pot of coffee and then starts making a cherry cream crescent coffee braid. When she gets that into the oven she gets a pan out and fries up some bacon. This wakes Brooke.

"What are you doing?" Brooke asks groggily walking into the kitchen

"Making breakfast"

Brooke looks around the kitchen "What are you making?"

"There's a coffee braid in the oven and I'm frying bacon right now to make BLT omelets and hashbrowns"

Brooke looks at her "Why the hell are you making such an elaborate breakfast?"

"Because we got engaged last night" Peyton says smiling "And I wanted to celebrate"

Brooke walks over and kisses her "God, I'm so lucky" she says "Can I help you with anything?"

"Nope" Peyton says opening the bag of freezer hash browns and putting them into the pan "Just enjoy a cup of coffee"

"Ok" Brooke says "Thank you" walking over and getting a cup of coffee then sitting at the counter with her iPad. "How do you feel about a Spring wedding?"

Peyton sighs "That's a long time from now"

"I know but we won't have time for a fall wedding because it's fall now and I don't want to have our wedding in the winter because it won't be as nice in Central Park. Nothing's running then."

"Then spring it is" Peyton says turning and smiling at her

"Ok, great!" Brooke says as she types on her iPad

"What are you looking at?" Peyton asks

"Pinterest" Brooke replies "I'm looking for spring wedding ideas"

Peyton just smiles as she continues to make breakfast. She takes the coffee braid out of the oven. She puts the omelets on the plates and then hash browns. She walks over and puts one plate in front of Brooke and the other next to her. She walks over and cuts the braid and puts it on the counter as well. She then walks over and gets the ketchup and orange juice out of the refrigerator. Finally, she sits down next to Brooke.

"Everything looks wonderful" Brooke says leaning over kissing Peyton "Thank you"

"You're welcome, baby" Peyton says

"I was thinking maybe we could do these colors" Brooke says turning the iPad towards Peyton "I mean I like the orange, red and yellow together it looks happy"

"It does" Peyton says smiling "And I think they look great together"

Brooke smiles "Peyton" she says "I'm so excited!"

"So am I baby"

"I know you wanted the weekend away and it's only Saturday but…"

"But what?" Peyton asks

"I really miss the kids"

"Me too" Peyton answers "Especially since I just remembered them"

"And I want to tell Nathan our news"

"So would you like to go home?" Peyton asks

"Well, not if you don't"

"Let's finish breakfast and we'll get a flight back to Tree Hill" Peyton answers

Brooke just leans over and kisses Peyton. She was so excited she wanted to share it with everything and she wanted to be with them when they shared it. She was a little worried about how Haley would react but she really didn't care. Nothing couldn't replace the way she felt right now and how she'd feel for the rest of her life.

AN: Sorry it's short… I've really lost my steam on this story. Adding in the accident allowed me to crank out a couple more chapters but that was about it. The next chapter will be the last chapter and it will take a time jump. It will be a long one. I am working on a couple new stories but I'm not sure when I'll post them… I'm also going to try to go back and finish The Nanny… which will probably only have a couple more chapters as well. Thank you for all the reviews. It makes me keep writing… And thank you for reading my stories… I love writing Fanfics and if no one read them I'd be sad…