Claudia stood beside Jack, Brooke and Haley at Keith's funeral. Dan, Nathan, Whitey, Karen and Lucas stood in front of them and loads of people were sitting behind them. It was a sad day for Tree Hill and everyone came out to Keith's funeral because he was dearly loved.

"Oh, that I had the wings of a dove! I would fly away and be at rest. My companion attacks his friends, he violates his covenant. His speech is smooth, yet war is in his heart. But you, O God, will bring down the wicked into the pit of corruption. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men will not live out half their days. As for me, I trust in you. And now, we ask for the strength to navigate the stages of our grief as we lay our brother, Keith, to rest." The Priest said as Lucas advanced and took earth in his hand. He poured over Keith's coffin. Claudia looked at Lucas tearfully. Dan wasn't moving, he was too busy looking away. "Dan." The priest stated and Dan snapped back into reality. He advanced and took the earth, just like Lucas did. Everyone else did the same thing, Claudia looked down at the coffin when it was her turn. She her tears dropped into the whole alongside the earth that she gently scattered in. Nathan waited for her and hugged her when she had finished and walked over to him.

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Nathan sat on the bed s Claudia looked at herself in the mirror. She was thinking about all the good times she had with Keith. She just couldn't grasp how Jimmy could of took Keith's life. Jimmy loved Keith and Claudia knew that.

"I guess everybody's just gonna change and back to Karen's, okay?" Claudia stated as she took off the necklace she was wearing.

"People are definitely gonna change." Nathan replied as Claudia placed the necklace down.

"Will you unzip me?" Claudia asked choking on her own tears. Nathan stood up and walked over to Claudia.

"Oh, Claudia, I love you." Nathan whispered as he took her in his arms, they both faced the mirror.

"I love you, too." Claudia replied as she kissed his hand that was wrapped around Claudia's chest.

"It's all so uncertain. God, I love you." Nathan admitted and Claudia smiled a little at him, she looked at him through the mirror. "I don't ever want to come that close to losing you again. I need you to be safe, okay?" Nathan asked and Claudia nodded her head.

"You are stuck with me till the end of time, Scott." Claudia laughed a little and Nathan kissed Claudia's neck. Claudia turned around and kissed Nathan passionately.

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Claudia and Nathan were lying in Nathan's best with the covers over them, they were hugging each other.

"Okay, we are the worst family/friends in the whole world. We really should be at Lucas'." Claudia laughed as she looked down the bed.

"You're right." Nathan replied as Claudia smiled up at him. "Just stay here for a second." Nathan continued and Claudia nodded her head. "You know, when I was a kid, I had this morning paper route. And every morning there was this moment, it was right around dawn, and I would just stop, breathe it all in. You could almost feel the magic in the world. But lying here with you, I feel that same stillness. I can almost believe that the world's not as screwed up as I know it is." Nathan explained and Claudia smiled up at him. "My mom's coming home. She called." Nathan stated and Claudia played with Nathan's wedding ring that he was wearing around his neck.

"Well, at least now you won't have to live alone in this big giant house." Claudia replied.

"No, but she will." Nathan stated and Claudia looked at him confused. She stopped playing with is wedding ring. "I want us to live together. I wanna be your husband again, Claudia." Nathan continued and Claudia kissed him.

"Finally, I have waited for that for ages and it sounds perfect." She grinned but the she realised one vita fact. "But I have a roommate named Brooke." Claudia groaned.

"That doesn't matter." Nathan smiled as he shook his head.

"And our dream schools are 3000 miles away." Claudia listed and Nathan continued to shake his head.

"Doesn't matter." Nathan laughed.

"And neither of us have jobs." Claudia added and Nathan shook his head.

"It doesn't matter. You know how long it took me to realise that?" Nathan asked and Claudia turned her head to look at him. "The amount of time it takes to pull a trigger. I love you, Claudia Stone, and that's all I need to know. And it doesn't mean it's not gonna be hard. It doesn't mean it's not gonna be confusing, but, whatever it is, we'll face it together." Nathan explained and Claudia grinned at him, Nathan took all of the pain away from her. Nathan made her happy.

"You are quite charming, you know that?" Claudia asked and Nathan raised his eyebrows. "I mean you could sweep any girl off of their feet." Claudia smiled up at her husband.

"You haven't even seen my A-game." Nathan smirked and Claudia gasped.

"Oh my, help me when it comes." Claudia exclaimed and Nathan kissed her on the forehead. "It's Scott, by the way." Claudia smiled as she looked up at a confused Nathan. "You called me Claudia Stone. It is Claudia Scott." Claudia corrected before she kissed him. "And it always will be." She added before they kissed again. Claudia hadn't felt this happy in a while.

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Brooke opened the box that held the material for Karen's wedding dress. Claudia walked into the apartment- she was going to tell Brooke about her and Nathan.

"Hey, roommate." Claudia smiled, and Brooke continued to look at the material.

"Hey. This is the saddest thing. It's the material for Karen's wedding dress." Brooke said sadly as Claudia walked over to her.

"Oh god." Claudia whispered but she couldn't conceal her happiness.

"What are you so happy about?" Brooke asked and Claudia felt guilty after everything that had happened.

"Nathan and I want to be together again. Like, for real." Claudia grinned.

"Claudia, that's awesome!" Brooke exclaimed, she was truly happy for her friend.

"Yeah, it king of sucks, though. I gonna miss you. You've became a really good friend." Claudia replied smiling sadly.

"Yeah, you, too. When am I losing you?" Brooke asked sad.

"Soon as we can find an apartment, you know." Claudia explained and Brooke nodded her head.

"Whenever that is, you go be happy. Life's too short, you know?" Brooke asked as they both looked down at the wedding dress material.

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Brooke, as student body president, decided to host a party in the school for people's grieving. Lucas couldn't stand being in the school so he left, however, Claudia and Nathan were huddled together- dancing.

"God, I love this song." Claudia confessed and Nathan smirked.

"I am surprised, this song is new and you like music decades old." Nathan replied impressed and Claudia laughed a little.

"You think that's okay?" Claudia asked and Nathan was confused. "To, like, love a song and feel good when you hear it? And, like, laugh and be happy? To be so in love with somebody your heart aches? I mean, is that okay right now or is it just too soon?" Claudia asked and Nathan smiled down at her.

"It's never, never too soon to feel like that." He replied before he kissed her.

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Brooke walked into the tutor centre where Claudia, Haley, Nathan, Mouth, Skills, Rachel, Abby and Marcus were held hostage. It was also where Nathan and Claudia were sitting right now chatting.

"I had to tell you something." Nathan smiled over at Claudia as they sat at a desk. Claudia leaned on her elbow, signalling that she was excited to hear. "I wanted to say I told you so." Nathan smirked and Claudia looked at him confused, she hated when she was wrong.

"I am not confused." Claudia laughed. Nathan looked into his girlfriends bright blue eyes.

"When you come to my parents beach house party in junior year with Lucas and Haley, you told me that not one good thing could come out of the tutoring." Nathan explained and Claudia was confused as to why he was thinking about that now. "I was thinking about it today." Nathan shrugged and Claudia placed a palm on his cheek.

"That is the only thing I have and will ever be wrong about." Claudia smirked before she kissed Nathan. Brooke walked in and they turned to face her smiling.

"Hey." Brooke smiled as she sat down on the chair opposite the married couple.

"Hiya." Claudia said. Brooke handed Claudia a key.

"Here." Brooke smirked and Claudia looked at it confused.

"What is this?" Claudia asked confused.

"It's my door key." Brooke answered. "Actually, it's your door key." Brooke corrected herself and Claudia shook her head because she felt guilty.

"Brooke, it's your place." Claudia replied.

"No. It's always been your place. Both of yours. I was just keeping it warm until you came to your senses." Brooke smiled at the married couple.

"Thank you, Brooke." Nathan replied as he smiled at Brooke.

"Thanks, you are the best." Claudia grinned over at Brooke as she held the key.

"How's Lucas doing?" Nathan asked concerned, Brooke shook her head.

"I don't know, he left. I'm just trying to give him his space, but it's hard, you know?" Brooke answered upset.

"Yeah." Nathan replied.

"Anyway, you kids be happy. One of these days, you'll make the rest of us believe in true love." Brooke exclaimed before she left them in the tutor centre along.

"I wanna go find Lucas." Claudia said looking over at Nathan.

"Okay, let's go." Nathan replied and Claudia smiled at him.

"Okay." She stated as Nathan and Claudia both stood up.

"Hey, hold on." Nathan called on Claudia. Claudia faced him and watched him bend down. He removed the scotch tape that was stuck on the floor. Nathan was made to stick it down when they were hostages. Nathan threw the tape in the bin and Claudia held onto his hand. They walked out of the tutor centre.

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Lucas was sitting at the counter in Karen's cafe when Claudia and Nathan walked in.

"Hey." Claudia smiled wary as she stood next to Lucas at the counter, Nathan stood beside her as well.

"Here. I'm taking my predictions back. Not gonna come true now, anyway. Not without Keith." Lucas stated coldly as he pushed the tin over to Claudia.

"Luke..." Claudia began to say before Lucas interrupted.

"My mom thinks that this was my fault." Lucas stated and Claudia looked at him in shock.

"She would not say that." Claudia replied sternly. She could never have believed that Karen would say or even imply such a thing.

"Yeah, well, she pretty much did." Lucas said before he turned to face Nathan. "We shouldn't have gone back into that school." Lucas continued and Claudia shook her head.

"She's wrong. Luke, Keith would've gone back into that school if you were in there or not, because that is who he was. That is not your fault." Claudia explained truthfully.

" Hey, she's right, Luke. You did what he did. You went back in there so to save a life." Nathan added and Lucas looked away. "Otherwise, we might've been at Peyton's funeral." Nathan finished.

"And I couldn't save Keith." Lucas said tearfully.

"And neither could I" Nathan admitted and Claudia began to cry.

"He loved you a lot, Luke. Just like we do. And so does Brooke." Claudia started to say comforting Lucas. "You think none of your predictions are gonna come true? Look at the first one on your list. 'This year, I'll try again with Brooke.'" Claudia read out smiling. "Keith will always be with you Luke, he will be right there the whole time." Claudia finished as she pointed to Lucas's heart.

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Nathan and Claudia walked to their bedroom. On the wall, Brooke had wrote, "Welcome back". In their bedroom, Claudia saw a note on the bed and Karen's wedding dress material as their bed spread.

"This is Karen's wedding dress material." Claudia said in awe as she sat down on the bed and looked at the welcome back note that Brooke had left them. "If only it were raining." Claudia smiled up at her husband.

"I can take care of that. Come on." Nathan smirked as he held his hand out of Claudia. She took it grinning and they walked out of the apartment.

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Claudia and Nathan were sitting in the middle of the pitch on a blanket. Claudia was sitting in between Nathan's legs and she looked into his eyes smiling.

"I want you to know something. If anything ever happens to me, if you ever lose me..." Nathan began to say but Claudia shook her head and interrupted.

"Nathan." She groaned.

"I want you to know how happy you made me. How wonderful my life was with you. And I will always be with you." Nathan explained and Claudia smiled at him.

"Nothing's gonna happen to you." Claudia replied truthfully. "I told you; you are stuck with me until we are grey and old." Claudia laughed

"I know. I know, you're right. But if it does, I just want you to be okay, Claudia. And know that you made me happy." Nathan complimented and Claudia looked down at the ground.

"I need to ask you something." She sighed and Nathan nodded his head.

"Okay." Nathan replied, he was a little bit worried.

"Do you mind if I got to Jimmy's funeral?" Claudia asked and Nathan sighed. He stayed quiet for a while and Claudia waited for him to speak.

"Do you want to?" Nathan asked and Claudia rested a hand on his face.

"I need to." Claudia stated as she looked up at Nathan. "Nobody should die alone, especially after what he said to us in the tutor centre." Claudia explained and Nathan nodded his head. "He was my friend, I grew up with him. Jimmy was just sick and unwell, he didn't mean what he did. I know he didn't. The jimmy who was my friend was not capable of that." Claudia continued honestly. There had always been something in the back of her mind telling her that Jimmy wasn't the murderer. She just couldn't believe that Jimmy could do such a thing.

"Then you should go." Nathan replied and Claudia grinned at him.

"You promise you are okay with this?" Claudia asked justing want to make sure that Nathan wasn't lying to make her happy.

"This is just one of the things I love about you. Your kindness, despite what people do you still care for them and it is remarkable." Nathan complimented and Claudia began to cry with happiness.

"Its's not a yes or a no." Claudia replied laughing a little.

"I promise I am okay with you going." Nathan replied and Claudia nodded her head.

"I think I just met your A-game." Claudia smiled and Nathan shook his head, before he could reply the fields jet work began to spray water everywhere.

"You wanted rain." Nathan shouted as he laughed. Claudia held onto his face with two hands as she sat up a little.

"It is not possible to be this in love." Claudia exclaimed before she kissed him. They ended up falling over on the ground laughing.

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Lucas, Mouth, Skills, Haley, Fergie, Claudia and Junk were on the road going to Jimmy's funeral. At the cemetery, Jimmy's mother stood there alone looking at the Jimmy's closed casket. Lucas, Haley, Mouth, Skills, Junk, Claudia and Fergie walked up to the hill and over to her. The boys were dressed in suits and the girls dressed in black dresses and flats. It was the only thing she deemed appropriate. Lucas took Jimmy's mother in his arms as Claudia stood with the boys next to the casket. She held Junk and Haley's hand. It was very emotional for everyone, they had to say goodbye to a dear friend.