Title: Wedding Day Thoughts
Author: joytothegirls
Pairing/Character: CJ Cregg, Josiah Bartlett, Talmidge Cregg, implied CJ/Danny
Rating: K
Summary: CJ thinks of her father on her wedding day.
Prompt: Apologies for the lame title, I'm horrible at coming up with clever ones.
She's standing in front of the full-length mirror, contemplating the reflection that stares back at her. She wonders about the usual things one wonders about on a day like this. Did she choose the right dress? Was she right in deciding to wear her hair up? And the bouquet? Did it compliment the dress? Then there's something else she wonders about. She wonders what her father would be saying to her now. She wonders, had the Alzheimer's not completely taken over, what advice he' give her right before walking her down the aisle. Would he hug her? Give her a soft kiss on her flushed cheek before giving her away? Would he smile?
There's one thing she's sure of. She knows, without a doubt in her mind, that her father would want her to do this. Had they done this earlier, she knows her father would have loved Danny. And this, knowing he'd want this, is what gives her the strength to step away from the mirror and answer the knock at the door. Standing on the other side of the door is a man. The man she has come to think of as a second father.
"You ready?"
"Sir…"
"Your father would be proud, Claudia Jean. He'd be very proud."
Josiah Bartlett walks her down the aisle, giving her flushed cheek a soft kiss. Smiling, he shakes Danny's hand.
Talmidge Cregg sits, emotionless, in the front pew.