Prologue

I once wished upon a star, I once wished that I may find my true love, and I once wished that I may have the strength to keep my true love. All those things came true, well I always thought they had, but it seems that life isn't always easy, and even if I strived so hard for a happy ending Fate had something else in stored for us. I once swore true love to you, I once gave all myself to you in hopes that you could return it, but it seems that as the world turns, so does our fate. Please come back to me, please.

I was so fortunate to have her, I was so fortunate to live a life so close to perfection, but maybe it never was anything close to that, perhaps all this time I had not only been deceiving her, but myself as well. Truthfully, I do not know anymore. I once meant everything I said and more, but now, now as I see that beautiful red head enter I do not know anymore, maybe its her that I truly love, not, no what am I saying? What complex feelings has Fate bestowed me?

Chapter 1: A Perfect Wedding

It all started with such a perfect day, it was not the weather that made it like that, no, it was for the event that was about to take place in a few minutes. A perfect wedding, one that both of us had planned so eagerly, awaiting the day that we would finally be together, the day we would finally be one. "15 minutes," my cousin commented as she came inside the room that had been filled with lovely lilies.

I turned to her, a huge smile etched in my face, a face that not only shone for her, but for the day and for the rest of the beautiful days that awaited my fiance and I. "So how are you feeling, Mrs. Starrk?" she asks in a sly voice as she walks over to me, her dark ruby hair swaying graciously behind her.

I give her a warm smile as I blush a bit, still unable to control my blushing at the sound of his name. "No, not yet..." I say as I pull the veil over me, which it landed graciously, covering my face, only to be revealed until I reach him.

She rolls her eyes, she hates my romantic ways, but most of all I think she hates a committed relationship. Of course, I've never said that to her because I've seen her relationships and how they had ended so I really don't blame her hatred towards any compromise. "Elaine! You are getting married to him in what 10 minutes and you still don't have the nerve to call yourself Mrs. Starrk!?" she exclaims, unable to see what motivates to be the way I am.

"Well, that's not quite accurate and I want to wait until-"

"10 minutes!?" she scoffs.

"Well, yes!" I reply as I giggle, unable to suppress the excitement and butterflies I felt inside.

"I will never understand you!" she comments as she hugs me tightly, getting ready to let me go forever.

"Are you sure you want to go on with this? I mean there is still time," she warned as she fixed my veil, doing her best to make it look good.

"Val?" I asked, wanting to get her attention. "I love him," I replied wholeheartedly.

"And he you," she gave up as she got her flowers and got ready to walk in.

In response I smiled back at her sweetly, she had been far more helpful than a cousin usually is, she had been like a sister to me, like a mother. I always thought that our relationship would remain the same, but this was just the beginning and I would never know the end of our tragic tale until it was too late.

The entrance music began playing, that sweet melody that I never thought would finally play for me, but it had and that time was now, so without hesitation I got a hold of my uncle and began walking inside alongside him. My parents had died when I was so young and my uncle had happily received me in and quickly I had developed a great friendship with Val and my uncle, but of course perhaps my arrival closed up that vacant spot that had filled them for a year when my aunt died. Whatever the reason, I was glad I had found a home, one that I was gladly accepted and loved in.

As we walked further inside the church I finally caught sight of him. Starrk standing at the very front, his cloudy eyes looking at me with such adoration that I couldn't believe was possible, and a beautiful smile adorned his lips as he took my hand from my uncle and held it tightly in his. We were ready now, we were ready to commit the rest of our lives for one another, the time had finally come and neither of us could hide the joy we felt as we turned to the priest, ready to say our vows.

And with those two words we were one, him and I, for the rest of our lives, forever loving each other. I do, we both repeated.