He couldn't help, but smile as he watched her stand up. They were sitting around her family's dining room table. Everyone that mattered to them was there smiling and enjoying this time together. He looked up that the brown haired beauty that held his heart in her hands. "I have a few words that I wanted to say." She said as she looked at all the people around them. "We all are family here and we know that there were some really really rough years." She said as she looked at her parents and then moved her eyes towards the friends that she considered family. "However, I consider myself so unbelievably happy." She said as she looked at him. "Because out of the ashes of the life that I lost I found something truly amazing…well I really should say someone." She said as she smiled down at him. Her big brown eyes were glossy as tears started to fall. "Sweets you have been there for me through thick and thin. I don't know where I would be if I didn't find you. But, I know that you are the best thing to ever happen to me. And I can't say anything more than I am so unbelievably happy that I get to spend the rest of my life with you." She said as she smiled down at him. She leaned down till their lips were just millimeters apart. "Happy Birthday." She whispered before she kissed him. He just smiled as she sat back down in her seat next to him. She just smiled as she grabbed his hand and put it on the table for everyone to see. He just smiled as she stared at him.
"So how did you two meet?" A voice at the end of the table asked. They looked down the line of friends and family to see Emily's girlfriend asking the question.
"You haven't heard this story yet." Her mother said as she looked at the small blonde across from her. "Oh Aria you have to tell it again."
"I don't know haven't we all heard it enough?" Hanna asked as she looked at Ella.
"No, come on darling." Ella said as she looked at her daughter.
"I don't know. Caleb always tells it better." She said as she looked at him and smiled.
"How about we tell it together?" He suggested.
"Sounds good to me. You start Sweets?" She said as she smiled at him. He let his mind travel back to the first day they met. It was pouring down rain in the middle of the afternoon and well let's just say fate stepped in.