OK This is set in the year 2007. It will span nine months to a year. Everything up to Season 9 "Things Change" applies but Abby didn't leave to go get Eric so she didn't fight with Carter so on and so forth. Enjoy

Oh as usual I don't own anything except whats not been mentioned on the show.


Blue sky spread to eternity and the sun reached its long warm rays downward.

An arrangement of chairs was grouped carefully in an intimate section of the garden, every one filled by a close friend. From one line of chairs four heads stuck one above the next into the aisle waiting, their gaurdians trying to keep them from losing complete formality.

At the top of the lane he stood beneath an arch of red and white roses, the priest signaled for the pianist to begin the wedding march. First down was Susan as Maid of Honor on the arm of Peter as Best Man, next was Jing-mei with Greg, then Elizabeth with Luka. And last she walked, Malik surving as the one to give her away.

He kissed her cheek and gave his friends a hug then took his own place. Her smile was small but vibrant, her eyes sparkled, their gazes met and the ceremony began....

Priest: Do you, Jonathan Truman Carter the III, take Abigail Marjorie Lockhart to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward no matter what?

John: I do

Priest: And do you, Abigail Marjorie Lockhart, take Jonathan Truman Carter the III to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward no matter what?

Abby: I do

Priest: I now pronounce you Man and Wife, you may kiss

....................................The start of The Best of Times.......................................