Shelby woke up in her and Scott's big, empty bed. She wasn't worried about Scott being gone. She knew he was at work. After living with him for two years, she had learned to sleep through his morning process of getting ready.

Shelby had more pressing things on her mind than Scott almost waking her up every morning through. Such as her coming wedding. Having never been married before, neither her nor Scott knew how much trouble a wedding could be. Daisy tried warning her but it did no good. Shelby still needed to finish planning their trip to Horizon, getting her dress, making sure Jena's fit right, getting Scott's clothes and so many other things.

Shelby got out of bed with a sigh and walked directly to the kitchen. She found the coffee right away. She poured herself a cup, added cream and sugar, and had her first caffeine fix of the day. Shelby had gotten a full nine hours of sleep but it felt like she didn't sleep more than two. Once the wedding was over, she would be able to go back to her normal life.

Shelby walked into the living room and put her cup of coffee on a coaster on the table. She had just recently gotten use to using coasters. She never had them before living with Scott, but he insisted on them. Shelby wasn't going to argue. It was his house.

She looked over the table and another sigh left her lips as she saw everything spread across the table. There were papers, cds, folders, fabrics, everything imaginable having to do with a wedding, spread over the table. The closer she came to the wedding, the more and more she was regretting not hiring a wedding planer. But it was took late for that. The wedding was that coming weekend.

Shelby went through her mental checklist again. All the invitation had been sent out. The dresses had been bought. The clothes had been bought. The flowers were done. The music was chosen. The area was easy enough since they were having it at Horizon. Everything she could of was done. But she couldn't help but feel like she was loosing or missing something.

Shelby wanted everything to be perfect. Not for herself, but for Scott. He had always dreamed about the big, beautiful wedding and it was her chance to give it to him. Of course, she wanted her wedding to go off without a hitch for herself too, but it was mostly for Scott. The wedding wasn't huge or crazy like most, but it was perfect for them simply because it was theirs. Neither of them needed or wanted something huge. They just needed it to be theirs.

Jena walked into the living room and found her Mom sitting on the couch. She walked over to the couch and sat down next to her. She scooted especially close to Shelby, which caused her to absent mindedly wrap her arms around the child.

"Mommy, when do I get my dress?" Jena asked.

"Your Dad is picking it up on his way home tonight," Shelby answered with a smile.

"And then I get to wear it?"

"You get to try it on."

"When are we leaving?"

"Tomorrow."

"And then I get to wear it?" Jena asked again, eyes glowing.

"The wedding's not until the day after tomorrow," Shelby replied.

"And then I get to wear it," Jena stated.

"Yes," Shelby said with another smile. "Then you get to wear it."

Jena had only seen a picture of her flower girl dress, but she was already excited to wear it. She loved the idea of wearing the dress. She couldn't help but picture herself as some type of fairy princess in it. She also had seen Shelby dress and knew that her own was more extravagant. Shelby chose something more low-key. Jena was the only one with a dress that poofed and she liked that.

Everything the wedding was more low-key than most. Shelby didn't having a huge dress, and neither did her brides maids. Even the boys didn't have to wear tuxes. They were keeping it as simple as possible. The boys had it the easiest but even the girls had it easy. The only reason Jena got her dress was because Shelby knew she wanted something like that.

Jena grabbed the remote control for the TV and turned it on. She started flipping through the channels to find "A New Hope" on. She stopped the channel surfing at that and began watching the movie. Shelby took note of what Shelby decided to watch and smiled.

"Your Dad has been a bad influence on you," Shelby said with a small shake of her head.

"I like 'em," Jena said with a shrug.

Shelby gave a small shrug and picked up a folder off the table. She scanned through the pages and found what she was looking for quickly. She looked over the piece of paper that had everyone's roles on it. She smiled wear she saw Peter's name. He was the one giving her away.

Shelby remembered her and Scott's little 'disagreement' on that matter. Scott wanted Peter to be his best man, and Shelby wanted him to give her away. Scott eventually caved and let Shelby win on that. After that, they decided they weren't going to have a best man or maid of honor. They were simply going to have brides maids and grooms men.

The smile on Shelby's face grew as she thought back to the day when she asked Peter to give her away.

Flashback

Shelby sat in Peter's office, waiting for him to get back from the latest Cliffhanger group. Normally, he didn't have to go to all of them but there was something special about that group. Usually it meant there was a particular disagreement going on between two of the kids. Shelby remembered well enough what it meant when Peter went to group: someone was in trouble. She smiled as she remembered how often it was that it her who was the one in trouble.

After just a few minutes of Shelby sitting on the couch, Peter walked into the office. He had a look of shock on his face for he wasn't expecting Shelby to be there. No one knew she was going except for her, Scott, Jena, Daisy and Sophie. Sophie was the one who helped her arrange that visit.

"Shelby, what are you doing here?" Peter asked as she stood up from the couch.

Peter pulled his former student into a hug, and Shelby smiled at the embrace. When they parted from the hug, they both sat down on the couch.

"I actually have a favor to ask of you," Shelby answered.

"Anything," Peter said.

Shelby took a deep breath as she thought about how to ask him. She was at a sort of loss of words. She knew she wanted him to give her away, but she hadn't thought about how to ask him. It wasn't that she was worried he would say 'no' but she was slightly nervous about asking him.

"Okay, as you know, my Father was absent for the majority of my life," Shelby started. "You've been more of a Father to me than anyone else. So, the favor I'm asking for is that you act as my Father for mine and Scott's wedding."

Shelby wasn't sure if she was saying it right, but Peter was pretty sure he understood what she was asking of him.

"Will you give me away at the wedding?" Shelby asked.

Peter smiled widely. He would be honored to give Shelby away. He would never say it out loud but that group of Cliffhangers was probably the group he was closest with through his whole duration at Horizon. Peter was also aware of the fact that he was the closest thing to a good Father-figure Shelby ever had in her life.

"Of course I will," Peter answered. "It would be my honor."

Shelby pulled Peter into a hug with a huge smile dancing across her lips. She didn't doubt Peter saying, 'yes' but she was happy to actually hear it come from his mouth. It made it more real for her. With Peter giving her away, she felt like everything with the wedding sort of fell into place.

"I've always thought of you as a daughter, Shelby," Peter said during the hug.

"And you're the only person I could ever consider as a Dad, Peter," Shelby said, pulling away from the hug. "Ya know, Scott's not happy about this."

"Why not?" Peter asked, surprised.

"He wanted you to be his best man."

"Well, I can only be so many things at this wedding."

Peter and Shelby shared a small smile at their words. They always had a father-daughter relationship but him giving her away at the wedding made it more real. Before, their relationship was always an unspoken one. After Peter agreed to give her away, it made it more real.

"I'd be happy to give you away, Shelby," Peter said. "Especially if it's to as good of a guy as Scott."

"Yeah, I got lucky," Shelby said with a smirk.

"I'm happy you two found each other again."

"Me too."

"Ya know, from the moment you two started dating here, I knew you guys would end up with each other," Peter said and gave Shelby a small pat on the leg.

"Thank you, Peter," Shelby said.

"Like I said, it would be my honor."

Peter and Shelby shared another smile before he pulled her into a half hug. They really did have a father-daughter relationship and neither of them would have it any other way.

End Flashback

Shelby had a sudden feeling of absolute certainty. She set the folder back down on the table. Grabbing her cup of coffee, she positioned herself more comfortably on the couch. She took a small drink of coffee and started watching "A New Hope" with Jena. Shelby realized that she didn't need to worry about the wedding as much as she was. She was simply going to enjoy a morning with her daughter, watching STAR WARS.

Scott was sitting as his desk across of Anita. He was finishing up his paper work and making sure everything was all ready for him to be going for the next week and half. The captain wasn't going to let him go but once he explain it was for his wedding and honeymoon, he agreed. Of course, Scott had gotten this time off months away, but he couldn't help but feel like his was forgetting to do something.

"Are you sure you're going to be okay?" Scott asked again.

"I'll be fine, Scott," Anita said with a smile. "You've been preparing for this for the last month."

"I know, I know. I've just never left you alone for more than a weekend before."

"Hey, I was promoted before you. I'm the one who's suppose to be worried about taking off."

Scott and Anita gave playful glares to each other but they were followed by smiles so it defeated the purpose of them. Anita was right. She was moved up to detective before Scott, and she was older than him. But they had been partners on everything for almost three years so, naturally, they always felt like they were abandoning the other when they left. If there was one thing they had learned over the years is that a detectives work is never done.

Scott stood up from his desk and grabbed the jacket that went over his suit. It was about time for him to leave. He walked over to Anita and started going over where he had everything, and he made sure she had everything she needed, including his number. He was going over silly things that he would go over with a rookie, despite the fact that Anita was far from being a rookie.

"For the last time, Barringer, I'll be fine," Anita stated.

"Okay, sorry," Scott replied and sort of blushed. "Call me if you need anything."

"I will."

Scott gave Anita a small give on the cheek and she replied with a hug. It was a sexual thing between them though. When they originally broke up, they couldn't really touch each other without feeling strange or like they were betraying their new significant others. But once they had gotten past those few months, they were back to the relationship they had before they ever broke up. They were back to having almost a broker-sister relationship with an addition of friendship. They acted towards each other the way they would act towards a sibling.

"Go," Anita demanded. "Shelby's gonna kill you if you're not home with the dresses soon."

"Very true," Scott said with a smile a turned to leave.

"Oh, and Scott! Try not to cheat on your girlfriend when you're at Horizon this time," Anita teased him with a small wink.

"Don't worry, I won't. I'm going there to marry the girl I cheated with, remember?"

Anita was bitter about Scott cheating on her for a long time. She had gotten over it once she had seen how happy Scott and Shelby were together though. She couldn't blame Scott for following his feelings, and she could see that he belonged with Shelby. Anita was happy that they found each other again. Even if it did mean she couldn't have Scott to herself.

"Have fun," Anita said.

"Thanks," Scott replied.

With those last words between them, Scott turned and walked out of the police station. He was only slightly in a rush. The store he had to go to in order to grab Shelby's and Jena's dresses was closing in half an hour. And Scott knew that Anita wasn't joking with her words. Shelby would kill him if he didn't come home with the dresses.

Scott walked into the house with the two dresses in hand. They were both in garment bags. He looked at Jena's dress when he picked it up but he was instructed that he wasn't aloud to look at Shelby's. She was going for the old fashioned attitude that the groom can't see the brides dress until the wedding. The dress was nothing special but it was still her wedding dress.

Jena rushed over to Scott for she was so excited about trying on her dress. Shelby followed shortly after with a smile. The couple greeted each other with a quick kiss before Scott passed the dresses to his fiancé.

"Did you look at my dress?" Shelby asked almost accusingly.

"No. You told me I wasn't aloud to," Scott answered.

"Good boy."

"I didn't want to be on your shit list for our wedding."

"Daddy, don't say bad words," Jena scolded.

Scott and Shelby both gave soft chuckles at Jena's attitude. She was right though. They shouldn't be saying bad words in front of their seven year old daughter. Jena didn't really mind the bad words since she wasn't going to say them anyway, but she still didn't want to hear them. Jena was too grown up to repeat every word she said, but they were still a bad influence for her.

Jena snatched the dress from her Mother's hands and ran down the hall way, into her bedroom. She started stripping down immediately so she could change into her dress. Jena almost too excited for her own good.

"How about you help her into that while I go try on my dress," Shelby suggested.

"No problem," Scott said.

"And, remember, no peaking."

Scott gave another small laugh as Shelby walked into their bedroom and closed the door behind her.

Shelby took the dress out of the bag and smiled upon seeing it. It was exactly what she wanted for her wedding; simple and classic. She was very pleased with the look. Since the wedding was more low-key and everything was a lot more casual, she didn't want some huge, extravagant dress. She was happy with the shorter, looser, simpler dress.

After trying on her dress, Shelby walked out of the bedroom to find Jena on the coffee table, spinning in circles. Scott was watching her very intently and Shelby couldn't help but laugh at the sight. The dress Jena was wearing was flowing and going wider and wider depending on how fast she turned.

"Look, Mommy, I'm a princess," Jena said, as she spotted Shelby.

"Yes, you are," Shelby said with a nod and a smile. "But you need to get out of your princess dress so we could back it."

Jena pouted in Shelby's direction. She glanced at Scott and gave him the same pout. Scott couldn't say, 'no' to that face. He would never admit it but he was always the one to cave as a parent. Shelby was right though. They needed to finish their packing and Jena's dress was something that needed to be packed.

"Unfortunately, your Mom's right," Scott said with regret.

"Fine," Jena said, obviously upset about the fact.

Scott picked Jena up, off the table. He went to set her down on the ground but she wouldn't let go of him so he proceeded to carry her into her room. Shelby gave him a small smack on the butt as he walked by with a laugh. Scott wasn't phased by it and Jena didn't realize Shelby had done it at all.

Scott unzipped the dress and Jena stepped out of it. She put on pajamas while he put the dress back in the bag.

"Daddy, did I look like a princess?" Jena asked as she sat on her bed.

"You always look like a princess," Scott answered with a smirk.

Jena gave a big smile at her Dad's words. They had grown enormously close over the years they had been together. Neither of them would have it any other way. Scott liked being a Father, and Jena liked having a Father.

"But, now, my little princess, you need to go to bed," Scott said.

Jena jumped into her bed, and Scott tucked her in. He turned on her night light, that she didn't really need anymore, but walked to the door. He flipped the switch, turning off her light, and left her room. He knew she would be asleep with in a matter of minutes so he didn't worry about leaving her.

Scott walked into his and Shelby's bedroom to find two suitcases on the bed. Shelby was finishing up hers and Scott's packing. He knew it was necessary but he was tired and wanted to go to bed. He didn't like the fact that there was a suitcase where his body belonged.

"Shelby, we can finish the packing in the morning," Scott said. "Let's go to bed."

"I want to have everything done tonight," Shelby replied. "Is that so bad?"

"No, it's not bad but we need to go to sleep."

Shelby gave a soft sigh as that familiar feeling came over her again. She kept feeling like she was forgetting something or missing something. She knew it was probably nothing but she wanted everything to be perfect and if she forget something then it wouldn't be perfect. Shelby didn't understand how Scott was so relaxed about the wedding and she was so tense.

Shelby added a few more things to each suit case and closed them. Scott smiled towards her, thinking he had won. But, he didn't win. No one won. There was nothing to win. Shelby would go to bed then but it was only because she was done packing. If she had more to do, then she would finish it.

"Happy now?" Shelby asked, giving Scott the impression that she stopped just for him.

"Very," He said with a nod.

Scott helped Shelby take the suitcases off the bed. Shelby put her on the ground and took a deep breath. She rolled her neck, hoping to release some of the tension but it did no good. She didn't understand why she was so stressed about it. Wedding's were suppose to be happy, not stress-filled. Shows how much she knew.

Scott came up behind Shelby and started to gently massage her shoulders. A soft moan escaped her lips as she felt the tension leave her body. It wasn't because Scott was massaging her though. It was simply because he was touching her. He could have touched her hand and the tension would have left her body. She didn't know why his touch had that effect on her but it did and she loved it.

"Come on, let's go to bed," Scott said.

"Sounds like a plan," Shelby agreed.

Shelby got into the bed while Scott turned the lights off. He slid into the bed and got very close to Shelby. He knew the effect his touch had on her and if touching her would help her sleep, then he would touch her as much as possible. He wrapped one of his arms around her body and pulled her close to him.

A sigh of relief left Shelby's lips at the embrace. She wrapped one of her arms around Scott's waist and rested her head his chest. The skin-to-skin contact helped her. Before she knew it, sleep washed over her like a blanket chasing the cold away. The mix of sleep and Scott made Shelby feel completely content.

Everything was going to be perfect and she didn't need to worry. Some things might go wrong and they might forget something but that didn't matter. As long as they were married by the end of the day, then their wedding was perfect.

(A/N) So, I finally got aorund to writing this chapter. I got it written in two days flat but getting it going was the hard part. Still, here's the first chapter of my sequal to "The Truth Comes Out." I hope I didn't disappoint too many people.

I think the only part of this chapter I'm really happy with is the flashback though. I really wanted the flower girl dress scene between Scott and Jena to be beautiful but it wasn't as great as I hoped it would be. It's something that looks really good on screen but when it comes to writing it out, I just couldn't capture my vision. Hopefully, it's not too horrible though.

Let me know how I did with this, please!