One & Only
A year later…
Her hotel room was beautiful, but she will never say anything to Nolan… she wanted to get ready in her cabin, the symbol of their love…. She is, once again, looking at her ridiculously expensive wedding dress, but this time she doesn't want to run away… she's happy…
'Emily, you are not ready yet?' Charlotte asks her, and she gets out of her daydream, 'Don't worry, I am going to get dress now' 'Good, Nolan is about to come and drag you to the altar' they laugh; Emily knows how nervous and anxious he must feels, because she feels the same. 'I will be down in five minutes' Charlotte smiles and leaves the room.
~~N&E~~
'Why is she taking so long?' Nolan can't wait to see her bride 'I miss her', Jack starts laughing 'Don't worry man, you heard Charlotte… she will be here in a few minutes' Nolan laughs with Jack, 'I know, I know, I'm just freaking out… I still can't believe she will be my wife'…
After a few months, they could finally move on from the Grayson issue and he decided it was the perfect moment to propose. At first he planned a huge surprise with Jack's help but Declan and Charlotte told them it was TOO much. 'Maybe this is fine, I love her and I know she loves me too… we don't need to sign a couple of papers, we will be together forever anyway' the- soon to be-groom gave up, but a couple of days later he realized he wanted more, he wanted to call her his wife.
In a completely random night, they were having dinner and Nolan just looked at her and said 'mm… Ems… I want to ask you something' Emily was focused on something else so he tried again 'Ems… babe are you listening?' 'Of course' she replied but he knew it wasn't true… 'What the hell!' he thought 'Will you marry me?' Emily thought he had said something meaningless and told him 'Of course, you know I love you' and Nolan put the ring on her hand, that was the moment when she kind of woke up and realized what was he asking her and felt happier than she ever did… 'OH MY GOD!' He hugged her 'You just made me the happiest man alive' Emily couldn't stop smiling…
The music starts and Declan comes in with Charlotte by his side, Daniel and Ashley go next and finally is the turn of the bride. All the guests stand up to look at her, 'Here we go again' she thinks while she walks down the aisle by herself…
'If you want we can walk together, it would be awesome!' Nolan tried to convince her, she wanted to walk down the aisle all alone, 'If my dad can't do this, then no one will' she said and that was her final word…
She feels like the aisle is never going to end, she cannot wait to be by Nolan's side. Nolan is speechless; she looks like an angel… His angel.
~~N&E~~
'Ems… my one and only Emily Thorne, I still can't believe this is real and I'm so afraid that I might wake up soon, you're my everything. I will always remember the first time I saw you, I immediately fell for you… from that moment I couldn't take my eyes off of you anymore, from that moment I didn't have eyes for any other girl… we became best friends and three years later we became lovers, even on the darkest moments you were always by my side and when I thought I had lost you I ran away, I didn't want to live without you… I left. But today, I'm grateful that you looked for me, that you fought for us… that I can see you smile and I promise you I will make you smile every single day of my life, I will never leave your side and that I will love you, even when you hate me. I'm not running again, I'm finally home'
When Nolan finishes his vows, everyone has at least one tear rolling down their faces … Emily wants to begin but she can't find her voice… he takes her hand to give her strength, 'Nolan… ohh Nolan, I really don't know how you make me love you so much, six years ago I would never imagine that we will be here in front of all these people exchanging vows. I'm grateful for every day we have together… you're my best friend and the love of my life, since I'm with you I have no fears because I know that if I fall, you will be there to catch me. It was always you; you can light up the darkest of my days with just one simple word, you understand me better than anybody. I'm yours, I always have and I always will. I promise you I will be by your side for the rest of our lives and I will love you, even when you hate me… I will share the weight of the world with you and I will follow you until the end of the world if I need to, but I will never let you go again… I'm home'
They kiss each other and the ceremony continues… 'If anybody knows a reason to stop this wedding, please speak now'… after a very long minute, the priest asks them…
-'Mr. Nolan Ross, Do you take Mrs. Emily Thorne as your wife, to love and cherish her, in sickness and health for the rest of your life?'
-Nolan smiles and says 'I do'
-'Mrs. Emily Thorne, Do you take Mr. Nolan Ross as your husband, to love and cherish him, in sickness and health for the rest of your life?'
-Emily smiles too and says 'I do'
-'With the power given to me by god and the government of the United States of America, I introduce you to Mr. and Mrs. Nolan Ross'
~~N&E~~
'Are you sure this is fine? We're supposed to be there, it's our wedding party after all' Emily asks him 'Don't worry Mrs. Ross, they won't miss us, besides I just want to give you a gift… then we can go back'. Emily kisses him and says 'Hey, I'm not changing my name' Nolan laughs 'Of course not, you have too many!' They laugh together and Nolan gives her a little velvet box 'Open it' 'Are you proposing again? I already said yes once' Emily teases him, 'Don't be silly, just open it' When she does, she sees a beautiful necklace with the double infinity symbol… 'It's beautiful, thanks' 'Actually, you don't have to thank me… it's a gift from your father, he gave it to me a long time ago and told me to find the perfect moment before giving it to you… and well, I couldn't think of another moment better than this… just you and me' Emily feels her eyes getting wet, but she doesn't let the tears fall 'It is perfect, I can't believe you had it all this years… why you didn't give it to me when I got engaged with Daniel ?' Nolan knows exactly what to say, 'Because I knew you would end up with me, we belong together Ems' 'I love you too Nolan'.
They watch the sunset together and go back to their party, to celebrate that they finally can be together, like it was meant to be…
'I think I'm ready to forgive…' Emily whispers 'Thanks for everything dad' Nolan holds her tighter, 'He is proud you' Emily looks at the stars and feels free, free from the past, from hate, from revenge …
~~N&E~~
And it's over… like always, I hope you enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it!
Please, let me know what you think… specially about the vows.
Thanks to everyone who alerted this story, I can barely say how happy I am.
Kisses, Camy.
