A/N: So this is going to be a multi-chapter song based story. It will jump in time, the individual drabbles don't necessarily go hand in hand.
A/N 2: Note: They aren't actually singing the songs, it's more that the drabble is based on the songs.
Love Looking for Words
Chapter 4: Ever Ever After
Storybook endings, fairy tales coming true
Deep down inside we want to believe they still do
Her face was practically radiating excitement. She was this close to shrieking and jumping up and down. But she was too old for that and as her mother would say, it wasn't very ladylike.
Laine pushed a strand of her hair back into place as her father stepped up beside her.
"Excited?" He asked teasingly.
She grinned up at him, her eyes those of her mother's.
He melted a little at the expression on her face.
"Insanely. Trying to keep it together though, mom says-"
"It's your wedding day. Forget what your mom says." He told her, a small grin playing at his lips.
Start a new fashion, wear your heart on your sleeve
Sometimes you reach what's real just by making believe
A few moments later, they started up the aisle.
All too soon he was preparing to hand off his daughter to her soon to be husband.
He leaned in and kissed her cheek.
"Daddy?"
"Yes baby?"
"I'm so telling her what you said."
He grinned down at her.
"I don't expect anything less."
With one final squeeze of her hand, he released her and sat down beside his wife. He casually threw his arm behind her on the back of the pew and focused on his only daughter's wedding.
She immediately turned to him. "What was that all about?" She stage whispered to her husband.
He sighed and without turning to look at her, he lifted the arm that was behind her and wrapped his hand around her mouth, effectively shutting her up.
Her eyes widened momentarily before she narrowed them at him. He knew that look very well but at this moment, he wasn't going to fall prey to it. Not on his daughter's wedding day.
Hours later, after they'd arrived at the reception, after dinner had been eaten and the cake had been cut, after all the excitement had died down, he pulled his wife to her feet.
"Dance with me." He suggested as he led her to the floor.
"I know what you said to her." Rachel informed him nonchalantly.
"I know."
"You aren't in trouble."
"I'm not?"
"No. How can I fault her for feeling exactly how I did all those years ago?"
Each happy ending's a brand new beginning
Let yourself be enchanted, you just might break through
He grinned down at his petite wife and swept her up in a kiss that still stopped her heart even all those years later.
"Ready to start over? Just you and me?" He asked, his forehead pressed to hers.
"You know it."
Ever ever after
The world can be yours if you let your heart
Believe in ever after