Chapter 4

The rest of the the reception went off without a hitch. After saying goodbye to all their friends and family, and promising them

that they would be back in a month, they headed to the airport. They were off to one of the most romantic locations for a

honeymoon--Hawaii (the big island, to be exact).

A short flight later, they arrived and were driven to the very lovely Mauna Lani Bay Hotel . They checked in, and were then

taken up to their deluxe oceanfront view room on the 6th floor. Since it was so late in the day anyway, they decided to wait

until the next day to start enjoying all the amenities. For now, though, nothing else mattered. They both had one, and only one,

thing on their minds.

Scotty had already changed out of his clothes and into just his boxers, and had already gotten into bed. Lilly, on the other hand,

was still getting ready. After all, she wanted to look her very best for her new husband on their wedding night.

"Lil, what's taking you so long?" he asked, anxiously.

"I'll be right there--I have a little surprise for you. Just close your eyes."

A sly smile spread across his face, wondering what it could possibly be, but he did as he was told. Lilly turned off the light in the

bathroom, and stood in the doorway. She could tell this waiting was just killing him, so, to put him out of his misery, she said:

"All right, open them."

When he did, he couldn't believe what he saw. There she was, his beautiful new wife, heading over to the bed wearing a very skimpy

little red and black negligee'.

"Well, what do you think?" she asked, after she had climbed into bed--leaning back a little so as to let him take it all in.

"I...I...I...wow...you look good enough to...well, you know." he replied, a sly smile again playing on his lips.

"Ooo, I love the way you think" she said, as they both smiled at each other and leaned in for a kiss, which, as you can imagine, quickly

started to pick up in intensity.

"Wait" he said, pausing briefly to turn off the lamp on his side of the bed.

"Now, where were we?" he asked in a very husky voice. "Ah yes, riiight here."

At this point, one need only imagine just exactly what happened next.

8:00 a.m. October 27th

Lilly woke up the next morning to find herself staring into the beautiful eyes and smiling face of her new husband. Husband--she just

loved the sound of that.

"Morning, baby" he said, leaning in for a little good morning kiss.

"Morning, handsome" she replied, kissing him back. "So, what did you think about last night?"

"It was...it was...completely indescribable. And just think, now that we're married, we can do that whenever we want."

"Definitely one of the bigger perks of being married." she replied with a smile.

"Speaking of being married, Mrs.Valens--what do you think? "

"Mrs. Valens. Mrs. Scott Valens. Mrs. Lillian Valens. You know, no matter how I say it, it feels absolutely amazing."

He then pulled her close to him, kissed the top of her head, and whispered softly in her ear:

"I love you with all my heart. And I promise you, with all that I am, that I will never stop."

"I know you do," she whispered back. "and so do I."

After sharing in another gentle kiss, she snuggled back into his chest with his arm wrapped around her, content to just

lay there and be with him. After all, they were married---from now on, they could do whatever they wanted, whenever they

wanted, for as long as they wanted.

And what could possibly be any better than that?