"Marriage?" The word felt strange on Vic's lounge. Her insides felt warm, "Are you serious?" her tone was nearly a whisper. She saw panic in his facial features, "I am in if you are." The words came out fast and she didn't even realize she was saying them until she had.

Lucas looked shocked. "Vic. You know how I feel about marriage. I don't just want wife number three and divorce number three. I want a lifetime. If you aren't ready or that isn't what you want. We don't have to do it, or we can wait. We can still go public. I'll take a leave of absence or suspension. And even if we did get married, we'd have to keep it a secret for a month or two to so people wouldn't think we did it to circumvent the rules."

Vic leaned across the table, "Lucas Ripley, I want to spend the rest of my life with you. We love each other. And six months ago if you'd have said I'd be here I'd have run. But you make me happier than I have ever been before in my life. I have never depended on anyone like I have I have you. I come home from work and all I want is you. And I am terrified by all that. But I don't want to run away." She took his hand.

Luke smiled widely, "So is that a yes."

Vic grinned, "Hell Yes." She looked at her watch, it was only 8 am. "Let's do it today. Now?"

"You are amazing Victoria Hughes." Luke grinned.

"So we gonna do this?" Vic asked pushing back her plate.

"Well I think we need some plans first. We can't just run to the court house and get married. It's still a marriage. We need to do it right."

"What do we need to do?"

"We need rings and a license. Perhaps some nice clothes so we can have photos?"

Vic nodded. "Easy. Let's go to the mall. We can get what we need there and then head to the courthouse.

Lucas weighed the idea. "You make it sound so easy."

Vic smiled, "All you have to do is say yes."

He leaned over and kissed her. "How could I say no.

The rings where easy and the jeweler resized the two bands while Vick and Luke found clothes. Vic found a dress and surprisingly it was white. She'd never bene a white dress type of girl but in this moment it felt right. It fell off her shoulders and was a sheer material that hugged her curves. When Luke appeared in a suit and tie she shook her head. "I think you need to wear your dress uniform."

"Oh really?"

She laughed, "Yea, it gets me all hot and bothered."

He grabbed her by the waist. "Well I can't say no to that." He wrapped his arms around her. "You in this dress has me all hot and bothered."

Vic grinned, "Want to do it in the dressing room?" She whispered in his ear.

Lucas looked at her and tried to be stern. "Not on our wedding day. How about I book us a hotel tonight instead?"

Vic nodded, "Let's go home pack, get our birth certificates and whatever else we need for a marriage license, pack a bag, find a judge get married, and find ourselves a big fancy sex hotel."

He laughed. God he loved her.

They paid for her dress, picked up their rings and stopped at both their homes to pick up their paperwork and overnight bags. Vic changed and fixed her hair so it was loose and made her way out to the car.

The wedding was wonderful. No fuss and just the two of them. She'd never wanted to get married. But now as they left the courthouse for the hotel she couldn't imagine it any other way.

The next morning came to quickly after a night of enthusiastic marriage exploration.

"Eggy." Lucas whispered the following morning as the light hit his eyes. "We got to go to work."

Vic groaned but rolled over and smiled, "Morning hubby."

Luke smiled, "We're married."

Vic giggled, "We are."

God she was beautiful, he pulled her close to him and wrapped his arms around her naked body. "We have to go to work now."

Vic groaned, "We could call in sick."

Lucas laughed, "We need to keep this a secret a little while longer. I think both of us calling in sick would be suspicious."

"Captain and Travis would figure it out in a second and have my head." Vic rolled away from him and slid out of bed. "Do we have time for a shower?"

Luke smiled, "If we hurry." He slid out of bed as well and moved to grab Vic.

His dreams had stopped being dreams and became moments of their lives together. But the wedding played over and over in his head. Occasionally he'd wake up for a moment hoping to see her. But the medications where strong and he'd fall into the abyss quickly.

"Till death do us part." She'd said it with a bouncy smile and such great enthusiasm. They'd both known what it meant. But he knew when he said it there was a risk. He just never expected it to actually happen.

"Victoria Marie Hughes, I take you to be my lawfully wedded wife till death do us part."

He'd watched her face when he'd said her name. It lit up. He loved the way it sounded on his lips. Victoria.