Secret of You
Epilogue
Author: Silent Moon
Mail: silentmoonstar@yahoo.com
Rated: R
Genre: Romance/Alt. Reality
Disclaimer: Standard
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Beautiful in the night
Your eyes are as black as the midnight
And I tremble in your wake
I know it's my mistake
To haunt your love with my own
Beautiful in the night
Your silvery skin bathed in moonlight
The beauty of your eyes
It's echoed in your sighs
You haunt my love with your own
I wanted you as I ran
Falling love even as I am
Seeking and unsure
I found that you endure
You haunt my love with your own
So here I am
With every touch
I'm falling and I'm feeling
I'm searching for the secret
Of you
Answer to me
Answer to you
Haunting my love
Secret of you.
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Darien stood at the front of the church looking like the happiest man in the world.
Andrew stood beside him, grinning, and patted his best friend on the shoulder.
Darien had called him some two weeks before and explained everything, begging for forgiveness
for his long silence. Andrew forgave him immediately--their friendship was fine. And now,
he was Darien's best man. He was finally marrying Serena--for the second time but that
was besides the point.
Never were two people more fated to be together, thought Andrew. He'd seen it coming
all along, but seeing them together was truly amazing.
~Maybe it's time *I* settled down.~ He thought laughing. His search for love had been
disastrous so far.....
Just then the music queued up and the flower girl's started up the aisle. They were
Rei and Ami's little girls, looking adorable in their fluffly dresses.
Then the bridesmaids walked in, with the maid of honour in the lead. It was Mina ofcourse
and Andrew caught his breath at the vision she made. Long golden hair in a braided bun,
wide blue eyes, slender figure in a soft yellow dress....she was a Goddess.
Then Serena swept in on her father's arm and Andrew chanced a glance at Darien. He simply
watched her with awe. Awe and joy. Andrew envied him at that moment. One of those
perfect moments. As though he had suddenly unravelled the secret of life.
Maybe love was the secret of life.
Serena looked beautiful. Darien barely blinked as she walked towards him--not wanting
to miss a moment of her. She wore the same dress, the same ring.....her hair was long,
a sweet tangle of curls and flowers....she looked like some long ago princess--*his*
long ago princess.
And like a perfect moment, all the sounds of the church and the music fell away for Darien
and there was only his beautiful bride walking towards him. And this time, when she
said I do, when they became man and wife, it would be real.
And they did. In english and japanese. Serena surprised him with vows written
beautifully in japanese, here voice soft and sweet as she said them.
He felt his eyes filling up. His parents had spoken japanese--though he didn't remember.
He had learned it in their memory, and Serena had learned with him.
It meant more to him then he knew he would ever be able to express. But looking in her
eyes at that moment he knew she did understand, and that's why she had done it.
Serena, for her part, felt so blissfully happy she realized she could not possibly
express it all at once. It overflowed from her eyes and voice and gestures and
spilled out around her, soft and silvery.
Darien whisked her down the aisle, into the limo and away to the reception in a blur
of laughing friends, mists of rice and a silent, echoing joy she could not place.
This feeling remained as they dined and jested and drank champagne, and continued
till the first dance. And as her beloved pulled her close, his delightful aftershave
tingling at her nose, she could only sum it up by saying, with a sigh,
"I wish everyone this happiness...."
He smiled as he held her close, admiring her selfless beauty. When joy struck her,
the first desire she felt was to share it with everyone. It was one of the things he
loved best about her. She was beautiful.
Over to the side, gathered around the champagne table, Serena's closest friends chattered
among themselves. Rei and Chad, Lita and Ken, Ami and Greg. And Mina. She sighed half
sorrowfully, half-kidding.
"I'm the only one left." She smiled ruefully, "Serena always promised we'd be old
spinster's together...."
The bride-groom song ended and another love song started up. Mina smiled and ushered her
friends onto the floor to dance. She watched wistfully after them.
A tap to her shoulder made her realize that Darien's best man had been standing there for
some time.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" She exclaimed, "I was somewhere else entirely! Andrew right?"
Andrew smiled, "Right. And you're Mina?"
She nodded smiling.
"You know, I've heard about you, but I don't think we've ever actually met." He said
with a hint of 'and wow am I ever sorry we didn't'.
Her cheeks flushed at the flattery, "I think you're right."
"Would you like to dance Mina?" Andrew said sincerely, his kind eyes half-pleading but
with a self-mocking humour she liked straight-away.
She smiled and took his hand, "I would love to."
And so, Serena and her friends watched with real delight as they stepped onto the dance
floor and chatted amiably.
Darien arched an eyebrow as he spotted them, "Now that, I never thought of before."
He laughed, "And yet....it does make sense."
Serena sighed, "I love a good romance...."
Darien mock-frowned, "What, your own wedding isn't romantic enough?" He teased.
She laughed, "There's always room for a little more! And besides," She added, growing
serious, "That's the secret. Just look. It's different for everyone, but the secret
is the same...."
Darien looked at their friends dancing together and smiled. She was right. She
was always right.
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Epilogue
Author: Silent Moon
Mail: silentmoonstar@yahoo.com
Rated: R
Genre: Romance/Alt. Reality
Disclaimer: Standard
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beautiful in the night
Your eyes are as black as the midnight
And I tremble in your wake
I know it's my mistake
To haunt your love with my own
Beautiful in the night
Your silvery skin bathed in moonlight
The beauty of your eyes
It's echoed in your sighs
You haunt my love with your own
I wanted you as I ran
Falling love even as I am
Seeking and unsure
I found that you endure
You haunt my love with your own
So here I am
With every touch
I'm falling and I'm feeling
I'm searching for the secret
Of you
Answer to me
Answer to you
Haunting my love
Secret of you.
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Darien stood at the front of the church looking like the happiest man in the world.
Andrew stood beside him, grinning, and patted his best friend on the shoulder.
Darien had called him some two weeks before and explained everything, begging for forgiveness
for his long silence. Andrew forgave him immediately--their friendship was fine. And now,
he was Darien's best man. He was finally marrying Serena--for the second time but that
was besides the point.
Never were two people more fated to be together, thought Andrew. He'd seen it coming
all along, but seeing them together was truly amazing.
~Maybe it's time *I* settled down.~ He thought laughing. His search for love had been
disastrous so far.....
Just then the music queued up and the flower girl's started up the aisle. They were
Rei and Ami's little girls, looking adorable in their fluffly dresses.
Then the bridesmaids walked in, with the maid of honour in the lead. It was Mina ofcourse
and Andrew caught his breath at the vision she made. Long golden hair in a braided bun,
wide blue eyes, slender figure in a soft yellow dress....she was a Goddess.
Then Serena swept in on her father's arm and Andrew chanced a glance at Darien. He simply
watched her with awe. Awe and joy. Andrew envied him at that moment. One of those
perfect moments. As though he had suddenly unravelled the secret of life.
Maybe love was the secret of life.
Serena looked beautiful. Darien barely blinked as she walked towards him--not wanting
to miss a moment of her. She wore the same dress, the same ring.....her hair was long,
a sweet tangle of curls and flowers....she looked like some long ago princess--*his*
long ago princess.
And like a perfect moment, all the sounds of the church and the music fell away for Darien
and there was only his beautiful bride walking towards him. And this time, when she
said I do, when they became man and wife, it would be real.
And they did. In english and japanese. Serena surprised him with vows written
beautifully in japanese, here voice soft and sweet as she said them.
He felt his eyes filling up. His parents had spoken japanese--though he didn't remember.
He had learned it in their memory, and Serena had learned with him.
It meant more to him then he knew he would ever be able to express. But looking in her
eyes at that moment he knew she did understand, and that's why she had done it.
Serena, for her part, felt so blissfully happy she realized she could not possibly
express it all at once. It overflowed from her eyes and voice and gestures and
spilled out around her, soft and silvery.
Darien whisked her down the aisle, into the limo and away to the reception in a blur
of laughing friends, mists of rice and a silent, echoing joy she could not place.
This feeling remained as they dined and jested and drank champagne, and continued
till the first dance. And as her beloved pulled her close, his delightful aftershave
tingling at her nose, she could only sum it up by saying, with a sigh,
"I wish everyone this happiness...."
He smiled as he held her close, admiring her selfless beauty. When joy struck her,
the first desire she felt was to share it with everyone. It was one of the things he
loved best about her. She was beautiful.
Over to the side, gathered around the champagne table, Serena's closest friends chattered
among themselves. Rei and Chad, Lita and Ken, Ami and Greg. And Mina. She sighed half
sorrowfully, half-kidding.
"I'm the only one left." She smiled ruefully, "Serena always promised we'd be old
spinster's together...."
The bride-groom song ended and another love song started up. Mina smiled and ushered her
friends onto the floor to dance. She watched wistfully after them.
A tap to her shoulder made her realize that Darien's best man had been standing there for
some time.
"Oh, I'm sorry!" She exclaimed, "I was somewhere else entirely! Andrew right?"
Andrew smiled, "Right. And you're Mina?"
She nodded smiling.
"You know, I've heard about you, but I don't think we've ever actually met." He said
with a hint of 'and wow am I ever sorry we didn't'.
Her cheeks flushed at the flattery, "I think you're right."
"Would you like to dance Mina?" Andrew said sincerely, his kind eyes half-pleading but
with a self-mocking humour she liked straight-away.
She smiled and took his hand, "I would love to."
And so, Serena and her friends watched with real delight as they stepped onto the dance
floor and chatted amiably.
Darien arched an eyebrow as he spotted them, "Now that, I never thought of before."
He laughed, "And yet....it does make sense."
Serena sighed, "I love a good romance...."
Darien mock-frowned, "What, your own wedding isn't romantic enough?" He teased.
She laughed, "There's always room for a little more! And besides," She added, growing
serious, "That's the secret. Just look. It's different for everyone, but the secret
is the same...."
Darien looked at their friends dancing together and smiled. She was right. She
was always right.
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