Hey guys, I'm back and here with chapter nine finally. Sorry it took so long and I love the reviews, it definitely give me more motivation to keep up with my writing of these stories, and speaking of these stories my other story "The Scientist" chapter 3/part 3 will hopefully be posted soon. I started it, I just have to finish it so bear with me on that. Anyway this chapter came more easily to me than any chapter of this story since chapter six lol, it's definitely corny so be prepared for mushiness, I just wanted to write something happy. It may not be my best work though, but I hope you'll enjoy it anyway. So as usual, without further ado here's chapter nine... forgive the grammar errors.
Chapter 9.
A few days later…
It was date night, something Sam had suggested so that they could have some time alone so Drew had taken her out to dinner and dancing at a little place down by the docks. They had a great time and now Drew had her blindfolded and walking down the marina. Tonight was the night he was going to propose, but first he put together a little surprise for her. Sam had no clue what he was planning but she knew it would be an unforgettable night. He led her closer and turned her around to remove the blindfold.
"Okay, baby turn around I have a gift for you." She turned around and gasped.
"Oh my God, Drew you didn't!" She exclaimed.
He grinned. "I sure did."
"Baby you brought me a yacht!" She looked at him incredulously.
"Yeah I did, you like it?"
"Like it?! Babe I love it! And I love you so much." She said kissing him happily.
"Mmmm, you know if this is the response I get every time I surprise you, I'll surprise you everyday for the rest of my life."
"And I'll be sure to thank you in the most gratifying ways possible if you do." She said seductively. "Now come on, show me my new yacht." she said excitedly.
"Gladly." He said picking her up bridal style making her squeal happily.
On the yacht…
Drew had shown her all the bells and whistles on the boat, the only thing he didn't let her see was the name. He was saving that for last, hoping that she would like it and that she wouldn't think he was overstepping his bounds because he named it after her daughter.
"Lila's star." he spoke softly as they stepped off the boat. "I named it after your daughter and the star I brought in her name. It just so happens that the yacht is positioned in the perfect place to see it. I hope I wasn't crossing any lines with this, I just wanted to show you how much I love you and how special you are to me. Do you want to see it?" He said wrapped around her from behind.
"Yes." She breathed, she was speechless. This man was everything to her and the fact that he did all of this just for her, had her at a loss for words. He was truly amazing and thoughtful and so kind hearted, she loved him so much and she didn't know how she could ever thank or repay him for what he just did for her. He brought her a yacht and he literally brought her daughter a star. A daughter that she never knew and a little girl that she wished was here for him to meet, for them both to meet. She was once again reminded of how good of a father he would be and she prayed that one day she would be able to gift him with a little boy that looked just like him, with her smile.
He led her to the top floor deck of her yacht and there was a telescope there. After making sure it was adjusted perfectly he led her to it and told her to take a look. Looking in the telescope Sam was once again speechless, the star was perfect, it shone as bright as the sun.
"You wanna know why I picked this star?" He asked her, his breath against her ear.
"Yes." She whispered.
"Well after extensive research I found out that this star was formed the day Lila was born, almost the exact time that you gave birth to her. I know that because I visited the hospital and asked Monica if she could give me all the info she could. After getting the information I needed from her I called in some favors and well here we are, staring at one of the most beautiful and brightest stars in the sky. Also I thought it was fitting in a way to include your daughter in on this occasion."
"What occasion? Did I miss something? It's not our anniversary is it?" She asked after she got herself together, wiping her tears. She was a little confused as to what occasion they'd be celebrating today that would lead him to do something so special, not only to show how much he cherishes her but to show how much he honors her little girl as well. The tears came faster as she turned around to look at him for an answer and got it in the form of him down on one knee with a beautiful ring in his hand.
"I knew I couldn't ask you to marry me without including the things and the people that mean the most to you. You told me once how much you loved the stars and that looking up at them made you feel like your daughter was looking out for you and how the brightest stars made you feel warm and closer to her. And you also told me how looking up at them made you feel closer to me when I was gone, and baby I've gotta tell you that it made me feel the same. Including baby Lila in this also made me feel closer to the little angel that came from you, so I couldn't do this without adding her in some way." He told her, with his voice breaking, she wiped her tears. "When I knew I wanted to propose I asked Edward, Alan, Monica and your mother for permission and well long story short they agreed, I would've done it regardless but it meant more this way. That was a few days ago and the only thing that stopped me from asking right away is because I wanted to know if that precious little one in the sky approved of me for her mommy, and baby when I say that I got a yes in the form of the softest breeze caressing my face and a shooting star I knew without a shadow of a doubt that this was going to be the best decision of my life. Not that there was ever any doubt anyway, but that just sealed the deal for me. I love you so much Samantha Marie McCall and I have been wanting to spend the rest of my life with you from the first moment I looked into those big beautiful brown eyes of yours. So will you do this poor sap of a man the honor of becoming his wife?" He asked with his heart beating so fast he thought it would jump out of his chest.
She was breathless and her heart was so filled with an all encompassing love and joy for him at this moment, there was no other answer she could give but yes. So she said yes, over and over again while jumping in his arms and making them both crash to the ground. He laughed as she kissed him all over his face before kissing his lips.
"Mmmm, before we go any further baby can I put this on your finger?" He asked with a grin, flashing her ring.
"Yes! YES!" she said scrambling to get up, making him laugh at her excitement. "Come on, get up here and put it on my finger!" She said pulling him up.
"Patience baby, patience." He joked as he stood up.
After he placed the ring on her finger, she paused to just admire it. The ring was flawless, and she loved it. It was her style and she loved how easily the man knew her.
"Where'd you buy it?" She asked curiously.
"I didn't. I mean I was going to buy one that was similar but like I said, I went to Edward and he gave it to me. It belonged to my grandma Lila, he gave it to her when he proposed and he told me that she would've wanted me to give it to you the day I proposed to you. He told me that our love reminds him of the way they loved each other's and they spent their lives together. I wish I would've gotten to meet her and I wish I would've gotten to witness something so beautiful between them, but what he said to me meant the world to me and I knew there was no turning down such an amazing gift."
"It is amazing and I am so honored that Edward thought that I was good enough to receive something so meaningful. And I'm so happy that I get to spend the rest of my life with you. I love you."
"I love you too." He said pulling her into his arms and kissing her passionately. He picked her up and carried her down to the bedroom and made love to her slowly for the rest of the night.
Three days later…
After the proposal news got out Drew's mom and sisters decided to extend their stay another week for the wedding. Sam and Drew didn't want to wait and have a long engagement, so they were going to get married in four days. Today was their engagement party, one that they reluctantly agreed to have thrown for them. Everyone they knew was there, well everyone they genuinely liked. Between Drew's family, the Cassadines, the Quartermaines, and various friends and coworkers it was a decent sized party. Not too large, not too small it totaled out to be maybe around fifty people. The last few weeks they'd gotten to know the people in each other's lives, Drew came to her job and met her coworkers and she got to know his seal team a little more since they were still stationed in the base in P.C. He also got to know her little sisters and her mom more, along with her cousin Spencer and his dad Nikolas seeing as how he was married to sister. He also got to meet her brother Danny and Sam got to finally meet the infamous Will and his wife Natalie, the only two people she hasn't met yet was Drew's brother Josh and his wife Lauren, who happens to be Drew's ex. That was a meeting she wasn't looking forward to from fear of kicking their asses for what they did to her man, but they probably wouldn't be here until the wedding. Sam also got to meet the man that was Drew's father for most of his life, Adam Chandler and his son, Drew's stepbrother J.R., they were interesting.
The party was fun, it was interesting and it had no drama. Drew played with all the kids that were there, from her sisters, his newfound nephews, his god sons and his nieces. Sam joined in on the fun and all of those around them could see that the two of them were just two seconds from starting a family of their own, especially with the way they watched each other interact with the kids. A couple of hours later the party was over and everyone went back to their homes and hotels. Sam and Drew went back to her yacht, since she basically offered their house up to his family and friends for the rest of the week. Not that she truly minded, she got to spend the last three days alone with her fiance and they were utilizing the time very provocatively. Tonight though they didn't have time for that because they were flying out to Vegas for their bachelor and bachelorette parties. Curtis, Hayden, Will, Natalie, Drew's three sisters, Nikolas, Lucky, J.R. and Maxie were all going with them. They were going to use Nikolas's private jet and stay for two days before coming home for the rehearsal dinner and all that good stuff.
Vegas…
They got the three presidential suites at the Waldorf Astoria, two of them were two bedroom king suites and the other one was a one bedroom king suite. Sam and Drew would stay in the one bedroom while the guys stayed in one two bedroom suite while the girls stayed in the others. It was the pinnacle of luxury and each room was equipped with it's own bar stocked full of liquor so they'd definitely be enjoying this trip. One of the first things they did was all meet up in Drew and Sam's suite and start pregaming for the night. They all took a shot and toasted to the couple before setting out for a night of drunken fun and debauchery.
Drew didn't drink as much as he would like too because he was still in recovery, but he still had one hell of a night with the guys. Nikolas wasn't as much of a stick in the mud as he thought he would be and Lucky was cool to hang with, he didn't drink as much either being a recovering addict and all and knowing how one addiction can be a gateway into another, so they spent most of their time chilling with each other. Will, Curtis, J.R. and Nikolas were having a ball it was a nice break from their everyday lives. They went to a strip club, a dance club and now they were at the bar, the bar being their last stop before heading back to the hotel for the night.
Sam and the girls were at a co-ed strip club, they had went gambling at the casino, dancing and now they were seeing strippers. Tonight had been awesome so far, she's been having more fun than she's had in a while outside of Drew and knew he was feeling the same. It was fun to watch his sisters drink and get rowdy, she'd never seen Emily drunk so that was funny. Kendall, Bianca and Hayden she's seen drunk but never this drunk. Natalie and Maxie were the wild cards though seeing as how they were now dancing with the strippers. Natalie was getting a lap dance from a female stripper and Maxie was getting a lap dance from a male one, only because Sam refused it. She was content to watch, plus she was going to spend the night with the sexiest man in the world to her so these guys as cute as they were, were just pure entertainment for her.
As the girls got back to the hotel they all went to Sam's room upon realizing they beat the guys back. Sam had gotten very nauseous all of a sudden on the elevator ride up to the top floor so they all decided to go back to her room to watch after her. She barely made it to the bathroom before throwing up, it had been 15 minutes and she was still in the bathroom so the girls were worried, never mind the fact that she would tell everyone of them that she was fine when they asked if she was okay. Natalie decided to call Will so he and the guys could get Drew back ASAP, knowing how much it would bother him if he didn't know that his fiancé was sick.
"Hello? Nat?" Will said as he answered the phone in the loud bar.
"Yeah babe, it's me. Look you guys need to get back to the hotel now, Sam's sick and we're worried about her." She said hoping he'd hear her over the loud music. She was still too drunk to want to waste time repeating herself.
"Sam's sick?!" He asked over the music and Drew heard him and was all of a sudden sober at the mention of her name.
"Sam's what?" He asked worriedly.
"Nat said Sam's sick, and we should get back to the hotel now." Will told his best friend.
"Okay let's go, give me the phone and go get the guys." He said heading for the exit. "Natalie, hey it's Drew. What's wrong with Sam? You said she's sick." He asked putting the phone to his ear when he got outside.
"Yeah, she's been in the bathroom puking her brains out for the last fifteen minutes but she keeps telling us she's fine. She seems fine, no fever or anything but she has been in the bathroom ever since we got off the elevator. We've been taking turns holding her hair back."
"Okay, Okay. Look we're on the way back to the hotel now, so just call back if things get worse. We'll be there in a few minutes. Thank you so much for calling Will to let me know."
"You're welcome, see you guys when you get here. I'll look out for your girl until you do." Natalie told him.
"Thanks Nat." He said hanging up the phone.
A few minutes later…
Drew rushed into the hotel room bypassing all the exhausted women as hurried into the bathroom to find Natalie rubbing Sam's back as they sat on the floor beside the toilet. "Hey baby." He said gently as he knelt down next to them on the floor.
"Hey." She said with a tired smile.
He nodded to Natalie. "Hey Nat, thank you for staying with her."
"No problem." She said getting up as Drew took Sam into his arms and kissed her forehead. "We'll check on you guys in the morning. Let us know if you need anything."
"We will, thank you." He said gratefully as she left the bathroom.
"Drew." Sam uttered.
"Yeah baby." He said softly.
"I'm going to…" She said before she launched herself back to the toilet to throw up whatever was left which was nothing. He held her hair and rubbed her back.
"You know what this reminds me of right?" He said quietly with a little smile on his face.
"That night in New York after we drank too much and you a virtual stranger took care of me?" She said softly, her voice a little hoarse.
"Yeah that night. That's when I knew I was in love, the way you looked at me had me stone cold sober and after that I was a sucker for you." He whispered in her ear.
"I wanted you to stay that night, I wanted to fall asleep in your arms and wake up to that handsome face in the morning." She admitted.
"I wanted to stay too, but guess what? You got me for life, there will be a lifetime of falling asleep in each other's arms and waking up to these mugs." He responded kissing her temple.
"That is true, I can't wait to spend the rest of forever with you." She said turning to look at him and hold him to her.
"Me too." He said hugging her to him tightly. After a few minutes he decided it was time to get up, she stopped puking and said her stomach felt somewhat better. So like that night in the hotel in New York he took care of her. Only this time in addition to washing her face, giving her mouthwash, and two aspirins he undressed her and himself and washed her hair and body in the shower before drying them both and going to bed for the night.
The rehearsal dinner- the night before the wedding…
They had been through all the steps of the wedding and now everyone was sitting down eating, and waiting for the toasts. Tonight the parents were gonna make toasts because at the wedding the best man and maid of honor would do the toasts. Erica stood up and clinked her glass signaling to everyone that she was about to give her toast and they all went silent.
"Okay so for those of you that don't know I'm Erica Kane, Andrews mother." She laughed as she introduced herself making everyone else chuckle. "As Andrews mom I just want to start by telling you Samantha, that I could not be any happier that my son will get to spend the rest of his life with you. I knew the day he called me from his flight after that week with you in New York ended telling me he was in love that you were special. You had him hooked after a week, I wish I would've known it was you that had stolen his heart when I was trying to get you to go out on a date with him." She laughed. "It would've given me more time to spend with you getting to know the amazing woman you are outside of work. But I can't tell you how excited I was after finding out it was you all along. I'm happy to call you my third daughter. Welcome to the family, I love you both so much." She finished, hugging them both and then Sam turned to look at Drew with tears in her eyes.
"You told your mom you loved me that day?" She whispered to him.
"Yeah." He said with a smile kissing her hand.
Edward decided he would be next. "Drew my boy, I told you the day you came to ask for our dear Samantha's hand in marriage that the two of you reminded me of myself and my precious Lila and I meant it. The two of you have a love that most people dream of and as I watch the two of you I'm reminded of how remarkable that love can be. I want to wish you and Samantha nothing but joy, happiness, and love throughout the years to come. So I'd like everyone to raise a glass to Sam and Drew! May you spend forever in each other's arms."
"TO SAM AND DREW!" Everyone repeated after him and then drank their wine.
Alexis went after Edward. "Cookie, I know we didn't start off all that great after finding out we were mother and daughter, but I am so grateful that we made it through because I couldn't imagine missing out on this. Seeing you and your sisters happy is the most important thing for me as a mother and I'm so glad that I've got to witness first hand my beautiful daughter be loved and treated as if she's a queen. I'm so glad that I get to witness that smile on your face. You've found your happiness and Drew I just want to say thank you for being that happiness. I hope the two of you have a lifetime of happiness. I love you." She said as they got up to hug her.
After a couple more speeches from Monica, Alan and Adam the rehearsal dinner was over. Friends and family said their goodbyes and Sam went home with her mom, Natalie, Erica, Monica and Drew's sisters. Drew stayed on the yacht with the guys. Since tomorrow was their wedding day they were following tradition and spending the night apart even though it was the first night they'd spend apart since she brought him home from the hospital. As hard as it was to leave each other even for just one night they were comforted by the fact that they'd be getting married in the morning. They were going to be getting married in Lila's rose garden, it was big enough to fit all of their fifty five guests but small enough for it to still be intimate which is what they wanted. Also the rose garden was beautiful and it kind of made Drew feel as if he was close to the grandmother he wished he'd known, so that was a plus for him.
The wedding…
Drew was standing inside of the arch with Will, Curtis and Drew's god son Chase, Will and Natalie's son standing on the other side. Will was the best man, Curtis was the one groomsman and Chase was the ring bearer. On Sam's side was Hayden who was her maid of honor, Maxie her bridesmaid and her baby sister Krissy who was the flower girl. They were all waiting for Sam to come down the makeshift aisle. Her brother Danny was going to be walking her, she was so happy when he agreed.
The moment came and the music started, they didn't go with a traditional wedding march. She wanted to come down the aisle to 'I do' by 98 degrees as corny as that was. So as the song played she walked down the aisle on the arm of her big brother with nothing but elation and love in her heart. She was so ready to marry the love of her life.
When they made eye contact everything disappeared. We're really doing this, they thought with smiles on their faces. He saw her in her dress and was breathless, she saw him in his suit and couldn't find him any sexier. Their wedding wasn't too formal, it wasn't a formal black tie affair, but nobody wore t-shirts and jeans. It was more semi formal than anything. As she and Danny reached Drew her brother put her hand in the hand of her soon to be husband's and nothing felt more right than that to her.
"Thank you for loving my sister Drew." Danny told him while shaking his other hand, making Sam's eyes fill with tears. She never thought she'd see this day. The day where her big brother gave her away to a man he trusted with everything and knew would honor his promises. She pulled him into a hug, still holding on to Drew's hand before thanking him and kissing his cheek. "I love you Sammy."
"I love you too big brother." She told him with a smile, before turning to her fiancé, about to be husband. He was smiling at her, it was different than any smile she's seen from him since they met and it made her feel all warm and tingly on the inside. "You ready for this." She whispered to him.
"I've never been more ready for anything in my life." He whispered back to her before turning them to the minister.
After the minister said a few words and started the ceremony he finally got to the part about the vows. "It was brought to my attention that Samantha and Andrew have prepared their own vows. Samantha has told me she would like to start. Samantha?" He said giving her the que to start.
Sam took a deep breath and smiled. "You know, I thought that I would have something prepared for this moment but there was nothing that I could've written down ahead of time that would've prepared me for the magnitude of emotions that actually hit when the moment happens." She started. "It's overwhelming, looking into your eyes and feeling this all encompassing love for you flood me on every level, spiritually, mentally, emotionally and physically. It's a level of love that I've never felt before and I know that it comes from the abundance of love I know that you have for me. You are everything to me, you're my heart, you're my soul, you're my compass and I love you with EVERYTHING that I am and I mean it when I say that nothing can change that. You're in me now, we were one before we officially became one." she said with a blush and tears in her eyes. "The day you got shot it felt like the bullet pierced my heart as well and I don't remember if I told you that or not but almost losing you, almost killed me too. I didn't know what it was until I saw you rolling in on that gurney with a chest full of blood and that feeling that hit me, hit me like a mac truck. That was the day that I knew that letting you go again was never an option for me. I love you too much to lose you. I can't lose you. It would kill me, there's not a world that I would want to live in, if there was no you." Her voice broke at the thought, before she took a deep breath and continued looking into his glassy eyes. "I want to spend forever with you, I want to have babies with you, grow old with you, die with you, and live in eternity with you after that. Drew being your wife is the greatest honor any woman could ever have, and I'm so glad you chose me and I promise that I will spend everyday of forever showing you how much I love you." She finished as he kissed her hands and brushed the tears off of her cheeks while she did the same for him.
"Wow." He said taking a breath and getting himself together. "It's clear that we're two peas in a pod seeing as I haven't written any vows either. I think we have a knack for winging it." He smiled at her tearful chuckle. "I love you Sam, I've loved you since the day you literally ran into me that summer day in NYC. You gave me something that week that I didn't even know was missing. You gave me you. You gave me your smile, you gave me your laughter, you gave me a sense of peace and security that I didn't have before you. Most of all baby, you gave me your heart. You gave me your love, your trust. There's been this connection between us from the very beginning and you're right when you say that we became one, before we officially became one." He said wiggling his eyebrows and making her laugh. "You're in my veins, every part of you fits with every piece of me and apart we're just two halves of an incomplete whole. You're my anchor Sam, and without you… well without you that's just something I can't fathom. It doesn't compute, I can't see it because without you there is no place for me in this world. I love you so much and I thank God everyday that you are the women I get to spend forever and beyond with." He said finishing his vows as she choked back a sob and then pulled him down to kiss her, kissing him with everything she had in her. Their friends and family cheered and laughed, except one but she was irrelevant to the moment. The minister smiled and cleared his throat before reminding them it wasn't done yet, they forgot an important step… the rings.
"Repeat after me…" The minister started, addressing them both. "With this ring, I take you as my partner in life, in love and in family for all time. I vow to stand by your side through everything that we have to face in this lifetime. My heart is yours from this day, until the end of my days." He said as they repeated what he said and exchanged rings. The feeling was overwhelming for them both, and as they were announced, husband and wife they couldn't feel more complete. The rest of their lives had finally begun and they couldn't wait to see what was in store for them…
