In My Daughter's Eyes
Emily was having so much fun at her wedding. The reception was in a huge ballroom with plenty of room for tables and the food and dancing. But strangely enough the thing she was looking forward to the most at her reception was the father daughter dance. Of course she was looking forward to the first dance with her new husband as well, but her father had been there for her whenever she needed him and she wanted him to know that just because she was married, that didn't make him unimportant in her eyes. Emily was just having fun visiting with everyone that she didn't get to see that much anymore. It had been much too long since she had seen either of her Aunt Molly's kids. She hadn't seen Laura in three years and she hadn't seen Ben in about five years.
She turned around after visiting with Ben and Logan was behind her. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her cheek. She knew that it was nearly time for her first dance with her husband. As if on cue, her Aunt Callie who was the organizer of this whole thing announced that it was time for the Bride and Groom's first dance as husband and wife. Emily had picked "Can you Feel The Love Tonight" by Elton John, Logan hadn't had any objections to that. Logan and Emily rose and they seemed to melt into each other on the dance floor. Emily's head rested on her husband's shoulder while one of her arms wrapped around his neck and her other hand took his hand in hers. His free arm wrapped around her small waist.
Mark and Lexie sat in silence as they watched their daughter and new son in law dancing their first dance "They remind me a bit of us." Lexie whispered. Mark remembered their wedding day and that had been an amazing day for him. It had been a day that he had been sure was never going to come for him. Mark was slowly accepting that his daughter was starting her own family and he was happy for her. He knew she was happy and really that was all he cared about. Logan treated her like a queen and that was important to Mark. He nodded in answer to his wife's comment and whispered "He's good to her." Lexie knew that was hard on Mark to admit, but she was glad to hear him admit it.
Once the first dance was over, Emily looked over at Callie and nodded. Mark had no idea what that was all about, but he had a feeling he was about to find out. Callie announced that next would be the father daughter dance. Emily walked over to her father and pulled him up to his feet just as the first strains of "In My Daughter's Eyes" began playing. Emily's arms wrapped around her dad's neck and Mark's arms wrapped around his daughter's waist. Mark had no idea how much this father daughter dance meant to Emily and he had a feeling that she didn't know how much it meant to him. No words were spoken. There was no words to speak between the two of them. Emily didn't cry, but she felt like she was going to. Mark finally murmured "You look beautiful Em." She did look beautiful to him and Mark was so lucky to have her as a daughter.
When the dance ended, Mark walked back over to Lexie who had tears slipping down her cheeks. She had been so surprised at how fluid her daughter and Mark's movements were. Lexie hugged Mark tightly and kissed him quickly on the lips.
An hour later came the cake cutting. Lexie was there with her camera just like when Logan had taken Emily out for the first time. The couple cut the cake and then fed a piece to each other. Logan knew that Emily would have murdered him on the spot if he smashed it into her face. Then next came the bouquet tossing and the garter toss. Emily refused to have the garter removed from her body so Logan improvised and bought one and threw it over his head. Lucas Shepherd caught it. Derek looked at Mark ,his face white with terror. That was nothing compared to the panicked look that Mark had on his face when Sandrine caught her sister's bouquet. Mark was certain he was going to have another heart attack.
Finally the guests were saying goodbye to Emily and Logan as they got into the limo to take them to the airport. As a wedding gift from Alex and Izzie they were going to honeymoon in Italy. Mark knew how much Emily had always wanted to go to Italy and she was finally getting her chance. Mark was just getting ready to look for his wife who he had lost awhile ago, when Emily rushed up to him. She threw her arms around him and whispered" I love you Daddy. Thank you for everything." Mark hugged his daughter back and said" Go enjoy your honeymoon Em.I love you too." Mark had a feeling that she had already said goodbye to her mother so that was why he didn't ask about it. Mark waved to the limo that held his beautiful firstborn daughter and her new husband and then he went inside and sat down. He had survived this day and truthfully he had never been prouder of his daughter. She was a beautiful woman who was now someone's wife. Mark knew that Logan and Emily would last forever. Call it father's intuition. He just knew. Lexie walked over to him and said "Let's go home. "Mark didn't say a word but nodded and followed his wife to Sandrine's car. Sandrine would likely get a ride from Liam. Mark and Lexie got into the car and Mark said "I am so proud of her and she picked a great man who loves her." Lexie nodded knowing how hard Emily getting married was on Mark. They drove back to the house in silence, each thinking of today's events. They had not lost a daughter, but gained a second son.