Toasty here,
Yes, this is the last chapter. 29 chapters… wow guys. Thank you so much for sticking with me through this story, I would never have made it without you all. You are all gems.
So this is my thank you:
(If you get bored of this or just never reviewed cause you're a sad bastard- THAT IS A JOKE PLEASE EXCUSE MY SHITTY HUMOUR- then feel free to utterly skip this fluffy fest coming, and I'm not condemning reading without reviewing here, I just really want to help those who have helped me through this)
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THANK YOU EVERYONE!
(START HERE IF YOU JUST WANT THE LAST CHAPTER AND NOT A SAPPY FEST OF MY RAMBLINGS)
Jess felt the butterflies swarm her chest and flutter about, reeking absolute havoc on her nerves and yet some how just a little comforting. For the truth was not something she could hide, she was as scared as hell. So many thoughts were swirling around her mind she was sure they'd block out everything else and she'd somehow forget to breathe or something similarly important.
"You look stunning," Jess couldn't help the smile that flooded over her face as her eyes met her brother Mitchell's. He'd changed- god they all had. Well, not quite all of course, that couldn't be expected. No, certain members of both gangs had refused to be there upon all accounts, yet the police force were making sure that nothing was going to ruin this. Two of the best detectives in Manhattan deserved some security at least, though 10 officers on the door had been considered a little too much they all insisted they'd be happy to be there to watch too. Jess simply hadn't been able to convince them not to do it, they'd claimed they'd do it whether she asked or not.
The white gown she wore tumbled towards the floor as Jess slowly dropped the skirt from her hands and smoothed out invisible crinkles in the alabaster silk. The flowing material draped around her body and the light sparkled off the diamonds which decorated the neck line and waist.
"Don't worry about it little Sis, the guy is crazy for you anyhow and you look fantastic," Mitchell smiled gently at his baby sister, taking in the lily in her hair and the pearls strung around her neck. She really did look like some kind of princess from some kind of movie, not the little girl he grew up with who owned a bright orange jumper which despite her claims she did regularly wear.
Just as she was about to reply, Cliff Angell walked into the small room and smiled gently at his daughter. Sure, he had never seen this day coming- who could have? Certainly not anyone who had lived through the havoc the feud had created over the years, though it was their children who were to bring them together and reconcile them once and for all.
"Are you ready?" A quick nod confirmed it and Jess gently took her father's arm, clinging to it for dear life. Sure, she'd been in many quick fire situations in her line of work, god she'd nearly died before and yet none of it scared her as much as this moment did. The music played gently as her feet stepped upon the marble flooring, the harmony of music filling the church entirely.
Danny and Lindsay sat there; their hands entwined as they watched with tear filled eyes. Neither of them had ever hoped for so much for their best friends, to be so complete with their soul mate. Soul mate. It made so much sense that they really did exist; after all Danny knew Lindsay could be nothing but his soul mate. He himself clutched at a black velvet box in his pocket, having asked Don about what the hell to say later that week Don had told him to just ask her whilst the music blared and the lights swirled. After all, if she said yes she said yes, if not it was just heartbreak- but you knew. However Danny did know, he knew they belonged together, two forces which could not be dragged apart.
Mac and Stella sat a few rows back from Lindsay and Danny, they too holding hands. So they hadn't exactly gone public with their relationship… if that was really what they were. It was nothing official, then again- they didn't really need it to be. It was for them to love one another, for love it definitely was that was not to doubt. So what if it wasn't really all that conventional, wasn't the event they were at simply proving love has no boundaries. So what if they couldn't really admit to each other what they had was true love- that didn't stop it being true love and it never would.
Jess walked down the aisle, the butterflies in her chest growing more and more by the second as she approached the front. She was getting married. It was really happening and she was marrying the man of her dreams. A man who loved her more then life itself, a man who she loved more then time could tell…everything would somehow be alright even if no one in the entire church knew how.
Cliff let go of his daughter gently as they reached the front and a small tear leaked from his eye as he went and sat amongst the vast number of other people there. The vicar began speaking but none of it was really audible to Jess, for all she could see was Don's lips as they mimed the words she hoped she would hear for the rest of her life.
'I love you.'
Toasty here,
Now this is stupidly short I know and I don't blame you if you hate me for this ending but it really is all that can be done now. Thank you to everyone who stuck through ,I love you all.
Au revoir,
La toast.
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