Epilogue

Three months later they were all gathered together to join two of them in holy matrimony.

She walked into the room and saw the bride standing in the middle looking in the mirror. "All most time. Everyone's seated and the guys are out there now." she said smiling at her best friend.

The bride turned around. "I can't do this." she said panicking. "What was I thinking? It's too soon. I can't do this." she said removing her veil.

She chuckled slightly and put a comforting hand on the other woman's shoulder. "Relax. Just breath okay. Everything is going to go fine. You're going to go out there and marry the man you love and everything will be fine. Besides it's not that soon, you've been planning this for a year."

"What if it doesn't work out? What if we wind up hating each other?" the bride asked tears filling her eyes.

She hugged the sobbing bride. "You're not going to hate each other. And if worse comes to worse at least you'll have today and the past three years to remind you why you love him."

She wiped her eyes. "I can do this." she said going back over to the mirror to fix her make up.

She hugged her once more. "We'll be outside." she said going out into the hall.

"Is she okay Mommy?" Alyssa asked her mother looking up at her.

"She's going to be okay baby girl. Now go stand in front of your brother and Danny. We're going to get started soon." Emma told her daughter and ushered her over to her spot in the line.

"Is it me or is it hot in here?" Jay asked adjusting his tie as he, Sean and Jesse were standing up by the alter.

Sean looked at Jay with a raised eyebrow. "It's 30 degrees outside and we have the heater off. It's you."

Jay glared at him. "I thought the best man's job was to make me feel better not worse?"

Jesse chuckled. "You'll be fine Jay." he told him.

"Sean switch places with Jesse." Sean glared at Jay as the pianist stared to play. First down the aisle was Alyssa in her flower girl dress followed by the two ring bearers Mike and Danny. Mike held the small pillow in one hand and used the other to help keep Danny steady on his feet.

Next after the three kids came Ellie in a maternity version of the pink bridesmaid dresses Manny had picked out for the girls. She caught Sean's eye staring behind her and looked away. Now was not the time for that. As she took her place next to the alter she saw Jesse smile over at her.

After Ellie came Emma is almost the same dress with her blond hair hanging around her shoulders. Sean smiled shyly at her as she took her place across from him.

After the bridal party was down the aisle the pianist switched to the bridal march. Jay drew in his breath as he saw his bride coming towards him arm in arm with her father. She had her hair arranged neatly on her head and her white halter dress had beaded flower designs around the neck and down the dress.

He shook Mr. Santos' hand before taking joining hands with Manny and stood in front of the preacher.

"We give thanks today for Jason and Manuela for their open hearts willing spirits and their closest friends and family. May we all be changed by what is said and witnessed here today." he began the ceremony. "

May each of us be reminded of our own wants and our own desires." Ellie looked over at Sean and noticed him staring at his own fiancé.

"It's a mystery how we fall in love, who we fall in love with." Sean mouthed I love you to her before turning his attention back to the words the preacher was saying.

"Jason do you take Manuela to be your wife? To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, until death do you part?" he asked Jay.

Jay looked over at Manny standing in front of him. "I do." Manny smiled at him slightly as Sean handed him the ring and he slid it onto her finger to join her engagement ring.

The preacher turned to Manny. "And do you Manuela take Jason to be your husband? To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, until death do you part?"

Manny smiled and rubbed the back of Jay's hand with her thumb. "I do." she said before taking Jay's ring from Emma and slipping in onto his hand where it would stay forever.

"By the power vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride." he said and Jay pressed his lips against his new wife's as everyone clapped.

They broke apart and walked back down the aisle. Sean and Emma linked arms and followed them with the kids in front of them. Jesse linked arms with Ellie.

"You could at least act like you're happy to be with me." he whispered softly in her ear as they followed their friends to join them in the small room as they waited for them to set up for the reception.

"Daddy!" Daniel yelled running up to Jay.

Jay scooped the toddler up his arms. "Hey little man. Ready to party?" he asked bouncing him in his arms.

"Yea!" he said before reaching for his mother.

"Then let's go then baby." she said hugging him as they heard Spinner start the music.

"Let me introduce to you for the second time Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hogart!" he said.

Jay grinned at his wife. "That's our cue Mrs. Hogart."

Manny kissed him again before linking arms with him while holding their son in her other arm. "Let's go hubby."

Sean and the rest of the wedding party chuckled as they headed into the reception hall.

The End

A/N: First off I'm going to start with saying thank you to all of you that have stuck with me on this long ride. To all of you that read but never reviewed thanks for reading. For all those that reviewed there were quite a few for this story that I got that almost made me cry.

Without you all we never would have gotten this far. You all know how to make a writer feel great. A huge thank you to MyWishForYou again for the info you gave me near the beginning and a huge thank you to MilitaryWife, Janny 4-ever, bfan2good4u, XoPri24 and anyone else I missed that reviewed every chapter. I love you all.

Okay now for the info about the sequel.

Faith and Trust will pick up six months after Jay and Manny's wedding. Those two are still enjoying wedded bliss when someone from Manny's past shows up for a benefit concert.

Emma is making plans for her and Sean's wedding as she learns that it's not easy to get back lost time as she prepares for the kids to start preschool that fall.

Jesse and Ellie are still headed towards crisis even after the birth of their new little girl.

Meanwhile during all this chaos business is picking up at the garage and Sean and Jay start talking about expanding.

Now for the so far untitled Jay/Manny spin off.

We've seen them get together, we've seen them with their child and we just saw them get married.

So this story we're going to be going back to the beginning to see what else went on between them that we didn't get to see. We'll see the ups and downs of our favorite couples relationship.

Anyways first chapter to Faith and Trust will be up either Friday or sometime next week. First chapter to the spin off will be up at the same time or the week after.