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FIVE YEARS LATER:
Standing next to the minister in mine and Tayla's backyard in front of my friends, Tayla's friends and family waiting for our wedding to begin my mind goes back to two years ago when I asked Tayla to marry me again. It took us a while to get to this point but we are stronger than ever now. The night was perfect. We were in Denver, Colorado for a weekend in January for a romantic getaway when I decided to pop the question to her. We spent the entire day skiing and enjoying each other's company. Later that night we went out to a romantic dinner for two that we ate in private by candlelight. I remember the black dress she wore that hugged her body perfectly, her dark hair straightened falling just past her shoulders she was never so beautiful to me than she was in that moment. Her smile lit up the room and her eyes full of happiness. I took her hand into mine as they delivered our desert; strawberry cheesecake, and as they delivered the cheesecake they brought the diamond ring I had saved up to buy for her. Catching her off guard, I stood up, rounded the table and dropped to one knee with the ring box in my hand. I'll never forget the look of surprise in her eyes mixed with joy. I opened the box exposing her 14 ct. platinum, princess cut 3 diamond ring and asked her to marry me as a quartet of violinists play a rendition of classical music setting the mood for romance. The smile on her face grew bigger as I asked her the question that would change our lives forever. She wasted no time and told me yes. I was filled with joy and happiness the moment she said yes. I slid the diamond ring onto her small finger and took her in my arms kissing her lips passionately celebrating what our future would hold. It felt much different than the first time I proposed to her, we were older, we were stronger and we knew each other better it was the perfect night and I wouldn't have changed it for the world.
The music starts to play snapping me out of thought of our romantic trip to Colorado and I focus on the wedding party making their way to the rose covered arch before separating. I smile as my best man; Roman Reigns walks down the aisle with Tayla's best friend Chelsea. Roman and I have had our differences and we've had our moments but over the last few years we have put everything behind us and moved on with our lives. We started talking and sure enough we became best friends again only because our daughters; Akela and Joanne, became best friends. We are like brothers now and our families spend a lot of time together not to mention that Roman and I travel together on the road and work together. Roman turned out all right after trying to get Tayla back he finally moved on with his life after him and Renee broke up. Roman settled down two years ago with his wife Kate whom he met while traveling on the road and a year ago they welcomed my godson and their son Joe. Roman is truly happy with his life right now and I couldn't' be any happier for him. We've been through a lot but over time we grew up and worked past our issues. I'm glad that Roman was able to find someone that he could love and someone he could spend the rest of his life with that will make him happy for an eternity. As Roman and Chelsea split at the end of the teal walkway Roman pats me on the shoulder and whispers, "this is it man."
"I know," I say with a smile as I watch the rest of our wedding party make their way down the aisle. I feel a nervousness inside me as I see our 5 year old sons Alex and Avery making their way down the aisle each holding a pillow containing our wedding bands as they make their way to me. Alex and Avery are everything I could have wished for in life. They make me proud every day. They're smart, they're caring and they are just the most awesome kids I have ever met in my life and I call them my sons. Although they are twins they couldn't be any more different. Alex is more like his mom with his big heart, his intelligence and his need to help other people while Avery is more like me he's more on the wild side, he enjoys making everyone laugh but he's always ready and willing to help if he needs to. They both are doing fantastic in school and get good grades. I smile at them as they smile at me before they take their spots.
My heart starts to race as I see Tayla's mini me make her way down the aisle, her long dark hair flowing in the wind as she walks and drops teal flower petals onto the walkway as she makes her way down in a beautiful white camisole dress, with an organza flow and a white flower headband in her hair while she wears a wooden sign that says; Daddy Here Comes Mommy. I smile as our 4 year old daughter Akela makes her way down the aisle and my mind goes back to the day she was born. IT was a hot August day when she decided to make her way into the world. After 22 hours of labor and 45 minutes of pushing our 8lb. 10 oz. baby girl took her first breath and filled the room with her cries. The tears in my eyes the moment I saw her beautiful face showing all her Hawaiian features she inherited from her mom, the big dark brown eyes looking up at me and her head full of black hair she was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen, the epitome of perfection. She took my breath away the moment I saw her. In that moment I met Akela was the moment my entire world made sense again. We chose to name her Akela (Ah-KEH-LAH) meaning graceful and noble Nadine her middle name inherited from her mother and Ambrose being her last name. Akela Nadine Ambrose is a daddy's girl in every sense of the word. She has me wrapped around her finger and she is the only little girl that can get me to play tea party with her, play baby dolls with her and play dress up with her. I wouldn't trade her for the world. She makes me laugh every day and brings all of life's happiness and joy into my life with her graceful and noble personality. She is the spitting image of her mother and I call her my little Hawaiian Princess. She blows me a kiss as she reaches the end of the walkway and I blow one back before I direct my attention to the woman that gave me the gift of being a father, showed me that love is real and that I am capable of loving and being loved. She is the woman that changed my entire life.
Tayla Nadine Rodriguez makes her way down the aisle wearing a strapless white wedding dress, her long dark hair blowing in the wind much like Akela's was as she made her way to the arch way, her dress falling to the floor with an organza flow very similar to Akela's dress as she holds a bouquet of teal flowers. I smile at her as tears form in my eyes as she makes her way down to me. My breath caught in my throat as I admire her beauty. She's as beautiful outside as she is inside. I am one lucky man. My soon to be wife has achieved her nursing degree and her license to be a nurse but right now her main focus is being a model and doing ads for well-known clothing designers. She is beautiful with her dark brown eyes, her long black hair, her perfect white teeth but on the inside her beauty is just as magnificent always looking for the best in people, loving everyone she meets, always giving out second chances sometimes a third and maybe a 4th and always willing to help others that need help; she is the reason our kids are so amazing. The closer she gets the more nervous I become. She meets me at the altar as her dad gives her away to me for the 2nd time. He kisses her cheek before he places her hand into mine. I smile at her and she smiles back at me.
The minister begins the ceremony and starts off talking about love and everything love is and what it's not but I can't focus on him because Tayla has me distracted. "At this time," says the minister, "I understand that Dean and TAyla would like to state their own vows?"
"Yes," we say together with a smile.
"Dean, at this time please state your vows to Tayla," he says as I turn to face Tayla taking both of her hands into mine.
"So we do this again," I say with a smile trying to ease my nervousness, "but if I am going to do it all again you are the one I will do it for a thousand times over. It's amazing how much can change in 5 years, how much two people can change in 5 years. We both realized we needed the time for ourselves, needed the time to get to know each other and take things slow. We needed that time to make things right, to make us stronger, to make us better and today as I am ready to take you for my wife again I can't help but notice how much stronger and how much better we are together. The moment I met you my entire life changed. The moment I met you fate took over and led us down the path of coming together. We can't control who we fall in love with and we can't control where fate leads us but fate always leads us to the place we are meant to be even if we don't believe this is the place for us. I love you more than anything in this world, Tayla, you changed me, you changed my entire life for the better. You showed me what love is and showed me that I deserve to be loved and that I am capable of loving because the love I have for you is endless. My entire life with you means everything to me; you are everything to me. I can't think of anyone else that I would want to spend the rest of my life with other than you. You gave me three of the most precious gifts and if it's meant to be we'll have another if not I'm happy with what we have. You made me a father and I enjoy that more than anything it is the best gift in life you could have given me next to you giving me your heart. Your heart is in my hands and I promise to cherish it, I promise not to break it because I will be loyal, honest and faithful only to you. No one, no other woman in this world will ever compare to you and what you mean to me. I will never hurt you and I will love you for the rest of my life and giving you the world the best that I can. I promise to always be here and to be the husband you deserve. I love you, Tayla, and I am promising my heart to you forever." I wipe tears from my eyes as she does the same before she gives me a perfect smile.
"Tayla," says the minister, "Please state your vows for Dean."
"Okay," she says with a smile and tears in her dark eyes. "In life we never know what we are to expect, we never know what's guaranteed but one thing we can count on is the work of fate. Fate can take us from one situation to another just so that we are where we are always meant to be. Whatever is meant to be will always find its way. I can't express how true this is. Things started off rocky between us but slowly everything started to fall into place. When I married you the first time I barely knew myself, I barely knew you and never knew what life was about or what I wanted from life and you were so gracious to grant me the chance to find myself and get to know myself giving me time to find out what I need from life and what I want to do in life. I am eternally grateful for that. Fate worked its magic and brought us back together to a life I will never and don't ever want to give up. You're my other half, Dean, you understand me like no one else does. You're there for me when I need you and I'm there for you when you need me. You're my biggest support system and the person that loves me the most. I love you more than any vows or any words could ever say. What you mean to me is bigger and more than a few words. I can't even put all the words together of what you mean to me. My entire life with you means the world to me. It's a life I never want to give up. I love seeing you as a father and if I could I would make you a father again but life happens the way it should we just need to wait. You're a great guy and I give you my entire heart. I give you all of me and I promise to always be faithful, loyal and cherish you. Your heart is in my hands and I will never break it. Your heart means everything to me. And the fact you've given it to me makes my life a whole lot better. I wouldn't change what we have for anything and I give myself to you forever and promise to honor you and love you the rest of our lives. I love you, Dean." I mouth that I love her back before the minister asks for the rings.
The rest of our wedding ceremony goes smoothly as we each place our wedding band on the other's finger calling it a symbol of our undying love for each other promising to love each other and cherish each other forsaking all others for the rest of our lives together before we light the unity candle. The minister prays over us once more before he says, "By the power invested in me I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride." I smile and I don't hesitate to kiss the love of my life; the one person in my life that has ever given a shit about me and loved me to no end. We turn to face our family and friends; "I present to you the new Mr. and Mrs. Dean Ambrose," says the minister as our family and friends stand up to cheer for us. I take Tayla's hand into mine as we make our way down the aisle as a married couple ready to live our lives together forever as one, allowing fate to have full control of our lives, it brought us this far it won't let us down in the future whatever is meant to be will be. The day I met Tayla I did not expect to fall in love, I didn't expect to have her as my wife or the mother of my children but fate had other plans for us. "You don't find love, it finds you. It's got a little bit to do with destiny, fate and what's written in the stars." Even the smallest star can lead to your biggest twist of fate.
*A/N: What did you think? Did you enjoy the final chapter? ARe you happy that they all got their happy ending? I need some help from you lovely readers :) I don't know what I want to do next. Would you rather see a whole new Dean story or would you rather see Seth's and Jordyn's story? Dean's story will be called "There Goes My Life" and The Seth and Jordyn story will be called "Beyond My Past" which would you rather see? Whatever you choose I will have up some time this weekend so keep an eye out. As always thank-you for reading my story and it was a pleasure to write it for you. Thank-you all so much.
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