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Happy Mother's Day!


Chapter 44

Despite being early November the weather was warm enough for an outdoor ceremony. When Elizabeth slowly opened her eyes she could already hear the crew outside setting up for the nuptials. It was almost time to get up and start getting ready. But not right now she smiled as she snuggled closer to her fiancé.

They were going to keep with tradition and not see one another the night before the wedding. Jason was supposed to sleep at their house. However at around two in the morning Elizabeth woke up screaming from another nightmare. When no one could calm her down Kelly called Jason.

He of course came right over. After he got her calmed down he had planned on heading back home, but Kelly was the one to suggest that he simply stay. Tradition be damned she just wanted her patient calm. It wasn't all that hard to get him to agree. "Good morning." Jason said as her eyes opened again.

"Good morning. I'm sorry I interrupted your night." She had no idea what time Jason planned on tossing the guys out. The ceremony wasn't until four so he had plenty of time to rest.

"Everyone was gone by the time Kelly called. I was awake because I couldn't sleep without you beside me." Jason told her. Even if they weren't if she needed him then he would have come. "You ready for today?"

"So ready." She assured him.

"Me too." He said pulling her closer. Just as his lips covered hers someone knocked on the door. "How did they know?" He laughed against her mouth.

"No clue." Elizabeth answered the door and got pulled into the hall.

"She's not coming back!" Emily yelled into the room before slamming the door. "Let's go."

Elizabeth was laughing. "My clothes are in there." She pointed to the room.

"I'll loan you something." No way was she letting her friend go back inside.

"What would you have done if Jason answered?" Elizabeth let her friend lead her down the hall to her room.

"Told him I had sex with Dante and when he was doubled over puking I would have ran in and grabbed you." Emily had a schedule to keep.

"You had sex with Dante?" Elizabeth said surprised.

"Not yet, but hopefully soon. It's been a while. Nicholas and I hadn't had sex for a couple of months by the time we broke up." Emily confessed things went downhill right after Elizabeth moved into the Towers.

"I'm sorry my life wrecked yours." Elizabeth hugged her friend tight.

"It didn't. Yes, I was sad when Nicholas and I ended, but if we were together I wouldn't have met Dante. He's so much better for me than Nicholas. I loved Nicholas but in a real way he was my Lucky. My childhood crush and we both grew and changed yet neither one of us wanted to admit it. I'm happy, really happy for the first time in a long time." Emily told her friend. "I'm sorry you had to be hurt for me to realize that."

"I'm okay now. I'm happy for you, and for me." Elizabeth started smiling. "I'm getting married."

"To my brother." Emily finished. "We have to start getting ready."


"My car is right out front. If you want we can be in Canada by sundown." Johnny offered his friend.

"O'Brien, don't make me shoot you." Jason said trying to remember his vows. Forgetting things was unusual for him but right now he could barely recall his own name. He was marrying Elizabeth in thirty minutes. All afternoon he'd been expecting someone to knock on the door and tell him she'd come to her senses and left.

Twice someone did knock and his heart almost leapt out his chest both times. The first was Diane with the completed adoption paperwork and Cameron's new birth certificate. Jason had actually cried seeing it. The second time brought them Johnny.

"Tell me you aren't carrying a gun on your wedding day." Johnny said giving his friend a look.

"No, he's not." Sonny said from his chair by the window. Both Elizabeth and Jason had a single attendant. Sonny was serving as the best man.

Francis stepped into the room. "Lorenzo is here. I have Cody watching him." It was just for show.

"Who is his date?" Sonny asked Francis. Neither Elizabeth nor Emily would give up that information.

Francis gave them a wide smile. "Skye."

"My sister, he came with my sister?!" Jason's jaw dropped.

"Yes, apparently they have mutual friends in Llanview." Francis hadn't known that. "They appear to be getting along very well."

Jason couldn't comment because some else knocked on the door. Johnny went to see who it was and the guys heard him whistle as Emily walked in. "You look beautiful Emily." Jason said smiling at his sister.

"Thank you." Elizabeth had let her pick out her own dress and she'd gone with a strapless red dress that was floor length. Elizabeth had given it two thumbs up. "You all look very dashing, but of course Jason looks the best. I have a gift for you from your bride."

"Really?" He loved it when she gave him things. She put a lot of thought into everything she'd ever given him.

Emily handed him a small box with a white ribbon around it. "You're supposed to open it now. That way I can report back."

"Okay." Jason tugged on the ribbon and then opened the box. Inside on a bed of cotton was a St. Raphael medallion. It was most likely meant to be worn on a chain but Elizabeth had it refitted so he could put it on his keychain. On the back she had the following words engraved:

Where you go so does my heart – Love Elizabeth.

"Tell her I said thank you." He said smiling at his sister.

"St. Raphael is the patron saint of love." Sonny said in case Jason didn't know.

"Also." Emily said stepping closer to her brother. "She asked me to deliver a message."

"What?" Jason was still admiring his gift. His girl had given him a talisman of protection.

"Elizabeth asked that if you are wearing a tie that you take it off." Emily knew how much her brother would love that.

"She said I don't have to wear a tie?" Jason was really smiling wide. He hated ties. "I don't mind."

"She knows she doesn't want you to wear one. She said it isn't who you are. Cam doesn't have to either or Morgan." Sonny's youngest son was the ring bearer. Emily helped her brother remove the silk garment. "Sonny." She almost laughed when the mob boss paled a bit. "Elizabeth said that you can leave yours on."

"How does she look?" Jason asked his sister.

"Stunning." Emily told him. "And very happy. I need to get back." She gave him a kiss on the cheek before leaving the room.

"We should get downstairs." Sonny said looking at the time.

"Let's go." Jason was ready.


The music started and the first person down the runner was Morgan. He stood between his dad and his Uncle at the arch. After he was in place Emily came down the aisle she smiled and beamed at the crowd and when her eyes caught Dante's she blushed just a bit. Everyone stood as the wedding march began and Elizabeth started down the aisle escorted by Cameron who was giving her away.

She smiled and the only person she looked at was Jason. He looked impossibly handsome standing there waiting for her. Not only at the end of the runner, but the end of a very long journey to find the one place her heart belonged. He was her life's partner, the father of her children and the quite simply the best man she knew.

She was so beautiful that it was hard to believe that she was real. And that she was his. The fact that he had the opportunity to love her every day for the rest of his life never stopped amazing him. His eyes traveled down to her hand that was holding their son's. She had given him this amazing child to love and protect. Then his gaze shifted to her still flat stomach and he thought of the life they had created together.

"You look beautiful." He whispered when she reached him. Offering his hand to Cameron the three of them turned to the judge who was performing the ceremony. "Who gives this woman to be married?"

"Me." Cam said just like they he had practiced with Aunt Em this morning. When he finished Jason positioned his son in front of him so that they both faced Elizabeth.

"We are gathered here today to take part in the most time-honored celebration of the human family, uniting a woman and a man in marriage. These two souls have come to witness before us, telling of their love for each other. Jason and Elizabeth in presenting yourselves here today to be joined in marriage, you perform an act of faith. This faith can grow and develop and last, but only if you both decide to make it so."

"If you would have the foundation of your marriage be the devotion you have for one another, not just at this moment, but for all the days to come, then treasure the hopes and dreams that you bring here today. Establish that your love will never be blotted out by the common nor obscured by the ordinary in life."

"Dedication, love, and joy can grow only when you nourish them together. Stand fast in that hope and confidence, having faith in your shared destiny just as strongly as you have faith in yourselves and in one another today. Only with this spirit can you forge a union that will strengthen and endure all the days of your lives."

"Jason, will you receive Elizabeth as your wife? Will you pledge to her your love, faith and tenderness, cherishing her with a husband's loyalty and devotion?"

"I will." Jason said in a clear and strong voice.

"Elizabeth, will you receive Jason as your husband? Will you pledge to him your love, faith and tenderness, cherishing him with a wife's loyalty and devotion?"

"I will." Elizabeth said and the joy in her heat was clear for everyone to see.

"May I have the rings please?" Sonny placed Elizabeth's on the bible and Emily repeated the action with Jason's.

"This circlet of precious metal is justly regarded as a fitting emblem of the purity and perpetuity of the Marriage State. The ancients were reminded by the circle of eternity, as it is so fashioned as to have neither beginning nor end; while gold is so incorruptible that it cannot be tarnished by use or time. So may the union, at this time solemnized, be incorruptible in its purity and more lasting than time itself. Jason please place this ring on Elizabeth's finger and repeat these words wear this ring forever as a symbol of my love which is unending."

"Elizabeth, wear this ring forever as a symbol of my love which is unending." Jason said as he pushed the band of gold onto her finger.

"Elizabeth please place this ring on Jason's finger and repeat these words wear this ring forever as a symbol of my love which is unending."

"Jason, wear this ring forever as a symbol of my love which is unending." Elizabeth repeated the words as Jason had before her.

"May this day shine eternally in your lives.
May it add brilliance to every achievement and cast a divine light over any misfortune.
May you care for each other in all sadness.
May you give cheer to each other.
May you give vitality to each other in all undertakings.
May all that is virtuous, beautiful and honest, remain with you always. By the power given to me by the State of New York it is my pleasure to pronounce you husband and wife. Jason and Elizabeth you may kiss one another."

Jason smiled as he dipped his head and kissed his wife.


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