"Mom, do you have to choke me? Geez, I need some circulation." Matt complained as Ashley with his tie.

"You sound just like your dad did the day him and your mom got married." Mark told him laughing.

"Was dad nervous on his and mom's wedding day?" Matt asked looking down at him.

"You wouldn't believe how nervous he was. Not of marrying your mom, but of leaving her." he told him sitting at Matt's desk as he remembered that New Years Eve.

"Really? I never knew that." Ashley said looking at him.

"Yeah, and then to lighten the mood Collins told him if he punked, he was fully prepared to marry you." Mark laughed looking up at Ashley.

"I was his Baby girl, after all." she laughed remembering Collins.

"Were you nervous mom?" Matt asked looking down at her.

"Terrified. I was so afraid that I wouldn't be able to give him a good life. The life he deserved." she said looking up at him.

"You've given me the greatest life a man could ever ask for." Roger told her from the doorway.

"I tried to." Ashley said looking up at him.

"Ash Baby, you are the greatest wife and mother me and my boys could have ever asked for." he said approaching her.

"He's right, mom. You loving us has made us who we are." Matt said as Ashley looked up at him with tears in her eyes.

"Roger Matthew Davis Jr. you're who you are because you're a good man. And Brandon Thomas Davis, you are growing into a good man because that's who you are. That has nothing to do with me. All I do is love my boys. My men." she said beginning to cry as Roger held her close.

"Ash Baby, we love you too." he whispered kissing her head.

"We all do Ash. You've changed all of us." Mark said smiling up at her.

"And now it's Matty's turn. Him and Chloe. Speaking of which, we have to finish getting ready. Otherwise, they'll never get married." Ashley said smiling up at Matt as she wiped her eyes.

"Why don't you go wash your face Baby? I'll finish helping my boys get ready." Roger told her kissing her head.

"Are you sure?" she asked looking up at him.

"Of course. I want a minute alone with my boys anyway." he smiled at her.

"Thank you Baby." she said leaving the room and going into hers and Roger's room. As she stood in the bathroom, she looked at herself in the mirror. There she stood 49 years old and about to watch her oldest son get married. She began thinking about the night he became a part of their family.

"Ash Baby, are almost ready?" Roger asked coming into their bathroom. "Ash, are you OK?" he asked seeing that she was crying again.

"Yeah, I was just thinking about the day we brought Matt home. It seems like only yesterday, huh?" she asked wiping her eyes as he took her into his arms.

"Yeah, the time goes by so fast, doesn't it?" he asked holding her tight.

"Too fast. Now he's getting married and then Brandon'll be growing up and going off on his own..." she started before he interrupted her.

"I know, Baby. We have a couple of great boys, don't we?" he asked looking down at her.

"Yeah we do. Thank you Roger. For all of it." she said smiling up at him.

"You're the one responsible for what we have. You talked to me at the club that night, you're the one who wanted to adopt Matty, even when I was scared to death of having an HIV positive baby, you're the one that came up with a way for us to have Brandon. Ash Baby, you are the heart of this family. Me and those boys wouldn't be here without you." he told her as tears sprang to his eyes.

"Well, before you and those boys, I had nothing. So I guess we're even." she said reaching up to caress his face.

"I love you Ashley Marie Davis." Roger whispered smiling down at her.

"I love you so very much Roger Matthew Davis." she said leaning up to kiss him.