If someone had gone to Jade the morning after her first date with Beck and told her what her life would turn out to be twenty years later, there's not a doubt in her mind that she would have laughed them right out of the room. Sure, the part about the big glamorous Hollywood life would have intrigued her, probably even made her anxious with excitement. But the part about the Canadian transfer student that her friend Andre brought to lunch with them on his first day? That she would have never believed, certainly not at fourteen years old. There was absolutely no way that she and that boy would date, let alone that they would end up married with five children. Not at all. Yet here they are, happily married for close to fifteen years, together for almost twenty, with two incredibly successfully careers in Hollywood and five great kids as a result.

She awakes one morning in mid-December to find the house eerily quiet. Both she and Beck had decided that, at least for the time being, they would go back to only one of them working at a time so that there was always someone around for the kids. It was Beck's turn, obviously, because Dominic is barely a month old and she doesn't feel ready to be working again. Her husband told her that he was going to be on set today, working on his next mini-series. So in theory, the house should be loud. Even though Stephanie is around to help with the kids, Sutton and Hazel should have woken her up with the sun to play with them, and Lennon should have followed them in to scold them and tell them to leave her alone. But none of that happened, the house is almost silent.

Jade rubs the sleep from her eyes and rolls over to her right, seeing that Beck's side of the bed is in fact empty. She's still confused as she sits up and swings her legs over the side of the bed, standing up to make her way over to the cradle just a few paces away. They opted to keep Dominic in their room with them until he starts sleeping through the night not just for their own convenience, but so that his fussing doesn't wake any of his sisters in the middle of the night.

"Hi baby boy..." Jade coos, reaching down and picking up her son "Good morning."

She notices that his diaper is freshly changed, and that he's not wearing the same pair of pajamas he had been in when she fed him earlier that morning.

"What on earth is going on here today?" She asks the baby, cradling him in her arms as she moves to leave the bedroom "Huh? This is just crazy."

As Jade makes her way down the hallway, she peeks into both Hazel and Sutton's bedrooms and sees that they're empty. She doesn't hear any commotion coming from Charlotte or Lennon's bedrooms past the staircase, so she chooses to go downstairs and see what she can find there.

The foyer and the living room are empty, as is the playroom on the first floor.

"What the hell?" Jade sighs as she carries Dom through the house with her

She's not upset by the lack of noise or the lack of craziness, she just wishes that she knew where her kids are. Or at least, where the girls are. Obviously Dominic is with her.

In the kitchen, she notices a piece of paper on the otherwise bare island. With her free hand that isn't supporting Dominic, she reaches over and slides it towards her. There's one word written on it in black pen, and she immediately recognizes her husband's slanted handwriting.

"Backyard." She reads the paper, then looks down at Dominic "Alright then, let's try the backyard."

"Mom!" Charlotte exclaims as Jade opens the sliding glass doors to step onto the patio "Dad! She's here!"

"I see that." Beck chuckles "You guys know what to do."

Jade watches as her daughters assemble themselves in what appears to be a rehearsed formation around their father as he stands in the center of a circle of white rose petals. After looking more closely she notices that each of the girls is wearing a pair of grey leggings with a dusty sage colored long-sleeve shirt and a grey bow in her hair. She looks down at Dominic and sees that his pajamas are solid grey, just like their leggings.

"Almost reminds me of..." She begins

"Our wedding?" Beck finishes for her

"Yeah." Jade smiles "The green and the grey."

"That was my intention." He admits, handing her a white rose "For you."

"Thank you, Mr. Oliver." She thanks him "But to what do I owe the occasion?"

"I promised you guys a story, didn't I girls?" Beck says to his daughters

"Yeah." Lennon sighs "He told us if we went along with his plan and helped him, we'd get to hear a 'really good story' when you woke up and came out here."

"Oh did he now?" Jade raises an eyebrow at her husband

"So, twenty years ago today..." Beck begins, looking from his wife to his daughters and then back to his wife "A really nervous kid worked up just the right amount of courage to ask a really pretty girl to go on a date with him. She said yes, but to this day he thinks it still might have only been out of pity."

"S'not true." Jade chuckles

"Shhh..." Beck smiles, pressing a finger to his lips "They went on their date, and a million more after that. Fifteen years ago from this Friday, that same nervous kid got down on one knee on a path beside the Hudson River and asked that same really pretty girl to marry him. She said yes again, but this time he knew it wasn't out of pity, that it was out of true love. He knew that they were soulmates and meant to be together for the rest of their lives. And so they got married, probably a little sooner than their parents would have liked...but they knew it was right. They got married, and before long they had a beautiful baby girl...and then another...and then two more...and now they have a son too. Twenty years they've been together, fifteen they've been married, and that really pretty girl still makes him feel like the same nervous kid every time she walks into a room. He loves her that much, and he can't imagine life without her."

"I love you too." Jade grins at him

"Wait, are the boy and the girl Mom and Dad?" Charlotte whispers to Lennon

"Yes." Lennon groans "Pay attention."

"Twenty years we've been together, and fifteen years we've been married." Beck repeats, reaching into his pocket and pulls out a small box "This isn't a replacement engagement ring or anything like that, but another one for you to wear to remind you that I've loved you for more than half of our lives and I'll keep loving you forever."

"It's beautiful." Jade tells him

She switches Dominic to her other arm and holds her left hand out for her husband to slide the ring on, this time on her middle finger instead of her ring one. It's a white gold band that twists in the middle, almost to look like an infinity sign. There's seven small diamonds on the thinner part of the band.

"One for each of us?" She clarifies

"One for each of us." He nods "And with this ring, there's also a question I'd like to ask you."

"Okay?"

"Will you marry me again?" He asks her

"What?" Jade laughs "Beck, we're already..."

"I mean, renew our vows." He clarifies "On our wedding anniversary in June. Let's renew our vows."

"Isn't that something only old people do?" She smirks at him "I'm not even thirty-four yet."

"Ah yes, I realize." Beck laughs "But we will have been married fifteen years, and I think fifteen seems like a good number."

"Alright." She grins "Then yes, I will absolutely marry you again."

"Thank god." Beck smiles as he leans forward to kiss her

"Ew!" Lennon, Charlotte, and the twins all whine

"Why do you always do that in front of us!" Lennon complains, closing her eyes and covering Hazel's with her hands "It's gross!"

"It's what you do when you're in love." Jade tells her "You'll understand one day."

Beck and Jade want to have their vow renewal ceremony on the same beach where they had gotten married, but the logistics don't work out. That beach is technically public property, and the city refuses to shut it down for the day so that they can hold the ceremony even though they offer to pay significantly more than they should. They're told that they can have the ceremony if they want, but that the city won't give them any special accommodations when it comes to keeping the general public away. It's not an issue they had the first time around, no one cared enough about the two random teenagers getting married on the beach to bother them. But Beck and Jade Oliver renewing their vows would most definitely draw interest. So they decide on a private beach instead, about fifteen miles north of where they had gotten married originally. They hire security to keep anyone out who isn't invited, not wanting anyone or anything to spoil the day.

They invite only their closest friends and family. Instead of a wedding party this time, they have their children stand up next to them. The girls wear matching floral dresses, while Dominic, now seven months old, wears khaki pants and a white dress shirt, just like his father does. Jade wears a simple white sundress, and they're all barefoot. It looks like something straight out of a bridal magazine. Twenty years ago Beck and Jade might have found it cheesy, but now to them it's perfect.

"So, the cool thing about this is..." Andre says with a grin as he stands between Beck and Jade "since it's a renewal and there's not really a legal process involved, any random guy can perform the ceremony. And I think it's really cool that two of my best friends chose me to be that random guy."

Andre made quite the name for himself in the music industry as a producer. His work takes him all over the country, and at times all over the world, so he doesn't see Beck and Jade as often as he did when they were still going to school together. They've still remained close friends though, and when they get together it feels as if no time as passed at all. Both Beck and Jade were part of the wedding party when he and Tori got married, and Beck is even godfather to their son, Isaiah, who is two and a half now. Andre had been the one to introduce them that day that they first met, so they only found it fitting that he be the one to lead their vow renewal ceremony.

"Many people believe that entering into marriage is the final step in a romantic relationship." Andre begins "A couple meet, get to know one another and fall in love, decide they want to spend their lives together, and then take the final step...marriage. But marriage is hardly the final step in a couple's relationship, rather it is the beginning of a great adventure, and I can say that from experience. You two have shared the joys, blessings and challenges of married life for fifteen years. Today you want to reconfirm your commitment to working together and ensuring your marriage blossoms for years to come. May this renewing of the vows you took to become husband and wife remind you that despite the stresses inevitable in every life, your love, respect, trust and understanding of each other will continue to increase your contentment and heighten your joy in living. Go ahead and join hands."

Beck and Jade share a smile as they reach forward and take each other's hands.

"Jade, it was fifteen years ago that we first pledged our commitment to one another, but it seems like just yesterday that I was standing across from my beautiful bride...the most beautiful bride ever in the history of brides." Beck tells her "We have been through a lot together...laughter and tears, joy and sorrow...and through all those times, I can honestly say, I loved you every step of the way. Today, I want to renew those vows and again pledge my love and life to you. I promise to be there for you in sickness and health, in middle and old age, in good and bad days. I will always think that you are perfect...perfect for me. I am here to be your supporter, your confidant, and your best friend. You are my my other half, the only thing in this universe that can make me feel whole. I have been blessed for the last fifteen years and am thrilled that I get to spend the rest of my life with you. I love you. Always and forever."

"And once again, you make it almost impossible for me to follow you with anything even close to being as good as that." Jade smiles "Beck, you and I were kids when we got married. Lots of people told us that, but we chose not to listen to them...and I'm so happy that we didn't. You have changed since then. I have changed, and the world around us has changed most of all. But one thing has not changed. Fifteen years ago, I promised to show you, for the rest of my life, how much I love you. I promised to encourage you to follow your dreams. I promised to hold your hand through the good times and through the bad times. I promised to be loyal and faithful to you always...I have always loved you. I still love you. I love you more now than I did then because I know you better now. And I've matured, my sharp edges have mellowed, increasing my capacity for, and my pleasure in love. We've brought five babies into this world and are watching them grow into better versions of ourselves. We've grown together, we've had successes and setbacks, we've weathered many storms. Some of the things we worried about turned out not to matter at all. What really mattered most was our love. The one constant in our lives has grown stronger and I thank you now for the joy you've given me during these fifteen years together. I still promise to love you, honor you, cherish and keep you. I continue to want you, for better or worse, for richer or poorer. Whatever the future may hold for us, we will always have our love. It is enough."

"On your wedding day you exchanged rings as a symbol of the never-ending circle of love." Andre reminds them "Rings serve as a reminder of your vows to each other, and your commitment to live in unity, love and happiness. At this time, reconfirm the meaning of the rings you wear. Repeat after me...I wear this ring you placed on my hand as a symbol of my love and commitment to you."

"I wear this ring you placed on my hand as a symbol of my love and commitment to you." Jade repeats

"I wear this ring you placed on my hand as a symbol of my love and commitment to you."

"I wear this ring you placed on my hand as a symbol of my love and commitment to you." Beck repeats, looking at Jade with a smile

"I ask that you each continue to cherish each other as special and unique individuals and that you respect the thoughts and ideas of one another." Andre says "And most of all, be able to forgive each other, and not hold grudges. Live each day in love with each other, always being there to give love, comfort, and refuge, in good times and bad. Beck and Jade, today you have renewed the vows you made to each other on your wedding day. You have symbolized the renewal of your union by the joining of hands, the taking of vows, and by the wearing of your rings. It is with pleasure that I conclude the ceremony of renewing the vows of marriage that joined you and binds you as husband and wife. Beck, man...you know what to do."

Beck grins proudly as he reaches forward and takes Jade in his arms, dipping her as he presses a kiss to her lips. They only break away when they both start laughing, amused by the chorus of 'ew's from their daughters behind them. They've accepted the fact that no matter how much they try to normalize it, their kids will never be okay with them kissing in front of them. At least not until they're much older. Beck helps Jade stand upright again and she takes Dominic out of Lennon's arms, positioning him on her hip and then grabbing Beck's hand so they can walk back up the aisle again.

"Have I ever told you how much I love you?" Jade says to him when they've reached the back of the path

"You don't have to." Beck assures her "I already know."

"I love you, Beck Oliver." She tells him "Always and forever."

"Always and forever." He agrees with a smile, leaning down to kiss her again

Unfortunately, the next chapter is the last :(

Which is such a total bummer because I think I've enjoyed writing this story the most out of anything I've published on here yet. Thank you all so much for your continued support! Keep your eyes peeled for the next chapter. It's a bit of an epilogue and is going to check in on Beck and Jade when they're forty-two.