~ Do You Feel What I Feel? ~ Part 3 ~

A fan fic written by DebC, Emi-Chan, Whlwtcher, Kacey, and Ash

This part is written by Whlwtcher.



Disclaimer: We don't own them. We don't care.



They look so happy, she thought watching as Helen walked solo down the short

aisle of the tiny chapel. They had such a remarkable story, finding each

other after such a long time. Peggy smiled to herself as Helen gracefully

down the aisle, Rudy winking at his bride his face beaming with happiness,

his chest swelling up with pride. Peggy found herself quickly caught up in

the moment.

Declan on the other hand was another story. It wasn't like he wasn't

enjoying himself (at least she hoped he was), she really couldn't tell. She

noticed he was unusually quite on the ride over only answering her questions

in short one-word answers which was so unlike the Declan she had come to

know. He seemed to be preoccupied, like he was deep in thought about

something.

She thought that perhaps once the wedding started he'd snap out of it but

that wasn't the case. He fidgeted throughout the entire ceremony so much so

that a few times a whispered "Declan, please." would float from her lips

before turning back to view the ceremony. He'd stop for a moment and then

almost four beats later, his leg started to bob up and down and he would drum

his fingers on his leg again. It was incredibly distracting and she had

planned to get to the bottom of it at the reception she told herself as she

watched Rudy & Helen kiss and turn towards the small gathering. Everyone

clapped and stood, watching as Rudy & Helen made their way down the aisle,

Rudy giving Declan the thumbs up as he floated past. And it did seem like

they floated, Peggy smiled, watching them go out into the hallway to the

adjoining reception hall as the guests filed out behind the couple row by

row. As they made their way out into the hall and into the reception, Peggy

felt no time like the present to bring up his behavior.

"Declan, are you all right? You seem awfully preoccupied."

"Oh yeah, Peggy, I mean, no, I'm not preoccupied. I was just thinking of

something."

She almost laughed at the ridiculous word play if she wasn't concerned for

him. He really did seem to be on edge. "If you want to leaveâE¦"

"Nah, it's OK, really. It's just that I-I, um," He stopped, watching her.

She noticed several times that he opened his mouth to say something but then

just as quickly he stopped, he closing his mouth, shaking his head. Letting

out a short breath, he continued deciding against telling her how he really

felt. He knew if he opened his mouth and tried to tell her now it would be a

serious mess. "Rudy just asked me to give a toast and I'm a little freaked

out about it, that's all." It wasn't a lie, Rudy had asked him to give a

toast but that wasn't what was what he was nervous about. He just couldn't

form the words to tell her how he felt. Maybe Rudy could help him come up

with something, if he could ever get Rudy alone. He and Helen were joined at

the hip, rarely leaving each other's side.

"Are you sure?" When he smiled his smile at her and nodded, she found

herself following suit. She smiled at him warmly. "You shouldn't be nervous,

you'll do fine."

"Yeah, as long as I don't drop anything, spill anything or trip over

anything."

"Oh boy." she winced, knowing how that was going to be a long shot. He did

have a knack for being awkward.

"Oh! Here's my chance, be right back. I've got to ask Rudy something, I'll

be right back."

Peggy watched as he practically ran his way over to Rudy who was for the

moment alone. She smiled over his odd behavior. "Having fun?" a voice from

behind startled her slightly. Turning Peggy smiled at Helen who seemed to be

positively beaming.

"Yes, I am, thank you. It was a lovely wedding," Peggy smiled to which Helen

smiled even more. "Thank you for having me."

"It was our pleasure of course, you and Declan make a lovely pair."

Peggy laughed nervously unsure how to take the statement. She never really

thought of Declan and her as a 'pair'. They were friends and spent a lot of

time together but a 'pair'?

"Isn't it amazing how things work out?" Helen asked her, watching as the

young woman puzzled over her statement. She had said it deliberately not to

confuse her, she had known from Rudy that the Doctor and Declan were friends

who worked together on some of Declan's cases. But she couldn't help but

think as she saw the two of them together that perhaps there could be more.

"Oh yes," Peggy answered, "its really an amazing story. Imagine, finding

each other after all that time."

"I know I can't believe it myself sometimes. Destiny Rudy likes to call it."

"Well, I do think it's an incredibleâE¦"

"Coincidence?" She laughed then stopped when she noticed Peggy's brow

wrinkle. Peggy started to apologize, she hadn't meant to make light of the

relationship but Helen stopped her with a friendly smile. "Oh that's OK

dear, Rudy explained to me about you. You're the no nonsense one and

Declan's the one who believes in such things. I understand, really I do. I

used to be like you that is before I found Rudy again. You have to admit

that some things are unexplainable."

"I do have to admit that since I've met Declan I have experienced some pretty

interesting things."

"It is interesting, isn't it? I mean, think about it, imagine meeting

someone so long ago and then suddenly they aren't there anymore. You live

your life and circumstances happen in just a way that here that person are

again, back in your life. Destiny, something's are meant to be." Helen

smiled taking Peggy's hand into hers.

Helen's words echoed in her head Destiny, something's are meant to be as

Peggy turned in the direction Helen was looking noticing a smiling Declan

advancing towards them, champagne glasses in had, Rudy right behind him. And

as she looked at his smiling face, her stomach fluttered slightly. It was

such a totally odd reaction that it caught her off guard. That had never

happened before and but it unnerved more than she wanted to admit.

She felt her mouth went dry as she looked into his smiling eyes remembering

Helen's words. It was her and Rudy she was talking about, wasn't it? She

asked herself as the men made their way over to them.

"Can I steal my wife away for a dance?" Rudy asked, smiling, looping Helen's

arm through his.

"Of course." Peggy smiled slightly as the couple left for the dance floor.

"You OK, Peg?" Declan asked, handing her one of the glasses of champagne.

Peggy smiled at his thoughtfulness.

"I'm fine, Declan. I was just thinking about something Helen said."

"Oh yeah? What?"

She started to tell him what Helen had said about destiny and fate but she

just shook her head, waving her hand. Helen was talking about herself and

Rudy she told herself, nothing more, right? "It's nothing, really. You seem

to be feeling much better. Your talk with Rudy must have went well." Declan

smiled again, looking over at the bride and groom as they danced.

"Yep, sure did. He said just the right things as usual."

"Well good, I'm glad to hear it. Hey, when's your speech?" she asked.

"Right after the dance. Wanna hear what I wrote?"

"No, that's OK, I'll be surprised."

He smiled that smile again at her and she had to admit that he did have a

nice smile. It light up his face and it was incredibly infectious because

she soon found herself returning his bright smile. She liked that he could

always make her smile. The music started to fade as Rudy & Helen ended their

dance to a round of applause.

"Here I go." He whispered to her. "Wish me luck."