Therapy Chapter 15: At The Beginning

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"You may kiss the bride"

At these words Christian put his arms around Satine and gave her the most passionate kiss she had ever had. They were married.

Instead of going back to London, like they had planned, Christian and Satine decided to stay in Paris to plan the wedding. After all, it didn't make sense to have the wedding in London when almost everyone they planned on inviting lived in Paris. The planning time had been fairly short, and just two months after Christian had proposed he and Satine were married.

At the reception, Satine felt an emotion that she hadn't felt for almost a year-true happiness. She sat at a table with all of the former diamond dogs, laughing and sharing stories about their lives. Satine never thought she could make herself laugh so much by telling stories about her life. She thought back to her first session with Dr. Landon, and how talking about her life used to reduce her to tears.

Soon it was time for Satine and Christian's first dance. For the first time in almost a year, Satine was able to simply enjoy the feeling of his arms being around her, without crying or having horrible images in her head to distract her.

Christian listened to the lyrics of the song, which he had picked out just the day before. He couldn't remember when he had felt this at ease; the last time he hadn't been worried. "It's over now" he thought. The song kept playing as Christian and Satine enjoyed their first moment of complete happiness in a long time.

That night, Satine did something she hadn't done for a long time. She fell asleep before Christian, without him holding on to her. It was no longer hard for her to sleep. Since she and Christian had been engaged the nightmares had all but stopped. Although it was hard for her to believe, she had actually beaten them. As she was falling asleep, she thought back to when Christian had first suggested therapy. She was glad she had gone through with the sessions. Now she could stop worrying about these silly nightmares and concentrate on what was really important-building her life with Christian.

Meanwhile, Christian sat at his typewriter by the window, watching Satine sleep. He couldn't believe how amazing she was. He wasn't sure if he would have been able to get through all that she had dealt with in her life. She had had one of the most horrible pasts Christian had ever heard, and yet here she was strong and happy. A song came into Christian's mind, one that he knew he had to write down right away. Although he was worried the typing noise would wake Satine, he began to type.

We were strangers

Starting out on a journey

Never dreaming

What we'd have to go through

Now here we are

And I'm suddenly standing

At the beginning with you

No one told me

I was going to find you

Unexpected

What you did to my heart

When I lost hope

You were there to remind me

This is the start

Life is a road

And I want to keep going

Love is a river

I wanna keep flowing

Life is a road

Now and forever

Wonderful journey

I'll be there

When the world stops turning

I'll be there

When the storm is through

In the end I wanna be standing

At the beginning with you

We were strangers

On a crazy adventure

Never dreaming

How our dreams would come true

Now here we stand

Unafraid of the future

At the beginning with you

Life is a road

And I want to keep going

Love is a river

I wanna keep flowing

Life is a road

Now and forever

Wonderful journey

I'll be there

When the world stops turning

I'll be there

When the storm is through

In the end I wanna be standing

At the beginning with you

I knew there was somebody somewhere

Like me alone in the dark

Now I know my dream will live on

I've been waiting so long

Nothing's gonna tear us apart

Life is a road

And I want to keep going

Love is a river

I wanna keep flowing

Life is a road

Now and forever

Wonderful journey

I'll be there

When the world stops turning

I'll be there

When the storm is through

In the end I wanna be standing

At the beginning with you

Life is a road and I wanna keep going

Love is a river I wanna keep going on....

Starting out on a journey

Life is a road and I wanna going

Love is river I wanna keep flowing

In the end I wanna be standing

At the beginning with you.

The next day, Christian and Satine headed back to London to continue their adventure. Now there was nothing life could throw at them that they wouldn't come through stronger than ever.

The End

A.N. Well, that's it! I hope you enjoyed this! Thanks to everyone who reviewed this story, it really kept me motivated. Sorry this chapter took so long, but life's been busy lately.