Disclaimer: I do not own any rights to any superstars in the WWE and anything placed in this story that relates to real life, is completely coincidental.

Summary: Trish survives a horrible car crash only to end up in a coma. But while she is in the coma she experiences the greatest love story with the most unlikely man.

Distribution: This is for an Original Character story I am writing offline but thought it would also work for fan fiction. If you want to post it anywhere please ask permission. I am an equal opportunity writer.

A/N: I have done some thinking, and seeing the way this story just skyrocketed with people that liked it, I have decided to make it into a three part series. They will not all be about Trish and Shawn I am afraid although I am not ruling out that I may do a sequel to this in the near future. This will be the first story in the three part saga of Love United. The two people in the last chapter, for those of you that didn't understand or get it, are angels, and they will be in every story from now on. To be more accurate, for these stories they aren't just normal angels but angels of eternal love. I hope that helps you all out in terms of that last chapter, but do not count them out, they shall make another appearance as the stories continue. Also on a kind of sad note, there is nothing left to be done to this couple so I feel that with this chapter I must end it. In typical Melissa fashion though, I have been saving the best song until last and this shall be a song chapter. I wanted a sweet end to a sweet story. Look out for the thank you chapter tomorrow, and then the start of the next love tale the day after that. I will be updating other stories around it though, so keep on reading and I will keep on writing.

He said I was in my early 40's,
with a lot of life before me,
and a moment came that stopped me on a dime.
I spent most of the next days, looking' at the x-rays,
Talking' 'bout the options and talking' 'bout sweet time.
Asked him when it sank in, that this might really be the real end.
How's it hit ya, when you get that kind of news.
Man what ya do.
And he says,

He was nervous, right down to the cowboy boots Trish had insisted that he wear. Why she had wanted to have it this way was a little beyond him but he did everything she wanted because he knew it would mean a lot to her. He had to admit, being married for the second time didn't scare him, not being the man Trish wanted, now that just gave him the Texas shakes.

She was a vision in white, but not in the way that most women look on their long awaited wedding day. Oh she was in white, but not the way that most people had expected. She was there in a white blouse, one that showed her chest but not the way she did on WWE television. This blouse covered where it needed too with just a peek on the wild side. She had a blue pair of jeans, that looked to him like they had seen better days but she was still a vision. His vision that he never wanted to let go of.

The water around them on the secluded beach she had requested crashed with the sound of the strong waves rocking him almost off his feet. He felt like he was riding on a cloud with how quickly he could get shaken. It was really was a dream come to life with what was before him now. The weather was perfect, with just the slightest wind to guide them. He couldn't have come up with anything better in his dreams. If this was what Trish had seen when she had been in the coma so many months ago, well then he was glad she had. This was the perfect day.

The look in her eyes said it all as he gazed at her standing in front of him now. Her father had arrived to walk her down the aisle, and when he passed her to him, to love and protect for the rest of his life, he felt like crying like a baby. This was a big deal for him now, he was getting a second shot, to do it the way it was meant to be done, and her father had faith in him that he would do the right things. Her eyes sparkled with what he was sure was a deep and committed love. Knowing he had the look in his eyes, and had the entire day in preparation for this moment, he knew what she was feeling.

I went sky diving',
I went rocky mountain climbing',
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull named Fumanchu.
And I loved deeper,
And I spoke sweeter,
And I gave forgiveness I've been denying,
And he said someday I hope you get the chance,
To live like you were dying'.

Everyone had come to be there for their special day, and as much as he hadn't wanted to look out among them and away from his bride to be, he scanned the room quickly. Paul had shown up stag, knowing if he had come along with his wife, he might not make it out alive. There had been a lot of change since that accident almost a year ago. Paul had gotten a divorce and Stephanie was now spending her days and nights in a cell instead of an office chair. Shane and his wife Marissa had come to show how much they supported the union and the smile hadn't come off Shane's poor face, not once the entire day. The person he most wanted there other then those of his family and friends was Vince McMahon, and as he scanned the back of the room he noticed that he had indeed shown up. They had been through a lot together and it wouldn't feel right if the person he thought of as another father wasn't there.

He thought quickly about his kids. They had taken to Trish and the idea that she would be their new step mother easily and in stride. Now they stood, dressed to the nines in the corner of the room with their mother, awaiting the ceremony to come to an end. The smiles across their faces were of sheer beauty and if could lock this moment, right now, the picture as far as he could see, would be perfect.

He said I was finally the husband,
that most the time I wasn't.
And I became a friend a friend would like to have.
And all the sudden going' fishing,
Wasn't such an imposition.
And I went three times that year I lost my dad.
Well I finally read the good book,
and I took a good long hard look at what I'd do
If I could do it all again.
And then,

"Do you take Trish to be your lawfully wedded wife? To have and to hold from this day forward, in sickness and health for the rest of your life?" the preacher said, shaking Shawn from his thoughts of a happy future and back to the moment that would clinch it all.

"I do." Shawn replied looking into Trish's eyes and knowing there would never be another woman that could make him feel like this again in his life. She was it, and he was done.

"Trish, do you take Shawn to be your lawfully wedded husband? To have and to hold from this day forward, in sickness and health for the rest of your life?"

This was the moment of truth for him. If she said the two sweetest words other then I love you, then he was set for life and they would indeed live happily ever after. The thought of happily ever after took him off and entered his thoughts and made his heart pump harder in his chest. That was all he had ever wanted, to have his happily ever after.

"I do."

The preacher looked up from the couple and out towards the crowd of people gathered on the beach.

"The couple has written their own vows and wishes to share them with each other and all of you now. Shawn if you wouldn't mind starting."

Shawn cleared his throat and the words came into his mind that he had been meaning to say to her since the first day they had met, and then fallen in love.

"I was afraid to love again, and then through faith and love and trust, I was given a second chance at it. I had given up all hope of finding that one, the one that you know from the second you see them. You have taught my heart what it means to be in love. You have not only been my best friend through the darkness of life, but you have been my guide as well. You say that I saved you, but when you look at it the way I do, you were the one that was sent to me, at the perfect time. I want to spend every day with you from now until the end of time, and I can't wait to get started."

He let the tears that were fighting to get free fall then. He felt so much in his heart at that moment and he only wished that she would know how much he meant it when he told her that he planned to be with her forever. There was nothing more important to him in this life then being with her, in this moment and for every moment after that.

The preacher motioned to Trish that it was her turn to repeat her vow, the one she had known in her heart from the beginning but had taken with her for the purpose of standing there today and repeating it for him to hear this time around.

"You came to me at the worst moment in my life and you gave me something to fight for, something to live for. You told me once that you wanted to spend the rest of your life with me, until the end of time, and then some, and now, as sure as we stand here, I am telling you that I want to do the same with you. I have been through life, and I have been through the ever after, I want to start working on 'an then some'. You were a light through the darkness for me and I pledge myself from this day forward to love you and cherish you."

They then placed the rings on each others fingers and the crowd of family and friends could be heard starting to cry, knowing they were only a stones throw away from being joined together forever. Shawn could vaguely make out his mother and her sniffling and then his father in his tone telling her it would all work out the way they wanted it too and that she would indeed get more grandchildren. It brought a tear to his eye hearing Trish's words and then those of his parents and he looked up and caught her gazing at him, thinking the same thing.

"Well if there is anyone here who objects to these two being joined in front of God and man, please speak now or forever hold your peace."

With the dead silence on the beach then, the waves even realizing they had to silence, the preacher looked between the two of them.

"Well even though it's common knowledge already I will announce it anyway. I now pronounce the two of you husband and wife. Shawn, you may kiss your bride."

Like tomorrow was a gift and you've got eternity
to think about what you do with it,
what could you do with it, what did
I do with it, what would I do with it?

As he brought his lips to hers, a tingling went through his body, wiping the nervousness away and bringing back the protective strength. They had been through hell, but in all the hardness they had found a light at the end of the tunnel, each other. He had almost lost her twice, and he was going to spend the rest of his life now making sure he didn't lose her again until it was their time to go. He knew though, that if anything ever happened again, he had the strength and trust in their love to bring her back to him again.

They did indeed have the sweetest love that could be, and Shawn was going to be thankful everyday of his life for that love.

Sky diving',
I went rocky mountain climbing',
I went 2.7 seconds on a bull name Fumanchu.
And I loved deeper,
and I spoke sweeter,
and I watched an eagle as it was flying'.
And he said someday I hope you get the chance,
to live like you were dying'.