"Thank you so much darling," She whispered, kissing him softly.
"You're welcome...I love you," he said, wrapping his arm around her.
Bridgette smiled as she recalled their long journey, starting when they were married. The first year had been pretty rocky, the both of them having to face a lot of new challenges as well as heartaches, but once they made up, they experienced the magical side of marriage.
After the first year they started experiencing some of the traits of marriage, the bickering and the fighting, but they didn't get into their first really big fight until their 5th year of marriage.
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Flashback to October 14th, 2000
"Cedric, can I talk to you about something?" Bridgette asked as Cedric climbed into bed with her.
"What is it Bridgette?" he asked her, putting his hands behind his head as he relaxed.
"Why have you been so...resistant?" she asked quietly.
"Resistant? What do you mean?" Cedric asks, turning to face her.
"Well...we haven't made love in almost two weeks and...You're always coming home late," she said softly.
"I told you Bridgette, the ministry has been swamped lately and I'm exhausted," he told her, sighing.
"Are you cheating on me?" she blurted out suddenly, trying to keep from crying.
"What? Bridgette where did you get that fucked up notion from?" Cedric demanded, sitting up angrily.
"You never hug me, or kiss me anymore, or when you do kiss me it's a stiff hello or goodbye kiss. You never call me Bee anymore. You used to always make time for me, no matter what Cedric," Bridgette exclaimed.
"How dare you! I have always ALWAYS been faithful to you, it's not like I can say the same for you!" he shouted, standing up.
"I haven't cheated on you in over 4 years Cedric! Don't you dare bring up something that we decided we were going to bury in the past!" Bridgette cried, getting up as well.
"That still doesn't erase what you've done, Bridgette!" Cedric exclaimed.
"What about you with Cho? I only slept with Brent once, I'm sure you didn't sleep with HER only once!" Bridgette shouted, "Tell me the truth! ARE YOU CHEATING ON ME?"
"NO!" he shouted back.
"I'm sorry, Cedric, I don't believe you," Bridgette said quietly.
"Why the fuck not? I haven't given you any excuse to accuse me of something like that!" Cedric cried out, running his hands angrily through his hair as he paced around.
"I told you before, you're never around anymore! You have a family to think of, Cedric!" Bridgette cried.
"What do you think I'm out doing all day? I'm working to support you, Benny, Lydia, and Sammie!" Cedric said loudly.
"That's not the only kind of support we need!" Bridgette shouted. "Benny, Lydia and Sammie need their father...and I need my husband!"
"I doubt if Lyddie and Sammie even know who you are!" Bridgette cried, "I barely even know who you are anymore!" she continued. "When I look into your eyes...I don't see it anymore: the light your eyes would get when you look at me. Where has it gone, Cedric?"
"I don't know what you're talking about! I have been working 11 hour days Bridgette; I think I have an excuse for being tired. You know what? I can't take this anymore!" he exclaimed, walking over to his wardrobe and putting some clothes on. "I will not stand here and be accused of cheating on the only woman I've ever loved!"
"Where are you going?" Bridgette demanded, standing in front of the door so he couldn't get out.
"I don't know just...I need to clear my head," he said.
"No, last time you said that I didn't see you for two months!" she cried.
"Bridgette, get out of my way," Cedric said.
"Fine! Go!" she shouted, moving out of the way.
She nearly pushed him out of the room before locking the door and sliding down against it, crying into her hands as she heard the front door slam shut.
He came back nearly two weeks later, apologizing over and over again for being so stupid.
At first she didn't want to let him in the house, simply talking to him through the chain lock, which she had put on magically, so therefore it couldn't be unlocked with magic.
Her children, especially Benny, were so confused to why their daddy wasn't home, and she didn't want to confuse them even more, or take the risk that this would happen again.
"Bee Bee, baby, please let me in," Cedric said, gazing into her eyes, "I miss you."
"You should've thought of that before you left in the first place," Bridgette growled, shutting the door as Benny walked by.
"Was that daddy, mummy?" he asked as the doorbell rang again.
"No sweetheart, just a salesman who won't leave mummy alone. Go do your homework darling, I think I'm going to bake cookies later, do you want to help me?" Bridgette asked, kneeling down so she was eyelevel with her son.
"Ok!" Benny exclaimed, running back up the stairs.
Bridgette slowly stood up again as Cedric rang the doorbell once more, walking over to the door and opening it as far as the chain would allow.
"I'm sorry, Bee," he said immediately. "I made a mistake...from now on I will be around more and I will drop anything I'm doing to be with you."
"How do I know you're not just lying to me Cedric?" Bridgette asked, frowning.
"You'll just have to trust me," he said. "Please, Bee Bee...I miss you and Benny and Lyddie and Sammie."
Bridgette frowned at him some more before shutting the door and leaning against it as she thought about what she should do.
"Every time our eyes meet," Cedric sang from outside. "This feeling inside me is almost more than I can take." Bridgette laughed as he continued to sing.
She quickly wiped her tears away as he sang the next part of the song, "And every time you touch me, I can feel how much you love me and it just blows me away," he sang. She sighed before turning around, hesitating at first before unlatching the door.
He immediately wrapped his arms around her and kissed her passionately. "I'm sorry, baby...I'm so sorry," he mumbled.
Bridgette pulled back and was shocked when she saw that there were tears in his eyes…he seldom ever cried.
"Those two weeks felt like two years for me," he said hoarsely, blinking as tears slid down his cheeks. "I don't know how I made it through without you and Benny and Lydia and Sammie. I was a fucking asshole, baby, I'm so sorry," he sobbed into her chest.
She held him close and ran her hand comfortingly up and down his back. "It's ok, baby, its ok," she whispered in his ear.
"I'm...I'm so sorry," he sobbed, having to hunch over because she was so much shorter than him, "I'll never do it again, never."
"I know," Bridgette said soothingly. He stood up and laughed a little, wiping his eyes. "I'm sorry," he mumbled again.
"No, don't be, you can keep on blubbering, I was actually quite enjoying it," Bridgette said with a small grin. She couldn't stay mad at him long; she never had been able to. It frustrated her though sometimes that he knew all he had to do was sing to get her heart back, "Now, go clean up, I don't want the kids seeing you like this...they're confused enough already, well at least Benny is."
"Ok," he said, kissing her tenderly. "I love you. I love you soo much."
"Go, you stink," she said, wrinkling her nose as she pushed him upstairs to their bedroom, shutting the door behind him and going over to Benny's room.
"Hey, sweetheart," she said, walking over to the bed and sitting down next to him. "Guess who is home."
"Daddy?" He asked excitedly, his eyes opening wide. Bridgette nodded and ruffled Benny's shaggy brown hair softly.
"Let's go make those cookies for a surprise before he gets out of the shower, ok?" she said, getting up.
"Ok!" Benny exclaimed and ran from the room. Bridgette smiled and followed him out of the room.
They made their way down to the kitchen where Bridgette took out a recipe book, levitating all of the right materials over to them, where they quickly mixed them together and formed the cookies before placing them in the oven.
"I'm gonna go check on daddy, I'll be right back," she said to Benny before heading upstairs. She knocked softly on the bedroom door before opening it. "Cedric?" she called.
"Yeah?" he asked, walking out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped loosely around his waist as he dried his hair off with a smaller towel.
"Me and Benny made cookies so...you should come," she said, before Cedric silenced her with his lips.
"I would love to come," he whispered, shutting their door and hoisting one of her legs up over his waist as his towel suddenly fell to the ground.
"Ohh God," she moaned, feeling his erection pressed against her leg.
"I can't believe you actually wore jeans," he groaned.
"I didn't know you were coming back or I wouldn't have worn anything at all," she moaned, her lips moving down to his neck.
"Oh god," he groaned, suddenly picking her up and practically throwing her onto the bed.
She got up onto her knees and pulled him down with her, kissing him fiercely.
"Take you clothes off before I have to rip them off," he groaned, taking a deep breath.
She smirked and undid her jeans slowly sliding them down her legs, her tank top following soon after.
Before she could remove anything else he tackled her, ripping the last bits of clothes off as his mouth went down to her neck.
"Oh Cedric," she moaned as he massaged her breasts, his lips still on her neck, "Make me feel good Cedric; I haven't felt good in so long," she whimpered.
"As you wish," he whispered, his hands moving down to "her spot".
"Ohhh, oh god yes," she moaned as he began massaging her clit as his fingers dug into her.
"Mummy, the cookies are done," came Benny's voice from the doorway, followed by a loud scream.
Bridgette immediately jerked away from Cedric, diving underneath the covers as Cedric reached for his towel.
"Daddy, why were you hurting mummy?" he asked.
"Wh--what?" Cedric asked, running his hands over his face as he let out a deep breath.
"Sweetie, why don't you go back downstairs," Bridgette said, smiling weakly.
"You didn't answer my question," he said, pouting, "were you hurting mummy? It sounded like she was in pain, I mean, when I moan and groan, I usually have a boo boo."
"He wasn't hurting me, sweetie, now please, go back downstairs," she said gently.
"Fine," he said, blinking before walking out and trumping down the stairs.
"We should lock the door from now on," Cedric said, standing up and closing the door before locking it.
"Ced...let's finish this later...he's waiting for us. He wants to see his daddy...I mean actually see him. With clothes on," Bridgette said, getting up and walking over to her clothes.
"Fine, but I am not through with you yet," he said, doing the same.
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Bridgette let out a slight giggle as the whole thought of their fight went through her mind. After that day Cedric made sure he was home almost every night at 6 promptly, never working on the weekends unless it was an emergency and he always made sure to set aside time for Bridgette.
"What are you thinking about, Bee?" Cedric asked, smiling at her.
"Oh, just nothing special," Bridgette said, kissing him softly as the limo pulled up in front of the large beach house.
"Whatever you say, dear," he said, getting out of the car and extending his hand to her.
"You better remember it!" Bridgette said, laughing as he wrapped his arm around her and they walked inside.
They sat down at a table on the deck together with the rest of the family when a song started to play. "Cedric, let's dance," she said, standing up.
He smiled at her and took her right hand in his left hand, while his right hand went around her waist, which was still relatively slender for her age.
Looks like we made it
Look how far we've come my baby
We mighta took the long way
We knew we'd get there someday
Bridgette rested her head on his chest as the song continued, swaying to the beat of the song.
They said, I bet they'll never make it
But just look at us holding on
We're still together still going strong
"You looked so beautiful in there, you know that? Even after knowing you for over 50 years you still take my breath away," Cedric whispered into her ear, her soft red hair shining in the pale moonlight.
(You're still the one)
You're still the one I run to
The one that I belong to
You're the one I want for life
She blushed and gazed lovingly up at him. "And you'll always be incredibly sexy man I fell in love with all those years ago," she told him.
He smiled and kissed her passionately as the rest of the song floated around their heads.
(You're still the one)
You're still the one that I love
The only one I dream of
You're still the one I kiss good night
Ain't nothin' better
We beat the odds together
I'm glad we didn't listen
Look at what we would be missin'
They said, I bet they'll never make it
But just look at us holding on
We're still together still going strong
(You're still the one)
You're still the one I run to
The one that I belong to
You're the one I want for life
(You're still the one)
You're still the one that I love
The only one I dream of
You're still the one I kiss good night
(You're still the one)
You're still the one I run to
The one that I belong to
You're the one I want for life
(You're still the one)
You're still the one that I love
The only one I dream of
You're still the one I kiss good night
I'm so glad we made it
Look how far we've come my baby
"I love you," she whispered, kissing him softly as the song ended.
"I love you too," he said, smiling at her and holding her close.