A/N: I know a lot of people who had started to read this story have slowly phased out. It's because I'm a horrible writer for leaving you guys almost 4 months in between each chapter and I'm so so sorry. I wanted to let you guys know that this is one of my favorite chapters of all times. After this chapter I only have three to four more chapters left to go so this would be the time to review!

I'm going home for the holidays on Saturday 12/24 so if I don't post a chapter before then I promise that I'll post a chapter once I come home and then wait a few days and post the last chapter as well. I also want to know if anyone here would be interesting in reading a sequel that I wrote about Kevin/Lucy, Ben/Eryn, Mary/Wilson but it will have surprises and twists that even I can't wait to write about! Just let me know when you leave a review.

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Lucy raced around the kitchen. She barely had time to breathe in less than 24 hours she'd be Mrs. Kevin Kinkirk. "MOM" she bellowed. "WHERE ARE THOSE SCISSORS THAT ARE FOR MY DRESS? I FOUND A SNAG AND I NEED TO GET RID OF IT" she shrieked even louder.

Annie sighed. She was so glad that this wedding was almost over. It had taken them almost a month to plan everything right according to what Lucy wanted. Lucy was what some wedding planners would call "Bridezilla". She got up off the bed and headed for the bedroom door when Matt came around the corner and almost ran into her. "Whoa! Where are you going to in such a hurry?"

Matt look helplessly at his mom. "Kevin called. He needed help with something and apparently I'm the only one who can help him. Please remind me why again they couldn't have gone to Las Vegas?" he asked her.

Annie laughed. "I'm not sure but let's just thank god that the wedding is tomorrow and we don't have to endure anymore craziness"

Matt laughed. "Well I better get going before Kevin tries and blows up my pager again like he did last time" he chuckled running down the stairs, heading toward the garage apartment.

Annie leaned up against the wall that faced Lucy and Mary's old room and wondered how her little girl had grown up so fast in such a short period of time. For Eric and Annie losing Lucy wasn't a big deal as they thought it would be. Knowing that they were gaining someone who had a big part in her life was even more comforting.

Annie basked in the silence until it was broken by Lucy again. "MOM! I CAN'T FIND MY SHOES! WHAT DID YOU DO WITH THEM?"

"Only 24 hours god, only 24 hours" she prayed silently, thanking god one last time that tomorrow was the wedding, as she headed down the stairs hoping that she could find what Lucy was looking for and she wouldn't have to hear her complain about what was wrong with her dress.

Kevin paced back and forth from one end of the garage apartment to the other. He kept staring at the piece of notebook paper that was still blank on top of the kitchen table. He hoped that Matt would get there soon so he could help him with his vows. Sitting down in front of the notebook paper wasn't really an option because his nerves weren't going to let him stand still to write a sentence. He heard a door swing open and shut and he knew Matt had arrived.

Judging by the way Matt was taking the stairs two at a time he knew he must have been in a hurry. "What's up?" Matt asked out of breath for the time being. He walked over to the couch and flopped down and tipped is head back.

"I don't' know what to write" Kevin admitted.

Matt opened his eyes and looked at Kevin. "What do you mean you don't know what to write?"

"I mean I don't know what to write for my vows"

Matt stared at Kevin for a moment. Here was a man no less than 25 years old marrying his younger sister who at the moment could figure out how to put down on paper how much he loved his sister. "You have got to be kidding me!"

Kevin shook his head. "I wish I was but I'm not. I don't know what to say, what to write. Hell I don't even know if I have the right tux or not"

Matt picked up a magazine that was on the coffee table and leafed thru it before tossing it back down. "I don't know how I can help you. I'm not the one marrying my sister. Why didn't you guys do traditional vows?"

Kevin shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know. It just seemed fitting that Lucy and I could tell the entire congregation how much we mean to each other. Lucy also thought it would be a great way to honor your dad since this is his first wedding since he had heart surgery and all"

Matt stared at Kevin for a moment as if trying to remember the past few months.

Matt got up off from the couch and paced around the room. He wanted to help Kevin out but then a part of him wanted to tell him that he couldn't help him.

Kevin who had been watching Matt pace back and forth knew he was trying to help him but could tell that there wasn't anything to do he could do. This was something he needed to do on his own and he would have to start from the beginning. He got up off from his chair and walked over to the window that was close to the couch and stared across the street. He could spot his old home from where he was standing and watched the real estate agent pound a new for sale sign onto the ground when he got an idea. He turned around and stared at Matt for a moment before returning back to the table and grabbing his coat.

"Matt?"

Matt spot in his tracks and half turned. "Yeah?"

"Want to go look at a house with me?"

Matt stared at Kevin for a moment. "What for?" he replied his brow creasing in confusion. "I don't need a house. Sarah and I have an apartment and that's all we need for now"

Kevin rolled his eyes and put on his coat and headed towards the stairs. "Not for you, for me and Lucy. I think I finally figured out what I needed to do" he replied heading down the stairs with Matt racing.

Lucy was upstairs in the bedroom attic also pacing back and forth. Ruthie who was watching her older sister wanted to yell at her to stop. This whole being psychotic thing was starting to get on her nerves and she really needed to calm down.

"I don't even know what I want to say" Lucy moaned out loud to anyone in the room who would listen to her.

"I know what I want to say" Ruthie announced jumping off the bed.

"What's that?" Lucy replied annoyed.

"I think your nuts and I'm getting outta here. You can have this room to yourself" Ruthie told her sister exiting the room and heading down the stairs towards the Hello Kitty Room that wasn't being occupied at the moment.

Lucy flopped down on her bed and stared at the picture of her and Kevin in the hammock in her parent's backyard, asleep with their hands entwined after a day at the beach on the Fourth of July.

She got a smile on her face and jumped off the bed and raced towards the desk. She was almost there when she caught sight of two figures heading down her parents driveway and across the street. Curiosity normally caught the best of her but she had something more important this time…she had vows that needed to be written.

Tick Tick Tick Tick

That's all Lucy could hear from her bedroom….was the grandfather clock that was in the hallway towards her parent's bedroom. She flopped over to her right hand side and started at the clock 4:01 a.m. She only had 8 more hours until she had to get up and start getting ready. Only 8 more hours until this room was no longer her room. Only 8 more hours. That's all she could think about. God was she starting to get scared. She sat up and brought her knees closer to her chest. She glanced over at the desk with the piece of paper that had her words, her words from her own heart, poured out.

She was 20 years old and about to be married. Her friend Betsy had been engaged twice but never really married. Shannon had married Jason a few weeks ago and they moved to a town in Michigan called Waterford and Brianna kind of just floated from guy to guy and never really settled down. Unlike Betsy, Shannon and Brianna. Lucy was lucky enough to have met the man she was destined to marry, the man that she loved so much and the man that was her soul mate.

Lucy got up and crept over to her dresser and opened the bottom drawer and pulled out and old, antique looking photo album and opened it. On the front page written in very neat penmanship her grandmother Jenny had written her full name.

Lucy Michelle Camden
Born: October 21st, 1983

May all your hopes and dreams come true

She smiled as she gently stroked over her grandmothers handwriting as if she was trying to connect with her as if saying she needed some comfort right now. She flipped the page and she smiled as she saw Annie holding her pregnant stomach out for the camera. An arrow pointed to the protruding stomach that read "here you are!"

She flipped to the other page and it was Eric, Matt, and Mary surrounding Annie who was holding Lucy in the hospital. Below that picture was Annie holding Lucy, bundled up in hospital blankets, as a 5 year old Kevin was placing a kiss on top of her forehead.

Flipping through the rest of the album remembering how lucky she was to have the life she was living. Lucy could start to feel her eyelids getting heavy so she placed the album down on the wooden floors and crawled back into bed. She glanced over at the clock that now read 5:01 a.m. Snuggling into her pillows she slowly but surely fell back asleep ready for whatever was to come her way tomorrow.

Sunlight was streaming through the window and Lucy groaned. "Just a few more minutes" she mumbled to the window even though it wasn't going to hear it.

"Wake up Luce" she heard someone whisper in her ear. Lucy smiled and rolled over onto her left hand side and opened her eyes and stared into Kevin's face. Lucy yawned and smiled at him. "What are you doing up here?" she whispered back to him sitting up in bed.

"I want to show you something" he told her standing up and extending his hand out to her. Lucy looked over at her alarm clock and groaned. "Kevin, it's like 7 o'clock in the morning. I have to start getting ready in an hour"

"I know. Don't worry about it. We aren't going far. You'll be back in time." He told him extending his hand out even farther to him. Lucy rolled her eyes and reluctantly grabbed his hand and he pulled her out of bed. "Where are we going?" she whispered to him as she threw on an old Abercrombie and Fitch sweatshirt and a pair of hot green flip flops that were probably Ruthie's.

Kevin had a twinkle in his eye. "It's a surprise." he whispered back to her as they crept down the stairs and headed towards the hallway. "Why are we being so quiet?" she asked him as they slowly walked down the stairs so they didn't wake anyone who was currently staying at the Camden home for their wedding that was to take place at noon that day.

Mary and Wilson, who brought Billy along, had flown in on Thursday to come and help decorate the hall that Kevin and Lucy had rented in Fowlerville that was just north of Glenoak and were sleeping in the Hello Kitty room. Ben and Eryn had flown in on Friday night and were staying at the Glenoak Hampton Inn. The Colonel and Ruth had flown in on Monday and were staying at Lucy's aunt Julie's and Uncle Hank's house and were trying to keep some order in tact. Simon was sleeping on the floor of the twin's bedroom. Kevin's mom and a few of his family friends were also staying at the Hampton Inn as well and had also arrived on Friday. Matt and Sarah were going to stay with the Camden's but changed their mind and stayed with her parent's instead.

Kevin who was leading Lucy down the stairs just turned his head and put a finger to his lips and winked at her. They reached the bottom of the stairs and slowly headed out the front door closing it softly behind them. "Where are we going?" Lucy asked again as they crossed the front lawn and started down the sidewalk towards the end of the street.

"You'll see" he told her plainly. He led her farther down the street and stopped at the corner of Alta and Brockdale and crossed the street and headed up the other side of Alta. "Kevin, you really could of just crossed the road by my parents house and didn't have to drag me all the way down here"

"Shhhh" was all Kevin could tell her without smiling. "You'll ruin the moment" Lucy rolled her eyes and just followed him until they stopped in front of his old childhood home.

"What are we doing here?" Lucy asked him. Her eyes scouring the lawn, the house and the for sale sign that had a large SOLD sign that was plastered diagonally across. "The house is already sold Kevin. It's not going to bring your dad back if that's what you were hoping for. He's always here with you." she told him softly wrapping her left arm around his waist and placing her head gently on his chest.

"I know that Luce. I wanted to bring you here because I wanted to tell you something" he told her, wrapping his right arm around her shoulder and pulled her closer to him. "Tell me what?" Lucy replied sleepily, snuggling closer to Kevin who wrapped both his arms around her waist.

"I bought the house for us" he whispered to her.

"WHAT?"

"But….me….you….us….why?" Lucy stuttered. She could barely put a sentence together let alone try to even begin to speak.

Kevin started to laugh. "Remember when I wanted to go to Buffalo alone? I had bought a house before we started to officially date and I had every intention of living in it hoping that I could forget about you" Kevin paused.

"Hoping you could forget about me…?" Lucy repeated after him softly, squeezing his hand. "What happened after I left?" she prompted him.

"And…after you left I had a buyer call my mom's real estate agent that day and wanted to buy the house for double the asking price, which was something that surprised me. I asked him why and he said it was his childhood home and he wanted his children to grow up where he had grown up and it had got me thinking about you and I. So when I came back from Buffalo I saw that the house was for sale and Matt and I went over last night and checked it out and saw that it was in great condition and that it had been remodeled recently and that everything was intact I went and talked to the real estate agent and I decided that I liked Glenoak and that this is where I want to be for the rest of my life. I want to live with you, have children with you and grow old with you Luce. I don't care if I had to live in your parent's garage for 16 years. As long as I'm with you I'm happy." He told her, staring at the house.

"Kevin…" Lucy tried to finish her sentence but couldn't. Tears started to form around her eyes and she couldn't hold them back. She threw her arms around Kevin's waist and squeezed tightly before tipping her head back and placing a soft kiss on his lips.

"Thank you" she whispered to him after the kiss faded.

"You're welcome Luce, now it's probably time for us to get back. We have a long day ahead of us" Kevin told her slipping his arm around her waist and walked across the street towards her childhood home.

Ring…Ring…Ring…Ring

Ben groaned as the hotel phone continued to ring continually. "Shut up" he told the phone who oblivious ignored him and proceeded to ring.

"Ben" whined a sleepy Eryn. "Will you answer the phone? It's our wakeup call that you ordered last night"

Ben opened his eyes. He could barely remember what he did last night after they came home from the bar at 3am. He took his left hand and tried to feel around for the receiver. He finally connected with the phone and lifted the receiver up and put it close to his ear.

"Hello" he croaked into the phone.

"Good Morning. This is Jen from the front desk. I'm just calling you as a courtesy for the Wake Up call that you requested last night." Jen told him cheerfully.

"Thanks" Ben replied as he replaced the receiver back on the phone and rolled over to his right hand side and stared at Eryn who had fallen back asleep.

"Eryn, you gotta wake up. I know how you are in the bathroom and I'd like to not be late to my brothers wedding."

"Mmmhmmm" Eryn replied snuggling closer to him until both she and him were sharing just one pillow.

Ben stared at his girlfriend. She was gorgeous, smart, and sexy. She had every quality he could ever ask for except for one…she wasn't Mary.

"Eryn" he whispered to her.

"What?"

"I want to ask you something and it's real important." Ben said suddenly as he sat up in bed.

With a sigh of reluctance Eryn also sat up in bed, pulling her legs closer to her body and hugging them ever so slightly. "What's so important that we have to talk right now? Can't it wait?" she asked him glancing over his shoulder to see what time it said on the alarm clock. "I have to hop into the shower and start getting ready" she told him as she started to get out of the bed.

For a moment Ben thought that maybe he shouldn't do this but the next thing he knew he grabbed her arm. "Eryn will you marry me?"

Eryn jerked her arm away from him and rose from the bed. "What did you just ask me?"

Ben cleared his throat. "I said will you marry me?"

Eryn looked at him in disbelief. "I know what you said I just wanted to make sure I hadn't gone deaf. I'm…I'm…"

Ben grinned "Speechless?"

Eryn nodded. "That and I'm shocked. I thought when we talked last week that we were going to take our relationship slower. We've been dating for almost a year and it's been wonderful but I..." her voice trailed as she I inched slowly towards the bathroom that was in their hotel room.

"I feel it too. When I see you early in the morning, when we go to dinners. I see myself with you for the rest of my life. I love you Eryn and I want to marry you" he told her breathlessly as he got up from the bed and placed his hands on both of her cheeks.

"Ben…I" Eryn started to say before Ben cut her off with a kiss to her lips.

"Shhh…he whispered quietly to her as he stroked her hair "Don't say anything it'll ruin the moment" he told her as he kissed her passionately again and led her farther towards the bathroom.

Back at the Camden garage Kevin was shaving when he heard a knock at the bottom of the stairs. "COME IN" he yelled to whoever was down waiting for.

"Kevin?"

Kevin leaned out sideways from the bathroom and saw Lucy standing in the middle of the room in her bathrobe with her hair done and her wedding veil securely in place.

"Luce? What are you doing here?" he asked her grabbing a towel off the towel bar and wiped his face clean of shaving cream.

Lucy walked around the couch and coffee table before settling down on the large overstuffed chair that Kevin had brought back with him from Buffalo. "I…I wanted to see you" she replied nervously.

Kevin frowned and sat down opposite of her on the couch and placed the towel on top of the coffee table. "Luce what's wrong? I know you didn't come all the way over here because you wanted to see me"

Lucy half laughed and hiccupped at the same time. "Am I that obvious?" she asked him.

"No, but I'm a cop so I'm trained to noticed everything" he laughed. "Is there something wrong?" he asked his tone switching to sounding concerned.

Lucy looked away when he asked her this question and suddenly burst into tears. "I'm scared Kevin. I love you so much but I don't know if I'm ready to get married. I've waited my entire life for this day and now I'm not so sure if I can do this." She sobbed.

Kevin got up off the couch and walked over to the overstuffed chair and sat on the edge and gathered Lucy into his arms while she cried. He held her gently like she was a porcelain doll because he didn't want to ruin her hair and make her feel even worse. He waited a few moments for the sobbing to quiet down before he tipped her face upwards so he could see her.

"Lucy, I love you more than anything in this world and if you're not ready then I'm not ready. I'm not ready until you are. Whatever you want to do I'll be right here by your side"

Lucy hiccupped again. "You're not mad at me?"

Kevin smiled. "How could I be mad at you? If you're not ready to get married today then we will both postpone the wedding until you are ready. Whatever you want is what I want"

Lucy sighed and moved her head away from Kevin and stood up. "That's the thing. I can't postpone this wedding. If I did I would feel so guilty that I don't think I could ever set a new date. I want to marry you Kevin it's just that I'm so young and there are so many people out there who are my age who are just getting to experience everything that they wanted and I feel like I'm stuck here forever. I know I shouldn't feel this way but I do. It has nothing to do with you Kevin; it has to do with me and my life.

Kevin who didn't say or speak a word while Lucy explained to him why she was afraid of marrying him. He waited until it was the right moment to speak up. "I don't want to hold you back from your dreams Lucy so I want you to know that anything you want to do I full support you."

Lucy stopped pacing around the small garage space room and looked over at Kevin. "Really?" she asked softly. "Are you sure?"

Kevin nodded. "I'm sure"

Lucy smiled and walked over back towards Kevin and gave him a small kiss. "Thanks, you know how to make me feel better about everything. I'm sorry that I freaked out at the last minute but at least I know that you won't stop me from going after my dreams and I love you for that. You look handsome" she exclaimed as she eyed him from his naked chest down to his tuxedo pants. When do I get to see the rest of it?" she joked heading towards the stairs.

"In about" Kevin looked over at the microwave click and saw the time to be 9:45 am "Another 2 hours or so."

Lucy smiled and headed back down the stairs as Kevin headed back towards the bathroom to finish shaving. All he had to do was put on the rest of his tux and shoes and he was ready to head to Glenoak Community Church for their nuptials.