Me: And now for your reading pleasure….Chapter 50!

Atrus: Yayy! (throws confetti)

Raven: What happens now?

Me: Wait and see

Ryan ran down the chapel, "DAD WAIT! I have to do this! This has got to STOP!" he screamed as he got to the front.

Jason and Kyle sat there with pained looks on their faces, "Uh oh here it comes"

Ria pulled him over "Ryan, what the hell are you doing? Do NOT do this TODAY!" she whispered

"Trust me it's for the best," he whispered back. "Dad I just want to say…I'm sorry. I know that these past three months I've been unreasonable, selfish, and inconsiderate but that's only because I've only been thinking of myself. I kept worrying what people would think of ME, how I felt and then I realized how many times the word "I" came up. Everyone has been trying to get me to see how YOU felt, how after Aunt Mo dumped you, you having to tape everyone else happy while you had to deal with failure and being alone, then Mom dying and leaving you to take care of me alone and finally you found some happiness and all I was hung up on the fact that it just happened to be a guy. But now I realize…."

"ALL RIGHT ALREADY!" Maureen yelled drunkenly as everyone else laughed.

"Yeah she's right, we forgive you just take a breath!" Mark laughed as everyone applauded "Now come on, we need someone to stand with Ria" he said as Ryan took his place next to her under the chuppah. The justice spoke up "Now the moment we've all been waiting for. Mark do you take Roger to be your life partner, to love and cherish, in sickness and health until death do you part?"

Mark took a look over at Roger and smiled "I do" he whispered

"Roger do you take Mark to be your life partner, to love and cherish, in sickness and health until death do you part?" Everyone cringed at that last line since they all knew his time was limited but Roger didn't seem to mind.

"You bet your ass I will," he laughed. Even at the most solemn moments he still had the rocker spirit in him. Everyone laughed along with him as Ria pulled out the rings and handed one to each of them.

The justice spoke again "Now Mark place your ring on Roger's left finger and say "with this ring I pledge my love to thee"

Mark smiled "With this ring I pledge my love to thee" he said as he slipped the ring onto Roger's finger, just above the ring Mimi gave him seventeen years ago.

The justice turned to Roger "And Roger place your ring on Mark's left finger and say "with this ring I pledge my love to thee"

"With this ring I pledge my love to thee" he whispered as he slipped the ring above the ring Nadia had given Mark sixteen years ago.

After that Mark leaned over and whispered something to the justice, who in turn nodded and said "And now Mark and Roger would like Maria and Ryan to come up to the altar for a family vow"

Ria and Ryan walked up to the altar as the justice went on "Not only are Mark and Roger creating a partnership today but they are also forming a new family with Maria and Ryan. Just as it is appropriate for Mark and Roger to begin their partnership by affirming their love for each other by exchanging rings they also wish to show their love for Maria and Ryan with a gift of a family medallion."

Mark put a chain with a medallion containing a circle with four gold rings overlapping each other around Ryan's neck, gave him a hug and whispered "I love ya buddy " while Roger did the same for Ria.

"How did you know I was gonna show up?" Ryan whispered

"You really think I don't know my own son?"

After they had received their pendants, the justice went on "And now Maria do you promise to love your father's new partner? Do you promise to support their partnership and new family? Do you promise to accept the responsibility of being a part of a new family and to encourage them and support them in your new life together?"

"I do" Ria responded

"And Ryan do you promise to love your father's new partner? Do you promise to support their partnership and new family? Do you promise to accept the responsibility of being a part of a new family and to encourage them and support them in your new life together?"

Everyone was silent for a while knowing that Ryan may not feel comfortable saying that regarding the fact that he had a strong attachment to his mother's memory and had a feeling of resentment towards Roger, but were relived when Ryan smiled at Roger and said "I do".

Then Jason came up to the altar and handed Mark a crystal glass of holy wine, which both he and Roger both took a sip of to symbolize their unification. The justice took the glass and put it on the altar and made the final affirmation.

"Today we have witnessed the joining of these two individuals before their friends and family. Let it be known that what has been joined here together, nothing but death will tear apart. Therefore it is my honor to declare this union complete, bound together by love for life."

Ryan picked up the glass, wrapped it in a white satin cloth and passed it over to Roger, who in turn placed it onto the floor and crushed it beneath his foot. Everyone shouted joyfully "MAZEL TOV!" as Ria leaned over to her dad and whispered "You know what to do" as he reached over to kiss Mark.

Ria walked over to Ryan and hugged him "Thank you so much for coming back to us" she cried. "You have NO clue how much this means to your dad and even MY dad. These past three days have been excruciating for everyone."

"I can't explain what happened or how it happened but…I'm back and that's all that matters now" he said pulling her in for a kiss.

They walked back into the chapel to take one of hundreds of pictures before heading to the reception site.

Raven: Aww!

Atrus: That was fluffy!

Me: I'm in a fluffy mood my boyfriend recently referred to me as the love of his life and how meeting me changed his life.

Atrus: Where did you get the wedding stuff?

Me: I did some research on some second wedding sites.

Me: R&R!

Raven: I have more pixe sticks!