4 days later.

Clare's pov

Through Alli's bedroom window I could see all of the familiar faces shuffling their way into her back yard, it was amazing how many people there were. Alli had turned her back yard into a fairytale setting, it was everything I had always dreamt it would be. Everything was decorated in Snowy White, with tiny hints of black here and there. The rose pedals down the isle, the napkins, bench covers, and etc. we're all black. The sun was setting, and all of the trees were lit up with white lights, the whole scene took my breath away. The time was nearing for the ceremony to start, so I sat down at Alli's vanity. I turned my head around to face her, holding my necklace out to her. "Can you, please?"

She stood behind me with disappointed eyes as she began to clasp my necklace. As I watched her in the mirror, I couldn't help but admire her for the amazing person she had grown to be since high school. "Alli thank you for all of this, it's so beautiful. I'm lucky to have you as a best friend, I really am. I hope you know that."

Alli blankly stared at me in the mirror, "Don't you dare Clare, don't pretend everything is fine."

Once she clasped the necklace I turned around, taking her hands in mine. "Please don't do this, I need you to forget what you know. I want to enjoy today."

Alli's face softened as she knelt down in front of me, "Clare, honey, please do not walk down that isle without telling him."

I let go of Alli's hands in anger, "Can you stop it, please? Today may be my last normal day that I have for a long time, I want to enjoy it. What is one day going to hurt?"

Alli stood up shaking her head, "You need to be in treatment, you have LUNG CANCER Clare. This is a different kind of monster than the one you faced before!" Alli was crying, and her body was trembling. "I can't lose you Clare, and neither can Eli or Adam. You need to be in a hospital right now!"

Hearing it said out loud sent a shiver down my spine, I never expected that I would be told I had lung cancer. My doctor had my results come in early, and I received the news only hours before my wedding. It turns out, it's completely possible for people to get different kinds of cancers in the same lifetime. I had no idea that it could come back as something worse than before, but as always, I had thought wrong. "Listen, I know ok. I know this is scary, trust me, I'm the one going through this. You have to understand, lung cancer is extremely deadly Alli, and weather I'm in a hospital today or tomorrow, I might still die. Do you get that?"

Alli's voice croaked, "Don't you dare say that."

I walked over to her, and wiped a tear from her cheek. "It's a possibility, and I just want to spend one last day living, and I mean actually living. Can you give this to me, can you just support me? I am begging, don't take away the last good day I might ever have."

I could feel my eyes staring to gloss over, as she nodded. "I will smile, and I will hold your long ass train as you walk down the isle, because I love you Clare, and I want you to hold onto whatever happiness you can."

I threw my arms around her, "I love you too, always."

She quickly pulled away, wiping her face. "But as soon as you wake up tomorrow, you are going to tell him Clare. I'm going to have you in the best hospital, and you are going to beat this. I would give away my entire fortune, if that meant you would get better, I hope you know that."

My throat began to close, and I nodded. "I know that."

As Alli and I stared at each other in silence, there was a knock on the door, startling the both of us.

"Come in." I yelled.

Bullfrog came in, and when we caught sight of me he sucked in air while placing his hand over his heart. "My God, what a beauty. Alli, do you mind?"

Alli smiled, "Of course not, it's about that time anyways. Ill be downstairs waiting for you beauty."

I gave Alli one last hug before she left, and then it was Just Bullfrog and I. He took my hand and kissed it, motioning for me to sit beside him on the bench in front of the vanity. We sat down, and he just kept staring at me, making me wonder if I had too much makeup on. I awkwardly and rapidly blinked, "Is there something on my face?"

Bullfrog smiled, shaking his head. "Clare Edwards, do you understand how much I love you? Honestly? Do you get what you mean to my family?"

I smiled in surprise, "I do. You and CiCi have been so amazing to me, I could never thank you enough for what you're doing today. I know I'm not your daughter, and-"

Bullfrog put his hand up, "Stop right there, you are my daughter, you really are. Oh Clarabelle, you have had Eli's heart since day one, he is just so head over heels in love with you. You've always seen the good in him and for that, among many other reasons, I love you like my own. You gave me a grandchild, and there isn't anyone I'd rather have marry my son, it is an honor to walk you down the isle. I'm sorry your dad couldn't be here today, but I'm selfishly glad because his loss, is my gain." I was crying again, and Bullfrog wiped away my tears with his thumbs. "No crying, it's a happy day. Are you ready to become a Goldsworthy, officially?" He stood up, putting his arm out for me to take.

I stood up taking it, and squeezed it tightly. "I'm ready."

As we walked down the stairs, and into the back yard everything everything bad started to fade away. The only thing that mattered to me was that I was going to be joined together with Eli forever in the eyes of God. This day would bind us together forever, even after death. The back doors swung open, and everyone stood up. The melody to our song Tonight I love you began to softly play in the back ground, and then our eyes finally met.

Eli's pov

Imogen and Fiona stood beside me patting my back to calm my nerves, but nothing helped. No matter how in love I was with Clare, or how much we'd been through together, I was still so nervous. As the music began to play Imogen leaned over to whisper in my ear, "We came here to be your best girls and watch you get married, not to watch you piss yourself, pull it together." I lightly chuckled, and nodded, thankful to have her by my side. The back doors opened, and there she was, arm and arm with my dad. Our eyes met, and everything around me disappeared, it was a completely different feeling than when I saw Lenore on our wedding day. This felt so right, I had no doubt that marrying Clare was the best decision I was ever going to make. Her white dress was long sleeved and laced, she looked like a princess. The closer she got, the more my nerves began to disappear, her smile melted away all my insecurity's. When she reached the end of the isle Father Donald began to speak.

"You may all be seated." He took a small pause waiting for everyone to sit back down. "Who gives this woman to this man in marriage?"

My father smiled, "I do." I had never loved my him more, than in that moment. He placed her hand in mine, and gave me a wink before sitting down by my mother in the front row.

Clare and I stood facing each other while holding hands as Father Donald began to speak again. "Eli Goldsworthy and Clare Edwards, today you are surrounded by your friends and family, all of whom have gathered here to witness your marriage and to share in the joy of this special occasion. Today, as you join yourselves in marriage, there is a vast and unknown future stretching out before you. The possibilities and potentials of your married life are great, and it now falls upon your shoulders the task of choosing your values, and making real your dreams. Through your commitment to each other, may you grow and nurture a love that makes both of you better people, a love that continues to give you great joy, and also a passion for living that provides you with energy and patience to face the responsibilities of life." My hands were shaking and I was crying, Clare squeezed my hand to calm me down. "The bride and groom have written their own vows, so at this time Eli, would you like to start us off?"

I nodded, not needing to pull out any paper for this, the words were engraved into my mind. "Clare Edwards, you are the most beautiful person I've ever known, inside and out. Since the day I met you, I knew in my soul that you were it. Everyone can keep thinking what I know they're thinking, because yes, I know it sounds crazy, but Its the truth. The moment I looked into your eyes, I saw everything that I'd ever need to be ok in this world in them. Saying we've been through a lot together is an understatement, but we've made it through every hurdle together, and I wouldn't have it any other way. We have proven so many people wrong by just standing here today, and I know we will continue to prove them wrong for forever, but that isn't what matters. What matters is that we prove each other right, that we continue to grow together as a family, with our boy. You two are the greatest joy I've ever known. I promise that I will never leave your sides, and that I will never hurt or lie to you two. I am so in love with with you Clare Diana Edwards, and I will always be so in love with you."

Clare wiped away a tear, and when Father Donald looked her way she began to speak. "Well, I don't know how to top that, but here I go. Elijah Goldsworthy, where do I start? You came into my life like a hurricane, forcing me out of my comfort zone, making me look at the world in a way I never had before. I will never be able to thank you enough for that, because you made me into a stronger individual. I believe that God does things for a reason, and I believe he sent you to me for a reason Eli. It is so easy to say that I have gone gone through cancer, and losing a child, but that isn't so. We have gone through these things, every step of the way you were by my side making me move forward. If I didn't have you, I don't believe I'd be standing here today the same Clare Edwards, or maybe even at all for that matter. You have given me such joy, the joy of life, and the joy of a child. I promise you Eli, that I will spend all of my days doing my best to fill your life with just as much joy, as you have filled mine with. Forever and Always, I swear it."

We were both crying now as Adam handed us the rings. Father Donald spoke, "Now it is time for the traditional vows. Do you Clare, take Eli to be your lawfully wedded husband, promising to love and cherish, through joy and sorrow, sickness and health, and whatever challenges you may face, for as long as you both shall live?"

Clare nodded, "I do." While slipping my ring onto my finger.

"And Eli, Do you take Clare to be your lawfully wedded wife, promising to love and cherish, through joy and sorrow, sickness and health, and whatever challenges you may face, for as long as you both shall live?"

I nodded, "I do." While slipping Clare's ring onto her finger.

Father Donald Closed his book, "I now pronounce you husband and wife, you may now kiss the bride."

Everyone stood up clapping and I wrapped my arms around my wife, crashing my lips against hers. I quickly pulled away, feeling a tug on my pants. It was Adam. I lifted him up onto my shoulders, and grabbed Clare's hand. I was on top of the world, nothing could bring me down.

Father Donald clapped, "Ladies and gentlemen for the first time ever, I'd like to present to you the Eli Goldsworthy family."

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