Peggy Davenport rushed down the hallway critiquing every decoration and place setting in the O'Byrne Gallery at the Daughters of the Revolution Headquarters in Washington DC. She herself was a descendant of John and Abigail Adams and would not entertain the thought of any other venue for her daughter Natalie's wedding. She had felt somewhat cheated at Natalie's prior two weddings because she was not close with Mitch and disapproved of the match, and Natalie eloped with Steven. This was her chance to give her daughter the wedding she deserved.

Crossing her path was her granddaughter Julie Teeger who was giggling as she walked with Molly Evans, the woman that Julie's future step-father considered somewhat of an adopted daughter since she was the biological child of his late wife Trudy.

"Princess!" said Peggy. "Darling, it is just 2 hours until the wedding, don't you think that you need to go upstairs and begin getting ready?

"That's exactly where we were heading right now, grandma. Molly was just flew in with the "something old" that Mom is going to wear today. It's a diamond and pink pearl brooch that belonged to Adrian's mother." She said showing her the item.

"Oh, it's lovely. Coupled with your great- grandmother's headpiece, we are certainly making this celebration about the joining of families." Peggy replied. "I'm glad. At first, I was not sure about her Mr. Monk. I honestly thought he was a bit of a misfit. But he has shown he is really a man of tremendous character and breeding and he makes your mother very happy – so, that's good enough for me. I'll be glad to have you in our family as well Molly." she continued.

"Thank you, Mrs. Davenport. I have a feeling we are witnessing just the beginning of something very special." She smiled.

Down the hallway Adrian was frantically pacing back and forth in his black tuxedo with tails, driving best man Leland Stottlemeyer nuts and amusing groomsman Randy Disher to no end.

"You have the rings, right?" Adrian asked.

"Yes, Monk. For the fifth time, I have the rings." Leland replied.

Monk stopped and looked in the mirror. "Oh no! Oh no! No! This won't do." he said.

"What is it now?" Leland asked.

"My tie is not tied right. I have to fix it" he said, jerking off the tie and fumbling with the fabric.

"It looked fine to me. "said Randy.

"Adrian, Buddy. You've just gotta get a grip here. You're getting married in two hours and you keep this up you're never going to make it to ceremony." Leland said.

"You're right. You're right. I need to settle down. I need to just take…but what if she doesn't show up? I mean I wouldn't blame her. I wouldn't want to marry me either." Monk rambled.

"She's going to show up. As a matter of fact, she's here in this building with T.K. right now." Leland replied.

"Why? Doesn't that concern you that she would want to marry someone like me?" Adrian said.

Stottlemeyer turned to Randy and shrugged his shoulders. "See if you can talk some sense into him."

Randy walked over and put his arm around Monk as he stood in front of a mirror fumbling with his blush pink necktie that matched elements of Natalie's gown, flowers and decorations in the room.

Looking at their reflection Randy said "Hey, man. I know you're nervous, but you need to stop worrying. Do what I did when I married Sharona. Just imagine this evening, you and Natalie alone at last in the bedroom, side by side, laying under satin sheets, embracing…"

Sensing where this was going, and visibly seeing Monk's discomfort, Leland interrupted. "That's enough, Randy!" he said as Monk twitched his neck put one hand on his head and began to pace again.

"What am I doing? What am I doing? Oh Leland! I… I don't think I can go through with this. What if I blank? What if I can't remember my vows?" Monk said anxiously.

"Monk, you're going to be just fine." Leland said patting his friend on the back.

"Ohhhhh, Leland. I'm going to fail. I don't know what I was thinking. I can't do this." He said beginning to cry.

"You CAN do this, and you WILL!" said a male voice now entering the room.

Adrian turned and his eyes filled with tears as he beheld the sight.

"Your brother and I didn't travel all the way to Washington D.C. to watch you fail. You are going to be just fine, son." Said Jack Monk Sr.

"Dad! Ambrose! You…. you came!" Adrian said, throwing his arms around the two men. "Ambrose, you're here! You're really here? How did you?"

"Ever since you told me about you and Natalie... and by the way it's okay that you're marrying her, she and I would have never worked out anyway... anyway, ever since you told me you were getting married, I've been working with Dr. Bell to try to get up the courage to come here. And he pretty much gave me enough sedative to render me unconscious the rest of the trip. Now that I'm awake, I pretty much don't have any other choice since I'm 3000 miles away from home and…really, it's drugs...I'm on drugs, and I don't want to talk about it. I promised myself that when you came back into my life, and even saved my life, I would never be absent during an important event in my brother's life again. Now, I think I need to go sit down somewhere." Ambrose said.

"Oh, you guys. You have no idea how much this means to me." Adrian said, putting his head to their heads and closing his eyes with a smile. "Wow! My family is all here."

Julie slowly opened the door to the room where her mother was getting ready and she was awed by the scene.

Standing in front of a mirror was her mother, a vision of beauty and grace. Natalie turned to the door and smiled as the morning sun traveled through the delicate lace of her 1920s off-white wedding gown. The gown had capped sleeves and was made of silk with a train that extended about 3 feet from the hymn.

"Oh mom! You look gorgeous!" she said walking over to Natalie and giving her a hug.

"Thank you, sweetheart! I don't think I've ever felt happier." She said, her expression absolutely beaming.

"Here. Here is Adrian's mother's brooch that Molly brought from San Francisco." She said handing her the brooch.

"It's perfect!" Natalie exclaimed. "Would you pin it on?"

Julie obliged the request, as Matron of Honor, Sharona Fleming came walking in the door.

"Can you believe people are already getting here?" Sharona said.

"Really? The wedding isn't for another hour and a half." Natalie said.

"They must have wanted to get a good seat or something." Sharona said.

"Well, it's a small wedding." Natalie said. "We wanted it to be something that was small and intimate."

"In the Taj Mahal?" Sharona said as "T.K. Came in with Natalie's bouquet and set it on the table. "This place is pretty swank. Oh…I almost forgot. Adrian's dad and brother got here."

"Jack and Jack Jr.?" Natalie asked.

"No, Jack and the other brother." She replied.

"Ambrose? Ambrose doesn't leave his house." Natalie said surprised.

"I know, I know. I was shocked too. Apparently, Adrian was flipping out a bit…"Sharona said.

"Flipping out over what?" Natalie asked.

"Flipping out over getting married. This is HUGE! I think only you could have gotten him to do it!" Sharona replied. "Jack and Ambrose calmed him down quite a bit, but he's still somewhat of a basket case."

"Give me my cell phone." Natalie said.

T.K. picked up the phone and handed it to her.

"Hey, it's bad luck to talk to the groom on the wedding day." Sharona said.

"No. It's bad luck for him to see you. Talking with him is fine." said Natalie.

The phone rang in Adrian's dressing room and Leland picked it up.

"Hello. Well, Hi. Yeah, he's here. Uh huh. Sure. I'll put him on. Adrian, it's Natalie." Leland said.

He handed the phone to Monk but could not hear what she was saying. He only noticed a distinct calming effect as his friend began to smile and relax at the voice of his beloved.

Adrian told her he would see her soon and hung up the phone and looked up at Leland.

"Hey guys! I'm getting married today. I'm really getting married!" he said with a face full of joy.

"Yes sir, you are!" Leland said.

Monk walked back over to the mirror and straightened his now perfectly tied tie and said "Wow! We've got to finish getting ready! I can't wait! I'm getting married! …by the way… do you have the rings?"