SUMMARY: After an unpleasent surprise during work, Donna want to make sure Sam will never leave her and they decided to rebew their vowels, from the wedding thhe week before.

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AFTER THE TOAST

There, the last toast was over and now was time to pay the bills and what was a better way to pay the bills, by working in your business? It has been two weeks since the fateful wedding and two weeks since Sophie and Sky started their adventure around the world.

Despite of her happiness, Donna and Sam opted to not have a honeymoon yet, first, they had an old hotel to take care of, so they decided to push pond it for a while, till the hotel started to work well.

This way, the married couple woke up early that morning and after a quick breakfast, they start their work, while Sam helped the staff at the courtyard, Donna decided to take care of the paperwork, that was piled up on her desk, since the wedding.

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For the next hour, the woman spends sitting in her chair, checking notes, copying things, making calls and cleaning her desk, when suddenly, a folder, stuck at the deep of one of the drawers, called her attention. It wasn´t any folder, it was a doctor´s folder, from the main island. Donna paled seeing it again. Sure, she was never a healthy person, she deals with numerous bunches of illness, since childhood, but that folder was a death sentence to her.

With trammeling hands, Donna opened the folder and reread the inside, whisking it was only a nightmare. But it wasn´t.

Two months before what supposed to be Sophie´s wedding, she got the diagnoses, but decided to keep it was a secret as long as she could, to spare her baby from the pain, still, with the arrival of Sam, Bill And Harry and her unexpected wedding, the woman simply forgot about that, even because, she had deal with something similar ten years ago and survived and besides, she was feeling completely well right now. So it was useless upset everyone.

''Don!'' Sam´s voice made Donna jump and she quick stuck the folder in the place she had found it in the first place. ''Donna, are you here?'' he approached the officer

''yeah!'' she shouted back ''I was just looking for… oh, found it'' she pick up a few papers ''I was looking for the papers with the budgets for the renovation of the courtyard. And how about you?''

''nothing, just fixing a few plumps'' he said ''let's have lunch?''

''yeah, sure'' Donna agreed and the old couple left the office hand in hand, in love.

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Since it was Donna and Sam's lunch break, they decided to have a picnic at their special place, on the beach. It was a bright and sunny day, with a bright blue sky; the perfect day for a picnic.

Once they had reached their special place, Sam placed a blanket down on the sand, while Donna got the food set up. After they were done eating, they laid down to watch the clouds roll by, before got back to work.

Donna suddenly started to get worry, she wasn´t really sure of her future, especially after finding that folder. She look then over at Sam and sighed a bit unhappy.

"Sam, are- are you sure you'll never leave me? I feel like being married to you, is too good to be true. Is it?"

Sam turned over to lay on his side. "Don," Sam said softly, "Listen to me, love. I would never leave you. I can't bear the thought of not being married to you, not having you by my side. I will love you, forever and for always."

''well, the last time you said this, I found myself in everyone´s mouth and with a child to raise'' she teased him and in response, Sam looked confuse.

''in everyone´s mouth?''

''huh? Sam, I was 20-year old, unmarried and single mother'' Donna said ''people wasn´t that nice back then, if they called me a whore, it was a complement''

''sorry…'' the old man felt ashamed for his past attitudes now hearing his wife that.

''well, it isn´t entirely your fault, I blamed Bill and Harry a lot, for a long while'' Donna said, taking a bite of her sandwich ''you know Sam, I don´t blame Sophie for invite you guys to the wedding… well, I still mad at her for reading my diary. But, I don´t blame her, I never met my father and my mother never let the sheets clean… if you know what I mean''

''yeah'' Sam agreed ''I'm honestly glad she did, this way I could be reunited with the great love of my life''

''thanks'' she kissed him on the cheek ''so, you really mean what you said in the church, you´re never going to leave me again, no matter what?''

''yep, I promise, I will give you my word, that I will cherish you at the good and bad times, until the end.''

''till the end'' Donna replies, kissing him ''I trust you, Sam Carmichael, I trust and love you and I too, promise to love and cherish you, till the end'' she said, ignoring the small pain she was feeling on her back.

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After a few more minutes of resting, the old couple get back to work and once again, Donna decided to check that fateful folder, hoping that 'The End' doesn´t come soon enough.

END.