chap 2

Second discussion they had was to hold the wedding in Mexico. Mexico was their get away place to go ever since that first time they they went down there, after their first big tour. They needed some time away from everything and recharge their energy. They founded this little bungalow area right down by the beach, it was perfect. Back then there was no cellular phones, no internet. Nobody noticed the up-and-coming country queen Rayna Jaymes was walking around on the beach, or they diden´t care. All they saw was a young couple in love. As the time went by Rayna got more famous, but on that beach it was the same. No one seemed to care so Rayna and Deacon could had their vacations privatly so they did come back over and over.

Rayna was holding Deacon´s hand and had her head resting on his shoulder on the plane to Mexico. They were about to land soon and her mind wandered to their first trip down there. They had been so young, wanted to celebrate their first big tour ending, They haden´t been on a long vacation together, this was their first. Deacon had found some cheap tickets in a small travel agency and surprised Rayna with them. Once down there the hotel was cheap too, but it was clean and well managed. It was about dozen bungalows spread out on a very large area so each bungalows got the feeling of some privacy, some where literally on the beach. They had a wonderful time, the first two days they barely left the bed, besides to eat something. It was days of love making and sunbathing, doing as little as possible.

Rayna raised her head and looked in the row behind her. Tandy was reading a magazine, her daughters had both in-ear headphones on but seemed to be sleeping. They were going to spend two days together before the wedding take place, and then Tandy and the girls were going on a ten days Mayan ruins exploration bus trip. So Rayna and Deacon could enjoy their honeymoon all to them selves, and after the bus trip they spend the last few days together before going home.

They checked in at the hotel, had dinner and wished Tandy and the girls good night. Now they were standing on the porch to their bungalow.

"I can´t believe it still looks the same after twenty years."

"Yeah, and you know what hasen´t changed either, what is still the same?"

"What?"

"My love for you. I still love you now as much as I did then. Always have since the day we met."

Rayna felt tears building up.

"Come here."

Rayna stepped into his open arms and hide her head at his chest.

"I love you Deacon. I love you so much. I have loved you my entire life, and I will keep doing that until the day I die."

Their lips met and the kiss lasted forever. The kisses got more heated and hands started to move to places. They managed to stop long enough to step inside before they did things that they really wanted to be private, right there on the porch.

They were to have a beach wedding. A white sundress and barefoot and just Tandy and the girls present. It was so far away from Rayna´s wedding to Teddy or the almost wedding to Luke you could get. It maybe would be too simple for the country queen Rayna Jaymes, but it felt so right. Beeing down here will always draw the thoughts to their first time here, when they were young. And a beach wedding would be exactly what their young selves would do if you asked them then.

Rayna and Deacon walked hand in hand to where the girls and Tandy stood with the wedding oficiant. She looked at him walking there beside her dressed in a white linen shirt and pants. He looked so handsome, like the most beautiful man on the planet. and soon he will be all hers again.

"Today is a celebration. A celebration of love, of commitment, of friendship. of family and two people who are in it for forever. They have traveled a long journey to get here, now a time to pause, look back and smile at all the moments that brought them here. And a time to look ahead to all the moments that are still to come."

"I Deacon take you Rayna to be my wife, my partner in life and my true love. I will cherish our friendship and love you today, tomorrow and forever."

"I Rayna take you Deacon to be my husband, my partner in life and my true love. I will cherish our friendship and love you today, tomorrow and forever."

"I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride."

He definitely did that, kissed her for a long time before congratulations could begin.