Stuck in the Dark Chapter 12: XI, a national treasure fanfic

FLUFF TIME!!! This is Riley and Lyssie's wedding. Yay!

I do not own National Treasure, Riley, Ben, or Abigail. nor do I own the song "Amazed" by Lonestar, or the band.

Now that that's done, go read people!

1 Year Later

"Ben. Put. The. Camera. Away."

Riley looked up at Ben, a rather annoyed expression on his face. Lyssie stifled her laughter, scooping up another forkful of the chocolate cake.

"Why? You don't want to remember your wedding?" Ben asked innocently.

"You've been taping everything for the past three hours. Before and during the ceremony, the first dance, the cake cutting, and everything else." Riley reminded him. "Besides, who wants to see video footage of me eating cake?"

"Your kids might someday." Ben suggested. Riley shook his head, scooping some frosting onto his fork.

"Oh yeah, I'm sure the first thing they'll want to see is our wedding video so they can watch us eat cake, Ben." Riley said sarcastically. Ben sighed, switching off the camera.

"Fine." He walked away, mumbling something about how Riley always seemed to win. Riley grinned at his new wife, kissing her on the cheek. She smiled brightly back. Riley thought she looked beautiful, with her strapless white dress and her dark hair in a tight bun, covered by her silver veil.

He kissed her once more before standing up. "I'll be right back." She smiled again and walked out into the crowd, greeting people.

Meanwhile, Riley was talking to the DJ, his cousin Dave, who was helping him with the special surprise he had in store.

"Did you get it Dave?" Riley asked quickly.

"Yep." Dave held up a blank CD. "I'll be ready when you are."

"OK. But are you sure it's the right…."

"I'm sure, Riley. Now go!" Dave handed Riley the microphone and nodded. Riley was nervous, his heart pounding in his chest. He was going to do this for her, no matter how nervous he was.

He slowly made his way up onto the makeshift stage in the banquet hall, quickly turning on the microphone.

"Lyssie, can you come up here, please?"

She looked up from where she was, a bit surprised, but got up onto the stage. He gently sat her down on one of the stools on the stage.

"Riley, what in the world are you.."

"You'll see." Riley answered quickly. He turned back to the crowd of people.

"Well, I just want to thank you all for being here, and I wanted to say a few things. As some of you may know, Lyssie and I have not exactly had the most….normal relationship. For example, we had our first kiss in the back of the getaway van while the best man was stealing the Declaration of Independence. Isn't that right, Ben?"

The crowd chuckled some as Riley went on.

"I proposed to her in a coded note and she gave me the response note while she was bleeding to death. As you can see, this has been a very interesting relationship. But we did have lots of normal moments too. There is one in particular I want to share."

Riley paused, sitting down on the stool as he began to recall the memory.

"It was in New York city, during the treasure hunt. We were staying overnight in a hotel, and I left the room for a few minutes, and when I came back, she was crying."

He turned to look at Lyssie, who had a small smile on her face.

"She told me all about her previous experiences in New York. And I couldn't think of anything to say to her. So I sang to her. And she always told me I should sing in front of people, but I never really wanted to. But I've decided that today would be the perfect time."

He paused, looking at the surprised looks on everyone's faces. He twisted around on the stool, facing Lyssie.

"So, this song is for my beautiful new wife." He nodded at Dave, who turned on the CD player, and the crowd applauded as the music began. He looked at Lyssie, who looked ready to cry, and looked in her eyes as he began to sing.

Every time our eyes meet
This feeling inside me
Is almost more than I can take
Baby when you touch me
I can feel how much you love me
And it just blows me away
I've never been this close
to anyone or anything
I can hear your thoughts
I can see your dreams

I don't know how you do what you do
I'm so in love with you
It just keeps getting better
I wanna spend the rest of my life
With you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
Baby I'm amazed by you

The smell of your skin
The taste of your kiss
The way you whisper in the dark
Your hair all around me
Baby you surround me
You touch every place in my heart
Oh it feels like the
first time every time
I wanna spend the whole
night in your eyes

Every little thing that you do
I'm so in love with you
It just keeps getting better
I wanna spend the rest of my life
With you by my side
Forever and ever
Every little thing that you do
Oh, every little thing that you do
Baby I'm amazed by you

As the music began to end, the crowd clapped and cheered, but Riley hardly heard it. Lyssie jumped up, wrapping her arms around his neck, tears in her eyes.

"That was beautiful Riley." She whispered. "I'm so proud of you."

He didn't say anything, just pulled her into a gentle kiss, never wanting to end that one beautiful moment.

AWWW!!!! The fluff bunny has worked his magic! That was kind of short, but the next chapter won't be as short.

I can't believe this story is almost over! The next chapter will be the last one. I'll miss it, but you'll see me around.

I'm just going to mention that you won't be seeing as many updates from me for a while. I'm giving up my computer for Lent, so I can only get on the computer on Sundays until Easter. I'll try to update on Sundays, though, I promise!