A/N: Just something that pressured me to write it at four-twelve this morning after hearing this song like five times on the radio. Someone really needed their Christina Aguilara fix! I hate insomnia, I really do, but sometimes, it actually comes in handy. Like now, for instance.
I don't own the song The Right Man, Christina Aguilara does, I just added my favorite characters to it.
I hope you all enjoy reading this, as much as I have enjoyed writing it.
Please feed my plot bunnies with reviews. But no petting! They have teeth. Sharp teeth.
Toodles! VMD-J
Vala stared at herself in the mirror, still unable to grasp the idea that she was getting married. Sure, it had been a whirlwind courtship, the sex was great, but…
Past experience had taught her to take a step back and view her escape options.
And in the back of her mind, the part of her that screamed this was too good to be true, she heard her father's name tossed around like a piece of paper in hurricane force winds.
So many years have gone by
Always strong, tried not to cry
Never felt like I needed any man
To comfort me in life
But I'm all made up today
A veil upon my face
But no father stands beside me
To give this bride away
Can would walk her down the aisle.
He had positively beamed when she asked him.
But she would give herself away.
She didn't need a man to do that.
More to the point, her father hadn't showed up to do the job himself.
Well, I'm standing in the chapel
Wearing my white dress
I have waited for this moment
With tears of happiness
Here I leave behind my past
By taking the chance
I've finally found the right man
Tomin was wrong for her.
She knew that now.
But Daniel, something about him was perfect.
Sure, they still argued, still fought like cats and dogs,
But she wouldn't change their relationship one iota.
Thoughts racing fast through my mind
As I'm gazing down the aisle
That my future will mend the memories
Torn between father and child
She could run.
Hit the door, take the first car she could find.
With the wind at her back and no flat tires, she could be five, six hundred miles away by dawn.
Pre-nuptial agreement. Check.
Divorce attorney on her speed dial. Check.
My emotions overload
'Cause there is no hand to hold
There's no shoulder here to lean on
I'm walking all on my own
Here I go…
Taking a deep breath, Vala straightened her dress and smiled through her tears at the two women arranging her train.
"Looks like this is it." She managed. Sam squeezed her hand before beginning her walk down the aisle ahead of Vala.
Now I'm standing at four corners
"To have and to hold",
Now my love, you stand beside me
To walk life's winding road
And I owe it all to you
For taking that chance
You've shown me there's a right man
'Cause I never knew a right man
Daniel caught her eye as she gracefully glided down the aisle of the church, holding Cam's arm.
And in that instant, taking his hand, Vala knew…
She loved him.
Loved him for his perfections, for his faults.
More to the point, he loved her, it poured out of the fiber of his very being.
He loved her. And no matter what she did, no matter how she screwed up, he would always love her.
Always be there for her.
Well I'm standing in the chapel
Ready to confess
That I've waited for this moment
With tears of happiness
Now I leave behind my past
By taking the chance
Oh, whoa
She gave her vows, promising her love, her devotion for as long as she could live.
Silently begging him not to turn and run.
Not be like her father, so eager to give an empty promise before disappearing.
Her heart in her throat, she clung to his every word as he promised the same.
Well I'm standing at four corners
"To have and to hold",
Now my love, you stand beside me
To walk life's winding road
And I owe it all to you
For taking the chance
Vala let out a silent breath of air when Daniel finally, finally pulled her to him for their first kiss as a married couple. She reached up, gently touched his cheek, found he was crying as he pulled back. He chuckled and wiped at the moisture on her own cheeks as a tiny hand tugged on Vala's skirt.
"Mama? Are we married now?" Her daughter asked in a voice just louder than a whisper.
And one day, my little girl
Will reach out her hand
She'll know I found the right man…..
In answer, Daniel crouched to the little girl's level, holding out his hand for her daughter to take. "Yeah Princess, we're married now." He answered for her, gently drawing Vala's daughter into his arms.
"And you're my daddy now?" She asked, her eyes widening with delight.
The rest of their conversation was lost in the general uproar as the new family was congratulated.
All Vala knew was that she was finally safe, married to the right man, the man of her dreams.