Chapter 5:

Shawn immediately felt Angela tense as her eyes flickered from her mother standing at the back of the church and then back to Shawn who was standing beside her. Anger began to boil with in her, who had told her mother where the wedding was being held at? Who had dared to invite her to the ceremony? Didn't she get the message when Angela had talked to her just hours before? Why did it have to be this day of all the days in her life?

"Angela," the elderly priest's voice brought her back from her thoughts, "Do you take this man to be your husband? Do you promise to love, cherish, obey, honor and forsake all others till death do you part?"

The young woman swallowed before replying as she smiled at Shawn, "I do."

"Do you Shawn take this woman to be your wife? Do you promise to love, cherish, obey, honor and forsake all others till death do you part?"

This was it, Shawn Hunter was officially settling down with a woman. A slight fear gripped at his hart however one look in Angela's direction made all his last moment doubts melt away. The way her dark eyes gazed upon him he knew that she'd stand beside him no matter what life would bring. Even if she found out that he was the one that had made her mother come back to her life, the young man hoped she would understand, prayed that she would understand why.

"I do," Shawn softly said as he kept his eyes fixed on his beautiful bride, "I do."

"He said it twice!"

Eric piped up as Jack clapped a hand over his mouth; a chuckle resounded through out the building as the priest looked over at the two men.

"Just ignore him," Jack said as Shawn shot him a look, "What, I'm trying to help."

The priest sighed as he fixed his gaze back on the couple in front of him, "By the power placed with me and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride."

Everyone cheered as Shawn lifted Angela's veil, however as the man leaned forward to claim his first kiss as man and wife all the people seemed to disappear around them. Time seemed to stop as Shawn closed his eyes, feeling her soft lips against his own.

"Family and friends, I now present the new Mr. and Mrs. Angela and Shawn Hunter!"

The two were surrounded by family and the crowd from the church as all of them applauded while Shawn and Angela walked down the aisle and headed towards the doors of the cathedral. It was then that the man looked up to see Barbra, slipping out of the door. Shawn tried to raise his hand to have her walk closer; however the woman backed out and went around a corner of the building. Shawn sighed as Angela had turned away from saying something to Topanga.

"What's wrong?"

Although the man knew what was bothering his new wife he still held a hope that it was nothing.

"I want to know who the hell invited that woman," Angela coldly said as Shawn's sliver of hope was dashed, "Do you know who asked her to come?"

He didn't want to lie to her, not when they were just married and things were finally going right for them. However, it was he that had started this, using his computer to look up her information and to tell Barbra about the wedding. It was he that started it; it was he that was going to have to finish it.

"Angela," He began as suddenly a photographer was outside of the church, snapping pictures as the young woman tried to smile and Shawn was failing at it.

"These are certainly happy people," the man commented as Shawn took Angela's hand.

"Can we do this at the reception please?"

"Sure," the man replied as the people around them gave Shawn puzzled looks, "I get paid anyway."

"Shawn," Angela began as they walked towards the limo while the others scattered towards there own cars, "What's going on?"

He waited until they were inside the car before he spoke, "You looked sortive mad and I want happy pictures to hang on our apartment walls and to put in the frames…"

"Shawn," Angela's tone became harsh as her eyes narrowed, "Was it you that told my mother about our wedding?"

"Me? Why would you think…?"

"Shawn!!"

Angela yelled as the male shrunk back against the seat, "What, why, how, how could you?"

"Angela I can explain," Shawn began as his wife glared at him. Shawn remembered his thoughts in the church he did not want to start off his marriage by hiding secrets.

"Angela," he began as he gazed at her, "The reason that I looked up your mom is to perhaps maybe give you the chance that I never got."

"What?"

"Yeah," Shawn continued, "I never could find my own mother, and my dad died before I could say all that I wanted to say to him. So, I was up late one night and I just thought…"

"Oh baby," Angela said as she moved closer towards him, her eyes that once held anger now shown with understanding.

"I know why you did it," she said, "However, I just don't think now was the right time."

"When would be the right time then Angela?"

A moment of silence stretched on between them, "I don't know," she softly responded as she gave a deep sigh.

"I didn't mean to ruin this day," Shawn said, "However, I do wonder what the hell I was thinking. I screwed up again…"

Another sigh from Angela, "You meant well, you always do."

She rung her hands as she looked out the window biting her lip in a nervous way, "I don't think my father saw her."

The young man exhaled as he leaned his head back onto the back of the seat, "Well, that's good. I just want you to know that I never meant to cause you any pain. I know that my thinking may have been really stupid, I was only seeing what could be between you and your mom, not all the crap it was going to take to get to that point."

Angela let out a bit of a chuckle, "I know Shawn, and I really don't know what's going to happen between her and me."

"There could be something?"

"Maybe in time," the woman replied after a moment past between them, "I can't say for sure. However, knowing and understanding why you did what you did I can perhaps try to talk to her. I just hope that she won't make up ridiculous excuses and that she'll be truthful."