Everything after that day was amazing. Everything was perfect. We fought, like every couple did, but it never ended. We always stayed strong.
And it was only 8 years later that I fully realized, that if I had never met s certain someone… Robbie and I would never be…
So let's go back a little bit, back to our wedding day, 8 years after it all started.
"I Do" Robbie finally says. And that was the start of the rest of our lives together.
"And do you Caterina Valentine take Robert Shapiro as your lawfully wedded husband?" The priest asks.
"Hell yes..." I say and the priest chuckles.
"You may now kiss the bride." The priest says smiling as Robbie pulls me in for a long drawn out kiss. Everyone was clapping and saying 'aww'. This was the best day of my life.
After all of the congratulations we go off to the reception. There was some small talk, and some talk about later plan with Robbie but mostly a lot of laughs.
Jones steps up and takes a mic' from the DJ. He taps it to make sure it's working and then starts to speak. "Hi… My name's Jones, for all of you who don't know me, I was the boy next-door growing up with Cat. I eventually moved around 6, the year after my dad died. We stayed in town, we just had to get out of that house, you know. Cat was there for me… 24/7. And I owe her for a hell of a lot. 9 years ago, we were in sophomore year … I was the star of the lacrosse team, and Cat's best friend. One day, I don't really remember why, but we all went over to Tori's house. That was the day everything started between Cat and Robbie. Just a simple kiss because of spin the bottle… I remember her coming to me, confused and in tears because she didn't want to screw everything up with their friendship. And I told her, that if there was something there, it was worth the risk. So she came up with this plan to pull him under the bleachers at halftime on the last lacrosse game. She told him she needed to 'figure something out'… and then she kissed him. A year later, they broke up. But Robbie being the amazing he is, got her back. These two… they're unstoppable. Nothing can break them apart. So… I'll raise my glass to these two spending forever together, because I've never see such a perfect pair." He finishes and raises his glass with everyone else. He looks over and gives me a smile. I get up and take the mic from him.
"I think I have you beat on speak Jones…" Everyone laughs.
"Life is complicated. It's confusing. It's hard. And sometimes, you just want to give up. When you feel like this, there is nothing stopping you. I was confused. My life was complicated. And I did want to give up so many times. But there was always that one person there for me." Robbie chuckles knowing full well it wasn't him, even though he was always there.
"Jones was that person. And I know that this night should just be about me and Robbie, but I think he deserves a little bit of acknowledgement. He was the friend that always had the crush on me, but thought I deserved better. And when Robbie came around, he wasn't jealous. He told me that I deserved Robbie and he wasn't going to be the one to get in the way. Any man, who will put aside his feeling and what he wants for the good of another, is a great person. But only did I realize the other day, if it wasn't for him… Robbie and I wouldn't be together. I didn't want to screw anything up. I wasn't sure how I felt in the beginning. I felt something, but I didn't have anything to compare it to… Jones was the person who made everything make sense. And I have to thank him for that… Sometimes it takes a certain person to help you see what's right in front of you… To help you see things a little bit more clearly… Someone who is your clarity…" The tears well up in my eyes.
"I couldn't ask for a better friend…" I finish and let only a single tear fall out.
Robbie and I went out of to the dance floor while everyone stood around and watched. This was the dance I had been waiting for my entire life. I wrap my arms around his neck and lay my head on his shoulder as we sway back and worth to the music. I hummed along to my favorite song… my wedding song… our song…
You don't need a lot of money
Honey, you don't have to play no games
All I need is all you're loving
To get the blood rushing through my veins
I wanna say we're going steady
Like its 1954, no, it doesn't have to be forever
Just as long as I'm the name on your
Tattooed heart... (tattooed heart)
You don't need to worry about making me crazy
'Cause I'm way past that
And so just call me, if you want me
'Cause you got me, and I'll show you how much I want to be
On your tattooed heart
Tattooed heart, tattooed heart
Just as long as I'm the name on your tattooed heart
Wrap me in your jacket, my baby
And lay me in your bed
And kiss me underneath the moonlight
Darling let me trace the lines on your tattooed heart
Just as long as I'm the name on your tattooed heart
And that's my story… Robbie and I are 78 years old… and we had the best 60 years a couple could have… and hopefully we'll have a couple more…
About a year after we got married I gave birth to a baby boy. I named him Jones. He had these beautiful blues eyes and light brown hair. He grew up to be a very handsome, smart man… and I am very proud to call him my son. He married a woman named Christina and they had a little girl, Liz.
Jones died of Pancreatic cancer when he was 47. He was having a lot of pain in his upper abdomen and he was getting really nauseas. He though he just had the flu or something until he started dropping weight dramatically. I told him he needed to go see a doctor and when I took him, the doctor told him he would have to go for further testing. Later that month he was diagnoses with Pancreatic cancer. He started chemotherapy about a week later but it didn't work. The cancer got to his Lymphatic system and spread though out his body and finally two years later it got to his brain. That was probably the hardest loss I have ever had to go though.
Jones was my best friend and the reason I found the love of my life. He was selfless, he never got jealous of me and Robbie, and even until his last breath, he was there for me. I don't know what I would have done if I didn't have him as a friend.
Robbie and I were closer than ever after his death. Robbie comforted me. He knew that I loved him and that he was the greatest thing in my life, but there was always going to be something missing in me now. He understood me, he loved, and he tried his hardest to make me happy all the time. He is an amazing man and I will love him forever. Even if forever is only a few more years, the forever that we have spent together already is good enough for me…
The end
And that's a wrap lol. I don't know why I always do that but whatever. Well I figured I always kill someone in my stories so why not in this one too. Jones was my favorite character in this story… there is just something friendship that is a little bit more important than everything else. Yes, love is one hell of an amazing thing but if we didn't have friendship, we'd be alone forever. Jones is kind of that ideal friend the one everyone wants. I based him off of one of my friends but of course I changes a little bit. He's a guy; she's a girl, the whole crush thing, ect. But if you're ever lucky enough to have a friend like him, don't ever let them slip away.
Thanks again to all of my readers! I love you guys so much! You're the only reason I write. To be honest 2 years I remember writing my own little stories in note books and hiding them from the world. Then I started writing them on my computer but I hid them in these really hidden files. Only this year did Ariana4Ever get me to write one. And if you remember I said that "I get it if you hate it because I can't write." Well I guess I was wrong. Thank you for the amazing review and the awesome comments. I love it how some of you literally yell at me when I do something you don't like. That always gives me a laugh. I have gotten many "I HATE YOU"s on twitter from a few people. It cracks me up. But really, thank you, you guys are always the thing that cheers me up and makes me smile.
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