25 years later……

Stella, Lindsay, Peyton and Sarah were once again standing in the back of a church waiting for the ceremony to begin. Lindsay looked at her daughter, standing in front of her in a beautiful wedding gown and could not help but smile.

"You look just like your mother did on her wedding day." Stella said as she looked at her god daughter.

"Thanks Aunt Stella." Lindsay could tell that Bella was fighting back tears already. Lindsay could also feel tears beginning to form as she watched her younger daughter, Daniella Montana Messer, help her sister with Sarah's pearl necklace. It was her something borrowed, just as it had been her mother's something borrowed.

Even through Ella was two years younger than Bella; they might as well have been twins. The both looked exactly like Lindsay. Bella was a school teacher and Ella was in her second year of law school.

They, along with their younger brother, were Mac's pride and joy. Mac and Peyton were married now, but had never had any children of their own. They were too busy helping raise the Messer children and wouldn't have it any other way. They had both since retired and Mac had turned the lab over to Stella.

Sarah and Flack were still married and like Danny and Lindsay, still going strong. Scott was there only child and he was the spitting image of his father. Scott had just graduated from the academy and was about to become a third generation officer. Flack could not have been prouder.

Stella and Ron remained hot and heavy up till the day he was kill in the line of duty 13 years ago. Like most lab techs he eventually wanted to start working in the field and after two years of begging Mac finally agreed. He quickly became on of the best CSI's in the lab. Even after 12 years together they never got married. Stella kept insisting that she did not need a ring or a piece of paper to validate how she felt. The day that Ron died had been a dark day in the lab.

Lindsay turned when she heard a slight knock on the door.

"Mom, can I come in? Everyone decent?"

"Sure honey, come on in." Lindsay replied as she opened the door for her son, Ronald Flack Messer. Ron was only 13 and was sort of a happy accident, as Danny like to say. He was born just one month after Ron had been killed and Danny wanted nothing more than to name his son after him. Danny and Ron had become really good friends and his death hit Danny hard.

"Dad said that it is time." Ron said as his mother straightened his tie.

"Well we are just about ready. Go ahead and tell you father to come on down."

Ron headed back to the rear of church were the guys were waiting.

"Dad, mom said they are ready and for you to come on down." Danny patted his son on the back and left the room. Ron looked at the groom and laughed at how nervous he looked. Mac was standing in front of the young man tying his tie, just like he had done for Flack all those years ago.

"Scott, I am going to tell you the same thing I told Danny and your father on their wedding day." Mac paused, making sure he had the man's full attention. "I am very happy for you. Bella is an amazing girl, but if you hurt her in any way, I will kill you."

"Jeez, Uncle Mac. It is good to know where you loyalties are." Scott felt beads of sweat forming on his forehead and Flack laughed as he watched his son squirm under Mac's intense glare.

"She is my god daughter! You will do good to remember that."

"I will Uncle Mac and I promise to never do anything to hurt her. I love her will all of my heart." That was enough to appease Mac and he patted Scott on his back.

"Come on son lets get you married." Flack said as he led his son out of the room.

Danny stood in front of the door trying to calm his nerves. He had been dreading this day since Bella and Scott announced they were getting married. Bella was and would always be his little girl and the thought of her all grown up killed him. He slowly opened the door and what he saw in front of him took his breath away. There is front of him was his oldest daughter looking like an angel.

"Honey, you look beautiful." Danny said, fighting back tears.

"Daddy, you're going to make me cry." Bella said as she looked back at her father fighting back her own tears. Lindsay, of course, already had tears pouring down her face.

"Well we cannot have that, no can we?" Danny smiled as he walked over to Bella. "They will kill me if I cause you to ruin your makeup." He motioned to the women in the room. "But you do look beautiful honey. You look just like you mother." Danny placed a gentle kiss on his daughter's forehead.

A few minutes later the ceremony began and Danny walked his daughter down the aisle.

"Who gives this woman away to be married?" The preacher asked.

"Her mother and I do." Danny forced himself to say. It was not that he did not like Scott. In fact he loved Scott, after all he was his god son, but in Danny's eyes not even his god son was good enough for his daughter. Scott stepped down and shook Danny's hand. Danny leaned in and began to whisper in Scott's ear, so that only he could hear. "I am assuming that Mac has already talked to you?" Scott gave a quick nod. "Well what he says goes double for me." Danny stepped back grinning from ear to ear.

THE END