Chapter Fourty-Five:

Spinelli stood by the alter waiting for the music to begin. They had already dealt with a minor temper tantrum with Cameron over having to stay in the suit, but that was quickly mended by giving him a cookie. The rehearsal gone over by two hours because of Maxie having to make sure everything was perfect, but it was worth it. So far it was. The flowers, the dresses, every little detail had come out exactly how Maxie wanted it. Which was could considering a couple members of the press were trying to get pictures of Kate Howard's protege getting married to "rumored former mob boss" Sonny Corinthos' son. He could only imagine how it would be when Sonny and Kate got married.

If he thought he couldn't believe it more, he really couldn't believe it now. He, Damien Spinelli was about to get married. Not just to any girl either. He was about to marry Mariah Maximilliana Jones! He was marrying the beautiful, smart, feisty, fashion genius - the most perfect woman he had ever known. Even more amazing was that she was marrying him. His Maximista truly loved him. He decided that now, in this moment - his life was perfect.

He looked at the crowd. Maxie's family was there - and so was his. That still felt like such a marvel, but it was true he had a family. His father and grandfather were smiling at him. He had even decided to offer an olive branch and invite his Uncle Ric - to his shock, the man had actually shown up. Jason was there too, with Carly, Jax, Alexis and Molly. Nicholas was sitting behind them with Spinelli's little cousin Spencer, Elizabeth and Jake were next to them.

Mac would be on the front row of Maxie's side with both of Maxie's parents. He knew it meant a lot to Maxie that they were their, even though she wouldn't admit it. Felicia was holding baby Michaela and Bobbie was sitting by him. Various members of the hospital staff and, well, pretty much the rest of the town were scattered around to fill up most of the remaining seats. It seemed to Spinelli that every person he had met since coming to Port Charles who was still alive was there to watch him get married.

And then it was starting. Spinelli tried to hide his nerves as people filed up into neat rows on either side of him. He gave a quick glance at Michael who smiled in amusement at Spinelli's obvious nervousness. A chair had been set up behind Michael in case he needed it, reminding everyone that the smiling, healthy looking boy was not even two months out of a coma. He looked at his little line of groomsmen, Patrick, Johnny, Milo and Max. They were all giving him looks of encouragement.

He looked at the other line of people on the other side of the alter. Robin, Maxie's maid of honor and the bridesmaids, Leyla, Nadine, Kate and Sam. Then came what Spinelli deemed one of the cutest sights ever. Kristina came walking out with Morgan and Kristina on either side of her. Cameron looked worried and for a second Spinelli was afraid that he might have been to young to be involved to, but the Kristina whispered something to him and he smiled.

They started to walk down the aisle with Kristina meticulously scattering the petals as evenly as possible as she walked. There was a seemingly endless chorus of "aw"'s. Finally they got up to the others and Kristina went to stand by Sam and Michael gently directed Cameron and Morgan to stand by Max. They got the children settled and then the music changed and everyone stood to watch as the beautiful bride came in. Michael turned to Spinelli. "You ready?" he whispered. Spinelli nodded.

Then there she was. She was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen in his life. She had on a long white dress with red trim that had been custom designed just for her. She had a tiera in her hair with a veil attached and there was a red rose pinned behind her left ear. She was beaming from ear to ear. His breath caught at the sight of her. "She is so ... amazing." he whispered to no one in particular. The preacher just smiled and nodded. "She is." Michael agreed.

As she walked down the aisle with Mac and her father by her sides, neither she or Spinelli took their eyes of each other. Everyone could see that it would be impossible for them to be any more in love. Mac and Frisco gave Maxie away together and she turned to look at the true love of her life. Michaela cooed her approval. Everyone gave a quite laugh at the baby. The smile never left Maxie's face as she took a deep breath and prepared to say her vows.

As the preacher began to have them recite their vows, Maxie felt like she was floating on a cloud. Spinelli was in a similar state as well, but they both meant every single word. They never looked away from each others eyes as they promised to love each other forever. They finally got to the words Maxie had been waiting on for her entire life and neither had even been more serious as they repeated "I do.". Then came the words that Spinelli had waited on for his entire life - "You may now kiss the bride.". He lifted her veil and did just that.

Spinelli didn't notice the tears in the woman's eyes or Morgan's comment of "Yuck!" and Maxie didn't either. When they finally pulled away from each other they turned to the audience and the preacher announced to the world that they were now "Mr. and Mrs. Damien Spinelli". Maxie thought she could listen to those words for the rest of her life. Spinelli couldn't help himself, he kissed her again. The room broke out into happy applause as they all headed for the reception.

The reception was Metro Court, though Mike had insisted on making the cake. Said cake was proudly displayed in the center of the room. Maxie thought it was perfect, just like the rest of the day. It was a giant white cake with little red roses all over it and a traditional bride and groom wedding topper. "It's so pretty, Grandpa Mike!" little Kristina declared when she saw it. Carly had to take a picture of everything before it could be touched. She insisted that she had to have plunty of pictures of "her only step-sons wedding". She couldn't be convinced that he wasn't technically her step-son. Jax said it was because it sounded better then "my son's half-brother".

Finally, it came time for Spinelli and Maxie to cut the cake. Spinelli gently fed Maxie a bite, while Maxie went for the traditional rubbing it all over his face. That had everyone in the room laughing and soon everyone had sat down to eat and happily chat with each other. Michael sat with Max and Milo after declaring that if he was old enough to be the best man, he was old enough to sit with the adults when Mike tried to sit him between Morgan and Spencer. Molly kept asking everyone where the ice cream was.

After eating, the headed off to dance. Maxie wouldn't tell Spinelli what the song she had picked out for them to dance to was. He blushed heavily when he realized it was part of the Christmas gift he had given her when she had discovered he could sing. She laughed and told him it was the only song that would do and made sure to announce that it was him singing it before they began to dance. Everyone watching had to admit that "My Funny Valentine" fit the moment quite well.

Everyone applauded again when they finished and the others filtered in to dance. Spinelli quickly grabbed Kristina and winked at Maxie who pulled Michael over to dance. Together they danced with all the children before getting back to each other. Though Mac and Frisco each asked to cut in once, they spent the rest of the time dancing together. After dancing with Kristina, Michael offered to take Michaela so Robin could dance. At first she insisted she was fine, but then she realized the child was looking for an excuse to sit down as he was still recovering from his coma. So Michael "danced" Michaela around in his lap for a while. Kristina kept pulling Cameron over to dance, but the other children ended up playing in a corner.

Everyone coupled off for one last dance before it was time to leave. Though most people paired with the obvious choices there were a lesser known couples. Max and Diane danced together again and Milo and Leyla did as well. Felicia almost embarrassed Spinelli to death by dancing over to him and Maxie and loudly asking when she could expect grandchildren. As the song drew to a close Spinelli whispered to Maxie "Will you be my Valentine?". Maxie smiled and declared "Forever!" before kissing him again.

The End

Author's Note: I hope you guys like it! Please let me know what you think of the ending and the story as a whole. I wrote a good bit of this while baby-sitting my one year old cousin who really wanted to help type, so I hope it's ok. Thank you so much again to everyone for all the reviews, story alerts, author alerts and favorite story's!