Spinelli beamed as he stood beside Jason, his best man. Emma threw the flower petals as CJ held the pillow that held the ring. He and Lulu had taken the long way on the path to their romance, but they'd finally reached the ultimate destination.
She was so beautiful! He couldn't believe she'd chosen him. He'd tried so hard to get her to fall in love with him, then accepted the fact that she never would. Then she'd lost her memory and fallen in love with him and he'd almost refused to risk everything again.
Not for the first time, he sent a silent thank you to Georgie. He firmly believed that she'd taken Lulu's memory temporarily to remind her of what she had. That loss had given her and Spinelli the push they needed to be together, which had always been Spinelli's deepest desire, even when he'd forced himself to deny it. Georgie wanted Spinelli to be happy, and he knew she'd been the one to facilitate the events that led to this day.
That had been the reason he'd picked today to get married. He and Lulu had asked Maxie if it would be OK with her, worrying that she would be hurt that they'd picked the anniversary of her sister's death as their wedding day. Maxie had tearfully said she couldn't think of a better day. She and Spinelli agreed that they'd spent enough time being sad on this day, and that Georgie would want them to make a happy memory to balance the sadness. She also agreed, with gratitude, to be Lulu's Matron of Honor.
Lulu smiled as she walked down the isle to her groom on her father's arm. Laura, who had recovered miraculously shortly after Lulu had regained her memory, beamed at both of them. Nikolas and Nadine looked happy; Lucky looked stone-faced. Sam cried silently; she always cried at weddings.
She looked over at Spinelli's Granny, who gave her a gentle smile. Granny looked over warmly at her grandson.
"You've grown into a fine man, Damien Spinelli," she mouthed, "and I'm sure you'll be a fine daddy someday."
Spinelli nodded to acknowledge that he'd heard her. Lulu saw his face light up. Praise from Granny was rare.
As she reached him and the minister began to speak, Lulu also thanked Georgie. Spinelli's conviction that it had been Georgie who had put him and Lulu together was absolutely unshakable. She'd lost count of how many times she'd thanked whatever higher power for the accident that had given her back her self and led her to the true love who had been there even when Lulu had denied him. She never lost sight of the fact that she'd almost thrown him away because of her own selfish decisions. Today she would promise him again that she was his forever and that as husband and wife, each would be the other's most trusted and loyal friend.