A/N: This is chapter 2, as you may have guessed this one is in fact about the bride getting ready for the big day... It was kinda obvious... Anyway, the song for this chapter is called 'I'll Always Remember You.' by Kristen Price.
The beautiful bride stood in her room alone. The gleaming bright sun glistened off her body and made her almost shimmer; she was truly a beautiful sight.
She was getting ready for the biggest and most important day of her life; the last thing to complete her glamorous white outfit was placing the veil on her head. She brushed back the thin netting over her hair and smiled at her reflection reassuringly.
River Song was ready to get married...
Her dress was made of an elegant white silk that flowed gently against her legs and stopped at her ankles. The torso was fitted and showed off her curvy body and a fair amount of chest. It had strappy sleeves with shimmering glitter. Her dark golden curls were pinned back in a formal bun with short strands hanging out either side and she had tiny flowers placed on her brushed back hair.
The relationship between her and her husband-to-be had always been complicated but life with the Doctor always had to be. She knew it, and she loved it!
I'll always remember you
Carry your dreams until they come true
Each breath that I take
Each moment away
I'll always remember you
She enjoyed the unexpected adventures they would go on together, the things they see beyond imagination. The Doctor knew how to please her, how to spoil her and how to love her.
River sat down on her bed and picked up the blue diary that rested on the edge of the bed and she stoked the outside, each bump and crevice just like the TARDIS, her new home. Whenever the Doctor was away, she would use the diary to hold on to their memories together, to treasure them. Not even the universe collapsing with the Doctor on the other side could eliminate their love for each other.
Everywhere I walk I see your shadow
And when I close my eyes I see your face
Every song I sing I hear your melody
Because not a moment that goes by
When you're not on my mind
She opened the first page of the diary and she started to read the writing inside- it was her first meeting with the Doctor. The nostalgic energy lingered in the air around her and engulfed every part of her body. It's sweet and sensuous feeling was like nothing River had ever felt before.
Her heartbeat picked up in pace as she remembered how she felt whenever she was around him, whenever she saw his face, whenever she sensed his presence.
She continued to read each page of the diary, how her love for him started to blossom and grow until it erupted into certainty. At that point in the diary every word she used to describe him had changed into something more romantic, loving and sometimes even erotic.
You will always be my hero
Never scared, and braver than us all
Guiding light for me to follow
Always showing me the way
Right beside me every day
The Doctor was her life, the one thing that River couldn't exist without. He was her lover, and soon to be her husband who she will be with forever- and that was one of the few promises that she will keep.
Each memory that she revisited gave her even more reasons why he was the one man for her, the one who truly understood everything about her. River was always an enigmatic and secretive woman but the Doctor, when the time was right, could read her like a book. But, when he was away, there was no one to understand her, no one to love her and it made her feel so very alone- it was one of the few things that River was afraid of.
I'll always remember you
Carry your dreams until they come true
Each breath that I take
Each moment away
I'll always remember you
The last night had been difficult for her, to not be with him. For so very long she had been lucky enough to see him every day, in the right order. Time seemed to understand the love between these two very important people and the complexity of their lives had to stop even just for a little while so they could enjoy their passion.
The question of the moment was, how long was this luck going to last. River began to wonder if he would even turn up to the wedding, would it be the right time for him or would time revert back to its complexity- She only hoped it wouldn't.
Oh, oh yeah I'll remember (I'll remember)
Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (I'll remember)
Oh, for the sacrifice you made
And all the gifts you gave
After flicking through and reading every page of the diary, she had finally reached a blank page- room for today's events. River imagined how full it would be and just what she would want to write inside.
She hunted out a pen and began to write the first few words of the new chapter in her life. 'Time to get married...'
Those four words, she never thought of herself writing, she never thought of herself to be the marrying type either. But the Doctor truly loved her, and she truly loved him it was different to every other relationship she had been in. This one would last forever.
I'll always remember you
Carry your dreams until they come true
Each breath that I take
Each moment away
I'll always remember you (you, you)
She planned to come back to the rest of the writing later on, after the ceremony and hopefully before the honeymoon. This page was going to be full of every detail of the events that are due to happen in just a little while.
River smiled at the thought of soon becoming the wife of a time-lord, well a wife in general, and she gently closed the diary. The book was not going to leave her side; she was going to take it with her to the ceremony and on her honeymoon. It may spend a lot of time tucked away in the TARDIS but, she vowed that she will fill it in every day, with every little detail.
I'll always remember you
I'll carry your dreams until they come true
Each breath that I take
Each moment I wait
I'll always remember
Always remember
I'll always remember you
River walked over to the window and leaned out of it, resting her elbows on the window pane and her head on her hands. She could feel the cool and gentle breeze on her face and she closed her eyes embracing the gentle touch of the summer breeze. She was trying to create the perfect wedding ceremony in her mind. The Doctor had kept it a secret surprise for so long; he hadn't even given her a hint about anything to do with the wedding.
A faint and familiar sound started to hum through the winds and gradually began to grow louder each second. It was her ride, the TARDIS. The Doctor had sent it to pick her up; it was a little early just in case she was ready. The blue box emerged from the sunlight onto the green grass in front of the house and stood quietly awaiting River.
She ran down the stairs carrying her blue diary and she flung open the front door, and then kicked it closed with her foot as she stepped outside and she ran excitedly towards the TARDIS. As she entered, her heart was racing and pounding against her chest. She set the TARDIS to take off and it started to whisk her into her future.
"You and me, time and space..." she chorused as she remembered him saying something similar to her once. "Nothing can stop us now!" she beamed with her trademark grin.
In a matter of moments, the TARDIS had arrived and River waltzed to the door with her bouquet in hand and she took a deep breath. She was ready to become Mrs Doctor...