What she found astounded her.
"Jules." A voice said.
It was Sam. She saw his beautiful face. Him. He was standing there. He was wearing a tux and holding something. A dress. A beautiful wedding dress, but it wasn't just any dress. She had seen this dress before. "That's my- ,that's my-…" She could hardly speak.
"It's your mother's dress." Sam spoke. He walked towards her. "Put it on Jules, please, we have to do this."
"What? Why now? Here? Where? What!" She couldn't even put words together into a sentence she was in such shock.
"Jules, I love you. Put it on, everything else is a surprise." He stood there, facing her. He knew it was bad luck, but he knew that nothing could be worse than some things that have happened the past few months. He helped her put on the beautiful dress, and he cringed at every sight of the thick bruises on her arms and legs.
"How'd you get it Sam?" Jules asked. "Well, lets just say, I met your father." He said, knowing that her father was mad about not hearing of the birth of their son or anything else that had happened between them.
They both stared into the mirror, and she watched as Sam came behind her and placed another diamond around her neck. She closed her eyes with a shiver, not believing what was about to happen.
"Sam, do the others know about this?"
"It's a surprise." He replied. She now knew why no one else had wondered where he was during practice.
She continued to apply make-up over the visible bruises. "I'll be right back" Sam said, as he walked out of her locker room. He entered the large briefing room built for the entire station to be in at once. This was where he found all of the guys from multiple teams dressed in suits and sipping wine. He called Greg over.
"Greg, will you do something for me." Sam asked.
"Sure buddy, what?" Greg replied.
"Her father wanted nothing to do with this… Nothing to do with our life together. I want you to escort her. Please Sarge. She needs you, you are the closest to a father she has." Sarge nodded following Sam's request.
"Oh and Sarge." Sam added. "I haven't told her about our deal yet." Sarge nodded once more.
Sam entered her locker room again. He found Jules, confident and beautiful, waiting for him.
He grabbed her hand and walked her towards the briefing room. She saw Sarge, dressed in a fine suit, with his hand out. Sam headed into the briefing room and everyone took a seat.
"Sarge, what about the rules. Did you know about this?" Jules said frantically.
"Jules. The rules have been changed. While you were gone, me and Sam had a long talk."
"But he"- Jules interrupted.
"He tried to keep this a secret. The rules are now, no on and off crazy dating. When it gets to the fact that a child and family is involved, the rules tend to bend a bit." Greg added.
Jules smiled and took a deep breath.
The doors to the briefing room opened automatically by the push of a button.
The guys turned in their chairs when they saw Jules, their so-called little sister, about to get married to their teammate, and she was dressed beautifully. She looked the most beautiful they had ever seen her.
Jules turned to Greg. "What about Sammie? I can't get married without him here." Greg pointed to the front row of the chairs where she saw Sam knelt over a carrier beside Wordy and Spike. She smiled.
That was when Sam stood back up beside a minister, and music began to play. "Jules?" Greg said as he took her arms in his. She walked as he escorted her down the aisle, and she stared at Sam in his ice blue eyes. Once they go to the front, Greg gave her a hug and kissed her forehead. Jules smiled and took her soon- to- be husband's hands.
After all the I-do's, the "You may now kiss the bride came." Jules stared into Sam's eyes, and he stared into hers and together she shared a deep, passionate kiss, knowing they would be together forever. Jules took their son in her arms and her other hand in Sam's. They walked back up the aisle followed by a whistle from Ed, and a loud yell from Lewis.
"Sam." Jules whispered as they left the briefing room. "I love you." She said as he smiled. He kissed her once more, then kissed his son. Jules stared at her ring as Sam caressed her face. She couldn't believe that the man she had a child from, had gone through a terribly terrifying part in her life with, and many other problems, was now her husband. A man to protect her, and be with her, and they still had their jobs, so they could be together…. forever.
She was now Jules Braddock. "I like it." She thought, as they turned to face their teammates who smiled back at them, proud of her for finally finding who she really was…A wife and mother.
