Mattie turned away from the mirror when she heard yet another knock on the door. "Who is it?" she called out, not rising from the vanity.

"It's Maxie and Georgie," Maxie said as she opened the door and stepped inside. Indeed it was her and Georgie, followed by the rest of their entourage.

"I saw Dad in the hall," Mackenzie said as she came to fiddle with a few stray pieces of Mattie's hair. "He said that you were nearly ready."

Mattie smiled, nodded. "Yes, I'm so ready."

"But not quite put together," Maxie said, reaching in her monstrous bag to pull out a box. "Tradition."

Mattie rolled her eyes. "Can't have bad luck on my wedding day."

"Of course not," Georgie said, handing Mattie a small box. "Here's the something blue. It's my understanding that your mother wore them on her wedding day. They were mine…from before."

Mattie took the box, her eyes tearing up as she opened it to study the blue sapphire earrings. "They're beautiful."

"Uncle Mac gave them to me on my high school graduation. Maxie just gave them back to me today. I thought that it was appropriate for you to wear them," Georgie replied, her own eyes leaking tears.

"Oh Georgie," Mattie breathed, moving to hug her aunt. "Thank you, so much."

"Now me. Here's the something borrowed," Maxie said, handing Mattie a second jewelry box. When Mattie opened it, she continued, "I wore the pendant on my wedding day. It was from Spinelli. I think it will suit your dress."

"Suit? Oh my God, Maxie. It's gorgeous. Who knew that Spinelli had such taste in jewelry?" Mattie replied, taking the necklace out of its box and allowing her sister to put it on her.

Maxie smiled. "I thought that very same thing, almost twenty years ago. And your tiara serves as something new, so that just leaves the something old." She glanced at Mattie, then Georgie, a smile lifting her lips.

"That's my cue, I believe," said a familiar voice from behind them. Maxie smiled wider as Mattie whipped around to face her grandmother.

"Grandma!" she squealed, moving as quickly as her dress allowed her into Anna's arms.

Anna squeezed her granddaughter, mindful of the beautiful dress. "Oh my beautiful girl." She leaned back to see the full-length image. "You are so beautiful."

Mattie, still not believing that her grandmother was here, in Port Charles, at her wedding, could barely speak. "But what are you doing here?"

Anna smiled wider, placing a gentle kiss on Mattie's cheek. "Do you think that I would miss my eldest granddaughter's wedding? Never in a million years." She turned to the other women. "Do you mind? I'll help our girl fix her makeup and catch up on a little girl-talk."

"No, no. We'll just be in the other room. Let us know when you are ready to go," Maxie answered for everyone, leading Georgie and Mackenzie out of the room.

Anna caught her youngest granddaughter as she left the room. "We will have to catch up as well, Mackenzie Mae. Soon."

Mackenzie nodded, placing a kiss on her grandmother's cheek. "Definitely. But first we have a wedding." She shut the door behind herself and then Anna and Mattie were alone.

Anna turned back to Mattie, hugging her again before leading her back to the vanity. "Come. Let's tidy that face. Your hair looks decent. Your sister did a good job on it, I'd say."

Mattie, soothed by the familiar briskness of Anna's English accent, still had a hard time believing that Anna had made it to Port Charles. "But how—you said that you were busy."

Anna smiled, brushing rouge over Mattie's cheeks. "I was busy, but my business was wrapped up quickly enough. Doing consulting work with the WSB isn't nearly as fun as being in the action, but it pays the bills. And keeps me from total boredom. Now enough about me. Tell me about you."

Mattie blew out a breath. "What's there to tell? I'm getting married to the love of my life." She shook her head. "I still don't see how you can still work at your age."

Anna laughed, reapplying the mascara. "I may be old, but I'm as spry as I was twenty-five years ago. And it's not like I'm really working. I'm teaching, for Pete's sake."

"Well I'm so glad that you are here. I can't have my mom, but I can at least have my grandma." Mattie put a hand over Anna's.

"Your mom so wished that she made it to see this day. She was so proud of you," Anna said. Then she grinned. "And she always knew that you would marry Morgan Corinthos."

Mattie smiled then. "Yes, she did. Even when I doubted it, she always knew." She brushed a tear from her eye.

Anna frowned, and patted Mattie's shoulder. "No more tears. Today is a happy day! Robin would want you to be happy."

"I know." She took a deep breath. "Okay, I think that I'm good. In fact, I'm ready to get married." She glanced at the clock; saw that it was almost time for the ceremony to start.

"Oh wait. Not before I give you the something old," Anna said, moving quickly to her pack to dig out a box. "I know that you have a tiara for your head, but I thought that these would work well with your updo." She opened the box, turning it so Mattie could see the delicate jeweled hair combs.

Mattie covered her mouth with her hand. "Oh Grandma. They're so beautiful."

Anna smiled. "They belonged to a very good friend of mine…and your mother's. Filomena brought these from Italy when she was a bride. I would think that she would want you to have them."

Mattie smiled. "Thank you. Will you put them in for me?"

Anna nodded, tears filling her eyes as she slipped the combs in around the hair that Mackenzie had worked so hard to do. Then she dropped her hands, kissing Mattie's cheek. "You look so beautiful. Morgan isn't going to believe his eyes when he sees you coming down that aisle."

Mattie took a breath, rose, arranging her dress so that it flowed nicely. "I hope so. Okay, I'm ready. Let's go get married."

Anna smiled, went to open the door, and motioned to Maxie who gave a thumbs up sign. "We're ready!"

Mattie took her bouquet from her sister who was her maid-of-honor. She followed Anna and Maxie down the hall toward the sanctuary where music was pouring out.

As she took her position in front of the closed doors, her father stepped up to meet her. "Hello beautiful."

"Hi Daddy. I'm ready."

Patrick smiled, kissing her cheek. "Good. So am I and so is Morgan." He nodded to Maxie who opened the doors just as the organ switched to the wedding march.

Mackenzie went first, moving slowly down the aisle. When she'd reached the front of the church, Mattie took a deep breath. Here goes nothing, she thought, glancing at her father and taking a step.

She wouldn't remember the walk down the aisle later. All she saw was Morgan's shining eyes watching her every move. Somehow she managed to get the front of the church where Morgan took her hand.

She smiled as her father kissed her cheek and took his seat next to her grandmother. Morgan turned to her, smiling. "Hello gorgeous," he murmured for her ears alone.

She took another breath as they both turned to Father Coates who cleared his throat and spoke. "We are gathered here today to witness the union between Morgan Stone Corinthos and Matilda Filomena Scorpio-Drake, who are here today to pledge their love and commitment."

Father Coates took a breath, opened his little book. "Marriage is a union of faith, commitment, love, and pain. It takes two people who are strong enough to weather the good and the bad. It is important that we are here today to act as witnesses to this union in hopes that it will be long and fruitful." He turned, faced Morgan. "I understand that you have each written your own vows. Would you like to go first, Morgan?"

Morgan nodded, gripped Mattie's hand. He only had eyes for her. "Mattie. I have never met another woman like you. You are generous, beautiful, hardworking, loyal and most of all, one of a kind. I stand here today to tell you that I have loved you since you were a teenager. I tried to ignore it, but you were persistent. You believed that we were meant together and now, look at us. I promise to love you for as long as I live, to be with you, and to support you in all that you accomplish. I love you and will always love you."

Mattie wiped a tear from her eye as the priest turned to her. "Mattie, you have words for Morgan?"

She nodded, faced the love of her life. "My words are short. I have loved you since I was too young to really know what love was. You taught me what it meant and how it felt. You were always there for me, when I graduated from high school, college and medical school. And you were there for some of the darkest days of my life, reminding me why I needed to keep going. I thank you for that and so much more. I love you with my whole heart and am so looking forward to spending the rest of my life with you."

"With these words in our hearts, we watch this union form with the hope that it will be created tightly enough to withstand even the hardest of pull," Father Coates said. "Do you have the rings?"

Morgan took the rings from Cameron, who was standing in as his best man. He took Mattie's hand as the Priest spoke again.

"Do you Morgan Stone Corinthos promise to love, cherish, and honor this woman until death do you part?"

"I do." Morgan slid the diamond band on Mattie's finger.

"And do you, Matilda Filomena Scorpio-Drake promise to love, cherish and honor this man till death do you part?"

"I do." Mattie did the same with Morgan's ring.

Father Coates turned back to the audience. "Then by the power of God and the state of New York, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."

Morgan pulled Mattie to him, lowering his head to hers as he captured her lips with his. The entire church was filled with thunderous applause as Mattie and Morgan broke apart and turned back down the aisle, this time as husband and wife.

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I hope that you enjoyed the second part of the wedding. I also hope that it lived up to your hopes. Again, this story is coming down to the end. I will have two epilogue chapters after this one. Look for them tomorrow and the following day. Enjoy! And please review!