I will always love you- Whitney Huston

Nikki Caetano sat at her dressing table on what was supposed to be the happiest day of her life, but somehow she felt slightly empty. Turning on her radio, and tuning to her favourite station that was having a movie soundtrack marathon. She began to apply her make-up when I will always love you from the bodyguard started to play. Putting down her brush, she could swear she could hear a male voice singing very out of tune.

Bittersweet memories
That is all I am taking with me
So goodbye, please don't you cry
'Cause we both know I'm not what you need
And I will always love you
I will always love you

Suddenly she saw her old and one true love ET in her mirror behind her. Wiping her head around she could see nothing.

"ha ha Your face Nav, it's a picture."
"Josh?" she stammered

And I will always love you
And I will always love you
And I will always love you

Nikki opened her dresser draw, and pulled out a picture of her and ET, taken when they were on R&R on one of the small islands, it was happier times. Silently crying for the fact that she wished it was ET she was walking down the aisle to. She loved Pete, he was the old buffer from Hammersley, and has her rock through the time after she pulled josh's lifeless body from the shore. But ET was her one true love, Pete knew this, and still loved her. She was brought back to reality by a knock on her bedroom door.

"Nikki, need any help?" came the voice of her best friend, Kate. " oh and bomber has made you some scran,"
" thanks, I'm almost finished my makeup, I'll be through in a second," she replied quickly before wiping the black streaks where her mascara had run " oh Kate, do you have any waterproof mascara? I think I might need it?"

"You look like a panda Nik," the voice came again, and she could see ET, laughing
"shut it Josh,"

Kate walked in just as Nikki was talking to an empty void

"Waterproof mascara," Kate said placing it on the table, next to the photo.
"oh, Nikki. He would want you to be happy," Kate said pulling Nikki in for a hug.

"X, Nav, cars are hear," came the voice of bomber, addressing her old bosses by their navy nicknames

"We will be through in a minuet, it the brides duty to be late," Kate called back zipping the back of Nikki's dress up
" all our navy training and we will still be late," Nikki laughed as Kate walked out giving Nikki some time on her own.

I hope life treats you kind
And I hope you have all you've dreamed of
I wish you joy and happiness
But above all, I wish you love

" I will always love you too josh," Nikki set a silent message to him. Realizing that he had gone, she put the photo back in the draw. She walked out of her room and hugged her two bridesmaids before heading to the church.