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JOHN

Today is June 15th, 2013; the day of mine and Natalie's wedding. I have waited 9 years for this day to come. If you were to ask me 9 years ago if I would be getting ready to marry the woman I have loved the most in my life I would tell you no. Nine years ago I lost the only girl I have ever cared about and the only girl I have loved with every part of my being and one day she just told me we were done. I had my job, I had my movie and I had my title run in the future but I didn't have that one thing that truly and only mattered to me and that was Natalie. My life over the course of those nine years were probably the hardest years of my life. I wanted to be with Natalie, I needed to be with Natalie but I could never find her. I searched and searched for her but I never found her. I never understood why she left me but now I see. She did it for me so that I could be happy but I was never truly happy without her. I settled on the first girl I met after her; Ashley and we all know how that turned out. I honestly believe I didn't truly love Ashley and she was there to fill a void in my life; a void that she couldn't even fill. It was years of fighting and yelling. We were both worth so much more than that. I settled for what I could find not what I deserved and Ashley settled for me because of my money. So neither of us were really in it for the love. It was a marriage made in hell and the biggest mistake of my life.

Some would say that I was obsessed with Natalie but I just call it holding onto hope. I guess a part of me always hoped that I would see her again. A part of me always hoped for a life with her but many would have called my hope an empty one. I believed in my hope. I believed the day would come and I would find Natalie again. I just knew it would happen and then May 2012 it all changed. My hope came true. Fate was on my side and I keep thinking if Randy hadn't been suspended from the company for those weeks I would have never been in Hershey, PA that night and I never would have seen Natalie. Fate was ready to take me down the road that I had been waiting for since April 2004. Everything in my life changed that night that I saw her again and I do mean everything. I found out I had a 7 year old daughter that I never knew about. I missed 7 years of her life and didn't get to be a father for 7 years because I never knew about her. I wish I had; everything would have been different. I know that it would have. I guess I was meant to take the road that I did but it led me back to the road I should have taken years ago.

"Are you ready for this, Man?" asks Randy as he puts his hand on my shoulder.

"Yeah," I say as I fix my bright blue tie. "I've been ready for this for 9 years now."

"You deserve this. You have been through so much you deserve this. I'm glad that you, Angelina, Natalie and Gabriel can be a family now."

"We have always been a family," I say. "Is Natalie beautiful?"

"I can't tell you," he says. "You'll have to wait and see when she comes down the aisle," says Randy.

"I'm sure she is," I say thinking about Natalie in her wedding dress looking as beautiful as ever. I can't wait to see her. I can't lie I am really nervous about this day. I am nervous about the entire ceremony but I know in the end it's always going to be okay.

"You look nervous," says Randy.

"I am."

"Why? You have waited so long for this. You should be happy," he says.

"I am happy but I'm still nervous about it all. What if I mess up? What if I forget what I'm supposed to say? What if I forget my vows?"

"If you say it from your heart you won't forget your vows," says Randy. It is something I would never expect from him but it's true. If I use the words from my heart then I won't have problems remembering my vows. I don't need them written down on a piece of paper. I love Natalie and without her my life would be nothing.

"I know," I say.

"And don't be nervous everything will be all right."

"Were you nervous when you married Sam?" I ask.

"Of course I think everyone gets nervous on their wedding day," says Randy, "but who wouldn't? It's like you're losing your man card." Now that is something I would expect Randy to say.

"Did you cry?" I ask.

"Are you going to cry?" he asks me.

"No," I say. "I am not going to cry."

"We'll see. I know I cried," says Randy.

"You cried? I won't be crying," I say.

"Like I said we'll see," he says. "It will happen."

"No it won't," I say, "I'm too nervous to cry."

"You do have a delayed reaction to everything," he says.

"I do not," I say.

"I have wrestled with you for over 10 years. I know you better than you know yourself," he says.

"Sure, Randy," I say as there is a knock on the door. "Come in," I say.

The door opens and it is the pastor. "It's time," he says.

"It's time?" I ask. I am starting to freak out.

"It's time," he says. "Come on let's go."

"This is it," says Randy as he grabs onto my shoulder. "Forever and always after this point."

"I know," I say with a smile as I walk out with Randy and my groomsmen: Zack, my brothers Matt and Dan and Natalie's brother.

I am shaking as I wait to walk up the aisle to the arch in front of the garden where I will marry the woman I love. I begin to walk up the aisle to where I meet the pastor. The music begins to play and the wedding party walk down the aisle. My best man Randy and Natalie's maid of honor Kate walk down the aisle together and split to two sides as they reach the arch. They are followed by the bridesmaids and the groomsmen. They are followed by Natalie's mom carrying Gabriel down the aisle as he holds a small pillow as he is our ring bearer. He looks so cute in his black pants, white shirt and bright blue vest. They are followed by Angelina our flower girl. She walks down the aisle in her white dress with a bright blue bow on her waist and her hair up in a bun surrounded by a tiara. She smiles at me as she takes her walk down the aisle. She elegantly drops blue rose petals on the white aisle as she smiles at those watching her. She makes her way to the front and takes her stand and soon I hear the famous wedding march music and the guests stand to look at Natalie. I feel tears burn in my eyes as she appears wearing a white strapless wedding dress with organza flow. She has her hair pulled up into a ponytail with curls with a tiara and a small veil. Our eyes meet and she has tears in her eyes. She looks absolutely beautiful.

*A/N: So what did you think?Please review and thank-you for reading. The conclusion of the story is in the next chapter. Only one chapter left till the end. Thank-you so much.