*Thank you for the reviews on the last chapter and thank you to everyone that read this series and followed Dean's and Ana's story. Unfortunately this is the final chapter of You're still The One. I hope that you all enjoy it.
"Wow, Mom," says Natalia as I walk out of the bathroom in my strapless white wedding dress with the bead work on my stomach and the lace overlay. My hair is curled with a waterfall braid. "You look like a princess," she says making me smile as I look at myself in the mirror. "I love your dress."
"Thanks," I say with a smile. "I love your dress too," I say talking about her yellow junior bridesmaid dress. "You look beautiful too."
"Thank-you," she says with a smile as Natalie comes over to put on my veil.
"Perfect," says Natalie as she gets the veil into my hair. "You look beautiful. I'm so happy for you, Ana. You deserve this more than anyone. The fan girls are going to go crazy when they find out you and Dean are officially married."
"I know," I say with a smile. "I hope Dean thinks I'm beautiful."
"He always does," says Natalie. "You don't have to worry about that."
"I know," I say with a smile as there is a knock on the door. Natalia walks over to open it and it's my dad.
"It's almost time to head to the garden," he says as he walks into the room dressed in his tuxedo. "Ana," he says as he stops in his tracks. "You look beautiful."
"Thank-you, Daddy," I say with a smile as he gives me a hug.
"I have something for you," he says as I see the tears forming in his eyes already.
"Dad, don't cry because if you cry you're going to make me cry," I say.
"I can't help it," he says, "you're just so beautiful and you're going to be someone's wife in a few hours. I remember when you were a little girl. What happened to the little girl that used to dance around the living room in her ballet tutus? What happened to the little girl that used to sit on my lap and I would read stories to her? You've grown up to be such a beautiful and intelligent woman. You are absolutely beautiful, Ana. I'm so proud of you," he says as he wipes a tear from his eye. He's making it so easy for me to lose it. "You're an amazing woman and you're an even more amazing mom. You have done such a great job with your life. I'm not ready to give you away but I know that I'm giving you to the man that deserves you and the man that will take care of you. I'm happy for the both of you."
"Thanks, Dad," I say as tears form in my own eyes.
"I want to give you this," he says handing me a necklace box. "This is the necklace your grandmother wore on her wedding day when she married your grandpa. I know you wish she could be here to see you get married but in a way with this she is. She always wanted you to have this."
I open the box and see a beautiful blue sapphire necklace. "It's beautiful," I say with tears in my eyes. "Thanks, Daddy," I say with a smile before I take it out of the box.
"You're welcome," he says with a smile before he kisses my cheek. "Let me put it on for you."
"Thank-you," I say as he puts the necklace on for me it feels perfect. "Daddy," I say turning to face him. "Thank-you for everything you've done for me. I know that we haven't always seen eye to eye on things and sometimes we fought but I always loved you. You brought the best out in me and raised me to be the woman I am today. When mom left you were there for me. You took over where she left off. I know you didn't like Dean at first but I'm glad that now you love him. I'm thankful for all the help you gave me and not only me but Dean as well. If it weren't for you, Dad we would never had made it to this point. You helped us a lot and I will never forget that. I love you so much, Daddy. I couldn't have asked for a better dad and even though you're giving me away today I will always be your little girl. I love you so much, Dad," I say with tears in my eyes.
"I love you too," he says with a soft smile before we share a hug. "Now let's go to that garden so you can marry your future."
"Okay," I say with a smile.
DEAN's POINT OF VIEW:
Roman, Seth, Rod and myself are standing in the garden that Ana and I are getting married in waiting for my beautiful bride and her party to arrive. I have never been more nervous for anything in my entire life. Roman touches my shoulder as we are standing in the middle of the rose garden next to the podium where the priest is going to stand to marry us. "This is it," he says. "Today is your day."
"I am ready," I say nervously, "but I have never been more nervous for anything in my entire life."
"Everything is going to be okay," he says as I look out at the guests taking their seats and some already sitting in their seats. Ana and I didn't separate our friends and family. We just allowed them to pick their own seats on whichever side they wanted to sit on. I look out to see my dad sitting with Ana's mom and our little sisters as well as Ana's sister Chastity. I see my friends from WWE and my WWE family. I see a few of my friends from my independent wrestling days and I see a lot of Ana's family and friends. Everything looks perfect. The podium is decorated with yellow and white flowers. The white pathway in the aisle has yellow and white flowers on each side. The arch where Ana and the rest of the wedding party are going to walk through is white with yellow flowers on it. I have a yellow flower in the pocket of my tuxedo while Roman, Seth and Rod have the same. The sky is so blue and the sun is shining down. The weather is perfect it's not too hot and it's not too cold it's just perfect, the perfect day to marry the woman that I love. "All right," says Roman. "We have to go get ready. I heard they are here. Good luck, Bro."
"Thanks," I say as my best man and my groomsmen walk to meet up with the girls.
My nerves get worse when the priest makes his way to the podium and the violinists start to play music. It's time to start my wedding. Ana's best friend and maid of honor Natalie and my best friend and best man Roman appear at the arch and make their way down the white aisle before separating to each side. Seth and Ana's friend Tara make their way next followed by Rod and Ana's friend Marissa. I get more nervous as I see Natalia looking beautiful in a yellow dress that falls just above her knees with her dirty blonde hair pulled up into a bun holding a small bouquet of white flowers while she pulls Oliver down the aisle in a red wagon. Inside the wagon Ollie sits in his light yellow shirt and grey suspenders and grey pants with his grey hat holding onto the rings Ana and I will be exchanging later. We decided to do the rings instead of the tattoos because the rings we are using belonged to Ana's grandmother and grandfather. It means a lot to her to use and it's something special for her. Inside the wagon is a sign that says, Daddy here comes mommy. I smile as I see the flower girl follow behind Natalia and Oliver. Rod helps wheel Oliver over to our side of the garden as the flower girl dressed in a beautiful yellow sundress makes her way down the aisle dropping a mixture of yellow and white flowers on the white path as she makes her way to the front.
The guests start to stand as the wedding march begins to play. Ana and her father appear in the archway. My heart skips a beat as I see Ana standing in her beautiful strapless dress, with the lace overlay and the beadwork on her stomach. Her veil perfectly placed on her head, her dark brown hair curled hanging down past her shoulders. Tears fill my eyes as her dark brown eyes meet mine. I have never seen something more beautiful. She makes her way down the aisle with her arms hooked with her father's. I feel Roman squeeze my shoulder as my future, my world, the rest of my life makes her way to the end of the aisle. Ana and her father stop in front of the priest and he says a prayer after greeting everyone. "Dearly beloved, we're gathered here today to join Jonathan Dean Ambrose Junior and Anastasia Eve Bennett in holy matrimony. There is no more joyous occasion than when two souls decide to become one in front of the eyes of the lord. Let us pray," he says before he goes into a prayer. "Amen," he says, "who gives this woman to this man?" he asks.
"I do," says Roderick with a smile before he lets go of Ana. He hooks our hands together and kisses her cheek before he takes a seat after picking up Oliver to hold him through the ceremony.
The priest goes on to talk about the first wedding in Canaan and then reads about love from the Bible and everything that love truly is. I can't take my eyes off Ana. She is beautiful. She is perfect. "I understand that Jonathan and Anastasia have their own vows they would like to state to one another."
"Yes," I say with a smile.
"Jonathan, please state your vows," he says as I turn to face Ana taking her other hand into mine.
"Ana, the last 12 years have been the best years of my life. My life didn't truly begin until I met you and fell in love with you. We've been through so much together starting with the teen pregnancy that was a surprise to both of us but we made it through it together. It was scary but at the same time having Natalia saved my life, becoming a father changed me and making you the mother of my daughter made me love you even more. Life wasn't planned to be that way but it is how it turned out. I hit my rough patch and ended up in juvenile detention. You could have left, you could have seen that I was no good but you didn't. You stood by my side and loved me. You stayed loyal to me and made sure I was doing okay. You loved me in a way that no one ever had before, you made me feel special, you made me feel wanted. Everyone only saw the worst in me but you continued to see the best in me. I always believed that love wasn't about loving the perfect person but loving the imperfect person perfectly. You loved me perfectly, you took my flaws and my insecurities and loved me anyway. You didn't care what I had or didn't have, you cared about who I was you saw my heart when no one else did. We've been through a lot in the last 12 years and life hasn't always been easy. We've hit our rough patches. I had to make some sacrifices to give you the world and give the kids the opportunities they have today. You stood by me the entire time. Everything that was meant to tear us apart only made us stronger, that's true love. I love you and the kids more than anything in this life. You are everything to me. You're my entire life. I want to wake up next to you every morning and fall asleep next to you every night. There is not greater place than in your arms. We haven't had the perfect life but we've loved each other perfectly. I will love you for the rest of my life, I will love you till the day I die and I will love you into infinity. I have told you that you're the only one for me and you always will be. There will never be any other that my heart wants. You took my heart and it's yours forever. I love you so much Ana and after 12 years you're still the one for me. We've been through it all and yet we still love one another. You're still the one I want for life. I promise to love you the rest of my life, love you in the best times and the worst times, love you whether we're rich or poor, whether you're sick or I'm sick or whether we're healthy I'm going to love you no matter what. I promise to give you the world and give you the life that you and the kids truly deserve. I love you more than anything. I will love you always and I promise my heart and soul to you till the day I die." I say with tears in my eyes as I see the tears forming in her dark brown eyes and her lip trembles. I mouth I love you to her before the priest has her state her vows to me.
"Okay," she says nervously as her voice shakes. "12 years ago you and me were paired together to do a project in our junior English class about the Great Gatsby little did I know that project would shape the rest of my life. You were the rebel, the class slacker you were everything I wasn't yet I saw the best in you. I saw everything that no one else saw. I saw your beautiful heart, I saw how caring and sweet you were. You made me laugh, you made me cry but you were always there for me and treated me with respect. Not many boys at 17 can truly respect the woman they love. You were my first true love and you will be my last true love. You were everything to me and when we got pregnant I was scared to death but with you by my side I wasn't going to give up. You didn't care about the money in my life and I didn't care about the lack of money in yours. I loved you for you and you loved me for me. We had a rough few years but we made it through. Everything made us stronger, everything shaped us to love each other the way we do. I couldn't have asked for a better father for our children and couldn't have asked for a better man to love me and be with for the rest of my life than you. You're everything I need in my life, Dean and everything I ever wanted. You love me in a way no one else ever could and I love you in a way that no one could ever love you. I love watching you with our kids every day and I love spending every moment I can with you. You're the other half of me. You're the best thing in my life. I don't know what our future holds and what's going to happen in our lives but I know from here on out whatever happens we're in this together forever, our love is hard to describe. It's not perfect but we love each other perfectly. We look at each other's flaws and love each other beyond them. We see the imperfections and love them. We accept each other at our worst and at our best. We accept each other whether we're poor or rich. We accept each other in sickness and in health, we accept each other because beyond what life gives us nothing could tear our love and destroy our love. I knew at 17 you were going to be the man I was going to marry, you were going to be the man to spend the rest of my life with, grow old with, have more kids with and spend the rest of my life with. You are everything to me. In the rough times you have been there just like I was there for you. There is nothing I wouldn't do for you and nothing I will never do for you. You are my partner in crime, the love of my life and the man that loves me when I'm at worst. If you can love me at my worst you can love me forever just like I will love you forever. I promise you my entire heart and soul to you. I give you myself today and promise that I will be here with you forever. I promise to be here for you the rest of my life. I give you all of me today and accept all of you as the love of my life. I will love you always and be by your side forever. I love you so much and I promise it all to you, Dean," she says as a tear rolls down her cheek. I wipe her tear away before I give her a soft comforting smile.
The priest continues on with the ceremony by blessing the rings that Ana's dad hands to him. He has me place Ana's grandmother's ring onto her ring finger and promise my love to her and promise my life to her joining us together as one for eternity. He then has Ana place her grandfather's ring onto my finger and she promises her life to me and her love to me joining us together for an eternity. Once we have our rings on we pour sand into a vase but we do it differently. We include our children in it. There's white sand that represents God, purple sand to represent Ana, blue sand to represent me, pink sand for Natalia and green sand for Oliver. We pour them into the vase as we all become one in front of God as a family. As we finish pouring sand the priest says a prayer for us and then says, "by the power invested in me I now pronounce you husband and wife, you may kiss the bride." I smile at Ana and wrap her up in my arms before I kiss her lips softly and passionately in front of our friends and family as they cheer for us. When we break the kiss we turn to face them all and he says, "I present to you Mr. and Mrs. Ambrose," he says before we make our way down the aisle before going back to thank and greet our guests for coming to the wedding as they congratulate us. It's official to the world, Dean Ambrose is officially off the market and is married to the love of his life. The entire world knows now especially after I have Ana post a picture of us together on Instagram before we head to the reception. I couldn't be a happier man than I am at this moment as she is cuddled up in my arms.
"You look beautiful," I say to her.
"You look handsome," she says playing with my wedding band. "I love you, Dean."
"I love you too," I say as I kiss the top of her head. "Forever and always," I say with a smile.
When we arrive at the reception our wedding party is introduced and then the DJ introduces us before we share our first dance together as a married couple. We chose to dance to Shania Twain "You're Still the One." I take Ana into my arms on the dance floor as the music begins to play.
The first time I saw you, I saw love and the first time you touched me, I felt love. And after all this time you're still the one I love.
I hold her close as the music begins to play and whisper, "I love you into her ear. You're still the one, Ana."
"I love you too," she says, "and you're still the one."
Looks like we made it look how far we've come my baby. We mighta took the long way we knew we'd get there someday. They said I'll bet they'll never make it but just look at us holding on, we're still together, still going strong. I sing the words to her as we dance.
You're still the one I run to, the one that I belong to, you're till the one I want for life. You're still the one. You're still the one I love the only one I dream of. You're still the one I kiss goodnight.
Ain't nothing better we beat the odds together. I'm glad we didn't listen look at what we would be missin'.
We sing the chorus to each other as the song continues to play and I hold her in my arms as we dance together. The words mean everything to us. There were so many people that didn't want us to happen that didn't think we would ever make it but we did and we're here today, married with two beautiful children. After 12 years she is still the one I want, still the one I love and the one I want for life. If we had listened to everyone that didn't want us together we would be missing so much. We wouldn't have everything we have today. We wouldn't have each other or this life. "I'm glad we didn't listen," she says to me. "I love you so much, Dean. We would be missing this entire life. I love you so much."
"I love you too," I say as I kiss her lips softly as the music continues to play. "And I'm going to continue loving you on our trip to Europe," I say with a smile.
"That's our honeymoon?" she asks with a smile.
"Yes, I know how much you want to go to Europe so I'm taking you to Europe for 4 long weeks, just you and me. I love you, Ana."
"You're the best husband I could have ever asked for. I'm going to love you forever."
"I already love you forever," I say as I kiss her lips softly as we continue to dance as the song comes to an end.
You're still the one I run to, the one that I belong to, you're still the one I want for life. You're still the one that I love, the only one I dream of. You're still the one I kiss goodnight. I'm so glad we made it. Look how far we've come my baby.
THE END
*A/N: What did you think of Roderick giving Ana her grandmother's necklace? What about Roderick's and Ana's moment together? What did you think of the wedding? Was it beautiful? What did you think of their vows to one another? What about the song they chose to dance to? I hope that you enjoyed this final chapter. I enjoyed writing it for you. Please review and thank-you for reading.
*A/N: While this story is over please check out my other stories in case you haven't already; Witness Protection, Untouchable and STand By Me. You won't be disappointed I promise.