“Ally Brooks. I like the way that sounds,” I admitted.
“I like it too,” she said, tears still fresh on her cheeks. I’ve never seen her smile this way before. It encompasses every single part of her and I get it because I feel the same way. This is our moment. We’ve won. We beat the odds.
“Forever?” I asked, running my fingers across her cheek as she gazes up at me.
“And then some,” she smiles and then I kiss her.
Epilogue
Owen
Guys don’t dream about their wedding day. At least I never did. Hell, I never thought I’d have a wedding day. I was pretty damn set to not have one. Why would anyone subject themselves to something like that? Let alone a marriage where you’re tied to someone forever just to risk them leaving you behind with nothing?
I’ll tell you why.
You do it because, as cheesy as it sounds, being with that person completes you. They make you whole and they make you better. You do it because you can’t imagine spending another day without having them tied to you in every way possible.
You do it because you want your girl to have your name.
You do it because you want the entire world to know that you are the luckiest bastard in the world because she agreed to wear your ring.
Yeah, I never thought about my wedding day, but if I had bothered, I’m pretty sure it would have looked something like this. Everyone gathered in this old barn, our own private joke, with sparkling lights hanging from the rafters and flowers lining the make shift aisle. It was simple, but the whole place looked like a dream. It was exactly what she had wanted and that was all that mattered to me.
But what made it perfect was that moment when I stood there at the end of the aisle and saw her come into view.
My heart stopped.
I had never seen anything that beautiful before. It was as if in that single moment everything I had ever dreamed about came true. And every dream for my future suddenly felt within my reach. She was heaven staring back at me.
Her dress was beautiful, but I couldn’t tell you a single thing about it, except it was white and she looked like an angel in it. I wanted to run down the aisle to get to her faster. It took all I had to keep my feet planted on the ground. She gave me a soft smile and I swear I fell in love all over again. Tears pricked my eyes and I didn’t care at all. Let them fall. Let the whole world know that this beautiful creature owns me.
Everything we’ve been through, every moment we fought against to be here was worth it. This journey hasn’t been easy, but it’s been ours. We are stronger because of it and I know that from this point forward we have what it takes to power through anything life throws at us. That’s my promise to her today. And I can’t wait to keep it.
Well, that and the promise I made to finally have my way with her in a barn.
I’m going to keep that one too.
Finished.
Indelible Playlist
Let You Go – Josh Gracin
Just a Fool – Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton
She Runs – Jimmy Wayne
All We’d Ever Need – Lady Antebellum
Ghost Town – Jake Owen
First Defeat – Noah Gundersen
Bartender – Lady Antebellum
Bleed – Anna Nalick
What We Ain’t Got – Jake Owen
Ode To Her – Nathan Angelo
White Flag – Ross Copperman
She Says – Howie Day
She Don’t Love You – Eric Paslay
Enough Is Never Gonna Be Enough- Ross Copperman
Apologize – One Republic
Somewhere In My Car – Keith Urban
Can’t Shake You – Gloriana
Where You Are – Gavin DeGraw
Clean – Taylor Swift
Every Time I See You – Luke Bryan
Forgetting You – Nathan Angelo
Why You Wanna – Jana Kramer
Good Liar – Josh Gracin
Poison and Wine – The Civil Wars
Mine Would Be You – Blake Shelton
More Than Anyone – Gavin Degraw
Stay – Florida Georgia Line
What If You’d Stay – Chuck Wicks
Born to Love You – Nathan Angelo
Addicted – Kelly Clarkson
How You Get The Girl – Taylor Swift
I Did With You – Lady Antebellum
Prove It To You – Kris Allen
Fall Into Me – Brantley Gilbert
Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
Gravity – Sara Bareilles
Lie To Me – Josh Gracin
Collide – Howie Day
I’ll Do Anything For Love – Meat Loaf
Speakers – Sam Hunt
Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
I Don’t Dance – Lee Brice
This Kind of Love – Sister Hazel
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