Hey look...an update just like I promised! Ok gang, I have good news and bad news. The bad news is that this story has finally come to a close. The good news that, as you can see, I made this chapter extra super long to reward all of your loyalty and dedication to my first story on this site. I could go on and on about how thankful I am to each and every one of you, but instead I'll make this short and sweet so the good stuff can come more quickly.

Now, for the very last time, (boo!) I get to say...it's SHOUT OUT TIME!

Think for this one we're going to go back to English. A MASSIVE, HUGE, GIGANTIC, ENORMOUS THANK YOU to: Dawnmist of RiverClan, BadeFan4ever22, xFabinao, Victoriousjadefan, SouthernB3lle, (all for Chapter 16) and FlinxLover3evr (for Chapter 10). :D

Even though the show's now over as well, (another boo!) and the movie was only a one-time thing, I do not, nor will I ever, own either Victorious or TheProposal.

Okay, now you can enjoy our last mile... :)

Chapter 17

Though seeing Cat was the furthest thing from her mind right at the moment, Jade knew she had to give the other girl an answer before the redhead took it upon herself to enter the bedroom and possibly be scarred for life. "Yes Cat, I'm awake, but do NOT come in here! I'll meet you downstairs in a few minutes!"

"Kay Kay. See you soon!"

Jade wouldn't let herself relax until she heard the sound of Cat walking down the stairs. Turning back to face Beck, she saw the mischievous look in his eyes, as well as felt him tugging at the sheet still wrapped around her body, but she shut him down before he could take things further again. "Oh no no no mister. You heard Cat. I've got to get downstairs now and I guess help plan for this stupid wedding we're going to have." Just thinking about what was to come that day caused Jade to visibly shudder.

"I can't tell you how much that means to me to hear you react that way to marrying me." The only thing he received in response was a roll of the eyes from her. "Oh come on Jade. It's not going to be that bad. So we put on a little act for Nana. You knew we were going to have to get married eventually anyway." This time as he spoke, Beck let go of Jade, found some clean clothes, and got dressed, not even bothering to go into the bathroom. He never gave her a chance to respond as he continued with, "Oh by the way, Nana's a big stickler for tradition, so I guess I won't see you again until tonight. By the way, I'll be the one waiting by the altar." With a wink and a parting kiss to Jade's cheek, he was gone.

Groaning in frustration over the current situation, as well as how fast her feelings towards Beck were moving, Jade took the quickest shower known to man and hurriedly got dressed, then also made her way downstairs.

By the time Jade made it to the living room, only Cat was there. The others, Jade figured, must have gone outside to hopefully stay out of her way. As she saw the red head's mouth open to speak, Jade held up her hand and started talking before Cat got the chance. "Okay, here's how things are going to go today. You're not going to be bouncy or get overly excited about anything. I'm going to tell you what I want and you and everybody else are not going to argue. Understood?"

"Eep. Yes Jadey. I promise I'll be good because today is your day." Cat started to flounce over to the Italian woman, but was stopped by a harsh glare. She immediately stopped right were she was and waited for further instructions from the bride-to-be.

/

Upon leaving the house, Beck found Andre hanging out on the back porch. "Hey man, how's it going?"

"How's it going? Oh you know, not much. Just planning my BEST FRIEND'S WEDDING TODAY! How did this even happen? I thought you guys were waiting until you got back to California, then doing the Justice of the Peace thing?" Contrary to his tone of voice, Andre really wasn't mad. He was just still surprised from the unexpected news he received not too long ago.

"Uh yeah dude. A LOT has happened since I saw you last night." Beck was rubbing the back of his neck like a little kid who didn't want to admit he peaked at his Christmas present.

Forgetting all about the wedding for the moment, Andre was brought back to even more recently when he went to wake up Beck and Jade. Seizing the perfect opportunity to once again tease his best friend, Andre said, "Oh trust me. I know all about what happened not twenty minutes ago when I went upstairs to get you up. Imagine the déjà vu I felt when I heard some familiar noises, and realized you were already up." Andre's words were accompanied by a teasing eyebrow raise. Holding his hand up to ward off Beck's response, he continued with, "Now I don't know which one of us is luckier because I was literally two seconds away from scaring you by throwing open the door, but then I heard Jade's voice, and I can't tell you how happy I am that I didn't follow through on that plan." The boys shared a light chuckle at Andre's revelation.

Realizing Andre was done for the moment, Beck opened his mouth to finally respond.

"Yeah me too man. You have no idea how bad it was when nothing further happened last night."

"Wait wait wait. So you're telling me that after I brought you guys back here last night after all that action at the restaurant nothing happened?"

"Weeeeeeell I wouldn't exactly say that nothing happened, but it was nowhere near this morning's activities." Beck refused to look at Andre as he spoke for fear of seeing the teasing gleam that lived in his best friend's eyes every time they talked about Beck's love life. "Of course last night we couldn't keep our hands off each other as soon as the door shut, but when I tried to take it further, Jade stopped me so we could 'talk.'" Beck saw Andre's wince of empathy out of the corner of his eye.

"Ouch. How'd that go?" Andre wanted to tease his friend, but for once he took pity on Beck and let the other man get the whole story out, thereby hopefully giving Andre more ammunition.

"Actually better than I originally thought. Jade admitted that she has genuine feelings for me and wants our relationship to be real." At this point Beck did glance in Andre's direction to show that he was being serious.

Andre wanted to be more excited for Beck, but seeing Beck's lack of enthusiasm at what was just revealed held his excitement at bay for the moment. "Wow. That's great bro. Isn't it? Why don't you seem too happy about that news?"

"To be honest Dre, I'm scared. As crazy as this whole situation is between me and Jade, I really do love her. I haven't felt this way about any woman since Violet. The part that scares me though, is the fact that what I feel for Jade doesn't even compare to what I felt for Violet. I don't know if it's because I'm older, or have dated my fair share of girls since Violet and I broke up, but this thing between me and Jade goes way beyond anything I ever thought I could feel for a woman." Beck, surprised at himself by what he just admitted, decided that he'd said enough, and became silent.

Andre was also stunned by the words that Beck spoke, and for several minutes, no sound emanated from either man. Andre opened his mouth a couple of times, but nothing ever came out. Finally on the fourth attempt he was able to get out, "At the risk of being redundant, wow. For as long as I've known you, I have never heard you speak about any woman that way before. I'm happy for you man. I still don't fully understand your guys' relationship, but as your best friend, you have my full support." Andre had moved so that he was standing next to Beck, and ended his sentiment with a friendly slap on Beck's back.

"Andre, in case I don't tell you enough, thanks for being my friend. It's nice to know that there's more people approving our relationship than are against it. And as scared as I am, I'm really looking forward to getting married tonight." Beck's genuine smile cemented the truth to his statement.

"Speaking of the wedding, we need to get on into town to get us some tuxedos. Unless you want to stay here and help the womenfolk plan all the details for tonight?" Andre asked with an inquisitive eyebrow.

Beck's eyes grew large at the thought of being unprepared for the wedding. "No no no. You're right. We need to get the tuxes. Like now."

"It's good to hear you say that. Because for a minute there I thought that being back in Irricana had turned you into a woman." Beck's punch to Andre's arm was made with very little effort, and therefore did nothing to deter the darker skinned boy from continuing, although there was more laughter included with the second half of his statement. "It's true! Since we've been here, we've talked more about your feelings towards Jade than we've ever spoken in our entire friendship about any woman you've ever dated. I was thinking that I'd have to take you to a football game as soon as we get back to Hollywood, and make you drink a whole case of beer just to bring back the male side of my best friend...haha."

Regaining his composure after laughing along with Andre, Beck said, "Yeah, being back here has changed me, but in my opinion, it's all been for the better."

Andre had sobered up and stopped laughin. "For once in a rare moment, I actually agree with you Beck. It's good to see you being so serious about someone again. Now let's go get those tuxedos before the girls realize we're still here."

Beck and Andre leapt off the porch and sprinted all the way across the yard and down to the boat dock, with the remnants of their laughter echoing behind them.

/

They had only been in the midst of planning the wedding for an hour, but in Jade's opinion, that was 59 minutes too long. She would have been happy to get some white roses, dye them black, then use them as her bouquet. Contrary to what she had told Cat earlier, she really had zero interest in anything else regarding the ceremony. She was brought out of her internal musings at the sound of Betty's voice.

"Oh Jade, have you given any thought as to what you want your dress to look like?" At Betty's question, she, Cat and Mary (who had reluctantly come back inside and decided to passively help) all glanced at Jade curiously.

Before Jade had a chance to answer, Cat chimed in with her own, "Oh my gosh Jadey! You should wear a pink dress! Then you can look like cotton candy when you walk down the aisle!"

"Um no, not really. But as for a pink dress, NO!" Jade's mostly disinterested tone did nothing to deter the older woman. It actually had the opposite effect, and for the second time in less than an hour, Betty's eyes lit up like a kid on Christmas morning.

"Excellent. Excellent. I was hoping you would say that because I have the perfect solution!" Betty waited for a minute as she let the suspicion and anticipation build.

Finally, just as Jade opened her mouth to demand that Betty spit out the answer, she felt her jaw fall even more and her eyes threatened to leave their sockets at the words she heard.

"You can wear the dress I wore at my wedding! I still have it. It's up in the attic, but don't worry dear, it's in a plastic bag so it should still be in perfect condition." Excited about the prospect of finally getting to pass her dress on, (Mary had chosen to wear a dress of her own choosing) Betty grabbed Mary's arm, and the two proceed to make their way to the attic.

As soon as the older women were out of earshot, Jade rounded on Cat with a look rarely ever seen on her face, nervousness. The only reason Cat was allowed to see Jade so vulnerable now was because the two were practically sisters, and had gone through just about everything together. "Cat listen. I know Beck and I are supposed to get married today, but I really don't know if I can do this." She was about to tell Cat her fear of Beck not really loving her, and just marrying her to advance his career, but then she remembered that she hadn't told Cat the full story yet. She decided to conclude with, "Things are just moving so fast, and I'm not really sure if I'm ready for all of this right now."

Luckily for Jade, Cat herself was having a rare moment of clarity. She calmly walked up to Jade and said, "Jade it's okay to be nervous on your wedding day. As long as you and Beck love each other then that's all that matters. When that love is real, there's no such thing as moving too fast." And just like that, Cat was back to her crazy, bubbly self. "You're so lucky to be marrying Beck today. I can't wait until the day I get to marry my own Canadian cupcake...hehe."

Still not fully ready for that evening's festivities, but surprisingly feeling a little better than she had been before their talk, Jade gave Cat a quick hug of thanks. Just as to two separated, Betty and Mary came back with the aforementioned wedding dress.

"Here we go. Jade why don't you go try this on so we can see where it needs to be taken in." Betty passed the dress off to Jade, who took it reluctantly. The bride-to-be then sulked upstairs to change.

Twenty five minutes later, Jade finally rejoined the crowd in the living room, carrying roughly half of the dress in her arms. "Betty I know you implied that the dress would be big on me, but I don't think you have ever been this big in your entire life. As Jade made it to the bottom of the staircase, she dropped the fabric from her arms, causing what was actually on her body to give the appearance of a little girl playing dress up with her mother's clothes.

"Oh yes my dear. There was a time when that dress actually did fit me, but fortunately those days are long gone. Now let me see what we can do to make it a little more presentable on you." Making her way over to Jade, Betty began to tug and pull and fuss with the fabric. Eventually her hands made their way to the bodice, where they proceeded to (in Jade's opinion) grope the Italian woman. "Sweetie I know you're not small chested because that dress you wore to dinner last night attested to that fact, but trying to find your boobs in this dress is like hunting for Easter eggs."

Starting to feel uncomfortable by Betty's wandering hands, but not wanting to yell at Beck's grandmother, Jade stood there and let the search continue. She was just about to reach out, grab Betty's hands, and physically place them on her boobs in order to move on, when Betty finally found what she was looking for.

"Oh there they are! Guess we'll really have to pin this dress back to show off those puppies." She then placed pins all over the dress to designate where it was to be altered, thereby restricting Jade's current movements.

By the time Jade was released to change back into her regular clothes for the time being, she had decided that she really didn't care about any of the planning anymore. Making her presence once again known downstairs, she handed the dress back to Betty while saying, "Okay ladies I'm done. You have my express permission to do whatever you want in terms of the details for tonight. Just tell me when and where to show up and I'll be there. For now though, I'm going to go take a walk." She then walked straight out the door without even bothering to wait for a response.

/

After spending as much time as possible getting everything taken care of in town, Beck and Andre made their way back to the Oliver house to get ready. Beck checked to make sure that Jade wasn't in the house before taking his shower. Afterwards, he went to the barn where a side room was set up for he and Andre to get ready (per Betty's instructions) without fear of running into Jade.

The ceremony was scheduled to commence at 7 o'clock, and just about everything was in place by 6:30. Beck was mingling around the barn interacting with guests and helping to escort them to their seats. He had just shown Violet to her seat ("Thanks for coming Violet. It means a lot that you're here." "Tell your grandma I said thanks for inviting me. You know I can still read you like a book though, so just RELAX and enjoy the moment.") and made his way back to the end of the aisle when he saw his father (who only attended for fear of Betty's consequences if he didn't) talking to the last man he ever thought he'd see so soon again.

"Michael, I'm so glad you could make it on such short notice. I was surprised and very disheartened to hear that Beck did not invite you himself." Craig, seeing Beck out of the corner of his eye, motioned his son to join their conversation.

Begrudgingly, Beck made his way over and put on his most apologetic face. "Mr. Amberson. I'm so sorry that we didn't invite you, but neither Jade nor myself was originally planning to have the wedding this weekend. It was really a last minute decision, requested by my grandmother, and she took charge of handling all the arrangements."

"No need to apologize Mr. Oliver. Your dad called me this morning to inform me of the plans, and even ensured that I made it here on time. It's actually very fortunate for you that I am in attendance, because my validation today will mean very little need for frequent check-ups in the future."

"Yes. how very fortunate indeed." Beck cast a sarcastic look at his father, unnoticed by Mr. Amberson. "Now I hate to break up your conversation, but the ceremony is about to start soon, so you should probably find a seat."

"Good idea. It was nice speaking with both of you, and I look forward to this evening." With those parting words, Mr. Amberson made his way to his seat.

Speaking no more to his father, Beck turned and followed behind Mr. Amberson, but kept walking until he got to the altar, where he took his spot next to Andre, and waited for Jade.

/

At the same time...

"Here we are! Just in time for the wedding!" Betty appeared in the living room carrying her old wedding dress, hemmed as well as possible given the time constraints. Looking around, she only found Cat waiting for her. "Where are the others dear?"

Cat had been twirling around admiring her own dress (courtesy of Violet from a shop on the mainland) when she registered Betty's words. "Um, Beck's mom just left to go to the barn to sit with Beck's dad, and I haven't seen Jadey since she left for her walk. Oh my gosh, I just can't believe that this dress Violet got for me is so pretty!"

Trying to refocus Cat's attention, Betty said, "Cat, sweetie, what do you mean you haven't seen Jade since she left earlier? That was three hours ago! She hasn't come back at all in that time?"

"Not that I know of, but I wasn't here the whole time. Should I go look for her?"

"Yes Cat, why don't you go do that. I'll finish getting ready myself, then go to the barn and make sure no one suspects that anything is amiss. We'll meet back here in ten minutes okay?"

"Kay kay." Cat then flounced out of the house and made her way in the direction opposite the barn, hollering for Jade as she walked.

Ten minutes later, the two women reconvened in the living room, with Betty beginning to lose her calm demeanor at the sight of Cat without Jade. "Did you not find Jade anywhere?"

"Well I called and called for her, but the only thing I heard were birds and squirrels."

"Cat, what's that in your hand?"

"Oh! I found this note sticking out from under the doormat when I came back inside. It has Jade's handwriting on it. I think it might be important."

Restraining from yelling at the redhead, Betty held out her hand, and Cat gave her the note. She opened it and began to read it aloud:

Dear Beck (or whoever finds this...hopefully it's someone who won't destroy it),

This letter is going to be short, as I don't have much time to write. I just want to say that I'm so sorry for taking the coward's way out, but I just couldn't stay knowing that my feelings for you (Beck) are genuine, while yours are merely an act of self-preservation. I promise I will take care of everything when I get back to Hollywood, and no repercussions will come to you. Even though it will not be with me, I hope you have a very happy life because you definitely deserve it. Enclosed is a card for the second best (after me of course) director in the business. Give him a call when you get back. I'll put in a good word for you. Please don't bother coming after me, as I will probably be well on my way back to Italy by the time this letter reaches you (that is if my business in California goes as well as expected). I have to go now. Tell Cat I'm sorry, and I'll explain everything to her as soon as I can. Take care of yourself.

All my love,

Jade

"Oh my gosh! Jadey's gone? We have to tell Beck so he can go find her!" Cat made to leave and go to the barn when she was stopped by Betty.

"Let me do it Cat. I need to get Beck alone because, based on this note, I think there's more to the story than we know. You stay here in case by some crazy coincidence Jade returns." At Cat's nod of agreement, Betty left the house.

/

Pulling Beck into a side room once she got to the barn, Betty explained to him all that had happened that day, then showed him the note.

Slightly outraged that Jade didn't believe his feelings to be real, as well as angered that she just left without first talking to him, Beck felt disinclined to immediately go after her.

Understanding completely, Betty didn't push him in either direction. She simply led him back into the main room, and did all of the talking when they got there. "I'm sorry folks, but the wedding will have to be postponed for today. It seems as if the bride has fallen ill, and cannot get married at this moment."

From the front row, Craig stood and bellowed for the whole barn to hear, "I knew it! She doesn't really love my son! She was tired of him using her and she finally came to her senses! I'm glad to see that this sham of a relationship had finally been exposed and is over!"

Hearing those words, Mr. Amberson made his way to where Beck was standing to the side of his grandmother. "Mr. Oliver, is this true? That your whole relationship a sham, as I suspected from the beginning?"

Seeing that a panicked look had replaced the anger on Beck's face, Betty took control of the situation once more. Whispering into Beck's ear she said, "I'll distract everyone. You go get that fiancee of yours and make things right." Turning back to the audience, "Oh no! I think I'm having a heart attack! Someone help!" She dramatically fell to the ground as Craig, Mary, and Mr. Amberson (as he was already right there) gathered around her.

Grabbing Andre's arm, Beck led the other man stealthily out of the barn. As they made their way across the lawn Beck said, "No time to explain right now man. Just know that we've got to get to the mainland, then the airport, as soon as possible!"

Seeing her boyfriend and Beck outside, Cat made her way out to join them. When the three reached the boat dock, they were disappointed to find that apparently Jade had taken the Oliver family boat, and they had no transportation.

Fortunately for Beck, Sikowitz (who happened to be at the wedding as the officiator-he was the only one in town licensed to perform a marriage) had arrived on the island via helicopter (he was also a licensed pilot). He was leaning against it and sipping from a coconut when he spotted the three looking around for a boat. "You guys need to go to the mainland?"

"Yes!" Seeing the helicopter, Beck decided to try his luck further. "We actually need to go to the airport in Calgary. Can you fly us there?"

Asking no further questions, Sikowitz simply said, "Sure. Climb on in."

The four quickly made themselves ready for the flight, and once they were in the air, Beck finally allowed himself to reflect on the last fifteen minutes of his life, and plan how he was going to convince Jade of his feelings. Hopefully that would get her to come back and actually go through with the wedding.

/

Not only was the Oliver name big in Irricana, it also afforded Beck some very nice privileges elsewhere, like the Calgary International Airport for instance. Andre and Cat had to wait behind the gates, while Beck was able to make his way to the terminals without having to first purchase a ticket.

Reaching the gate headed for Hollywood, Beck looked around, but couldn't find Jade anywhere. He had just spoken to the ticket agent, who denied seeing Jade, when he decided to make his way back to Andre and Cat. His head was down, and as he was walking dejectedly past the bathrooms, he accidentally ran into someone. "Oh excuse me. I'm sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going." Looking up to see the other person, he was taken aback to realize it was the woman for whom he was searching. "Jade! Oh my god I'm so glad I found you! Will you please talk to me and not get on that plane?"

Jade really wanted to say no and just walk away. She felt as if everything she needed to say was already expressed in the note she had left for him to find. Plus, she knew that if she stayed behind to talk with him, her resolve would crumble, and she'd never want to leave. She opened her mouth to tell him no when she happened to make the mistake of looking directly into his eyes. At the look she saw in them, she could do nothing but agree, and allowed him to lead them somewhere private to talk.

"I got your letter Jade. Now before you say anything, I just want you to know that just about everything you said in that thing regarding me was a lie. Contrary to your belief, my feelings for you are 100% genuine as well. I don't know what I've done to make you think otherwise, but I don't just love you. Jade, I am in love with you. I'm so in love with you that if you left me, I'd fly all the way to Italy just to bring you back. If we can't stay in Hollywood, it doesn't matter. We can live in Canada or anywhere else in the world. As long as I'm with you, everything else will sort itself out." As he spoke, he put his hand on Jade's cheek and wiped away the tears that had gathered in her eyes. Not giving her a chance to respond at first, Beck framed her face with both hands and kissed her, unleashing all of the pent up feelings she refused to believe were real into the kiss.

Watching Beck's eyes as he spoke, Jade couldn't help but believe every word that came out of his mouth. Had he actually given her time to speak, she wouldn't have been able to say anything anyway. So when he began kissing her passionately, she could do nothing but kiss him back with equal fervor.

Breaking for air, Beck spoke once more. "Are you convinced now?" At her nod he continued. "Good. So how about we go back to Irricana and give everyone the show they all came to see?" Beck's smile was so infectious and child-like that Jade's own answering smile stretched from ear to ear. Grabbing her hand, the two made their way back to the security gates, where they were met by more than just Andre, Cat, and Sikowitz.

/

Seeing Mr. Amberson, his parents, and his grandma there didn't exactly surprise Beck. Jade, on the other hand, stopped suddenly, feeling as if the wind had been knocked out of her. Her widened eyes showed just how surprised she was, and she turned to run back towards the gate, but was stopped by Beck's arms around her waist.

At first everyone just stared at each other without speaking. Eventually it was Mr. Amberson who broke the silence. "Mr. Oliver, Ms. West. I don't know about everyone else here, but I for one am extremely confused as to what is going on. Would either of you care to explain things to me?"

"Well, you see sir-" Beck had begun to speak, but was cut off by Jade.

"Actually I can explain everything." At Beck's curious raise of the eyebrow, Jade gave him a look saying 'trust me...I got this.' He gave a subtle nod showing her that he did trust her, and would go along with whatever she said. "As I was saying, this is actually all my fault. As many brides do, I got cold feet on my wedding day, and instead of speaking with my fiance, I did the immature thing and ran away. I can't tell you how glad I am that Beck stopped me in time from making the biggest mistake of my life. If he hadn't have talked some sense into me, I believe that I would've always regretted my decision. Now Mr. Amberson, I don't know how you found out about the wedding, (she conveniently ignored Craig's guilty expression) but I would like to assure you that your trip will not have been in vain."

"I think that I'm finally starting to believe that you are telling the truth for once Ms. West, but now I'm confused as to what you mean by your last statement. Are you saying that there will be a wedding today after all?"

"That is exactly what I'm saying Mr. Amberson. If it's okay with everyone else, although I really don't care because all I need is an officiator, but it actually means something to Beck to have you guys there, I'd like to get back to Beck's family's house so we can get this show on the road."

Ironically this time it was Mary who stopped Jade from advancing anywhere. "Wait. Why don't you guys just get married here?" At everyone's confused looks, she expounded on her statement. "I mean it's unfortunate that the rest of the guests aren't here, but we've got our officiator, (she pointed at Sikowitz) our family, your best man Beck, and your maid of honor Jade. What's stopping us from having our own little ceremony right now?"

Taking Mary's question as the acceptance of their wedding that she hoped it was, Jade didn't dare have the heart to say no to her future mother-in-law. Instead, she rationally pointed out the fact that they were in the airport, which was not the ideal place to hold a wedding.

It was Beck who helped Jade accept their current location. "Come on babe. I know it's not the ideal place, but think of the amazing story this will make to tell our kids someday? I mean how many people can say they were married in an airport? Besides, do you really want to wait any longer to find a 'suitable' location to become Mrs. Oliver?"

It was the combination of the puppy eyes and him calling her Mrs. Oliver that was Jade's undoing. "Okay, we can get married here."

"Excellent! Let's find somewhere to set up, then get this party started!" Betty had been quiet for way too long in her opinion, and took full advantage of the opportunity to speak.

20 minutes later

"Take this ring and place it on Jade's finger as you repeat after me."

Beck did as Sikowitz instructed, and repeated the words recited to him. "I Beck, take you Jade, to be my lawfully wedded wife. To have and to hold, for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, and forsaking all others, love only you until death do us part." He gave her hand a loving squeeze as he finished speaking.

"Now Jade it's your turn. Take this ring and place in on Beck's finger while repeating after me." Jade took the ring and spoke the vow instructed of her.

"Good. Good. Now, with the exchanging of rings, you two have symbolized your everlasting love and devotion to each other. If there are no objections?" Sikowitz glanced around at the little assembled group, but Jade's glare silenced anyone who even thought about objecting. Hearing only silence, Sikowitz continued. "Excellent! Then by the power vested in me by the province of Alberta, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss...oh wait, you're already doing that...never mind. Ladies and gentleman, may I present to you, Mr. and Mrs. Beck Oliver!"

Not only did their little group clap in happiness, but everyone who was in the vicinity of the proceedings also gave a round of applause to the happy couple.

After the buzz of excitement died down, Cat was the first to say something. "Now we can go back and have the cake I made, right?"

Before anyone had a chance to answer, Andre stepped up in front of Cat and dropped down to one knee while holding up an open ring box. "Actually seeing as how Beck and Jade no longer need all the decorations in the barn, and I was going to do this later tonight anyway, I figured we could go ahead and take advantage of all the hard work you and Betty put into everything. Cat, I have loved you since even before we got together. Nothing would mean more to me than for you to officially be mine. With that said, will you do me the honor of saying yes and becoming my wife lil red?"

Stunned speechless for probably the first time in her life, Cat could only nod her head frantically and pull Andre up to her waiting lips. Somehow he managed to slip the pink diamond onto her finger just before that happened.

As fresh congratulations were given to the newly engaged couple, Mr. Amberson pulled Beck and Jade off to an even more private place where they wouldn't be overheard. "Once again I would like to extend my congratulations to you both, and just want to tell you Ms. West, excuse me, Mrs. Oliver, that your citizenship will be legalized as soon as you return to California. We only ask that you allow us to randomly drop by for home visits if we feel they are needed, and that you check in with someone from our office once a year." After receiving their agreement to his requests, Mr. Amberson bid them goodbye, stating that since he was already at the airport and his attendance was no longer needed, he may as well fly home.

As everyone began leaving the airport to go back to Irricana for what would now be Andre and Cat's wedding, Beck took his chance to speak to Jade while they had a few private minutes. "Thanks for staying and hearing me out. I love you so much, and can't wait to spend the rest of my life proving to you that you didn't make the wrong decision."

Kissing him sweetly on the lips, Jade responded with, "Oh god. So I get to be reminded every day that I married someone who is such a sap? Lucky me." Her eye roll and slight chuckle elicited a responding chuckle from Beck.

"Yeah I may be a sap, but that's just one of the many reasons you love me Mrs. Oliver."

"Lord knows why, but yes I do love you and all of your sappiness Mr. Oliver."

Hand in hand, the newlyweds walked out of the airport, and into their new lives together.

A/N: Well that's it. It's been a long, fun journey, but we have finally reached our destination. Again I want to thank all of my little hitchhikers who have been with me from the beginning, as well as those we've picked up along the way. I know I'll write another story in the future, because I've got a ton of random ideas bouncing around my head, but I make no promises as to when the next one will be out. Until then, Hasta la vista my harmonious hummingbirds. :)