A Womb With a View by Kakie
Chapter 14 Conclusion
Three months later
Larry tightened his hold on Ally as they moved through the song. He ran his hand down the veil that covered her hair. As the band continued to play, Larry looked around the room. He saw Jamie chatting quietly with Mark, his best man. Larry had long since forgiven Jamie for her error in judgement. It wasn't done maliciously and Ally and Kelsey had pulled through. Jamie had been heart-felt and sincere in her apologies to him, Ally, Renee, Jeannie and George. She sent letters to each person and brought Sam out a few weeks after the birth to see the baby.
Larry saw Renee holding the baby while Sam hovered around trying to make her smile. He couldn't get enough of his baby sister. Who could blame him? Larry thought. Neither could he. Renee looked up and caught Larry looking at her. She winked at him and maneuvered the baby's arm to wave hello. He grinned. Renee's attitude had changed dramatically since that night. It hadn't happened overnight but it got better each day and it wasn't long before she was actually happy to see him.
Kelsey had been released from the hospital the following day but Ally's stay in the hospital lasted a bit longer much to her unhappiness. She complained to everyone that she needed to go home with her baby but it was to no avail. The doctor's were not going to let her go until they felt certain that their patient was ready to be discharged and nothing was going to change that; not Ally's threats, promises, or begging. In the end she gave up and Larry took their daughter home where Jeannie had agreed to stay and help.
By the end of the week, the three of them were living together as a family.
"What's she doing?"
"What? What's who doing?"
Ally chuckled. "The only person here who seems to have more of your attention than I do."
Larry pulled back and looked at her face. "Are you saying I have been neglecting you this evening?"
"None in the least. I can't keep my eyes off her either." She moved so she could see the baby. "How can we leave her? She's still so tiny."
He gently touched her cheek. "Honey, it's only for a week. And besides, I have been waiting a long time to take my wife on a honeymoon."
"Larry," she said as she snuggled closer to him. "We had a honeymoon, remember? That last week in December?"
He smiled at the memory. "And it was a hell of a week, too. But I want to take a proper honeymoon, one where we actually leave our home."
"You weren't complaining about the accommodations at that time."
"And I'm not complaining now. Look, the baby will be fine. I completely trust your parents to take care of her."
They both looked and spotted them nuzzling each other in the corner.
"Assuming they ever come up for air," he said dryly.
Ally simply shook her head. She would never have believed it. Who would have thought two people who were so adamant about going their separate ways would void their divorce petition and take a romantic cruise together? Not her, that's for sure. But coming together for their child and grandchild made them realize what brought them together in the first place.
"They act like teenagers," remarked Ally.
"Just so long as those teenagers remember they have a baby to take care of."
Ally smiled as she watched them. She looked back at Larry. "Everything about tonight was perfect. It was the perfect wedding."
He raised an eyebrow. "Better than the one on Christmas Eve?"
"No, nothing could compare to that ceremony but this is a close second."
He leaned in and kissed her cheek. "Did I tell you how beautiful you look in that wedding gown?"
"Only about a million times since the ceremony."
"Then let me add one more." He gently touched his lips to her. "I love you."
Ally's stomach fluttered. "I like hearing you say that."
"Then get use to hearing it because I plan on saying it a lot over the next fifty years."
She pressed her cheek to his and watched Kelsey smile at Sam's goofy expression. She pictured two or three more kids with Larry's hair and eyes.
Larry pulled back and looked at her. "What are you thinking about?"
"The future." She touched his cheek. "I never thought I could be happy. Like there was something inside me that didn't work the way it was suppose to. But I was wrong. I have you, the love of my life and my husband, Sam and Kelsey, my newly reunited parents and my best friends Renee and John. I'm happy."
He removed her hand from his face and kissed it. "You made me see that falling in love and getting married could be the most terrifying and the most wonderful thing to ever happen to me. You changed my life."
"And you changed mine, Larry.
He pulled her close again and together they danced as one.
The end.
Chapter 14 Conclusion
Three months later
Larry tightened his hold on Ally as they moved through the song. He ran his hand down the veil that covered her hair. As the band continued to play, Larry looked around the room. He saw Jamie chatting quietly with Mark, his best man. Larry had long since forgiven Jamie for her error in judgement. It wasn't done maliciously and Ally and Kelsey had pulled through. Jamie had been heart-felt and sincere in her apologies to him, Ally, Renee, Jeannie and George. She sent letters to each person and brought Sam out a few weeks after the birth to see the baby.
Larry saw Renee holding the baby while Sam hovered around trying to make her smile. He couldn't get enough of his baby sister. Who could blame him? Larry thought. Neither could he. Renee looked up and caught Larry looking at her. She winked at him and maneuvered the baby's arm to wave hello. He grinned. Renee's attitude had changed dramatically since that night. It hadn't happened overnight but it got better each day and it wasn't long before she was actually happy to see him.
Kelsey had been released from the hospital the following day but Ally's stay in the hospital lasted a bit longer much to her unhappiness. She complained to everyone that she needed to go home with her baby but it was to no avail. The doctor's were not going to let her go until they felt certain that their patient was ready to be discharged and nothing was going to change that; not Ally's threats, promises, or begging. In the end she gave up and Larry took their daughter home where Jeannie had agreed to stay and help.
By the end of the week, the three of them were living together as a family.
"What's she doing?"
"What? What's who doing?"
Ally chuckled. "The only person here who seems to have more of your attention than I do."
Larry pulled back and looked at her face. "Are you saying I have been neglecting you this evening?"
"None in the least. I can't keep my eyes off her either." She moved so she could see the baby. "How can we leave her? She's still so tiny."
He gently touched her cheek. "Honey, it's only for a week. And besides, I have been waiting a long time to take my wife on a honeymoon."
"Larry," she said as she snuggled closer to him. "We had a honeymoon, remember? That last week in December?"
He smiled at the memory. "And it was a hell of a week, too. But I want to take a proper honeymoon, one where we actually leave our home."
"You weren't complaining about the accommodations at that time."
"And I'm not complaining now. Look, the baby will be fine. I completely trust your parents to take care of her."
They both looked and spotted them nuzzling each other in the corner.
"Assuming they ever come up for air," he said dryly.
Ally simply shook her head. She would never have believed it. Who would have thought two people who were so adamant about going their separate ways would void their divorce petition and take a romantic cruise together? Not her, that's for sure. But coming together for their child and grandchild made them realize what brought them together in the first place.
"They act like teenagers," remarked Ally.
"Just so long as those teenagers remember they have a baby to take care of."
Ally smiled as she watched them. She looked back at Larry. "Everything about tonight was perfect. It was the perfect wedding."
He raised an eyebrow. "Better than the one on Christmas Eve?"
"No, nothing could compare to that ceremony but this is a close second."
He leaned in and kissed her cheek. "Did I tell you how beautiful you look in that wedding gown?"
"Only about a million times since the ceremony."
"Then let me add one more." He gently touched his lips to her. "I love you."
Ally's stomach fluttered. "I like hearing you say that."
"Then get use to hearing it because I plan on saying it a lot over the next fifty years."
She pressed her cheek to his and watched Kelsey smile at Sam's goofy expression. She pictured two or three more kids with Larry's hair and eyes.
Larry pulled back and looked at her. "What are you thinking about?"
"The future." She touched his cheek. "I never thought I could be happy. Like there was something inside me that didn't work the way it was suppose to. But I was wrong. I have you, the love of my life and my husband, Sam and Kelsey, my newly reunited parents and my best friends Renee and John. I'm happy."
He removed her hand from his face and kissed it. "You made me see that falling in love and getting married could be the most terrifying and the most wonderful thing to ever happen to me. You changed my life."
"And you changed mine, Larry.
He pulled her close again and together they danced as one.
The end.