There was one light on at my parent's house when we pulled back in the driveway a few minutes later. We had stayed to have a glass of champagne with Mr. and Mrs. Hall before heading back to my parent's house for the night. Fulton looked at me as I looked up at the house with a sigh.

"Mrs. Reed?" He asked, leaning towards me. I smiled, slightly, turning back to my new husband.

"Fulton..." I whispered, his lips meeting mine in a soft kiss. "I think I should go inside now and try to get some sleep before tomorrow." He smiled at me,

"Oh, so you are going to marry me tomorrow?" He asked a playful hint of a smile on his lips. I nodded, silently biting my lower lip with nervousness.

"Well, I figure it won't matter if the wedding tomorrow gets ruined because we're already married, it's just to make it official in everyone else's mind." I mumbled as his lips met mine again. Madison and Portman had stayed at Jesse's longer than we had; they said they would meet up with us in the morning before the ceremony. The car seemed empty without them.

"Okay, Mr. Reed..." I mumbled, placing my hands on his chest to move him back from me. "I will see you in the morning..." I smiled, getting out of the car to head to the house.

"I love you..." He yelled to me, the gate creaking open behind me as I moved,

"I love you too!" I yelled back as he exchanged cars to drive back to our house. I blew him a kiss as I made it in the front door of my parent's house, opening the door as quietly as I could not to wake my parents. My Mother stood at the kitchen counter with a mug of coffee in her hand. She looked up when I entered the front door and looked down at my left hand. I followed her gaze and looked down at my wedding ring shining in the hall light. She sighed, closing her eyes for a moment to catch her breathe.

"So you did it." She mumbled, sitting down on the stool of the island. I sighed slightly, throwing my head back towards the ceiling,

"Mom, I love him. I've always loved him and will always love him. There's nothing you can do about." I was about ready to march up the stairs when she said just about a whisper,

"Tammy, stop. I didn't mean it like that." I moved to look back at her form in the kitchen. She eyes were tired and worn but her face showed a strength I hadn't seen her show since I was a kid.

"Tammy, I'm sorry." She whispered. I silently made my way to the kitchen and sat down on the other side of the counter.

"Mom, all I ever wanted from you was for you to say you were proud of me." I admitted, looking down at my hands. She smiled to herself,

"Tammy, I was always proud of you. I admit, I hated the fact that you wouldn't listen to me and saw Fulton behind my back. I let that spoiled brat attitude take over and send you 900 miles away. I forced you to lose your childhood to live up to my standards. I'm sorry." She whispered. I placed my hand on her shoulder in reassurance.

"You didn't ruin my childhood. It might not have been normal but it made me who I am today." She smiled slightly at the response.

"Tammy, I have something for you. I know you probably already have one and I'm sorry I wasn't there to help you pick it out but I thought you might like to still have it." She whispered, standing from the chair to retrieve a box I hadn't noticed until then, sitting on the kitchen table behind us. She lifted it with ease and placed it on the counter in front of me.

"This was your Grandmother's and then mine and I hoped for it to be one day yours. You don't have to keep it the same or even wear it. I just want you to have it." She mumbled, turning away as I opened the box. White fabric piled out of the box as I opened the top.

"Mom, your wedding dress?" I asked, standing to take it from the box. She turned back to me,

"Yeah, I wasn't sure if you would like it or not." She mumbled.

"I love it, Mom. I didn't have a dress for tomorrow." I admitted. She smiled a little,

"Well, now you do. Will I be able to see you walk down the aisle in it?" She asked, hopeful.

"Yes, I want both you and Dad there. It wouldn't be the same without you." I whispered, pulling her to me in a tight embrace. I could feel a few loose tears fall from her eyes to my shoulder just before I pulled away.

"Tammy, you can use my sewing machine in the other room if you want to change anything." She motioned, trying to hide the fact that she was crying. I nodded,

"I think I might do that." I nodded, taking one last glance at her before heading for the sewing room where most of my early costumes were made. A few small outfits still hung on the rack in my mother's room as I entered and sat the dress down on the fabric table. I could feel my mother watching from the doorway.

"Mom, I'm not real good with a sewing machine and I was wondering if you might help me?" I asked, afraid to turn around to her response. She didn't answer but retrieved her sewing pins from the shelf and headed towards the table.

"Let's see if we can't make this right." She mumbled, beginning to pin the waist in to my size.

It was 7 am when Mr. Duncan woke to an empty bed. He groaned slightly, feeling for his wife but only felt cold sheet instead. The room was quiet and the door was shut so he had no idea where she could have gone in the middle of night. Standing with a stiff neck, he made his way towards the bathroom at the other end of the hall, stopping at the top of the stairs to giggling coming from a downstairs room.

"Mom, this is going to be perfect." I whispered into the quiet air. Dad made his way down the stairs to peek into the room at the bottom. Mom was on the sewing machine just finishing the alterations on my dress and I was seated at the table, finishing my hair piece made of flowers to go with my veil.

"Morning." He mumbled a little surprised to see us both up and of all things getting ready for the wedding that was to happen that day.

"Good Morning, honey." My Mother said, cheerful as ever before standing to kiss him on the cheek. He smiled slightly was confusion before I spoke,

"Morning, Daddy." I exclaimed, continuing to finish the piece.

"So, I take this as we're have the wedding today?" He guessed before Mom laughed a little and I smiled, not wanting to ruin the wedding for him by confessing Fulton and I were already married.

"Yup." I confirmed, still looking down at the flowers.

"Well, I guess I'll start calling the family and let them know the weddings back on." He mumbled before exiting the room. Mom looked at me before we both laughed at his confusion.

Connie, Julie and Madison arrived at the house around 9 with my veil, the bouquets and their dresses to help me get ready. They also carried with them the bags they had intended on having at my house the night before. I moment I stepped out of the shower I was bombarded with nail polish matching to see what would look best by Connie. Julie had dumped her endless supply of make-up out on the bed and I had an idea that Connie's make-up must have been mixed in there too. While Madison had the hair dryer ready and waiting. Mom came in about half way through to take over for Madison when her feet started to cramp up.

"God, when will this be over?" Madison whined with contempt, flopping down on the bed and in the process, knocking half of Julie's make up to the hardwood floor.

"Maddie, watch it!" Julie exclaimed, toppling to the floor to pick up the fallen items.

"Sorry, I can't see my behind anymore to try to direct it." Madison sighed. Connie and I laughed a little at her just as my cell phone started to ring.

"I'll get it!" Madison exclaimed, jumping from the bed to retrieve my phone from the night stand. "Hello?" She said into the receiver.

"Is my wife there?" Fulton asked, getting his tie tied by Portman on the other end of the line.

"Oh, Mr. Reed. You know you can't be talking to her before the big event." Madison played before I jumped up to grab the phone away from her. She laughed, holding the phone away from me before tossing it to Connie,

"Fulton, she'll have to call you back." Connie mumbled into the phone before I grabbed it away from her.

"Hello?" I finally answered.

"Hey." He whispered, sitting down on our bed to listen to me.

"Hey, I missed you, Mr. Reed." I smiled, sitting back down into the chair for the girls to go back to work on my hair and make-up.

"I missed you. So you haven't changed your mind, have you?"

"No..." I whispered a smile on my lips.

"Good, so I'll meet you at the church at 1." He smiled, leaning back on his free arm.

"Yeah, 1 pm." I whispered with a nod of the head.

"Good, I love you, Mrs. Reed." He whispered.

"I love you, Mr. Reed." I said before clicking the phone shut.

"Oh... You two are so sweet." Connie joked, taking the phone from my hand and continuing the nail polish job she had started.

"Oh, I do not want to be known as cute anymore." I stated, adjusting in my seat under my Mother's unrelenting pull of my hair.

"Tammy, do you want your hair up or down?" She asked, still brushing the golden locks.

"Up, the veil will look better with it up." Madison concluded, while Connie shook her head,

"No, it looks better down; it makes your face look fuller." She nodded. My Mother rested the brush to her side,

"Well, which is it?"

"Both..." I nodded, "Half up, half down. Maybe if we all compromise today, things will go smoothly."

"You're too optimistic." Connie groaned before there was a soft knock on the wooden door. Julie ran to the door, a small bounce in her step before she reached it and opened it.

"Oh," She said, standing back a little at the door to let whoever it was in. Eve stepped in, her heels clicking softly on the hard wood floor. My Mother cleared her throat, immediately letting my hair fall from her hands.

"Well, girls, let's go get your dresses on." My Mother said warmly, ushering out Connie, Madison and Julie. They quickly grabbed their dresses on the way out and shut the door with a click. I looked down at the dark floor for more than a few seconds, unsure of what to say.

"Tammy, look, I..."

"No, Eve, this is my entire fault once again. I should have believed you when you said it wasn't you who ruined the dress." I shook my head in defeat.

"No, Tammy, you had every right to think that. I've done nothing but try to ruin this wedding from the beginning." Eve sighed, sitting down on the edge of the bed.

"No, you were there when Madison went to the hospital and..."

"Yes but I caused that." Eve shook her head, looking down, "I've messed up everything and I almost caused you to not want to marry my son."

"Eve, even you couldn't do that. That was me and my own stupid delusions." I shook my head turning to her from my spot on the bed. "I love Fulton. I have since we were little kids and the only thing that's really going to stop us is us so now that we're passed that, I do want to apologize for the way I acted yesterday. Melissa just completely threw me over the edge with my wedding dress. I know that's no excuse." I shook my head before Eve stopped me.

"Tammy, it doesn't matter if you walked down the aisle in a potato sack, Fulton would still marry you." She smiled, "Who was I to try to change that." She almost whispered.

"You're right and I wasn't the one to try to change it either." I nodded, "Now, can we get my bridesmaids back in here to finish getting me ready." I asked, the color finally returning to my cheeks after so long. Eve smiled too,

"Yes, let's get this show on the road." She encouraged, getting up to go find my bridesmaids. I sighed, a heavy sigh. These were finally right.

The church was packed from one end to the other with all the Ducks, mine and Fulton's families all in attendance except Tommy of course but I knew he was watching. The media frenzy that had been outside the church had somehow found their way in and were all bunched in the back of the church where there was room. I paced the back of the church with anxiety, not for the wedding and not for all the people but for the fact the something might finally go right in the all the time that I'd know Fulton. He had glanced at me from the front of the church once and smiled, knowing I was backing there looking at him as well. Julie had begun her walk down the aisle, smiling graciously and looking to Adam from words of encouragement. He smiled back and whispered he loved her before she reached the altar and stood awaiting the next girl. Connie walked down next and seemed to be in her own bubble, or else she was just trying not to trip over her own two feet as she walked, this I'll never know but she reached the alter and turned to look for the fiery red head to precede me down the aisle. Madison was glowing, there was no other way to put it as she wattled down the aisle toward Dean. Hopefully they would be the next one's to get married and Fulton and I would be there for them.

"Are you ready?" My Father asked, wrapping his arm around my shoulder to lead me to the open door into the church.

"Are you?" I asked, looking up at the nervous expression on his face.

"I think so." He mumbled, straightening his tux.

"You weren't this nervous last time…" I questioned looking up at him.

"That's because I didn't think you'd go through with it last time." He addressed, looking down at me with a smile. I smiled back,

"I love you, Daddy." I mumbled before we started to walk.

"I love you, too, Princess." He answered leading me to the hand of one only man I would have love.

The ceremony was over before anyone knew it and the party was going back the house when the limo finally pulled up with me and my husband in it.

"We could just skip all this and just go upstairs..." Fulton asked slyly, holding my hand to get out of the limo. I smiled, pressing my lips to his,

"Fulton, and miss that cake we've been talking about for months." I teased. He shrugged,

"Just an idea." He said before he threw me over his should caveman style and made his way down to the party. We were instantly surrounded by friends, as Fulton carried me around like that for a few minutes until I started to feel dizzy. He slid me down the front of his body but didn't let me go,

"See what you would have been missing, not marrying me?" He asked. I smiled, kissing him lightly again. A slow musical ballet started as I stared into the eyes of my husband,

"Will the NEW Mr. and Mrs. Reed please take the dance floor for their first dance as a married couple?" The dj announced. I smiled at him as he took my hand in his and lead me towards the dance floor.

I'll give you the moon at night
I'll give you the stars to light your eyes
I'll give you the sun to make just one more dawn
So another day may come
I'll give you my heart and soul
I'll be there to catch you when you fall
When you ask me what I'll give to you
Girl, I'll give it all

We made it to the dance floor and I wrapped my train unto my arm. Fulton took me into his arms, holding me close.

"I love you, Mrs. Reed." He smiled. I smiled back,

"I love you, too...my husband." He smiled, taking my lips with his.

The loneliness of nights so long
I search for strength to carry on
My every hope had seemed to die
My eyes had no more tears to cry
Then like the sun shined from up above
You surrounded me with your endless love
And all the things I couldn't see
Are now so clear to me

You are my everything
Nothing your love won't bring
My life is yours alone
The only love I've ever known
Your spirit pulls me through
When nothing else will do
Every night I pray on bended knee
That you will always be
My everything

Now all my hopes and all my dreams
Are suddenly reality
You've opened up my heart to feel
A kind of love that's truly real
A guiding light that'll never fade
There's not a thing in life that I would ever trade
For the love you give and won't let go
I hope you'll always know

You are my everything
Nothing your love won't bring
My life is yours alone
The only love I've ever known
Your spirit pulls me through
When nothing else will do
Every night I pray on bended knee
That you will always be
My everything

You're the breath of life in me
the only one that sets me free
and you have made my soul complete
for all time
for all time

You are my everything
Nothing your love won't bring
My life is yours alone
The only love I've ever known
Your spirit pulls me through
When nothing else will do
Every night I pray on bended knee
That you will always be
My everything

"Okay, Enough of this sappy stuff!" Scott said slipping the dj a twenty and "it's raining men" started. I covered my lips with my gloved hand and tried to contain my laughter as Scott dragged Madison unto the dance floor. She pulled against him, pretending not to know him as he frolicked along the edge of the floor. People started to join into the fun and before we knew it the whole floor was filled with friends.

Humidity is rising - Barometer's getting low
According to all sources, the street's the place to go
Cause tonight for the first time
Just about half-past ten
For the first time in history
It's gonna start raining men.

I looked up at Fulton as we still held each other in the mist of the dancing people.

"I love you!"

"I love you, too. Let have one hell of a party." Fulton announced beginning to dance with me.

It's Raining Men! Hallelujah! - It's Raining Men! Amen!
I'm gonna go out to run and let myself get
absolutely soaking wet!
It's Raining Men! Hallelujah!
It's Raining Men! Every Specimen!
Tall, blonde, dark and lean
Rough and tough and strong and mean