This is the final chapter!
Few months later
"You look fine, now get your butt out there!" Madison hissed for the hundredth time.
"Madison, this is not something one can just rush into. Plus I'm missing something!" Rei shouted back.
Amy sighed and rubbed her temples "Ladies, let's stop arguing shall we? I'm mean it's-"
"Oh my God!" Serena barged in and shouted "Mamoru is out there!" Serena shrieked and fell on the soft couch in the dressing room.
Everyone was on wits end and busy preparing for the wedding of the two couple, Rei and Jadeite. So far no accidents had happened and no one threw up, so all in all everything was well.
Rei and Jadeite decided to get away from the average church wedding, instead they went for the nice outside vineyard wedding.
Tables was set up all over the large marble patio. The flowers were red and white, the table cloth was cream colored. The food had been prepared by the one and only Lita and with Serena as the taste tester. The sky was sunny and without a single cloud so rain was not an option.
"Where's Ian?" Rei asked.
"He's outside sitting on Jadeite's lap looking at a drawing book" Lita said as she came in. "And it's such a sweet picture, too bad you can't go out and look"
"Thanks Lita" Rei said flatly.
"Rei, why don't you just go out there all ready?" Madison asked.
"Because it's bad luck and I'm missing something" Rei replied angrily.
Madison rolled her eyes and decided to humor Rei, "Okay, what are you missing?"
"I'm missing something new, something old, something borrowed, and something blue" She sighed.
"Okay then, well your dress is new so that's that" Serena remarked.
"Here's a blue hair clip" Amy walked towards Rei and handed her a butterfly clip that she had just taken out of her hair.
"Here's something borrowed" Madison took off her bracelet and handed it to Rei.
"And something old would be us" Lita said smiling.
"Huh?" Rei asked.
"Well it makes sense because we've all known each other for a long time and we're all old friends. So we can be your something old." Lita explained.
Rei checked herself in the mirror again and smiled. "I don't know what I would've done without you guys"
"You'd probably live longer" Madison smirked.
"Rei, you've made everyone wait for half an hour and Jadeite's getting worried that you're backing out of this wedding thing. So are you going to go now?" Amy asked.
"Yes, it's just that I'm a little overwhelmed. After today I'm going to be Mrs. Rei Wilkins. And Ian is going to be Ian Wilkins" She smiled while on the verge of tears.
"No! Don't cry now! You're going to ruin the makeup that Madison spent an hour perfecting" Serena exclaimed.
"Okay okay" Rei took a tissue and dabbed the tears away. "Amy could you go outside and tell everyone I'm ready to go?"
"Sure thing" Amy smiled and quickly left.
Five Hours Later
"I'm so glad that's over and done with" Rei sighed as she rested her head on Jadeite's shoulder, and with Ian sleeping on Jadeite's lap, as they sat in their limo.
Jadeite gently caressed Ian cheek and smiled "For a moment there I thought you would never come out"
"I was just nervous"
"So was I. You scared me half to death" Jadeite's hand searched for hers and when he found her hand he grasped it tightly.
Rei smiled as she stared down at Ian. The memories of a few months ago came flooding back into her mind. She especially remembered the way Ian smiled and shrieked with joy when she had told him that Jadeite is his father and that she loved him and he loved her back. Ian had jumped on Jadeite's lap and hugged tightly onto his neck and whispered "Take care of my mommy because she's always taken good care of me and she needs someone now"
Ever since then Jadeite and Ian had pretty much hit it off. Jadeite would always take their son to the park and play. All three of them even went to the beach and relax. Of course random beach objects always found their way towards Rei.
"Jadeite, for the first time, I don't think that faith is trying to make my life hell" Rei closed her eyes and relaxed next to her husband.
"I never had a problem with my life until I met you" Jadeite said, and immediately afterwards Rei sat up stiffly and glared at him.
"And what do you mean by that?" She asked, still glaring at him darkly or, rather, as darkly as she could. God help her, the man was handsome if nothing else.
"I mean, my little firefly, that you've totally destroyed my calm and predictable boring world and turned it into something vivid and earth shattering. I fear nothing will ever be normal again as long as your around" He tusked one hand under her chin and gingerly lifted it up. His lips brushed, teasingly, for several times before he gave in and claimed her lips.
After a few moments Rei pulled back and caught her breath. Wonders never ceased to amaze her. It was incredible how four years ago she would have conned the next richest man in line. Her life would've ended up in the gutters from where she going but it took one man, imagine that, and one man only to set her straight. And that man was Jadeite. Rei had to agree he couldn't have done a better job at it, even if he tried.
Four years ago she hated every single man because everyone of them she crossed path with had always wronged her. Then she met him and he proved her wrong and along with proving that some men could be warm, gentle, and trusted, he had captured her heart. She had let her guard slip when it came to him and falling in love was the price for it. And it was a price which she was more than willing to pay. And now, four years later, she was married to him and bore him a son.
"Jadeite, I sincerely wouldn't know how I would go on without you. I can't even imagine how I survived four years without you. I must've been dead for those years" She whispered silently.
"Someday, when we're old and gray, we'll look back and laugh at how stupid we have been. Love was practically throwing itself at us and it took us four years to succumb to it" Jadeite smiled as he held the two most precious treasures he had ever been given.
"I love you" Rei brushed a few strands of hair away from Jadeite's captive eyes.
Jadeite caught her wrist and brought it to his lips and gave a gentle and loving kiss "I love you too" His eyes began to tear up as the love he felt in his heart overwhelmed him. He hated to admit it but Rei had turned his suave and arrogant ways upside down and made him into a crying baby.
His life use to be only about him and he cared only about him, but after meeting Rei there was definitely no way he'll ever be the same again. He imagined he'll spend the rest of his life making more children and running after them, taking care of his wife and loving her with his whole heart until he died. He grinned as he imagined how he'll teach Ian about girls when he grows up.
"Rei, I'd say we started one hell of a journey and the worst is still ahead" He grinned.
"But we'll be ready the next time" She said in a confident tone.
"Let's pray we do. I don't know how much strength we'll have left after you give birth to a few more kids but I'm more than willing to-"
"What do you mean 'a few more kids?' I'm only going to have one more. It was too much of a pain the first time-"
Jadeite's quickly caught her off "Ah ah ah" He waved his finger at her. "That's because you didn't have me by your side. And this time I won't let you leave"
Rei slumped back into her seat and gazed at him longingly "You don't know how hard it was for me to leave you. And I promise I will never leave you until you tell me to"
"And I won't" He gently set Ian down comfortably and then turned his attention back on Rei.
"You're a brave and fierce woman, Rei. I think that's part of why you drive me up the walls. But I'm glad you are. It makes my life a bit more interesting" He whispered hoarsely as he held her closer to him.
"And thank you for having enough patience to deal with me" She said, mesmerized, as he held her so close. The smell of his scent clouded her mind and his tingling touches drove her almost over the edge.
One of his hands pressed against the small of her back as the other one lured her head forward, closer to his.
"No, Rei, not patience just love" And with that he took her sweet mouth once again...
The End...
