Prevailing Love

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

I can't stop staring at her. There are so many people around us, and the minister is standing between us but I see no one but her. Her beauty just overpowers everything. She is in a beautiful tight hugging, yet flowy and ruffled white dress. The dress goes to the floor, and underneath you can clearly see the combat boots she is wearing underneath. She told me she was going to wear them as a tribute to our first marriage. She also is wearing the black ring; I gave her on our second wedding. Finally, she has on the headband that she wore when we were married in Australia. She wanted to incorporate something from each of our weddings to symbolize the past, and coming full circle, but letting go, and never forgetting as well.

The minister is standing between us muttering words that are part of the ceremony, but I barely hear them, they are incoherent. I am blinded by her beauty and perfection. I am in awe of her and at the fact that after everything this is where we are. Staring at her, I know that we belong together, that everything worked out the way it was supposed to. My place is with her, and with our babies. I reach down to grab her hand and bring it up to my lips, tenderly kissing each of her knuckles. I look into her eyes and see the tears welling up. "I love you," I mouth to her.

"I love you more," she replies, not breaking eye contact.

My daze is broken when the minister asks me to share my vows with Steffy.

I take her hand and wrap both of my hands over it, bringing it up to my lips to kiss once more. I smile lovingly at her.

"My beauty, my heart, my love, my everything, there aren't words to describe how I feel about you and how much I love you. Nor are there words to describe what you being in my life has done for me and to me. You came into my life when I needed you, but yet didn't realize how much I actually needed you and how much I would need you in the future as well. Even standing before you right now, I need you."

"I truly do not deserve you. You've always been by my side, through everything, even when I pushed you away. You came back and have loved me through all my flaws. I tell you, I certainly do have a lot of them. You have loved me despite them. You have given me everything I could ever want or need. You know me better than I know myself, and have fought over and over for us, no matter the cost. You were the one who never lost faith in us, and who we are together. Steffy, you are not just the mother of my children, you are my strength, my guiding light, my comfort, my love, my life. You are the air that I breath. I can't do this life without you, I wouldn't want to. I stand in front of all these witnesses, today, as you give me your heart once again, trusting me with it. I promise to take it, and cherish it, and never give you another reason to doubt or regret giving me your heart again. I will love you, protect you, stand for you, and do everything in my power to make you happy. Thank you for the life you've given to me and thank you for taking this huge leap of faith with me again. I don't know where we are going to end up, but as long as we are together, I'm sure it'll be a great ride. I love you. You are my queen forever.

She is smiling; all while tears streaming down her face in joy and happiness. She puts her hand to my cheek.

"Liam, the moment you saved me from the bath tub, our souls became entwined forever. We sure as heck didn't realize it then, but with each day that passes by it becomes more clear to me that you and I are meant to be. You have given me a life I couldn't have ever dreamed of, a life that I never thought I could have or deserved. You bring out the best in me. You give me hope and strength. We are the best when we are together. You have touched my soul in a way that no one has ever been able to do before. We have hurt each other deeply over the years, a lot of the time by no fault of our own, but we have also have loved each other the deepest. You made me a better person, forced me to grow, and change. You made me realize that I had to do these things if I ever wanted to have you. You have given me balance, and more importantly you've given me our babies. I look at them every day, and I look back at the life we've shared together, and I am just in awe and completely grateful for everything we have, that we have been given, and the fact that our love is so deep that it created our babies. For that alone, I owe you my soul. I will forever love you, be committed to you, and be yours until the end of our days."