Teamwork

Ben and Ciara were sitting in bed in the cabin. Ciara said she had to go thank Claire for ruining her wedding to Theo so Ben could take her to the cabin.

" Wait, you can't go."

" Believe me, babe, I wish we could stay here forever, too, but we have to get that ankle of yours looked at."

" It's just a sprain."

" Okay, then. But unless you want to live off a diet of leftover soy sauce packets for the rest of our lives."

" No. It's not even that I don't want to leave. I mean, I don't at all, but we couldn't, even if we wanted to, that limo won't start."

" The limo."

" Yeah, we really should have thought about this a lot better before we let Shawn leave us here."

" Hmm, mmm, well, you are a mechanic. I am Bo Brady's daughter, so I'm thinking that between the two of us, we can get that engine going in no time."

" You're not wrong. We can fix anything together."

" Teamwork."

" Teamwork."

Ciara leaned over and kissed him; he kissed her back and then held out his hand and said, " Alright. Help me up."

Ciara joined her hand with his, and Ben smiled, " Just like old times."

Ciara leaned over and gave him another kiss as they held hands.

Ciara got up first, dressed, and then helped Ben get dressed and stand up.

Ben hissed when when Ciara helped him put on his shoes.

" Sorry, babe."

" It's okay."

They made their way out to the limo, and Ben looked under the hood.

" Okay, try it now, babe."

Ciara turned the key, but nothing happened.

Ben looked again and noticed a loose wire. He tightened it and told Ciara to try again.

Ciara turned the key, and this time, it started right up.

Ciara drove them back to Salem. On the way to the apartment, Ciara took a turn.

" Babe, where are you going? The apartment is the other way."

"We are going to the hospital to have your ankle looked at."

" I told you it's just a sprain."

" I want to hear that from a doctor."

When they arrived, Kayla was able to see him right away.

" How did this happen?"

" I shoved him, and he fell."

" Was this when you couldn't remember him?"

" Yes, he took me to the cabin to jog my memory. It worked in the end because here we are."

" I am so happy for you guys."

Kayla watched as Ciara held Ben's hand and kissed his forehead.

" Okay, we will take an X-ray and see how bad it is."

Kayla took Ben for an X-ray while Ciara waited in the room.

Kayla brought him back, " We should have the results very soon."

" Thank's Aunt Kayla."

" I'll be back soon."

" Are you in a lot of pain?"

" It's okay."

" I am so sorry, babe."

" Ciara, it's fine. You don't have to apologize."

Kayla came back into the room. She looked at the X-ray, " Good news, it's not broken, just a very bad sprain."

" Thank God."

" You will have to use these crutches. I need you off that ankle as much as possible."

" I will make sure he rests."

"These are for the pain, and I want you to ice your ankle as well."

They thanked Kayla and left the hospital.

Ciara took Ben back to the apartment. He said he would change and go to John and Marlena's, and she said she was heading to her mom's to talk to Claire.

Ben changed his clothes and grabbed Ciara's rings before heading to John and Marlena's house.

After talking with Claire, she met up with Ben, John, and Marlena.

When Ciara said Ben needed to go home and rest his little ankle, Ben handed his crutches to Marlena.

" Not just yet. There's one thing I have to do first."

" Babe, what are you doing? You need those."

" Not for this one."

Ben grabbed her hands and slowly got down on one knee.

" I know the last time I did this, I said it was going to be the only time, but I thank God that I get to do it again."

Ben let go of one of her hands and pulled the ring box out of his pocket. He let go of the other and opened the box.

" Ciara Alice Brady, will you marry me?"

" Where did you get that, Ben Weston?"

" Well, you mentioned it was in your purse, so I kind of swiped it when you weren't looking."

" You sneaky, sneaky man."

" I'm also in a little bit of pain down here, so an answer would be great."

" Oh my God. Yes, Ben, yes, of course, I will marry you."

Ben threw the box and slid the washer onto her finger. He kissed her hand and then stood up to kiss her.

" I love you so much."

" I love you too."

" Guess what?"

" Hmm."

" Dr. Evans agreed to do the ceremony."

" Wow, that's wonderful, so should we go home and start planning a date?"

" Well, I was actually thinking maybe we could do it right now. If that's okay with you?"

Marlena said it was cool with her. They could even do it right now."

Ben looked at Ciara and said, " We do want it right now, right?"

" We definitely do."

Ciara pulled him in and kissed him.

John agreed to be the witness. Marlena offered them the townhouse to get married in instead of going to church.

They accepted and got married right there in the living room.

Shawn, Belle, Claire, and Allie were there to see Ben and Ciara get married again.

They stayed for a while before going home.

When they got to the door, Ben let out a sigh.

" Baby, what's wrong?"

" I should be carrying my bride over the threshold, but I'm having trouble carrying my own self right now."

" Oh my gosh, babe, I'm so sorry."

Ben opened the door, and they walked over the threshold together as Mr. and Mrs.

" Every bride's dream come true. A small apartment above a repair shop."

" Now, who's losing their memory? I am Bo Brady's daughter. I'm the woman whose engagement ring is a greasy washer from a motorcycle carburetor. Baby, I love it here. It's perfect."

" Well, you can feel free to make any changes your little heart desires."

Ciara laughed, " Okay, you say that now, but we both know you like things in a very particular way."

" Are you referring to my preference of order and tidiness?"

" Face it, Ben. You are a neat freak, and I am a slob, which makes us quite the odd couple in more ways than one."

" Well, in my defense, when you grow up on the run, you learn it's best to know where everything is in case you gotta leave in a hurry."

" Well, now there's absolutely nothing to run from, so when I lose the scissors for a couple of days. And we can't find them, it won't even matter."

" Right."

" Yeah."

" I mean to hell with the scissors, we'll just use our teeth to just tear everything open, scissors be damned."

Ben kissed her neck, which made her laugh. She held on to him, which almost made him fall over.

" Oh my God, I'm sorry."

" The only thing I can't lose ever again is standing right in front of me."

They started to kiss before Ben pulled away, " You know something else? The last time we got married, we didn't even get to enjoy our wedding night."

" Ben, it's in the middle of the afternoon."

" And I think we should make up for lost time, Mrs. Weston."

" Well, Mister Weston. I like the way you think."

They started to kiss as they kissed; Ciara removed his jacket, and he did the same with hers. They fell on the bed and continued to remove their clothes.

They made love as husband and wife and cuddled under the sheets.

" Are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

" Where the hell are those damn scissors?"

They started laughing, and Ben said, " No."

" Well, actually, what I'm thinking about is how fun this is gonna be when we're doing this all day, every day on our honeymoon."

" Honeymoon, right."

" Where do you want to go."

" Wherever is going to make you happy."

" You know, when Vincent was holding me captive, I had a lot of dreams about our future. They were the only things giving me hope until I could see you again."

" Anyway, umm, one of the dreams was about our honeymoon."

" Tell me about it."

Ciara went on to tell him about the dream she had.

" You're not gonna believe this."

" What?"

" I think we had the same dream."

" When Vincent's car exploded, and I ended up in the hospital trying to find you in that fire, I had all these wild dreams about our future, too. And one of them was exactly like what you just explained."

" You were packing up for this tropical honeymoon, and the new bikini and... this is incredible. What else did you dream?"

" Well, umm, I had this one dream where I was pregnant."

" I dreamed that you were pregnant, too, and in my dream, you gave birth, and it was a boy."

" And we named our son..."

" Bo. We named him Bo."

" I love you."

" I love you, too."

" Ciara, we are really..."

" Connected? Yeah. I mean. After everything we've been through, are you really that surprised?"

They kissed before Ben got out of bed and hobbled over to the dresser.

Ben pulled out a shirt and tossed it to Ciara, " Put that on."

" Ben, this is the shirt you gave me. I cannot believe you still have it."

" Of course, I still have it. It smells like you."

Ben put on a shirt and then grabbed his phone.

Ciara put on the shirt and said, " Okay, now what?"

" What's a wedding without a first dance."

Ciara smiled, and Ben held out his hand. He helped her out of bed, and she wrapped her arms around his neck.

" I can't tell you how happy I am in this moment."

" You don't have to because I feel the exact same way."

They danced for a little before Ben sat on the end of the bed.

" Are you okay?"

" My ankle is killing me. I'm sorry."

" Baby, it's fine. I'll get you some ice."

" I love you."

" I love you, too."

Ciara propped his foot with a pillow and placed the ice on his ankle.

" How does that feel?"

" So much better."

" Good. You relax, and if you need anything, I will get it for you."

They spent the rest of the day cuddled in bed, watching TV, kissing, and talking.