A wedding to remember

Finally A New Chapter

Jason's pov

We were watching TV, late at night with a warm fire blazing in the fireplace. She cuddles into my chest. One thing threatened to hold me here, another brought me home, and that same first thing made me feel whole again. She's the one thing I missed after leaving in reckless abandon. I'm so lucky she took me back. "You brought me home." I whisper, kissing her. She turns around, smiling. "Hey Jay tell me a story of your adventures." I smile and remember a fond one.

~flashback~

"Ok ten four. I'm going down." I say into my radio, flipping a switch or two then landing the plane I've had for seven years. I step out on the plains of Indonesia. Ben walks over to me. "I got us a cave back there." He says, pointing. I nod and hike over there. I've been flying for four days without rest so I'm exhausted. I lay down, my head against the wall. A warm gold fire illuminating the cave. "I say we get a good night's rest then start tomorrow." "Roger." I whisper, closing my eyes, exhausted.

*the next day*

The river was pretty fast and threatened to pull me off my feet. Ben grabbed my hand, pulling me from the rapids. "We got this." He says. I smile and nod. We ended up finding a room filled with gold and all kinds of treasure.

~flashback over~

"But all the treasure in that room didn't satisfy me as much as being back here with you." She turns around and smiles. "You always were a hopeless romantic." She says, making me smile. "It's hard not to be. It just comes so naturally." I sit up and pull her into a kiss, leading to us going to her room. The anticipation of wanting to do this for so long has been eating me.

Miranda's pov

We've never done anything more than making out. He never would have sex with me when we were in high school and I never knew why. But now he stands at the foot of the bed, me laying on it. He looks absolutely nervous. "You alright?" He nods. "Just..... I don't wanna fuck this up." I smile and stand up. "How could you? If it just comes naturally." I whisper. He smiles, looking away. I pull his chin toward me. "You got this." I whisper, kissing him slowly, his hands land on my arms. He backs me up against the bed. "Jason, I-" "I just want this to be perfect." He whispers, interrupting me. "You deserve it." I smile as tears fill my eyes. "With you imperfect will still be perfect." He smiles.

*after*

Jason's pov

If I thought being back here would tear me apart, I was wrong. What tore me apart the most was knowing someone else got to do that with her. "Jason, why would you never make love to me in high school?" I sigh and hug her tighter. "I knew if I did, I'd never be able to leave and explore the world like I wanted to." Her eyes go wide and she sits up. "W-What?" I stare at her trying to fight the passion and lust flowing through my veins. "I loved you so much. But I was a stupid kid who didn't realize just how important that love for you was. Now.... Now that I'm back and in your bed with you, I will never be the same again." I sit up and press my lips to hers hard. "The love I had for you threatened to hold me here. And I would've stayed. I just know I would." My body burns with desire to be hers again. I shakily rest my hands on her arms. "I held back my lust for so long..... But I can't anymore." She smiles. "You.... Lusted over me?" I force a laugh. "Being alone half the time can torture a man's soul."

~flashback~

When I was in south America on an exploration. I caught yellow fever. It came with horrid hallucinations. The one that was hardest was her. Standing beside my bed, while my body writhed with agony. All I wanted to do was hold her again. In my hallucinated spiral into madness I was leaning against the wall, trying to stay standing and fighting back the wave after wave of nausea that tortured me. "Come back!" I gasp, hitting my knees, my muscles weak and throbbing. She stood in the doorway. And even though I knew it was just a hallucination, it brought tears to my eyes seeing her.

~flashback over~

I thought I'd never been in more pain than that day. But.... I was wrong. Her rejecting me at first hurt more than anything. I felt like I was dying back in that stupid South American hospital but a million times worse. I stare at the girl I loved and lost. "You don't ever have to worry Jason. You're my one and only." I force a smile as tears fall down my cheeks. "You may not have been my first but you will be my last." I whisper, kissing her softly.