Faded

twenty-eight

My mother always told me that if you truly love a man, you can feel that love in every single inch of your body.

That the love makes your head hurt, your lips tingle, your heart beat faster, your fingertips ache without their touch, your stomach fill with butterflies, your knees weaken whenever you see them, and your toes curl when they pick you up off your feet.

If a man makes those parts of your body feel like that, then you know you've found your soulmate.

Good thing Dean makes me feel like that.

I stood motionless outside the room in my red heels as Dean held me tightly, my arms wrapped around him as I sighed and closed my eyes tightly. "Angel?" Dean asks quietly as I pull back from the hug to look up at him, "We don't have to do this today, if you're not ready." He says understandingly as I shake my head furiously. "Absolutely not, we are doing this today. I love you, and I want this babe." I say as he nods and rubs the back of his neck, "Okay." He smiles before pecking me on the lips.

"Addi, come on. Let's go get you ready, you wanna look your best right?" Becky smiles as I nod, "I will see you in the ring Mr. Ambrose." I smile slightly as he chuckles. "Yes you will Mrs. Ambrose." He chuckles again before I walk back into the dressing room. All of my girls smile at me before Nikki sits me down in a chair and turns on some music, "I can totally do this." I say to myself before looking up at the mirror.

3:oo, Beginning of the Ceremony

"Ro, thanks for agreeing to walk me out there. I know it's last minute." I smile as I grip onto Roman's arm tightly with one hand and hold my bouquet of red and white flowers in the other. Tears pool in my eyes as I peek my head around the corner and see Dean in the ring with his friends as Seth fixes his tie and Randy makes small talk with him, "Are you ready?" Mercedes asks from in front of me as I nod.

"I'm ready." I reply happily before each of their entrance songs begins and my bridesmaids walk out to them. First it's Nikki, then Becky, then Mella, then Naomi, and then Mercedes. "You look gorgeous Addi, I'm happy for you guys." Roman says before the song, A Thousand Years, begins to play and my breath catches in my chest as Roman kisses my temple and we walk out.

I smile widely as we walk out onto the ramp and I look around to see all of my friends sitting in the floor seats of the arena, I hold Roman's arm tightly as I smile at Dean in the ring. I see the tears on his cheeks as I slightly wipe a tear away. Roman and I walk up the set of steel steps closest to the ramp as Seth and Randy hold the ropes open for me, I laugh slightly before stepping through them and into the ring.

Mercedes reaches out for my bouquet as I quickly hand it to her and hug Roman, "Thank you so much." I whisper into his ear as he nods. "You're welcome Addi." He replies before shaking Dean's hand and hugging him as I stand in front of Dean, "You look so beautiful." He whispers as I wipe away a tear from my cheek and smile at him.

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to witness in the holy matrimony of Adriana Demarco and Dean Ambrose.."

Later In The Ceremony

"Adriana, your vows." The priest says as I wipe away my tears and Nikki hands me a piece of notebook paper with my vows written on them. "Thank you." I sniffle before opening the paper and clearing my throat, "Dean, the first time we ever met I was 16 and you were 23. I had braces and a pair of huge nerd glasses, and I was at a CZW show. After it was over I was just about to get in my car and drive home when you ran up to my car and in the most attractive voice, you told me to wait." I read as he chuckles and wipes away his tears.

"I thought to myself, oh my god Jon Moxley is speaking to me." I laugh slightly as everyone joins in, "You told me you thought I was beautiful and that you'd like my number, so being the hormonal teenage fan girl I was, I gave you my number." I say and look up at him. "By the way, the first time we met was 7 years ago today." I add before smiling and looking down at the paper, "7 years ago, 7 amazing years ago I met the love of my life. I didn't know it back then, but I knew it when you first asked me to marry you. I still know it, and you only had to put a ring on my finger a second time." I smile yet again as he chuckles.

"Dean, I love you very much. Everyday I'm with you, I thank god for that cold November night in Pittsburgh 7 years ago. You make me absolutely happy and everything about you makes me smile, the way you always stick your tongue out in matches or when you're doing a promo, even the way you walk in the door at home after working out makes me smile." I say before beginning to cry again, "I want to be your wife again, I wanna love you for the rest of my life, and I wanna be the love of your life. Because Dean, you're everything to me, and I don't know where I'd be without you." I read before putting my hand over my mouth and crying as Mercedes puts her hand on my shoulder before taking the piece of paper.

"Beautiful Adriana. Dean, your vows." The priest smiles as I wipe my eyes and look up at Dean, "I wasn't as prepared as she was, but I'm just gonna role with it." He chuckles before clearing his throat. "Addi, 7 years ago today I made the best decision of my life. If you would've asked me 7 years ago yesterday what I'd do after my match, I would've most likely said gone home and drink." He laughs as I roll my eyes and smile. "When I saw you that day, it felt like a switch flipped in my brain and I knew that I had to be with you. The way you bit your lip whenever I got hit in the face made me feel better about getting hit in the face, the way you brushed that one piece of your hair out of your face whenever you got worried made me want to get out of the ring and kiss you right then and there." He smiles.

"Adriana, you are everything I could have asked for in life. You've made me a better man, a better wrestler, and you make me want to be the best damn husband I can be. So Adriana, I love you more than words can describe." He finishes as I smile and tears of joy roll down my cheeks as he smiles and Roman pats him on the back.

"Great, now, the rings?" The priest asks as Mercedes hands me Dean's and Seth hands Dean mine. "Okay Adriana, repeat after me." The priest smiles as I grab Dean's hand in mine, "I, Adriana, give you, Dean, this ring as an eternal symbol of my love and commitment for you." He says as I smile at Dean and slide the ring on his finger. "I, Adriana, give you, Dean, this ring as an eternal symbol of my love and commitment for you." I say and squeeze his hand slightly as the priest nods.

"Dean, your turn. I, Dean, give to you, Adriana, this ring as an eternal symbol of my love and commitment for you." The priest says once more as Dean slides the ring on my finger, "I, Dean, give to you, Adriana, this ring as an eternal symbol of my love and commitment for you." He smiles back at me before taking my other hand on his.

"Adriana, do you take Dean to be your lawfully wedded husband, in sickness and health, for better or worse, for richer or poor?" The priest asks me as I nod, "I do." I reply as Dean wipes away one of my tears, "Dean, do you take Adriana to be your lawfully wedded wife, in sickness and health, for better or worse, for richer or poor?" He asks Dean as I bite my lip. "I do." Dean responds quickly.

"By the power vested in me by God and the city of Toronto. I now pronounce you husband and wife, you may now kiss the bride." He announces before closing his bible, I smile at Dean as he pulls me close and presses his lips to mine as my entrance music begins to play and everyone in attendance cheers and claps for us as I place my hand on the back of his neck.

Mrs. Adriana Ambrose, has a nice ring to it don't you think?