Epilogue

 

"Ladies and gentlemen, may I now present to you for the first time, Mr. and Mrs. Brian Thomas Littrell!!"  The minister announced for everyone in the church to hear.  Cheers and shouts of congratulations were heard from throughout the church as Brian and Angela slowly made their way down the aisle; Angela couldn't move that fast because she was eight months pregnant.
      

They had decided that they wanted to get married before the baby was born.  The nursery was all set up in a puppy theme and all it needed was a baby to call the room its home.   Angela was only too excited to be a glowing, expecting bride.  It was everything she could have ever hoped for.
   

 Following them out was Angela's younger sister, Trisha,  as the maid of honor escorted by Harry, who was Brian's best man.  Nick, AJ, Kevin, and Howie all followed them as ushers with Krista at Nick's side and three of Angela's friends as bridesmaids.  
      

As they exited the Lexington church and got into the limo, Angela looked toward her parents.  Her mother was crying bittersweet tears because she knew she was losing her oldest baby, but at the same time knew that she was in good hands.  Her father stood proud and gave her their secret wave; she would always be "Daddy's Little Girl."  When she glanced over to Brian's parents, his mother was also crying.  She was crying because Brian had made it; he became a husband and is on his way to see his child being born.  His father smiled and held Jackie tightly as the limo started to pull away.
   

Angela snuggled up against Brian and looked up at him.  "Well, Mr. Littrell, here we are married and getting ready to have our baby.  What do you think of that?" she smiled.
      

"Well, Mrs. Littrell, I couldn't have asked for anything more." He tilted her chin and gave her a loving kiss.

Five weeks later...

 

"Come on Angela!!  Push!" encouraged her obstetrician, Dr. Chelston.
   

"I'm trying! It hurts!" she moaned.
  

Brian scrunched up his face in pain as Angela squeezed his hand during the contraction.  "You're doing just fine Princess.  A little bit more and you're done."
      

"I know Brian," she sighed.  "I really couldn't have done this without you."
      

"No, you really couldn't have," he laughed, trying to lighten up the mood.
  

Angela smacked him.  "You know what I meant!"  Brian just kissed her forehead in return.  "Ohh, here comes another one!!"  Brian braced himself because he had a feeling this one was going to be bigger than the last.
  

"Here we go Angela!!  Let's shoot for the head this time!" Dr. Chelston said.  Angela took a deep breath and pushed.  "I see the head!!  OK, take a breather for a minute and then we are going to birth this baby!"

      

"I can't do this anymore," she mumbled.
   

"Yes, you can Angela.  Look at me."  Angela turned her head to face Brian.  He looked into her eyes and farther beyond them. "I pulled through for you and the baby and now it's your turn to pull through for us."
     

She nodded as Dr. Chelston said it was time for the last push.  Angela closed her eyes and pushed with everything she had.

 

"Congratulations!!  You have a baby boy!" Dr. Chelston exclaimed.       

 

"How come the baby isn't crying?" Angela said in alarm.
 

"The biblical cord was slightly tied around his neck.  Brian, if you would come cut the cord?"  Brian took the surgical scissors and snipped the cord in half.  Right after that, their baby's cry rang throughout the delivery room.  "Let me just clean him up and you can see him."
   

"How is he?" She asked Brian.
     

"He's beautiful.  Just like you."  He leaned over and kissed her like he had never done before.
     

A nurse laid the little boy into Angela's arms.  "We'll give you a few minutes," she smiled and left the room.
     

"Oh Brian," she breathed.  "He is beautiful." She started crying at the sight before her.  "He has your eyes," she smiled.
   

"He definitely has your smile," he said, not taking his eyes off the baby.  "So are we going with the name we had picked out?"
    

"Yes," she answered.  "Jeremy Matthew Littrell.  It's perfect."  Jeremy smiled and they somehow knew that he liked it as well.  "Do you want to hold him?"  Brian just nodded.
     

"Hi Jeremy," he whispered to his son.  "I'm your Daddy."
    

Angela watched at how Brian was so loving with Jeremy.  Here she was married to the only man she had truly loved and together they had created life.  She never felt so fortunate and never felt so complete.

AN:  Well guys, this is the end!!  I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.  To all those that have stuck with me through the last year and a half, you'll never know how much I appreciate you.  Thank you to everyone for their ideas and feedback. There may be a sequel, but I don't know.  Email me with your thoughts on that.  And now I'll leave you with a quote that I thought fitted the story:
 
"It was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were supposed to be together...and I knew it.  I knew it the very first time I touched her.  It was like coming home...only to no home I'd ever known...I was just taking her hand to help her out of the car and I knew.  It was like...magic."  - Sam Baldwin