bella ended up winning a competition that would see their wedding paid for, reid explained, "she was very excited about it. luke, not so much – the idea of having to have photographs and making it so public. he's definitely pleasing her and going along with this big dream fairytale wedding. he'd much prefer, i think, to just have family and a quiet ceremony but she's planning this wedding since she was about 5 years old so she's going a bit crazy." urquhart agreed, stating that luke's perfect wedding, "would have some kind of ritual from somewhere but the main focus for luke would be that him and his bride were there and he'd be happy ... he deals with her as he always has – with love and servitude." on the night prior to the wedding, luke was diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme and emotionally admitted to bella she should reconsider marrying a dying man. nonetheless, bella decided to carry on with the nuptials and the two married in december 2012. the wedding march used for the episode was the same as the music used for the 1981 wedding between charles, prince of wales and diana, princess of wales. although happily married, bella struggled to accept luke's diagnosis and suggested she have his child to keep his legacy alive. luke was hesitant to accept the offer and instead, the couple threw a "living wake", a party themed around that of a wake set to celebrate luke's life. reid elaborated on bella's desire to have the party, "bella thinks this is a perfect opportunity for people to show their appreciation of luke and his life. but she wants to keep it as cheerful as possible." as such she struggled with the theme of death. several months after luke's death, zala returned to ferndale with a baby, luke's apparent son, luca dobra (charlie truman). bella embraced luca, with reid explaining, "she realises that luca is definitely luke’s baby, it really hits her hard. but it doesn’t take her long to realise that having luca around is like having a little piece of luke in her life and she embraces being part of his upbringing."