Chapter One
Everyone rose from their seats as the music started playing.
They all turned their heads as they saw Kate Beckett, wearing a beautiful white dress that was simple but so elegant. Her hair was wisped up into a tight bun with a delicate veil hanging from the back. Gracefully, she walked down the aisle with her father, nervously taking each step. She couldn't believe she was getting married to Richard Castle. Six years ago she would have never believed it. There he was; standing there with the biggest smile on his face. She was so scared but so happy that she was spending the rest of her life with this man. Her stomach was churning as she kept on going. She felt like she was walking for ages, as if time had stopped. 'Just relax…breathe,' Kate thought; her heart beating faster and faster as she got closer and closer to her ruggedly handsome man. If she could handle getting shot and almost dying multiple times then she could get through the wedding.
Richard Castle stood there as he watched the love of his life come towards him. He knew that the third time was the charm. After Gina, he never thought he would get married again. But then came Kate Beckett and his whole world changed. Even though he had been married twice before, he still felt the butterflies flying around in his stomach, yet, it was unlike the feeling he had in the last two weddings. Maybe he knew that this time it would finally be happy ever after?
As she reached Castle, Jim unlinked Kate's arm from his and quickly whispered good luck into her ear before he sat down. Jim sat next to an empty seat, knowing that Johanna was sitting there, even though she couldn't be there in person. Jim could feel she was watching over them, she couldn't miss their daughter's big day. Kate and Rick both faced each other and couldn't stop staring into each other's eyes. This was it, this was their moment.
'Welcome friends and family of Richard Castle and Katherine Beckett,' announced the minister, 'if anyone here has any reason why these two shouldn't be married, please speak now or forever hold your peace.' Anxiously, both Kate and Rick looked around the church but after a long moment of silence, they laughed and the ceremony continued. They then moved onto the vows.
'I, Richard Edgar Alexander Rodgers Castle..,' everybody laughed before he could say another word, including Kate. '…Take you, Katherine Houghton Beckett to be my wife. I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love you and honour you all the days of my life.' Kate had tears in her eyes as he spoke, she wouldn't be able to say her line next; she was speechless.
She giggled apprehensively before she said her peace. 'I, Katherine Houghton Beckett, take you…' she took a deep breath and continued quickly, 'Richard Edgar Alexander Rodgers Castle to be my husband.' Husband sounded really weird she thought, as she said the word. 'I promise to be true to you in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health. I will love you and honour you all the days of my life… as long as you bring me more coffees.' The whole church filled with laughter simultaneously, as well as Rick and Kate.
'You have declared your consent before the Church. May the Lord in his goodness strengthen your consent and fill you both with his blessings. What God has joined, men must not divide,' said the minister. It was now time for exchanging rings.
Once the rings were exchanged, the minister finally announced what Rick and Kate had been waiting for…
'And now, as they have pledged their vows to each other, by the authority vested in me by the State of New York, I now pronounce you husband and wife… You may now kiss.'
Finally, after waiting a lifetime for this moment, they smiled at each other happily and leaned in to kiss each other. But, before they reached each other's lips, the church door burst open and a gunshot was fired, making an echo throughout the room. The church fell silent…
TO BE CONTINUED!
