Taking Chances: The Ceremony

Sequel to Somebody to Love :) sqqqqueeeeee...

Disclaimer -- Nothing belongs to us no matter how much begging we seem to be doing... Oh well.. the shame... We will just have to figure something out... woosaaa!!!

Catherine's vows are by Honor (and *ahem* -- I had to add a line of GSR in here too lol -- Pretty much for ILoveJorja)

Calleigh's vows are by Kate

Enjoy...

The guests were all reunited in the well decorated backyard. They included Wendy, Hodges, Greg, Nick, Dr. Robbins, David, Grissom and Sara from Las Vegas, Ryan, Alexx, Maxine, Horatio and Frank from Miami.
The backyard of Grissom and Sara's house had been decorated in white, purple and gold. The music started and the guests got up to see the first of the brides walk down the aisle. Catherine was clutching Lindsey, her maid of honour's hand as she walked towards Grissom, who was presiding, he had been asked by both Catherine and Sara, in fact Sara had threatened that he wouldn't get any sex for a month unless he applied for a licence to become the 'Official' for the ceremony. The guests gasped as they saw how beautiful Catherine was in her white suit. The button up blouse was a light shade of purple to match the colours chosen for the event and instead of white dress pants, Catherine opted for a skirt. Her red hair fell in loose curls to her shoulders and around her face. Catherine had a radiant smile on her face and everyone could tell she was happy.

"Mom, relax." Lindsey whispered. "You're killing my hand." She added.

"Sorry." Catherine whispered. She was nervous but it wasn't because of the idea of getting married, she had done it once before, her excuse was that she was nervous for first time bride, Calleigh. Catherine glanced at her daughter standing next to her. Lindsey had grown so much and she was so proud of her. She was also happy that Lindsey accepted Calleigh as her "step-mom", the girl had, in fact, been their biggest support system in the decision to get married. Catherine glanced at her grown up daughter and couldn't help but think that she looked so beautiful in her purple spaghetti strapped dress with a golden ribbon tied around her waist. Lindsey's eyes were on the end of the aisle and a big smile crossed her face. The music changed to play a musical version of "Taking Chances" and Catherine's heart jumped. She turned and first saw Natalia, Calleigh's maid of honour, looking stunning in her purple dress which was similar to Lindsey's, walking towards her. Then all the heads turned to see the stunning blonde walking down the aisle behind her. Catherine's eyes met Calleigh's and all her worries melted away as her bride-to-be smiled. Calleigh was wearing a white strapless dress that ended before the knees. One inch on the top of the dress was gold and so was the ribbon Calleigh had wrapped around her small waist. In her hands was a bouquet of purple roses and white lilies tied together with a gold ribbon. Catherine was the only one that saw Calleigh was slightly shaking. As their eyes met, both woman smiled at each other, it was as if there was no one else around them. Catherine extended a hand to Calleigh and the blonde took it.

"Hi." She whispered.

"Hey." Calleigh whispered back. They both took a deep breath and turned to face Grissom. He nodded and smiled.

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to join these two ladies in marriage." Grissom began. All through the ceremony, occasionally, a tear would roll down Calleigh's cheek and Catherine would gently wipe it away.

"The couple have chosen to write their own vows, they will now recite them." Grissom said. The ladies turned to face each other and to hold hands. Catherine took in a deep breath and looked at Calleigh.

"Calleigh, I have known you now for nearly 3 years, and before I met you I never imagined I would ever have a relationship like this.
We have been through some tough times the two of us and I am so glad that we got through them together. I'm glad that you have a bond with Lindsey, it makes this all the better, for her to have someone like you to depend on when I'm not here.
I fell in love with you for the outlook on life that you have, your rare qualities and your abilities, and I promise I won't try to reshape any of that into a different image. I want you to stay the same and to accept you the way that you are.
I promise to give you the best of myself and to ask of you no more than you can give.
I promise to respect you as a person with your own interests, your own desires and needs, and to realize that sometimes they are different, but no less important than my own.
I promise to keep myself open to you, to let you see through the window of my personal world and let you in when my innermost fears and feelings want to come out. I want to share my secrets and my dreams with you.
I promise to grow along with you, to be willing to face change as we both change in order to keep our relationship alive and exciting.
And finally, I promise to love you in good times and in bad, with all I have to give and all I feel inside in the only way I know how.
Forever and Always." She said.

Lindsey handed Catherine the wedding band.

"With this ring, I thee wed." Catherine smiled as she slid the ring on Calleigh's finger. The blonde could no longer hold her emotions. Tears were pouring down her cheeks.

"Calleigh, it's your turn." Grissom said quietly. Catherine wiped the tears off Calleigh's cheeks as Calleigh took a deep breath.

"I am horrible at writing vows so I decided to use lines from my some favourite songs." Calleigh sobbed. She took out a piece of paper from between her boobs, took a deep breath and began. "Catherine, I don't know much about your life, I don't know much about your world, you don't know about my past and I don't have the future figured out. I've had my heart beaten down many times but I always came back for more and there's nothing like love to pull you up and you are the proof of that. I will share my whole life with you; I will give all I am to you. I surrendered everything to feel a chance to live again and here I am, with you, my life is complete, I vow to be faithful to you forever and always." Calleigh said as tears rolled down her cheeks. Catherine blinked her tears away and saw in the corner of her eye, that Sara was also wiping her cheeks. Calleigh took the wedding band Natalia was handing her.

"With this ring, I thee wed." Calleigh said as she slipped the ring on Catherine's finger. She was gently shaken by sobs. They held hands again. Grissom looked at them with a huge smile on his face.

"You guys did it, I now pronounce you wife and wife," Grissom said, "You may kiss the bride." He added with a smile. Catherine looked at the crying Calleigh, took her face on her hands and kissed her passionately. Calleigh wrapped her arms around Catherine's waist and Catherine had her arms around Calleigh's neck. The guests burst into applause. When they stopped kissing, Catherine had to wipe away a few tears and Calleigh just let her tears roll down her cheeks. They held hands and turned to look at their guests.

"There will be a small reception farther in the backyard, please join us." Catherine said as Calleigh placed her head against Catherine's shoulder. The cameras flashed as people took pictures of the brides walking up the aisle, finally a married couple.

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Honor & Kate xx