Dream Date II: The Wedding Chapter 2: The Ceremony, a wrestling fanfic

Chapter 2: The Ceremony

Well, it is now 1:30pm and after my mom, Janet, my maids of honor and best friends, Nicole Mitchell and Delancey Scott, and I went to the spa and got our hair done, we went back to me and my mom's hotel room and we were getting ready.

I was already in my white spaghetti strap empire gown with beaded detail under the bustline and low back and my hair was curled with part of it was in a ponytail in the back with the rest hanging down. Nicole and Delancey were in their pink iridescent chiffon tea-length dresses with side draping and cascade and their hair was in a high cascading big curl ponytail with pink pearls on them.

Delancey was doing my makeup while the photographer, Julissa, was taking a picture of it. Delancey was putting on rose lipstick on my lips and waterproof mascara on my eyelashes.

"Okay, I'm done," Delancey said.

"Thanks, Delancey," I said.

"Okay, let me put your veil on," Nicole said.

Nicole grabbed the crystal and pearl fingertip veil and put it on me as Julissa took a picture of that.

"Alright, here is your something old," my mom said walking up to me with a pearl strand necklace. "I wore this necklace when I married your father and I'm sure it'll look great on you."

"Thank you, mom," I said as my mom put the necklace on around my neck.

Julissa took a picture of that and Julissa took another picture of me smiling at my mom and thanking her by kissing her cheek.

"Well, I got my something new," I said walking over to the nightstand and picking up a pair of 14K gold and 6.5 mm bezel drop pearl earrings. "These earrings to go with this necklace."

Then Julissa took a picture of me putting on my earrings.

"Well, Ro-ro, here's your something borrowed," Nicole said walking up to me with a 1 1/2 carat diamond and 14K white gold circle Bracelet. "Jennifer asked me to give this to you. This is her lucky bracelet her parents gave her when she graduated from high school."

"Well, I'll be sure to thank her when I see her," I said.

Then Julissa took a picture of Nicole putting the bracelet on around my left wrist.

"And here's your something blue," Delancey said holding a blue rose appliqué garter as everyone laughed.

Delancey walked over to me and gave me the garter. Then I sat down on the chair and put the garter on while Julissa took a picture of me.

"Well, everything's complete," I said. "Now I got to give away the flowers."

Then I went over to the bed, picked up two bouquets of pink roses from the box and gave them to Nicole and Delancey. Julissa took a picture of that and even got a picture of me with the maids of honor together.

After that, there was a knock at the door.

"Oh, I'll get it," my mom said.

She walked over to the door, looked through the peephole, and opened to reveal 22-year-old my half-brother Taylor.

I never knew I had a brother until I met him last October. I found out that after my mom left my dad while she was pregnant with me, he met another woman, they got married, they had a son, and my dad was abusing her as well. Taylor's mom passed away last April and he tracked me down after finding out I was a WWE Diva and that's how I met him in my hometown of Jacksonville, Florida. We kept in contact and after I became engaged, I asked Taylor if he could walk me down the aisle and give me away and he said yes.

"Taylor, come in," my mom said.

"Thank you, Janet," Taylor said. "You look beautiful."

"Thank you."

My mom was wearing a black satin corset-back ball gown with ruched sweetheart neckline.

"There's my darling half-sister," Taylor said as he walked over to me and hugged me. "I can't believe you are getting married. This is incredible."

"Yes, it is," I said. "I'm glad that I finally made it and through everything I went through, I wanna say thank you to everyone for your love and support."

"You're welcome," Nicole said.

"You know we're always here for you," Delancey said.

"I can't believe my little girl is walking down the aisle," my mom said. "I'm so proud of you."

"Thank you, mom," I said. "I love you."

"I love you, too."

Then my mom and I hugged each other.

Around 15 minutes until the wedding ceremony, the 100 guests of our closest friends and family arrived at the site on the beach including my mom's co-worker and my good friend, Jennifer, Dave's mother, Donna, and his sister, and his daughters.

When it was almost time for the ceremony to start, Nicole, Delancey, my mom, Taylor, Julissa, and I left the hotel room, took the elevator downstairs to the lobby, and got out. When we reached the doors to the outside of the hotel, that was when we saw the ceremony site. It was beyond beautiful with the 100 guests sitting in white chairs and the white aisle runner with pink rose petals leading to the gazebo behind the palm trees where the male officiant, Dave's best men and best friends, John Cena and Bobby Lashley, and my husband-to-be, Dave, were standing. I was overflowing with nervousness.

Then the person who was controlling the sound equipment was playing "Always" by Atlantic Starr as the prelude and that was my mom's cue to walk down the aisle.

"You ready, mom?" I said.

"Oh, yes," my mom said.

My mom walked out of the hotel, walked down to the ceremony site, walked down the aisle and sat in the front on the left side. Then the song switched to "I Do (Cherish You)" by 98 Degrees as the processional and Nicole and Delancey walked out of the hotel, walked down to the ceremony site, walked down the aisle and stood next the officiant. Then the officiant asked the guests to stand up and Taylor and I walked out of the hotel arm-in-arm and we walked down to the ceremony site, and slowly walked down the aisle as everyone smiled at us. Then I noticed Dave standing at the altar and I smiled at him. Dave smiled at me as Taylor and I stopped at the front and we both hugged each other. Then I walked over to Dave to join him at the altar and we held hands and everyone sat down.

"Friends," the officiant said, "we have been invited here today to share with David and Rochelle a very important moment in their lives. In the time they have been together, their love and understanding of each other has grown and matured, and now they have decided to live their lives together as husband and wife. Marriage is an act of faith and a personal commitment as well as a moral and physical union between the parties. Marriage has been described as the best and most important relationship that can exist between two human beings. The construction of their love and trust into a single growing energy of spiritual life, it is a moral commitment that requires and deserves daily attention since no earthly happiness exceeds that of a reciprocal satisfaction in the conjugal state. Marriage should be a life-long consecration to the ideal of loving kindness, backed with the will to make it last. Matrimony symbolizes the ultimate intimacy between a man and a woman; yet this closeness should not diminish but strengthen the individuality of each partner. A marriage that lasts is one that always has a little more to grow. David and Rochelle, there are many things I could say to the two of you today, but instead, I choose to listen to the words you have for each other. Rochelle?"

"Dave," I said, "it's been said that there is one word that will free us from the weight and the pain of life and that word is love, and I believe that. That doesn't mean that it hasn't been hard or that it won't be. It just means that I found stillness and bravery in myself with you. You make be brave and stronger and I will love you until the end of time. This I vow today."

"David?"

"During the six months I've been away," Dave said, "I've been thinking a lot about you and I missed the times we've had together. That made me realized how much I love you and that I will still love you no matter what happens. I don't think anybody would understand the love I have for you because if they did, nobody would ever doubt us. So I wanted to marry you in front of most of our world because today, when I look into your eyes, my love for you only grows. It's even stronger now and our love will never waver. This I vow to you today, forever, and always."

I smiled at that moment when Dave said those words and I felt like I was flying.

"Do you David take Rochelle Marie Kennedy to be your lawful wedded wife?" The officiant said. "Will you love, respect, and honor her throughout your years together?"

"I do," Dave said as I smiled.

"Do you Rochelle take David Michael Batista to be your lawful wedded husband? Will you love, respect and honor him throughout your years together?"

"I do," I answered and I couldn't believe I said it.

"You are consecrated to each other now as husband and wife this day forward, to love, to cherish, to have and to hold, for richer, for poorer, for better, for worse, in sickness and in health, in sadness and in joy, to share together as long as you both shall live. David, what token of your devotion do you offer your beloved?"

"A ring," Dave answered as John gave him the ring.

"Repeat after me. I give you this ring as a symbol of my love and faithfulness...

"I give you this ring as a symbol of my love and faithfulness...

"As I place it on your finger..."

"I commit my heart and soul to you..."

"I ask you to wear this ring...

"As a reminder of the vows we have spoken today."

Then Dave placed the ring on my finger and I took a deep of breath of happiness

"Rochelle, what token of your devotion do you offer your beloved?" The officiant said.

"A ring," I answered as Delancey gave me the ring.

"Repeat after me. I give you this ring as a symbol of my love and faithfulness...

"I give you this ring as a symbol of my love and faithfulness...

"As I place it on your finger..."

"I commit my heart and soul to you..."

"I ask you to wear this ring...

"As a reminder of the vows we have spoken today."

Then I placed the ring on Dave's finger and I smiled.

"Family and friends," the officiant said, "this is a moment of celebration. Let it also be a moment of dedication. The world does a good job of reminding us of how fragile we are. Individuals are fragile; relationships are fragile too. Every marriage needs the love, nurture, and support of a network of friends and family. On this wedding day, I ask you not only to be friends of David or Rochelle, but friends of David and Rochelle together, friends of the relationship. David and Rochelle, may the love you have found grow in meaning and strength until its beauty is shown in common devotion to all that is compassionate and life-giving. May the flow of your love help brighten the face of the earth. May the source of all love touch and bless us and grace our lives with color and courage. By the powers vested in me in the state of Florida, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."

After hearing those words, I felt so alive and that was when Dave and I shared our first kiss as husband and wife and everybody cheered.

"And now ladies and Gentlemen," the officiant said, "I have the pleasure of presenting to you Mr. and Mrs. Dave Batista."

Then the person at the sound equipment played "That's What Love Is For" by Amy Grant as the recessional. As Dave and I walked down the aisle along with John, Nicole, Bobby, and Delancey, I knew in my heart that my new life was about to begin as Mrs. Dave Batista……and also wife number three in which I didn't give a damn about.