Kiss Your Bride
Chandler nervously dug his hands into the pocket of his tuxedo. This was it, quite possibly the biggest day of his life, his wedding day. He was more nervous then he thought possible as he began pacing. He knew he shouldn't be this nervous. Monica loved him and he loved her...God did he love her.
They had dated for 3 years before getting engaged (mostly because Monica was still in University and they wanted to wait until she finished school to get married and start their lives together) and then took a year to plan the wedding. Monica wanted to make sure every little detail was perfect. Unlike her brother, she only planned on doing this once.
"Hey man, you ok?" Ross asked. Ross was his best man. Surprisingly he had been ok with Chandler and Monica's relationship from the beginning. Chandler knew Rachel had a great deal to do with that. She and Ross had broken up after dating for 8 months, he then got engaged and married to Carol a year later. They divorced after just 5 months and now he and Rachel were back together.
Chandler looked at his best friend and nodded. "How were you so calm on the day you married Carol?"
"Dude, I was not calm. Remember I took that sleeping pill to relax myself and almost ruined the wedding by falling asleep." Ross said.
"Oh right." Chandler remembered and laughed slightly. Maybe he was doing better then he thought. He hadn't had to take any medication to make him relax. "Thanks man."
"Besides, you and Monica will be fine. You both really love eachother, that's more than obvious. And I know you remember that if you hurt her in any way, I will kick your ass." Ross said.
Chandler burst out laughing as he was reminded of their conversation just a few days before. "Yeah ok Ross."
"What I could." Ross insisted. He looked over to Phoebe and Rachel who had just entered. "Guys tell him, I could kick his ass."
Rachel and Phoebe both joined in Chandler's laughter as Ross looked down, defeated.
"Anyway." Rachel said changing the subject. "We're all ready, so if you guys are then we will see you at the front of the alter." She pointed to Chandler.
Ross and Chandler both nodded and took their places. Chandler looked at his other best friend, Joey, who was giving him a wink and a thumbs up. Chandler gave him a weird look and gave him a thumbs up in return.
The music started playing and Ross appeared with both Rachel and Phoebe attached to either of his arms. He smiled happily knowing that there was no way this wedding could possibly end with him getting a divorce. He looked at Rachel knowing he wanted to propose to her but also wanting to wait a bit longer after his disastrous marriage to Carol.
They reached the alter and Ross took his place beside Chandler. It was then that everyone stood up as the bride entered with both of her parents.
Chandler couldn't take his eyes off of her as she walked down the aisle slowly, smiling back at him. Her dress was a long plain white, spahgetti strap satin dress that hugged all her curves to perfection. It was simple but beautiful. Her hair was left down and flowed down her back in light waves, tucked perfectly beneath her veil. She looked stunning.
"Wow." Chandler uttered in pure amazement of Monica. How did he ever get someone like her to marry him. Surely there had to be some higher power that was rooting for them, that or he had been really good in a past life, as Phoebe would say.
Monica smiled, glad that after being together for so long, that she could still have that affect on him. He looked so handsome in his tuxedo and she would be sure to tell him that later. He was still very self-conscious and needed a lot of reassurance when it came to his appearance, even though she thought he was very cute.
She finally reached the alter as her parents kissed her cheeks and she took Chandler's hand.
"You look so gorgeous." Chandler whispered in her ear causing her to beam with pride.
"Your not so bad yourself." She told him as he blushed and they walked up to stand in front of Joey who was acting as their minister.
Joey grinned like a two year old at the two. Ever since he had met them a few years before, he had known they were destined for eachother. It was hard to separate them and it was unusual to see them not together.
"Ladies and Gentleman, we are gathered here today to join this man and this woman..." He began, knowing his skills as an actor were about to pay off. There was no way he could do this without the ability to memorize lines.
In no time at all, they were standing there in the front of a little church
"Chandler and Monica had each chosen to write their own vows." Joey said, looking at Chandler with a smile. He had heard Chandler recite his vows a hundred times now, but he still loved to hear them nonetheless.
Chandler smiled nervously at Monica. He had memorized his vows by now and he hoped the words would have as much meaning for her as they did for him.
"Monica, before I met you I was convinced that I was destined to be alone forever. I thought there was no one out there that could possibly understand me, that was until I met you. The first thought I had when I met you was "God she's beautiful" but I didn't realize until later that same evening how beautiful you really are. You opened my eyes and showed me what I had been missing out on. One date with you made up for all the horrible dates I had had and I knew we were destined to be together. You have put up with me through so much and I can't even begin to tell you how much that means to me. You understand me better than anyone. I vow that no matter what curveballs are thrown at us, no matter what kinds of fights we have, I will stand by you just as you have for me. You are the person I was mean to be with and I will spend the rest of my life trying to make you feel as happy as I feel. You are my light, my love and my everything." Chandler said with a smile on his face, the smile he reserved for her only.
Monica's eyes glistened with tears as she took in Chandler's words. They meant the world to her.
"Monica." Joey ushered her. "Your turn."
She nodded nervously suddenly feeling like she was going to forget the words she had memorized long ago. But the look on Chandler's face was enough to bring her back to focus.
"Chandler, when I was a little girl, I used to dream of this day; the day I would marry my prince and sure at the time my prince was in the form of Shawn Cassidy but as I grew older his face became more blurred. I think, no I know, if I could have envisioned at that age the man I would want to marry, he could only be described as you. You are as close to perfect as can be in my eyes and I know you don't give yourself enough credit, but you are. When you proposed you promised to try and make all of my biggest dreams come true, but you don't realize you already have. You are my biggest dream come true. I vow to give you everything that I am and want to be, I vow to stand by you no matter what and most of all I vow to love you till the end of time. Like you said in your vows, you are my light, my love, my everything and most of all my best friend."Monica finished, ending her vows a bit differently then she intended, but the words he had spoken to her, were exactly what she wanted to say to him anyway.
Chandler pulled her into a tight hug and whispered "your my best friend too" in her ear, to which tears flowed from Monica's eyes in response.
Among their friends and family, repeating those sacred words.
Chandler pulled back from the hug and beamed at her, wiping the tears from her eyes gently with his thumbs. He looked to Joey, giving him the go ahead to continue on with the ceremony.
As soon as the "I dos" and rings had been exchanged, Joey's mature demeanor vanished and he began grinning like a 5 year old, obviously excited for his friends.
"You may now kiss your bride." He said.
Chandler laughed at his friend's antics and lifted Monica's veil. He looked into her eyes and saw the purest form of love he had ever seen looking back at him. These were the same eyes that had looked at him with such adoration even on their very first date. He could only hope his eyes reflected the same amount of love. He tilted his head and gently kissed her lips. She raised her hands to cup his face and deepened the kiss. They completely tuned out the rest of the world and focussed solely on the two of them.
After finally pulling away, reluctantly, Chandler looked into her eyes again. "This is the day I've been waiting for all my life." He whispered to her softly.
Monica smiled and nodded in agreement. "Me too." She said and and with that she kissed him again.
The preacher said "son, kiss your bride"
And he raised her veil
Like the night they met,
Time just stood still, for
One boy, one girl,
Two hearts beating wildly,
To put it mildly, it was love at first sight.
He smiled, she smiled, and they knew right away
This was the day they'd been waiting for all their lives.
For a moment the whole world
Revolved around one boy, and one girl