Chapter Four; Ten Years Later/ The Wedding

I'm back! Did you miss me? Hehe, I sort of figured you would find me eventually. I love those names too and that's why I chose them LOL Anyway the way I figure it is there isn't anything more powerful than a birthday wish. That is according to Liar Liar, but other than that, sorry I got nothing LOL But I had a great time at the festival yesterday and now I'm ready to give you the next chapter. I'm also starting to get ready for the Halloween season now with horror movies and spooky music. And yes of course Chucky (and the entire Child's Play series) is one of them! I apologize ahead of time for the non-religious people reading this chapter.

"Do I really have to do this?" Chucky asked his wife as he sat down in the barber's chair. "I mean you know I would do anything for Mary, even give her one of my kidneys, but my hair?" he questioned with bewilderment. "Yes Chucky, this is your daughter's wedding. Besides you don't want to go into the church looking like a shaggy dog now do you?" she asked him as there came a moment of silence. "Well do you?" she asked him again. "I'm thinking! I'm thinking!" he cried. "God woman!" he snapped when suddenly the barber walked over to him turning on the electric clippers.

"Oh no!" Chucky cried as his eyes popped open and he quickly leapt out of the chair while everyone turned over to look at him. "You're not getting anywhere near me with that thing!" he cried with a point. "For goodness sakes Chucky!" Tiffany snapped inside a whisper. "People are staring! It's time for you to stop acting like a baby and start acting like a man and let him cut your hair!" she told him. "Fine," but as soon as the wedding's over I'm letting it grow back out." He told her with a roll of his eyes before he reluctantly sat back down. "Good," Tiffany began as the man threw the cape around his neck. "I'm proud of you. Now if you promise me that you'll be a good boy, when you're done I'll get you a lollypop." She told him happily as he simply rolled his eyes again while the man began to shave some of the hair off his head.

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"I wonder how Dad's haircut is going." Mary said while she was fitted into a silky beautiful white wedding dress. "If I know Dad, he'll never want to come to church again." Annabelle said while Mary's veil was fitted onto her head. "Well I hope he'll still want to come to my baptism next week. I mean hair doesn't grow back that fast." She said. "Well, how do I look?" she asked her sister. "You look beautiful Mary." She told her. "Yeah, you really do." Lucy said. "I just hope that Teddy and Nora will be able to keep their powers under control so that they won't ruin your special day." She said.

"We have powers too." Annabelle pointed out. "I know but you're old enough that you can keep your powers under control, and my hair only turns red when I'm angry." Lucy said. "Yeah, I've always wondered, why does it do that exactly?" Mary asked. "It's because I was conceived when my parents were still dolls but I was born a human." She explained. "Oh." Mary said simply as she had always thought to herself that voodoo doll magic was always so complicated.

Later on that afternoon Chucky and Tiffany arrived at the church. Glen and his children were there to greet him at the door. Teddy's and Nora's jaws both dropped together at the exact same time. "Oh my God he's completely bald!" Nora cried. "Now Nora, don't be rude." Glen warned. "What happened to your hair?" Teddy asked. "Does it really look that bad?" Chucky asked his wife. "Of course not, they're only children don't listen to them." She reassured him when suddenly Lucy came out and ran over to him. "Well I think he looks really handsome." She said as she jumped up into the air and he caught her inside his arms.

"Thank you," he began as he kissed her cheek. "I knew that you were my favorite kid." He told her. "Well, the wedding should be starting soon so why don't you put her down now so we can find our seats." Tiffany said. "Alright Lu-Lu, I'll see you later." Chucky said as he kissed her cheek again before he sat her back down. "Teddy, Nora, you remember what to do right?" Glen asked his kids. "Yes Daddy," Nora began. "Yes Father." Teddy echoed. "Good then, you better get to your places." He told them as he watched the two of them run away together.

"Boy, it seems that only yesterday that Mary was that small." Chucky said as he sat down next to his wife inside the pew. Little by little the chatter inside the church started to die down as the music started to play, and Glen, Jen, Lucy, Teddy, and Nora took their turns walking down the aisle before it was finally time for Annabelle's turn as she was the maid of honor. Then suddenly Chucky got out of his seat and ran back over to Mary as the wedding march began to play and he escorted her down the aisle. The music suddenly stopped as he reached the end.

"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today in the sight of God, to join this man and this woman in holy matrimony." The minister began. "Who gives this woman to this man?" he asked. "Her mother and I do." Chucky answered. "Very well thank you, you may_" the minister began with a nod as Mary tried to move but Chucky gripped ahold of her arm tightly. "Uh Dad," she began in a whisper as she turned over to look at him. "let go." She told him. "Oh, sorry." He said as he reluctantly let her go and turned to go back to his seat.

The minister cleared his throat. "As I was saying, you may go get your bride." He told Bobby who walked down to her and took her hand before walking back up the steps to face him. "Shall we begin?" the minister questioned as they both nodded. "It is the husbands duty to be the head of the marriage just as Christ is head of the church, and he must watch over her and take care of her as the two are about to become one flesh." The minister said. "Do you Robert Baker take this woman to be your loftily wedded wife? To love and to cherish in sickness and in health? To have and to hold from this day forward? To keep yourself only for her as long as you both shall live?" he asked him. "I do." He answered.

"Very well then, it is the duty of the wife to honor and obey her husband as he is the lord of the household, just as Christ is Lord of all creation." The minister said before he turned to Mary. "Do you Mary Ray Barclay take this man to be your loftily wedded husband? To love and to cherish in sickness and in health? To have and to hold from this day forward? To keep yourself only for him as long as you both shall live?" he asked her. "I do." She answered as the minister announced that it was at this time that couple had wished to take part in communion. Afterwards he said a blessing over them before he continued on with the ceremony.

"May I have the rings please?" he asked Glen who dug them out of his pocket and gave it to him. "Thank you." He responded. "Bobby place this ring on Mary's finger and say with this ring I thee wed." he told him as Bobby took the ring from his hand. "With this ring, I thee wed." he responded as the two of them exchanged smiles while he slid it onto her finger. "Now Mary, take this ring and slide it onto Bobby's finger, and say with this ring I thee wed." he told her. "With this ring, I thee wed." she repeated as she slid it onto him.

"By the powers invested in me, and as minister of the Lord Jesus Christ and through the laws of the state of New Jersey, I now pronounce you husband and wife." He announced. "You may now kiss the bride." He said as Bobby threw the veil back over Mary's head. "I'm going outside for a cigarette." Chucky whispered to his wife before they even got a chance to kiss. He slowly stood up and walked towards the back of the church as cheers and screams echoed the air. "I can't believe it." He began as he stepped outside and swallowed a lump inside his throat. "I lost my baby girl." He said sadly with a sniff as a stream of tears started rolling down his cheeks.