Standing in her quarters with Carter, Keller and Cadman Ki feels at home, and her friends are helping her get ready for one of the biggest days of her life
"Are you ready for the dress?" asks Laura
"Yes" answers Ki, she turns round to see the dress in the middle of floor, she carefully steps into the middle, Laura and Sam pull it up to meet the bottom of her corset
"Stunning" blubbers Jennifer, Astra appears at the door to the bed room in her pink dress holding a basket full of rose petals
"What do you think A?" asks Ki as she twirls
"Lovely mommy" Astra moves further in "Will daddy like me to?"
"He'll love you sweetie" as Sam attaches her veil
"You're ready" announces Sam happy at her work "Who is giving you away?" most of the day's events had been planned in secret by Evan and Ki with people who had a job the only ones to know what was happening
"And who is Evan's best man?" asks Jennifer
"Wait and see" smiles Ki, the door chime is heard, Laura opens it to find Carson standing in front of her in a kilt
"Carson" sounds a surprised Laura "You're giving Ki away?"
"Aye that I am, are you ready lass?"
"Ages ago" as she picks up her bouquet of flowers
We'll see you there" whispers Sam as she and the girls leave; Ki takes Carson's arm as he leads her along the corridor with Astra following.
On the balcony by the control room Evan fidgets with his dress blues, the Rev looking out across the ocean
"Stop it Major, you look fine" hisses Shepard
"Thank you sir" he clasps his sweating hands "Thank you for being my best man"
"It is an honour" he smiles, as Sam, Jennifer and Laura arrive taking their seats. Many members are already present Rodney, Teyla, Ronon and Zelank.
"Oh my" remarks Jennifer "Col Shepard is the best man and why do he and 7 other men have swords?"
"You'll see" Sam has a glint in her eye, there is a commotion down in the gate room and the wedding march starts making a nervous Evan jump
"Easy she's here" whispers Shepard as he lays a hand on his 2IC shoulder, there are gasps as Ki reaches the top of the steps, she and Carson move out on to the balcony, Evan is starring at Ki, in front Astra is throwing rose petals, the music stops as Carson hands Ki to Evan
"There you go Major"
"Thank you" Ki smile through her veil as the Rev beings the service.
15 minutes later
"I now pronounce you husband and wife" everyone on the balcony stands up in applause to the new couple and the first wedding on Atlantis. Shepard and 7 others disappear from the balcony, the guests exit the balcony and spilt inside some standing in the control room others in the gate room Ki and Evan appear at the top of the stairs Shepard clears his throat
"Officers" he says loudly and clearly "Present… Swords" with a smooth clatter the 8 men pull out their swords "Arch swords" they present their swords above their heads "Blades to the wind" in unison they turn their blades to the gate, Ki and Evan are at the bottom Ki looking very shocked at all the men "Presenting for the first time in public Major and Mrs Evan Lorne" As they draw level with Col Shepard in a fluid movement he brings his sword down and hits Ki across her ass "Go Air Force" he says with a gleeful look in his eye.
"Ow" cries Ki Evan looks at his wife
"That was part of my surprise, it's tradition" everyone is clapping and cheering
"Officers" continues Shepard "Return.. Swords" again in another fluid movement the swords are returned "Dismissed" orders Shepard, the 8 men take a step back turn to face the gate and march off. Ki stands on the bottom step her back to the gate and throws her bouquet; girls scream and push to catch it by someone got there first
"Yes I got it!" cries Laura "Carson get saving"
"Aye" says a dejected Carson
"Cheer up doc" says Evan "you've got yourself a great girl" Carson shoots him a glance "Hey I'm married now" Carson's lines soften "And thanks for giving Ki away, it means so much to her"
"Major, it was an honour, makes her feel like she is part of this family" Evan smiles and looks at hi wife surrounded by a large group of women
"Yeah I guess it does" he sighs.
The wedding guests make their way to a large room in Pier 2 which has been decorated with streamers banners, balloons, and tables for the breakfast and a dance area. The colour scheme is white with gold, at the head table which has a white table cloth with gold trim sits John, Evan, Ki, Carson, Astra, the remaining guests take their seats according to name plates around circular tables with the same colour scheme and arrangement as the head table, only not as grand, John clears his throat
"May I have your attention please" the guests quieten down "Well as best man I have to speak first, so thank you all for coming, I know that the wedding was planned in 6 weeks so well done to all involved. It is my duty to toast the bridesmaids and as there is one, to Astra" he raises his glass
"To Astra" toasts everyone making the small girl sitting next to Carson blush and squirm
"Now I have known Evan 3 years, and this is probably one of the few times I have called him by his first name" the room laugh "He has been a bloody good 2IC, loyal, courageous, reliable, a real hero. He has had his down points like all of us and so really deserves all the happiness he has earnt. Now I've only known Ki 10 months but having saved Evan's life I now I can trust her, saving a stranger shows she has true heart and compassion; I can see that they make each other and Astra very happy, so to the happy couple!"
"To the happy couple" toasts everyone; John sits down as Carson stands up
"This is supposed to be the father of brides part, none of us have known Ki her entire life, but I'm sure Evan will know everything from here on in; Major to you and your wife, a long and happy life" Carson takes his seat and Evan reluctantly stands
"Thank you for all your kind words; I would like to say thank you to everyone who helped in making this day possible for us, it's wonderful. I would like to thank Col Shepard for being my best man, Dr Beckett for giving away my wife, Col Carter, Dr Keller and Lt Cadman for their help, to Astra for being bridesmaid" he pauses and turns to Ki "And to Ki for making me the happiest man in the universe"
The guests settle down for the wedding breakfast which consisted of soup and bread starter, chicken pasta as the main course, followed by cheese and biscuits and coffee. John walks up to the DJ on the dance floor and whispers something, he starts up a recorded and Evan takes Ki hand and leads her to the floor, their first song to dance to as man and wife was "A moment like this" Evan pulls his wife close
"I love you" he whispers "Thank you"
"For what?"
"Making me the luckiest guy"
"You're welcome and thank you" he looks at her "For making me the happiest women and I love you" The next song that starts is Evan's choice "I don't want to miss a thing" Shepard motions for Astra is join Evan and Ki, he bends down and picks her up
"My girls" he says
"We'll have to change her birth certificate" says Ki, making Astra's face light up
"Daddy" she says hugging him tightly
Later on Astra is sitting with Laura and Carson, she was spending the night with them so Evan and Ki could be alone; Evan decides it is the perfect moment for them to leave, the quietly remove themselves from the room and down the corridor, once out of sight they run to their quarters, Ki moves to wave her hand over the control panel but Evan holds her wrist
"No" he whispers from behind, I want to do this properly" he scoops her up in his arms and waves his hand over the control panel and carries her across the threshold to the bed where he lays her down. She starts to undo his dress jacket, tie and shirt, she sees the scar that her people gave him still every visible on his side, she lays a finger on it and strokes it
"Does it hurt?"
"Only when I get a stitch, but it reminds me of you"
"How?"
"How you saved my life and made me so very happy" she undoes his pants to reveal him ready for action. He undoes the skirt part of her dress and slides her out of it "Lace underwear" notes Evan seductively as his pulls it off, she slides his underpants down him and they end up in a heap on the floor with the rest of the clothes.; he moves his hands around to her back to undo the corset but Ki stops him
"Leave it please" she asks as she makes herself comfortable on her back
"Are you ashamed of the scar?"
"Yes" her look sadden thinking back to that day
"When it hits home, it hits you" says Evan "I could have lost you that day" he never thought he'd lose Ki, not by a member of the expedition
"Besides" continues Ki "I like the feel of this" as she runs her hands down the corset "makes me really feel like a woman" Evan runs his hands down her sides, he plants a kiss between her collar bones, and then she groans with sheer delight.
The next morning I awakes in Evan's loving embrace, he had finally finished undressing his wife late last night over champagne and strawberries
"Good morning Mrs Lorne" he whispers kissing her neck
"Morning Major Lorne" as she puts a hand on his face, the door chime goes "What is so important on out first day of married life" she groans
"That can't wait for be dealt with by someone else" finishes Evan as he puts on a dressing gown to answer the door "Sir" as the door opens Shepard
"Major, good morning Mrs Lorne" he smirks like a child "Now this is a surprise me and Carson prepared" Ki sits up holding the sheet around her naked body as Carson wheels in a trolley
"Breakfast for both of you" announces Carson "Now, we have coffee, orange juice, more champagne, full cooked breakfast, toast and jam"
"Wow a feast" gleams Evan "Thank you"
"Enjoy your first morning as man and wife" with that they leave
"That's kind of them" as Evan brings over bucks fizz and a plate of food
"This will be just like at the restaurant in San Francisco" says Evan as Ki lays down, Evan proceeds to feed her breakfast with quickly evolves into a repeat of last nights activities.
