John stood with Noah, his Moms and the rest of the wedding party, which consisted of all of John's siblings, along with Connor and Emma, who stood on the left of Noah, acting as Noah's bridesmaids and a fellow groomsman since Connor would accompany Jude down the aisle.

"Now once we're all in place here, Lena and I will begin the ceremony," Stef explained to everyone. "We'll read exactly what John and Noah have written for the ceremony and then Nicole will give her speech, and then both of us have something written for the boys as well."

"And after the parents get to read their parts, John and Noah will recite their vows to each other and then the passing of the rings will happen," Lena added. "Now, John, you still haven't told us what your plan is about your best man situation, do you want to tell us now?"

John looked at Noah and grinned. Noah smiled back and shook his head, as if answering John's unasked question.

"You'll all find out when we have dinner later," John replied. "Don't worry. My plan isn't one that needs much rehearsal, if at all."

"If you say so," said Stef, though she didn't sound convinced. "Okay, so the boys will present the rings to each other and then Lena and I will finish the ceremony with a few words. Then John and Noah kiss and we pronounced them married."

"As soon as that's done, the boys walk down the aisle together and to the back of the yard and then the rest of the wedding party follows through," said Lena. "Then, Stef and I will bring up the rear along with Nicole and we'll start the reception."

"Is that everything, Love?" asked Stef.

John nodded.

"That all sounds right. We just gotta make sure everyone makes it up here before the end of the song and we'll be okay. Luckily, it's a four-minute song so unless one of you lot is running behind," he added as he glanced around at the rest of the party, "we should be all right."

"Well then, I guess we can say we've had a successful dry run of the wedding!" Stef said happily. "That makes all the craziness of this past week worth it, if I do say so myself! Now, let's clear the altar and get ready for dinner!"


About an hour later, everyone had piled in to the backyard of the Adams Foster household. This was no easy feat with so many of them. Aside from Stef, Lena, the kids, Noah and his mother, they were joined by Stef's mother Sharon, Lena's parents Dana and Stewart, Mike, Ana and AJ, Jack and Jack's parents, David and Margaret. Luckily, the table Stef and Lena had rented for the wedding was just large enough for all of them to fit around it.

Once all of them were well into their meals, Stef and Lena stood up, holding up their glasses of wine.

"Well, we just want to say thank to you everyone who's here with us tonight," Stef said. "It's been a crazy few months and weeks leading up to tomorrow, but we couldn't be happier with how everything has turned out, and you've all been a big help."

"Our baby is getting married tomorrow!" Lena exclaimed. Everyone around the table cheered. "It's hard to believe, John. It seems only yesterday you came back into our lives again and then we adopted you and you became a full-time member of our family. You've brought us so much joy. And Noah, you bring so much life into our John's life that we can't thank you enough for it. You two are going to have a wonderful life together and we wish you all the best."

"To John and Noah," Stef toasted, raising her glass of wine along with Lena.

"John and Noah!" everyone echoed.

"I'd like to add to make a toast of my own," said Nicole, standing up with her own glass of wine. "Stef and Lena, you both are so wonderful for hosting the wedding here. I know when we found out about the kids getting married, we were all, I think, equally worried about finding the place to have it and I want to say thank you for allowing all of us to stay here and for letting the boys have their wedding here in the backyard. Thank you both!"

Everyone toasted Stef and Lena, cheering again. When they were done, John stood up, beaming at everyone.

"All right, so I guess this is the moment of truth," he said. "Most of you know that I haven't picked a best man yet. And you all probably know that I've had a plan for a few days of what I'm going to do for the wedding, but I haven't told anyone. Not even Noah knows."

At this, everyone chuckled and John couldn't help but grin sheepishly.

"I know, one last secret to keep before we get married," he said. "Anyway, while we're all here, I guess this is the best time for me to tell you what I'd like. So here it is: rather than pick one of my wonderful brothers to be my best man, I decided I want you all to be involved in the handling of Noah's ring."

At this, all of John's brothers glanced at one another, confused. John smiled at them and continued talking.

"Brandon will have the ring in his pocket when he walks down the aisle with Mariana, as he's on the end of the line on my side," John explained. "When the time comes for me to place the ring on Noah's finger, Brandon hands it to Jesus, Jesus can do whatever he wants to the ring for good luck before passing it to Jude, then Jude puts his luck into it before giving it to Jack, and then Jack does his thing and then he gives it to me and I place the ring on Noah's finger as it's expected of me."

Everyone seemed stunned into silence at the reveal of John's plan. Even Noah seemed taken aback. John smiled at them.

"I realize this plan is quite unorthodox, but asking me to pick which of my brother should be my best man is basically asking me what I want to be when I grow up, which the answer to that is still 'I don't know yet,' so that's why I'm doing this: so all of my brothers can have a part to play in the handling of Noah's ring.

"My thinking is that each of you will do something to the ring for luck before Jacks hands it to me. I figure that this is the best way for each of my brothers to be involved as my best man and it prevents me from having to pick a favorite."

John sat down at this, grinning at Noah, who gave him a kiss on the cheek. There was a beat before Jude finally spoke up.

"Well I, for one, think that's a great idea, John!" Jude said.

"Hear, hear!" said Jack.

There was a general murmur of agreement before everyone started talking and eating again. John grinned at Noah again.

"It's crazy, isn't it?" John asked.

Noah shook his head.

"Nope. I think it's the best decision because it's yours."