It was a chaotic day in the Tanner house as it was finally Joey and Leslie's wedding day. Joey pretty much had all of his stuff packed into boxes to be moved over to the new house. They could move in any day now and they were planning on moving everything over first thing tomorrow. Michelle walked by his room on the way to the bathroom and took a second to look at it. With the exception of his bed, the room was practically empty. There was no toys, or puppets, or anything that filled the room with Joey's personality left. It saddened her, but she had accepted that it was really happening and she was happy for him. The light was still on for some reason, so she turned it off and closed the door behind her.
She made her way into the bathroom to get ready. She put on the purple dress that Leslie helped her pick out a while ago with dress shoes. She decided to put on eye-liner, mascara and purple eyeshadow that was a lighter shade than the dress. She left her hair down, but put a few hair clips in to keep her hair out of her face. She didn't usually use perfume, but since it was a special occasion she sprayed two dabs on her neck.
She went into her room and waited for Aaron to arrive. He was going to ride to the wedding with her, Danny and Vicky. She heard a light tapping on her door and shouted at whoever it was to come in.
"Hi Michelle," Joey greeted.
"Hey Joey. I thought you already left for the church," Michelle thought.
"I am in a minute. I just wanted to double check and make sure you guys are all set before I go," Joey said.
"Oh. Well I'm good. A little nervous, but good," Michelle replied.
"Try to relax. I'm nervous enough for the both of us," Joey responded. "You look so beautiful and grown up. Leslie picked a lovely color for you girls to wear."
"Thanks," Michelle smiled. "If you think I look good wait until you see your wife to be. The dress she picked is stunning."
"She's always beautiful," Joey beamed. "I still can't believe I'm actually getting married today! After a while I had my doubts that I would ever find someone and settle down, but then Leslie came along and I realized anythings possible. I'm glad that the family likes her because that's one of the most important things to me."
"Of course we love her! She's like family. I'm glad you guys are getting married," Michelle said.
"Me too," Joey smiled. "Well I should probably get to the church. I'll see you there."
"Okay. Good luck," Michelle replied.
About thirty minutes later Aaron finally arrived. Danny answered the door and he was in a hardcore picture taking mood. Michelle came down the stairs and Danny snapped as many pics as he could.
"Dad don't you think you should save your film for the actual wedding?" Michelle questioned.
"Don't worry about that. I've got plenty of film! Now stand next to Aaron so we can get a good picture of you two," Danny said excitedly.
Michelle gave him a look to let him know she was sorry. Aaron put his arm around her and they let him take his pictures. Once Danny was satisfied Aaron observed her.
"Wow you look gorgeous," Aaron complimented.
"Thanks," Michelle blushed. "You look great too."
Danny looked down at his watch. "We're picking up Vicky on the way so we have to get going now."
Once they arrived at the church, Michelle had to join her sisters as they were waiting for the wedding to begin. Stephanie introduced her date Liam, her friend from school to the family. Michelle was a little shocked that he looked to be about D.J.'s age. She was expecting someone closer to Stephanie's age. Eventually after a while the wedding finally began. Steve escorted D.J., Jesse escorted Stephanie, and Danny escorted Michelle down the aisle. As Leslie and her father walked down the aisle, Michelle felt Aaron staring at her. She looked over at him and gave him a smile. He smiled back at her and waved.
After they got through the 'I do's', Joey and Leslie were finally a married couple, and everyone headed over to the reception. Michelle went over to join Aaron finally.
"We're going to be eating in a minute," Michelle said.
"Great. I'm starved," Aaron replied.
Michelle smiled. "I saw you staring at me. I thought it was cute."
"I couldn't help it. You were the most beautiful girl up there," Aaron flirted.
"Aw," Michelle leaned in for a kiss.
"I think I'm going to be sick from the sweetness overload at this table," Nicky complained.
Michelle glared at her cousin. "Then go sit at another table."
Everyone ate and then some upbeat music started playing. Various people were dancing, but Aaron didn't want to so she stayed with him. Aaron eyed her to go outside with him so she did.
"It's slightly more private out here," Aaron said as he put her arms around her and kissed her.
"I know. I want to dance a little though," Michelle replied.
"We will," Aaron assured her. "I just wanted a moment to kiss my girl without your cousins in our business."
"They're a pain sometimes aren't they?" Michelle agreed. "I don't know if I've said it enough but thanks for coming. I'm so glad your here."
"Babe you've said it a million times now. It's alright. I'm glad I'm here with you," Aaron hugged her and they kissed for a little bit.
D.J. came outside looking for her. "There you are! We need you inside. We're about to do a toast."
"Okay I'm coming," Michelle replied as they headed back in.
Everyone sat around while they listened to the long toasts. Danny rambled on and on about his long history with Joey to the point where Jesse had to run up and cut him off. Jesse talked about how he and Joey became brothers after they came together to raise the girls. All three of the girls talked about how glad they were to have Joey and Leslie in their lives and wished them all the best.
Michelle came back to join Aaron as the song "Amazed" by Lonestar started playing. She was getting ready to sit beside him but he stopped her.
"Don't sit quite yet," Aaron stood up. "I would like to dance with you."
Michelle grinned. "I thought you'd never ask."
Aaron led Michelle onto the dance floor as they held each other while slowly moving back and forth. It was pretty much as perfect as she expected it would be. That was until Kimmy and her date bumped into them and nearly knocked them over.
"Watch where you're going Kimmy!" Michelle groaned.
"You try dancing in these shoes!" Kimmy retorted. She was wearing some of the longest heels Michelle had ever seen.
They resumed back to dancing while staring into each others eyes. Michelle slid her head on his chest for the remainder of the song. By the time it was over she was happy it happened, and not even Kimmy could ruin the moment for her.
Afterwards the girls gathered together as Leslie was about to throw the bouquet. All the non-married girls went after it and Stephanie ended being the one to catch it.
"I got it! I got it!" Stephanie exclaimed.
"Well I caught it at Becky's wedding, so I'm automatically getting married first," D.J. teased.
"We'll see about that," Stephanie challenged.
After it was over everyone was so worn out that nobody spoke on the way home. Michelle found herself drifting into sleep a few times. Danny pulled in front of Aaron's house to drop him off. Michelle got out of the car and went to his doorstep to wish him a good night.
"Isn't the guy supposed to walk the girl to their doorstep?" Aaron joked.
"I just wanted to tell you that I had a good time tonight," Michelle said.
"So did I," Aaron yawned. "I need to get some sleep."
Michelle nodded. "I'll call you tomorrow." She gave him a kiss and walked back to the car to head home.
The next morning she was awoken by the grunts of the guys getting all of Joey's things onto a moving truck. Becky, Leslie, Nicky and Alex were also there.
"Geez Joey are there a bunch of rocks in here?" she heard Jesse whine.
"Yes. That's my rock collection," she heard Joey reply.
"It looks like these are the last two boxes," she heard Danny say.
She headed downstairs so she could say goodbye and watch Joey leave. She was so glad that she woke up on her own because no one bothered to wake her up and she would have missed it otherwise.
"I'm sorry Michelle. Did we wake you?" Jesse asked.
"No," Michelle lied. "Can I help with anything?"
Joey looked around. "I think we've got everything. I guess this is it."
Danny looked at him sadly. "I guess it is."
"I knew it would be hard, but I didn't think it would be this hard. I don't know how to say goodbye," Joey tried to avoid tearing up.
"It's not goodbye. You're just a couple of blocks away," Michelle said.
"Michelle's right," Becky agreed. "Take those boxes and go make new memories. We'll always be right here whenever you need us."
Joey nodded. "Give me a hug."
Joey went around and hugged everyone. He looked around one last time and him and Leslie got in the moving van. Everyone stood in the front yard and watched as they drove away together. Jesse put his arm around Michelle to let her know that it would be okay while Becky did the same to the twins. As soon as they were no longer in sight everyone went back into the house.