"Miss Baxter,"
"Oh," she smiles holding Chelsea's hands in her own, " Chelsea?"
" Yeh Rae?"
" I have known you most of my life, I could never imagine myself ... my life without you. I hope and Pray that I never have to. I have always loved you. I am so deeply in love with you , I never would have figured that and really never figured that I would fall in love with you while camping . I mean ME camping? " they giggled" What I want to say is , that I want to journey through this crazy life with you , not behind me, or in front of me , but RIGHT beside me. Hand in hand whatever may come. Veggie burgers, eggplants, potatoes shaped like presidents, Piney Peterson fan clubs, Chels any and all of it, nothing not a thing means more to me than being with you . That night sitting on that log hand in hand looking up at the beautiful clear night sky. I realized not only did we not have to like all the same things to be best friends, but that I'd only seen one thing more beautiful than that sky and ...that was the look in your eyes, when you talked about all the things you loved. When you looked at me I felt my heart practically flip, like it was reset at the moment and from that moment on I was yours."
"Rae, I don't have ... I don't know what to say other than ... I love you , I love everything about you , the way you want to always fix everything for the people you love, whether it means dressing in the craziest disguises and doing some things that no one would ever dream about. Just to keep us safe, whether there is physical danger or just trying to keep our hearts safe. I always knew I could trust you with my heart Raven . I would trust you with my life. I adore you , I love the look that YOU get in your eyes and how you are so passionate. Whether it's fashion , a huge shoe sale or the people you care about. I have never met anyone like you , and I love that about you I love everything about you. The fact that you compromise to just be with me. I have no words. I knew the moment you touched my hand, you touched my heart. I would never be the same. To know that you feel it too. I just...I can't wait to spend forever with you."
Tears flowing freely from their eyes, the squeezed each other's hands tighter.
" Repeat after me please." The minister spoke once more."I , Raven Lydia Baxter"
"I Raven Lydia Baxter..."
"Take you Chelsea Ophelia Daniels"
"Take YOU Chelsea Ophelia Daniels..."
"to be my wife, to have and to hold"
" to be my wife , to have and to hold."
Raven spoke the rest of her vows and Chelsea followed suit repeating after the minister. Both trembling yet holding tight to one another, when they were asked to exchange rings , Rae's face lit up , " I got this. " she smiled brighter and turn to the " best man" Eddie.
"Chels , baby remember when I asked you if you remembered the pebbles we picked up the night of the camping trip."
" Yeh.." she wrinkled her brow trying to follow.
"well, I wanted to do something really great for you and I sort of well I had a lil help," she smiled,"I ..well there is this , eco-friendly joint that well made use of those stones, something we'll always have and," She held out her hand and gently slid the ring onto Chelsea's finger.
"Oh my...Raven...how did...is that....oh baby."
"Yeh, the "stripes" those are our pebbles, well a slice anyway ."
"Rae," Tears fell from the Red-heads eyes, looking at the ring studying it, before taking the other one and placing it on her bride's finger.
"recycled titanium, "Rae whispered.
" You may kiss, the bride...s"
Their lips met in a short soft kiss,
"I present to you , Mrs Raven & Chelsea Baxter."
Their families stood, applauding as the locked arms walking down the makeshift aisle.
"I love you ," Chelsea whispered," Mrs Baxter."
"I love YOU," Rae leaned over kissing her wife's cheek, damn wife, that's amazing she thought, then whispering in her new brides ear" Mrs. Baxter...you ain't seen nothin yet."