Two weeks later…
"I can't believe
I'm getting married!" Sandy squealed and Lucy laughed.
"You're
so beautiful!" she said, fixing her veil as all of the bridesmaids
gathered around the full-length mirror in the church office.
"I love him so much!"
she said and Ruthie laughed.
"Please…you're going to
make us all puke!" she joked and Sandy stuck her tongue out.
"I'm
trying so hard not to cry…" Sandy said, grinning broadly.
"Well…don't. Your makeup looks gorgeous." Lucy said and Sandy laughed at her.
"Well you're
looking pretty good yourself mommy." She said to Lucy and she
rolled her eyes.
"Yeah right…I'm due next week…I could
burst any second…I feel like a whale."
"I know the feeling…"
Annie said.
"Please…no pregnancy stories." Ruthie groaned,
sitting at her dad's desk, applying some light makeup to her face.
"You two are the only one that haven't been pregnant here…"
Sandy said, looking at Ruthie and Rose.
"Don't look at me. I'm
not planning on getting pregnant any time soon!" Rose said.
"Me either!" added Ruthie and Annie smiled.
"Good girl." Mary
said and they laughed.
Eric knocked on the door lightly. "Everyone
ready?" he asked, opening the door just a crack.
"We sure
are." Annie said, hugging Sandy. "Congratulations honey."
"Thanks…mom." She said and chuckled.
"Let's go!
Simon's gonna die when he sees you!" Lucy said as she, Mary,
Sarah, Rose, and Annie ushered her out of the office. Ruthie followed
and stopped at the mirror one last time. She looked at her reflection
in the mirror. She had to admit, she looked gorgeous. She was wearing
a maroon halter dress with white sandals and her hair was falling in
spiral curls. She smiled, satisfied with herself. As much as she knew
today was about Sandy and Simon, she knew Martin would die when he
saw her. She smiled, following the rest of the bridal party out of
the office.
Kevin and Lucy walked down the aisle first, since Lucy was the maid of honor and Kevin was the best man. Then came Matt and Sarah, Mary and Carlos, Rose carrying Aaron, and then Martin and Ruthie.
"You look gorgeous." Martin whispered as she grabbed onto his arm.
"Thanks baby." She whispered back, walking down the aisle.
"I can't wait until this is us."
The rest of the way to the altar was silent. Once they reached it, she looked at Martin and smiled. "Me too baby."
Then, Sandy walked down the aisle with her dad. Simon smiled as Sandy walked down the aisle. She took his breath away. Silent tears began to fall as she approached the altar. She looked around and smiled at the guests. It was a small wedding, family and close friends. But that's exactly the way they both wanted it. After what seemed like an eternity to her, she got to the altar. She smiled as her dad pulled back her veil and kissed her cheek.
"Who gives this woman
to this man?" Eric asked.
"I do." Mr. Jameson said, putting
her hand in Simon's. "Take care of her." He whispered and Simon
nodded, and he went to sit down. Sandy gave her flowers to Rose and
took Aaron from her. They both decided they wanted him to be a part
of the ceremony. So, Simon and Sandy each held him with one hand and
held the other's free hand. Simon stroked her hand with his thumb.
"I love you." He mouthed.
"Me too." She whispered,
smiling.
"Thank you all for coming to witness the joining of this couple in marriage." Eric started, opening his bible. "'Love is always patient and kind. It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited. It is never rude or selfish, it does not take offence, and it is not resentful. Love takes no pleasure in other people's sins, but delights in the truth. It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes.'"
"Simon, do you
take Sandy to be your wife?"
"I do." He smiled
"Do you
promise to love and respect her, forsaking all others, and holding
only onto her?"
"I do."
"Sandy, do you
take Simon to be your husband?"
She began to cry. "I do."
"Do
you promise to love and respect him, forsaking all others, and
holding only onto him?"
"I do."
By then, all of the bridal party was crying. They were all so happy for Simon, knowing that he found the woman he was supposed to be with.
"Simon and Sandy have a few words that they would like to say to each other." The minister said, stepping aside.
"I'll go first." Sandy said, clearing her throat. "Simon, you are my everything. I can't survive without you. You are my world. Once I found out that I was pregnant with Aaron, I suspected it was yours. But then I remembered Martin, and how I slept with him to make you jealous." Martin closed his eyes at the memory. "In the back of my mind, I always wondered whether the baby was yours or not. Once I found out, I'll admit, I was ecstatic. Not to mention Martin." She laughed. "Martin and Ruthie could finally be together…and I could finally be with you." She said quietly. "Baby, I love you more than life. And I love our son. I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you…have more children with you…grow old with you…" She let go of Simon's hand momentarily to wipe her eyes and then grabbed his hand again. "I love you so much. Thank you for letting me spend the rest of my life with you as your wife."
By the time she was done, Simon was crying as well. "Sandy, I love you so much. I've loved you ever since I laid eyes on you. You are my best friend, and I will love you until the day I die. I'm so sorry for the times that I wasn't there for you, the times I hurt you, and for the times I've made you cry. My dreams came true the day I met you. You mean the world to me, and you always will. I want to be here for you forever. I need you in my life. We'll have our hard times. Heck, we've already had a few." He chuckled. "But I want you to know that I wouldn't change any of it for the world. I love you and I love our son. I can't wait to be your husband for the rest of our lives. Yes, things will change over the years. But Sandy, one thing will never, EVER change. I will always love you Sandy. Hundreds of years from now, somewhere, somehow, I'll still be loving you. I can't wait to wake up next to you every day for the rest of my life." He said, as tears came down both of their faces.
"Simon,
please take Sandy's hand and repeat after me."
"I Simon
Camden, take you Sandy Jameson, to be my wife."
"I Simon
Camden, take you Sandy Jameson, to be my wife."
"To have and
to hold."
"To have and to hold."
"In sickness and in
health."
"In sickness and in health."
"For richer for
poorer."
"For richer for poorer."
"And I promise to
love you forever more."
"And I promise to love you forever
more."
Simon placed the ring on Sandy's finger with a huge
grin on his face.
"Sandy, please take Simon's hand and
repeat after me."
"I Sandy Jameson, take you Simon Camden, to
be my husband."
"I Sandy Jameson, take you Simon Camden, to be
my husband."
"To have and to hold."
"To have and to
hold."
"In sickness and in health."
"In sickness and in
health."
"For richer for poorer."
"For richer for
poorer."
"And I promise to love you forever more."
"And
I promise to love you forever more."
Sandy placed the ring onto Simon's finger and smiled.
"I would now like to present to you all, Mr. and Mrs. Simon and Sandy Camden." Eric announced. "You may now kiss your bride." He said to Simon.
"Finally!" he said jokingly, and everyone laughed. "Come here you." He said, leaning in and kissing his wife, and then kissing his son on the cheek.
"I love you Simon."
"I love you too Mrs.
Camden." He said, taking Aaron and carrying him on his hip, and
grabbing her hand as they walked down the aisle, beginning their
lives together as a family.
Pure Simon/Sandy fluff since so many of you asked for it...but i had to include a LITTLE bit of Marthie...after Lucy has the babies it'll be a LOT more Marthie...trust me... I am SOOO incredibly sorry i took so long to update! i've been SO busy with school...but i made it a priority to update...even though it is 12:30am and i have to be up in 6 hours for church...but hey...i love you guys that much...so you better review!
I still want boys names for Lucy's babies! they're coming in the next chapter or 2...so PLEASE send them my way...
I am one tired writer...so i'm going to bed...leave me some nice reviews for tomorrow morning!
