Mel finished obsessing, and we headed back out to the reception. Everyone was still eating and chatting, so I sat back down with Ian. After Mel gave him a long death glare, she went over to Jared and talked to him. I held his hand.
"She really likes everything to be perfect," Ian commented.
I nodded, smiling. "Yeah, well, that's Mel." He shrugged and we talked for a bit, until Mel announced that we would start the toasts now. We all sat around the long tables with wine glasses, including Jamie and Jessie, even though they all got a shot worth of wine.
Ian stood, and everyone quieted instantly. "So, um, I'm guessing this is where we do our vows?" Ian asked, looking at Mel and Jared. They nodded, and he continued. "Well, it honestly took me forever to find the perfect words, also a little help from Jared and Kyle. But I think I've finally got it right." He took a drink of his wine quickly, and began talking again. "Wanderer. You walked into my life and I have to admit... I wasn't thrilled. At all, as you can probably remember," he said, referring to when he tried to suffocate me. "But it changed. Everything changed. When I actually talked to you, after you had earned enough trust from the cave, and you began working. I remember I smiled at you, trying to make you feel a bit more welcome, and you seemed weary around me, especially. Then you actually smiled back, and I fell in love with you. I knew you weren't about to turn us in or screw us over, and I made more of an effort to talk to you, and things progressed, to Mel's disappointment. I'm not quite sure if it was because it was her body and she was in love with Jared, or if Mel really didn't like me." Mel laughed, shaking her head because we all knew the answer. "I'm guessing she likes me now because she organized a huge portion of this wedding, which neither Wanda nor I got to do. But it's perfect anyway."
Everyone clapped, agreeing. Mel blushed a bit, and Ian continued. "When you told me you were leaving, I couldn't eat or sleep. Then Doc took you out of Mel's body, and put you into a new one, I was still in love with you, if not more. I saw you, that silver worm, and I held you in my hands. You were honestly the most beautiful thing I had ever seen. Anyways, you woke up afterwards, and that was when I knew for sure that we were meant to be together forever. We've had our rough spots, but we're finally here, one year after you came to the cave, and I couldn't love you more."
By the time Ian had finished, I had tears in my eyes and a smile on my face. I stood up and kissed him quickly before starting. "Well, exactly one year ago, I met you. And although it wasn't exactly the brightest day of our days together, it's still an anniversary, now of our wedding day, too. Eventually, you all nick-named me Wanderer, or Wanda, for all the planets I had been to. I never had a particular liking to any of them. From when I first met you, you kind of took my breath away. First metaphorically, then literally. Which didn't help the metaphorical part. Even after then, I knew - well, hoped more than knew - that it was because you didn't know me, so you couldn't trust me around your family, and I understood that. Then you would smile at me sometimes, and every time I would get butterflies in my stomach and blush, and Mel would always yell at me. I'd also like to believe it was because her body was in love with Jared, and she didn't hate you," I said, winking at him and Mel.
"When we started dating, Mel not in my head to yell at me, it was like a dream. The perfect boyfriend, the perfect family, the perfect life. And it really is the perfect life, our rough spots aside. But we're finally married, and I've realised something. I'm not a Wanderer anymore; I've found where I belong."
Ian stood up and hugged me tightly, a big smile on his face. He kissed me softly, for a few more seconds. We sat down and clinked our glasses together with everyone, and took a sip. Mel stood up then. "As the maid of honor, I'm going to give a speech, too." I mentally groaned. "So, when Wanda first kissed Ian, she was still in my body. And no offense, but ew. Then she had this idea that she was going to kill herself so I could have my body back, and I was trying to propose different ideas, but she wouldn't listen. At that point, we were more than friends. We were sisters. We knew basically everything about the other - sorry, Wanda - and I wasn't about to let Wanda go. I got Doc to put her in another body, and I think we're both thankful. I love you like a sister, and Ian, if you ever hurt Wanda, I will hunt you down to the ends of the earth if necessary, and I can garuntee that it will be ugly." Ian looked scared, and then Mel stopped glaring at him and smiled, and he laughed nervously. Everyone applauded slowly, and we toasted.
Jared went next. "Ian's been my best friend for a while now - two years to be exact - and I was honestly really disgusted when he started having feelings for Wanda. This was back when I referred to her as 'it.' Now, it's almost the opposite. We talk about our love lives, as weird as that might sound, and it's fun. I haven't spent nearly enough time with you, Wanda, and I'm hoping to change that and get to know you better, even though Mel is constantly talking about you. Anyways, from the time I have spent with you and from Ian telling me about you, you'll be together forever. I can see you two happy together for the rest of your lives. I wish you both a happy marriage," Jared says, holding out his glass. We toast again, and that's that. We dance more, eat more, and talk more.
At two in the morning, everyone decides to end the party. Mel pulls me away. "I can guess what you two will be doing tonight, and plus, it's your honeymoon, so we booked you a house kind of thing on a little island. Like that Twilight book! I mean, it doesn't look like that, but it's on an island." I laughed. "Ian knows where it is, and it's only about a five minute ride on the boat. Have fun," she said, winking at me. I blushed and thanked her, then said goodbye to everyone and got into the car with Ian. We drove to the dock and boarded the boat Mel rented for us. Ian started the engine and we talked while the boat sailed through the water.
It took under five minutes to get there, and after we tied the boat to the dock, we went to the house, which had a huge glass window on one side of the wall, and found it full of our things. "Did you know about this?" I asked Ian. He nodded, and walked in. "Mel," I say in amazement. I walked in after him. The bed was huge, with a tan comforter and white sheets, along with big pillows.
Ian turned and wrapped his arms around my waist, smiling down at me. "Our first night together, married. And we can do whatever we want for the next month, if we want to."
I sighed. "I think" I began "that we should make the most of it."
"And I agree." We climbed into bed. "Tired?" he asked.
"Yep," I said. I layed down and closed my eyes.
"What are you doing..?" he asked.
"Oh, you mean sex, of course."
I woke up to an empty bed. Sitting up, I rubbed my eyes and looked around the room. Also empty. I got out of bed, putting on my clothes and brushing my hair and teeth. After that, I went into the living room, and nothing. I went into the kitchen and found Ian cooking eggs, bacon, sausage, and pancakes. I smiled and went over to him, hugging him from behind. He turned around and kissed me, lifting me up so that my feet were hovering over the floor. He finally set me down on the empty island counter, and I sat there and talked with him as he made breakfast.
He put the food on one plate, and we went into the living room and sat on the couch together. I curled up against his body and we ate while we watched some show on TV. When we were both full, Ian got up and put the dishes away. I heard a phone ring, and saw one plugged in on the side table, which I hadn't noticed yesterday. I picked it up. "Hello?"
"Wanda! It's Mel. How's the honeymoon going?"
"Good, we just ate breakfast."
"Have you two had sex yet?" she asked, too loud for my liking. I heard Jared snort in the backround.
"Shut up Jared. Mel told me all about your little foot cramp a week ago." He shut up and I smiled, satisfied. "And yes, Mel, we have. But we've done it before so what does it matter?"
"What does it matter?! It's your first time as a married couple! You took pictures, right?"
"Ew, of course not!"
"Why not? It would be fun to look at!"
"Mel!"
She huffed and let it go. "Jared and I are going to go get breakfast, ourselves. I'll talk to you later. Good luck!"
"Good luck?" I asked a second too late. Mel had already hung up. I set the phone back down in its charger, as Ian came back.
"Mel?" he asked. I nodded.
We watched TV for a while, until about noon. Ian turned to me. "Do you want to take a bath?" he asked. I nodded and we went into the bathroom. He turned the faucet on, and the big jacuzzi filled with water and bubbles, then the jets turned on. We undressed and got in together. I was blushing madly. This was really the first time Ian saw my body, because we had never made love with the lights on. I wasn't sure if he felt the same way, but it didn't look like it. Of course, he didn't have a perfect view of me, because there were bubbles in the water, but he could still see my breasts. I tried to casually move the bubbles up around them, so that they would be covered too, but Ian took my hands and held them in his, raising his eyebrows at me. I looked down, embarrassed that he had caught me. I saw him shake his head and pulled me close to him.
So, since this is rated T and it's also a honeymoon and obviously there's going to be sex, I decided to write that part of it in a different story that's rated M. So if you want to read about their first time married, and right here, where I just ended it, I'll be writing it and I'll let you know if it's up when I upload the next chapter. Thank you for reading, and sorry it took so long! Can we try to get 45 reviews before the next chapter? That would be great. And happy 10-chapter anniversary...? Is that a correct thing to call it? I don't know, but whatever. Favorite, review, and follow! Thank you everyone!
