Chapter XII: Unbreakable: June
"No wedding Saturday within the month of June.
But what it is, is something true.
Made up of these three words that I must say to you."
Gideon's POV
It was Saturday morning, just before sunrise. I stood at the Elmwood Central Park, at the altar. It had rained at night so the air was bit cool but it didn't matter.
"Are you nervous?" Morgan asked behind me. I turned to him and Reid, who stood at the other side of me and answered, "No, not really," smiling. I looked around me and saw every single of my friends and colleagues but also Ev's friends there too. Even David Rossi, the man who came to the team after me, managed to come. I had met him more than once and he'd became friend to us.
Bry was holding Willow and Carol, Ev's adoption mother, had Noelle. The twins were sleeping and I knew they had earplugs so that they'd sleep better.
Turning back towards the altar, I heard transverse flute's sound. It was Sole, who played Westlife's Unbreakable and approached the altar. Behind her walked Bons. They both wore the same colored, dark blue dress, as my suit was. They walked all the way to the altar and I saw the first rays of sun when Sole started the chorus. That was Basil and Ev's cue, since Basil was giving her away. I heard both Morgan and Reid take a deep breath, when they saw Ev. "She's amazing, isn't she?" I whispered but they could only nod. Ev had managed to loose all the extra weight that she gained during her pregnancy.
Now, she looked like forest spirit, in her long, green dress. It was strapless and the material looked like moss. She didn't had veil and she'd left her hair open. She had blue flowers in her hair and wedding bouquet.
"This necklace is my something old, dress is something new, something borrowed is my shoes because I borrowed them from Sole and something blue are these flowers," she'd explained. And now, she was beside me. "Who gives this bride away?" the reverend started the ceremony. "I am," answered three men, her adoption father, her aunt's husband and Basil, in unison.
I tried to concentrate to the ceremony but didn't heard most of it. Every now and then, I glanced Ev and she always did the same at the same time. Then came the time of our vows.
"Eveleen, you came into my life only few years ago. But still, I feel like I've known you for all of my life. I don't know what I would've done if you wouldn't have been around in these years. All I know is that I would've drowned because of all that has happened when I still was in BAU. But you saved me. You appeared into my life like a tornado and gave me the happiness back. And you gave me two precious daughters. I thank you for all this," I almost only whispered.
"Gideon, Jason. When I look into your eyes, I see worlds in them. All that's good but also bad. And I know you'll protect me, Willow and Noelle from that bad. When I first met you, I was searching my father. I didn't found him from Virginia but I found you from there. Now I've found him too but it's you who mean worlds to me.
You can make me whole again. Gideon, you made me whole," Ev spoke with stern voice, looking in to my eyes for the whole time. Then the reverend spoke again. "Do you Jason Gideon take this Eveleen Willow Hollier as your lawfully wedded wife and love her until the end?"
"I do."
"Do you Eveleen Willow Hollier take this Jason Gideon as your lawfully wedded husband and love him until the end?"
"I do." We placed the rings to each others finger. "By the power that has been granted to me, I now pronounce you, husband and wife. Dear peoples, may I introduce, for the first time, Mr. and Mrs. Jason Gideon. You may now kiss your wife," the reverend ended the ceremony.
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"You're one lucky man, Gideon," Hotch said to me when we'd moved to wedding reception. He was holding Noelle and I had Willow. "I know," I said and noticed that Ev approached me. "Honey, it's time for wedding waltz," she said, took Willow from me and gave her to Reid. We walked to the dance floor and the band started to play. "May I have this dance, Mrs. Gideon?" I asked jokingly. "Yes you may, Mr. Gideon," Ev answered at the same tone.
"Morning had broken, like the first morning. Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird," Bons sang Cat Stevens Morning has broken which was our wedding waltz. "My morning has also broken now," Ev whispered and kissed me tenderly. At the end of the song, Ev noticed someone at the crowd. "I've got to meet him," she said and fetched Willow and Noelle. I saw her bowing her head to an old man, like taking some kind of blessing from him. The man touched her forehead as well as Noelle and Willow's. "Who is that man?" I asked from Reid, who just came beside me. "Oh, he's Ev's grandfather from her father's side," Reid explained. "How do you know that?" I asked but Reid just said, "She wants you there."
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"Jason, this is my grandfather, Mr. John "Big Bear" Elliot. My husband Jason Gideon," Ev introduced us. "Take good care of my granddaughter and my great granddaughters, Mr. Gideon," John Big Bear said to me. "I have every intention to do so," I promised and he turned to Ev. "Your parents would be proud of you and me and my wife are proud of you. You'll have to visit us soon because we too are your people, Dancing Raven," he said and Ev nodded. Then, John Big Bear had to leave.
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"Your father was an Indian?" I had to ask from Eveleen at that night. She laughed at my expression. "Yeah, he was. So that makes me half-Indian. Native American, as they want to be called. That's what Reid told me at the night I broke Kelly's vase. I'm Eveleen "Dancing Raven" Gideon, "she explained. "So we're going to visit your grandparents someday," I stated. "Yes, on August," Ev whispered, kissed me and went to feed the twins, who'd just denoted their will with very loud voice. "The circle has closed," I said to myself while I watched her going.
A/N: The circle has closed and the story ended. Thanks for all the readers.
