To Tie a Knot.

Chapter 14 is up! This is the second to last chapter, so soon this will come to a close! I hope you are still enjoying this!
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I have never written anything like this before, so I hope what I write is okay, I thought I would take a different approach.

A/N and dedications are the same!
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Marriage – The legally or formally recognised union of a man and a woman or in some cases two people of the same sex, as partners in a relationship.

Vow – A solemn promise.

Love – A strong feeling of affection.

We hear these words a lot.

It always seems like someone is getting married, or is engaged to be married.

When my auntie got married, I never knew there were so many shades of white, I never realised how much preparation needed to go into a wedding.
I honestly thought you booked a church, invited the people who meant the most to you, put on a pretty dress or a nice suit, and committed to each other.

That's all it should be about right?

I never understood why my Aunt was so worried about getting the food right, or the room, I never knew why she had to invite so many people, people who she never really saw anyway.

I always imagined a wedding in a church being between two people surrounded by close friends and family.

Vows. I know what they are and I understand that sometimes people change them, I mean I can understand why, but other can't. I heard one person say it was rude to change them from the traditional ones. How is it rude? This is between two people, trying to find the best words to describe their love, to describe how they feel, to tell each other in a very short space of time that they will love that other person for as long as they live, they are trying to tell that other person through short sentences and a shaking voice that they will stand beside them no matter what. Wedding Vows are not a 'one fits all' kind of thing.

I know someone who married, but married with only their immediate family present. I know a lady who wanted everyone she had met in the past two years to be seating in a very, very small church. Everyone is different, and this is meant to be the happiest day of two people's lives, it doesn't matter who you are.

If you're a man marrying a woman, I wish you the best of luck.

If you're a man marrying a man, I hope you have a wonderful day.

If you're a woman marrying a woman, I hope you're lives are filled with love.

If you want to get married in a church surrounded by a hundred people, go for it.

If you want to marry the person you love in a registry office surround by five people, then go do it.

If you want to marry on the beach, I hope the sun shines.

You want to marry the person you love in a house, I hope it goes well for you.

I don't understand what the big deal is about having to get married 'by the book' I mean, if the image of the happiest day of your life consists of you and your love reading a verse out of the bible or your holy book, then that is perfectly fine. If you want to get married but you don't want to wear a long white gown with flowers in your hair, there are so many other colours to choose from.

Your wedding day is about you and the person you love. It's not about your mother who thinks it should have been done differently, it's not about the cousin who believes she should have been a bridesmaid. It's about you and the person you are marrying.

Love is something you can't ignore and you're getting married because of that. You are getting married because you are deeply in love with this person and you want to spend the rest of your life with them. That is what a wedding is, a ceremony of love and commitment.

You plan your day how the two of you want it. No one else's opinion is needed, it's not their day, and it's not the beginning of their life with their partner.

If you're getting married, there should be only three things on your mind.

1 – The person you love.

2 – The commitment you are about to make.

3 – Being happy.

I mean if you feel you should be thinking of ten things, that's fine too, just as long as when you say 'I do' you are still as happy and in love as you were the minute before.

"I do."

"Spencer, do you take Aaron to be your lawfully wedded husband?"
"I do."

The both of them smiled at each other.

Spencer's mother had been crying most of the way through and truth be told Aaron was sure his mother had done the same, but it was only then when they said 'I do' did Aaron's father have tears in his eyes. Tears of joy, and tears of pride.

"You are now legally married. Aaron, you may kiss your husband."
Aaron smiled before kissing Spencer, all of the ten people that were in the room clapped.

"I love you, Spencer…"
"I love you too…"

After photographs which Diana had insisted on they arrived at the pub Jacob now owed. It was strange to think that this time 2 years ago Aaron and Spencer sat in the pub expressing their love for each other. Now they sat in it, eating food, drinking wine and smiling constantly as they were now married.

"Is this how it was in your head?" Aaron asked Spencer when they finally got a minute alone after speeches and toasts.

"It's even better." Spencer smiled before leaning in to kiss his husband.

They spent a moment of peace in each other's arms before Aaron kissed him, this time pulling him closer.

"I love you so much…"
"I love you too. Thank you for sticking with me." Spencer said, his voice quiet but still Aaron knew he meant it.

"Forever and Always…" He said told him.

"Forever and Always."

The night was filled with laughter, alcohol and love, and that didn't stop the next morning either when Aaron and Spencer lay in each other's arms in some fancy hotel in D.C a few hours before they were needed at the airport.

"Are you sure your mother will be okay?" Aaron asked his husband.

"I am sure she will be, Jacob is still here, so she is not completely alone." Spencer said, before then saying something about thanking Jacob.

"You have thanked him over 100 times since last night, I think he gets it…" Aaron said with a smile.

"I have said it only 98 times actually." Aaron laughed at the comment before rolling over and looking at the clock.

"We should get up…" He said, but Spencer really wasn't planning on getting out of bed just yet.

Kissing his husband, he smiled.

"Packing can wait…" With a grin, the both of them knew what would happen next, and the both of them were perfectly happy about it.

Thank you so much for reading!
I hope you liked this approach! I have never really written a wedding or a ceremonial event, so I hope this is just as good!
Please review, let me know what you think!

Thank you once again!

Bethanyy.