Chapter Twenty: July 4, 2000
It is around eleven thirty a.m. at Weatherly park Oz and Xander who are both wearing black tuxedos with a sky-blue dress shirt under the tuxedo jacket are setting up seats beside the wedding alley that is before the bridge, which is over the large pond. The two of them are set the seats up for Kate Lockley and Wesley Wyndam-Pryce small wedding. Xander is set up the chairs on the left side of the alley and Oz is set up the chairs on the right side. Oz and Xander have just finish set up the chair when Mr. and Mrs. Wyndam-Pryce's walk up to the first row of seats on the right-hand side and both of them are wearing tan. Mr. Wyndam-Pryce is wearing a suit and Mrs. Wyndam-Pryce a dress. Mrs. Wyndam-Pryce sits down on the first seat and Mr. Wyndam-Pryce sits down on the second seat and Mrs. Wyndam-Pryce looks at the landscape, which includes red roses that are on each side of the wooden bridge. At the same time Doyle sits down on the last seat that is in the last row on the bride side and he is wearing a black suit.
"This is a beautiful place to have a wedding at Roger."
"Yes it is, our son has made a great choice for his and Kate wedding location."
At the same time Joyce Summers who wearing a lavender sun dress and holding Sara Osbourne who wearing a pink dress and Rupert Giles who wearing a black tweed suit and holding Sean Osbourne who wearing a pair of black dress pant and a white dress shirt sits down in the first row on the bride side. Giles's is sitting on the third seat and Joyce is sitting on the fourth seat, at the same time Kate grandmother Lockley sits down on the first seat of the first row and save the second seat for her husband. A few moments later co-workers of Kate's from LA and Sunnydale police departments, along with two aunts, two uncles and four of Kate cousins from both her father and mother side fill up the rest of the rows of seats on the bride side. At the same time some of Wesley's former co-worker at the watcher council and four aunts, four uncles and ten cousins take their seats on the groom side. By now Wesley join Oz, Gunn, Riley and Xander on the right-hand side of the bridge and Wesley Gunn, and Riley is wearing black tuxedos with a sky-blue dress shirt under the tuxedo jackets and the minister has joined the group of man too. The minister is wearing black and he is standing on the bridge. A few moments later the ring bearer Bailey Summers/Giles who is carrying the 10K white gold wedding bands on an ivory pillow and he is wearing a pair of black dress pants and sky-blue dress shirt. Bailey's walks up to the end of the wedding alley, then the flower girl Destiny's who is carrying a basket of pink rose petals, walk up next to Bailey. Destiny is wearing a white ankle length sleeveless dress that has a sky blue sash around the waist and sky blue and lavender flowers print on the dress. Bailey and Destiny start to walk down the alley and Destiny is throwing flower petals onto the ground as the two of them walk up to the bridge. As the two toddles are walking up the alley Faith, Fred, Buffy and Willow in a line walk up the end of the wedding alley and all three of them are wearing sky-blue dresses that are just below the knees in length and have cap sleeves with a scoop neckline. When the flower girl and ring bearer have reach the end of the wedding alley Bailey's join Oz, Riley, Gunn and Xander on the left-hand side of the bridge and Destiny walk over to the right-hand side of the bridge and stand across from Wesley for now. At the same time Faith start walking down the alley followed by the other three bridesmaids. Destiny smiles at her mom as Faith walk down the wedding alley toward her. Meanwhile a few feet away grandfather Lockley who is wearing a black suit and white dress shirt under the suit jacket and looks like an older version of Kate's late father is standing beside his granddaughter who has curled her hair and has a crystal butterfly hair comb that was her great-grandmother on her mother side, which is holding her blonde hair out of her face. Grandfather Lockley takes a long look at his granddaughter who is wearing a white sleeveless floor length chiffon dress that has a high neckline and a chapel train. The dress is a-line, with a lace overlay that is over the bodice, back, the high neckline of the wedding dress and in addition the dress has a white chiffon-covered button closure. There is a white stain sash around the waist that has a white chiffon flower on the right side of the wedding dress and she is holding a bouquet of pink roses in her right hand.
"You are beautiful today Kate, are you ready to walk toward the wedding alley?"
"Thank you, Grandfather and yes I am ready."
Grandfather Lockley links his left arm through Kate's right arm and then the two of them start walking up to the wedding alley. When the bride and the bride grandfather reach the end of the wedding alley all of the guest's stands up and once all the bridesmaids have line up on the left side of the bridge and Destiny is standing in front of the bridesmaids Kate and her grandfather start walking down the wedding alley, Wesley's smile at his soon to be wife and Kate smiles back at him and when they reach the end of the wedding alley and the bridge, the minister starts to talk to the wedding guest.
"Please take your seats."
A few moments later all the wedding guests have sat down and Sara and Sean are smiles at they mom and Willow's is smiles back at her son and daughter that are sitting in the front row on the bride side.
"I want to welcome all the guests and family here to witness the marriage of Kate Lockley and Wesley Wyndam-Pryce. Who is giving this women to marry this man?"
"My wife Mrs. Lockley and I."
Grandfather Lockley lets go of his granddaughter arm and Kate hand her bouquet to Faith's. Then Kate walks up to Wesley and the two of them takes each other hands. At the same time Mr. Lockley walks up to the first row of seats on the bride side and sits down next to his wife. Once Mr. Lockley has sat down, the minister begins to talk.
"Married is a special spiritual connections between two people that connections them together in a common purpose. We have gathers here today to join Kate and Wesley in holy matrimony. Is there anyone here that thinks the couple should not be married?"
The minister stop talking and looks out at the wedding guest, but no one says anything. A minute later the minister starts to speak again.
"Wesley will you have this woman to be your wife, to love her, comfort her, honor and forsaking all other as long as you shell live?"
"Yes."
"Kate will you have this man to be your husband to love him, comfort him, honor and forsaking all other as long as you shell live?"
"Yes."
"Wesley's repeat after me what I say, I take Kate to be my wedding wife to have and to hold, for better or worse, for richer or poorer to love and cherish from this day forward."
"I take Kate to be my wedding wife to have and to hold, for better or worse, for richer or poorer to love and cherish from this day forward."
"Kate's repeat after me, I take Wesley to be my wedding husband to have and to hold, for better or worse, for richer or poorer to love and cherish from this day forward."
"I take Wesley to be my wedding husband to have and to hold, for better or worse, for richer or poorer to love and cherish from this day forward."
"Will the ringer bearer bring the rings over?"
Bailey walks over to Wesley and Kate and holds the pillow up. Wesley takes Kate's ring off the pillow and Kate take Wesley ring off the pillow and then Bailey walks over to the grooms man and stands in front of the grooms man. Wesley then holds the wedding band up to the tip of Kate's left ring finger.
"With this ring I thee wed, let this ring be given and received as a token of your affection, senility and fidelity to one another."
Wesley puts the ring onto Kate's ring finger in front of the engagement ring. Wesley then holds up his left hand and Kate hold up the wedding band to the end of his finger.
"With this ring I thee wed, let this ring be given and received as a token of your affection, senility and fidelity to one another."
Kate puts the ring onto Wesley's ring finger and then the two of them hold each other hands again.
"By the state of California I declare you husband and wife, you can kiss the bride."
Wesley leans in and kisses Kate on her lips and she kisses him back, the wedding guests watch them kisses each other for two whole minutes. Then Wesley and Kate turn to face the wedding guest and the minster start to talk again.
"Wesley and Kate want you to head over to Sunnydale Bison's Lodge where the wedding reception is going to be hold at and they will join you there after they wedding pictures have been taken."
Faith hands Kate her bouquet and Kate takes the bouquet with her right hand, then Kate and Wesley walk down the wedding alley holding each other hands. Then Bailey and Destiny follow the bride and groom down the alley, followed by Faith and Xander, Fred and Gunn, Buffy and Riley and Willow and Oz. When Wesley and Kate reach the end of the wedding alley they walk over to the tree that is a few feet from the bridge to wait for the guest to leave so they can take pictures on the bridge and Doyle walks over to Kate and Wesley.
"Angel's say to tell you that he will be at the wedding reception, but Lorne says that he is going to pass on the wedding reception, but he will stop by your house tomorrow to give the two of you a wedding gift."
"(Kate and Wesley) thanks for let tell us that Doyle."
Doyle walks away from the bride and groom and starts walking to the parking lot with the rest of the guest. Mrs. Summers and Giles walk over to Willow and Oz to hand Oz's Bailey car seat to put in the limousines for the ride to Sunnydale Bison's Lodge and Oz and Willow gives Mrs. Summers and Giles Sean and Sara car seats for the ride to Sunnydale Bison's Lodge. A few minutes later Mrs. Summers carrying Sara in her car seat and Mr. Giles carrying Sean in his car seat walk to Mrs. Summers SUV in the parking lot, at the same time the bride and Groom along with the wedding party, Kate grandmother and grandfather Lockley and the grooms mother and father walks over to the bridge, so the photograph can start to take the wedding pictures.
Ten minutes later the wedding guests start to arrive at the stone building that the Sunnydale Bison's Lodge is in. Mrs. Summers carrying Sara and Mr. Giles carrying Sean is the first guest to walk through the doors that have wooden frames and middles of the doors are glass. Once inside the four of them see that tables have been set up in two rows along the far wall that is on the left-hand side and in front of the stone fireplace that is on the wall across from doors and all the walls are cream color. To the left-hand side of the doors there is a large table set up for the buffet, which the catering is setting up. On the right-hand wall near the fireplace is the table that the cakes are on, then the gift table and the bar. The center of the floor is a dance floor and the DJ is on the right-hand side of the doors and before the bar. Mrs. Summers and Giles walks up to the first round table that is in the first row in front of the fireplace on the left-hand side if your back is to the doors of the lodge and next to the long table that is to the right of the round table that Giles and Mrs. Summers are at, if standing in front of the tables. The long table is the bridal party and bride and groom table and is in the center of the first row. Mr. Giles and Mrs. Summers notice that all the tables have sky blue tablecloths on them and the chairs have sky blue covers on them and that each table has a clear glass vases with pink roses and sky blue roses in the vases. There are also stands with vases on them all around the lodge with Passion Flowers, pink roses and sky-blue roses. Giles sits down on the seat that is across from the door and Mrs. Summers hand Sara to Giles.
"I am going to go look at the cakes."
"That is fine Joyce."
Joyce walks over to the cake table to see the two cakes that Kate and Wesley ask Faith to make, one being the wedding cake and the other a birthday cake for the flower girl that turn two on July fifth. When Joyce Summers reach the cake table Joyce's see a four-tier heart shape wedding cake with pink strawberry buttercream icing and two white fondant doves on the top tier of the cake. Joyce then looks at the second cake that is a large (14"x10" 3 "deep) number two shape cake, which has white vanilla butter cream icing. There is a fondant Mini mouse and Mickey mouse sitting on the center of the number two and pink and purple fondant butterfly on the cake. Joyce Summers walks over to the table that Giles, Sara and Sean are sitting at and sit down on the chair that is on Giles's right-hand side. At the same time the rest of the wedding guest starts to come into Sunnydale Bison's Lodge. Angle and Doyle walk over to the table that Joyce Summers, Rupert Giles, Sara and Sean are sitting at. Angel's sits down on the chair that is on the Joyce right-hand side and Doyle sits down on Giles's left-hand side, the last seat across from Giles's remains empty, because it was the seat for Lorne and he is not coming. Sean reaches toward Doyle and Doyle take Sean from Giles, at the same time Sara reach for Angel and Joyce takes Sara from Rupert and then hands the baby girl to Angel. A half hour later Kate's grandmother and grandfather Lockley and Mr. and Mrs. Wyndam-Pryce walk over to the round table that is on the right-hand side of the bridal party, bride and groom table, if standing in front of the table. Grandmother and grandfather Lockley and Mr. and Mrs. Wyndam-Pryce have a seat at the table, Kate Grandparents are sitting on the side looking at the lodge doors and Mr. and Mrs. Wyndam-Pryce has they backs to the lodge doors. A few minutes later the DJ starts to talk.
"Let give a big round of applause for the bridal part which is Bailey Summers/Giles and Destiny Harris who were the ring bearer and flower girl, Faith Lehane and Xander Harris, Fred Burkle and Charlie Gunn, Buffy Summers and Riley Finn and Willow Rosenberg and Oz Osbourne."
The wedding guest starts to clap and then the bridal party walks through the doors of Sunnydale Bison's Lodge. The bridal party walks over to the table reserve for the bridal party and the bride and Groom and sits down on chairs that are at the table, leaving the two center seats for the bride and Groom. A few minutes later once the clapping dies down the DJ start to talking again, at the same time Kate and Wesley walk up to the doors of Sunnydale Bison's Lodge.
"Everyone please stands up and give applause for the newly married Mr. and Mrs. Wyndam-Pryce."
All of the wedding guests and bridal party stand up and start clapping for the bride and Groom and at the same time Kate and Wesley walks into the Sunnydale Bison's Lodge. Kate and Wesley walk over to the table that the flower girl, ring bearer, bridesmaids and grooms man are sitting at and Kate sits down on the center side on the left-hand side if your back to doors before the flower girl and bridesmaids and Wesley sits down on the seat on the right-hand side before the ringer bearer and grooms man. The DJ looks over and sees that buffet is set up and the catered give he the thumbs up to call the wedding party table up.
"The wedding party table can go up to the buffet table and get their food, once the wedding party is half way through the rest of the tables can head up and get in line."
The bridesmaids, flower girl, bride, ringer bearer, groom and grooms man stand up and walks over to the buffet table. Kate and Wesley are the first two in the line and each of them grab plates, napkins and silverware, then being to look at the food choice, which is Cesar salad or garden salad and the salad dressing choices are ranch, French, Italian, tomato vinaigrette, creamy caesar or blue cheese, chicken breast with herbs, cavatappi pasta with tossed roasted peppers and pasto creme sauce, sauteed vegetables blend of broccoli, cauliflower, baby carrots and zucchini, stuffed mushrooms, sliced pork and roasted potatoes. Wesley gets a little of everything, but Kate put a garden salad with tomato vinaigrette, roasted potatoes, stuffed mushroom and sauteed vegetable blend onto her plate. Fifteen minutes later everyone beside Angel's has a plate of food and are eating. Kate and Wesley have finish eating and have starts to walking around to thank the guests for coming. The first table they walk up to is the table that Wesley parents and Kate's grandparents are sitting at. Kate walks up beside Mr. and Mrs. Wyndam-Pryce. Kate and Wesley talk to Mr. and Mrs. Wyndam-Pryce for several minutes and then Mr. and Mrs. Wyndam-Pryce stand up. Kate then hugs Wesley mom and dad and then Wesley parent hug his parents. As Mr. and Mrs. Wyndam-Pryce sits down on they seat, Kate and Wesley start talking to Kate's grandparents. A half hour later Wesley is cutting the wedding cake and Faith's is cutting Destiny's birthday cake. Once the first two pieces of the wedding cake are cut, Wesley feeds a bite to Kate and then Kate's feeds a bite to Wesley. Then Faith's cake pieces of the wedding cake for the guest. As Kate and Wesley dance the first dance, which is to the song time of your life, when the first song end the DJ stand playing the song you are my sunshine and Destiny and Bailey is the first to join Kate and Wesley on the dance floor and start dancing, Buffy and Riley along with Fred and Gunn, Oz and Willow and a few minutes later Xander and Faith. The wedding reception goes to an hour before sunset and then the bride and groom leave, followed by the wedding guests.