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The Wedding
Jessi's POV
Saying that I am nervous would be an understatement. I don't know what to do or where to start. Fortunately I have Donna my best friend with me. She helps me to put my dress on, I hope Kyle likes it. My makeup was done professionally earlier. I think it brings my eyes out.
The limousine is here to pick me up, Donna tells me, wait Jessi you are forgetting your shoes! She is running with my shoes. I put them on and get in the limousine. As I drive in the limousine all the memories that I have of Kyle fill my mind. The first time I met him, the connection we share, how we fell in love the first time and how we reconnected just a few months ago.
Before I know it we are at a beach front garden where the ceremony and the reception will be held. I look around I see Brian, Grace and my children waiting for me. The kids are so excited; they go behind me and help to keep the tail of my dress clean.
As I walk, I see the beautiful decorated tables with white and red rose bouquets in the middle and long satin table cloths, the chairs also have a satin cover and a red bow in the back. We have so many guest, from Latnok, Harvard the United Nations and UW where Kyle did his undergraduate.
I feel like I am in a dream. Can this be really happening to me? Experiment 781228 XX. I have come such a long way since I got out of the pod. This is not a dream or an implanted memory is my life, and is turning out much better that I ever imagined. I am happy I did not die when I jump off at Victor falls; I was so confused and lonely back then. But even then my love for Kyle was what mattered. He was there for me.
I turn behind me and look at Sarah and Brian, they are the result of our love, a love that has withstood so much. Who would have imagined?
I keep advancing and then I see him at a distance by the rose arch where we are to get married. He looks so handsome he is wearing a black smoking. I can see he is happy and his heart accelerates as he sees me. There is no one else like him. Brian offers me his arm and Brian Jr. and Sarah start throwing rose petals in front of me. We walk the aisle there are friends and colleagues at the chairs. I look at my dad and he smiles at me. He looks so proud. At the front I see the Trager's sitting and smiling at Kyle. Then they turn their attention to me. On the piano I hear the music of it could be you.
Then my father hands me to Kyle, he takes the veil off my face and whispers in my ear, you're beautiful Jessi. He smells of my favorite cologne. He offers me his arm and we walk up to the podium where the judge is waiting for us.
Wedding ceremony
Judge:
The reading Bride and Groom selected for their wedding ceremony is titled "On Marriage," by
Kahlil Gibran. The words talk about the intense melding of two people in marriage…and at the
same time, about two people who maintain an intense separateness…a separateness that keeps
their individuality intact and flourishing.
The reader is Josh Trager
You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore.
You shall be together when the white wings of death scatter your days.
Ay, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.
But let there be spaces in your togetherness,
And let the winds of the heavens dance between you.
…
And stand together yet not too near together:
For the pillars of the temple stand apart,
And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow.
"On Marriage," Kahlil Gibran
Judge:
We come now to the words Kyle and Jessi want to hear the most today…the words that take
them across the threshold from being engaged to being married.
Jessi, do you come here freely and without reservation to give yourself to Kyle in
marriage?
Jessi:
I do.
Judge:
Kyle, do you come here freely and without reservation to give yourself to Jessi in
marriage?
Kyle:
I do.
Celebrant:
Kyle and Jessi, having heard that it is your intention to be married to each other, I now ask
you to declare your marriage vows. Please face each other and hold hands.
Kyle and Jessi looked at each other's eyes and lost themselves in them. It was as if they were the only one's there.
I, Jessi take you, Kyle to be my husband. I love you for what you are and what I am, when I am with you. You are my partner in life and my one true love.
I, Kyle take you, Jessi, to be my wife. I love you for what you are and what I am, when I am with you. You are my partner in life and my one true love.
Judge : Your wedding ring are the outward and visible sign of the inward and invisible bond which
already unites you two hearts in love.
I ask Declan to give Jessi's ring to Kyle.
Kyle, place the ring on Jessi's finger
I Kyle, give you this ring.
Wear it with love and joy.
As this ring has no end,
My love is also forever.
Declan now please give Kyle's ring to Jessi.
Jessi, place the ring on Kyle's finger
With this ring,
I Jessi, marry you.
Wear this ring forever
As a sign of my love.
Judge: May the wedding rings you exchanged today remind you always that you are surrounded by
enduring love.
Kyle takes Jessi by the waist and kisses her, the electricity circulating between them formes a halo around them.
All those present clap. Nicole has tears in her eyes. Again Sarah in a pink long dress and Brian in a miniature tuxedo walk at the front throwing flowers, followed by Kyle and Jessi, then Nicole and Stephen, Grace and Brian, Andy ad Josh, Declan and Lori and then the friends of Jessi with their husbands.
Kyle and Jessi enter the dance floor and Lori with her band starts singing,
I'm haunted by this photograph
Don't know why
Everytime I look, I get shivers down my spine
You're such a beautiful face
I know those eyes
They take me back in time
She could be you
I wouldn't even know
She could be you
But that was long ago
She could be you
I wish that I could tell you
What you don't know
I dream about that day
But it's impossible
In another world,
I'll be yours tonight
But I can't break free from this life
She could be you
I wouldn't even know
She could be you
But that was long ago
She could be you
I see it all the time
I know it's true
A picture doesn't lie
She could be you
I wouldn't even know
She could be you
But that was long ago
She could be you
She could be you
She could be you
As I dance with Jessi so many memories comeback. The first day I sensed her across the fire, all the way to today. When I raised her veil, her beauty fills all of my sense, suddenly it is only us, and no one else matters.
As I hold her by the waist she has her head on my shoulder and I have part of my face on her hair, her scent, her beauty our connection, she is just perfect. Then Brian comes and takes her from me. I dance with Nicole, she tells me, Kyle I can see you are happy now, never let her go.
We are now at our table, Jessi feeds me a piece of steak and I give her a bite of lobster we both laugh. Lori takes a break and leaves her band playing and singing. She goes and sits next to Declan. It was Jessi's idea to have them sit together.
Then the band started playing,
I've come undone
Nobody's won
Being alone
Has given me hope
The seeds that are sown
Here on my own
Are giving me hope
Hope to burn again
If I remember you,
Will you remember me?
If I remember you,
Will you remember me?
It killed me when you left
I become so torn
What once felt like theft
Is making me hope
Now that I can see
Who I'm meant to be
Now that I am one
I can burn again
If I remember you,
Will you remember me?
If I remember you,
Will you remember me?
And it's a silent voice
All I can hear
Ringin' in my ear
And it's your silent choice
Bring me new fears
It's bringing me to tears
If I remember you,
Will you remember me?
Declan and Lori walked to the dancing floor and a few minutes later I saw Lori kissing Declan. I wonder what will happen with those two.
It is time to cut the cake now, we walk to it is a 5 story white cake filled with strawberries, after we cut it we both try to get cake on the face of each other, the plates fly ad hit Lori and Declan on the face. We all laugh I see Declan liking the cake off Loris lips.
Time for the toss comes, Josh stands up and says, I wish for Kyle and Jessi to be as happy as me and Andy and as Mom and Dad, that there love may last forever. I secretly hope that to.
Finally is time for me and Jessi to go to our honeymoon suite, Brian approaches us and tells me, Take care of her Kyle, love her always, and never betray her again. I tell him, I will Brian, don't worry I love Jessi more than myself. I hear Nicole telling Jessi, Jessi, I have never seen him this happy. I know you will take care of him.
Brian and Sarah approach us. Brian Jr. ask, how long are you be going to be gone? I tell him just a week, and then will take you and Sarah to Disney World. Sarah looks at Jessi and says, mommy why can't Brian and me go with you to your honeymoon? Jessi kisses her head and tells her, honey you will understand soon enough, just wait until next week and then we will all have fun. The kids will be staying with Nicole and Stephen; we are planning to spend the week in Adam's cabin at the forest of our birth.
That night is incredible, I have never felt so happy and complete, as I feel trough her and see through her I find myself. I can tell she feels the same way. The electricity circulating between us and the car alarms are only an external sign of the union of two souls, the fusion of soul mates.
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