Chapter 29

2PM…

"You still have time to change your mind you know." Caleb told Ryan jokingly as he walked down the aisle to the front greeting some people along the way. The day was perfect blue skies and not a cloud in sight. A red carpet was rolled out and white rose petals was on scattered along the carpet all the way to the front of the white arch. Ryan stood there nervously as the guests had arrived taking their seats and filing the garden quickly which only added to his nerves. But Ethan, Rob and Caleb did a really good job in calming him down. When Theresa and Sita entered taking a seat in the front row next to each other they both smiled at Ryan and gave him a thumbs up. Theresa was so proud of her only son at this moment for growing up into this wonderful man. The bridesmaids entered and Ryan had to take a deep breath to try and compose himself.

The wedding march played and all the guests stood up and turned to towards the aisle where Alex would be walking down any second now. "Relax Alex you've got this" She whispered to herself as she stood at the beginning of the aisle. She searched the crowd quickly for no one in particular and then focused her eyes on Ryan standing at the front. They were all dressed in black suits with crisp white shirts and black ties Out of all the guys standing in front Ryan was definitely the most handsome and good looking one. Ryan, on the other hand, felt as if someone had punched him in his stomach knocking the wind right out of him when he saw his bride walking towards him. His mouth hung open and tears rimmed his eyes as she came closer. He couldn't stop looking at her. She looked beautiful and in that moment it felt as if they were the only two people there. Her dress was perfect, she was perfect. Once she was in front of him he extended his hand and offered to help her up the step, and she handed her bouquet of flowers off to Shelby. "You look beautiful." Ryan whispered to her. "You're not too bad yourself, handsome." Alex said using the pad of her thumbs to wipe away his tears, and the crowd erupted in an "aaauuwww" when she did that. Alex was too buys staring into Ryan's eyes and not really paying full attention to the first part of the ceremony, only when it got to the vows and ring exchange that she was back in the moment again. Ryan and Alex broke eye contact for a moment to accept the rings from Caleb. Alex was so nervous clearing her throat as she got ready to deliver her vows. Hands shaking as she slid the ring onto Ryan's finger. "I, Alexandra Parrish, take you Ryan Booth to be my husband. From this day forward I promise to be yours no matter how much we argue I love you with all my heart and I cannot imagine my life without you." Her voice started to shake and she had to take a deep breath to try and compose herself to get through this minimal crying. "I promise to be your lover, friend and companion. Your partner in crime and your ally in conflict. I give you my heart as a sanctuary of warmth and peace and pledge my love and devotion, faith and honor from this day forward for the rest of our lives." Alex concluded tears running. Ryan cleared his throat to start as he mimicked her motion of sliding her wedding band on her finger. "I Ryan Booth, take you Alexandra Parrish to be my wife. With my whole heart I take you as my wife, acknowledging and accepting your strengths and faults as you do mine (which is mostly my cooking skills.) " He joked and the crowd laughed Alex shaking her head at him smiling. "I promise, to love, be faithful and respect you in everyway and to make your our family's love and happiness my priority. I will be by your side in sickness and in health, failure and triumph, I will dream with you and walk beside you every step of the way through whatever live may bring us. You are my person, the love of my life today and always will be." Ryan concluded wiping the tears from Alex's eyes with his hand. In the crowd Sita and offered Theresa a tissue since both of them were also crying. Then it was done and Ryan sighed with relief and it all felt like it happened too quickly. The hardest part was waiting for her to arrive. After some further remarks from the reverend, they were asked to kiss. "Ryan, you may kiss your bride." The reverend said. "Finally." Ryan said shaking the reverend's hand and the crowd laughed again, while Alex hit him on the shoulder playfully. Strangely enough the kiss wasn't nerve wrecking despite all the eyes that was fixed on them, nothing too long or too short, and it felt like today was they first time they kissed. The same fluttering feeling that went through their bodies like the first time they shared a kiss as an official couple. Pulling apart they both smiled and the crowd stood up clapping. They went over to the table to sign the documentation and then only did Alex realize that she is no longer someone's fiancée, but that she's a married woman and her name has officially changed. "Ladies and gentleman I now present to you Mr and Mrs Ryan Booth!" The reverend announced as they walked down the aisle hand in hand while they were showered with rose petals. They had to leave the guests for a while to take some pictures in the garden before joining them at the reception. "Did I tell you how beautiful you look?" Ryan asked staring deep into her eyes. "Yeah you did." Alex smiled leaning forward to kiss him. "Feel any different?" Ryan asked her playing with the ring on her finger. "I have a husband." She said smiling loving how that word sounds. "And I have a wife." Ryan said stoking her cheek lightly pulling her into a long tight embrace. They didn't need words for quite some time, they just enjoyed being in the moment. "My husband and I should probably get back to the guests in the ball room." Alex said standing and pulling him up, they're not sure how much time has passed but it had to be quite some time since the sun sat lower than it did when the ceremony was in progress. "Yeah we should. I love you, sweetheart." He told her once he was standing in front of her kissing her forehead. "I love you too." She said smiling up at him. They walked timely back to the ballroom hand in hand.

The reception had been everything they'd wanted it to be and Alex and Ryan searched for Cathy among the crowd of service delivery people to thank her. They ate and drank and danced as expected. The cake was a square white three layered cake with lack ribbon around the bottom of each tier and some sparkly stones on the middle band. After cutting the cake and eating some they had ice cream and the two of them no longer felt compelled to leave their seats. After a few moments it was time it for Alex to throw the bouquet and all the single ladies lined up to catch the white bouquet of roses. They were all surprised when it ended up in Amorey's hands as she danced and held it up high. "Way too soon!" Theresa said laughing when Amorey walked past her with the bouquet in hand. After that Nimah brought a chair closer and told Alex to stand on the chair so Ryan can take the garter off her thigh. "Don't stick your head up the to deeply, Ryan!" Caleb said from the side which made Alex blush a bright shade of red and the crowd said "ooooooohhhhhh" in union like a teenager talking to her crush in the corridor. Once the men were lined up to catch the garter it landed in Liam's lap who wasn't even part of the guys who were standing in line. They went back to their seats and Alex leaned her head against Ryan's shoulder, She was really tired but wasn't ready for the day to end yet. Some of the guest had already left and congratulated them, leaving their gifts on the assigned table, but the rest were still their enjoying themselves waiting for her and Ryan to leave before they went their separate ways. One they got home Ryan insisted on carrying Alex into the house. They were both so tired and drained. The day was fun and everything worked out perfectly as they wanted it to be, but sleep would be appreciated right now. They decided that they'd sleep the whole day tomorrow and head of to Paris on Monday since they both had a week off from work to settle into their new married life as Mr and Mrs Booth.

There it is! I actually wanted to do the wedding at chapter 30 but I couldn't wait any longer to update. I hope you guys liked it, I really tried to make this as realistic as possible. Let me know what you think, and if it was what you've expected the wedding to be like. I feel like I didn't get into too much detail here and there (please forgive me for that) and I still feel like I've forgotten to write something… But that's it, As always, read review and let me know what you guys think. Lovies-S