It's finally here. The wedding day, part one. I hope you like it. And remember, this is a mile stone, but it only just the beginning.
Chapter 29
Today was May 9th. The wedding would be tomorrow. I opted not to have a bachelorette party, and I knew that the guys had been out with Jon the past weekend in NYC, showing up for RAW the next day a bit hung over. Well, not Jon of course, he was a recovering alcoholic after all and handled that pretty responsible, but the other guys who were with him.
Tonight was our rehearsal dinner and everyone was there. Joe and Jessie with their little girl, Colby and Leighla with Kevin (he was especially invited by me), Cesaro was there with his girlfriend, Natalya and TJ, Bryan and Brie who were newly weds as well, as well as a handful of old friends of Jon's.
There were in total about 20 people. A really small wedding. Unfortunately, the friends I invited were not able to attend because they were either pregnant and couldn't make the trip or, in Elle's case, she was busy at work. I didn't quite believe it...she was my longest friend but ever since Jon stepped into my life we were estranged and it stung.
But then again, I had all the people who counted with me. Colby, for instance. We were that close. Leighla and Jessie, who had become my best girlfriends, and of course, Joe.
Leighla was my maid of honor, Jessie was my bridesmaid. Colby was Jon's best man, and omg, Joe would give me away. Imagine that!
Dinner was fun but I hated the fact that Jon and I would sleep in different rooms tonight. We were already staying at the wedding venue and a tradition is a tradition.
So we parted in the hallway.
"If you leave me at the altar I am going to spear you, for real, screw my own neck." I promised.
"Well good, because if you become a runaway bride I will chase you and perform some dirty deeds on you."
"Good. And remember what I told you about the one thing that I will not tolerate tomorrow?"
"I do." Jon laughed. "No cake in the face. I have got that down, I promise. I made Colby swear on his life that he would behave as well. Good night, Samantha Walsh. This is going to be your last night with that asshat surname."
"Thanks, you know. The next one will be really "Good"." "It better will be."
We kissed until Colby and Leighla had to separate us forcefully.
"Come on, man, we have porn to watch." Colby laughed like a lunatic when both Leighla and I flipped him of.
"Come now, Sam, the male stripper waits in our room." Leighla said and now both men looked sour.
"Later, lover." I said and Jon said: "Later, beautiful."
And then, there it was, the 10th of May! My wedding day. Fuck. I never imagined myself as a bride, not as a kid, not as a teenager, not ever. And here I stood in the bridal suite getting ready.
I had the dress on and my hair was done and my make-up was on and I kept staring in the mirror. "Are you sure this is me?" I kept asking and Jessie, Leighla and Natalya laughed every time I said that.
"It is you. With a nice Vegas tan already." Natalya ensured me.
"You are perfect. And we are perfectly in time. We need to get going Sam."
The other two girls left and Leighla accompanied me to the little terrace entrance. The sun was shining and behind this massive door Jon was waiting.
Well, in front of the door a brilliant looking Joe waited.
"Wow, look at you, Joe. We still have time to make a run." I teased and he grinned. "Baby girl, I would, but your lunatic fringe would kill me. I don't want to face your man when he's angry. You look great. He will need life support when he sees you."
"Thank you, Joe. And thank you for doing this for me." "I am honored, Sam. I am glad you are in our lives even if I was skeptical at first. But you fit perfectly in all our lives."
"Thanks, and now stop or I have to cry and Leighla will have a hissy fit when my make-up is ruined before the ceremony." Again he laughed.
"Are you ready?" he asked when it was only mere seconds before the music would hit.
"Yes, I never thought I would get through the audience like you do, but what do you know?"
We both smiled because we had something special planned. Joe could be a little shit as well.
The bridal march hit and someone opened the doors. We walked through the door frame and stopped. It seemed like we would take everything in but then the music faded after about 20 seconds and through the speakers came: Sierra Hotel India Echo Lima Delta …. Shield. And the Shield music hit.
Jon's face was the best. He had just tried to remain his composure, obviously touched by seeing me in a white dress but when the Shield music came through the speakers his look changed to surprise, and then to a smirk. He exchanged a glance with Colby who was seriously hyped about this entrance.
Joe and I continued our walk through the people who cheered us and who all thought it was really funny.
I arrived at the altar and Jon became serious again when Joe placed my hand in his hand.
"I can't beat that." Jon whispered in my ear. "I have a feeling two words with three letters in total might beat that." I whispered back and the Minister cleared his throat to get our attention.
"It's our wedding, mate, when I want to talk to my very soon to be wife I will do that. So chill." Jon whispered back and I gave the poor man an excusing smile.
"Why don't you start already?" Jon asked now and Colby snickered.
Little shits, both of them. But I loved them for this, right?
Well the Minister finally started.
"Friends, we have joined here today to share an important moment in the lives of Jonathan Good and Samantha Walsh. During their time together, they have seen their love and understanding of each other grow and blossom and now they have decided to live out the rest of their lives as one.
True marriage is more than joining the bonds of marriage of two persons; it is the union of two hearts. It lives on the love you give each other and never grows old, but thrives on the joy of each new day. Marriage is love. May you always be able to talk things over, to confide in each other, to laugh with each other, to enjoy life together, and to share moments of quiet and peace, when the day is done. May you be blessed with a lifetime of happiness and a home of warmth and understanding.
You may exchange your vows now."
We had opted for personal vows, well Jon had opted for it because, hell, he was the king of promos. I myself had a really short vow, one that I would hopefully remember.
Jon started. He took both my hands and looked me deep in the eyes.
"I Jonathan Good, take you Samantha Walsh to be my wife, my tag team partner in life and my one true love. I will cherish our union and love you more each day than I did the day before. I will trust you and respect you, laugh with you and cry with you, loving you faithfully through good times and bad, regardless of the obstacles we may face together. When you are down I will help you up, when you are weak I will tag myself in and fight your fights for you. I give you my hand, my heart, and my love, my loyalty, my trust from this day forward for as long as we both shall live."
It was my turn now.
"I, Samantha Walsh, promise you, Jonathan Good, that I will be your wife from this day forward, to be faithful and honest in every way, to honor the faith and trust you place in me, to love and respect you in your successes and in your failures, to make you laugh and to be there when you cry, to care for you in sickness and in health, to softly kiss you when you are hurting, and to be your companion and your friend, on this journey that we make together. You are my one true tag team partner, my champion. Always."
It was time for the ring exchange and Joe's little girl came forward with one ring, giving it to Jon.
I was a bit unsure. Where was Jon's ring?
"Sam, here it comes." It was Natty who had Kevin in her lap the whole time.
The little guy darted forward running to Colby at first but when I called him he came up to me, licking me like a maniac. "Lick me, Moxley..." I giggled to myself and Jon smiled softly.
Kevin had Jon's ring around his neck and I gently took it off and the little guy ran back to Natty under the laugh of everyone present.
"Wow, thank God he didn't eat it." I exclaimed and Jon had to bite his tongue not to laugh.
"You may exchange the rings now." The minister said.
Jon took my left hand and his and said. "I give you this ring as a symbol of my love for you. Let it be a reminder that I am always by your side and that I will always be a faithful partner to you."
He put the white gold ring on my left ring finger. It was a simple ring again nothing fancy. It had a row of black diamonds, and white diamonds, symbolizing Jon, as the black part (he liked this) and me as the white part. It fitted well together with my engagement ring.
I put the ring on his ring finger and said:"I give this ring to you as a symbol of my love. You are the champion of my heart and if it is up to me, you will never lose this belt. It is yours forever, as well as y heart."
I swear we both had tears in our eyes at this moment and Jon closed his eyes for a shortly and I tried my hardest not to touch mine in fear of the make-up. The minister spoke one last time.
„And now, by the power vested in me by the State of Nevada, I hereby pronounce you husband and wife. Jon, you may kiss your bride."
And boy, did Jon kiss me. He put every emotion he felt for me in this kiss and I have to say it lasted maybe a minute. But our guests and the minister were patient. Once we were done he said.
"Ladies and Gentlemen I present to you for the first time Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan and Samantha Good."
We turned around and saw all our friends clapping their hands, with smiling faces and the girls had tears of joy in their eyes.
We walked down the aisle and stopped for a moment for our private photographer to take some pictures. He was the only one with a camera today. Jon was after all a private person and we had asked each guest to leave their phones and cameras at their rooms.
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