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Chapter 27: #1 For Real
"Thank you," Reggie said to me on Saturday night as we sat on her front porch, looking at her telescope. "It's beautiful."
"It's time to go check it out," I told her as she smiled at me. It was getting difficult for her to walk without losing her breath, but she still walked to the telescope. She turned the knob and peeked into the eyehole. A wide smile spread across her face.
"There it is," she exclaimed, weakly but excitedly. "Come here. Come see," she whispered to me, coming back up from her telescope. "Come look. Quick." I walked over to it and peeked into the eyehole. There it was. Hykutoki. It glided softly across the sky. It was well worth all the work I had put into the telescope. When it passed by, I came back up from the telescope and saw Reggie sitting on the bench. Her face was pale, and she looked pretty sick. But I still thought she was beautiful. I got down on my knees and looked up at her.
"Do you love me?" I asked as she smiled at me. "Then will you do something for me?"
"Anything," she replied, looking happier than ever. Now was the big moment for me. I took a deep breath and said the words.
"Will you marry me?" I asked. She had a look of shock on her face, then smiled.
"Yes," she replied, and I felt my heart beat like a drum. I kissed her passionately, still not believing that I, Lars Rodriguez, was engaged.
We had the wedding two weeks later. It wasn't a huge wedding--just in the Church where her parents were married, with some friends. I stood at the altar, nervous as can be. We didn't have the pianist play the Wedding March like at traditional weddings. We decided that "Only Hope" was our special song, and it was going to be played while she walked up the aisle.
After a few moments, the wedding began. My mother sat in the front row, dabbing her eyes with a handkerchief, as "Only Hope" began to flow through the room. Pi, Otto, Twister, Sherry and Rob, Sam, Sputz, Mrs. Stimpleton, and even Margaret sat in the same row, looking up at me. My dad wasn't in the row because he was my Best Man. Trish was Reggie's Maid of Honor. The doors opened, and there stood Reggie, with a long white dress and a bouquet of red roses. She had a white wedding veil on her head, and she looked like the angel she was. Ray stood beside her, wearing a typical tuxedo. They started to march down the aisle as everyone looked up at them. All of the sudden, Reggie stopped walking and started to lean on Ray. She lost her breath as the piano stopped and there was complete silence. After about ten seconds went by, she smiled and everything started back up again. I remember thinking that it was the most difficult walk anyone ever had to make. It was certainly a walk to remember. When they finally reached the altar, Ray put her hand into mine and walked up to the podium. He read the scripture about love that Reggie and I had read at the hospital. After this, he led us though our vows.
"I, Lars Mitchell Rodriguez, do solemnly swear to take Regina Elizabeth Rocket as my lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, until death do us part," I said as I looked lovingly into Reggie's eyes. My father handed me the ring that we had picked out a week earlier. I slipped it on her long, delicate finger. Then it was her turn.
"I, Regina Elizabeth Rocket, do solemnly swear to take Lars Mitchell Rodriguez as my lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, until death do us part." Trish handed Reggie a ring, and she slipped it on my finger.
After the vows and ring exchange, Ray pronounced us husband and wife. I kissed Reggie softly as the audience clapped. There, in front of God and everyone else, I had promised my eternal love to Reggie, and it was the happiest day of my life.
Chapter 27: #1 For Real
"Thank you," Reggie said to me on Saturday night as we sat on her front porch, looking at her telescope. "It's beautiful."
"It's time to go check it out," I told her as she smiled at me. It was getting difficult for her to walk without losing her breath, but she still walked to the telescope. She turned the knob and peeked into the eyehole. A wide smile spread across her face.
"There it is," she exclaimed, weakly but excitedly. "Come here. Come see," she whispered to me, coming back up from her telescope. "Come look. Quick." I walked over to it and peeked into the eyehole. There it was. Hykutoki. It glided softly across the sky. It was well worth all the work I had put into the telescope. When it passed by, I came back up from the telescope and saw Reggie sitting on the bench. Her face was pale, and she looked pretty sick. But I still thought she was beautiful. I got down on my knees and looked up at her.
"Do you love me?" I asked as she smiled at me. "Then will you do something for me?"
"Anything," she replied, looking happier than ever. Now was the big moment for me. I took a deep breath and said the words.
"Will you marry me?" I asked. She had a look of shock on her face, then smiled.
"Yes," she replied, and I felt my heart beat like a drum. I kissed her passionately, still not believing that I, Lars Rodriguez, was engaged.
We had the wedding two weeks later. It wasn't a huge wedding--just in the Church where her parents were married, with some friends. I stood at the altar, nervous as can be. We didn't have the pianist play the Wedding March like at traditional weddings. We decided that "Only Hope" was our special song, and it was going to be played while she walked up the aisle.
After a few moments, the wedding began. My mother sat in the front row, dabbing her eyes with a handkerchief, as "Only Hope" began to flow through the room. Pi, Otto, Twister, Sherry and Rob, Sam, Sputz, Mrs. Stimpleton, and even Margaret sat in the same row, looking up at me. My dad wasn't in the row because he was my Best Man. Trish was Reggie's Maid of Honor. The doors opened, and there stood Reggie, with a long white dress and a bouquet of red roses. She had a white wedding veil on her head, and she looked like the angel she was. Ray stood beside her, wearing a typical tuxedo. They started to march down the aisle as everyone looked up at them. All of the sudden, Reggie stopped walking and started to lean on Ray. She lost her breath as the piano stopped and there was complete silence. After about ten seconds went by, she smiled and everything started back up again. I remember thinking that it was the most difficult walk anyone ever had to make. It was certainly a walk to remember. When they finally reached the altar, Ray put her hand into mine and walked up to the podium. He read the scripture about love that Reggie and I had read at the hospital. After this, he led us though our vows.
"I, Lars Mitchell Rodriguez, do solemnly swear to take Regina Elizabeth Rocket as my lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, until death do us part," I said as I looked lovingly into Reggie's eyes. My father handed me the ring that we had picked out a week earlier. I slipped it on her long, delicate finger. Then it was her turn.
"I, Regina Elizabeth Rocket, do solemnly swear to take Lars Mitchell Rodriguez as my lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, until death do us part." Trish handed Reggie a ring, and she slipped it on my finger.
After the vows and ring exchange, Ray pronounced us husband and wife. I kissed Reggie softly as the audience clapped. There, in front of God and everyone else, I had promised my eternal love to Reggie, and it was the happiest day of my life.