The next morning I woke to the sound of chatter in Gordie's room.

I lifted my head and saw Chris sitting on his bed and every once in a while he would peek into my room.

"Man I never thought in a million years that I would wake up to the sound of Chris in my house." I whispered to myself as I slowly put my head back down.

"Hey." I heard a voice as I looked up. I saw Chris standing there with a huge smile on his face.

He ran over and jumped on my bed and then he landed on me.

"Oh ,Chris, I just woke up it's to early." I said wiping the sleep out of my eyes.

"Oh I'm sorry sweet hart." He said leaning down and gave me a kiss.

"You should be." I said turning on my stomach as he sat on me.

"So what are you doing here so early?" I asked looking into his eyes as he looked into mine.

"Oh I stayed the night." "Oh." Is all I could say.

"Hey you guys." We both looked in unison at the door to see Gordie leaning on the door frame with a smile on his face.

"Hey." I said pushing Chris to the other side of the bed and off me.

"Hi." He said coming in closer. "So what are you guys doing today?" I asked leaning on my shoulders…………



I looked into his eyes standing tall. He smiled a little trying not to giggle from all the eyes on us.

"Do you take this woman to be your wife." Chris smiled at me and then looked at the preacher and spoke proudly "I do."

"And do you take him to be your husband?" I looked at him and he winked and I spoke "I do." "You may place the rings on each others fingers." The preached raised his hands as we did and spoke loud and clear, "I now give you all Mr. And Mrs. Chambers." I was excited now I was married to my best friend and love of my life.

"Come on." Chris said as he picked me up and twirled me around and we ran down the hall way of the church and ran to the limo for the reception.

I got in the limo in a hurry, the fresh smell of bubbles rushed in as the people outside blew the bubbles and threw rice at us.

"Hurry ,Chris, get in." I said taking his hand.

We were headed back for Aunt Dorothy's house for our reception which everyone was invited to.

"I saw you spacing out up there." "Oh I was just thinking about when I was sixteen."

"That was only a year ago." He said smiling.

"Yeah, but those were the good times." I said smiling.

"What about now ,Mrs. Chambers." He said sitting back straight and drinking a glass of pop.

"They will be." I said smiling. I leaned in and he did to and we kissed the first time married.

"Wow tasted different." I said smiling. "Oh sorry I just had a coke." He said pointing to his glass.

"Not like that." "Then what?" "Well it was the first time we kissed when we were married." I said laughing at his confused face.

"Oh I see." I laughed the whole way to the reception.

Finally we pulled up to the house and nobody was there except Aunt Dorothy.

"Oh you guys I'm so happy." She said coming to kiss us both.

"Thanks Aunt Dorothy." "Come on." She said as she led us into the house where beautiful tables and everything perfect for a reception was set up.

"I love it."

"Were is Alexia?" I asked hoping she could crawl to me.

Over the year period Alexia had grown a lot from her four pound frame. She was now one and a half and weighed about thirty pounds.

"Here she comes." said Chris lifting her up.

"Awww, she's smiling at you Chris." "Ok you two get in there for a picture." We all smiled including Alexia as she played with Chris' tux.

I went up stairs and took my veil off and placed it neatly on my bed.

I went to the mirror and combed my hair down to the middle of my back and took in a deep breath a reflected on my life.

Then I got up slowly making sure that I didn't step on my Aunt's dress.

Before when I told my Aunt that Chris had asked me to marry him, she was so discussed that I married a Chambers kid.

When she actually got to know him she feel in love with him like he were her own son.

I'm so glad she did.

I slowly walked down stairs and saw everyone piling in.

"Hey." I heard someone from around the corner yell. I looked over and then saw Gordie run to greet me.



"Hey." I said giving him a hug. "Congrats, Mel, I'm really happy for you guys."

He said putting his arm around me and leading me to the kitchen to get a drink.

"What will it be Mrs. Chambers." He said laughing a little.

"I don't know." I said coming to the sink to just look out the window. "You looked amazing in that dress today." He said smiling at me. "Thanks." "I just can't believe it I'm married." I said looking down into sink.

"Yeah the only thing is." I said about to cry. I put my hand to my eyes and wiped away the escaping tears from my eyes.

"My parents weren't there." I said looking at Gordie with concern on his face.

"You knew I knew that my mom wouldn't come, but I surly thought Micky would come."

"I did come." I turned around to see him with a beautifully wrapped present in his hands. I checked him over in his khaki pants and his plaid shirt on with his football jacket on over.

I ran over tears dripping off my face, my arms wide open.

"Micky, you came." I said running to him faster. I collapsed into his arms.

"I've missed you Michael." I said coming from the hug to a normal stance and looking into his deep blue eyes with tears coming from his.

"Here sorry I was late mom was bitching about how I shouldn't see you." "Doesn't she always." I laughing through quivers of my lip.

"Yeah." he said with a brief laugh. "Here." He said again handing me the present.

"Thanks." I said going to the little table and sitting down and opening the ribbon carefully.
I opened it and saw tiny porcelain baby shoes that read " Melissa" on the left, "Christopher" on the right, and then there was "Alexia." in the soles of the left.

"Oh Michael it's beautiful." I said smiling looking at him with his smile on his face.

"Thanks."

"Where is that lovely niece of mine anyway?" "Here she comes." I said going to the open door to get my crawling daughter.

I looked at her she smiled with her mouth full of gums except for one tooth.

"Here you go." I said to Michael as I handed her to him.

"Awww, she looks just like you." He said pointing to our similar faces.

"I get that a lot." I said laughing.

"Yeah." He said holding her. "She likes you ." I watched Alexia play with the start of Michaels beard.

"Here." He said handing her back to me.

"So how long you in town?" I asked him taking his arm so he couldn't walk away.

"I have to go." "What's the rush?" I asked looking into his eyes as I held his arm, I could tell he was hiding something.

"What is it?" I asked putting Alexia down.

"N-Nothing." He said with a stutter.

"Yes huh, you never stutter un less there's something to hide."

"Mel, I have to tell you something, but not here not now."

"What do you mean not here, not now, tell me." I said staring to get angry with him.



He took me by the arm and lead me outside of the party into the grass outside.

He looked around with his fingers in an L shape on his chin. He let go of my arm and stared into my eyes.

"I don't want to tell you on such a joy full day ,but."

"What?" I waited with anticipation.

"They……………..

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