A.N.: Wedding Ceremony time....YAY!!
-thnx for reviewing it! can NEVER get enough of reviews, ever!!
- I don't really know a lot about weddings, or what they say, so just, pretend I'm doing it right, okay?? thnx!!
Enjoy!!
*Internal thought*
action taking place
REPOST! THANKS- so much to wolf116 (who has been giving me very useful reviews all along) and another person (I don't know your name,
the e-mail didn't give it) for telling me Anya and Xander's full names! Sorry if that confused you guys or anyone else!!!
The Wedding
It was 10:00 A.M., time for the wedding. Everyone was in their seats and the wedding party was in their respective
seats. Once the music started up, Halfrek and Jake prepared to walk up the red carpet, until a red-faced, tux wearing Giles showed up. The
music ubruptly stopped, and Buffy ran forward, shoved Jake (the best men) out of the way, and grabbed Giles and stood him by Halfrek.
"Nothing personal, Jake." Buffy said, the look in her eyes saying 'if you so much as question me why, you will come
to regret it very much.' So, Jake just went and sat down. "okay, continue!" Buffy called and ran back to a chuckling Spike.
The music started up again, and each couple walked up, and positioned themselves accordingly. Halfrek and a confused
Giles, Buffy and Spike, Willow and Orchi, Tara and Bambus, and Dawn and Fortus. The scene played out beautifully, and went according
to how Suzie wanted it. Anya and D'Hoffryn stood at the end of the red carpet and looked around, as each bridesmaid threw down
several red and white roses and glitter came from the ceiling, as planned. Anya felt tears starting to surface, looking at each pew
decorated with white roses, the alter surrounded by silver baskets of red roses, and all of her friends standing there, smiling. She looked
at D'Hoffryn for a minute, and they exchanged a look that is thought only father and daughter could. Slowly, she walked her way down the aisle.
She was too engulfed in the moment, to see Buffy and Spike's gazes, burning into eachothers. She missed Willow and Tara stealing quick
glances at eachother, as well. D'Hoffryn wiped away a tear, once they made it to the minister. Xander stood there staring at Anya before
walking up the aisle. She took his breath away, literally. Standing there, in her glory. Suddenly all of the doubts, the fears of being like his parents
melted away, when their eyes met. He knew that that could never happen. This was the women he truly loved, no matter how much they
fought, they'd never ever hate eachother. Xander knew it was impossible. And with a new found confidence, he took a step forward and
walked his way up to his soon-to-be wife.
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate the union of this man and this woman. Marriage is a sacred union
meant for two people, who love eachother completely." Tara and Willow stared at eachother, now, no more hidden glances, just stared.
"It is a bond that is meant to last for a lifetime. Eternal." Tara took Willows hand, and they both smiled. "We are here on this most
wonderful morning to celebrate the union between this man, Alexander LaVelle Harris and this woman, Anyanka Christina Emanuella Jenkins.
If there is anyone who finds an impediment in this union, speak now, or forever hold your peace." Shockingly, nothing happened. "Then we shall
begin. Xander Harris, do you take this woman, Anya Jenkins to be your lawfully wedded wife, through sickness and health, for richer or poorer,
til death do you part?"
"I do." Spike looked at Buffy
"And Anya Jenkins, do you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband, through sickness and health, for richer or poorer,
til death do you part?"
"I do." Buffy looked at Spike
"The couple has prepared vows. You may now recite them," the minister said.
"I, Alexander Harris, want to be your husband for many reasons. All of which I cannot state, because there'd be too many," he
chuckled, along with everyone else. He swallowed and continued, "There are a few I can. First of all, I love you. I love you, Anya, more than
I've loved anyone else, ever." Willow sqeezed Tara's hand, and they exchanged a soft, loving, smile "And I am so grateful that you love me.
I can't believe you do, I mean, there was a time when I was very unlucky in that field...ya. But An, I don't just love Anya, I love Anyanka too.
I bet no one else understands that, but I do. An, I don't care what you did in your past, because that's your past. But, I care about your
present and future. I promise to keep your present and future safe, and I swear that you will always be loved. I've been so scared lately,
and you know it. Scared that I might screw things up between us. But, just looking at you, right here, right now, I know that I have nothing to
be afraid of, ever. That's another reason I wanna marry you, because I feel like a better person with you. You make me complete." Willow
felt a tear streaming down her cheek, and Tara slowly, wiped it away "You are everything to me Anya, and I could never imagine my life
without you in it, so there are some reasons. But my main reason is because I love you, Anya. I will love you each day, no matter what.
No matter how we fight, no matter what problems come up, know that I Alexander Harris love you," his voice faltered, as he finished,
and Anya was already crying, as his tears fell.
"Great, now you've got me crying, and I need to say my vows, but..but these are good tears!" she exclaimed, and stopped
suddenly, realizing that she really did need to say her vows. "Um, ok. I, Anya want to marry you, Xander, because I love you. At first,
I didn't like love, at all. I knew what people went through when they were inlove. None of it was appealing, it was just sex, and pain, and
more sex. Not a lot of good came out of it." Spike and Buffy exchanged a glance with eachother "But then I met you. At first, I didn't
think I wanted anything from you after we had sex. It was just something we did." Buffy looked at Spike, who was looking down, with a
hurt expression on his face "But then, I realized that it wasn't. I didn't just want it to be a one night stand. I wanted more, I wanted more than
physical contact, I wanted emotional too, even though I knew what love could do. As you know, we did have a relationship and all sorts of things.
And it was great. Because for the first time in my life, I felt needed and I felt safe, cuz you protect me, Xander and you love me." Buffy
stared into Spike's blue gaze, thinking about how Anya said that she felt safe and loved with Xander. That's how she felt with Spike And I
know I love you, Xander, I really,really do. I feel like if I didn't have you, I couldn't function normally. I couldn't eat, I couldn't sleep,
couldn't drink, couldn't think, or anything, because I need you. You guide me, you tell me how to respond to things, because this mortal living
thing can just get hard and you're there, pushing me along, helping me live." Buffy was crying now, as she looked in Spike's eyes "You
make me feel many things. Good, bad, angry, but most of all happy. You make me very happy. So I understand now. I understand why people
want love, why people love. I understand love. I really, really do." Anya cried happily looking at her crying beloved.
The minister cleared his throat and wiped his eyes. "Do you have the rings?" Giles nodded and held them out.
"Repeat after me, Xander. With this ring, I thee wed-" Tara and Willow's gaze intensified, eyes glowing with love
"With this ring, I thee wed-" Xander said.
"And give unto you my life-" Spike stared at Buffy
"And give unto you my life-"
"And my worldly possessions."
"And my worldly possessions." With that, the golden band was slipped onto Anya's finger, and the two shared a smile. Anya said and
did the same thing, and the two wore the same golden bands, inside inscribed, 'Forever'
"Now with the power invested in me by God, I now pronounce you man and wife. You may now kiss the bride." Following those
words, Xander lifted the veil and pulled Anya in for a kiss, as everyone cheered, and more glitter and rose petals fell from the ceiling.
"It's over, An. We're finally married!" Xander smiled.
"Yes." she said tearfully, and he lifted her up and carried her down the aisle.
"Now for the first time, I have the honour and privilege to present to you, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Harris.
All of the bridesmaids and groomsmen followed out to the front, and into their carriage. Willow and Tara held hands and
went into the limo. Inside, Tara gave Willow a quick kiss on the lips.
"Tara?" Willow asked questionly. Willow was unsure of what that meant. Even though they spent the entire wedding gazing at
eachother, she was still unsure of what Tara wanted.
"God, Willow, I love you...And just, I know you're trying hard to not use magick, and I wanna be there to help. This wedding,
made me realize something. No matter how many problems Xander and Anya had, they fought through it. That's what I want to do," Tara said,
with tears in her eyes. She was just so sick and tired of waiting for Willow. If Willow needed to still be off the magics, she'd help regardless
of what her better side said to do. Her better side, her sensible side, did not have a heart. Because in her heart. Tara knew that Willow needed
her to get through this. So, Tara chose to follow her heart. The two embraced as their limo drove off.
Back in the church, Spike stood there with Buffy waiting for most of the Harrises to be gone, so he could run under his blanket.
"You can go on ahead, I'll find you, remember, picture time before the reception?" Spike and Buffy still held hands, as they
had walking down the aisle.
"No, I can wait," she said quietly, looking down and his big hand, her thumb softly caressing his finger. She felt the urge to lean
on him and cry. How she wanted to just kiss him. Suddenly, he walked over to the hallway, with Buffy's hand still resting in his. He brought
her into the men's changing room and got his blanket. They walked back out to the doors.
"Well, Slayer, ready ta run?" He grinned. Buffy just grinned back at him, as they ran out screaming happily under his blanket to the
limo that waited for them.
So how was that? I finally got them hitched. I'm not sure if I should write about the pictures being taken, what do you think?
Reviews please, tell me how ya feel!
-thnx for reviewing it! can NEVER get enough of reviews, ever!!
- I don't really know a lot about weddings, or what they say, so just, pretend I'm doing it right, okay?? thnx!!
Enjoy!!
*Internal thought*
action taking place
REPOST! THANKS- so much to wolf116 (who has been giving me very useful reviews all along) and another person (I don't know your name,
the e-mail didn't give it) for telling me Anya and Xander's full names! Sorry if that confused you guys or anyone else!!!
The Wedding
It was 10:00 A.M., time for the wedding. Everyone was in their seats and the wedding party was in their respective
seats. Once the music started up, Halfrek and Jake prepared to walk up the red carpet, until a red-faced, tux wearing Giles showed up. The
music ubruptly stopped, and Buffy ran forward, shoved Jake (the best men) out of the way, and grabbed Giles and stood him by Halfrek.
"Nothing personal, Jake." Buffy said, the look in her eyes saying 'if you so much as question me why, you will come
to regret it very much.' So, Jake just went and sat down. "okay, continue!" Buffy called and ran back to a chuckling Spike.
The music started up again, and each couple walked up, and positioned themselves accordingly. Halfrek and a confused
Giles, Buffy and Spike, Willow and Orchi, Tara and Bambus, and Dawn and Fortus. The scene played out beautifully, and went according
to how Suzie wanted it. Anya and D'Hoffryn stood at the end of the red carpet and looked around, as each bridesmaid threw down
several red and white roses and glitter came from the ceiling, as planned. Anya felt tears starting to surface, looking at each pew
decorated with white roses, the alter surrounded by silver baskets of red roses, and all of her friends standing there, smiling. She looked
at D'Hoffryn for a minute, and they exchanged a look that is thought only father and daughter could. Slowly, she walked her way down the aisle.
She was too engulfed in the moment, to see Buffy and Spike's gazes, burning into eachothers. She missed Willow and Tara stealing quick
glances at eachother, as well. D'Hoffryn wiped away a tear, once they made it to the minister. Xander stood there staring at Anya before
walking up the aisle. She took his breath away, literally. Standing there, in her glory. Suddenly all of the doubts, the fears of being like his parents
melted away, when their eyes met. He knew that that could never happen. This was the women he truly loved, no matter how much they
fought, they'd never ever hate eachother. Xander knew it was impossible. And with a new found confidence, he took a step forward and
walked his way up to his soon-to-be wife.
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate the union of this man and this woman. Marriage is a sacred union
meant for two people, who love eachother completely." Tara and Willow stared at eachother, now, no more hidden glances, just stared.
"It is a bond that is meant to last for a lifetime. Eternal." Tara took Willows hand, and they both smiled. "We are here on this most
wonderful morning to celebrate the union between this man, Alexander LaVelle Harris and this woman, Anyanka Christina Emanuella Jenkins.
If there is anyone who finds an impediment in this union, speak now, or forever hold your peace." Shockingly, nothing happened. "Then we shall
begin. Xander Harris, do you take this woman, Anya Jenkins to be your lawfully wedded wife, through sickness and health, for richer or poorer,
til death do you part?"
"I do." Spike looked at Buffy
"And Anya Jenkins, do you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband, through sickness and health, for richer or poorer,
til death do you part?"
"I do." Buffy looked at Spike
"The couple has prepared vows. You may now recite them," the minister said.
"I, Alexander Harris, want to be your husband for many reasons. All of which I cannot state, because there'd be too many," he
chuckled, along with everyone else. He swallowed and continued, "There are a few I can. First of all, I love you. I love you, Anya, more than
I've loved anyone else, ever." Willow sqeezed Tara's hand, and they exchanged a soft, loving, smile "And I am so grateful that you love me.
I can't believe you do, I mean, there was a time when I was very unlucky in that field...ya. But An, I don't just love Anya, I love Anyanka too.
I bet no one else understands that, but I do. An, I don't care what you did in your past, because that's your past. But, I care about your
present and future. I promise to keep your present and future safe, and I swear that you will always be loved. I've been so scared lately,
and you know it. Scared that I might screw things up between us. But, just looking at you, right here, right now, I know that I have nothing to
be afraid of, ever. That's another reason I wanna marry you, because I feel like a better person with you. You make me complete." Willow
felt a tear streaming down her cheek, and Tara slowly, wiped it away "You are everything to me Anya, and I could never imagine my life
without you in it, so there are some reasons. But my main reason is because I love you, Anya. I will love you each day, no matter what.
No matter how we fight, no matter what problems come up, know that I Alexander Harris love you," his voice faltered, as he finished,
and Anya was already crying, as his tears fell.
"Great, now you've got me crying, and I need to say my vows, but..but these are good tears!" she exclaimed, and stopped
suddenly, realizing that she really did need to say her vows. "Um, ok. I, Anya want to marry you, Xander, because I love you. At first,
I didn't like love, at all. I knew what people went through when they were inlove. None of it was appealing, it was just sex, and pain, and
more sex. Not a lot of good came out of it." Spike and Buffy exchanged a glance with eachother "But then I met you. At first, I didn't
think I wanted anything from you after we had sex. It was just something we did." Buffy looked at Spike, who was looking down, with a
hurt expression on his face "But then, I realized that it wasn't. I didn't just want it to be a one night stand. I wanted more, I wanted more than
physical contact, I wanted emotional too, even though I knew what love could do. As you know, we did have a relationship and all sorts of things.
And it was great. Because for the first time in my life, I felt needed and I felt safe, cuz you protect me, Xander and you love me." Buffy
stared into Spike's blue gaze, thinking about how Anya said that she felt safe and loved with Xander. That's how she felt with Spike And I
know I love you, Xander, I really,really do. I feel like if I didn't have you, I couldn't function normally. I couldn't eat, I couldn't sleep,
couldn't drink, couldn't think, or anything, because I need you. You guide me, you tell me how to respond to things, because this mortal living
thing can just get hard and you're there, pushing me along, helping me live." Buffy was crying now, as she looked in Spike's eyes "You
make me feel many things. Good, bad, angry, but most of all happy. You make me very happy. So I understand now. I understand why people
want love, why people love. I understand love. I really, really do." Anya cried happily looking at her crying beloved.
The minister cleared his throat and wiped his eyes. "Do you have the rings?" Giles nodded and held them out.
"Repeat after me, Xander. With this ring, I thee wed-" Tara and Willow's gaze intensified, eyes glowing with love
"With this ring, I thee wed-" Xander said.
"And give unto you my life-" Spike stared at Buffy
"And give unto you my life-"
"And my worldly possessions."
"And my worldly possessions." With that, the golden band was slipped onto Anya's finger, and the two shared a smile. Anya said and
did the same thing, and the two wore the same golden bands, inside inscribed, 'Forever'
"Now with the power invested in me by God, I now pronounce you man and wife. You may now kiss the bride." Following those
words, Xander lifted the veil and pulled Anya in for a kiss, as everyone cheered, and more glitter and rose petals fell from the ceiling.
"It's over, An. We're finally married!" Xander smiled.
"Yes." she said tearfully, and he lifted her up and carried her down the aisle.
"Now for the first time, I have the honour and privilege to present to you, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Harris.
All of the bridesmaids and groomsmen followed out to the front, and into their carriage. Willow and Tara held hands and
went into the limo. Inside, Tara gave Willow a quick kiss on the lips.
"Tara?" Willow asked questionly. Willow was unsure of what that meant. Even though they spent the entire wedding gazing at
eachother, she was still unsure of what Tara wanted.
"God, Willow, I love you...And just, I know you're trying hard to not use magick, and I wanna be there to help. This wedding,
made me realize something. No matter how many problems Xander and Anya had, they fought through it. That's what I want to do," Tara said,
with tears in her eyes. She was just so sick and tired of waiting for Willow. If Willow needed to still be off the magics, she'd help regardless
of what her better side said to do. Her better side, her sensible side, did not have a heart. Because in her heart. Tara knew that Willow needed
her to get through this. So, Tara chose to follow her heart. The two embraced as their limo drove off.
Back in the church, Spike stood there with Buffy waiting for most of the Harrises to be gone, so he could run under his blanket.
"You can go on ahead, I'll find you, remember, picture time before the reception?" Spike and Buffy still held hands, as they
had walking down the aisle.
"No, I can wait," she said quietly, looking down and his big hand, her thumb softly caressing his finger. She felt the urge to lean
on him and cry. How she wanted to just kiss him. Suddenly, he walked over to the hallway, with Buffy's hand still resting in his. He brought
her into the men's changing room and got his blanket. They walked back out to the doors.
"Well, Slayer, ready ta run?" He grinned. Buffy just grinned back at him, as they ran out screaming happily under his blanket to the
limo that waited for them.
So how was that? I finally got them hitched. I'm not sure if I should write about the pictures being taken, what do you think?
Reviews please, tell me how ya feel!