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Chapter 14 - As Long as You Both Shall Live

Gordo stood by the alter a nervous wreck. He was staring at the door at the end of the aisle, waiting for the moment he has imagined for his entire life, then when he felt he just couldn't stand it any longer, the organist started playing the Wedding March and the large double doors at the back of the room opened to reveal the love of his life decked in white.

She looked even more beautiful to him that moment then anything in the entire universe. As she walked up the aisle arm in arm with her father his heart beat faster and faster the closer she got to him. When she arrived at the front it took every ounce of his will power not to kiss her right then and there.

"Hold on cowboy, that part comes soon enough," the voice in his head was back stopping him from breaking protocol. so he took her hand and then turned to face the preacher.

"Dear friends, we are here today to join David Gordon and Elizabeth McGuire in holy matrimony. Who here gives Elizabeth to be married to David?" the preacher began.

"I do," Sam McGuire answered, a tear in his left eye.

"There is no human bond more sacred then that of marriage, the commitment you two are about to make to each other is one of complete dedication to each other. I know you both love each other very much, and I am truly honored to be the one to marry you. If there is anyone here who would speak out against this wedding, speak know or forever hold your peace."

After a short pause in which nobody said anything, the preacher continued, "David and Elizabeth have written their own vows that they would like to share now. Go ahead David."

"Elizabeth, Lizzie, darling, I cannot remember a moment of my life when I was not madly in love with you. Every time I think I could not possibly love you more, I do. You are my sun, my moon, my everything. I swear to love, honor, and cherish you forever and always, I love you Lizzie, and I cannot wait another minute to be yours forever."

"David, Gordo, long before I had any idea what love was, you knew you loved me. Every time I think you couldn't be more wonderful, you say or do something that makes me love you even more. I cannot imagine my life without you, I promise to be yours forever. The normal thing people say at these things is 'till death do us part,' but I know that our love is even beyond that. Even when there isn't a single trace of my body left, I will still love you. I will still be yours. I always have been yours."

"There's no way anything I can say will top what they have just said, " the preacher joked, " but I've still got a duty to perform. David Gordon, do you take Elizabeth McGuire to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, till death do you part?"

"I do that and so much more," Gordo answered.

"And do you, Elizabeth McGuire take David Gordon to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, till death do you part?"

"I do."

"Exchange the rings please." the preacher said, and Gordo very happily took the ring and placed it ever so gently on Lizzie's finger. Simultaneously, Lizzie put another ring on his finger. When this was done the preacher continued, "By the power vested in me by the state of California, I now pronounce you husband and wife, you may kiss the bride."

Gordo lifted the vail from Lizzie's face and then came in to kiss his wife for the very first time, fireworks went off in his head just like they did every time he had ever kissed Lizzie, but this time it was even stronger.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, I now present to you for the first time, Mister and Misses David Gordon," The applause rang loud and clear through the hall but neither Gordo nor Lizzie heard it, they were too busy kissing again and staring into each others eyes."

An hour later Gordo and Lizzie shared their first dance as husband and wife, Both of them were having the best day of their entire life, and after the reception was over, they eagerly went to the honeymoon suite of the Plaza hotel to share their first night together. And they lived happily, as long as they both lived....