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A/N #2: This chapter has kind of a bad start, so don't be too harsh in reviewing.
Disclaimer: I don't own Will and Grace or its characters.
Chapter Twelve
Another Beautiful Night
After Jack and Karen had walked out of the church, they went outside to where one of Karen's limos was waiting at the curb.
Once they were both inside and the car was moving, Jack pulled Karen into a tight hug. "We're married," he said, sounding a little dazed.
"I know it's really hard to take in, huh poodle?" Karen asked.
Jack let go of Karen, but kept his arm around her waist. "Oh, I forgot to say that you look fabulous," he said, grinning.
"I was wondering what you thought of my dress Jackie," Karen said, smiling and running a hand over the dress.
"Beautiful," Jack murmured, drawing closer and then kissing her deeply.
Ten minutes later, the limo stopped in front of the Plaza Hotel where the reception was going to be held. Jack helped Karen to step out and he led her to the hotel's ballroom.
"You know, you guys walked here, you would have gotten her a lot quicker," Will said as Jack and Karen came into the room.
Grace, Katherine, Amber, Will and Judith were standing in the middle of the room and then walked over to the other two.
"Traffic," Jack said simply.
"Congratulations you guys!" Grace squealed, hugging Karen.
"Oh, thank you honey," Karen said, awkwardly patting Grace's back. When Grace let go of her, she looked over at Katherine. "Is everything ready?"
"Yep, just have to wait for the guests," Katherine answered, smiling.
~~~
Half an hour later, the ballroom was filled with the guests, sitting down at circular tables that were in the room. At the north part of the room, was a larger round table where Jack, Karen, Judith, Will, Grace, Katherine and Amber sat. Dinner was served quickly, as Jack and Karen would have to leave the reception early to go to their honeymoon.
As the meal was winding down, Will tapped on his champagne glass and the room fell silent. Standing up, Will said, "Since the best man's supposed to offer a toast, I figured I would do it now." Clearing his throat, he winked at Jack and Karen before starting. "I can't imagine a couple of people more suited for each other than Jack and Karen. Watching the two of them together is like watching a very romantic, but weird movie."
The guests all started to laugh quietly. Jack rolled his eyes in mock annoyance.
Karen put her hand on Jack's arm and said, "Get to the point Wilma!"
Will laughed and then said, "All right, what I want to say is that I hope that you two will have a long and happy marriage and try not to drive each other crazy." He raised his glass and then took a sip of the champagne.
Once everyone had taken a sip of their champagne, most of the guests started to tap their glasses with their forks.
Jack looked over at Karen and then leaned over slightly to kiss her, causing the guests to clap.
A couple of minutes later, Grace stood up and said, "I guess as Karen's boss, I'm required to make a toast too."
"Someone make her sit down!" Jack said teasingly.
"I knew Jack and Karen before they first met each other," Grace said after glaring at Jack in mock-anger. "And I could tell, even then, that there was something missing for each of them in their lives. After they had met, I knew that they were meant for each other and it was only a matter of time until they got together. Here's to the both of you, congratulations on finding your soul mate."
After everyone had sipped their champagne, Katherine stood up and began her toast. "For my toast I'm going to say a simple Irish toast. May your fires always burn bright and strong, your lives always be filled with laughter and happiness, and may your love for each other be always hearty and hale."
Following the toasts, Jack and Karen went out to the middle of the ballroom for their first dance.
Jack put his arms around Karen's waist while she put her arms around his neck. "I love you, you know," he whispered to her just before the music started.
"I know poodle," Karen said smiling. "Or else we wouldn't be here. And I love you too."
The small band that they had hired to play started a familiar song.
"I guess this is our song?" Karen asked as the first lyrics of 'Beautiful Night' were sung.
"It's as good as any," Jack said, smiling, pulling her closer to him.
Karen sighed with happiness and rested her head on his shoulder.
When they stopped dancing, Jack whispered something to Karen, who nodded and laughed slightly.
Jack walked over to Katherine and said, "You know as maid of honor you have to dance at least once with the groom."
"Oh no, do really need to?" Katherine said teasingly.
"Uh-oh, does that mean I have to dance with Karen?" Will asked suddenly.
"Come on Wilma," Karen said. "Just come on and we'll get this over with."
Will got up from his seat and walked with Karen out onto the dance floor where Jack and Katherine were already dancing.
"So how are you feeling Jackie-boy?" Katherine asked.
"I was really nervous this morning," Jack said truthfully. "But now I'm very happy."
"I'd be surprised if you felt otherwise Brother Jack," Katherine said smiling.
"Oh yeah, we're brother and sister-in-law now huh?" Jack asked smiling. "Glad we're related now Sister Katherine."
"Try not to step on the dress Wilma," Karen said as she and Will were dancing.
"Yeah, yeah, I know," Will said. "Can I tell you something Karen?"
"Sure, I don't have anything else better to do," Karen said.
Will rolled his eyes and said, "Try not to hurt Jack now that you're married."
"Damn," Karen muttered. "That's the second time someone's told me that. Why do people think I could ever hurt my Jackie?"
Will shrugged and said, "You're always nitpicking him."
"That's because I love him Wilma," Karen said, rolling her eyes.
The song ended then, and Jack walked over to them, taking Karen's hand. Together they then went around the room and spoke with all the guests, Jack's arm around Karen's waist the whole time.
~~~
An hour later, Karen announced that she was going to give away her bouquet.
"Give away?" Grace said to Katherine. "Doesn't she mean throw?"
"I don't know, she must be planning on doing something else than chucking it to a rabid group of single women," Katherine said.
"Grace, Kath, come up here please," Karen said from where she was standing in front of the band, Jack standing next to her.
Katherine and Grace glanced at each other and then got up from their seats, walking over to Jack and Karen.
"I decided that instead of throwing the flowers, I would give them to the two women who made today possible," Karen said. She turned to Jack, who gave her the bouquet of white roses and blue irises, which had been split into two and tied with blue ribbons. "These are for you Kath, Grace," Karen said, handing each one of them a bouquet.
Katherine smiled and hugged her sister with one arm. "Thanks Kare, but I don't really think I was as instrumental as Grace was," she said, walking with Karen back to their table.
"Oh honey, if you hadn't told Jack to kiss me last year, none of this would have happened," Karen said, gesturing around the room.
"Thank you so much Karen," Grace said, interrupting them and hugging Karen. "It was really sweet of you to give me these."
"You're welcome Grace," Karen said, smiling. "Without you, I wouldn't have met my poodle."
"Kare," Jack said, walking up to the three women. "We need to go over and cut the cake."
"Sure Jackie," Karen said, walking over to him and taking his hand.
They walked over to the table where the cake was. It was a foot tall and was decorated with real white roses and blue irises.
A waiter hand Jack a knife and he let Karen cover his hand on the handle with her own. Together they then cut out a thin slice from the cake and Jack put it on a plate.
Karen took a small piece of the cake and then put it Jack's mouth.
"Wait, wait," Jack said hurriedly, putting down the knife and then grabbing a piece of the cake. He lifted it to Karen's mouth and then fed it to her.
At the same time, Karen had taken her piece of cake and pushed onto Jack's mouth, smearing the white frosting all over his lips.
Jack stepped backwards to let a chunk of frosting fall to the floor, laughing. "Thanks a bunch Kare," he said smiling broadly.
The guests who had been watching them, started to call for Jack to kiss Karen.
Without hesitating, Jack stepped back forward and pushed his lips to Karen's, getting frosting all over her mouth.
"Ah! Jack!" Karen cried laughingly as she stepped back from him. She licked her lips lightly and started to laugh. "Can someone give us some napkins?"
Katherine hurried forward and handed a napkin to Jack and then one to Karen.
Once they had each gotten all the frosting off their lips, they kissed once again, cause the guests to cheer and whistle.
~~~
At eight fifteen, Karen pulled Katherine aside. "You need to help me get changed," she said to her sister as they walked out of the ballroom. "Jackie and I are leaving in fifteen minutes."
"Oh, sure Kare," Katherine said, following her sister into a small room. Inside, she unbuttoned Karen's dress and then folded it while Karen changed into what she called her 'traveling clothes.' "So what are you guys going to do when you get there?" she asked as she put the veil away.
"Sleep probably," Karen said. "Okay, I'm all set; you just need to take off the jewelry."
Katherine turned around and saw what Karen was wearing. "That's you're traveling outfit?" she asked incredulously.
"Sure, why, what's wrong with it?" Karen asked. She had put on a black silk blouse that had red designs on it and a black skirt.
"Never mind Kare," Katherine said. "Come on and I'll take that stuff out of your hair.
Ten minutes later, Katherine and Karen left the room and were met outside by Jack, Will, Grace, Amber and Judith.
"I'm going to leave now," Judith said once she saw Karen. "I just wanted to say goodnight and have fun on your honeymoon."
"Thanks mom," Jack said, hugging her.
"Welcome to the family now Karen," Judith said, going over to her and giving her a hug.
"Thank you Judith," Karen said. "We'll see you later."
"Bye," Judith called as she walked towards the lobby to leave.
"So you guys are heading out?" Grace asked.
"Our flight's at ten," Jack said. "So we gotta get going."
"Well have fun you two," Grace said, hugging Jack and then Karen. She turned and then went back into the ballroom, where the reception was still going on.
"Will you get me something when you're on your honeymoon Uncle Jack?" Amber asked.
"Sure thing Amb," Jack answered, grinning down at her. He then knelt and gave her a hug. "We'll come back on Christmas Eve, so we're going to buy most of your presents in London and Paris."
"Thank you Uncle Jack," Amber said, kissing his cheek. "I hope you have fun Auntie Karen."
"I will honey," Karen said, resting her hand on the girl's head.
Amber gave her aunt a quick hug around the waist and then turned and went back into the room.
"You two be careful over there," Will said. "And call us tomorrow so we know you got there alright."
"Okay mother," Karen said, rolling her eyes in exasperation. "And what time do you want us to be in at night?"
"Leave him alone Kare," Jack said, grinning. "He can't help but be worried; it's what you get from being chunky."
Karen laughed loudly while Will threw his hands up. "You try and be nice." he mumbled.
"We'll call you tomorrow Wilma," Karen said, stepping forward suddenly and giving Will a very, very quick hug. "Thank you for being in the ceremony and finally accepting me and Jack."
Will smiled and shrugged. He turned to Jack and then gave him a quick hug. "Have fun over there Jackie," he said.
"I will, and thanks for today," Jack said.
"Why on earth am I the last to say goodbye to the both of you?" Katherine asked when Will had gone back to the party.
"'Cause you're special Sister Katherine," Jack said smiling.
"Alright then. I won't detain you for any longer," Katherine said. She hugged Karen first and said, "Have a wonderful time in London. I know that you will love it."
"I'm sure I will Kath," Karen said, hugging her sister back.
After letting go of Karen, Katherine walked over to Jack and hugged him. "Have fun in Dublin," she whispered into his ear.
"We will," Jack said, smiling at her. "Come on Kare, let's go."
"Goodbye you guys!" Katherine yelled as they walked through the lobby.
Karen and Jack turned and briefly waved before leaving the Plaza hotel and getting into the limo that took them JFK airport.
A/N #2: This chapter has kind of a bad start, so don't be too harsh in reviewing.
Disclaimer: I don't own Will and Grace or its characters.
Chapter Twelve
Another Beautiful Night
After Jack and Karen had walked out of the church, they went outside to where one of Karen's limos was waiting at the curb.
Once they were both inside and the car was moving, Jack pulled Karen into a tight hug. "We're married," he said, sounding a little dazed.
"I know it's really hard to take in, huh poodle?" Karen asked.
Jack let go of Karen, but kept his arm around her waist. "Oh, I forgot to say that you look fabulous," he said, grinning.
"I was wondering what you thought of my dress Jackie," Karen said, smiling and running a hand over the dress.
"Beautiful," Jack murmured, drawing closer and then kissing her deeply.
Ten minutes later, the limo stopped in front of the Plaza Hotel where the reception was going to be held. Jack helped Karen to step out and he led her to the hotel's ballroom.
"You know, you guys walked here, you would have gotten her a lot quicker," Will said as Jack and Karen came into the room.
Grace, Katherine, Amber, Will and Judith were standing in the middle of the room and then walked over to the other two.
"Traffic," Jack said simply.
"Congratulations you guys!" Grace squealed, hugging Karen.
"Oh, thank you honey," Karen said, awkwardly patting Grace's back. When Grace let go of her, she looked over at Katherine. "Is everything ready?"
"Yep, just have to wait for the guests," Katherine answered, smiling.
~~~
Half an hour later, the ballroom was filled with the guests, sitting down at circular tables that were in the room. At the north part of the room, was a larger round table where Jack, Karen, Judith, Will, Grace, Katherine and Amber sat. Dinner was served quickly, as Jack and Karen would have to leave the reception early to go to their honeymoon.
As the meal was winding down, Will tapped on his champagne glass and the room fell silent. Standing up, Will said, "Since the best man's supposed to offer a toast, I figured I would do it now." Clearing his throat, he winked at Jack and Karen before starting. "I can't imagine a couple of people more suited for each other than Jack and Karen. Watching the two of them together is like watching a very romantic, but weird movie."
The guests all started to laugh quietly. Jack rolled his eyes in mock annoyance.
Karen put her hand on Jack's arm and said, "Get to the point Wilma!"
Will laughed and then said, "All right, what I want to say is that I hope that you two will have a long and happy marriage and try not to drive each other crazy." He raised his glass and then took a sip of the champagne.
Once everyone had taken a sip of their champagne, most of the guests started to tap their glasses with their forks.
Jack looked over at Karen and then leaned over slightly to kiss her, causing the guests to clap.
A couple of minutes later, Grace stood up and said, "I guess as Karen's boss, I'm required to make a toast too."
"Someone make her sit down!" Jack said teasingly.
"I knew Jack and Karen before they first met each other," Grace said after glaring at Jack in mock-anger. "And I could tell, even then, that there was something missing for each of them in their lives. After they had met, I knew that they were meant for each other and it was only a matter of time until they got together. Here's to the both of you, congratulations on finding your soul mate."
After everyone had sipped their champagne, Katherine stood up and began her toast. "For my toast I'm going to say a simple Irish toast. May your fires always burn bright and strong, your lives always be filled with laughter and happiness, and may your love for each other be always hearty and hale."
Following the toasts, Jack and Karen went out to the middle of the ballroom for their first dance.
Jack put his arms around Karen's waist while she put her arms around his neck. "I love you, you know," he whispered to her just before the music started.
"I know poodle," Karen said smiling. "Or else we wouldn't be here. And I love you too."
The small band that they had hired to play started a familiar song.
"I guess this is our song?" Karen asked as the first lyrics of 'Beautiful Night' were sung.
"It's as good as any," Jack said, smiling, pulling her closer to him.
Karen sighed with happiness and rested her head on his shoulder.
When they stopped dancing, Jack whispered something to Karen, who nodded and laughed slightly.
Jack walked over to Katherine and said, "You know as maid of honor you have to dance at least once with the groom."
"Oh no, do really need to?" Katherine said teasingly.
"Uh-oh, does that mean I have to dance with Karen?" Will asked suddenly.
"Come on Wilma," Karen said. "Just come on and we'll get this over with."
Will got up from his seat and walked with Karen out onto the dance floor where Jack and Katherine were already dancing.
"So how are you feeling Jackie-boy?" Katherine asked.
"I was really nervous this morning," Jack said truthfully. "But now I'm very happy."
"I'd be surprised if you felt otherwise Brother Jack," Katherine said smiling.
"Oh yeah, we're brother and sister-in-law now huh?" Jack asked smiling. "Glad we're related now Sister Katherine."
"Try not to step on the dress Wilma," Karen said as she and Will were dancing.
"Yeah, yeah, I know," Will said. "Can I tell you something Karen?"
"Sure, I don't have anything else better to do," Karen said.
Will rolled his eyes and said, "Try not to hurt Jack now that you're married."
"Damn," Karen muttered. "That's the second time someone's told me that. Why do people think I could ever hurt my Jackie?"
Will shrugged and said, "You're always nitpicking him."
"That's because I love him Wilma," Karen said, rolling her eyes.
The song ended then, and Jack walked over to them, taking Karen's hand. Together they then went around the room and spoke with all the guests, Jack's arm around Karen's waist the whole time.
~~~
An hour later, Karen announced that she was going to give away her bouquet.
"Give away?" Grace said to Katherine. "Doesn't she mean throw?"
"I don't know, she must be planning on doing something else than chucking it to a rabid group of single women," Katherine said.
"Grace, Kath, come up here please," Karen said from where she was standing in front of the band, Jack standing next to her.
Katherine and Grace glanced at each other and then got up from their seats, walking over to Jack and Karen.
"I decided that instead of throwing the flowers, I would give them to the two women who made today possible," Karen said. She turned to Jack, who gave her the bouquet of white roses and blue irises, which had been split into two and tied with blue ribbons. "These are for you Kath, Grace," Karen said, handing each one of them a bouquet.
Katherine smiled and hugged her sister with one arm. "Thanks Kare, but I don't really think I was as instrumental as Grace was," she said, walking with Karen back to their table.
"Oh honey, if you hadn't told Jack to kiss me last year, none of this would have happened," Karen said, gesturing around the room.
"Thank you so much Karen," Grace said, interrupting them and hugging Karen. "It was really sweet of you to give me these."
"You're welcome Grace," Karen said, smiling. "Without you, I wouldn't have met my poodle."
"Kare," Jack said, walking up to the three women. "We need to go over and cut the cake."
"Sure Jackie," Karen said, walking over to him and taking his hand.
They walked over to the table where the cake was. It was a foot tall and was decorated with real white roses and blue irises.
A waiter hand Jack a knife and he let Karen cover his hand on the handle with her own. Together they then cut out a thin slice from the cake and Jack put it on a plate.
Karen took a small piece of the cake and then put it Jack's mouth.
"Wait, wait," Jack said hurriedly, putting down the knife and then grabbing a piece of the cake. He lifted it to Karen's mouth and then fed it to her.
At the same time, Karen had taken her piece of cake and pushed onto Jack's mouth, smearing the white frosting all over his lips.
Jack stepped backwards to let a chunk of frosting fall to the floor, laughing. "Thanks a bunch Kare," he said smiling broadly.
The guests who had been watching them, started to call for Jack to kiss Karen.
Without hesitating, Jack stepped back forward and pushed his lips to Karen's, getting frosting all over her mouth.
"Ah! Jack!" Karen cried laughingly as she stepped back from him. She licked her lips lightly and started to laugh. "Can someone give us some napkins?"
Katherine hurried forward and handed a napkin to Jack and then one to Karen.
Once they had each gotten all the frosting off their lips, they kissed once again, cause the guests to cheer and whistle.
~~~
At eight fifteen, Karen pulled Katherine aside. "You need to help me get changed," she said to her sister as they walked out of the ballroom. "Jackie and I are leaving in fifteen minutes."
"Oh, sure Kare," Katherine said, following her sister into a small room. Inside, she unbuttoned Karen's dress and then folded it while Karen changed into what she called her 'traveling clothes.' "So what are you guys going to do when you get there?" she asked as she put the veil away.
"Sleep probably," Karen said. "Okay, I'm all set; you just need to take off the jewelry."
Katherine turned around and saw what Karen was wearing. "That's you're traveling outfit?" she asked incredulously.
"Sure, why, what's wrong with it?" Karen asked. She had put on a black silk blouse that had red designs on it and a black skirt.
"Never mind Kare," Katherine said. "Come on and I'll take that stuff out of your hair.
Ten minutes later, Katherine and Karen left the room and were met outside by Jack, Will, Grace, Amber and Judith.
"I'm going to leave now," Judith said once she saw Karen. "I just wanted to say goodnight and have fun on your honeymoon."
"Thanks mom," Jack said, hugging her.
"Welcome to the family now Karen," Judith said, going over to her and giving her a hug.
"Thank you Judith," Karen said. "We'll see you later."
"Bye," Judith called as she walked towards the lobby to leave.
"So you guys are heading out?" Grace asked.
"Our flight's at ten," Jack said. "So we gotta get going."
"Well have fun you two," Grace said, hugging Jack and then Karen. She turned and then went back into the ballroom, where the reception was still going on.
"Will you get me something when you're on your honeymoon Uncle Jack?" Amber asked.
"Sure thing Amb," Jack answered, grinning down at her. He then knelt and gave her a hug. "We'll come back on Christmas Eve, so we're going to buy most of your presents in London and Paris."
"Thank you Uncle Jack," Amber said, kissing his cheek. "I hope you have fun Auntie Karen."
"I will honey," Karen said, resting her hand on the girl's head.
Amber gave her aunt a quick hug around the waist and then turned and went back into the room.
"You two be careful over there," Will said. "And call us tomorrow so we know you got there alright."
"Okay mother," Karen said, rolling her eyes in exasperation. "And what time do you want us to be in at night?"
"Leave him alone Kare," Jack said, grinning. "He can't help but be worried; it's what you get from being chunky."
Karen laughed loudly while Will threw his hands up. "You try and be nice." he mumbled.
"We'll call you tomorrow Wilma," Karen said, stepping forward suddenly and giving Will a very, very quick hug. "Thank you for being in the ceremony and finally accepting me and Jack."
Will smiled and shrugged. He turned to Jack and then gave him a quick hug. "Have fun over there Jackie," he said.
"I will, and thanks for today," Jack said.
"Why on earth am I the last to say goodbye to the both of you?" Katherine asked when Will had gone back to the party.
"'Cause you're special Sister Katherine," Jack said smiling.
"Alright then. I won't detain you for any longer," Katherine said. She hugged Karen first and said, "Have a wonderful time in London. I know that you will love it."
"I'm sure I will Kath," Karen said, hugging her sister back.
After letting go of Karen, Katherine walked over to Jack and hugged him. "Have fun in Dublin," she whispered into his ear.
"We will," Jack said, smiling at her. "Come on Kare, let's go."
"Goodbye you guys!" Katherine yelled as they walked through the lobby.
Karen and Jack turned and briefly waved before leaving the Plaza hotel and getting into the limo that took them JFK airport.