The ride to the Hilton was a short one.. I sat in the back of the limo with
my beautiful wife... it feels funny thinking that.. I never thought I would
be getting married... but I found my soulmate for life... and I have never seen
her look more radiant than I did today... when she came walking down the
aisle I almost didn't recognize her... she looked like a dream.. a wonderful
dream.. and now I look at her again.. she has her head on my shoulder and I
hear her sigh and I lean over and kiss her on the top of her head... she
looks up at me with those powerful eyes of hers and smiles...
"Boz are you as happy as I am right now?"
I laugh softly and kiss her again "Happier"
We got out of the limo and entered the hotel. The bellhop was there to take our luggage from the trunk of the limo and placed it on a cart to take to our suite. We decided to stay one night (hell we got it for free anyhow) and then we were going to catch the 11:00 flight to Tunisia where we would board our ship and start our cruise.. I have never been on a cruise before... when Mikey and I watched the boats in the harbor I always dreamed what it would be like to sail on one of those big ships... when Faith suggested that we take a cruise for our honeymoon I jumped at the chance.. we booked early and off season to avoid paying a high price but I had a feeling that it was going to be worth it.
All of our guests should have arrived by now, we stayed in the park with the photographer for the pictures.. we took all the ones with the wedding party first so they could leave for the reception, and then we took ours... I hate having my picture taken.. I am not a photogenic person but this time with Faith by my side on my wedding day I didn't mind so much. The Gardens were in full bloom so they added a nice touch to the pictures.. and we couldn't ask for a better day then what we had.. there wasn't a cloud in the sky and there was a gentle breeze blowing.. just enough to cool you off when you got a little hot... well it does get a little warm when you are wearing a full Tux in the middle of July... and Faith had to be hot in that dress...
We reached the doors to the hall in the hotel where the reception was being held and we let the Emcee know that we had arrived....
"Ladies and Gentlemen,... I introduce to you Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Boscorelli!"
I take Faiths hand and we laugh as we burst though the doors to a thunder of applause... we walk down the center isle waving to everyone and take our place at the head table.. The Dinner was great! We left it up to the discretion of the head chef.. as long as it looked good and tasted better we didn't care about it. Once dinner was over and the tables had been cleared The Emcee took the mic. again and announced that the Best man and the parents had something to say to the bride and the groom. I saw my Ma get up and take the mike from the Emcee... I felt a lump come to my throat because she looked so good in her new gown and she looked happier then I have ever seen her..
"Maurice, Faith, I have never been so happy as I am today... to see my boy get married to such a great woman.. Faith, I welcome you to the Boscorelli family... and I mean that in every way.. you are a welcome addition... you make my son happier than I have ever seen him... I see your moods reflected in him.. I see you reflected in him and when I look at you I see him looking back at me... Faith thank you for making my son so happy.... Maurice thank you for bringing such a wonderful woman into our family."
I felt that lump get ten times bigger by the end of her speech... I had to take a drink of water before Faith and I stood up to go and hug her at the table... I saw Mona get up and take the mike from Ma... I saw Faith's look of slight disappointment when she didn't see her dad.. he was probably too drunk anyways so it was better that he didn't come...
"Faith, I am so glad to see that you are happy again... and that you are happy with a man that you truly love and care for.. I wish you many, many happy and prosperous years together..I knew that this day was going to come eventually... I saw the love that you have for each other I have seen it for years, I was just waiting for you two to realize it. Faith, thank you for bringing Bosco into our Family... I will welcome him with open arms... Bosco... welcome to the family... you are welcome here anytime!"
I saw a tear slid down Faith's cheek as she hugged her mother as the crowd cheered. Mikey took up the mike and smiled at me from the head table...
"Mo.. you have been there for me ever since I can first remember... you tried to protect us from dad.. you saw me though thick and thin.. you believed in me when everyone thought I was a lost cause.. you saw right to the heart of me... you pulled me though everything... Ladies and Gentlemen... This man is not only my beloved Brother... he is my best friend.. and now he has brought me a Sister who I love just as much.. Faith I repeat my mother's words when I say welcome to the family... may you and my brother always be happy in life and in your love... My brother loves you very much.. he never shuts up about you... Faith you have made him a very happy man today.. so in saying all this I raise my glass and I ask everyone to do the same... To the Bride and the Groom... may you have a long life to share your love... To Maurice and Faith"
"To Maurice and Faith...."
I heard the crowd rumble and then came the clinking sounds of glasses... we both knew what they wanted to see... Faith looks at me with a smile on her face and I cant help but grin back at her... I lean into her and kiss her full on the mouth.... There is a collective cheer that is raised from the crowd.. as we make our way back to the head table.. we hug Mikey on the way back to our spots...
The rest of the presentations from the rest of friends and family made us laugh and at times we both had tears running down our cheeks... we decided to make our guests quote sonnets containing the word "love" if they wanted to see us kiss.. or they could sing a song containing the same word..... it just saved us from the constant clinking of glasses and provided some fun entertainment too...We laughed the hardest when Sully and Swersky got up and sang "Love and Marriage" we were killing ourselves laughing..
The Emcee introduced the DJ and informed everyone that he was there to take requests and to play whatever we felt like for the night and then he announced the first dance.. I don't remember being so nervous but as soon as Faith touched my shoulder and then took my hand I felt myself instantly calm down... I closed my eyes and kissed her again with a soft caress of her cheek.,
"Boz.. I love you... you have made me the happiest person on the face of the planet right now... thank you for giving me the wedding of my dreams..."
I look back at her and smile... "No Faith thank you for being there and making me the happiest man in all chrisingdom"
I don't even hear the music start but for some reason I hear the lyrics plain as day... this is our song... the one that describes us perfectly...
It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart
Without saying a word you can light up the dark
Try as I may I can never explain
What I hear when you don't say a thing
I feel Faiths head on my shoulder and I feel her sigh...
The smile on your face let's me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall
You say it best, when you say nothing at all
I place my head lips on the top of her head and hold her a little tighter as we move across the floor
All day long I can hear people talking out loud
But when you hold me near
You drown out the crowd
Try as they may, they can never defy
What's been said between your heart and mine
The world outside this moment doesn't matter to me at all.... All that matters to me is holding the only person who has ever been there for me in my arms right now..
The smile on your face let me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall
You say it best, when you say nothing at all...oh
"I love you Bos"
"I love you more Faith, you are my life and you are my love...."
Oh, the smile on your face let's I know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall
You say it best, when you say nothing at all
We didn't even notice that the music had stopped... we just were so lost in that moment... the DJ noticed it and put on another song.. I think that we must have danced for at least another three songs before we realized what happened... Faith looked up at me and laughed. I can't remember being this content in all my life.. with Faith as my wife I am now complete...We walk off the dance floor and I watch her go and talk to some guests, I sit down at the head table and talk to Mikey as the realization that I am now a married man sets in... in all my life I never thought that it would happen... I mean come on knowing my track record nobody did... and now here I am married to the woman I love... the woman I would die for...
"I know Mo... she is gorgeous.... She looks like a Queen holding her court...."
I smile back at my brother and he hugs me and goes to talk to Ty and Sasha. Faith comes walking back over to me and I feel her arms wrap around me from the back...
"It is almost time to take off the garter" good god her voice can sound so damn sexy at times... I feel the grin grow wide across my face as I extend my head so I can see her.. she leans over and kisses me with that little smile that she knows gets me every time... I feel myself loose a little control and I put my arms around her waist as she tries to leave, she squeals as I pull her into my lap and kiss her deeply... despite the music being loud I hear her moan under the kiss... I hear the music stop and the DJ ask for all the single men in the crowd to come onto the floor for the garter catch... Faith gets off my lap as they place a chair in the center of the floor for her to sit on... I follow her eagerly..
Faith sits on the chair and looks at me with those eyes and I think that this time she has successfully transformed me into a pile of goo...
"Now the Groom must take off the garter WITHOUT the aid of his hands...."
I felt Mikey come behind me nd hold my hands behind me back.. and the next thing I know Swersky is behind him with a pair of handcuffs.. "To ensure that you don't use em!" and he cuffs my hands behind my back... I cant help but grin.. this is going to be fun.....
"Ready?..... and..... GO!"
I cant help myself.. I drive under Faiths dress and try and get off the garter with my teeth but I just cant help but tease the hell out of her... I hope that someone is taking pictures because I would kill to see the look on her face right now... Her dress is so big I can get away with teasing the hell out of her and nobody will notice it... but unfortunately I can't stay under here for long without people getting suspicious of what I am doing under here.... I hear her moan softly as I nudge the garter off her thigh with my nose and I nibble at her leg with my teeth as I pull it off completely... I emerge triumphant with the garter between my teeth... A cheer comes up from the guys... and some jeers... they know what kind of fun I was having underneath there they must have read it in Faith's face... Davis came and unlocked the handcuffs from my wrists and I took the garter out of my mouth.. by this time Faith had moved to the side of the room and I stood on the chair and using the elastic in the garter as a slingshot I let it fly into the crowd of bachelors... I nearly fell off the chair when I saw that Sully had caught it... I had to laugh because he hadn't even tried to.. it just landed on his hand... I guess that is fate for ya...
"Ladies!! It is your turn now! All you eligible ladies out here!!! Try and catch the bouquet if you can!!!"
All the ladies crowded onto the dance floor and I watched Faith stand at the top of the dance floor and toss the bouquet over her head into the crowd that had gathered.. there was a frenzy of activity and then a triumphant hand stuck it in the air... I laughed at the look on Ty's face when he saw that Sasha had caught it... and was looking right at him.. at this time of the night neither one of us was feeling any pain.. with all the shots that we have done so far from all our buddies down at the 55... Faith and I were pretty loaded... I looked at the clock it was almost midnight... hence the reason I saw the staff start to bring out the midnight munchies that we had arranged.. and it was time to cut the cake... I figured it was a good time to do it while we were both sober enough to know what we were doing...
I took Faith's hand and we ambled over to the cake.... It seemed like a shame to cut it.. it was a beautiful three tiered cake with sugar roses and Orchids cascading down the sides.. one of my Ma's friends made the bride and groom on the top of the cake.. she even managed to find out what Faith's dress looked like and made the bride on the cake wear the same thing... it looked like us... I picked up the silver knife and brought it to the cake... I felt Faith's hand over mine as we cut the first slice...our eyes exploded in a flurry of flashes from everyone taking pictures... we took the first slice and some of it to Faith... I had some icing on my hand... I couldn't resist.. I had to... she is going to kill me but I had to... I wipe it all over her nose, leaving it covered in white.. I was killing myself laughing...when she looked at me...
"Oh no you didn't!!!"
"Ohhh yes I did!!!"
She got that grin on her face again and then I realized that she still had to feed me my piece of cake...
"Faith... remember this is a rental....."
"Who cares Boz... they can clean it!!" as she feeds me a little cake and smatters my face with a ton of icing...leaving me with a white, blue and purple face... I am covered.... Well I deserved it... but it was worth it!! I felt Ty hand me a napkin so I could wipe my face off... I hear her laughing.. and it is music to my ears...
We spend another couple of hours dancing and getting even more inebriated... by the time the last dance comes around we are both pretty drunk.. poor Faith has been doing shot after shot every time I looked at her tonight she had some kind of alcoholic drink in her hand... it is a good thing that we are staying here tonight because she wouldn't make it anywhere else... Charlie went to his room earlier tonight.. we sent him when he started falling asleep in a chair... Emily made sure that he got to his room alight.. Em was partying it up with Adams... he is close to her age and a rookie on the first watch... there are a few people still here but mostly everyone is going now... Sully is making sure that nobody leaves here intoxicated... he hasn't touched a drop all night he is still recovering so he knows that he can't.
"Ladies and Gentlemen this is the final dance for the Bride and Groom they would like to thank you all for coming today and get home safe"
Faith takes my hand... shakily and we move on to the dance floor... I hear the music start.. I love this song... it was playing on the clock radio when I proposed to Faith.... It was appropriate that we dance to it now..
Dear my love, haven't you wanted to be with me
And dear my love, haven't you longed to be free
I can't keep pretending that I don't even know you
And at sweet night, you are my own
Take my hand
We're leaving here tonight
There's no need to tell anyone
They'd only hold us down
So by the morning light
We'll be half way to anywhere
Where love is more than just your name
I loose myself in the music... even when she is drunk beyond all belief Faith is still very light on her feet..."
I have dreamt of a place for you and I
No one knows who we are there
All I want is to give my life only to you
I've dreamt so long I cannot dream anymore
Let's run away, I'll take you there
We're leaving here tonight
There's no need to tell anyone
They'd only hold us down
So by the mornings light
We'll be half way to anywhere
Where no one needs a reason
I feel her lean into me as her nose brushes against me ear... "Boz... you have made me the happiest woman on the face of the planet today"
Forget this life
Come with me
Don't look back you're safe now
Unlock your heart
Drop your guard
No one's left to stop you
Forget this life
Come with me
Don't look back you're safe now
Unlock your heart
Drop your guard
No one's left to stop you now
"No Faith thank YOU for making me the happiest man.. I have loved you ever since the day that I was first your partner.."
"Now you are.. and will forever be my partner in life..." she finished off what I was going to say.. I love how she knows exactly what I am going to say before I say it...
We're leaving here tonight
There's no need to tell anyone
They'd only hold us down
So by the morning light
We'll be half way to anywhere
Where love is more than just your name
The music stops and this time so do we... Faith goes to say goodbye to everyone.. and I join her... my Ma is already heading up to her room with Mikey in tow.... They are both beat so I hug them goodnight and we leave for our suite...
Faith and I are leaning heavily on each other now because we are both feeling quite happy... and very very drunk... by some miracle of god we made it into the elevator and up to our suite which had been laid out for us... there were rose petals on the bed and lit candles surrounding the room...
"Boz look at this.. it is beautiful!"
I don't say anything... I come up behind her and wrap my arms around her waist... I hear her moan softly as my lips caress her neck... I start taking the pins out of her hair and gently take the veil from it... then I start working on the dress..
"Faith you're my Queen..... I am forever ruled by you....."
I take off her dress and place it on the back of a chair... it is too majestic to just let it fall where it is... by this time Faith is getting me out of my Tux and despite on how drunk she is, she is doing a good job of it.. soon we are both naked, I pull back the covers on the bed and then turn to Faith and pick her up... I kiss her softly as I carry her to the bed and gently put her down... she deepens the kiss and pulls me into bed with her...
"You ready Mrs. Boscorelli?"
She doesn't say anything... at least verbally but those beautiful eyes of hers did all the talking... we had both sobered up a little by now... I kiss her again and she leans into me and wraps her arms around me as I hear her voice softly whisper in my ear...
"I love you Bosco... I will love you forever"
I kiss her again and she pulls me closer to her... I am lost in total sensation as I make love to my wife... when it is over she snuggles into me and we lay like that until the first rays of sunshine come streaming though the window.
"Boz are you as happy as I am right now?"
I laugh softly and kiss her again "Happier"
We got out of the limo and entered the hotel. The bellhop was there to take our luggage from the trunk of the limo and placed it on a cart to take to our suite. We decided to stay one night (hell we got it for free anyhow) and then we were going to catch the 11:00 flight to Tunisia where we would board our ship and start our cruise.. I have never been on a cruise before... when Mikey and I watched the boats in the harbor I always dreamed what it would be like to sail on one of those big ships... when Faith suggested that we take a cruise for our honeymoon I jumped at the chance.. we booked early and off season to avoid paying a high price but I had a feeling that it was going to be worth it.
All of our guests should have arrived by now, we stayed in the park with the photographer for the pictures.. we took all the ones with the wedding party first so they could leave for the reception, and then we took ours... I hate having my picture taken.. I am not a photogenic person but this time with Faith by my side on my wedding day I didn't mind so much. The Gardens were in full bloom so they added a nice touch to the pictures.. and we couldn't ask for a better day then what we had.. there wasn't a cloud in the sky and there was a gentle breeze blowing.. just enough to cool you off when you got a little hot... well it does get a little warm when you are wearing a full Tux in the middle of July... and Faith had to be hot in that dress...
We reached the doors to the hall in the hotel where the reception was being held and we let the Emcee know that we had arrived....
"Ladies and Gentlemen,... I introduce to you Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Boscorelli!"
I take Faiths hand and we laugh as we burst though the doors to a thunder of applause... we walk down the center isle waving to everyone and take our place at the head table.. The Dinner was great! We left it up to the discretion of the head chef.. as long as it looked good and tasted better we didn't care about it. Once dinner was over and the tables had been cleared The Emcee took the mic. again and announced that the Best man and the parents had something to say to the bride and the groom. I saw my Ma get up and take the mike from the Emcee... I felt a lump come to my throat because she looked so good in her new gown and she looked happier then I have ever seen her..
"Maurice, Faith, I have never been so happy as I am today... to see my boy get married to such a great woman.. Faith, I welcome you to the Boscorelli family... and I mean that in every way.. you are a welcome addition... you make my son happier than I have ever seen him... I see your moods reflected in him.. I see you reflected in him and when I look at you I see him looking back at me... Faith thank you for making my son so happy.... Maurice thank you for bringing such a wonderful woman into our family."
I felt that lump get ten times bigger by the end of her speech... I had to take a drink of water before Faith and I stood up to go and hug her at the table... I saw Mona get up and take the mike from Ma... I saw Faith's look of slight disappointment when she didn't see her dad.. he was probably too drunk anyways so it was better that he didn't come...
"Faith, I am so glad to see that you are happy again... and that you are happy with a man that you truly love and care for.. I wish you many, many happy and prosperous years together..I knew that this day was going to come eventually... I saw the love that you have for each other I have seen it for years, I was just waiting for you two to realize it. Faith, thank you for bringing Bosco into our Family... I will welcome him with open arms... Bosco... welcome to the family... you are welcome here anytime!"
I saw a tear slid down Faith's cheek as she hugged her mother as the crowd cheered. Mikey took up the mike and smiled at me from the head table...
"Mo.. you have been there for me ever since I can first remember... you tried to protect us from dad.. you saw me though thick and thin.. you believed in me when everyone thought I was a lost cause.. you saw right to the heart of me... you pulled me though everything... Ladies and Gentlemen... This man is not only my beloved Brother... he is my best friend.. and now he has brought me a Sister who I love just as much.. Faith I repeat my mother's words when I say welcome to the family... may you and my brother always be happy in life and in your love... My brother loves you very much.. he never shuts up about you... Faith you have made him a very happy man today.. so in saying all this I raise my glass and I ask everyone to do the same... To the Bride and the Groom... may you have a long life to share your love... To Maurice and Faith"
"To Maurice and Faith...."
I heard the crowd rumble and then came the clinking sounds of glasses... we both knew what they wanted to see... Faith looks at me with a smile on her face and I cant help but grin back at her... I lean into her and kiss her full on the mouth.... There is a collective cheer that is raised from the crowd.. as we make our way back to the head table.. we hug Mikey on the way back to our spots...
The rest of the presentations from the rest of friends and family made us laugh and at times we both had tears running down our cheeks... we decided to make our guests quote sonnets containing the word "love" if they wanted to see us kiss.. or they could sing a song containing the same word..... it just saved us from the constant clinking of glasses and provided some fun entertainment too...We laughed the hardest when Sully and Swersky got up and sang "Love and Marriage" we were killing ourselves laughing..
The Emcee introduced the DJ and informed everyone that he was there to take requests and to play whatever we felt like for the night and then he announced the first dance.. I don't remember being so nervous but as soon as Faith touched my shoulder and then took my hand I felt myself instantly calm down... I closed my eyes and kissed her again with a soft caress of her cheek.,
"Boz.. I love you... you have made me the happiest person on the face of the planet right now... thank you for giving me the wedding of my dreams..."
I look back at her and smile... "No Faith thank you for being there and making me the happiest man in all chrisingdom"
I don't even hear the music start but for some reason I hear the lyrics plain as day... this is our song... the one that describes us perfectly...
It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart
Without saying a word you can light up the dark
Try as I may I can never explain
What I hear when you don't say a thing
I feel Faiths head on my shoulder and I feel her sigh...
The smile on your face let's me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall
You say it best, when you say nothing at all
I place my head lips on the top of her head and hold her a little tighter as we move across the floor
All day long I can hear people talking out loud
But when you hold me near
You drown out the crowd
Try as they may, they can never defy
What's been said between your heart and mine
The world outside this moment doesn't matter to me at all.... All that matters to me is holding the only person who has ever been there for me in my arms right now..
The smile on your face let me know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall
You say it best, when you say nothing at all...oh
"I love you Bos"
"I love you more Faith, you are my life and you are my love...."
Oh, the smile on your face let's I know that you need me
There's a truth in your eyes saying you'll never leave me
The touch of your hand says you'll catch me wherever I fall
You say it best, when you say nothing at all
We didn't even notice that the music had stopped... we just were so lost in that moment... the DJ noticed it and put on another song.. I think that we must have danced for at least another three songs before we realized what happened... Faith looked up at me and laughed. I can't remember being this content in all my life.. with Faith as my wife I am now complete...We walk off the dance floor and I watch her go and talk to some guests, I sit down at the head table and talk to Mikey as the realization that I am now a married man sets in... in all my life I never thought that it would happen... I mean come on knowing my track record nobody did... and now here I am married to the woman I love... the woman I would die for...
"I know Mo... she is gorgeous.... She looks like a Queen holding her court...."
I smile back at my brother and he hugs me and goes to talk to Ty and Sasha. Faith comes walking back over to me and I feel her arms wrap around me from the back...
"It is almost time to take off the garter" good god her voice can sound so damn sexy at times... I feel the grin grow wide across my face as I extend my head so I can see her.. she leans over and kisses me with that little smile that she knows gets me every time... I feel myself loose a little control and I put my arms around her waist as she tries to leave, she squeals as I pull her into my lap and kiss her deeply... despite the music being loud I hear her moan under the kiss... I hear the music stop and the DJ ask for all the single men in the crowd to come onto the floor for the garter catch... Faith gets off my lap as they place a chair in the center of the floor for her to sit on... I follow her eagerly..
Faith sits on the chair and looks at me with those eyes and I think that this time she has successfully transformed me into a pile of goo...
"Now the Groom must take off the garter WITHOUT the aid of his hands...."
I felt Mikey come behind me nd hold my hands behind me back.. and the next thing I know Swersky is behind him with a pair of handcuffs.. "To ensure that you don't use em!" and he cuffs my hands behind my back... I cant help but grin.. this is going to be fun.....
"Ready?..... and..... GO!"
I cant help myself.. I drive under Faiths dress and try and get off the garter with my teeth but I just cant help but tease the hell out of her... I hope that someone is taking pictures because I would kill to see the look on her face right now... Her dress is so big I can get away with teasing the hell out of her and nobody will notice it... but unfortunately I can't stay under here for long without people getting suspicious of what I am doing under here.... I hear her moan softly as I nudge the garter off her thigh with my nose and I nibble at her leg with my teeth as I pull it off completely... I emerge triumphant with the garter between my teeth... A cheer comes up from the guys... and some jeers... they know what kind of fun I was having underneath there they must have read it in Faith's face... Davis came and unlocked the handcuffs from my wrists and I took the garter out of my mouth.. by this time Faith had moved to the side of the room and I stood on the chair and using the elastic in the garter as a slingshot I let it fly into the crowd of bachelors... I nearly fell off the chair when I saw that Sully had caught it... I had to laugh because he hadn't even tried to.. it just landed on his hand... I guess that is fate for ya...
"Ladies!! It is your turn now! All you eligible ladies out here!!! Try and catch the bouquet if you can!!!"
All the ladies crowded onto the dance floor and I watched Faith stand at the top of the dance floor and toss the bouquet over her head into the crowd that had gathered.. there was a frenzy of activity and then a triumphant hand stuck it in the air... I laughed at the look on Ty's face when he saw that Sasha had caught it... and was looking right at him.. at this time of the night neither one of us was feeling any pain.. with all the shots that we have done so far from all our buddies down at the 55... Faith and I were pretty loaded... I looked at the clock it was almost midnight... hence the reason I saw the staff start to bring out the midnight munchies that we had arranged.. and it was time to cut the cake... I figured it was a good time to do it while we were both sober enough to know what we were doing...
I took Faith's hand and we ambled over to the cake.... It seemed like a shame to cut it.. it was a beautiful three tiered cake with sugar roses and Orchids cascading down the sides.. one of my Ma's friends made the bride and groom on the top of the cake.. she even managed to find out what Faith's dress looked like and made the bride on the cake wear the same thing... it looked like us... I picked up the silver knife and brought it to the cake... I felt Faith's hand over mine as we cut the first slice...our eyes exploded in a flurry of flashes from everyone taking pictures... we took the first slice and some of it to Faith... I had some icing on my hand... I couldn't resist.. I had to... she is going to kill me but I had to... I wipe it all over her nose, leaving it covered in white.. I was killing myself laughing...when she looked at me...
"Oh no you didn't!!!"
"Ohhh yes I did!!!"
She got that grin on her face again and then I realized that she still had to feed me my piece of cake...
"Faith... remember this is a rental....."
"Who cares Boz... they can clean it!!" as she feeds me a little cake and smatters my face with a ton of icing...leaving me with a white, blue and purple face... I am covered.... Well I deserved it... but it was worth it!! I felt Ty hand me a napkin so I could wipe my face off... I hear her laughing.. and it is music to my ears...
We spend another couple of hours dancing and getting even more inebriated... by the time the last dance comes around we are both pretty drunk.. poor Faith has been doing shot after shot every time I looked at her tonight she had some kind of alcoholic drink in her hand... it is a good thing that we are staying here tonight because she wouldn't make it anywhere else... Charlie went to his room earlier tonight.. we sent him when he started falling asleep in a chair... Emily made sure that he got to his room alight.. Em was partying it up with Adams... he is close to her age and a rookie on the first watch... there are a few people still here but mostly everyone is going now... Sully is making sure that nobody leaves here intoxicated... he hasn't touched a drop all night he is still recovering so he knows that he can't.
"Ladies and Gentlemen this is the final dance for the Bride and Groom they would like to thank you all for coming today and get home safe"
Faith takes my hand... shakily and we move on to the dance floor... I hear the music start.. I love this song... it was playing on the clock radio when I proposed to Faith.... It was appropriate that we dance to it now..
Dear my love, haven't you wanted to be with me
And dear my love, haven't you longed to be free
I can't keep pretending that I don't even know you
And at sweet night, you are my own
Take my hand
We're leaving here tonight
There's no need to tell anyone
They'd only hold us down
So by the morning light
We'll be half way to anywhere
Where love is more than just your name
I loose myself in the music... even when she is drunk beyond all belief Faith is still very light on her feet..."
I have dreamt of a place for you and I
No one knows who we are there
All I want is to give my life only to you
I've dreamt so long I cannot dream anymore
Let's run away, I'll take you there
We're leaving here tonight
There's no need to tell anyone
They'd only hold us down
So by the mornings light
We'll be half way to anywhere
Where no one needs a reason
I feel her lean into me as her nose brushes against me ear... "Boz... you have made me the happiest woman on the face of the planet today"
Forget this life
Come with me
Don't look back you're safe now
Unlock your heart
Drop your guard
No one's left to stop you
Forget this life
Come with me
Don't look back you're safe now
Unlock your heart
Drop your guard
No one's left to stop you now
"No Faith thank YOU for making me the happiest man.. I have loved you ever since the day that I was first your partner.."
"Now you are.. and will forever be my partner in life..." she finished off what I was going to say.. I love how she knows exactly what I am going to say before I say it...
We're leaving here tonight
There's no need to tell anyone
They'd only hold us down
So by the morning light
We'll be half way to anywhere
Where love is more than just your name
The music stops and this time so do we... Faith goes to say goodbye to everyone.. and I join her... my Ma is already heading up to her room with Mikey in tow.... They are both beat so I hug them goodnight and we leave for our suite...
Faith and I are leaning heavily on each other now because we are both feeling quite happy... and very very drunk... by some miracle of god we made it into the elevator and up to our suite which had been laid out for us... there were rose petals on the bed and lit candles surrounding the room...
"Boz look at this.. it is beautiful!"
I don't say anything... I come up behind her and wrap my arms around her waist... I hear her moan softly as my lips caress her neck... I start taking the pins out of her hair and gently take the veil from it... then I start working on the dress..
"Faith you're my Queen..... I am forever ruled by you....."
I take off her dress and place it on the back of a chair... it is too majestic to just let it fall where it is... by this time Faith is getting me out of my Tux and despite on how drunk she is, she is doing a good job of it.. soon we are both naked, I pull back the covers on the bed and then turn to Faith and pick her up... I kiss her softly as I carry her to the bed and gently put her down... she deepens the kiss and pulls me into bed with her...
"You ready Mrs. Boscorelli?"
She doesn't say anything... at least verbally but those beautiful eyes of hers did all the talking... we had both sobered up a little by now... I kiss her again and she leans into me and wraps her arms around me as I hear her voice softly whisper in my ear...
"I love you Bosco... I will love you forever"
I kiss her again and she pulls me closer to her... I am lost in total sensation as I make love to my wife... when it is over she snuggles into me and we lay like that until the first rays of sunshine come streaming though the window.