Ch 4: The Wedding
"Clarissa, I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you." James knew down on his knee and revealed a small box from his cloak pocket, handing it to her. Clarissa took it, her arms trembling, but smiling none the less. As she opened the tiny box, her heart jumped at the sight of a beautiful ring, with a solitaire diamond. It was Clarissa's Dream ring, and James had given it to her.
"Will you marry me?" James asked, grinning from ear to ear at her.
"I...I would love to." Clarissa smiled through tears in her eyes "I love you, James."
James stood up from his knee and cupped her face in his hands "I love you more than anything I could ever love, Clarissa." James said, taking the ring and slipping it on her finger.
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"Really, Riss, you look gorgeous." Adele, Clarissa's younger sister told her as she buttoned the last button on the back of Clarissa's wedding gown. Annette, Clarissa's other sister, who was Adele's twin, positioned Clarissa's veil on top of her head, her mother's tiara, which had been passed down from daughter to daughter in her mothers family, was glistening against her hair. Next it would go to Annette or Adele, whoever got married first. Clarissa turned around to look at herself in the mirror in front of her. She gasped, it was perfect. Everything was perfect. Except for the deep regret that sat in the very back of her brain. She had slept with George only two weeks earlier and she felt immense regret from it. But she wasn't going to let it bring down her special day.
Marie Cirqueau came into the Bridal suite and smiled, her twin daughters standing beside her.
"Oh...Clarissa dear," her mother said, her eyes tearing up.
"Mum, don't cry, kay? Let's be...let's be happy." Clarissa smiled, reminding herself this was the day she had been planning for years, ever since she was a child, she should be happy as well, with George and her cheating on James behind her.
Annette and Adele comforted their mother as Clarissa's father walked in and came to take her hand. Her father grinned, kissing both her cheeks and looking her up and down. "Tres magnifique, Clarissa!"
Clarissa grinned "Merci beaucoup, Papa." taking her father's hand as he lead her out of the room, George Weasley officially behind her.
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"Yeah, he was a keeper on the Ravenclaw Quidditch team...bloody brilliant." Alicia, Katie and Angelina told their respective boyfriends.
"Er..and what are we going to?" Lee asked Alicia.
"His wedding, he's marrying some French girl.." Alicia replied.
George and Katie were officially a couple, especially after Clarissa made it quite clear they were over. Alicia and Lee had been going strong for a good two years, and Angelina and Fred had been going out since their sixth year.
"So..are we aloud to go to this?" Fred asked Angelina grinning.
"Course if you want." Alicia cut in between kisses with Lee. Those two never got tired of each other.
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"Do you, Clarissa Marie Odette Cirqueau take James Matthew Bristow to be under Magical law, to be your husband until death do you part?"
"I do." Clarissa grinned
"And do you, James Matthew Bristow, take Clarissa Marie Odette Cirqueau, under Magical law, to be you wife until death do you part?"
"I do!" James grinned, ear to ear, as everyone laughed.
"I now pronounce, under the Ministry of Magic, Mr. and Mrs. James Bristow, you may now kiss your bride."
As the crowd cheered, the two leaned in for a long kiss. And broke it off, grinning at each other as they walked together down the rose strewn path.
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"Bloody hell, this is what I call a party." Lee Jordan exclaimed as the six walked in the all white room with yellow flowers on each table, and a large Bristow crest.
"Yeah....What was their name again?" George asked, noticing the great amount of Veelas and drooling men.
"Er..." Katie started pointing to the crest "Babe, you can't tell? Bristow. Mr. and Mrs. James Bristow."
"Er..." Fred started "Is Clarissa Cirqueau the bride?"
"I believe so, why?" Alicia questioned
George looked around, it all made since. Veelas, Bristow Crest, and it was two and a half weeks after their "meeting", this was Clarissa's and James' wedding Reception.
"And here they are, my brother and my new sister-in-law, the newlyweds Mr. and Mrs. James Bristow." Patrick Bristow said from the middle of the room, as James and Clarissa walked into the room, both grinning. George stood there, in awe. Clarissa looked beautiful and happy. Really happy.
"Er...I think I'm gonna go for a walk." George said absentmindedly, and left the room down to a long corridor.
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"Clarissa, I love you so much." James said as the two waltzed around the circular dance floor, a mixture of Bristows and Cirqueaus surrounding them. Not to mention Dumbledore and other friends.
"I love you too, James."
And even though the words were so simple, for the first time that day, Clarissa really meant them. She loved James, not George. And she was going to forget about that day two and a half weeks ago, no matter what it took.
THE END.