Chapter 11
"you may kiss the bride!"
A/N. Sorry for the confusion with Susan's relationships! Just to clarify shes with Mark now! Thanks for your reviews I'd never have noticed if you didn't point it out!
Sorry I haven't updated for AGES! I'm going on holiday next week but I'll try to get the next chapter uo before then!
Thanks to Reviewers!
Nicole: Sam was there all the time, Luka just wasn't dating her!
Carby6: Yeah, sorry about the Susan thing, I have changed the chapters where shes with Chuck, sorry about the confusion!
4 weeks later
(Abby, Susan, and Sam are drinking coffee the morning after Abby's hen night at Sam's flat, Alex is with one of his friends)
Abby's POV
I can't believe I'm doing this! After all the shit with John I can't believe I'm getting married to him!
"what you thinking about?" Susan asks, I'm glad that Mark came back and they got together, there both so happy!
"Should I be doing this?" I look at her, at this point Sam, my other brides maid, looks up shocked
"what? Your doubting if you should spend the rest of you life with Carter?"
"well, yeah, after all thats happened with Kem and everything else!" they both sigh and look at each other knowingly "what?"
"Look Abby, I understand why your doubtful but, you and John got through everything, it may not have been easy but you sill did it! Doesn't that kinda tell you that your meant to be together?" she has a point!
"OK, your right!" I look at the clock, only 4 hours to go and we haven't even started to get ready "god, we had better start getting ready!" Sam and Susan look at the clock
"yeah, look Abby, one question. Is Maggie coming today?" Susan asks, I look down at my empty cup "Does she even know you are getting married?"
"umm, no" I say quietly. Susan looks shocked
"but why, shes your Mum!" now its Sam's turn to look shocked
"you haven't even told your own Mother your getting married?" she exclames
"you don't know Maggie!" I reply, I don't like where this is going!
"no, but, well, I heard people talking after, well, you know." yes I do! "and well, I just want to know if its just hospital gossip or if its true!" I look at Susan, I can tell it wasn't her! She met Maggie once when she was off her meds. it wasn't a good experience for her!
"OK" I take a deep breath "what have you heard?"
"well" Sam looks uncomfortable now "that she Bi-polar and and alcoholic and that your brother is too but he won't take his meds. And that you had to raise him" she avoids my eyes.
"OK, what you heard is true, Maggie is Bi-polar as is Eric, Maggie wouldn't take her meds. And was an alcoholic but shes better now, got her life back on track, Eric...well, you saw him. And yes, I did have to raise him!"
Sam looks shocked "Wow!" she says "I'm sorry Abby!"
"its OK,!" we sit in silence
"come on, lets get ready, we don't have long!" Susan says after a while,
"I'll just wash these up" Sam says walking over to the sink with the mugs. Susan and I make our way to the bedroom
"did you have to bring Maggie up in front of her?" I ask
"sorry, I thought she knew, after what happened!"
"she didn't though!" I'm starting to get angry with her
"look, I'm sorry! Don't get angry, this is meant to be the best day of your life!" she hugs me, as Sam walks in
"come on then, you two" she seems to have got over the shock, or is just very good at hiding it "how you doing you hair Abby?"
"well, I don't know! Probably something easy that I can do!" Susans not that good at it, she managed to burn part of my hair off with some straighteners!
"let me do it!" Sam says, "I used to work as a hair dresser, kinda!" Susan and I look at her, shocked
"what, it was like a summer job, I started as a coffee maker and then, they gave me a bit of training!"
I looks at Susan, it looks like we're thinking the same, Sam, a hairdresser!
"OK, what do you need then?" I say, still shocked
"go and have a shower, I'll do Susan's while you do that!"
"OK"
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I come out of the shower with a towel wrapped round my head, Sam is still doing Susan's hair, it looked really nice, I think she had put the front bits up and was tonging the bottom layer. I went and sat on the bed.
"how you going to have yours?"
"ummm...probably the same, yours will be different though!"
"OK, it looks really nice by the way!" Sam smiles
"So Sam" Susan says "do you have any other unknown talents?"
"no, I can just do hair, well, kinda any way!" We sit in silence for a bit "right, thats you finished, Abby your turn!" I sit down on the chair in front of the mirror where Susan was sitting "No, Abby, you can't see it 'till I've finished!" she says moving the chair away from the mirror. I sit with my back to the mirror. I look at the clock, 3 hours! As I sit there we chat about things, work, past relationships, that sort of thing!
"right, there you go!" Sam exclaims I turn round and look in the mirror, shes curled it all and twisted the front bits back and secured it with a glittery clip.
"it looks beautiful Sam, thank-you!" Sam smiles and Susan walks over to a box
"theres one thing missing!" She says as she brings the box over and takes out a diamond tiara "thats better!" she says as she places it on my head. I'm shocked , Sam notices
"its from Carter, he gave it to me to give it to you today!" she says
"WOW!" I don't know what else to say
"your so lucky, Abs!" Susan says "Johns a great guy!"
"and rich!" Sam adds, we all start laughing!
"hey...look at the time you two!" Susan says. "we only have 2 hours!"
"oh God!" I say as I walk over to the wardrobe and get my dress out, Sam and Susan look shocked!
"thats beautiful!" Sam gasps. I forgot they haven't seen it yet.
"wow!" It's strapless and made of chiffon with beads making flower patterns round the top, waist and hem. I smile at them
"you'll have to help me get into it though!"
"OK, come on, get it on!" Susan says impatiently
"OK OK, calm down!"
"sorry, I can't wait to see you in it!" she grins!
I take my clothes off and slip into the dress, Susan walks behind me and zips up the back.
"Wow, you look beautiful Abby!" Sam says
"yeah, come on, lets get some make-up on you!" Susan says getting out a huge make-up box out "come on, sit!" she commands. I sit on the bed.
"when are you two going to get ready, we only have 1 hour 45 minutes!"
"after your ready, your the priority!" Sam says. i know I'm not going to win against them!
"I'll only put a bit on, I know how much you don't like too much!" What would I do without Susan?
After about 10 minutes she sits back and holds a mirror up "done!"
"thanks Susan, it looks great!" she did only put a bit on, black eye-liner, a bit of blusher, some dark-ish red lipstick and gloss and glittery eyeshadow I don't know how it could take her so long to put that on!
"come on, you two get ready!" I sit on the bed as Sam and Susan go put their dresses on, we spend the rest of the time talking until we hear a horn outside, we go down and waiting for us is a white Limo. I turn to look at Susan whos grinning!
"you knew about this, didn't you?"
"maybe!" they both reply as we get in to drive across Chicago to Johns mansion.
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Carters POV
(set at the same time in Carters Mansion, 2 hours before the wedding, Luka is Carters best man)
I can't believe this is finally happening! I was stupid before, I should have proposed,I shouldn't have gone to Africa. If I'd stayed here I wouldn't have met Kem and she wouldn't have got pregnant! But if I never met her would I be with Abby now? Would I have relised my feelings for her? I think it has kinda helped her though! I mean would she have gone back to Med. School if it wasn't for me? I'm surprised she took me back! I loved her, and, well, she loved me even when I was such a bastard towards her, she took me back, gave me another chance, let me be happy again, I suppose when I told her, showed her that letter I thought she'd reject me!
"hey Carter, what are you thinking about?" Luka says interrupting my thoughts
"oh, nothing, just the past really!"
"what, like Kem?" why did I tell him? Hes just going to ask loads of questions
"yeah, kinda, and other things!" please don't ask any more questions
"like what?" damn!
"well, why I let her go before, why I went to Africa and met Kem!" I look into my coffee.
"look, Carter, your with Abby now, I know its hard but forget about Kem!" oh, that sounds easy! "look, I forgot about Dani, well, I didn't forget her, thats imposable, but I have moved on with Sam! You do that with Abby. You won't completely forget Kem, how could you? You'll always remember her, but forget about your relationship with her! Just think about Abby! Think about the future!" he's got a point, I am with Abby now and in 2 hours I'll be her husband!
"OK, Luka, your right!" he looks proud of himself "come on, we only have 2 hours, lets go get changed!"
"yeah, you excited?"
"yeah, I am!" I'm glad I'm doing this, it was good to talk to Luka, hes been through almost the same thing, well, his wife and kids died, not quite the same but he lost someone he loved but he got over it. I know I wasn't married to Kem, but I thought I would be with her forever, I'm glad she left! I wouldn't be this happy if she hadn't!
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Abby's POV
'Oh my God, I can't believe this is happening! I'm marrying John Carter!' I think as I walk down the isle, well, path in between the rows of chairs, with Susan and Sam behind me, I can see Carter standing next to the vicar with Luka behind him. As I get up to the alter we catch each others eye, he looks beautiful, so smart in that suit, not that I've never seen him in a suit, but, he looks different, I'm not sure how though!
"would the best man bring the rings forward
"do you, Abigail Margorie Lockhart take this man to be your lawful wedded husband?" the vicar asks 'God yes!' I think, but give the traditional answer
"I do!"
"and do you John Truman the 3rd take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife?"
"I do!"
"then I pronounce you man and wife, you may kiss the bride"
R&R!
"you may kiss the bride!"
A/N. Sorry for the confusion with Susan's relationships! Just to clarify shes with Mark now! Thanks for your reviews I'd never have noticed if you didn't point it out!
Sorry I haven't updated for AGES! I'm going on holiday next week but I'll try to get the next chapter uo before then!
Thanks to Reviewers!
Nicole: Sam was there all the time, Luka just wasn't dating her!
Carby6: Yeah, sorry about the Susan thing, I have changed the chapters where shes with Chuck, sorry about the confusion!
4 weeks later
(Abby, Susan, and Sam are drinking coffee the morning after Abby's hen night at Sam's flat, Alex is with one of his friends)
Abby's POV
I can't believe I'm doing this! After all the shit with John I can't believe I'm getting married to him!
"what you thinking about?" Susan asks, I'm glad that Mark came back and they got together, there both so happy!
"Should I be doing this?" I look at her, at this point Sam, my other brides maid, looks up shocked
"what? Your doubting if you should spend the rest of you life with Carter?"
"well, yeah, after all thats happened with Kem and everything else!" they both sigh and look at each other knowingly "what?"
"Look Abby, I understand why your doubtful but, you and John got through everything, it may not have been easy but you sill did it! Doesn't that kinda tell you that your meant to be together?" she has a point!
"OK, your right!" I look at the clock, only 4 hours to go and we haven't even started to get ready "god, we had better start getting ready!" Sam and Susan look at the clock
"yeah, look Abby, one question. Is Maggie coming today?" Susan asks, I look down at my empty cup "Does she even know you are getting married?"
"umm, no" I say quietly. Susan looks shocked
"but why, shes your Mum!" now its Sam's turn to look shocked
"you haven't even told your own Mother your getting married?" she exclames
"you don't know Maggie!" I reply, I don't like where this is going!
"no, but, well, I heard people talking after, well, you know." yes I do! "and well, I just want to know if its just hospital gossip or if its true!" I look at Susan, I can tell it wasn't her! She met Maggie once when she was off her meds. it wasn't a good experience for her!
"OK" I take a deep breath "what have you heard?"
"well" Sam looks uncomfortable now "that she Bi-polar and and alcoholic and that your brother is too but he won't take his meds. And that you had to raise him" she avoids my eyes.
"OK, what you heard is true, Maggie is Bi-polar as is Eric, Maggie wouldn't take her meds. And was an alcoholic but shes better now, got her life back on track, Eric...well, you saw him. And yes, I did have to raise him!"
Sam looks shocked "Wow!" she says "I'm sorry Abby!"
"its OK,!" we sit in silence
"come on, lets get ready, we don't have long!" Susan says after a while,
"I'll just wash these up" Sam says walking over to the sink with the mugs. Susan and I make our way to the bedroom
"did you have to bring Maggie up in front of her?" I ask
"sorry, I thought she knew, after what happened!"
"she didn't though!" I'm starting to get angry with her
"look, I'm sorry! Don't get angry, this is meant to be the best day of your life!" she hugs me, as Sam walks in
"come on then, you two" she seems to have got over the shock, or is just very good at hiding it "how you doing you hair Abby?"
"well, I don't know! Probably something easy that I can do!" Susans not that good at it, she managed to burn part of my hair off with some straighteners!
"let me do it!" Sam says, "I used to work as a hair dresser, kinda!" Susan and I look at her, shocked
"what, it was like a summer job, I started as a coffee maker and then, they gave me a bit of training!"
I looks at Susan, it looks like we're thinking the same, Sam, a hairdresser!
"OK, what do you need then?" I say, still shocked
"go and have a shower, I'll do Susan's while you do that!"
"OK"
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I come out of the shower with a towel wrapped round my head, Sam is still doing Susan's hair, it looked really nice, I think she had put the front bits up and was tonging the bottom layer. I went and sat on the bed.
"how you going to have yours?"
"ummm...probably the same, yours will be different though!"
"OK, it looks really nice by the way!" Sam smiles
"So Sam" Susan says "do you have any other unknown talents?"
"no, I can just do hair, well, kinda any way!" We sit in silence for a bit "right, thats you finished, Abby your turn!" I sit down on the chair in front of the mirror where Susan was sitting "No, Abby, you can't see it 'till I've finished!" she says moving the chair away from the mirror. I sit with my back to the mirror. I look at the clock, 3 hours! As I sit there we chat about things, work, past relationships, that sort of thing!
"right, there you go!" Sam exclaims I turn round and look in the mirror, shes curled it all and twisted the front bits back and secured it with a glittery clip.
"it looks beautiful Sam, thank-you!" Sam smiles and Susan walks over to a box
"theres one thing missing!" She says as she brings the box over and takes out a diamond tiara "thats better!" she says as she places it on my head. I'm shocked , Sam notices
"its from Carter, he gave it to me to give it to you today!" she says
"WOW!" I don't know what else to say
"your so lucky, Abs!" Susan says "Johns a great guy!"
"and rich!" Sam adds, we all start laughing!
"hey...look at the time you two!" Susan says. "we only have 2 hours!"
"oh God!" I say as I walk over to the wardrobe and get my dress out, Sam and Susan look shocked!
"thats beautiful!" Sam gasps. I forgot they haven't seen it yet.
"wow!" It's strapless and made of chiffon with beads making flower patterns round the top, waist and hem. I smile at them
"you'll have to help me get into it though!"
"OK, come on, get it on!" Susan says impatiently
"OK OK, calm down!"
"sorry, I can't wait to see you in it!" she grins!
I take my clothes off and slip into the dress, Susan walks behind me and zips up the back.
"Wow, you look beautiful Abby!" Sam says
"yeah, come on, lets get some make-up on you!" Susan says getting out a huge make-up box out "come on, sit!" she commands. I sit on the bed.
"when are you two going to get ready, we only have 1 hour 45 minutes!"
"after your ready, your the priority!" Sam says. i know I'm not going to win against them!
"I'll only put a bit on, I know how much you don't like too much!" What would I do without Susan?
After about 10 minutes she sits back and holds a mirror up "done!"
"thanks Susan, it looks great!" she did only put a bit on, black eye-liner, a bit of blusher, some dark-ish red lipstick and gloss and glittery eyeshadow I don't know how it could take her so long to put that on!
"come on, you two get ready!" I sit on the bed as Sam and Susan go put their dresses on, we spend the rest of the time talking until we hear a horn outside, we go down and waiting for us is a white Limo. I turn to look at Susan whos grinning!
"you knew about this, didn't you?"
"maybe!" they both reply as we get in to drive across Chicago to Johns mansion.
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Carters POV
(set at the same time in Carters Mansion, 2 hours before the wedding, Luka is Carters best man)
I can't believe this is finally happening! I was stupid before, I should have proposed,I shouldn't have gone to Africa. If I'd stayed here I wouldn't have met Kem and she wouldn't have got pregnant! But if I never met her would I be with Abby now? Would I have relised my feelings for her? I think it has kinda helped her though! I mean would she have gone back to Med. School if it wasn't for me? I'm surprised she took me back! I loved her, and, well, she loved me even when I was such a bastard towards her, she took me back, gave me another chance, let me be happy again, I suppose when I told her, showed her that letter I thought she'd reject me!
"hey Carter, what are you thinking about?" Luka says interrupting my thoughts
"oh, nothing, just the past really!"
"what, like Kem?" why did I tell him? Hes just going to ask loads of questions
"yeah, kinda, and other things!" please don't ask any more questions
"like what?" damn!
"well, why I let her go before, why I went to Africa and met Kem!" I look into my coffee.
"look, Carter, your with Abby now, I know its hard but forget about Kem!" oh, that sounds easy! "look, I forgot about Dani, well, I didn't forget her, thats imposable, but I have moved on with Sam! You do that with Abby. You won't completely forget Kem, how could you? You'll always remember her, but forget about your relationship with her! Just think about Abby! Think about the future!" he's got a point, I am with Abby now and in 2 hours I'll be her husband!
"OK, Luka, your right!" he looks proud of himself "come on, we only have 2 hours, lets go get changed!"
"yeah, you excited?"
"yeah, I am!" I'm glad I'm doing this, it was good to talk to Luka, hes been through almost the same thing, well, his wife and kids died, not quite the same but he lost someone he loved but he got over it. I know I wasn't married to Kem, but I thought I would be with her forever, I'm glad she left! I wouldn't be this happy if she hadn't!
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Abby's POV
'Oh my God, I can't believe this is happening! I'm marrying John Carter!' I think as I walk down the isle, well, path in between the rows of chairs, with Susan and Sam behind me, I can see Carter standing next to the vicar with Luka behind him. As I get up to the alter we catch each others eye, he looks beautiful, so smart in that suit, not that I've never seen him in a suit, but, he looks different, I'm not sure how though!
"would the best man bring the rings forward
"do you, Abigail Margorie Lockhart take this man to be your lawful wedded husband?" the vicar asks 'God yes!' I think, but give the traditional answer
"I do!"
"and do you John Truman the 3rd take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife?"
"I do!"
"then I pronounce you man and wife, you may kiss the bride"
R&R!