We Do: Part Deux
A 7th Heaven Continuation Fic by Norwegianchick101
Chapter Two: Wedding Bells and Security Tapes
Kevin stood up and clanked his spoon against his whine filled glass, pulling Lucy up with him.
Lucy blushed as Kevin began to speak.
"I just wanted to thank everyone for being here as Lucy and I begin our never-ending journey as husband and wife. There are a few people we would like to thank before we continue on with dinner."
"First off, we would like to thank Simon Camden, for filling in as our Best Man, after our previous Best Man showed up, not only late, but also a bit, well, beat up, shall I say?" This was greeted by a round of laughs, and a smirk from Chandler and Roxanne.
"And I would like to thank my brother, Matt, for helping me through a last minute spurt of cold feet." Lucy said; teary eyes and all. "I wouldn't be here without you."
"And we'd like to thank Mrs. Camden, for helping us prepare this wonderful reception.
"And Ruthie, my Maid of Honor."
"And most importantly, last, but definitely not least, we would like to thank Reverend Eric Camden, not only for marrying us, but for coming back to the church as well." Kevin finished, giving Lucy a kiss before sitting down.
Simon sighed as his father nodded at him, signaling him to make his speech.
"Well," Simon began. "Seeing as how I wasn't the original Best Man here, I hope Lucy and Kevin will forgive me if this speech is a bit, well, pathetic."
Lucy smiled and nodded at her brother.
"Well, um…Kevin is a great guy, and out of all my sister's boyfriends, I have to say he's the best. And believe me; Lucy has had a LOT of boyfriends. And that's no joke."
While mot people laughed at this comment, including Lucy and Kevin, Cecilia could sense Simon's nervousness, and picked up the bell sitting in front of her, and began to ring it under the table.
Others looked around to see where it was coming from, but with no luck, joined in on the chorus of bells themselves. Simon glanced over at Cecilia and mouthed a silent thank you, and she smiled and nodded, as if to tell him it was no big deal.
Lucy blushed, and Kevin grinned, as he leaned over, cupped her face in his hands, and pressed his lips to hers. Lucy gave into the kiss until Simon cleared his throat. Rather loudly, if I might add.
"Well, thank you for that Cecilia, but I think we all could've done without it."
Lucy looked over at Cecilia to see a look of mock confusion on her face, but did not miss the slight blush creeping up her cheeks, and burst out laughing. But Kevin, as you can imagine, managed to quiet her down.
"So anyways, you think that was something? Wait til they move in with you. Trust me; you don't want to see someone kissing every time you turn a corner. I swear, those two are so ubiquitous that sometimes I wish I was an only child. But honestly, I shouldn't be the one making this speech. Ben, get on up here. You deserve it."
Simon patted Ben on the back as he stepped up onto the podium, and he went to take his seat next to Cecilia, planting a kiss on her cheek.
Kevin shook his head in mock disappointment, as Lucy sat and laughed at her brother's PDA, resisting an urge to yell out a cat-call herself.
"And he's sick of us." she muttered under her breath, as she purposely knocked into Ruthie's bell, which was non-coincidentally within an inch of her hand.
Ruthie laughed and gave Lucy a disapproving look, but rang the bell anyways.
Lucy smiled back at her sister innocently, before turning to kiss her husband.
Ben however, didn't bother to wait, as he told the story of Lucy and Kevin's first date, Kevin's reaction after making the date, his reaction after the date, and of course, his pining for Lucy, and calling her almost every day when they were apart, causing the whole crowd to aw in delight.
Lucy's ears had perked up once Ben had mentioned the word love, though still kissing Kevin, causing Ruthie to gag quietly.
"After that first date," he had said. "When Kevin had told me that he loved Lucy, I didn't believe it. I remember telling Mary a while later that they hadn't known each other long enough to be in love. I've never believed in love at first sight. But then again, I wasn't there when they met. But I'll bet any of you anything that Mary will tell the story later this evening. She's told me a vague version of it, but I don't know any of the details. Although I suppose I could try and tell it." Ben smirked as he saw Lucy pull away from his brother.
"Um…no Ben. That won't be necessary. I'm sure if people want to know, they can get it straight from the horse's mouth. Meaning ME, not Mary." Lucy said, turning to glare at Mary.
Ben laughed. "Um, no offense Luce; but I don't think the horse's mouth will be open for talking much longer. That said, Mary, would you like to come up here and tell the story?"
"I would love to, Benjamin." Mary said, placing a small kiss on his cheek as she approached the podium, causing everyone in the room to gasp. Kevin and Lucy in particular.
"Well, I've known Lucy all her life, and almost all of my own. I know all her secrets, I've met all of her boyfriends, I've read all of her diary entries up until a few years ago; remind me to catch up on that later Luce. But anyways, anything you want to know about Lucy, I can tell you. This just happens to be one of my favorite stories; apart from a few boyfriend and diary stories of course, in fact, one diary entry, which I think Kevin might find quite entertaining, once caused Lucy to put down a long piece of tape dividing our room. What she didn't realize at the time; was the fact that, the door was on my side of the room. You really were a genius, weren't you Luce. But anyways, all of my Lucy stories have titles. In fact, the previous story is called The Petite Perkiness Story. But anyways, this is one that I like to call, The Pea-Brained Moron with the Badge Story. I believe you're familiar with this one as well Kevin."
Kevin laughed, along with everyone else, who were all anxious to hear the story. Lucy, however, had sunk down into her chair at the words petite perkiness.
"Petite Perkiness, eh' Luce? I might just have to ask Mary about that one."
Lucy blushed and leaned into Kevin's shoulder just as lights began to dim. Apparently, with her airline connections, Mary was able to get the security tape of when Kevin and Lucy first met, so that everyone could see the real thing.
Lucy smirked at her sister as everyone laughed of her accusation of Mary's plan to stalk Ben. The smirk, however, immediately vanished as she watched herself threaten the security officer, and refuse to remove her shoes. A blush crept up on her cheeks as Kevin watched Lucy claim to her sister that he looked like Brad Pitt, as well as say that he was the best looking guy who had ever flirted with her. Even in the dark, Lucy could make out that hot cheek to cheek grin that she (and I) loved so much.
As the lights flickered back on, Lucy smiled. Apparently the tape lasted a bit longer than the point where Mary and Lucy had left the airport, and she was granted the opportunity of watching Kevin claim to love her already.
She turned to Mary, who had taken her seat on the other side of Peter and Ruthie, so that she could thank her, but accidentally knocked Ruthie's bell again, this time to the floor, and began batting it around with her feet, until other people started to join in, at which point she kicked it back to Ruthie, and gave her a devilish smile.
Kevin sighed, giving Lucy a look that purely said, I love this just as much as you do, but we're going to be here all night if you keep playing with that bell.
Lucy laughed as Kevin wrapped his arms around her waist, and pulled her to him for their third kiss of the reception.
Ruthie picked up the bell, and shoved it into Peter's pocket.
Peter looked at Ruthie with a confused look on his face.
Ruthie laughed. You really think anyone in this place wanted to see that?" she made a motion to the PDA of Lucy and Kevin and groaned, before walking up to the podium, to give her speech as Maid of Honor.
Ruthie was almost half-way through her speech, when she heard a bell coming from Peter's direction.
She sighed as Lucy sent Peter a smile, and slipped him an IOU, before kissing Kevin once more.
By the time Kevin and Lucy finally pulled away, Ruthie couldn't have been any angrier.
"Peter Petrowski! I don't care what's written on that IOU! I gave you that bell so Lucy would stop ringing it herself, and then you go and ring it because she says she'll pay you! And Luce, no offense, but if you wanna kiss him, just kiss him. Who cares about the stupid bells?"
By the time Ruthie had finished, she realized her mistake. Lucy had actually listened to her about the bell thing. She sighed. This was going to be a long night.
Matt decided to put everyone out of their misery and give the final speech before everyone lost their appetites completely. Not that he didn't understand of course. He was married and in love, and he knew how Lucy felt, but it was getting a bit old. At first it was sweet, but now, well…let's just say Matt, like everyone else, had had quite enough.
"Alright, now look Luce, I know you love Kevin, but you didn't really listen to anyone else, and I would appreciate if you would hear me out."
Lucy smiled and nodded, resting her head on Kevin's shoulder.
"Nothing at all in this world makes me happier than seeing my sister so much in love. I can only hope that one day, the rest of my brothers and sisters will find someone as great as Kevin, who they love like Lucy loves Kevin, and I love Sarah, who will love them as well. Some of my siblings may have already found that someone, but others may have not. We all love you Luce, not enough to not publicly humiliate you of course, but we do love you. And on behalf of all of us Camdens, welcome to the family Kevin. Just make sure you take care of my baby sister. Because if you don't, you have me to answer to. Not that I doubt you of course, we all love you, and you're legally a part of our crazy family now, whether you like it or not. Good luck to the both of you, and may your life to come be filled with joy and happiness, and as little troubles as possible." Matt lifted up his glass as he spoke the last words at the podium before dinner. "To Kevin and Lucy, may they have a blissful life. But not too blissful mind you." he added as an afterthought.
A chorus of, "To Kevin and Lucy" was heard throughout the room, as dinner was served.