As the bridal overture began Jen's heart skipped a beat. Carter felt her tense up and placed his hand on her lower back.
"This is the day you've been wishing for all your life Jen. We can't start the wedding without you."
Jen breathed in slowly. "I know." She answered taking her first step toward the aisle that led to her future.
(Wes' point of view.)
"Good lord." Wes thought as he saw Jen appear with Carter in the doorway of the church. "She's so beautiful." Then he felt a sharp poke.
"Earth to Wes." Eric teased. "Put your eyes back in your head."
"Eric she's…." Wes breathed.
"Stunning." Eric finished for him.
(Jen's POV)
As she made her way down the aisle to the man that would soon be her husband a strange sense of calm came over her she knew that this was going to be the most perfect beautiful day of her life. As their eyes met when Carter placed her hand in Wes' she could feel he was trembling too. Then she noticed the tears that sparkled in his eyes.
"Dearly beloved we are gathered here today…." The minister began.
But Jen and Wes were lost in each other's eyes. Knowing that this was the day they'd dreamed of and it was actually able to happen. Katie, Trip, and Lucas had also made the journey to be there making the day even more perfect.
"Wesley and Jennifer have decided that they would write their own vows which they will share with each other at this time. Wes, you may begin." The minister said solemnly.
Wes breathed in slowly and began. "Jen, from the first day I met you I knew you were the one. The one that would make all of my dreams come true. The one that I knew I could spend the rest of my days loving and being loved in return unconditionally, perfectly. I knew you would one day be my wife Jen, and I promise you for as long as I have breath in my body that I will love you with my whole body, mind, and spirit and that I will always be there for you no matter what life throws at us. We've been to the edge of disaster and separated for what was an eternity and through all that we're still together after all of it. I think what sums it up most is that I love you more than my own life and you are my world and I promise you that our world will be filled with happiness and joy and if there is pain and sorrow we will get through it together. The wedding vows say in sickness and in health, in joy and in sorrow, for richer and for poorer. Jen, I love you so much that I will always vow to you that I will be the best husband I can be. You are the most amazing woman that I know and I am so fortunate to be blesses with having an eternity to spend with you."
Jen's eyes were filled with tears as she took out the small sheet of paper that she had folded neatly in her glove. She was up all night writing these vows and she didn't know if she did not know if she could make it through the words without totally breaking down into tears.
She breathed in and began. "Wes, I've always loved you. You've been my rock when everything seemed hopeless. You awakened my spirit and nurtured my soul. You let me experience feelings that I didn't know I had the ability to have. You made me whole. You showed me how endless and amazing our love is and even how much more this world has to offer. I promise that I will love you eternally and perfectly. I vow to you that I will give you everything that you have given me and so much more. I love you and I always will."
"With the giving and receiving of rings and the exchanging of vows you have shown in the eyes of God and the eyes of man your love. And now it is my privilege to pronounce you man and wife. What God has joined let no man put asunder. You may now kiss the bride."
A great cheer filled the church as Wes and Jen shared their first kiss as man and wife.