Ch 25: Wedding bells & goodbyes

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PS. The big day is here. Smiles, everyone :)

Sydney walked down the aisle of the huge, drafty old church with her cream-colored satin gown rustling and the veil trailing behind her. Her father's arm was steady under her hand.

Familiar and beloved faces turned toward her as she walked: the faces of the many people she had met this past week, all beaming at her.

At the altar, waiting for her, were Z, and her friends, four heads in varying shades of blond.

And Jack. Tall, impossibly handsome, and so beloved that it hurt to look at him. His image was blurred by the veil she wore, but he watched her, and there was a moist glitter in his eyes, like that of the sea.

Her father gave her hand to Jack, who moved to stand by her side. The pearl on her hand gleamed in the golden candlelight of the many tapers that flickered throughout the church.

Jack pressed her hand warmly, and she looked up at him. His eyes were steady. Hers were dark, secretive pools, but there were no more secrets between them. Turning toward the altar, they began speaking their vows.

At the far corner of the church, well concealed by the decorations, Sky mouthed silent wishes to the newly wed. At last, he could set his mind and leave, SPD and out of her life. 'Goodbye, Syd. I owe you this much and Jack.'

Sky left quietly, unnoticed.

XXX

Especially kisses like these, deep, hungry kisses, as if he couldn't get enough of her taste. He held her so tightly that his hands were hurting her, and she didn't care.

SYDNEY AND JACK DIDN'T trash the room, tear the sheets off the bed, or tie each other to the headboard. They didn't have to. All that chaos, all that energy, all the mind-clearing joy and cathartic lust and tender, intense sex can tear two people apart and wrap them back together without any outward evidence.

It's as simple as a kiss, a fast rhythm, a word or two at the right second, her holding him around the shoulders, and Jack bearing down on her and her lifting him up.

When they finally had to rest, had to pull the covers up and be still, they tangled themselves together and breathed against each other.

"I love you, Syd. I always will."

TBC-Pls R&R!