Oof, hey guys. So...this is going to be the last chapter... I know no one reads this anymore but idc lol. Though I will be working on a few new projects soon so look out for them I guess. I'm sorry that I'm a shitty writer but this is legit all I have.
Anyway, over to our boys on their special day.
This was it. The long awaited special day. The marriage between two lovers, two best friends, two soulmates. The day in which they would declare their undying love for each other for the world to see.
"Hey, Sal?"
"Yeah, Travis?" Sal sat on a stool in front of the mirror he had looked into so many times.
"Why me? You could've chosen anyone to help you today, like Ashley at our prom. I don't think I deserve to see you like this..."
Sal swivelled on his stool and looked towards Travis.
"Because I forgive you, I don't hold anything against you, you were young and you only hurt me because you were hurt too. I didn't want Ash to see me before the wedding either, since she'd just cry all the time and I thought you'd be a great help!"
The blonde boy smiled and gestures for Sally to turn back around.
"Right, I have no idea how to do your make up, but I can help with your hair."
Sal shook his head,
"No it's ok, I can do most of it. You're here for moral support really. And to help me do the finishing touches. Besides, I can't get married while my best man is still in his jeans and t-shirt!"
Sal pointed at a suit bag hung on the lip of his wardrobe, the bag itself was opaque but you could still see the faint outline of the clothing inside, accompanied by a small tinges of black and yellow.
Travis rolled his eyes and pulled the bag from its makeshift perch. Unzipping it and carelessly emptying the contents onto the neatly made hotel bed. Sal smiles and drew his attention back to the mirror. Subconsciously, he traced his fingers along the grain of his mask which laid on the spacious dressing table among the many bottles and cans of various beauty products.
Armed with straighteners in one hand, and a brush in the other, Sal set to work on his long, blue hair, making sure to straighten every strand, ever so slightly curling it towards the end to give it a beautiful bouncy effect.
By the time he had done the first step, Travis had changed into his black suit, and was still tying his yellow tie in many different ways since he could never get it perfect.
Two slightly thick braids twined themselves into the front sections of Sal's hair, tying under his chin before finally shifting over his head so the braids connected over his hair, standing out to the rest. Sal took small jewelled flower pins and twirled them into his hair with equal distribution, it was slightly difficult to manage by himself so Travis eventually stepped in and placed the pins throughout his hair.
" Do we put the big one in now or later?"
Sal firmly shook his head, while trying not to shake too much that the pins fell out his hair.
"No, we add that last minute."
Travis shrugged and walked back over the the chain in which he had been sitting, picking up his phone and texting his "Secret mission: Wedding" group chat with him, Ashley and Todd, updating them on Sal's transformation progress. He chuckled to himself as Ash worried if he looked good or if she needed to come rescue him.
Ashley has bought Sal the same make up as he has worn at the prom. All the products which flawlessly hid his deformed face underneath.
He applied all the cosmetics as he needed until he was left with a clean, beautiful face. It shocked him every time he looked away from the mirror and back, still not able to believe how normal he looked. His eyes were alive with different shades of gold, contrasting with his blue iris' ,the eyeliner and lashes added perfectly to them, creating an astonishing affect. His lips were painted with a deep purple shade, with a clear glitter coating, sealing it on.
After checking himself over in the mirror one last time, he turned to Travis,
"Is it time?"
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Larry stood at the bottom of the grand aisle, pacing back and forth. "Where is he? He should be here by now, what if he got cold feet, what if he backed out?"
Todd, who had been dealing with a hysterical Larry for about half an hour, had finally had enough. He walked up to him and pulled him by his shirt collar, "Look, there's no way he would ever do that to you, he will be here soon. The wedding isn't for 10 minutes yet. Him and Travis are probably putting the finishing touches on him right now."
Once he was released from Todd's grip, he collapsed exhausted onto a chair. He nodded, agreeing to his best man's statement while collecting his thoughts.
Todd quickly pulled out his phone and texted Travis,
Hurry up, dude. He's losing it.
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Bzzzzz Bzzzzz
Travis took out his phone and read the message displayed on the screen. He quickly glanced at the time before looking up to Sal.
"Sal it's almost... wow, you look beautiful."
Sal was stood on a small stool, pulling at his dress here and there, making sure it fell comfortably. He hadn't wanted anything too fancy but the plainness of his dress make it even better. He wore a knee length, A-line dress with a small underskirt underneath to puff the skirt out a little. The bodice and top layer of the skirt was made of white silky material with no patterns, only small darts and folds in the fabric breaking the smoothness. The silky material stopped where a sweetheart neckline would be, but then lace took over and covered the rest of his top half, laced sleeves ran down his arms, coming to a halt on a small opening in which Sal slipped his middle finger, almost like a glove. The lace around his neck ended around his collarbones but travelled backwards where it clasped together with multiple buttons down his back. On the back piece, a large, round piece of lace was missing and was instead replaced with a very thin mesh, exposing a large portion of his back.
"Button me up with you? I can't reach the top ones."
Travis continued to stare at the groom before him as he slowly fastened the remaining buttons towards the top of the dress. He peered around the body so he could see Sal's grinning face in the mirror.
"You truly do look beautiful, Sal. Larry is the luckiest man in the world."
Sal's face softened at Travis's words. He mouthed a small thank you as he continued to admire himself in the mirror.
"All done. Are you ready?"
"As ready as I'll ever be."
The groom jumped down as carefully as he could off his little stool and slipped on a pair of heavily jewelled shoes with little kitten heels, he didn't care about being tall on his wedding day because he knew he was in for a life time of always being small next to the man he loved.
He took Travis' arm and walked out their hotel room towards the room in which he would be wed. They stopped outside a set of grand wooden doors, these were the last things separating Sal and Larry on their wedding day.
"Hey Sal, I know you were set on that beautiful hair piece you chose out but Larry had other plans. He got you a couple last second surprises."
The blonde reached into his inside pocket and emerged with a small jewellery box, he opened up the lid to expose a large hairpin, covered with beautiful gems arranged to look like flowers, little yellow gems were dotted between them. Sal reached his hand out and traced the design.
"This...this is..."
"Your mothers. Larry said he found it a while ago when he was sorting through some boxes from when you lived in the apartments. He thought you might like to wear it."
Sal wanted to burst into tears but knew he couldn't ruin his make up. He turned around for Travis to slip it into his hair, desperately trying to hold back floods of tears. The pin was neatly placed into his hair where the two braids met, matching the other smaller pins already decorating his locks.
"Larry also game me one more thing to give you, look at the bouquet." He pointed towards the box next to the doors. Sal cautiously picked up the box and retrieved its only contents.
The bouquet was exactly as he had ordered it, a small arrangement of pastel yellow and blue flowers. But there was one extra thing on it. Hung from around the stem of a larger flower, was a small locket on a blue piece of ribbon. Sal flipped open the locket to reveal two pictures, one of Larry, Lisa and Sal, and the other of his mother Diane, sat smiling on a picnic blanket enjoying herself in the sun while Sal ran in the background of the photo from many years ago.
Looking down at the bouquet in his hands, Sal smiled. Travis had expected him to cry from the refreshed memories but alas his friend didn't shed a tear. He merely looked up to him with an expression like a kid on Christmas.
"I'm ready now."
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Todd was still pacing along with the anxious groom, even he was feeling some of the anxiety Larry was feeling by this point.
Without warning, the speakers across the room began to gently play the beginning of 'More than Words' by Extreme and all the guests who has previously been noisily chatting in their seats were now stood and silent, their heads all turned towards the back of the room to see the large wooden doors open, slowly revealing the groom linked arm in arm with his best man.
Larry and Todd quickly returned to their positions on the right of the aisle and inhaled deeply. Todd nudged the taller man's arm.
"You'll be fine. Just don't mess up."
Larry shot him a look but it quickly softened into a smile.
"Thanks, man. I couldn't have been here without you today."
The ginger-haired man adjusted his friend's tie and gave him a quick hug before they both turned around to see Sal and Travis walking slowly down the turquoise aisle to the slow rhythm of the song.
Majority of the left side seats remained empty except a few occupied by mutual friends of both grooms who didn't want Sal's aisle to be empty. Along the front row was Lisa, Chug, Maple, Soda and Ashley. All of them were dressed in fancy clothes, Chug looking less fancy than the others with his t-shirt poking out from underneath his smart shirt but it was a miracle he was even looking that good.
As the song continued, the pair got closer to the front where Larry was stood facing forwards, making extra effort to stand straight, making him look unnaturally uncomfortable. Todd stood by his side and winked at Sal just as he walked next to them.
"Ready, Princess?" Sal whispered next to Larry's ear, making the poor man jump. He gave a slight chuckle before pointing to his hair.
"Always. I even put a small braid in just for you."
The couple finished their little reunion while their guests took their seats and turned to the officiate.
They turned to Travis first,
"Do you give this man to his partner?"
Travis unhooked his arm from Sal's and gave him one last hug, a tear clearly forming in his eye but he refused to cry at a wedding.
"I do."
He turned and placed Sal's hand in Larry's before taking a seat next to Ash. Even though the two never saw eye to eye, they smiled at each other and took the other's hand, knowing it was their only hope at not ugly crying throughout the entire ceremony.
"We are gathered here today, in the presence of family and friends to join Sally Fisher and Larry Johnson in matrimony. We remember that marriage is a time when two people's love is made public and share mutual promises to one another. We join in our support of their love as they dedicated their lives to each other.
And while today is a joyous day, unfortunately there are some people close to us who can not be here with us in person, but we hope they are in spirit. Sally's mother, Diane is one of these people. We can only hope that she is smiling down on us all today as we feel all her loving support."
The music in the background finished and switched to an instrumental version of the song, as Sal and Larry stood before the officiant, turned face to face as they held onto their lover's hands, quickly glancing back at their guests before returning focus to themselves.
"Sally and Larry, the covenant in which you are about to make to each other is meant to be a beautiful and sacred expression of the love you have for each other. As you pledge your vows to each other, we ask that you do so in all seriousness, and yet with a deep sense of joy, with deep conviction that you are committing yourselves to a dynamic growing relationship of trust, mutual support and caring love.
Now I will ask you to declare your intent to marry of your own free will."
The officiant first turned to Larry,
"Do you, Larry Johnson, take Sal Fisher to be your husband? Do you promise to love him, comfort and keep him, and forsaking all others remain true to him as long as you both shall live?"
"I do."
They next turned to Sal,
"Do you, Sal Fisher, take Larry Johnson to be your husband? Do you promise to love him, comfort and keep him, and forsaking all others remain true to him as long as you both shall live?"
"I do."
The grooms looked into each other's eyes, "So far so good" both thought in their heads, thankful they didn't mess anything up yet.
"Now that you have declared your intentions, I invite you to share your vows with one another. Larry, please repeat after me,"
Larry turned to Sal and took both of his hands into his own, proceeding to repeat the words.
"Sally, I have chosen you alone from all the world to be my wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better and for worse; for richer, for poorer; in sickness and in health to love and to cherish, 'til death do us part."
Throughout the vows, Sal could feel Larry shake from concentrating so hard, it probably didn't help that Sal was trying not to giggle through the entire thing.
"Sally, if you would please do the same."
"Larry, I have chosen you alone from all the world to be my wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better and for worse; for richer, for poorer; in sickness and in health to love and to cherish, 'til death do us part."
Their was a moment of silence before the ceremony continued.
"May we please have the rings."
The couple turned to Todd who put his hands up, a look of panic flashed across their faces. The best man chuckled and pointed towards the other side of the room. They turned to see Soda in her little flower girl dress carrying a little woven basket with yellow flowers lining the bottom. Maple pointed her towards the alter and whispered in her ear.
Sal bent down and held his arms out as Soda toddled towards him, making sure she didn't spill anything out her basket.
"Sawwy face!" Sal scooped Soda up into his arm and placed her on his hip. Larry gently took the basket from her before pulling a small ring box from among the flowers. Sal pulled a silly face at Soda making her giggle,
"Thank you, sweetheart. Go back to mummy for now okay?"
Soda nodded and Sal put her down, watching her carefully as she walked back to Maple.
Larry had given the rings to the officiant so the wedding continued.
"These rings have no beginning and no end. They set forth the eternal nature of true love. They will represent the love and trust that these two people promise to each other on this day.
Larry, will you take this ring and place it upon Sally's finger and as you do, repeat to him, after me, these words."
Larry took a plain looking wedding band from the box and took Sal's right hand.
"Other one dummy." Sal whispered to him, desperately trying not to laugh. Larry quickly took his other hand and slipped the ring onto his fourth finger.
"I give you this ring, as a token of my love and devotion to you. I pledge to you all that I am and all I will be as your husband. With this ring, I gladly and freely marry you and join my life to yours."
By now, you could hear muffled sniffs coming from the front row as Travis and Ash had collapsed into a puddle of tears. Whereas Lisa was silently wiping tears away with already prepared tissues while also giving some to the puddles as well.
"Sally, could you please do the same, and repeat after me."
Sal took the other ring from the box, it was almost identical to his but it had an extra matte line around the middle of it. He slipped it onto the correct finger and held his hand while he recited his vows.
"I give you this ring, as a token of my love and devotion to you. I pledge to you all that I am and all I will be as your husband. With this ring, I gladly and freely marry you and join my life to yours."
The officiate put away the sheets they were reading from,
"In the presence of your witnesses, you have both accepted the vows of the other, you may now go forth and fulfil your vows with the same love and devotion which now blossoms between you.
I now pronounce you partners for life, you may seal your marriage with a kiss."
Larry cupped Sal's face in his hands,
"I love you..."
"I love you too..."
AAAAHHHHHHHH finally done!!!!!!!!!! The writers block towards the end of this book has been horrible!!! I might do some extra chapters from after the wedding but eh, that's another day. Thank you so much for actually reaching the end of this book, I have some more saved in my drafts which I'll update in one go after they're finished. Okaii thank youuuuuuu, byeee .