Today is the day. In a few hours, Addison will no longer be his fiancé. In exactly 2 hours and 13 minutes, Addison will be his wife. It's seven months since the day he asked for her hand in marriage. Seven months since she said yes. Seven long months and now the day was finally here.
Time hadn't dragged by as slow as Zed had dreaded it would have, in fact, it shocked him a little at how fast it actually had gone. One moment they had sat with the caterer, going over the choices of menus, and the kinds of silverware to serve it with. The next they were going from one wedding venue to the next. Writing and sending off invitations, tux fittings, rehearsals and then all of the sudden, the day had arrived.
A knock sounded, interrupting Zed's thoughts, "Gruedy?" Bonzo asked as he appeared in the doorway, already dressed in his own tux, a light green tux similar to Zed's one, the only difference was that Bonzo's tie was green like his tux, whereas Zed's was a light rosa. To Zed's amazement Bonzo had actually combed his hair, usually he let it be left 'wild and free' as Bonzo put it, however today the green mane was combed back neatly. Bree must've spoken to him about it.
"Born ready!" Zed replied, grinning happily as he turned around, accepting the hug Bonzo gave. Once Bonzo let go of him, he gave him a gentle slap on the shoulder, grinning as well. Picking up the delicate white rose of the table, he carefully placed it neatly in his chest pocket, and with one last long in the mirror, he left the room, ready to meet his bride at the alter.
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"Please watch out for her hair!" Bree cried, anxiously looking on as the driver assisted Addison into the car, that was there to take her to the wedding venue. The driver looked nervous, clearly not wanting to agitate the maid-in-honer, held a hand over Addison's hair to keep it intact. Once Addison was safely helped into the car, seated and secured, Bree got in next to her, while Eliza went around the car to sit in the front. Buckling herself in, she turned around in her seat to face the other two women, mainly focusing on the one dressed in white. "You ready?"
A soft smile lifted Addison's lips, her eyes twinkling with joy and excitement. "More than ready, I've practically been waiting for this day since I first knew that I loved him and wanted to spend the rest of my life with him." Bree squealed happily at the happiness radiating of her best friend, and Eliza smiled broadly, excited for Zed, her best friend through many years, and her newer best friend, Addison.
When the driver drove off, her parent's home disappearing in the background, it was when that the butterflies in Addison's stomach, really started to flutter. It was only a matter of minutes now.
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"You look absolutely beautiful Addy." Dale whispered, linking their arms together, standing in front of the large wooden doors. The doors that would open in a mere of seconds now, and behind them, Zed would be waiting for her. She smiled at her father, fighting back tears, overwhelmed. "Thank you daddy."
She heard the smooth notes that the grand organ was making, swirling around her and through the doors, the familiar tunes of the wedding march. Dale took a deep breath next to her, his grip on her arm tightening slightly before relaxing. He was about to give his little girl away, to a good guy yes, but to any dad this was a tough day. It was the day where another man was going to take care of their little girl, the day where their little girl, wasn't so little anymore. He had given Zed a hard time in the start, he had his reasons, and as much as he had hoped Zed would get the hint and leave his daughter alone, he was also very glad the guy had fought his way through. He had earned Addison's son, and Dale was no longer ashamed to think of him as his son-in-law, but pleased.
The doors opened, and next to him, Addison let out a faint excited squeak when her eyes connected with Zed's from across the room, and Dale let a soft smile grace his lips.
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"Do you Zed, take Addison to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward?" the priest asked, a joyful smile on his face as he awaited for Zed's confirmation to his words. This man was the one and only priest the two of them had gone to when they where going over their wedding, knowing the man locally for his kindness to everyone. With their circumstances, no matter what the new law said, churches could still turn them away if they didn't wish to wed them, but their priest, Alan, had only clapped his hands together happily, declaring how much he loved weddings and he'd be honoured to join them together in the name of God.
"I do." Zed's smile was enormous, even if he tried he couldn't contain the happiness that was souring through him. It was radiating of off him, contagious to everyone around. Everyone was happy on this day, bright big smiles on everyone you'd see, but the two standing at the top of the alter, beat them all by miles. They had only waited since the day they met, the second they knew they were meant to be, for this day to arrive.
"And do you, Addison, take Zed to be your lawfully wedded husband? Please do, I do like this fellow." Alan joked, earning a roar of laughter amongst the audience, Addison snickered, wiping away a tear of happiness that escaped her. Nodding her, "I do." Her smile wide, her eyes filled with love, never once breaking away from Zed's ones.
"Wonderful! Well then, I can only declare you husband and wife, ladies and gentleman, please stand for your new Mr and Mrs. Necrodoplis!" And that they did, everyone stood, clapping, wolfing, whistling, cheering for the newly married, the two that had fought to stand there, the two that showed everyone that true love does exist, the two that won against the world.
"You may now kiss your bride!"
"Happily." Zed declared, trapping Addison and dipping her down, his lips crashing down on hers in a heated kiss. They had shared so many kisses one couldn't even count them, but this was on was like their first one all over again, and in some ways, it was. It was their first kiss as married, their first kiss where Addison shared the same name as Zed did.