Sorry that this chapter is so short everyone. I promise that the next one will be longer.
Kate sat in front of the mirror as her mom curled her hair and Abby helped with her make-up. She could feel her hands shaking as her nerves started to take over. This was it. In a little over and hour, she would be Mrs. Anthony DiNozzo. Well, technically her name would be Caitlin Lauren Todd-DiNozzo, since one Agent DiNozzo at NCIS was more then enough, but still...
"Cailtin, are you alright?" Tonya looked at her daughter's pale reflection in the mirror.
Abby noticed too. "Kate?"
Before either of them knew what happened, Kate had rushed off to the restroom.
"Is she okay?" Laura asked, seeing her younger sister run off. "Maybe I should go talk to her."
"No," Tonya said. "It's just nerves."
"And pregnancy," Abby added.
"Well... you two look wonderful," Tonya blurted out, changing the subject.
"I don't know," Laura complained. "This dress makes me look... pregnant." Abby and Tonya gave her a look. "Don't worry. I'm not."
Abby just rolled her eyes to herself. Laura was a very overdramatic person, kinda like Kate. Either way, she loved her own dress. All the brides maid dresses were a shade of deep red. Of course, since Abby was the maid of honor, hers was slightly different. Unlike Laura's, Abby's dress was strapless with a black band going across the top and sheer black netting flowing over the bottom. It took a lot of convincing to get Kate to add black, but Kate knew how Abby was and as long as there were no skulls anywhere, she was... okay.
Although Abby's dress was pretty typical of something she would wear, her hair was another matter altogether. Instead of her usual pigtails, she's allowed Tonya to help her add some loose curls and they'd pinned a section to the side with a small red rose clip. It was very 80s retro.
"I'm going to go check on Kate," Abby said, leaving Laura still fussing and complaining about her dress.
::knock knock::
"Kate? Is everything okay?" Abby walked in and saw her best friend sitting on the floor, tissue in hand. "Aww, honey. There's no reason to be crying. You're getting married... to Tony."
"What if my dress doesn't fit Abby? What if everything is wrong?" Kate whimpered as Abby sat beside her.
"It will."
"What if I totally screw up my vows?"
"Tony will forgive you."
"What if my mascara runs and I look like a complete mess?"
"I have water proof."
"Yeah, but what if I cry even more."
Geeze, I never knew Kate had so many insecurities. "Then I'll cry even more with you."
"Thanks Abbs... thanks for everything."
"Anything for you," Abby said, hugging Kate. "Anything for my best friend."
"Kate, I love you. You are my best friend. Today I give myself to you in marriage. I promise to encourage and inspire you, to laugh with you, and to comfort you in times of sorrow and struggle. I promise to love you in good times and in bad, when life seems easy and when it seems hard, when our love is simple, and when it is an effort. I promise to cherish you, and to always hold you in highest regard. These things I give to you today, and all the days of our life," Tony told Kate as he wiped a tear off of her cheek.
"Tony, I promise to give you the best of myself and to ask of you no more than you can give. I promise to accept you the way you are. I fell in love with you for the qualities, abilities, and outlook on life that you have, and won't try to reshape you in a different image. I promise to respect you as a person with your own interests, desires, and needs, and to realize that those are sometimes different, but no less important than my own. I promise to keep myself open to you, to let you see through the window of my personal world into my innermost fears and feelings, secrets and dreams. I promise to grow along with you, to be willing to face change as we both change in order to keep our relationship alive and exciting. And finally, I promise to love you in good times and in bad, with all I have to give and all I feel inside in the only way I know how... completely and forever," Kate said through tear stained cheeks and breaths of air.
"Having exchanged vows before God and all those who are present to witness this holy union, please exchange rings," the pastor said and waited as the two placed the rings on each others fingers. "I now pronounce you man and wife before God and His people. You may now kiss the bride to represent the beginning of your life together."
Tony held tight on to Kate's hands as he kissed her and wished that it would never end. He could hear Abby sniffling behind Kate and his brother saying "Go Tony" behind him.
"Friends and family, it gives me great pleasure to present to you Mr. and Mrs. Anthony DiNozzo," the pastor belowed, it echoing throught the church as people stood up and clapped, cried and even whistled.
"Welcome to the good wives club Katie," Tony whispered jokingly in Kate's ear as he led her down the aisle and towards the double doors.
Kate gave him a quick elbow in the ribs... always a great way to start off a new marriage.
Chapter Title- I titled this chapter "The Good Wives Club" because Kate and Tony just got married and also because of what he says to her as they are walking down the aisle.
I'm not sure if that is exactly how everything happens after the vows are read -been awhile since I went to a wedding- but I did my best.