Mary silently and slowly got out of the bed. She glanced at Joey who was still sleeping. She tiptoed around the boxes, trying not to wake Joey up. They had moved into a new house a week ago. She continued to silently walk into the bathroom.
She soon came back in the room and found Joey awake. "Are you ready for the big day?"
Joey nodded and smiled as he deeply stared into Mary's deep blue eyes. He got off the bed and walked into the bathroom. A few minutes later and Mary heard the water go on. Mary threw on a gray v-neck dress, with two big red flowers on the right side. She quickly blow-dried her hair, before putting on a 'touch' of makeup. She grabbed her purse and made sure everything was in it. Joey sneaked up from behind and left a trail of kisses on Mary's neck. "Were not suppose to be kissing right now. You're ruining the tradition!"
"Sorry." Joey sarcastically said, adding a chuckle. He pulled away from Mary's waist and opened a drawer full of shirts.
Mary slid her red wedges on and grabbed her bag. She then kissed Tommy goodbye and walked downstairs. She left the house and got into her car.
She soon arrived at the wedding place and walked inside to find Tami already waiting there. Claudia greeted her the second she walked and led them to the hair salon part of the place.
Pretty soon the women in the wedding party arrived. They all sat down in one of the swivel chairs and relaxed as their hair got twirled and gently pulled on. All the bridesmaids got their hair curled and pulled into a half ponytail, with a string of flowers pulled through it. The flower girl (Meredith- Mary's cousin) had her brownish reddish hair curled and pulled into a half ponytail, as well. They then put on a little tiara, with silver beading. The mother of the (groom) bride (Evie) had her hair also curled. They then pulled her hair into a bun leaving a few thin pieces hanging in the front. Samantha (Meredith's mom- Mary's aunt) had her hair curled, but left down. Mary had her hair curled, before being pulled into a bun. The hairstylist then looped the curls. "We'll put the tiara and veil on after the dress."
After the makeup, they went into a room, where all there dresses, shoes, and accessories were. The bridesmaids got dressed first and then the flower girl. Samantha got dressed, in a beautiful, strapless black dress that was a little bit above knee length. The bottom of the dress 'poofed' out and resembled a pick-up skirt. A pair of strappy silver sandals, with a four-inch heel, went along with the dress.
Mary was the last to get dressed. She carefully pulled the dress up, not touching her hair or makeup. She had Claudia zip the dress and she then slid her shoes on. She looked gorgeous. There was no way to describe how amazing she looked. Everyone just stared at her.
Pretty soon everyone pulled their cameras out. They might as well take pictures to kill the time. They only had an hour, but they had to keep Mary distracted from her fears.
The hour went quick and before they knew it, they were loading into the limo. Mary's head filled with thoughts. What if I sneeze? What if I trip? What if I get sick? What if Joey says I don't? "What if Joey says I don't?"
"What?!" Everyone said in unison as if they rehearsed it for months.
"Sorry. I didn't mean to say that out loud."
"Why would you even think that? Are you insane?" Tami tried to lecture, but just yelled instead.
"I'm sorry. I'm just nervous."
"Well don't be! Your life is going to be wonderful now!" Tami leaned over and hugged Mary for comfort.
"I know."
They soon arrived at Los Angeles beach. They anxiously waited in the ponderous tent. "Ok, just to make it clear. You are walking on the aisle. It's a little turquoise carpet thing. It is on the grass and the beach is ahead. We're facing the beach. So you're going to walk to the 'fake' alter and take a seat in the front row. Ok?"
Everyone nodded, getting impatient. Before they knew it the music started to play and Meredith was starting to leave the tent. She studied the beautiful scene. Everyone was dressed formal, sitting on white chairs with beautiful turquoise bows. The altar had a blue ribbon wrapped around it. She walked down to the end of the aisle and sat in the first row. Next came the bridesmaids. Brit leaded, following Bree. Tami finished them off. Louie, the ring boy (Son of Sara and Mike- Joey's aunt and Uncle.) was next. He held onto the turquoise pillow, with two beautiful rings. He got down to the end of the aisle and stood next to Dustin, the best man. Then the music suddenly changed. You could hear the volume of the trumpets increase, as Mary stepped out of the tent. Everyone stood up and watched as she meticulously took each step. Joey's eyes widened and he couldn't help, but smile. She looked absolutely gorgeous.
Everyone continued to watch as she stepped onto the altar. The priest talked and talked, loosing the children's attention. Finally the part that everyone was waiting for came.
"Today's the day my life begins. All my life I've been just me. Just a smart mouth kid. Today I become a man. Today I become a husband. Today I become accountable to someone other than myself. Today I become accountable to you. To our future. To all the possibilities that a marriage has to offer. Together, no matter what happens, I'll be ready. For anything. For everything. To take on life, to take on love. To take on possibility and responsibility. Today Mary Santiago our life together begins. And I for one can't wait." Joey words sunk into Mary's heart, where they would stay forever. Louie stepped forward and Joey placed the wedding band on Mary's finger.
"From this day on, I choose you, my beloved Joey, to be my husband. To live with you and laugh with you; to stand by your side, and sleep in your arms; to be joy to your heart, and food for your soul; to bring out the best in you always, and, for you, to be the most that I can. I promise to laugh with you in good times, to struggle with you in bad; to solace you when you are downhearted; to wipe your tears with my hands; to comfort you with my body; to mirror you with my soul; to share with you all my riches and honors; to be with you as much as I can until we grow old; and, still loving each other sweetly and gladly, our lives shall come to an end." Mary slid the ring onto his finger and smiled.
"You may now kiss the bride."
Joey pulled Mary closer and pressed his lips against Mary. Everyone smiled and awed. As they pulled apart, an applaud met their ears. 'I'm Walking On Sunshine' played. Mary took Joey's hand and together as a married couple, they walked down the aisle.
Party
"Ok everyone it's now the moment you've been waiting for. Put your hands together for, Mary and Joey Parker!"
The music blasted through the place, making it more dramatic. Everyone clapped their hands above their heads to the beat of "Celebration". The kids were all amazed by the big 'poof' that was followed by, am elevator rising from the floor. The elevator soon opened revealing, Joey and Mary. They walked out together and down the aisle of the place. "Ok it's time for the first dance."
Joey and Mary stood center stage close together. The music soon started. They followed the melody, step by step, beat by beat. They both stared into each other's eyes and smiled. This was the beginning of their life.
I must be crazy now
Maybe I
dream too much
But when I think of you
I long to feel your
touch
To whisper in your ear
Words that are old as time
Words
only you would hear
If only you were mine
They both shared a kiss together.
I wish I could go back to the very
first day I saw you
Should've made my move when you looked in my
eyes
'cause by now I know that you'd feel the way that I
do
And I'd whisper these words as you'd lie here by my side
Mary let her warm tears fall from her face.
I love you, please say
You love
me too, these three words
They could change our lives forever
And
I promise you that we will always be together
Till the end of
time.
Joey let his tears fall as well.
So today, I finally find the
courage deep inside
Just to walk right up to your door
But my
body can't move when I finally get to it
Just like a thousand
times before
Then without a word he handed me this letter
Read I hope
this finds the way into your heart, it said
Joey lifted Mary up and spun her around, before letting her slowly slip to the ground with her dress surrounding her.
I love you, please say
You love
me too, these three words
They could change our lives forever
And
I promise you that we will always be together
Till the end of time
Well maybe I, I need a little love yeah
And maybe I, I need
a little care
And maybe I, maybe you, maybe you, maybe you
Oh
you need somebody just to hold you
If you do, just reach out and
I'll be there
I love you, please say
You love
me too
Please say you love me too
Till the end of time
These
three words
They could change our lives forever
And I promise
you that we will always be together
Oh, I love you
Please say you
love me too
Please please
Say you love me too
Till the end
of time
My baby
Together, together, forever
Till the end of
time
I
love you
I will be your light
Shining bright
Shining through
your eyes
My baby
The music ended and everyone clapped. Mary and Joey shared another kiss and hugged each other closely. "Ok everyone. Thank you for coming to our wedding. We'd like to take this time, to have mother and daughter dance, but since my Mom and Dad are gone, I'd only like to share this dance with someone special. The song is I memory of my Mother and I wish she could be here tonight, but I know she's watching me and is proud of me. She has been here for me my whole life and I know if she knew what was going on recently, she would offer me a home. Aunt Samantha?"
Samantha stepped up and hugged her niece. "I'm so proud of you sweetie." The music soon played.
Back when I was a
child
Before life removed all the innocence
My Mother would
lift me high
And dance with my Father and me and then
Spin
me around till I fell asleep
Then up the stairs she would carry
me
And I knew for sure
I was loved
If I could get
another chance
Another
walk, another dance with her
I'd play a song that would never,
ever end
How I'd love, love, love to dance with my mother again
Ooh, ooh
When I and my father would disagree
To get my way I would run from him to her
she'd make me
laugh just to comfort me, yeah, yeah
Then finally make me do just
what my Dad said
Later that night when I was asleep
she
left a dollar under my sheet
Never dreamed that she
Would be
gone from me
If I could steal one final glance
One
final step, one final dance with her
I'd play a song that would
never, ever end
'Cause I'd love, love, love to dance with my
mother
again
Sometimes I'd listen outside her door
And I'd hear him, Dad cryin for her
I pray for himr even
more than me
I pray for him even more than me
I know
I'm prayin' for much too much
But could You send back the
only women he loved
I know You don't do it usually
But
Lord, he's dyin to dance with my mother again
The music had come to an end, resulting in applaud. Mary wiped her tears away, as well as, her aunt. She may have not seen her aunt in a while but they were still in a close relationship together. "Ok we'd now like to have the Mother and Son dance."
Joey's Mother stood up and walked center stage with him. They hugged each other, remembering all the fun times they had together.
She`ll change a dirty diaper,
wipe a runny nose
Get a two
day purple Kool-Aid
stain right out of your clothes
And she'll
put her last spare dollar under your pillow,
when you lose a
tooth
She'll bust down your door,
and drag you out of bed
Make
you sit right next to her in church,
wearing your Sunday best
And
when she bows her head to pray,
you can bet she's saying one for
you
That's what mamas do
They raise you,
ground
you Build their whole world around you
With no care for the hell
they'll go through
That's what mamas do
She'll keep up with all your girlfriends,
scare off the
ones she hates
She'll get a new grey hair and a wrinkle to
spare
every time you come home late
And when you leave to chase
that dream,
she's gonna cry when she walks by your empty
room
She'll call and sing you happy birthday,
when everybody
else forgets On your wedding day,
she'll joke and say,
"Hey,
where are my grandkids?" Oh,
and when she finally gets
'em
she'll spoil 'em rotten the way her mama did with you
That's
what mamas do
They raise you,
ground you
Build their whole world
around you
And they'll carry the weight of your world too
That's
what mamas do
But she'll get old and fragile,
and the end will come
too soon
And she'll let go and you'll hold on,
the way all
children do And you'll miss her,
mourn her Leave pretty flowers
for her
And you'll cry like the baby she knew
And she'll hear
you,
guide you And pray the light finds you
She'll never stop
watching over you
Oh, until you're up there, too
"Ok everyone, we'd like to have every couple up here, to have a special dance." All the couples came to the dance floor and stood close to each other.
For all those times you stood by me
For all the truth that
you made me see
For all the joy you brought to my life
For all
the wrong that you made right
For every dream you made come
true
For all the love I found in you
I'll be forever thankful
baby
You're the one who held me up
Never let me fall
You're
the one who saw me through through it all
You were my strength
when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You
were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in
me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz
you believed
I'm
everything I am
Because you loved me
You gave me wings and made me
fly
You touched my hand I could touch the sky
I lost my faith,
you gave it back to me
You said no star was out of reach
You
stood by me and I stood tall
I had your love I had it all
I'm
grateful for each day you gave me
Maybe I don't know that much
But
I know this much is true
I was blessed because I was loved by you
You were my strength when I was
weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes
when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me
up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm
everything I am
Because you loved me
You were always there for me
The
tender wind that carried me
A light in the dark shining your love
into my life
You've been my inspiration
Through the lies you
were the truth
My world is a better place because of you
You were my strength
when I was weak
You
were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I
couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when
I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm
everything I am
Because you loved me
I'm everything I am
Because you
loved me
"Alright if we could have everyone to the dance floor!" The D.J yelled out just before "Grease," started playing. Everyone stood up and headed to the dance floor. Joey and Mary held hands and together went around to greet everyone. All the kids got in a circle and danced together. "Grease Lightening," soon played.
They rocked back and forth to the beat of the music. Everyone got excited as "Summer Nights," met with their ears, followed by "We Go Together". The crowd really went wild when "You're The One That I want," played.
That was the last song before they ate dinner. Everyone sat at their specific tables. Table one was Mary and Joe. Table two was the wedding party and Louie's and Meredith's parents. Table three was Joey's cousins and their husbands. Table four was Mary's cousins and their husbands. Table five was Joey's aunts and uncles. Table six was Mary's aunts and uncles. Table seven was Mary's Mothers aunt and uncles, known as, 'the old people'. There was a buffet of assorted food items. Table by table went up, to prevent chaos.
When everyone finished eating the D.J called everyone up to the dance floor for the 'Congo Line'. Mary led the way with Joey right behind her. Everyone eventually joined on and they walked through the place six times until the music ended.
The original, traditional songs all played and everyone danced to them.
"Ok everyone. It's time for the bouquet toss. All the females who are not married can come to the middle of the dance floor." Mary soon announced as "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," played. Most of the women gathered up in the middle, while all the men sat down with the married women. Mary through her beautiful bouquet in the air, only to fall into Tami's hands.
"Oh my gosh! I'm getting married next!"
Joey came over to Mary, who now was sitting on a chair. He lifted up her dress and pulled off the garter. All the unmarried men came to the dance floor. Joey through it in the air and it soon landed into Dustin's arms. Everyone laughed and his face became red. "What's with this? Both of them got it."
Mary laughed again. "Ok everyone, it's time for cake and dessert!"
Mary and Joey headed over to the cake, while everyone else went to their tables. "Build Me up A Buttercup," played as they stuck the knife in the cake. Everyone soon got cake and dessert.
Once they were done, the last song played, 'I've had The Time of My Life'. "Wait! Before we start the song, we'd like to have the bride and groom come up to sing it."
Mary looked at Joey and laughed, knowing it was his request. The got on the stage and took the microphones. He music started and so did they.
Joey- Now I've had the
time of my life
No I never felt like this before
Yes I swear
it's the truth
and I owe it all to you
Mary- 'Cause
I've had the time of my life
and I owe it all to you
Joey-
I've been waiting for so long
Now I've finally found someone
To
stand by me
Mary-We saw the writing on the wall
As we
felt this magical fantasy
Both: Now with passion in our
eyes
There's no way we could disguise it secretly
So we take
each other's hand
'Cause we seem to understand the urgency
Joey- just remember
Mary- You're the one thing
Joey- I can't get enough of
Mary- So I'll tell you something
Both: This could be love because
(CHORUS)
Both: I've had the time of my life
No
I never felt this way before
Yes I swear it's the truth
And I
owe it all to you
'Cause I've had the time of my life
And I've
searched through every open door
'Til I found the truth
And I
owe it all to you
Mary- With my body and soul
I want
you more than you'll ever know
Joey- So we'll just let it
go
Don't be afraid to lose control
Mary- Yes I know
what's on your mind
When you say: "Stay with me
tonight."
Joey- Just remember
You're the one
thing
Mary- I can't get enough of
Joey- So I'll tell you something
Both: This could be love because
(CHORUS)
Both: 'Cause I had
the time of my life
No I've never felt this way before
Yes I
swear it's the truth
And I owe it all to you
'Cause I've had
the time of my life
And I've searched through every open door
Till
I found the truth
and I owe it all to you
*Instrumental*
By now they both broke into a dance. Spinning each other around, doing lifts and flips.
Joey-Now
I've had the time of my life
No I never felt this way
before
Mary- Never Felt this way
Joey- Yes I
swear it's the truth
and I owe it all to you
Both:
'Cause I had the time of my life
And I've searched through every
open door
Till I've found the truth
and I owe it all to
you
Both: "cause I've had the time of my life
No
I've never felt this way before
Yes I swear it's the truth
And
I owe it all to you
They shared one more kiss, before the night had ended.
Hope you enjoyed. Unfortunately this was the last chapter. Fortunately the sequel will be up shortly. I have a feeling many of you are going to like it. I will post a note on this story for when I post the sequel. I'd like to thank my reviewers! I would absolutely love if everyone who read this story would review. Just put if it was good or if it was bad. That's all I care about. Just remember, the reviews are what get me going. REVIEW! Love BellaRose55