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Our Love Story
The Wedding
Penny sat at the little table, staring at herself in the mirror, absent-mindedly running her hand through her hair.
Today was the day.
She and Link were getting married today!
Everyone expected her to be upset that she was forced into marriage so young because of the baby, but she couldn't wait! She loved Link, and she just wished they didn't have to marry under these circumstances.
Her hand travelled down to her stomach, which was starting to curve slightly with the growing baby. Penny's face grew in a grin, before allowing her hands to go back to her hair.
It may only be a small wedding, but Penny wanted it to be somewhat special. Only her parents, Link's parents and Link's sister were going to be there, so it really was a tiny wedding. Lilly, Link's mom, had done Penny's make-up in the backroom of the chapel, and she had just gone to find some hairspray before starting on her hair.
Penny stood and looked at herself in the mirror. Her hair was currently tied back in a ponytail to keep it out of her face, and her face was made up so she looked very much like a china doll, with pink lips and big outlined blue eyes. Penny smirked as she thought her parents probably would prefer it if she was like a china doll, sitting back and looking pretty as life goes by, not getting into trouble and certainly not getting pregnant at 17!
She looked down at her dress. It was quite a simple number, really. The bodice was strapless, and silky, coloured white. The skirt flowed down to her knees, and wore sophisticated white high heels. She wore a diamond engagement ring on her finger, which Link had surprised her with the day before. It was a gold band, with a modest sized diamond in the middle with two little garnets on either side.
"Penny?"
She turned to see Lilly standing in the doorway, a can of UltraClutch in her hand.
"You
okay?"
Penny nodded and went back to the dressing table, sitting
down, "Yeah. Fine."
Lilly stood behind her, looking worried,
"Is something wrong? Is it the baby?"
Penny shook her head, "No. Really, I'm fine,"
Link stood at the alter, uncomfortable in a tuxedo and his hair moulded into a perfect shape. The priest was standing in front of him, flipping through his book and every so often looking up to the ceiling. Loretta had blurted out to him that her brother's fiancée was going to have a baby, and that's why they were getting married. The look on the priest's face would've been funny had it been a funny situation.
Link almost jumped out of his skin as he heard the door of the chapel open, and his mother came down to sit on the front pew with his father, smiling encouragingly at Link. Loretta was standing beside Link, holding two ring boxes in her hands and humming The Corny Collins Show theme tune to herself. Link looked around to see Prudy sitting on the pew with Link's parents, and Prudy had her eyes turned heavenward and her hands clasped in her lap, and her mouth moved silently as if she was praying. Link sighed and looked back at the priest.
Suddenly, the priest pressed the radio beside him into life and it belted out the wedding march. All 3 parents there stood up and looked towards the door, and Link turned to see Penny and Peter walking – quite briskly – up the aisle. Link's breath caught in his throat. Penny looked gorgeous! Her skin - despite all the make-up on her face – looked beautiful and clear, her blue eyes outlined stunningly and her full lips painted red. The modest dress tightened around the chest (due to Penny's pregnancy-caused expanding bust line) and around the waist, before flowing out into the skirt that swayed around her knees. Her silky blonde hair was curled and styled on top of her head in a careless-looking bun, with two curls falling down to frame her face. Her bangs were pinned back with two diamond slides, which were also holding her veil in place, and she was holding a bouquet of daisies in her hands.
"Wow," Loretta whispered, "She looks so pretty!"
Penny came to a halt beside Link, smiling at her father as he stepped away to step beside his wife. The priest turned off the radio and their parents sat down as the music finished.
"Dearly beloved…" the priest began.
Penny could barely keep still, fidgeting as the priest ran through the whole "we are gathered here today…" bit, and began on Link's vows.
She was finally going to be married to the boy of her dreams! Her soul mate, her high school sweetheart! She could think of a million other ways to describe Link but she was too excited! She looked sideways at Link as he repeated what the priest said, and he met her eyes, and she felt her heart miss a beat when she saw the love and adoration in his eyes.
How could this baby be a mistake at all? It was really just the next natural step in their relationship. Penny didn't care what anyone said! All she needed was Link and her child, and as long as she had their love and respect, nothing else was needed.
"And
now, Penny,"
Penny snapped out of her thoughts to see the priest
had finished with Link and was now looking at her.
"Repeat
after me. I, Penelope Lou Pingleton…"
"I, Penelope Lou
Pingleton…"
"Promise to take Lincoln Harold
Larkin…"
"Promise to take Lincoln Harold Larkin…"
"To
have and to hold…"
"To have and to hold…"
"In
sickness and in health, until death do us part."
"In sickness
and in health, until death do us part."
The priest smiled and looked at Link.
"Link,
with this ring…"
Here, he gestured to Loretta, who handed Link
one of the ring boxes. He pulled out a simple gold band, and turned
to Penny, taking her left hand.
"Do you
take Penny as your lawful wedded wife?"
Link met Penny's eyes
as he slipped the ring onto her finger, along with the engagement
ring, "I do,"
Penny's smile grew, until she was sure it
would split her face in half.
"Penny, do you take Link as your lawful wedded husband?"
Penny, holding the ring Loretta had given her, nodded as she slipped the ring onto Link.
"I do!" she said enthusiastically, nodding violently. Link chuckled at her excited behaviour.
"Then, I pronounce you husband and wife," Reverend Alexander Mark said, unable not to grin. He loved sending two people off in holy matrimony to live the rest of their lives, "You may kiss the bride,"
Link turned to Penny and, gently putting his hands on her waist, leaned forward and pressed his lips onto hers in a gentle kiss, before pulling away and taking her hand, leading her out of the chapel, being followed by their parents.
Afterwards, the group went straight back to the Larkin's house, where Lilly had kindly prepared a meal. Unlike the silent, sombre meal she had expected, the table was full of laughter and chatter, as Penny and Link seemed so joyful that they had to share it with everyone. After dinner was over, Prudy and Peter went home, as they'd decided Penny would stay with Link, and the people who remained sat in the living room and watched a movie on the television. Lionel sat in his regular armchair, with his newspaper but without his pipe – Lilly had banned him smoking around Penny. Lilly sat in the armchair opposite him, her legs tucked under her and avidly watching the screen. Link had hoped Loretta would squash up with her mom, but she had taken a shine to Penny and sat in-between the newly weds, her head resting on Penny's chest. Penny, feeling very maternal, had wrapped her arm around her and was holding the sleepy girl close, while Link could only watch and imagine Penny holding their own child like that. After the movie ended, Link picked up the sleeping Loretta and carried her to her bedroom, and when he came back, Penny was half-asleep, so he picked her up bridal style and carried her to his room. He put her down on the bed and went into the bathroom to brush his teeth as she changed into her pyjamas. When he came back out, also in his pyjamas, she was tucked up under the covers.
"Surely the wedding night is supposed to be a bit more passionate than this?" she joked tiredly as he climbed in beside her. He chuckled and kissed her nose.
"Don't worry, Pen. We have the rest of our lives to make up for
it,"
She beamed up at him, "Yes. We do. G'night, Mr.
Larkin,"
He kissed her again and lay down, "Goodnight, Mrs.
Larkin."
That would be SUCH A CUTE way to end the whole story.
…
But.
Lol!
Bet I worried you there!
No, I still have plans for this! I
REFUSE TO GIVE UP UNTIL I HAVE REACHED 100 REVIEWS!!
Anywho, next
chapter…I decided to add a next time, just for kicks!
NEXT TIME…
"YOU CAN'T DO THIS!!" Link bellowed, following the producer out of the room. The producer, Gregory Kingsly, sighed and turned around. Link's loud yell had attracted the attention of the whole set.
"I'm sorry, Link," he mumbled. Link was shaking with rage, not noticing Tracy giving him the stink-eye as she rubbed up against her new boyfriend, Marty, who, surely enough, was Link's replacement. Corny Collins and Maybelle were watching as the angry boy stood off against the producer.
"Due
to your…situation…" he mumbled, "We
can't have you on the show! It's a kids
show, Link!"
"So!" Link shouted, not quieting down in the
least, "Just because I'm married and I'm
going to be a father, you think it's alright
to BOOT ME OFF THE SHOW??"
Gregory nodded slowly.
"That's crap!" Link exclaimed, "BRENDA got knocked up and you let her go on holiday for 9 months!"
The recently-returned Brenda pouted and blushed as everyone looked at her.
"YES." Greg snapped, "Because she didn't embrace it like you are!"
Link resisted the urge to punch him and sighed, "Fine. I don't need this anyway!"
He turned and was about to walk away when a familiar figure appeared in the doorway of the set.
"Hi, Link. What's with all the yelling?" Penny Larkin asked, as she walked towards Link, her blue dress sashaying about her, doing nothing to conceal the bump in her stomach. Link swallowed.
Oh boy.