The story of Piper Halliwell and Justin Harper

a/n: This is the story of Piper and Justin's wedding day. They are eighteen and have not long graduated high school.

Chapter five

It was the night before Justin and I were getting married. We were sitting at a table in a some posh resteraunt in town. It was our rehearsal dinner. The night was pretty good. Justin and myself sat side by side as we ate. After the main course, I heard scraping on the floor and the sound of a spoon hitting glass. "Can I have your attention please!" Came the voice of my soon-to-be husband. "I would like to propose a toast to the most beautiful blind pregnant woman in this room. to my future wife and the mother of my children. Piper by this time tomorrow we will be wed and there is nothing that gives me great pleasure than to say that I love you." The room eprupted in applause and it was a very happy atmosphere. That night I stayed at home and Justin went to live in his parents house. I had Olivia that night.

The next morning I woke and I was excited but nervous at the same time. It was my wedding day, in a few hours time I was going to be Mrs. Justin Harper. Only I had been told that it was a tradition for the women to keep their names. So I woke up to giggling two-year old. She cuddled into me before I picked her up and got out of bed. Grams had run me a hot bath and I could tell that she was upset with me for getting pregnant twice as a teenager and marrying the first guy that asked. "Grams I'm sorry that I'm such a disappointment to you." I said as she helped me wash my hair. It was frustrating not being able to do this by myself any more but I don't really have much of a choice, even now well into adulthood I cannot wash my own hair.

After my bath I had some breakfast. I remember having oatmeal with fruit salad and some yoghurt washed down with a glass of orange juice. I started getting ready. It was really awkward getting dressed while six months pregnant and blind. Eventually with a lot of help from Grams and Prue I managed to get my dress on. I was nervous, and I wasn't big on hiding it either. "Grams?" I asked. "Does every woman feel nervous on her wedding day?" She told me that it was perfectly normal and that all women do. It never made the feeling go away. Finally it was time to leave for the church.

I was getting some finishing touches done to my hair and make-up, when I put my hand on my stomach. During my last pregnancy I was able to see my bump grow. This time I couldn't see anything. I wanted nothing more than to see how big I had gotten. I knew that I was big, you couldn't be six months pregnant with twins and not be. I just needed to see it.

I heard the wedding march and Grams led me out of the room we were standing in and into another where the wedding march was being played. I could imagine my best friend in the whole world standing there looking at me in my wedding gown and smiling his charming smile that hadn't changed a bit since pre school. Someone took my arm and Grams let go of me. It was Justin I later discovered. He held me in his arm and at this point, I no longer felt nervous I knew that I had made the right decision by agreeing to marry him. "Ladies and gentlemen we have gathered here today to witness the joining of Justin Harper and Piper Halliwell in holy matremony. If anybody has a reason for them not be married speak now or forever hold there peace." There was a silence around the room. That was a very good sign. The vicar continued. "Can the ring bearer please present the rings." I felt a metal ring being placed into my hand. "Justin you may now recite your vows to Piper."
"Piper you are the mother of my children. We are young and still have the rest of our lives a head of us and I know that we can spend our lives together with our children. I will always love and respect you and I will cherish you as my wife, and my solemate. I know that as your husband, you feel the same way about me." I was nearly in tears at the beauty of what he had said. "Piper you may now recite your vows to Justin." The vicar continued.
"Justin you have always been there for me and I know that most people would argue that we are too young for this. But I would rather marry you now in this lifetime than wait a lifetime and be with anybody else. I love you Justin Harper, I always have and I always will."
"You may now exchange rings." Justin took my hand in his and placed a ring on my finger. I did the same to him. "With the rings as a symbol of everlasting love. With the power invested in me. You may now kiss the bride." We joined in a kiss more passionate and more dignified than any other kiss we had shared.

At the meal the speeches were beautiful, but none of the words said by Justin's older cousin Mark could have bet Justin's vows, I will never forget the words he had said to me that day. The reception was fantastic. I remember dancing with Justin to the song Nothing's going to change my love for you. I remember cutting the cake, it tasted delicious. I will never see what it looked like. Soon the party was over and the guests left. All that was left to do was go to the hotel we had booked for the night.

When we were in the hotel's honeymoon suite we lay on the bed talking to one another. "Piper, I meant what I said at that alter earlier today. You are my solemate and I have known that since the moment that I layed my eyes on you-"
"Let me stop you there" I said to him. "I have an idea. Why don't we renew our vows every ten years from this day until we are dead in our graves in one hundred years from now?"
"I think that it is a great idea. Other than the living until we are one hundred and eighteen years old." He kissed me then and we were not about to break it.

We got back from the honeymoon suite the next day and told my grams the plan we had for our ten year anniversary. She loved it and thought that it makes sense to do that as we were so young. Prudence only said that it was possible if we actually made it as far the next ten years.

We did and we have shared many more decades of love than anybody thought we would.

a/n: I needed to tell the story of at least one wedding. So I decided on Piper and Justin's as the story is about them. The song I choose for the first dance was the one my mum and step-dad had at their wedding and I think that it is perfect as a first dance, it suits both couples perfectly too. Even though both Piper and Justin are just characters from Charmed.