Bare Fisted-Ch 15
When Penelope and Dave joined JJ and Emily Penelope smiled when she saw her son standing there, he was the ring bearer so he had their wedding bands on a pillow. She leaned down and kissed the top of his head and said, "momma loves you", he giggled and said, "lub you momma" as he turned around and watched first JJ and then Emily start walking up the flower covered aisle that led to his dad.
Fran, Sarah, Desi, Henry and Jack watched as the maids of honor made their way up the aisle, JJ and Emily were beautiful in their light blue dresses and when they got to the front of the aisle they turned to watch Hank as he started making his way to his dad. Derek couldn't help but smile as he watched his son walking up the aisle in his little tux.
He was such the little man, he looked so much like Derek and Fran couldn't resist snapping picture after picture as her grandson made his way toward her carrying the rings on that cute white pillow he picked out. When he was at the top of the aisle he walked over and stood in front of his dad and Derek said, "good job buddy" causing Hank to grin.
Penelope and Dave then slowly started making their way toward Derek, he felt his heart racing as he watched her walking closer and closer to him, the way her dress hugged every curve made him inwardly groan. She squeezed Daves arm a little tighter as she saw a smile grace her hotstuffs lips, he looked so handsome in his tux and when she saw their adorable little son standing in his matching tux she couldn't help but smile even bigger.
When Dave and Penelope made it to the top of the aisle he put her hand in Dereks and then kissed her cheek before walking over to join the others, the minister smiled and said, "you may be seated". Derek gently squeezed Penelopes hand and said, "I love you", she winked at him and said, "I love you to" as the minister readied to continue the ceremony.
He smiled and said, "love, love is what brings us together today, the love of Derek and Penelope, these two have been destined to be together since the day they met, they are a loving couple that due to no fault of their own had been separated for 4 years". Penelope sighed happily and then smiled at her future husband before turning her attention back to the minister.
After a short prayer the minister said, "who gives this woman to this man"?, Hank smiled and said, "we do sir", Derek smiled and patted his son on the shoulder as the minister smiled. He then asked for the rings and Hank stepped forward and held up the pillow so that the minister could get them, Hank then walked over and climbed up in Frans lap while everybody watched.
The minister then said, "I understand that the two of you have written your own vows, correct"?, Derek and Penelope in unison said, "yes sir", he then handed Derek Penelpoes ring. He then smiled and said, "put this ring onto Penelopes finger and then recite your vows to her", he nodded his head as he reached and got the ring.
As he slid it onto her finger his heart raced, he then looked at her and said, "Penelope, baby girl, you are my life, you, our son and our family are my world and I can't imagine my life without you". He squeezed her hand and said, "for a long time I was afraid that I'd never see you again but now that I'm here and I have you I'm never letting you go again".
Tears streamed down his face as he said, "I love you with my entire heart and soul, you are the best thing that's ever happened to me, you are the other part of my heart". They then turned to the minister as he handed Penelope Dereks ring and said, "put this ring on Dereks finger and recite your vows", she smiled as she took the ring and slid it onto his finger.
She then said, "Derek, hotstuff, you are now and will forever be the love of my life, you are the yen to my yang, my best friend, my lover, our sons father and today you become my husband". Tears streamed down her face as she said, "when you were taken away from us it broke my heart, it broke my heart because I was afraid that you'd never get to see our son".
She then looked over her shoulder at Hank and then back at Derek and said, "Hank is so much like you, so much like his daddy and sadly you had to miss a lot of his firsts but from this day forward we're only going to concentrate on moving forward with our lives together". Penelope gently squeezed Dereks hand and said, "you are the love of my life, their is no other man for me, you're it and I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with you, loving you and being loved by you".
The minister then said, "if their is anyone that can show just cause why these two can't be lawfully joined let them speak now or forever hold their peace", after a few seconds he then said, "by the powers vested in me by this state, I now pronounce you husband and wife". The happy couple looked at each other and then the minister said, "Derek, you may kiss your bride".
He cupped her face and then leaned in and pressed his lips gently against hers, they pulled apart a few seconds later to the sound of hands clapping and the well wishes of their family and friends. The minister then said, "it gives me great pleasure to introduce to you Mr. and Mrs. Derek Morgan", Derek then leaned in and claimed his wife in another kiss before they pulled apart and turned to face their friends.
The newlyweds then intertwined their fingers as they started making their way back up the aisle as they headed to the reception tent across the yard with their family and friends right behind them.