Co-Written by RatedrKjErIcHo.

Mia and her mom arrived at the church for the rehearsal. She walked in and saw her family and Wade's family. She smiled at him as she walked to the altar.

"Okay, since our bride is here. Let's get this rehearsal going." Father Farris said to them. "Okay, after the walk down the aisle on the arm of her father, Mia you will stand beside Wade. And I will pray and give the greeting. Then I will ask who is it that brings this woman to this man? Domenico you will say I do. I will then do the pledge of support and Mia, both of your parents will say we do. Then I will ask your parents, Wade. We will then do the unity candle with the moms. And I will read Paul's letter to the Romans 12:9-18. I will then say this is the word of the lord and everyone will say Thanks be to God. I will then read Responsorial Psalm 71st Psalms and everyone will read along with me. The next reading is the first letter of John 4:7-12. Next is the Gospel of St. John. Then the catholic wedding ceremony homily. Then the wedding vows. I will say Mia and Wade, as you dedicate yourselves to each other, we are mindful of the presence of God around us. You will hold each other hand and slide the ring half way on and repeat the vows after me. I will ask the best man who holds the rings and he will say I do. I will say a blessing over the ring and then Mia, you and Wade will light the unity candle. We will have the wedding prayer and the first communion. Then the Lord's Prayer and the sign of peace. Then I will pronounce you husband and wife and then say the benediction. Then you will kiss the bride and depart."

He finished going over the rest and made sure everyone knew what they were doing. After the rehearsal, they headed to Giano's.

"I want to thank everyone who has been there during the wedding planning of our only daughter's wedding." Domenico said. "We are so happy that she is marrying Wade tomorrow. We couldn't ask for a better son-in-law. Wade, we are happy to have you in our family and we are happy to be associated with the Barrett family. Di famiglia. Ci sono molti anni insieme."

"Di famiglia." Everyone answered holding up their glasses.

Everyone enjoyed the dinner and Wade and Mia gave their attendants their gifts. Which were diamond necklaces for the bridesmaids and a diamond encrusted watch for the guys. Once the rehearsal dinner was over, Wade walked Mia to her car.

"I hate that I can't be with you tonight." He said as they stood by her car.

"Well, we have the rest of our lives to be together. You know how my mom is." She laughed wrapping her arms around his neck. "Besides we did spend the night with each other the night of the bachelor and bachelorette parties. So we should not stay together the night before our wedding."

He wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her. "I know the rules your family has. They would be so shocked if they knew you weren't a virgin on your wedding day."

"Technically no but seeing as you are the only person I've been with, it would probably be okay. I mean I am marrying you. So really I have only been with my husband."

"That is true. Now, I have somewhere to be to take care of something." He kissed her passionately. "I love you Mia."

"I love you too." She kissed him one more time and then she got into her car and drove toward the compound.

After Mia left, Wade caught up with his brothers and friends at a local strip club. He wanted to have some fun.

"So, tomorrow bro, you will be off the market." William, his older brother, said to him as they sat in the strip club watching the dancer called Honey doing her dance.

"I might be married but I will still get whoever I want." Wade laughed. "Mia is naïve and has been sheltered all her life. She will believe anything. I will still be able to be with other women and she will be none the wiser. Like she believes I truly love her. I do love her but I love the power that she brings more."

"It will be a powerful union." Drew, his other brother said.

"That will. When father came to me when I was fifteen and told me I would marry Mia. I was angry and shocked. She is beautiful but I didn't want her. But father explained everything and then told me to make her fall in love with me. So I did. Father was right. The uniting of our families will bring so much. We can now be the most powerful."

"That we will." William said holding up his glass. His brothers soon followed. "To the Romano's and the Barrett's. The two most powerful families."

"And to the naïve Mia. She is making all of this so easy." Wade laughed as they clink their glasses.

John, Randy and Ted had followed Mia. They were deciding on how to take her.

"The best time is before the wedding. When she is in the bride's room." John said as they sat outside the Romano compound.

"Why do you say that?" Randy asked.

"Because she will be alone. There is a time when the bride is alone in the bride room. That is the time to take her."

"Alright." Randy replied. "So we will plan to take her from the church."

"Do you think we will go to hell for that?" Ted asked.

"Seriously Ted. You think about that." Randy laughed.

"What?"

"You little brother are crazy." Randy laughed. "Now, are we going to stay out here all night?"

"No. We need to make sure we can get into the church without being seen and get out too." John replied.

They quickly left and headed to the church. They mapped out the route to take and how to get into the church. Once they had her, they would head to the airport. The Romano and Barrett families were in for a rude awakening.

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Di famiglia – To Family

Ci sono molti anni insieme—May we have many years together