Gillian Foster stood in front of the mirror gazing at herself one final time. Her dress that she had bought when she went shopping with Emily and Ria just barely touching the floor, her curled hair framing her face, the flower barrette pinned just above her ear, and her veil reaching to the middle of her back. Gillian turned side on and pulled her dress a little tighter around her middle. She smiled at the small bump that was noticeable when she did so, "Well little one this is the big day. Mommy and Daddy are getting married today." Gillian heard a knock at the door. She hoped it wasn't Cal since it was bad luck to see the bride before the wedding, "Who is it?"
"It's your bridesmaids," said Ria. Gillian walked over to answer the door hoping she didn't fall in the process. She had forgotten how hard it was to walk in a wedding dress.
"Gillian you look gorgeous," gushed Emily as she and Ria walked into the dressing room.
"You both do too," said Gillian.
"Yes, but today is not about us. It's about you," said Ria turning Gillian around to face the mirror once again, "In a few hours, you will be Gillian Danielle Lightman."
"In a few hours, you'll be my Step-Mom!" said Emily excitedly. Gillian smiled at that statement.
"So what do you say Dr. Foster, you ready to get this wedding started?" asked Ria.
Gillian smiled and wiped the tear that ran down her cheek away, being careful not to ruin her make-up, "Yes." Ria and Emily walked down the aisle and took their places at the front. When Gillian entered, everyone in attendance stood. Cal gazed down the aisle at his soon to be wife in awe. Everything about her was perfect and at that moment, it felt like it was just the two of them. When Gillian had made her way to the front, the minister started the ceremony.
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to witness the marriage of Calvin Lightman and Gillian Foster. May we celebrate this special event today. Cal, Gillian, go ahead and recite your vows."
Emily handed her father Gillian's ring. Cal took a deep breath and said, "Gillian Foster, the moment I met you, you puzzled me. I was never ever able to clearly read you, but that made you even more attractive. Now here you are, before me in a wedding dress, knowing that you'll be mine, that fact makes me the happiest man on Earth. Forever and always until death do us part. With this ring, I thee wed." Cal slid Gillian's wedding ring onto her finger.
Loker handed Gillian Cal's ring and she began her vows, "Cal Lightman, when I first met you, you annoyed the heck out of me. And you still do to this day," she joked and everyone laughed, "But never the less, you are my annoying lie detector. Forever and always until death do us part. With this ring, I thee wed." Gillian placed Cal's ring onto his finger.
"Gillian Danielle Foster, do you take this man to be your husband for as long as you both shall live?"
"I do," she answered happily.
"Calvin Andrew Lightman, do you take this woman to be your wife for as long as you both shall live?"
"I do," he responded.
"I know pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride." Cheers and applause filled the air, the loudest coming from Loker, Reynolds, Ria, and Emily as Cal pulled Gillian closer to him, his hand on the small of her back, and their lips met. Cal felt a little bump against his stomach and looked down, smiling at the small swell his wife was sporting. How could he have not noticed it before now? "May I present Dr. Calvin Andrew and Dr. Gillian Danielle Lightman!"
Cheers and applause were heard once again as Cal linked arms with Gillian and said, "You ready for a lifetime together love?"
Gillian nodded, "I love you Cal."
"I love you too Gill," he said as they both walked down the aisle together for the first time not as friends, not as business partners, but as husband and wife.