When the bride reached the altar, the vicar began the ceremony. The groom and bride gazed at each other, love mirrored in each other's eyes as the sun streaming through the stained glass windows made the church a myriad of colour.
"Do you Jeffery Nigel Goodwin take Elizabeth Wendy Hopkirk to be your lawful wedded wife…?"
As the vicar spoke, all the other couples in the church looked at each other or held each other's hands, remembering their wedding days or imagining those to come; Jill and Gordon, Lucy and Alun, Matron and Frankie Robinson, Samantha Beaumont and Adam Carnegie, Stella Davenport and Mr Harper, Catherine Dean and Mr Middleditch, Meryl and Mr Rose.
"I now pronounce Jeffrey andElizabethman and wife together, in name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen. You may kiss the bride."
Everyone clapped as Lizzie and Jeff kissed, together at last.
The End