Chapter 30 – the wedding

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The big day had finally arrived. Mike went to stay at Buffer's the night before, it was unlucky if they saw each other before they got to the church. And god knows they have had their fair share of bad luck within the Hammersley family and they certainly weren't looking for anymore.

Mike's parents had shown up first thing in the morning to look after the children so that Kate, Becca and Nikki could all get changed in peace. Kate was very grateful about that. Both Becca and Nikki had stayed over the night before, it was a tradition.

So they had a nice girly evening, alcohol free of course, Kate didn't think it was fair to drink around Nikki when she was pregnant. But Nikki said it was okay for them to have a drink, she wasn't jealous. They all laughed about that.

They all had an early night that night because they wanted to feel refreshed in the morning ready for a fabulous wedding. The wedding that only took about 4 months to plan was finally here, even though it was a short amount of time to plan a wedding it was going to be perfect.

Everything seemed so calm in the household. Mike's parents were feeding the children their breakfast giving Kate more time. So Kate used the chance to get a shower. It was about half past nine when the hair dresser showed up to do all three of their hairs.

They all had their nails done yesterday as a special girly treat. They all wanted to look beautiful.

Once Kate was out the shower, she threw on her dressing gown and when downstairs to where the hair dresser was. Becca was the next in the shower. Kate had her hair in a beautiful bun, were half her hair was up and the other lot was down still. Her blonde hair that was down were loosely curled and the bun was threaded with diamantes. It was gorgeous.

All three had very similar hair does. But out of all of them, Kate's stood out the most.

They all did their make up and helped each other into their dresses. They looked stunning.

Kate supported a long ivory colour dress. It was strapless and the top was covered with cream coloured beads and diamantes. While the rest was very simple and plain. She had a small train and decided against the idea of a veil. It reminded her of olden days. The dress hung closely to her small frame and she looked elegant and very stunning.

The bridesmaid dresses were a skirt and a bodice style top. Again very stunning and elegant. The top was strapless and the same colour as Kate's dress, with blue voil flowers sown on. The skirt was long, floor length and was a pale blue colour, again was very beautiful. All three girls looked lovely.

It was now time for everyone who was downstairs to see them...

They all walked downstairs, Kate in the front, with Nikki and Becca behind. They all looked glamorous. Everyone gasped who was downstairs. There was a few of the crew that had gathered to see them leave.

There was Marshall who gasped at the sight of how beautiful Kate was. She just looked amazing. They all did.

As they continue moving slowly down the stairs, some woman from the flower shop was bringing in the flower arrangements for them. They were each handed a bouquet of roses. They were a short bouquet and Kate's bouquet was the biggest of all of them. Both Nikki and Becca had matching ones but just a bit smaller.

Marshall had become a close family friend to Mike and Kate, and almost acted like a father figure to Kate. A father figure that she never had. That was the reason in which Kate had asked Marshall to give her away.

"Oh Kate, you love absolutely stunning," Marshall had said to Kate.

"Thank you Steve," She said back to Marshall.

"You all look fantastic," Marshall said turning to face Becca and Nikki.

It was now half one and the wedding was a two so they had to get a move on and into the car so they could go to the church.

Mike's mum and dad took all three children in their car, they were too young to be bridesmaids they were only a few months old.

"Are you sure you're okay with them?" Kate asked Mike's mum.

"Oh course Kate, stop worrying and enjoy your big day," She replied.

Kate smiled.

Two white wedding cars were waiting outside the house for them. There was one for Nikki and Becca and one for Kate and Steve.

They all gave each other a hug and Becca and Nikki both wished everyone good luck.

Nikki and Becca got in the first car that was waiting whilst Kate got in the second one with Steve. The whole car journey was quiet.

Kate was excited about getting married to Mike but she was also nervous. There was going to be a lot of people here today and Kate never like being the centre of attention which she definitely was today.

Kate turned round to see Steve smiling at her.

"Kate, I just what to say thank you for asking me to give you away, it is an honour to do it for you," Steve said.

"Well, you were the best man for the job," Kate laughed.

Both of them started laughing. It was the ice breaker to a deeper conversation.

"Seriously Steve, you have been like a dad to me for the last few years. A dad that I have never had. You have always been there for me, and sometimes I wish you were my real dad," Kate said.

"Oh Kate, I would love to be your dad but someone out there in this world are you real parents, I don't know the reasons they put you up for adoption but I know that it was probably one of the hardest things they had to do. They probably thought they would be giving you a better life without them, someone who would look after you better," Steve said.

"Yeah right, better life, I don't think so. My childhood was torture and I wouldn't want any child to be put through that again. I would love to meet them one day. I want to ask them why, I have so many questions in my head that go unanswered. I need to put them to rest," Kate replied.

"Well Kate, I am sure that day will come around, I am sure that you will have that chance, and you can ask all those questions. But for now, this is your wedding day and you need to enjoy it. Don't think about the past, think about what you have now. You have three beautiful children, and a soon to be husband that loves you dearly. So think of the future, you deserve a good one with all the bad luck you lot have had so far," Steve said.

Kate had happy tears running down her face, she was happy and grateful for what she had. Steve was right, it wasn't about the past it was about the future. She had to focus on that now.

"Thank you Steve, I told you, you were the best man for the job," Kate laughed.

Steve just gave Kate a smile.

They had arrived at this little white church set back with rose bushes and wildlife. It was a perfect church for both Kate and Mike. It wasn't over the top and it wasn't too little, it was just perfect.

Once they arrived Becca and Nikki were just getting out of the first car. Everyone else was already in the church waiting. This was it, this was the last time she was going to be called Miss McGregor, which she was very excited about. She couldn't wait to be Mrs Flynn.

Steve got out of the car first, and then helped Kate out of the car, it was a warm day in spring and there was a cool breeze. Becca and Nikki started walking over to Kate whilst she was getting out of the car.

This was it, she was ready.

Both Nikki and Becca wished her good luck and hugged her. Steve kissed Kate on the cheek and also gave her a hug. They both linked arms and walked towards the church.

Kate and Steve were the first to walk down the aisle with Nikki and Becca following closely behind her. Mike who was stood up near the front, turned to face Kate. She looked absolutely stunning. This was his Kate. Mike couldn't wait to say I do. He had a very big surprise for Kate after the wedding.

Kate walked slowly down the aisle, looking at people as she walked past, so many people had turned up today for her wedding. She was amazed that so many people attended. She knew all the people that were sat there. As she walked past she mouthed hi to them. This was going to be a great day she felt.

She saw two youngish people sitting at the back of the church away from everyone, Kate thought it was strange at first, they didn't look much older than her and she didn't recognise them. She just presumed it was Mike's family that she hadn't met yet so she passed over the thought.

She reached the end of the aisle and gave Steve a kissed and told him thank you for giving her away.

She looked at Mike, he scrubbed up well. He wore a black suit, with a white shirt and a god waist coat. He also wore a god cravat. He looked stunning himself.

"Kate, you look absolutely fantastic," Mike said in a hush tone.

Kate whispered back, "Thank you, you don't look so bad yourself."

The wedding went under way, they got through all the formalities within forty five minutes like expected in the rehearsal.

The priest just announced that it was time to kiss the bride.

Mike looked towards the priest then looked at his Kate. They both smiled at each other and them they kissed each other passionately.

It had had arrived. They were finally husband and wife and it had been a long road to get there. First Kate had got shot, there was Josh's death, there was the crash after the christening, then the crash on Kate's hen night, were the girl died and they didn't know who it was yet and then it was happy news were Nikki found out she was pregnant with Josh's baby and now they were both married.

Things were now starting to look up finally.

Mike took hold of Kate's hand and led her back up the aisle and out into car park where the two white wedding cars were waiting. Nikki and Becca followed them, Nikki with Buffer who was best man and Becca with Spider who was one of the ushers.

Kate and Mike got in the first car this time and headed towards the reception venue. Nikki, Becca, Buffer, Spider Swain, 2Dads, Charge and RO all got into the second car that was waiting. They headed off to the venue behind Mike and Kate.

Kate happened to notice that those two people who she didn't notice weren't sat there anymore when they came out. She thought it was strange. But she thought she would ask Mike who they were.

"Mike, you know when I walked into church I saw these two people sat at the back of the church, who were they?" Kate asked.

"I didn't see them," Mike replied.

"They were young, I've never seen them before so they must be from your side," Kate replied.

"Nope, not from mind, I saw everyone come in when I was greeting people, they must have slipped in at the back just before you arrived, I have no idea who they could be," Mike replied.

They pulled up to the reception venue.

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