Chapter 30.
*THIRD PERSON POINT OF VIEW*
Who was this girl standing in the mirror?
She looked like a completely changed person from the person she was all those years ago.
Her former image was a frail and unhappy one.
Now she was radiating happiness and beauty.
As Katie stood before the full body length mirror she studied the girl smiling back at her. Her hair had been perfectly curled and held in to place with firm hair spray. Her height was inches taller due to the white glittering high heels fitted on her pedicure feet.
A white strapless wedding dress fitted her body shape perfectly and a black sequin belt wound around her small waist buckled by a black bow.
Below the waist the dress was free to sway as it hung around her smoothly waxed legs.
Katie used to be Cinderella. Used by her family and received no respect.
And now she was going to the ball and marrying her Prince.
Perfection.
"Smile Katie" said one of the film crew as he circled around her to get a full view of her finished state. Katie turned from her reflection and obeyed his suggestion.
Toby and Katie had decided to follow the likes of CTFxC Wedding and have a film crew film their whole wedding for the benefits of YouTube and their fans. Whatever happened today was going to be caught by camera and processed for a wedding video later.
If you had been a guest that day you would have already had the luck to view the ceremony location. Because it was such a beautiful early afternoon it had been decided to hold the ceremony outside. On arrival you would have been greeted by a white arc detailed with flowers curving above you. You would already be sat at your white velvet seat within row after row of many others facing where the main event would be.
And if you really were a guest you'd currently be witnessing the Vicar making small talk with Toby, whom of which was dressed up in a fancy suit. However he still wore his usual heelies and his Tobuscus shirt underneath his blazer. He really was unique.
But back inside the dressing room in the building stood a nervous Katie and Toby's best man; Jack Douglass. In his hand was a lead that was connected to the collar belonging to Gryphon, who just so happened to be playing the role as Katie's father. His coat was gleaming and he smelled like roses; ready to walk down the aisle with Katie side by side to hand her over to Toby.
"How's Antonia?" Katie asked in concern.
"Cute as ever" Jack replied "Mombuscus is looking after her".
Katie sighed a sigh of relief. "Good, I'm glad"
"Anyway, it's your time to shine" the best man stated and he gave Katie a reassuring nod. He handed over the lead to Katie and she took it willingly. She thanked Jack for his kindness and he retreated to his position beside Toby at the ceremony.
Katie was now alone with Gryphon who seemed to understand the situation so therefore was on his best behaviour. He was careful not to get his furry paws treading on her wedding dress as they both made their way slowly down the spiral staircase, which was made of marble.
Katie was growing more and more nervous with each and every step but refused to stop until she was right before where she had to begin to walk in time with the wedding music. She reached her place and looked down at Gryphon.
"Don't let me fall" she whispered to him and he cocked his head up at her in understanding.
One of the musicians had gotten up to wait for Katie's arrival and as soon as he saw her he gave her the thumbs up in which she returned. He proceeded to scuttle back to his place with the rest of the musicians and counted them in under his breath.
As soon as the music began to fill the atmosphere with exquisite notes Katie soon realised there was no backing out now. Not that she even wanted to.
The guests rose from their seats so they could respect the bride and gaze at her expensive dress. Toby tapped his fingers on his sleeve anxiously and anyone would be able to tell he was about to cry from so much emotion.
But nobody was paying attention to him right now.
All eyes were set on where Katie would be walking seconds from now.
Tightening her grip on the lead Katie began to step out in to full view of everyone with Gryphon in tow. Sooner than she expected anyone in the ceremony could now see her and she could hear gasps of awe and small giggles at the view of Gryphon the dog walking her down the aisle.
Katie had previously planned to smile with gratitude at all her guests but all plans had now just flown out of the universe. Right now in this moment in time all she could focus on was the handsome sight standing in front of her at the end of the aisle. This handsome sight was her groom, her daughter's Father and husband to be.
As Katie reached her groom she witnessed a single teardrop fall from his eye. Toby then looked down at Gryphon and winked at him before the best man stepped forward to take back the lead and stand with Gryphon at the side.
Toby held out his hand and Katie reached hers out to take his own. They positioned themselves accurately in front of the Vicar and both simultaneously glanced at their daughter who was being bounced on Toby's mother's lap before facing one another.
"Glad you could make it" Toby whispered to Katie and she gave a small laugh.
"I heard this was a pretty important event" she replied.
And it was time to recite their vows.
"I swear if you drop me I will get a divorce!" Katie squealed as Toby held her bridal style for the wedding photos. They had by now officially made their vows and were now taking photos whilst the staff set up the after party. Before they had been taking photos with the best man, Antonia and Toby's parents and now were just doing bride and groom photographs.
Typical Toby jumped slightly pretending to lose balance and drop Katie but soon laughed it off whilst Katie's racing heart slowed down after thinking she was going to hit the ground and ruin her beautiful white dress.
One of the waiters strode over with a big smile on his face. "The tables and disco are set up and the guests are seated at their places. You can come now"
Toby grinned in reply. "Thank you my kind Sir!"
The camera men packed up their equipment. "We'll go down there and set up so we can film you both coming down the steps" they announced and made their way to where the after party was being careful not to drop their expensive cameras and tripods.
Toby turned to face Katie. "You know what? We should vlog this!"
Katie giggled. "You're certainly right"
Toby reached in to a pocket on the inside of his blazer and pulled out his iPhone. He turned it on and began to record.
"AUDIENCE?! WHAT?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING AT MY WEDDING?! THAT'S...WELL AWESOME! INTRO OF DARKNESS THEN REDNESS THEN WHITENESS!"
Toby slung an arm around Katie's shoulder and pulled her in closer. "We're married!" Katie shrieked and stood up on her tiptoes to kiss Toby on the cheek who pulled his head back and laughed dramatically.
"Hey, want to go out to the after party and see everyone cheer at us? Well sure ya do!"
Katie placed her hand in Toby's free one and they began to walk to the after party while Toby vlogged. As soon as they reached the after party Toby flipped his iPhone around to show all the guests who were cheering and wolf whistling.
"WELCOME MR AND MRS TURNER!" boomed a voice from the DJ booth.
"WEEEEEEWH!" Toby shouted and faced the iPhone back to him.
As previously planned in secret (so Katie didn't know of the surprise) a member of staff scuttled over with a microphone for Toby. All the guests sat back in their seats and waited what was next going to happen.
Katie looked confused at Toby who picked up the microphone and carried on to film himself.
Toby was actually quite nervous and took a sharp breath. "I know none of you ever see me serious so I'm going to vlog this too. Such a rare moment must be captured on film!"
The guests giggled amongst themselves and someone cheered.
"Rogue Cafe is where this whole experience started. Beautiful Katie was there minding her own business and BOOM! I accidently run in to her causing my drink to spill on her. I'd like to say I'm sorry for that but I'm not. In fact it was the best thing to ever happen to me. Me and Katie have been through so much together that you would have thought impossible. We've been through crisis after crisis and then having a baby together which you would usually think to happen over a long period of time. But not for us. I guess we're just different"
"Of course you are- you wore heelies to your own wedding!" the best man called out and the guests laughed again.
Toby cleared his throat. "Katie and Antonia mean every single thing to me. You know those old clichés where people say they would die for the person they loved? Well I really understand that cliché now. And now I want to spend the rest of my life with them by my side. I want to grow old with Katie whilst we watch Antonia grow. We want to laugh through her toddler years, stress through her teenage years and do the same for her children. We want to do it together"
Toby looked in to his iPhone which was still filming. "I want to thank the Audience for everything. You guys will always be the foundation to my success. Because of you guys I made a dream job become a career within reality and I couldn't thank you enough. You guys have dedicated years to watching the random crap I put on the internet and never fail to amaze me. You've seen me through my building of popularity on YouTube, having a child and now getting married. No matter what I do you guys are always there to share a piece of my life with"
Toby turned back to look at his guests. "All of you here have supported me through my YouTube career. In fact the majority of you are friends I made on YouTube!"
Massive whoops came from the crowd of YouTube lovers and Katie giggled.
"Which is why I now want you all to help me end my vlog in the typical lazy vlog way. You ready guys?"
"3...2...1"
"OUTRO OF DARKNESS THEN REDNESS THEN WHITENESS" shouted each and every guest.
"BOOOOOOOOOOOOP!" they all screamed.
Toby pressed end on the recording of his vlog and Katie took that hand again.
"So thank you all for coming guys" Toby announced and Katie nodded in agreement.
"Thank you helping us celebrate the beginning of the rest of my family's life"
And everyone cheered and applauded.
Toby took Katie's face in his hands and kissed her deeply before pulling away and facing their guests.
So if you're ever in Los Angeles, remember to pop in to a little cafe on the high street where you can watch the world go by.
Because in that little cafe great things happened.
And maybe the same will happen for you.
In Rogue Cafe.