Wedding APOV

I was nervous. Christian, my best man, was trying to calm me down. I had a slight hangover from last night. It would probably fade away before the ceremony began.

"Adrian, calm down." Eddie said as he walked into the room. Eddie was dressed to perfection. We had gone tuxedo shopping last week. We all had chosen the same jacket, pants, and shirt. Eddie and everybody else wore the same tie except Abe and me and my father.

"Adrian, could I have a word with you?" Abe asked. I was suddenly even more nervous. My hands were sweaty; it was only a few hours away till Rose and I were married.

We walked into the spare room. Abe turned to face me. "Adrian," he began, "I trust that you will make my daughter happy and that you will love and care for her as long she wants you too. I wish you the best. I'm warning you, young man, if you ever hurt my little girl, you will regret it." Abe looked at me and I suddenly wanted to flee from the room. I was scared.

"Abe, you have my word that I will make Rose the happiest woman alive. I will love her forever and never will hurt her."

He seemed to be satisfied for he left me to do my thing. I looked at my Rolex watch. "Soon, Rose. . ."

Wedding RPOV

OH MY GOD! I AM GETTING MARRIED TODAY! my head screamed at me as I got out of the shower. I had a slight hangover and that was all Lissa's fault for making me drink all those Margaritas last night. Lissa was waiting impatiently outside the door; I could sense her through the bond.

Rose IF you do not hurry up, you will not get married today! Lissa shouted through the bond.

Jeez, hold your horses, Lissa. I'm out already.

"Finally!" She shouted.

All girls were all ready there and dressed. I was the only one who needed to get dressed and ready. Damn, I only had five hours!

I had chosen to get married on the beach. The ceremony would be inside a chapel that was close by; then the party would take place outdoors under gazebos. I hadn't seen the decorations yet, but whatever they were they were sure to be fancy and expensive. Yaritza and Lissa and Mia were my wedding planners, although I had hired a wedding planner. Once, I overheard them speaking about how they had spent almost a million dollars already on the wedding.

I really didn't care about the wedding just as long as I got married.

"Rose, are you listening? How do you want me to do your hair?"

"Lissa, you're in charge. Do it however you want."

Once I gave the go-ahead, Lissa, Yaritza, and Mia began working on me. I drifted in and out of sleep as they polished every part on my body. My head was still hurting a little from the slight hangover or maybe I was just really nervous. I didn't care about anything right now just as long as I got married, as I've mentioned.

My mother and Tasha Ozera walked in sometime later. I was not surprised to see Tasha dressed up in her brides maid dress. What did surprise me was my mom. I had never seen her in a dress before; she looked great. I could see where I had inherited my good looks from.

My mother walked to me where I sat on the chair in front of the mirror. I was thankful when I saw that in her hands, she carried a plate of food. "Have you eaten yet?"

"No." I said eyeing the piece of chicken with rice pilaf.

"Then here I brought you something to eat."

I didn't need further instructions; I dug in as soon as I she handed me the plate. I finished it in seconds.

I still had a while to go. Yaritza and Lissa still weren't done with my hair. They let me go to the bathroom for at least five seconds; I took that escape as an advantage to brush my teeth. I didn't want my breath smelling like chicken and rice as soon as it was time to kiss Adrian.

I came out and Yaritza and Lissa had the final things to finally finish my hair; I could see the veil in Yaritza's hand and Lissa had my hair piece.

Yaritza pinned my veil down. It was a beautiful veil. It was a short, layered type and had little rhinestones on the ends. My hair piece was just as pretty. It sort of looked like a crown. After Yaritza was done, Lissa proceeded to put on my hair accessory.

Finally, it was time for me to change into my wedding dress. Lissa had made me buy three dresses. One for the ceremony, one for the party, and one for going away on the honeymoon. They were real pretty. I couldn't wait to put them on.

A lady dressed in a white outfit brought in my dresses. They were wrapped in white bags.

Lissa squealed when she saw that all the dresses had arrived. I swear, it was like she was more excited than me!

I didn't think that was possible.

Lissa and Yartiza and Mia took the bags from the lady. Yaritza and Lissa came up to me and hauled me inside the bathroom. They took out my dress from the white bag. Once the dress was out, Lissa ordered me to strip out of my clothes and into my white corset which would go underneath the dress.

Once I finished with my corset, I slid into my beautiful dress. My dress was from the designer, um, who knows? All I knew is that it cost almost a million dollars. The beautiful silk-like material felt soft on my skin.

My dress was white. At the top, where it covered my boobs, it had like rhinestones and beads embroidered. At the bottom, where it covered my feet, it had another set of embroidered rhinestones and beads. The last part that had something embroidered was the train that flared out. One word for my dress? Beautiful.

After I was finished dressing, I slipped on my high heels. The shoes were simple and comfortable, although it was a four inch heel. The heels had a strap of diamond like jewels for the toes to go through and another one at the ankle to tie them.

My mother helped me put on my white gold necklace that had millions of little diamonds. It was a gift from Adrian. I put on my three carat square cut earrings. My original engagement ring was still on hand. I hadn't agreed for Adrian to replace that.

"You look. . ." All girls stared at me like I was some kind of science project.

"Beautiful" A lady holding a digital camera and wearing a bride's maid dress said walking inside the room.

This lady seemed very familiar to me, but I was sure I had never seen her in my life.

Yaritza ran to her and then I knew. Adrian's mother.

"Mom!"

"Hey, sweetie." Adrian's mom was nothing like I imagined. In my head, I imagined her with a mean look, pretty, and discriminating against people who weren't Royal like her. She turned to me. "You must be Adrian's lovely future wife?"

"Mother, this is Rose Hathaway. Rose, this my mother, Arianna."

She ignored my outstretched hand and hugged me instead. "I am so glad that you are going to marry Adrian. My son was meant to have the best and you are the best."

Did she just say those words? I think I'm hallucinating. I smiled. "Thank you."

Just then a professional photographer came in. "Picture time!" The guy exclaimed a little too overly excited.

Mia finished doing final touches to my make up. We all lined up and the photographer took pictures of all of us. He made the bridesmaids all line up together in their sage green dresses and took several pictures of them. He took a lot of pictures of me in several different poses.

The wedding planner interrupted our fun when she ran into the room. "Ladies! Head down there now! We only have fifteen minutes till the wedding starts! Rose, are you ready?"

She yelled out orders like a Navy Commander. All the girls were out the door in about three seconds. My mother and Lissa and Arianna stayed only. Lissa was my maid of honor. She slipped a garter on my foot all the way up to my knee. My mother slipped a blue pin on my hair.

Arianna put a bracelet on my hand. "Here, this was Adrian's grandmother's bracelet. She wanted Adrian's wife to have this."

I suddenly felt a little choked up. "Thank you" was all my mouth could say.

"LADIES! OUT!" The wedding planner yelled once again and once again Lissa stayed with me.

"I said OUT!"

Lissa turned on her. "Look, old hag! Rose is not paying you a million dollars to yell at everybody! She is paying you to plan her wedding!"

With that the old hag shut up. It was funny to watch.

"Five minutes," she said meekly.

As if on cue, my father, Abe Mazur, walked into the hotel suite.

My dad was a gorgeous man. There was no way to deny that. He wore all black with a dark green shirt. Over his chest pocket was tucked a beautiful calla lily.

Calla lilies were my flowers. The color for my wedding was sage green. The theme was something to do with stars and love.

"Wow, Dad, you look great."

"Sorry I can't say the same for you." He looked me from head to toe. "You look beautiful, my daughter. Like a beautiful rose, Rose."

"Thanks, Dad." I could hear the song playing downstairs, the song that notified us that I needed to be walking down the aisle soon. It our signal to go downstairs. I followed after Lissa, after she handed me my bouquet of calla lilies. My dad tucked my arm into his.

We arrived to the chapel and had to wait ten seconds. The music changed into the original bride symphony. My father walked me to the front of the aisle where I could see my love standing. He turned towards the back, to see me enter. Our eyes locked and the whole one thousand guests disappeared as my eyes locked with his.

We, my dad and I, finally made it to the front. My father placed my hand on Adrian's and he gave me the usual father/daughter blessing. He kissed my forehead and left to take his spot.

Before the ceremony started Adrian whispered, "You look beautiful."

"So do you."

He was about to say more but just then the minister spoke. "Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today in the presence of these witnesses, to join Adrian and Rose in matrimony, which is commended to be honorable among all men; and thereforeis not by anyto be entered into unadvisedly or lightlybut reverently, discreetly, advisedly and solemnly. Into this holy estate these two persons present now come to be joined. If any person can show just cause why they may not be joined togetherlet them speak now or forever hold their peace."

He went on until it was time to say our vows.

I went first. "I, Rose Hathaway, take you, Adrian Ivashkov, to be my lawfully wedded husband, my constant friend, my faithful partner and my love from this day forward. In the presence of God, our family and friends, I offer you my solemn vow to be your faithful partner in sickness and in health, in good times and in bad, and in joy as well as in sorrow. I promise to love you unconditionally, to support you in your goals, to honor and respect you, to laugh with you and cry with you, and to cherish you for as long as we both shall live."

It was his turn. "Rose Hathaway, from the moment I first saw you, I knew you were the one with whom I wanted to share my life. Your beauty, heart, and mind inspire me to be the best person I can be. I promise to love you for eternity, respecting you, honoring you, being faithful to you, and sharing my life with you. This is my solemn vow." Some tears escaped my eyes.

Then it was time to put a ring on each other.

I put on his ring first. "I give you this ring to wear with love and joy. As a ring has no end, neither shall my love for you. I choose you to be my husband this day and forevermore."

He took of the ring I was wearing and handed it too Lissa who was holding a ring box. He then slid a ring similar to my former one onto my finger. Except this one, was at about six carats. "I give you this ring as a symbol of my love and faithfulness. As I place it on your finger, I commit my heart and soul to you. I ask you to wear this ring as a reminder of the vows we have spoken today, our wedding day."

After we finished our vows, the minister declared us husband and wife. "By the power vested in me by the State of God, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."

Adrian turned to me and I'm sure there were a million tears in each others eyes. He cupped my face and we whispered our "I love you's" before kissing each other passionately.

There were a lot of clearing of throats in the audience. We laughed before we pulled away.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Mr. and Mrs. Adrian Ivashkov." The crowd erupted with applause.

We walked out hand in hand outside to stand on the stairs of the chapel. Lissa's arms were the first to find me. Tears were escalating down her eyes. "Rose, I am so happy for you!" She hugged me before going to hug Adrian. Christian hugged me next. "Congrats, Rose. I am happy you found someone. So when are you guys going to start popping out kids?"

"Oh, fire boy! Thank you!" he was holding his daughter in his hands and I took her away from him. "Hey, baby!"

I had to give her back to her father because a million people were waiting in line to hug me and Adrian.

A hot looking guy, with Arianna's hand on his, came up to me and Adrian. "Son! I am proud of you for choosing such a beautiful wife!" He hugged his son first before hugging me.

"Rose this is my dad, Charles Ivashkov."

"A pleasure to meet you."

"Oh, Rose, trust me, the pleasure is all mine."

Arianna pulled me to into a huge hug. "Welcome to the family, Rose."

"Thank you."

"My little boy, I am so happy for you. Baby, when are you going to give us the news that we are going to be grandparents?"

I looked over to Adrian. "Yes, when, Adrian?"

"Oh, trust me mother, soon." He kept his eyes locked with mine as he uttered those words. He gave me a wicked smile.

"I hope so!"

The Queen came up to us then, or should I say ex-Queen? She hugged her favorite nephew first and then hugged me. "Rose! I am so glad that you guys are finally married! I can't wait till you two fill up the whole Royal Court with my great, great nieces and nephews!"

They left us alone for while the photographer took pictures of me and Adrian on the chapel steps.

An hour passed, and Lissa came by. "Excuse me! I have to steal Rose for a second." Lissa said and hauled me away.

I saw my parents and they hugged me quickly before Lissa got really mad.

"What do you want?"

"You need to change into your other dress remember?"

"Um. . . Lissa, I am all ready wearing a dress."

She rolled her eyes. "You need to put on your other dress remember?"

"Uh . . . No."

She eyed me as we got into the room. She went over to the closet and found got out my party dress.

I quickly changed into my dress. This dress was fancy and sexy at the same time. It was white and had this one shoulder strap thing with a white flower for decoration. It had a miniature train.

Lissa began working on my hair and did some crazy hair style that I would have never done by myself. She took of the veil and the crown and started pinning my hair in different places. After she finished, she clipped on three real daffodils.

"What day is it today?" Lissa wondered.

"Saturday. The twenty fourth of April. Why?"

"Holy shit!" She ran into the bathroom.

"What is it, Liss?"

"Oh, jeez." She walked out of the bathroom after she finished throwing up her guts.

"I'm pregnant again!"

"Well, congrats!"

"Oh, shit. I'm going to kill Christian." She grabbed my hand a took me to where the reception was taking place.

One I got there I almost had a heart attack. There were at least a thousand guardians surrounding the party. But other than that it was beautiful. The weather was nice and it fit the ocean side wedding theme perfectly. Millions of calla lilies mixed with sage green were scattered everywhere. On the tables were vases full of lilies and crystal hangings. A thousand little lights lighted the semi dark evening on the beach.

It was absolutely beautiful.

A set of warm, hard hands embraced me from behind. "There you are." He whispered in my ear.

I kissed him a little too eagerly and heard Lissa she was going to find Christian to kill him. He pulled away and smiled at my pouty lips. He leaned down and whispered very wickedly in my ear. "We'll have plenty of time for that later on." he kissed all the way down to my throat and then up again until he met my lips.

He let go when Keanu, the picture guy, came up to us. "Hurry! Hurry! Lets go take picture on the beach shore before it gets too dark to see."

I took a deep breath trying to calm myself; I was very close to beating up that poor guy.

Adrian took my hand and squeezed it. "Come on, Rose. It's rude to keep people waiting."

After the damn paparazzo finished with us, we went to enjoy our wedding party.

The party went well. The music was fine. All the customary traditions were part of my wedding. We cut the cake first. It was a reasonably fancy cake. It was a five layered cake; little crystal beads were sticking out of the sides and it was all white. Three flowers adorned the top.

Christian, apparently Lissa hadn't killed him yet, and Eddie laughed their asses off as Lissa and Yaritza made Adrian take of my garter with his mouth. Adrian played and caressed with my leg before finally moving on to taking it off. He threw it and it landed straight into Paul's, his brother, arms. I threw my bouquet with dead precision into Yaritza's hands.

After all that, Adrian pulled me into his arms for our first dance. We danced to the song I Need You by Tim Mcgraw and Faith Hill. It all went well until Lissa pulled me away again.

"Come on! Its almost time for you to go!"

"Go where?" I asked when she and I were walking down the hall.

"Your honeymoon, idiot!"

"Any idea where Adrian is taking me?"

"No."

"Just one hint Lissa?"

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"Is that all you can say?"

"No."

She and I laughed and we entered the room again.

I didn't know why I was suddenly nervous as I slipped into my last dress. This dress was beyond sexy; it was completely improper, racy, sensual and very lascivious looking. This dress was made from a silky material. The dress clung to my body all the way to my chest and to my waist where it flared out into a short train. It, also, had a teardrop neckline that showed much more than I would want to show. It was perfect. Totally Adrian's style. I knew he would love it as soon as he saw it.

"Good luck, Rose."

"Thanks, Liss."

We headed back down. Adrian and I shared our last dance, dancing to the song Amazed by Lonestar. We said our good byes to all our guests.

We walked to the runway where Adrian's private airplane was waiting. All of Adrian's family was there. Yaritza, his older sister, Maylin, his oldest sister, Paul, his brother, and his mom and dad. A little to the side was standing Eddie, Mia holding Seth, Christian holding Adriana, Lissa, my dad with my mom's arm around my dad.

They hugged and kissed us goodbye before they let us board the plane. Shortly after the crew people closed the door, Adrian's brother yelled, "Wear protection!"

Adrian and I laughed. We settled on the comfortable seats. Instead of sitting on the seats, I sat on his lap.

"Mrs. Ivashkov, I love you."

"I love you more."

"How could that be possible?" He leaned me down until my head practically touched the floor. He planted a lot of kisses up and down my body before letting me go; the maid had arrived with our dinner since we only got to eat a small amount of food at the wedding reception.

I was very hungry when I saw what was inside the silver trays. Steak, big pieces of steak. On the side was a green salad. Rice pilaf and shrimp skewers sat on the other plate. Bread rolls with butter spread on top of them. Adrian and I dug in and it was not long before we fell asleep in each other's arms.