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Chapter 22

Mike's POV

"Here you go Sweetie," I walked into our new room with the glass of water Lucy had requested. When she returned home from the hospital, I moved into the Camden's so that I could properly take care of her. She and I were now bunking in Simon's old room. Mary and Ruthie moved into the Hello Kitty room, while Matt, Robbie, and Simon moved into the attic. "What are you doing up?"

"I'm tired of lying around," Lucy complained. "I'm not used to lying around the house and doing nothing all day. It's boring. I want to be up, walking around, helping Mom with the house work. I want to be doing anything but this."

"I'm sorry that you are so miserable," I lead her back to the bed. "If you are bored, I'll get you anything that you like: a book, a handheld game, maybe I could see about bringing my TV over here."

"No, that's okay," Lucy sighed. "I don't want to be any trouble."

"It wouldn't be that much trouble," I insisted.

"Whatever," Lucy rolled her eyes at me.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"I told you, I'm just bored and tired of lying here; but hey, it's only for two more months. I'm sure I'll survive." Lucy sighed.

"No, there's something more," I eyed her suspiciously. "Tell me. Is it the babies? Is something wrong with them?"

"No, the babies are fine," Lucy assured me.

"Is it me? Am I getting to you? Do you want me to move back home?" I asked worried.

"No it's not you," Lucy told me and I breathed a sigh of relief. "You've been great. I don't know what I would have done this past month without you."

"You probably would have driven your mother crazy," I smiled at her.

"That's not funny," Lucy crossed her arms and frowned at me.

"I'm sorry. You know I was only joking around," I kissed the top of her head. "If it's not me and it's not the babies, then what is it?"

"It's the wedding," Lucy admitted.

"You're having second thoughts about getting married?" I asked, again worried. She couldn't change her mind about us, could she?

"No, I feel guilty about the wedding," Lucy explained. "I feel terrible about so many people flying in for the wedding and then there was no wedding at all."

"That's not your fault," I told her. "I'm sure that everyone understands and they are not mad at you."

"Yeah," Lucy agreed. "But I still feel bad about it."

"Well, you shouldn't," I told her, sitting down on the bed next to her.

"But I really wanted to be your wife," Lucy looked up at me and I held her close.

"And you will be," I told her. "We'll reschedule the wedding and everything will be fine."

"I wanted us to be married before the babies get here," she told me.

"We still can be," I told her, reaching for the phone. I dialed the number and waited for the answer. "Mom, its Mike. I need you to come over to the Camden's……No, nothing is wrong, I just need you to come over for a few minutes……Okay, I'll see you then."

"What are you doing?" Lucy asked confused.

"You'll see," I kissed her before moving to open the bedroom door and shouting down to the rest of her family. "Can everyone come up here for a minute please?"

"What's going on?" Reverend Camden asked as Lucy's family appeared in our doorway.

"Lucy and I want to get married," I announced. "We want to be married before the babies are born."

"You mean, right now?" Mrs. Camden asked.

"Why not?" I asked.

"What about the church?" Lucy asked.

I grabbed her hand and kissed it as I kneeled down next to her. "We can renew our vows at the church after the babies are born," I told her. "Right now, I just want to be your husband. What do you say Luce?"

"Dad, can you marry us now?" Lucy looked up at her father.

"Of course Luce," Reverend Camden smiled back.

"Wait, Mike. What about your mother? Don't you want her to be here when you get married?" Mrs. Camden asked.

"I already called her. She should be here any minute." I assured her.

"Do you have the rings?" Reverend Camden asked.

"Yeah, they are on the nightstand," I grabbed the rings that were on the nightstand beside the bed and sat back down next to Lucy.

"So I guess all we're waiting on is your mother." Reverend Camden announced.

My mother arrived a few minutes later and I explained the situation to her before Reverend Camden began the ceremony. "If anyone here sees cause why these two shall not wed, please speak now or forever hold your peace." No one objected and Reverend Camden continued. "Mike, do you take Lucy to be your wife? Do you promise to love, honor, and protect her, forsaking all others and holding only to her?"

I smiled as I looked over at Lucy. "I do."

"And do you Lucy take Mike to be your Husband? Do you promise to love, honor, and protect him, forsaking all others and holding only to him?"

"I do," Lucy smiled back at me.

"Alright Mike, repeat after me," Reverend Camden instructed me. "I, Mike take you Lucy to be my wife. To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer, and I promise my love to you forevermore."

"I, Mike take you Lucy to be my wife. To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer, and I promise my love to you forevermore." I repeated.

"Lucy, please repeat after me," Reverend Camden continued. "I, Lucy take you Mike to be my husband. To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer and for poorer, and I promise to love you forever more."

"I, Lucy take you Mike to be my husband. To have and to hold, in sickness and in health, for richer and for poorer, and I promise to love you forever more." Lucy repeated.

"Wedding rings are an outward and visible sign of an inward spiritual grace, signifying to all the uniting of this man and this woman in marriage. Mike please place the ring on Lucy's finger and repeat after me. With this ring, I thee wed."

I placed the ring on Lucy's finger and looked in her eyes as I repeated the words. "With this ring, I thee wed."

"Alright," Reverend Camden turned to his daughter. "Lucy please place the ring on Mike's finger and repeat after me. With this ring, I thee wed."

Lucy took the ring from me and placed it on my finger. "With this ring, I thee wed."

" Mike and Lucy in so much as the two of you have agreed to live together in Matrimony, have promised your love for each other by these vows, the giving of these rings and the joining of your hands, I now declare you to be husband and wife. You may kiss your bride." Reverend Camden announced with a tear in his eye.

I smiled before capturing Lucy's lips in a light kiss. I couldn't believe that we were finally married.

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