A Wedding Day Surprise

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I've found a reason for me
To change who I used to be
A reason to start over new
And the reason is you

I've found a reason to show
A side of me you didn't know
A reason for all that I do
And the reason is you
-Hoobastank

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A month later

Kitty didn't know what had gotten into Pete but she knew that she could definitely get used to it. He had gotten up early and done all of the housework before waking her with breakfast in bed. After breakfast they laid together talking as Kitty stroked Lockheed's head.

"You have any plans for today?" Pete asked.

"As long as I can leave the house for a couple hours, I don't care what we do," Kitty shrugged. Moira hadn't put her on bed rest but had told Kitty that she had to take it easy. Here she was at seven and a half months and as big as a house.

"You wanna go fer a drive?" Pete asked.

"Okay," Kitty said. She got dressed well aware of her lover's gaze sweeping possessively over her. She smiled remembering bursting into tears a month ago when she had seen him watching her.

"What's wrong?" he had asked alarmed.

"I'm fat and-and ugly," she had sobbed. "Even you-" He had kissed her stopping her words.

"Silly girl, do you know why I can't take my eyes off of you?"

"No," she had said her lower lip still trembling.

"Because, I can't get over how amazing this is," he had told her. "Kit, I'm a bad man."

"No!" she had protested.

"I am," he argued. "I've done some really bad shit. I don't deserve this, I don't deserve to be happy. But then I found you. And you... you love me." The pure wonder in his tone caused her eyes to well up with tears again. "Just the fact that you love me and that you're carrying my babies... sometimes I need to see it, to prove to meself that I ain't dreamin'." She had thrown herself into his arms sobbing. Pete, realizing that these were good tears, simply held her this time.

"Ready?" he asked helping her with her shoes.

"Yep." He opened the door for her as well as the car door. Once she was safely in and buckled up he started driving.

"So I was thinking," he said after a few minutes. "You and I haven't done much of anything conventionally, have we?"

"No," she said wondering where he was going with this.

"Well, I'd like to fix that. Sort of."

"Sort of?" Kitty repeated.

"Well, it's not quite conventional, but I figure that it'll do." He stopped in front of a Synagogue. "So what do you say, luv? Wanna get married?" Kitty gaped at the Synagogue then looked back at Pete who held a ring out to her.

"You want to elope?" she asked her eyes glued to the ring. It was a simple solitaire, but Kitty didn't think that she had ever seen anything prettier.

He scratched the back of his head a sure sign that Pete Wisdom was nervous. "Well, yes, sort of." She arched a brow at him but her eyes were sparkling. "I invited the team and the X-Men, plus me sister's here. I'm kinda takin' a leap of faith here, hopin' that you'd say yes." He gave her a grin. "I'll look awful silly if you don't."

"We wouldn't want that," she smiled.

"So what do you say?"

"Let's go get married," she grinned holding her hand out for him to put the ring on it. He grinned giving her a kiss before going around to open her door for her. Kitty winced touching her belly.

"Are you okay, luv?"

"Yeah, let's go," she said flashing him a brilliant smile.

The Rabbi had to admit, this was one of the most beautiful ceremonies that he had ever overseen. The ceremony itself was simple, it was the pure love between the couple that made it so beautiful. He would admit that when he had seen how young the girl was compared to the man, especially when he had seen that she was very pregnant.

The doubts faded when he saw how the couple looked at each other. It was an odd grouping of people that had gathered but it was rare that he felt so much love in a room. When they kissed he couldn't help but smile. The man held the woman as close as he could without squishing her belly.

The woman gave him a sweet smile before saying, "Well, not that that's don, I've been having contractions since we got here."

The man blanched. "I- you- what?"

"Let's go, lass," a middle-aged woman said coming forward to take the girl's arm. "Aye swear, Kitty! You shoulda spoke up!"

"There was no way that I was going to, like, interrupt my wedding. I told them to wait." The Rabbi watched them go knowing that this was one wedding that he'd never forget.