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Chapter forty-seven

Sookie's POV

I felt so nervous as I adjusted my dress into the right place, Ammy coming up behind me where she zips the dress up for me. The last few months have felt as though they have just flown by, it has been a drastic few months. What with me coming closer to the end of my pregnancy, then there is Ammy and Alec finding a family home for themselves. If my calculations are right, Ammy should be around about 2 months pregnant now, maybe more, whereas I am almost six moths' pregnant, meaning that I am about to give birth considering that my pregnancy is shorter due to the Vampire gene our children have. Today, as you can probably already guess, is my wedding day. I am finally going to marry the man I love; I am finally going to be Mrs Northman. Ten years of being together and I am finally marrying him. We are both dedicated to each other, we both love each other; we are also both willing to sacrifice everything in order to save the other person. That is true love.

When it came to wedding dress shopping, I found the perfect dress within seconds. The dress I decided on – the dress, if I may add – is an A-line, floor length dress that is made of chiffon. There is a train length attached to it and the neckline is in a sweetheart shape; it is also an empire waist dress. It is perfect. I knew it was the perfect dress the second I saw it. It is even in a wonderful cream/ivory colour that I just love.

"You look beautiful, mom" Ammy compliments as she pulls my hair off of my shoulders. I wanted it done curly, but pulled back in the traditional wedding hairstyle. As she does my hair I take in the bridesmaid dress she is wearing, I chose this dress out myself. It is a white dress that features a feminine scoop neckline with cap sleeves and knee length short A-line skirt. Ammy is my only bridesmaid, and I'm glad for it. She may not be my biological daughter, but she is most definitely my best friend. I don't think I could ask for a better bridesmaid on this joyful, special day.

"Dad's lucky to have you. You are the only woman I know who can put up with my father, let's face it, he isn't exactly the easiest of men to get along with. He has put you through so much crap over the ten years you two have been together, but you still stay with him and together you work through everything. That's what I call dedication. I hope me and Alec are like you two, a successful relationship. A successful loving family" she smiles at me, her words moving me as she finishes off my hair. I give myself one final look in the mirror, the door slinging open as Annika rushes into the room.

"Mommy, the cere…cermon…"

"Ceremony" Ammy helps her out, Annika nodding.

"Yeah, that, it's starting soon. Daddy is stood waiting for you at the alter; you look very pretty by the way" Annika grins as she skips over to us. Annika is my flower girl, her dress is white just like Ammy's and her dress has a tulle jewel neckline tea-length A-line dress that has the feature of rouched bodice, floral waistband and a draped skirt with a gathered hemline. She looks stunning, just like her older sister.

"We better get this show on the road then. We don't want to leave your father waiting now, do we?" I joke, Ammy laughing as she takes hold of Annika's hand before they lead the way out of the room we're stood in. We decided that it would be better if I got the dress on when I got to the church, that way the dress wouldn't get creased, nor would I have to worry about getting it mucked up before the wedding. We all walk out of the room we were designated where we walk down the hall, my eyes being drawn to all the interesting designs on the walls and windows. I never thought Eric would actually go for a church wedding, but I guess he wanted to show me that my religion is now his religion. Or at least something that is similar to that. Let's face it; Eric will never be a Christian.

"Mom, here, I picked these for you. They're Pulsatilla vulgaris flowers, they are native to Sweden" Ammy informs me as she passes me the bouquet of beautiful purple flowers. They are so breath taking, they fit in perfectly with the colour scheme we have chosen for the wedding as well. Plus it is a piece of Sweden, which is great considering that we are actually getting married here. You can imagine how much of a problem we had when it came to the fact that I couldn't fly due to how far along I was, so we all took a car ride here and we went over the sea on a ferry. One that only caused me to be sick, but I get the slight feeling that my morning sickness was to blame for that. Not the rocking of the ship. I have never had sea sickness before, so I highly doubt that was what caused me to throw up. But that doesn't matter; we're not on the sea anymore, instead I am about to walk down the aisle where I will greet Eric who I will marry. We will be a proper family. We'll be a lawful couple. I want to be his wife.

"Annika will head up first with her flowers, I will go behind her and then you can walk down behind me if you want" Ammy probes, obviously waiting for me to confirm the order in which she believes is the right one. I nod my head as I take a deep breath, the doors opening, Annika making her way down on the count of the man stood at the entrance. We hired him to help us get the rhythm right as we walked, plus to make sure we had a suitable amount of time between us all as we all walked down. Once Ammy has started to walk I stand at the door, just out of sight of anyone in the church, my hands clutching the flowers as I try to calm my nerves. This is what I want.

"Good luck" the man whispers as he motions for me to start my stroll down the aisle. I thank him before making my way down the path to marriage, Eric's eyes instantly finding mine.

I couldn't help the huge grin on my face.

I watch as Ammy breaks away from the aisle to go sit with Alec, who greets her with a kiss and hug. Alec is dressed in a formal black suit, that really compliments him, and him and Ammy look great stood next to each other. I smile to myself as I look over at Eric. He looks great in his fitted black tuxedo, he looks sexy and irresistible. GQ really doesn't know what they missed. I mutter in my mind as I come to meet Eric at the altar, his hands sliding into mine as he places a light kiss on my cheek. I look to the side where I spot Zach dressed in a small version of Eric's suit, he looks adorable.

"You look stunning" Eric murmurs in my ear before he pulls back, a grin on his face as his eyes stay attached to mine. Just as the priest begins to speak, I feel a sharp pain stab through my stomach, causing me to take in a sharp breath as one of my hands rest on my stomach. Oh, God, please, no, not now. Not now.

"Lover, are you okay?" Eric whispers as his eyes scan every inch of me, almost as if he expected blood on me or expected me to just drop to the floor dying, or crying out in pain.

"Fine" I grit out. I know you're eager to come out, but please, just let me get married first. You can postpone for about thirty minutes, surely. I think to myself, praying to God our baby got the message. We didn't want to know the gender until he or she was born, so to this day we still have no idea what sex our baby will be. It will be a surprise for us, instead. But it would seem our little one wants us to get that surprise right now. Talk about wedding presents…

I wait patiently, trying to hide the contractions I am having as the priest carries on with the ceremony, Eric watching me carefully. He can feel my pain; he knows this baby is coming. I can see it in his eyes, but he isn't doing anything. Maybe he knows that I want us to get married first. I want us to get married before this baby is born. He must be able to see that.

"We will now do the vows" the priest announces, making me sigh in relief. That means we are close to the end of the ceremony. It's not that I want to rush this wedding; I just want to hurry up and get married so I can get this child out of me. Almost right on cue, my waters break, the sound of the water hitting the floor is blatant as everyone starts whispering, Ammy jumping up out of her seat in alarm. I couldn't help whimpering as I sit down on the floor, my legs separated as I take deep breaths.

"Lover, we need to get you to a hospital"

"No, please, let's finish what we started. Please, I want this" I whisper as I take Eric's hand in mine, after he has kneeled down in front of me. He bites his lip before running his hand through his hair, obviously debating as to he should do.

"Dad, just finish off the vows. Say the 'I do's' and then you can rush her off to the hospital" I hear Ammy shout out from the pew, Eric nodding as he takes both of my hands in his.

"Sookie, I love you more than anything in this world. From the first time I laid eyes on you, I knew you would be mine. At first, I thought I wanted you to be mine, but as it turns out, I needed you to be mine. I know now that I cannot function without you. I know now that you are the light to my soul, the light to the darkness that I live in. You are my everything, and I don't know what I would do without you" he begins, my heart racing as I try not to cry. Not through the pain, but through the sheer love burning in his eyes for me.

"That day when you turned up at Fangtasia with a small child, my child, little did I know, I knew you would make a great mother. My point was proven as you helped me raise Ammy, and then our wonderful twins. And I know you will carry on to be a magnificent mother to our little joy who is getting ready to meet the world. You are a marvellous woman and I am lucky to have you. I love you" he murmurs before leaning over and kissing me.

"Sookie, your vows?" the priest raises an eyebrow at me, almost as if he expected a baby to shoot out of me at any second. You could see the wary in his eyes.

"Eric, we have been together for ten years. Within those years you have made me laugh, smile, cry, frown and even yell. But not once did my love ever falter for you. I have put up with everything you have thrown at me, I have supported you from the very start and in return you loved and supported me back. And today we give ourselves to each other. We dedicate not only our lives and souls, but our love to each other today. Today is the day when we will begin the rest of our lives as a family, but I also think it is the day your fourth, and last, child will be born. I can just feel it" I laugh.

If I didn't laugh I would only cry. These contractions are killing me. This child seriously wants to be here right now.

"Eric, do you take Sookie Stackhouse to be your lawfully wedded wife?"

"I do"

"Sookie, do you take Eric Northman to be your lawfully wedded husband?"

"Yes!" I cry out, feeling not only thankful that he cut out all the useless information, but also over the moon that I am soon to be Mrs Northman, not to mention a new mother to our fourth child.

"I now pronounce you Vampire and wife" the priest grins, everyone clapping as I screech out; Ammy, Eric, Zach and Annika rushing to my side instantly.

"Someone phone an ambulance, she needs to get to a hospital right now" Eric roars.

"No, this baby is coming right now!" I scream as another contraction hits me.

AN: I really want to know what gender you want Eric and Sookie's baby to be, plus the gender you would like Alec's and Ammy's to be. Please do offer suggestions xx

Here are all the links:

Sookie's wedding dress:

http:/www(dot)goweddingdress(dot)com/images/wedding-dresses/jasmine-collection/2526(dot)jpg

Ammy's dress:

http:/www(dot)weddingdressonlineshop(dot)co(dot)uk/3811-taffeta-scoop-neckline-with-cap-sleeves-knee-length-a-line-hot-sell-white-2011-bridesmaid-dress-bm-0561(dot)html

Annika's dress:

http:/www(dot)weddingdressonlineshop(dot)co(dot)uk/flower-girls-dresses/6136-tulle-jewel-neckline-rouched-bodice-and-draped-skirt-with-gathered-hemline-tea-length-a-line-2011-hot-sell-flower-girl-dress-fl-0133(dot)html

Eric's tuxedo:

http:/www(dot)jcrew(dot)com/wedding/Wedding_Groom_Groomsmen/tuxedos/PRDOVR~50678/50678(dot)jsp