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You promised me forever.
Chapter 19 – The blood splattered brides.
No One's POV
"Get Married."
Jade's eyes suddenly opened wide, as her jaw dropped. Though no sound came out if it, her mouth remained open. Jade just sat there, staring at Tori with a rather surprised expression on her face.
After about 15 seconds of being blankly stared at by Jade, Tori started to become uncomfortable. The smile started to fade off of Tori's face, as she began to worry if she had made a mistake.
The sight of Tori starting to become uncomfortable, snapped Jade out of her mental paralysis.
"You want to get married?" Jade said somewhat uncertainly.
The smile gradually returned to Tori's face as she nodded.
"Yes"
"You mean like now?" Jade asked with an expression that Tori couldn't quite read.
"Now, Yes."
Jade looked down at the pamphlet in her hand and back to Tori. "Just because the scissoring exhibit is ending and I said it was my dream wedding? I didn't mean to imply that we.."
Tori cut off Jade with a speech, she had mentally prepared. At the same time she put her hand on Jade's leg.
"I did it because I'm in love with you, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I've known that, since we first started going out. Jade, you're the love of my life and I don't want to be with anyone else. The main reason for my suicide attempt, was that I thought I wouldn't be able to spend my life with you. That's all I want to do. You once promised me we would be together forever, well I want to start forever now. Call me selfish but I want to make love to my wife tonight and wake up with my wife tomorrow and every other day after that. I hope you feel the same way." Tori started to get choked up as she said but she managed to get her little speech out. She hoped Jade wouldn't think it stupid.
Before Jade could react Tori said one more thing. "So Jade will you marry me?"
In the instant before Jade answered, Tori died a thousand deaths waiting, not knowing how Jade would answer.
"YES!" Jade blurted out happily as she dropped the pamphlet and pulled Tori in for a kiss. The pair kissed for a few blissful moments before Jade broke the kiss.
"I do feel the same way." Jade said as she started to tear up.
"I do have a little confession to make, however."
"And what might that be?" Jade with a strange look on her face.
"The second your stepmother Lisa said we were going to Las Vegas, I decided that I was going to ask you to get married. I had every intention before I even got on the plane, to bring you back as my wife. When you found they had a scissoring themed wedding, I just moved up my plan a bit. I was going to ask you tomorrow."
"You little sneak." Jade said with a smirk.
"Guilty." Tori said with a smile.
"I never stood a chance didn't I?" Jade said while looking at Tori with mock annoyance.
"None what so ever." Said Tori feeling rather pleased with herself.
Suddenly Jade thought of something. "We need rings. I'm not sure if they have rings?" She said somewhat nervously.
"Way ahead of you. Here in the Planet Hollywood there is the Miracle Mile shops which has a Jewelry store. So we can get a nice wedding ring for you."
Once again Jade looked confused. "You need a wedding Ring too you know."
Tori held up her right hand and pointed to her claddagh ring. "You gave this ring to me on the day we graduated from high school. It's my most prized possession, as it symbolizes your love for me. That day I you gave it to me, looked up claddagh rings. I learned that they also are used as wedding rings when worn on the left hand. I already knew I was going to spend my life with you. So I decided then and there, that the ring you gave me would eventually be my wedding ring. I was just waiting for the day, when I could move it from my right to left hands."
Tori paused and cupped Jade's cheek with her right hand. A single tear slowly tracked its way down the Latina's tanned cheek. "Don't you see, I've been wearing my wedding ring for two and half years already."
Another tear fell down Tori's cheek. "It may sound silly, but in my heart I already considered myself married to you. That I why I was so broken up, when thought you were leaving me."
Jade was speechless. Never in her life did she hear something more touching. Her heart just exploded with Joy. Jade suddenly found herself wanting to be married right away. The feelings she had for Tori just swept her away.
"I don't even know what to say." Jade said tearfully. "You're so wonderful Tori. I love you."
Tori stood up and took Jade's hand. "Come on future Mrs. Vega, let's get you a wedding ring."
Jade smirked as she got up. "Of course, future Mrs. West."
The two walked to the nearby miracle mile shops and found a jewelry store. After several minutes of looking Jade picked a claddagh ring almost identical to the one she had gotten for Tori. It was just over $100 dollars.
"You could have bought a nicer ring Jade. I wouldn't have minded." Tori remarked.
"I want one that looks like yours." Jade said with a look of confidence.
As they walked back to the Goretorium, Jade slipped her fingers in Tori's hand.
"So what is it going to be, you take my name, I take your name, or do we do some combination of the two?" Jade asked.
"How about Vega-West?" Tori suggested.
"Sounds good to me."
A few minutes later, they were at the main desk for the Goretorium. An older man who looked kind of like an aging hippy, was sitting at the desk. He was wearing Jeans and a Harley Davidson T Shirt.
"Hello, we would like to get married?" Jade said with a smile.
"Far out" the man said with a smile. "I assume you are interested in one of our packages. Let me guess, you want the Vampire package?"
With a look of giddy anticipation, Jade quickly said. "No, we would like the scissoring package."
The man nodded. "A popular one, only a few days left before we switch to our new Nightmare on elm street package. But as luck would have it, we can get you in right away."
Jade smiled and looked at Tori. "Ready Vega?"
"For a very long time." Tori said with a look of deep longing in her eyes.
"We want the whole package" Jade said to the man.
"Just you two, no friends?" He asked.
"We can get you a witness, she'll be dressed like "Megan" from the movie."
"Isn't Megan the pretty one, the one that gets killed first?"
"That's it?" Jade said.
"Sound good, well go for the whole deal." Tori remarked.
"Each of us would like to say something to the other, before the vows." Jade said.
"That's fine. Well let's get you two married. I'll have my two assistants to take you two in back and get into your wedding gowns. They will then explain what happens next."
The man who introduced himself as Tom, took the girls back to separate rooms. In each case a woman came to help them with their wedding gown.
The gowns looked very similar, to the one Jade wore to Hollywood Art's once before. But these ones had much more blood on them. In each case there was a fake scissor attached to the gown to make it appear, very realistically, that the wearer had been stabbed with a pair of scissors.
As Tori got her gown on she looked at herself in the mirror, that was in the corner of the dressing room. The gown was white with lots of lace, looking very old fashioned. Of course it was completely covered in blood and had a pair of scissors sticking out of the gut.
Tori just laughed and shook her head. To add more a real touch, her assistant put on some fake blood on her neck and face.
"How do I look?" Tori asked Brenda the girl assisting her.
"You look like you're dead?"
"I hope that's good?"
"In a wedding normally, that would be a solid no. In this particular case it's perfect."
Tori just chuckled. "What happens next?"
"Well, the ceremony takes place in an exact duplicate of the room, where the climax of the scissoring took place. You will be married by one of our people who will be dressed exactly like Tawny the killer from the scissoring. The whole ceremony will be taped for you future enjoyment."
Tori nodded.
Brenda handed Tori a bloodstained bouquet of dead flowers. "This is your bouquet. Now we have to prepare your entrance."
"Entrance?" Tori said wondering what she was getting into.
"You will be brought in the room in a body bag. Don't worry, it has air holes." Brenda said pulling out the very real looking bag.
"A body bag, Jade will be so pleased." Quipped Tori
"I take it you're girlfriend likes the movie and you don't" Brenda asked as she unzipped the body bag.
"It's her favorite movie of all time. She's obsessed with it. It scares the crap out of me every time she makes me watch it."
"To do this for her, you must really love her. Not sure if I would do something like this for my boyfriend." Brenda remarked.
"I love her very much. I marry that girl in a pit of garbage, if it meant I'd be spending my life with her."
Brenda smiled. "Well, we're almost ready. We will carry you in, Take a picture or two of you in the body bag, Pull you out, perform the ceremony, then take some more pictures. We will have some cake and refreshments afterward."
"OK. I'm ready."
Brenda opened a door and two men wearing paramedic costumes, wheeled in a gurney. Brenda then directed Tori to slip in the body bag. Oddly the body bag didn't bother her; she was starting to get nervous about the fact that she was finally marrying Jade.
In the body bag she felt herself being raised up and placed on the gurney. She felt the gurney move and after about 30 seconds she heard what sounded like the theme from the movie The Scissoring.
A second later she felt the gurney stop. A woman's voice called out.
"I see the first victim has arrived. You may unzip her."
To play the part, Tori kept her eyes closed as the body bag was unzipped. She heard a few clicks of a camera and after a few seconds opened her eyes.
One of the paramedics who was standing by the gurney, helped her out of the body bag. He then helped her off the gurney and rolled it away.
Tori looked around to see herself, in a room that looked exactly like the room where the climax of the scissoring took place. The house in the movie was an old Victorian mansion, so the room had that look to it. The wall paper was blood red. Dusty antique furniture sat around the room. The room was lit by candles and had a very spooky gothic vibe to it.
At one end of the room in front of a fireplace, was a small platform. Standing on the platform was a girl who looked like a dead ringer for Tawny, the killer from the scissoring. She was holding a huge bloodstained pair of scissors.
"Bring in the second victim" The woman said aloud.
A second later two men dressed as paramedics brought in another gurney, with a body bag on it. The form in it was still. Tori felt and odd stab of fear knowing Jade was in the body bag.
One of the men unzipped the bag, while a second one took some pictures. Jade was in the bag, here eyes closed, half her face covered in fake blood. Tori felt a second stab of fear, because with Jade's normally pale skin she looked extremely dead. It appeared like she had a pair of scissors sticking out of her chest about where her heart was. Her bridal gown was the same as Tori's but seemed to have even more blood on it.
"The things I do for love." Muttered Tori to herself.
A second later Jade's eyes snapped open, and a smirk came to her face.
One of the paramedics helped her out of the bag and off the gurney. He then rolled it away. A moment later a second woman came in the room. She was dressed like Megan from the scissoring. She was covered in blood, and a pair of fake scissors was sticking out of her neck.
Tori guessed that was the witness.
Tori looked to Jade. Even though Jade looked quite dead, Tori couldn't help but think she was looking at the most beautiful woman in the world. Her heart skipped a beat knowing she was finally going to marry Jade.
Jade looked at her with a huge smile and a sparkle in her eye. Tori thought Jade looked happy; in fact she looked almost ecstatic. She walked up and took Tori's hand. Strangely it felt warmer than normal.
They walked up to the woman on the platform. The girl dressed as Megan stood to the side.
"On this rather gruesome and bloody occasion, we are gathered here to unite in marriage Jade West and Tori Vega. Before we start with the vows each of you want to say something to each other. " Said "Tawny"
She nodded to Jade.
Jade for a moment appeared to be nervous, but it passed when she looked into Tori's eyes. At the same moment all nervousness Tori had been feeling, evaporated. The feeling of love each felt from the other, made them sure they wanted to do this.
"Tori, I think you are the most wonderful, kind, sexy and beautiful woman in the world. Even though you and are as opposite as night and day, I can't think of any other person who is a better fit for me. Just as day can't exist without night, I cannot exist without you. I love you Tori Vega, with all my heart."
At this point both Tori and Jade started to become emotional, tears starting to flow down both of their faces.
Tori began to speak at this point.
"Jade, I've always considered you my dark angel. In these last few years you've been my companion, my friend, my lover, my girlfriend. Now you are going to become my wife, which makes me happier than you can imagine. You are truly my soul-mate. I love you Jade West with all my heart.
"Onto the vows." Tawny said
"Do you Jade West promise to love, honor and cherish Tori Vega until death? Promising not to stab her to death with a pair of scissors, until at least you have grown tired of her."
Jade smirked. "I do"
"Do you Tori Vega, promise to love, honor and cherish Jade West until death? Promising not to stab her to death with a pair of scissors, until at least you have grown tired of her."
Tori smiled and laughed. "I do"
"The Rings." Said Tawny.
Tori pulled her ring off her right hand and handed it to Jade.
"Jade, put the ring on Tori's finger and say with this ring I be wed."
Jade smiled and slipped the ring on her finger making sure the heart pointed to her wrist.
"With this ring I be wed." Jade said softly.
"Tori, place the ring on Jade's hand and say with this ring I be wed."
Tori who had been holding the ring, slipped it on Jade's finger.
"With this ring, I be wed."
Tawny smiled and held up her pair of scissors.
"By the power vested in me by this pair of scissors and the state of Nevada I pronounce you Wife and Wife.
Tori and Jade didn't need a prompt to kiss. Jade stepped forward and leaned in to kiss her bride. The pair gently pressed their lips together, for a gentle, tender and as both would later describe it a magical kiss. Each was overjoyed, to be kissing their wife for the very first time.
Breaking from their kiss Tori smiled. "Hello Mrs. Vega-West"
Jade smiled even wider. "Why hello to you Mrs. Vega-West"
The wedding was a bit cheesy but our couple is now officially married. But that's what Las Vegas weddings are supposed to be about.