During the week of the wedding; Mom, Kupunawahine, Aunt Emily and Sofia argued over which dishes they would serve. Dad, Kupunakane and Uncle Alex debated and practiced songs that they would perform at the service and party. Sanjay, Rafael, Eduardo and Aaron were building the platform for the band while placing down temporary wooden floors for the dance floor behind Sanjay and Melissa's house. Josefina and Mia were designing the cake, and Grandma Aponi was purifying the small section of land near the ocean's shore where Johnny and Celine wanted to do their wedding vows.
That left me with the most important job; entertaining the kids.
Right after school, (which sucks right now, because being gone for a week has me swamped with assignments and school projects.) Typical, am I right? Anyway, right when I get home my cousins are practically sitting by the door waiting for me to take them out. They can only go so far when all the adults were too busy to watch them.
I didn't mind, I love the kids, and lucky for them Mom gave me enough cash to feed them. Sunday was mostly used to go shopping for dresses and fancy clothes for the kids and myself. All the kids decided to play hide and seek in Macy's, I found it pretty funny (when it was all over and we found them) but Mom, Melissa, Sofia, and Mia didn't find it so amusing. They called the mall's security and it took over two hours to find them.
Luckily on Monday, Dad helped me out with showing the kids how to ride the horses. Roman was a natural, he seemed to bond well with Daisy. Alyce, Valencia and Blair took turns riding Jack, with Dad watching them from a reasonable distance. I had Gael, Blake and Lali with Midnight.
Midnight might not look it but he's a huge softie. Good thing too, cause Gael knew nothing of fear. He jumped and ran around Midnight, checking him from every angle.
I gently pulled him aside, "Gael, you can't go running around like that, Midnight may be used to it, but if you did that with another horse, it will get spooked and kick you in the face."
Gael nodded quickly and asked "can I ride him now?"
I sighed, it's like whatever I say gets in one ear and out the other. I now know how Arthur feels. I picked him up and slid him onto the saddle, "use your legs to hang on," I instructed.
He nodded excitedly and I gently pulled Midnight by the reins for a little stroll around the field. Gael kept asking to go faster, but I would only reply with, "Not without me on the saddle with you and you wearing a hamlet."
"You don't wear a hamlet!"
"It's because I got years of experience." And also the fact, if I do fall off Midnight and crack my skull open it will heal in less than a minute.
Lali got on with Blake behind her; she was too scared to go on herself. "Scaredy cat! Scaredy cat!" Gael jeered.
I gave him a little smack at the back of his head, "Be nice to your cousin," I lectured.
On Tuesday, I took them out hiking around the forest near my house. I pointed out birds' nesting spots and animal tracks. I taught them which plants were eatable and how to find spring water. I even showed them how to make a fire without a lighter and matches.
"Why do we need to learn all this?" Valencia asked.
"So if you're ever lost in the woods, you won't be completely helpless," I answered.
Alyce pulled out her cell phone, "I can just call for help," she said in a sassy matter.
The rest of the kids smirked and I rolled my eyes, "where do you get your sass from?"
"Mom thinks I get it from you."
I snorted, "Oh please, she's lying to you child. I got all my sass from her and her sisters. Heck, all the women in our family are sassy."
Blair exclaimed, "There's got to be more than that."
"Your right," I said, "we're also brave, compassionate and simply adorable."
The girls giggled as Roman lifted a brow at me, "then what are the boys made out of?"
I took a moment, "The men in our family are talented," I nodded to Roman. "Fearless," I glanced to Gael and he grinned. "And wise behind their years," I turned to Blake as he gave me a knowing smile.
On Wednesday, we spent our time at the beach. The kids loved it. Blair and Blake lived right on the ocean's shore, so I wasn't worried about their swimming skills. I knew that the rest of the kids took swimming classes back in their hometown of Garland, Texas. During that time, Dad, Kupunakane and Uncle Alex were moving the band equipment to the beach house. Sanjay and the rest of the married in husbands gave a hand with unloading the musical instruments.
I told the kids to stay at the beach so they wouldn't get in the way, they didn't complain. Michel, Sam, Jamie and Heisuke even joined us. Ella and Daniela were locked in their dorm room finishing up Celine's gown, and Dimitri had to pack in a lot of gymnastic practice so his coach would let him come to the wedding.
I sighed; I sure knew how it felt to have the pressure put on you. The memory of Mrs. Lope lecturing me after class replayed in my head.
"If you don't finish all of your assignments by next Monday, I will have no chose but to suspend you from prom."
"Prom! But Mrs. Lope you can't-"
"It's either that or you won't graduate with your class."
I groaned and glanced at my school tablet and notebook, "this sucks."
"That's why we're here to help," Jamie smiled.
"So shut up and be grateful," said Michel.
"You don't even go to our school," I hissed at him.
"Oh excuse me Miss Fancy Pants, but your snooty private school is teaching the same shit as my public school."
I sighed, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to bring out the claws. I'm just really stressed."
We were sitting on a brightly colored picnic blanket that was a safe distance away from the ocean's water. Sam and Heisuke wore their swimsuits and were playing with the kids. They seemed to have the situation under control, so I focused all my attention on my schoolwork.
After I was finished with three pages of calculus work problems and astronomy study questions from chapters eight, nine and ten; I decided it was time for a break.
I laid myself out so the sun's rays would warm my skin, "please tell me that was it."
"No," replied Jamie, "you still need to do your personal essay for English class and your history project."
"Crap," I groaned, "I didn't even pick topics."
"Well you better pick something fast for your history project," said Michel, "you have to write about a time period, like the Romans or the Greeks, or you could go with something from the Dark Ages."
I waved it off, "I'll just write about American History."
"Surprising," Michel said sarcastically.
"Hey, I just want to make an A and not have to research too much. I seriously don't have the time."
"And your personal essay has to be about an experience that changed your life," Jamie explained.
I snorted, "I can write a damn book on the topic."
"That reminds me," Michel added, "What happen in Austria?"
I sighed, "It's a long story."
I quickly told them the tale of the ball, of me dancing with various countries and of Austria's house coming alive thanks to Arthur's spell. How I ran around the house with the other countries, trying to figure out what was happening. I told my adventure in order; the dark secret passage way with Toris, my drop from a trapdoor, my close encounter with Ludwig, Feliciano, Kiku (I found out later that his human name was Kiku Honda) and Vash. Then I informed them of the quicksand walls, falling floors, and the changing rooms. How I met Erika, Victoria, Peter and Raivis and how we figured out that Arthur was behind it all. By this part, I left out Ivan and the talking wolf, deciding that I was already blowing their minds with the fact that magick exists. They did not need to know of Ivan wanting to, as the other countries say, 'conquer me', and the talking wolf was in a whole another level of crazy that I didn't want to even acknowledge right now.
"Then I met Gupta, Heracles and Sadik, also known as Egypt, Greece, and Turkey- in that order. But then I got separated from them and broke the spell," I finished.
"How did you break the spell?" Jamie asked.
"Uh, I found the ballroom and said the magick words."
"What were the magick words?" Michel asked.
"Uhhhhhh, Bippity Boppity Boo," I answered.
Both of them shared a side-way glance with each other, "Really?" both of them said in sync.
I held up my hands, "Hey it was Arthur's spell- if you got a problem with it, complain to him."
Michel narrowed his eyes, "You're not telling us everything. How did you end up getting lost with that Toris guy in the first place?"
"What are you hiding?" Jamie asked.
"It's nothing," I reassured them.
Both of them stared at me, waiting.
I sighed; they weren't going to let this go. I decided to measure which would be best to talk about, the talking wolf or Ivan. I'm going with Ivan. I took a deep breath and rewind the tale back to the beginning where I first met Ivan. How he was all over me and how Toris came in to save me. "Then, Ivan being the weirdo that he is started kissing Toris, Toris slapped him and Ivan tried to push him off the balcony. I threw my shoe at him and I pulled Toris into a run, ending up in a bedroom and later into the passage way."
"Oh my god," said Jamie.
Michel shook his head, "That guy has problems."
I nodded and continued to where I was separated from Erika, Victoria, Peter, Raivis, and Vash. "Ivan cornered me and pushed me to the ground," I took another breath. "He tore my dress trying to, you know-"
I was interrupted by Michel as he rose to his feet. "Where does this bastard live?! I'm gonna gather the guys and we're gonna go kick his ass!"
"Two problems with that plan," I exclaimed as pulled him back down. "You don't have the money to get to Russia and this guy is a country, whatever you all are gonna do to him, will only make him angry. Also, he can't die- you can."
"But he can't get away with this!" Jamie exclaimed.
"Relax, he didn't. I bit his lip and kicked him several times." Which was somewhat true, "I was able to get away from him and hide out with Gupta, Heracles and Sadik." I also added the fact that Heracles kissed me and Gupta asked Sadik to give me his jacket to cover myself up.
"So you're okay?" Jamie asked.
I sighed, "All he got from me was a good kick in the groin."
Michel gave an approving nod, "that's my girl."
"But what would stop him from coming here to get you?" Jamie asked worried.
"If he has the balls to," Michel added, "I'll have the guys ready to run him over with a truck."
I smiled, "Guys, relax. He won't find me, the whole reason I went to Austria in the first place was to reassure my existence with the countries so they wouldn't come looking in America. Also Peter locked away my files, no one's going to know where I live; it's all good."
They both nodded and turned to face one another, a wicked grin played on both of their lips. "Who do you think she'll end up with?" Jamie asked.
"I'm going with Toris, they shared that whole moment with crazy Ivan and Amy hugged him in that dark secret passage way, something must've happen." Michel wiggled his eyebrows seductively.
Jamie shook her head, "Nah, Toris is cute and all, but Heracles just sounds so manly and he totally kissed her."
"She didn't want it!"
"But Amy said it was gentle and sweet. Also he sounded so sexy, how he spoke Greek to her and thought she was one of his lovers."
"Amy wouldn't like that! She doesn't want to be a girl of many; she wants to be his only girl. I have a feeling Toris would be faithful to her, not sleep around like man-ho."
"How the hell did we get to this topic?" I asked, but they ignored me.
"But that would be so romantic, if Heracles gave up all of his other lovers to be with her," Jamie remarked.
"Keyword: 'if', you can't change a guy, a guy can change only if he wants to," Michel added. "Toris on the other hand is sweet and loveable like a puppy; Amy always goes with the sweet, sensitive types."
"But she likes the manly ones too, and I have a feeling Heracles could be sweet and sensitive," she said.
"I'm right here," I said through gritted teeth, but they continued to ignore me.
"Nah, how much you want to bet, Heracles-jar head has no brain. Amy would get bored of him and move on to Toris who actually sounds like a nice guy," Michel proclaimed.
"But he's got some major baggage; the whole Ivan/Russia thing? I mean, who wants to deal with that?" Jamie exclaimed.
"Um hello, they're countries. If we learned anything from world history class, they all got major baggage," he said. "Besides, why would the country of Greece call himself Heracles? Is he compensating for something down south?"
Jamie gasped as a bit of a blush spread from cheek to cheek. "Oh please, how much you want to bet it's Toris that's small!"
"Okay!" I exclaimed, finally grabbing their attentions, "Enough! I'm not gonna end up with any of the countries, I got too much going on to think about my love life."
"What love life?" Michel asked, "You never had a boyfriend."
"Yes I have," I narrowed my eyes at him. "There was Conner, Andrew, and Luke-"
"Correction," Jamie added, "you never had a serious boyfriend before. You would date the guys, and only if they asked you first, because if they didn't, you would've never noticed them. Then after a few dates you would dump them."
"I didn't dump anyone, we would both agree that it just wasn't working out," I explained.
Michel snapped his fingers, "Because they were human! Maybe you can only date countries."
"Or maybe, I just I like my independence," I shook my head and rose to my feet. "I'm going to swim a couple of laps," I took off my shirt and mini shorts to reveal my blue one-piece bathing suite. I nodded my farewell to Michel and Jamie as I walked towards the ocean.
"This isn't over!" Michel shouted after me, "I'm Team Toris, all the way!"
"It's all about Team Heracles!" Jamie shouted along with him.
Oh Lord, help me.
On Friday; the day of the wedding, the women of the household got up early to cook the dishes that will be served at the reception. The men of the family left at noon to Melissa and Sanjay's house to prepare the groom and the justice of the peace. They also had to set tables and seats and have the wedding planner, a.k.a Aunt Emily, decorate the stage, the dance floor and the wedding arch.
Melissa drove over with the twins in the minivan. She was dressed in a long beautiful peach colored tunic with light green designs and matching pants. Her round belly was covered and she had a green scarf draped around her shoulders. Blake wore a vibrant blue tunic with white pants and Blair wore a pink tunic with cream colored pants.
"Wow Blair, you look so pretty!" Valencia exclaimed as Mia was curling her hair in the living room.
Roman walked around Blake, "You look a little girly."
"Roman," Mia narrowed her eyes at her son, "help Gael get dressed."
Roman was already dressed in a white dress shirt and black slacks. He nodded and gestured Gael into my parent's room. Gael protested about wearing fancy clothes the entire way.
Melissa sat on the couch next to me as I curled and did up Alyce's dirty blond hair. "Is Ella here yet?" she asked.
"She's on her way," I answered.
Josefina was sitting on the love seat with Lali right next to her. "She better be; Celine is almost done with her hair and makeup." She was pulling in Lali's hair into a little bun and pinned pink tulips around the bun, making it look like a crown. Lali wore a long, fluffy dress the same color as the flowers.
Right at the moment I was done with Alyce's hair, the doorbell ringed. I sprinted to the door and found my girlfriends dressed and ready for the wedding. Jamie wore a knee-length Chinese styled dress; it was the color of light violet with pink cherry blossoms all over the dress. Her hair was done in lower side bun with a pink tulip designed into the stands. If you haven't guessed which flowers are being used in the wedding; well its pink tulips. Daniela wore a simple red dress and had half of her dark hair pulled up as the rest of the ends were curled. Ella wore a strapless light pink dress with a matching shawl. Her honey golden locks were pulled into a fancy bun and she was also carrying a large black bag with a hanger.
"Out of the way," Ella's accented voice ringed out, "the masterpiece is coming through." She stunts in and rushed upstairs to the guestroom where Sofia, Celine and Mom were in.
Daniela shook her head, "how about you ask to come in like a person with manners," she exclaimed as she followed Ella.
"Where are the guys?" I asked.
"They left with Michel to Melissa's house," Jamie answered.
"We're they dressed?"
"All in suits," she replied.
I nodded, "cool, I'm gonna go take a shower."
After my shower, I blow dried my hair and slipped on a simple knee-length blue dress. I wore nice sliver flats and implied a small coat of mascara and pink lip gloss.
When I walked down the stairs, the rest of the kids were dressed and ready. Roman and Gael wore matching dress shirts and black slacks. But Gael wore a light pink tie and black under vast with a black blazer, he was the ring bearer in the wedding.
Gael wiggled in his suit, "why do I have to wear this? Roman doesn't have to wear it."
"Because you're the ring bearer," Mia said as she groomed his hair back. Mia wore a light blue dress and had her hair pinned up. Josefina wore a long purple dress and had her dark hair down in soft curls.
"You should be proud," Alyce proclaimed, "you get to carry the wedding rings." She was dressed in a green dress with white shoes.
"But I don't want to!" Gael stomped his foot.
"Don't make me get your mother down here," Mia warned and Gael crossed his arms and pouted.
Lali tugged on my dress and I looked down as she asked, "do I look pretty?"
I smiled and lifted her up into my arms, "You're the prettiest flower girl I ever seen."
She grinned and Valencia came running down the stairs; she was dressed in a violet dress with her dark hair in a curly pony tail. "She's ready!" she called out excitedly.
Mom came walking down the stairs; she wore a simple black dress with her hair also in curls. Sofia wore a long dress with blue lilies splashed all over the material and had her short dark hair curled around her jaw.
Ella and Daniela followed after and stopped at the bottom of the stairs. "I present to you," Ella announced, "an Ella and Daniela original, please step forth, my beautiful model, it is your day!"
Celine walked out and we gasped in awe. Ella took my advice about less is more; Celine's wedding dress was strapless with sweetheart neckline. The gown flowed down to the floor and had two long simple ruffles draped over the layer that touched the floor. The inner layer was long and flowed with a small tail in the back. The front that displayed the sweetheart neckline was covered in sliver spiral like designs that caressed around her breasts and waist. Her hair was in long soft curls with half of it pinned up to revel the diamond pendent and matching earrings she borrowed from me. When she walked, we could spot the blue beaded anklet that Valencia made and she wore a silver bracelet that belonged to her great grandmother. Celine's makeup was natural and flawless and when she smiled, she looked like an angel.
"Wow," Lali whispered as her eyes widen, "she's beautiful."
"My brother is a lucky son of a gun," I grinned.
"You girls have so much talent," Mom smiled as she patted Ella and Daniela's back. The girls thanked her and smiled even wider.
Celine turned to them, "You two are amazing, thank you for my dress. Please let me pay you for it."
"No, no, no," Ella proclaimed, "this is a gift, just think of this a preview to when our clothing will be known worldwide."
Daniela rolled her eyes, "Dramatic much."
"You look stunning," Melissa said with tears in her eyes, "I remember when I used to be so thin... now I'm fat." she cried.
"Mom, why is Aunt Melissa crying?" Alyce asked.
"Its hormones sweetie," Sofia answered.
I placed Lali in Blake's arms and I handed Melissa a tissue, "It's okay, the baby will be out any day now."
"That is what the doctor has been saying for the last two weeks," she said as she wiped away her tears.
"Well the baby sure is taking its sweet time," Roman said and everyone gave a small laugh.
I helped Melissa to her feet as Mom checked her watch. "Oh, we need to get going. Ladies help me with the food. Jamie, you and the girls drive Celine to the ceremony. Amy, take Melissa's minivan with her and the kids."
I nodded and instructed the kids to wait by the van. Melissa handed me the keys and I called out for Lady to come down. She was washed, groomed and had pink ribbons tied around her ears.
"Aw, how cute," Ella squeaked as she petted Lady, "Can she ride with us?"
I turned to Jamie and she shrugged, "I got the room."
"Alright," I called out, "Operation Wedding is now in effect! Let's move, let's move, let's move!" With that, the kids ran out in excitement and Jamie led Celine to her Hybrid. Ella and Daniela gestured for Lady to sit in the back seat with them and Celine took the passenger seat.
The kids squeezed into the van and Melissa took the seat next to me. I started the engine as Jamie drove out of the driveway. I quickly followed her as Gael called out, "Race her! Race her! Race her!"
I ignored him and put all my attention into driving. In less than ten minutes we were parking Melissa's van with all the other cars in the front of her house. The house was one level and made with simple brown brick. Sanjay was waiting for us in front. Unlike all of the men at the party who wore causal suits; he wore a light brown tunic with matching pants and a scarf. He opened the door for Melissa and escorted her inside the house. I noticed that Jamie, Ella and Daniela were leading Celine quickly into the house, so that Johnny wouldn't see her. Lady followed at Ella's side, her tail wagging happily. I climbed out of the car and told the kids to wait inside the house.
But they didn't listen; only grinned in a certain direction. I followed their gaze to find Arthur, Francis and Matthew dressed in causal suits. "Uncle Arthur!" Gael called out and ran to hug Arthur at his legs. Valencia, Roman and Blair ran after him and collided into Arthur, tackling him to the ground.
"Get off!" he shouted, but the kids were only encouraged to hug him even tighter.
"Uncle Francis!" Lali cried out as she ran over to hug him.
Francis lifted her up in his arms, "Bonjour ma chérie."
"Uncle Mattie," Alyce smiled as she hugged Matthew. "Kumajirou's not with you?"
"I'm afraid so," he answered and the kids gave out a big 'ah'.
"Yes it's quite sad that the bloody bear couldn't be here, now could you children please get off of me," Arthur exclaimed.
Roman and Gael shared a smirk as Valencia and Blair proclaimed, "Let's tickle him!"
Before Arthur could call out for help he was covered by tickling hands. "Stop," he laughed, "please!"
Francis, Matthew, Alyce and Lali laughed and I decided to save Arthur. "Okay, you guys had your fun, that's enough." The kids grinned and moved away from Arthur.
He rose to his feet and brushed off any dirt that was on him, "You naughty little buggers, I have a half of mind to spank all of you!" The kids giggled and ran to the house, "That's right, you better run!" Arthur called after them.
I shook my head and gestured Francis to hand me Lali, "Come on sweetie, you need to get ready."
"I want to stay with Uncle Francis," Lali wrapped her arms around his neck.
Francis smiled, "No, listen to your Aunt."
"Okay," she said as he handed Lali into my arms.
I passed her to Alyce, "Get her inside." Alyce nodded and carried Lali to the house. Blake was quiet throughout the entire ordeal and glanced at me with a worried look. He still didn't trust the nations; I guess he's still afraid that they'll take me away. I smiled, "Go on Blake, I'll be fine."
He faced the countries, then to me and nodded. He turned away and walked towards the house.
"I keep forgetting that boy has the Sight," said Arthur.
"What's the big deal? He sees spirits." I shrugged.
"Not just spirits, people of the Sight can see other people's emotions and feelings. A person's true nature and can tell if someone's lying."
"That explains a lot," I mumbled as I thought about Blake, whenever I was upset he would offer me a hug and smile. When I tried to tell a little white lie, he would always say, 'Aunt Amy, don't lie.'
Francis gave a small smile, "Amy just make sure to watch out for him, most people won't understand him."
"Good thing he has family that does," I proclaimed.
"Hey!" a voice called out and we turned to find Michel waving to us, "The ceremony is about to start!"
I took my seat in the front with Mom and Dad on my left while Melissa, Sanjay, Blair and Blake sat on my right. Lady sat at my feet and the rest of our extended family sat in the rows behind me. I was able to catch Arthur, Francis and Matthew behind them, and found a few of Johnny's friends mixed in with some of the members of the community. On the bride's side, there were also members of the same community and friends from college. Johnny and Celine shared most of their high school friends; they were sweethearts since childhood, so most of us weren't surprised to be here today.
The wedding arch and rows of chairs were facing the ocean, so we had an amazing view of the water and of the mid-afternoon sky. The sun was in perfect angle of the wedding arch, which was painted white with pink tulips decorating the entire arch. The aisle was covered with white carpet with bouquets at the end of each row.
A small orchestra band stood to the right side of the arch, this band was made up of Jamie, Ella, Daniela and Michel being the vocals. Christopher was on his violin and James Reed was on the piano while each person in his band played an instrument. One was on a trumpet; another played the trombone, then a French horn, a clarinet, a cello, a viola and a drum set. James was an elderly black man that I've known since childhood, he's a sweet, loveable man that formed his band when we all lived in the rec-center together after the Quake. I called them The Fedoras because James would always wear a fedora and the name sort of stuck. Now the members of the band wear a fedora when they performed.
The justice of the peace was a man in a dark suit and stood right under the arch. Johnny stood beside him with his hands behind him. His long black hair was tied in a low pony tail and his black tuxedo was cleaned and pressed.
Aunt Emily calls out, "They're coming, start the music." She cues the band and they begin the soft melody of 'Love Like This,' by Natasha Bedingfield.
Daniela and Ella began to set the harmony, "Oh, oh, never find a love like this. Oh, oh, never find a love like this." The band kept the pace with the drums and James playing the piano. Christopher streamed on his violin and had the other wood string instruments follow his example. Jamie begins her solo:
"Well we go back so far swingin' in your backyard
"All the things that we used to do
"We were cool back in high school, ooh, I really liked you
"Must have been your attitude
"And that's why you keep on runnin' in and out of my mind
"As the years they all roll by, baby, now I know why
"I keep comin' back to you"
The maid of honor and best man stood at the end of the aisle. They walked out, swaying with the music. Daniela and Ella added in their voices when Jamie sang:
"You're the only one that knows me, love it when you hold me
"I'd never find a love like this, let me hear you say
"Now I'll never be lonely, look at what you've shown me
"I'd never find a love like this."
Jamie's voice grew to another solo:
"When this life tries to keep us apart
"You keep callin' me back to your heart, let me hear you say
"I'm so glad you found me, wrap you all around me
"I'd never find a love like this."
When the second verse came in, the bride's maids and groom's men followed. They walked to the beat and separated at the arch, the men stood next to Johnny and the women stood on the opposite side. Then Gael followed with a small white pillow in his hands.
"All the guys tried to take me; you're the one who saved me
"I feel like I owe you my life
"And as strange as it may seem, I'll go if you take me
"I'm willing to sacrifice
"And that's why you keep on runnin' in and out of my mind
"As the years they all roll by, it's not hard to know why
"I keep comin' back to you.
"You're the only one that knows me, love it when you hold me
"I'd never find a love like this, let me hear you say
"Now I'll never be lonely, look at what you've shown me
"I'd never find a love like this
"When this life tries to keep us apart
"You keep callin' me back to your heart, let me hear you say
"I'm so glad you found me, wrap you all around me
"I'd never find a love like this."
I watched as Gael counted his steps, wearing a determined face to not mess up. Lali came out right when Michel began to sing his part:
"May never find a l-l-love like this
"That still make me think about my middle school kiss
"I sit here in this chair and I wish for you not to leave me now
"My friends they always told me, not to make you my wifey
"Man they was puttin' you down
"And now they see we rollin', me and you, we strollin'
"They don't wanna come around"
Lali threw the tulip petals on to the carpet with each step and when Michel ended, Jamie's voice rose again.
"Let me hear you say
"You're the only one that knows me, love it when you hold me
"I'd never find a love like this, let me hear you say
"Now I'll never be lonely, look at what you've shown me
"I'd never find a love like this"
When Lali came to the arch, she stood with the bride's maids as Celine walked out and stood at the end of the aisle. I rose to my feet along with the rest of our family, friends and guests. I caught Johnny beaming with loving adoration at his bride and I turned to find Celine blushing. Jamie continued with the last verse as she began to walk down the aisle.
"When this life tries to keep us apart
"You keep callin' me back to your heart, let me hear you say
"I'm so glad you found me, wrap you all around me
"I'd never find a love like this."
Celine was holding a bouquet of pink tulips to her chest as she smiled and focused all her attention on Johnny. Then the crowd and I began to sing along as Celine made her way to the arch.
"Oh, oh, never find a love like this
"Oh, oh, never find a love like this
"Oh, oh, never find a love like this
"Oh, oh, never find a love like this
"Oh, oh, never find a love like this."
Jamie's voice raised above all the rest as she sang the last part.
"When this life tries to keep us apart
"You keep callin' me back to your heart, let me hear you say
"Oh, oh, never find a love like this
"Oh, oh, never find a love like this."
The song ends with Celine at the arch and Johnny beside her; both beaming at one another with love and happiness.
After the vows were said and the rings were placed on each hand, the justice of the peace finally announced. "I pronounce you husband and wife, you may kiss the bride."
Johnny placed his hands gently on Celine's face and pulled her into a long sweet kiss. The crowd cheered and clapped as they threw more flower petals into the air.
Translations
French: Bonjour ma chérie (Hello my dear)
Disclaimer: I OWN NOTHING! Expect the OC's of course. Song belongs to Natasha Bedingfield and the characters of Hetalia belong to Hidekaz Himaruya. I know I don't usually do this, I mean this is fanfiction; but I am using the song, I might as well disclaim them both.
.