"It's a surprise, darlin'," Bones told her. Jamie looked at him. Who was this person and where was her Bones? They were all finally granted leave, Bones told her to pack a bag and not worry about the rest. Jamie asked him a million questions but his lips were sealed.
"But Sam, Aury and the boys…"
He cut her off, "Already know what's going on. Now, can you finish packing that bag? We gotta go." Jamie did as he told her, grumbling about bossy men the whole time.
"Is that what I sound like?" Jamie nodded at his question.
Bones chuckled, "You are a saint for putting up with me."
She laughed, "You have no idea sometimes, sweetheart." Jamie leaned into him and kissed him. She didn't know where they were going because instead of a shuttle, they were heading to the transporter, "Bones, you hate this thing."
He took a deep breath, "Yes, but I'll suck it up." Whatever was going on must be big if he was ignoring this hatred for the transporter. Bones ushered Jamie onto the pad before talking with the transporter operator. He hopped up next to her. One minute they're in San Francisco, the next they're in Georgia.
"Bones, this is the big secret? We were coming home anyway." He shook his head and pulled her around the house.
"That is," he told her. Jamie followed his line of sight to the old barn that he showed her. She couldn't believe her eyes; the small barn looked like it had been cleaned up and there were light yellow flowers and white twinkling lights strung up over a seating area in front of it.
Jamie looked at Bones, "A wedding?"
He smiled and nodded, "Keep going."
Jamie thought about it again, "Our wedding?"
Bones nodded again, "You told me 'anytime'. I pick today at sunset. All our family in the same place isn't gonna happen too often, especially since everyone but my family lives and works off-planet. So, I thought that since we're all together that we could do it now." She chuckled, that was very true.
"One problem…"
"We have your dress, sweetie," Aury said, obviously reading her thoughts. Jamie looked up to find Mama Ella, Aury, Donna, Nyota, Gaila and Joanna on the porch.
"You think we'd let you get married in uniform if we could do something about it?" her green friend asked.
Jamie smiled, "Actually, I was thinking jeans. You're all in on this?"
Joanna came hopping down the stairs to her, "Uncle Sam and all the guys too. They put up all the pretty lights themselves." The little girl grabbed her hand, "See you later, daddy. Jamie's gotta get dressed. And we have to have a conversation." Jamie caught Bones' look of pure amusement. He leaned over and gave her a quick kiss before she was pulled away by his nine-year-old daughter.
Jo dragged Jamie up to Mama Ella's room where she spotted her dress, it was gorgeous. Jamie walked over and ran her fingers along the hem. The dress was strapless, made out of tulle and lace; it looked breezy even while hanging. There was a thin belt made out of the same tulle with pale yellow jewels sown into it. Jamie could tell that the dress was short; it would stop under her knees. Donna smiled when Jamie turned to look at them.
"The tulle is from my dress, the lace is from mama's. Aurelan made the belt. Something old," her soon-to-be sister-in-law told her. Jamie smiled and nodded.
Uhura stepped closer with a gift bag, "You know my thing is shoes, so Gaila and I got these."
The bright-eyed bride opened the bag, "Cowboy boots?"
Gaila shrugged, "You hate heels, Jamie. It was these or a pair of yellow Converses… we got those too, by the way, take 'em on your honeymoon. The boots fit the whole barn thing better. Something new, as your tradition goes."
Jamie hopped in the sonic and then sat in a robe while her sister-in-law put curls in her hair and her linguist friend did her make-up. They all took turns getting dressed while they got her ready. Mama Ella just sat with a smile on her face, Jamie could see her in the mirror. "You alright Mama Ella?"
The older woman smiled at her, "Never better, child. My Leo picked right this time." Ella was going to make her cry. Jamie knew that Jocelyn's wedding to Bones was more like 'The Jocelyn Show' than a wedding for two people. Jamie really didn't care about the details as long as the important people were there and she got Bones.
"Can I have a minute with Jamie?" the nine year old in the room asked. Everyone looked over at Joanna.
Jamie nodded, "Only thing left is the dress and the somethings borrowed and blue."
Mama Ella handed Jamie a small jewelry box, "I want those back, Joanna will explain." Ella pulled the other women from the room, "Come on, let the girl talk to her mama."
"Those are grandma's favorite earrings," Jo told her. Jamie opened the box and sure enough, there was a pair of sapphire, diamond and pearl drop earrings. The sapphire was at the top, than five small diamonds led to a pearl. Jamie had seen them on Mama Ella a few times before, she felt honored to wear them.
"How do they look?"
Jo smiled, "Good… Jamie you love my dad with all your heart, right?"
Jamie took a breath, "Mostly, I mean there's room for you and Pete and Alex and Sam and Ny... you get the idea. I love your dad with most of my heart; I had to leave a little bit of room for the rest of you."
Joanna laughed at that, "Just don't break him like my mother did." Only person that didn't like their mother more than Jamie, was Joanna. It's one thing to throw your child away but another to throw them away and show up all the time to rub the fact in their face.
Jamie smiled at the little girl who was so much like her, "I won't, I promise. Want to help me with the dress?"
Jo nodded, "Can I ask you something?"
Jamie nodded at her, "You can ask me anything, anytime." Joanna took a breath as she zipped Jamie up.
"What grandma said… that you're… Can I call you mama?"
Jamie felt the tears well up, "Yea, if you want to. I'd be honored." Jamie kissed the little girl on the top of her head and they looked into the mirror.
"Daddy's gonna have a heart attack," the kid declared. They both laughed as there was a knock on the door, it was Sam.
"I'm surrounded by beautiful people. I can't figure out who looks prettier today," her brother said.
Joanna smiled, "You better say mama and Aunt Aury."
Sam laughed, "I love this kid. You sure she's not yours?" Jamie and Jo smiled as she answered her brother.
"She is mine in the only way that counts." Jamie tapped her chest and Sam nodded.
"You ready, sis?"
"To marry Bones? I've been ready." Jamie, Joanna and Sam went downstairs and headed over to the barn, it was almost time. Jo had ran ahead of them when Jamie heard a voice behind her.
"Well, look at you. Can I have a moment with your sister, Doctor Kirk?" Sam looked at the man then at her.
"I've seen you before, you've been following her around," Sam said, moving to 'protect' her.
Trip shrugged, "Sorta, I'm supposed to be dead. The fact that I'm not is classified, I shouldn't even tell you. Your sister is one of the only people who knows who I really am and I made her a promise a long time ago about keeping an eye on her, even if I don't tell her I'm there. I also promised that I'd be at her wedding to the cranky surgeon."
"I'll be fine, Sammy," she told her brother. Sam looked at them both and then nodded.
"Holler if you need me," he whispered before he walked towards the barn.
Jamie laughed as she looped her arm with Trip's, "Bones comm'ed you, didn't he?"
Trip nodded, "Said this was when and where. You look amazing. Then again, you always do."
Jamie blushed, "Thanks. So are you gonna hide in the shadows?"
"Nope, I'm my nephew, Owen Tucker and I take after my Uncle Trip. The cover story is that I served with Pike and I've known you since you were a kid. Everyone who knows who I am was warned," he told her.
Jamie looked at him, "Where's the real Owen?"
Trip smirked, "On Andor. Now, are we gonna chat like little girls or are we gonna get you to Doctor Grumpy?" Jamie laughed and pulled him along the path.
It was decided that since the wedding was so small that Sam would stand with Jamie and Donna would stand with Bones. Admiral Archer was officiating and Pike walked –hovered- down the aisle with Jamie. This was the first time that Jamie noticed that Sam, Bones and all the guys weren't in suits or uniforms. She looked at her fiancé, he had on a pair of dark blue dress pants and a pale yellow shirt, he was even wearing a tie. His eyes locked with hers and Jamie doesn't remember seeing anything else.
"Hi, Bones."
He smiled, "Wow, darlin'. Just... wow. You ready?" Jamie shook her head and handed her flowers to Sam. She stepped closer to Bones and untied his tie. She tossed it over to Sulu and unbuttoned the top few buttons of Bones' shirt. She also messed up his hair a little, "You hate ties. Now, I'm ready."
"Told ya'll she was gonna pull that tie off," Donna whispered as everybody laughed. She got her flowers back from Sam and gave Archer the okay to begin.
"Family and friends, we have been invited here today to share with Jamie and Leonard a very important moment in their lives. These two love each other like something out of a sappy movie and now they have decided to spend their lives bugging the hell out of each other as husband and wife." Everybody laughed; this is why Jamie loved Archer, even though this is an important event, he still managed to keep the humor. "Now, George, are you sure he's good enough for your little sister?"
Her brother chuckled and nodded, "Yes."
Archer looked at Donna, "Donna, how about you, she good enough for your baby brother?"
Donna smiled, "She is."
Archer smiled, "Good. Now that we got that outta the way, I'm going to be serious for a moment. Someone once told me that marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. I think we can all see that Jamie and Leonard have that down. No matter what happens you two always find new pieces of each other to love. You rediscover what you already know about each other and love some more. As far as I'm concerned today is a formality and a party. Leonard, your vows are first."
Bones nodded and looked into Jamie's eyes, "So, I'm winging it here. I've been trying to write my vows for a while but nothing came to me and I realized that it's you. There just aren't any words for you and then there are a million words for you. I told you, you're a contradiction. You are brilliant and beautiful and daring and protective and all these things I wish I could be. You scare me, and confound me, and excite me, and challenge me, and encourage me and I don't know what any of this is without you. I can't promise you the universe, Jim, but I can promise to stand right next to you as we go searching for it. I love you, you crazy, wonderful, spectacular woman." Jamie had tears running down her face, she knew that's how he felt but it was rare to hear him say it.
"Your turn, Jamie," Archer told her.
"No matter what was going on or where I was, I never felt like I belonged, every day until the day I met you. You made me see myself clearly for the first time in my life. I didn't care about what anyone else had to say because you… you remind me every day that the best I can be is who I am. I remember the first day that I fell in love with you. I got my ass kicked in one of the combat courses and the instructor ordered me to medical. I don't remember much, not even how I got there. I do remember you yelled at me the whole time about doing stupid stuff and getting hurt and me being me, I mumbled that nobody cared. And you turned that glare on me and told me that you cared, then you told me to shut up so you could fix my broken nose. After that, I realized that more you grumbled at me, the more I scared the crap out of you. So, I try not to get hurt, just because I didn't want to hurt you. I'm not perfect. I'm just me, there are a lot of things I don't know but the one thing that I do know all the way down to my bones, is that I love you. I promise that no matter what happens or where we go, that won't ever change." Jamie reached up and wiped the tear of Bones' face, "We both can't cry."
He chuckled, "Says who?"
"Alright you saps. We got one more thing to do." They exchanged rings and then Archer looked at them, "By the power granted to me as an Admiral in the United Federation of Planets Starfleet, I now pronounce you husband and wife." They smiled and Bones pulled her in for a kiss.
"Get a room," came from Sulu.
"That's my sister," was Sam, Scotty and Chekov.
Archer smiled, "Ladies and Gents… I give you Jamie and Leonard. God help us all."