Chapter twenty eight
Chapter twenty eight plot- Jo and Alex take an important step.
So I'm sorry, this chapter is only a very short one, about 600 words. However I wanted this chapter to only focus on one thing and when you read the chapter hopefully you'll know why.
"We should get married," Jo blurts out as they leave the NICU. The pair were leaving to get something to eat, under orders from Arizona, who promised to stay with the twins.
Wow Jo, you really haven't worked on this filter thing yet have you? You're still blurting everything out. But on the happy side of things, that wasn't at all a bad thing to blurt out...
"We are getting married. Do you remember the events that happened a few hours ago? We got engaged," Alex replies smiling.
"No, I mean that we should get married right now," Jo replies.
"Right now? Don't you want to get married in a big church and have a fancy ceremony?" Alex asks.
"After everything I've been through I've learnt that life is too short to wait around. I mean, you could get hit by a bus tomorrow," Jo replies.
"Wow babe, that's kind of morbid," Alex replies.
Okay, it kinda was. He has a point there. But it could also be true...
"But it also could be true. And I don't want to ever Think about a day where I have to wake up without the person I love by my side. I've done it before and it killed me. And I don't want to loose you ever and I don't want to waste a single moment that I have with you not being married to you. So let's get married now," Jo replies.
"Where will we go?" Alex asks.
"There's a chapel here. It's up on level three. Let's go," Jo instructs.
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"Are you sure you want to get married this way?" Alex asks as he and Jo stand in the chapel before the priest.
"You mean in my dirty jeans and the blouse that has stain marks from my leaky boobs? Yes, I'm sure," Jo smiles.
"Do you..." The Priest says.
"Alexander Karev," Alex replies.
"Take.." The Priest asks.
"Josephine Maidenway," Jo says.
"To be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold in sickness and in help until death do you part?" The Priest asks.
"Look at the time," Jo instructs Alex.
"It's 4:35pm," Alex replies smiling. He knew exactly what this meant.
"It's 4:35pm on June 26th. That's the exact time, on the exact day we met 18 years ago," Jo smiles.
I don't believe it. The exact time we met 16 years ago and on the exact day. What are the odds for something like this? A million to one? Probably more like a billion to 1. It doesn't matter anyway, because it's happening and It feels like a romantic fairytale, like something you'd only see in the movies.
"I do," Alex smiles.
"And do you, Josephine Maidenway take Alexander Karev to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold in sickness and in health until death do you part?" He asks.
"I do," Jo smiles.
"I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride," he instructs.
I feel it. I feel our lives beating as one and it feels so good. I feel as though nothing can stop us, that nothing can possibly tear us down. I feel on top of the world, and I'm so glad that Alex is here with me.