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Chapter Summary: The group is dressed and ready to go; it's time for the ceremony.

Chapter Length: 1232

Author's Note: The second part of the wedding, only one more part to go. Enjoy X

Open Mic Nights

Chapter 14 – The Wedding part 2: The Ceremony

They were in a small alcove outside the room the ceremony was being held in. The small area looked gorgeous. The floor was covered in wine coloured carpet, and the walls were off white with dark wood panelling lining the door ways. All the furnishing was done in a classic style; mahogany side tables with plush couches and armchairs. It all looked incredibly elegant.

If this was how they decorated the brides waiting area, Abby couldn't wait to see how the staff had set up the room she was getting married in.

Jess, Emily, Matt, Becker, and Lester were all with her, waiting to be told to go in. Abby felt incredibly lucky to have so many people who cared about her there to share in this important day in her life. Having Lester there, waiting by her side, Abby almost felt like she had her father there with her. Lester was certainly treating her the way a father would his daughter, and it meant the world to her.

Part of Abby still couldn't believe that her wedding day had finally arrived. It was only as she looked around at her friends in their dresses and suits—suits that Abby must remember to thank Jess and Emily for picking—that it truly begun to sink in.

Looking around the room, Abby felt a smile pull at the corners of her mouth as her gaze landed on Jess and Becker. The couple were curled up on one of the oversized armchairs, smiling adoringly at each other. Abby was happy they had finally admitted how they felt about each other—not that Jess's feelings were that much of a secret. She had been tired of watching Jess wait around while Becker tried to deny what was between them. Everyone had known that they would both be happier together and it hadn't escaped Abby's notice how much Becker had changed in the time her and Connor had been away, but when he was with Jess, Abby could see the man he had been re-emerging.

The event coordinator—Abby thought he said his name was Brett—came in then, interrupting her musings. Brett instructed the group to line up in their pairs, telling them it was almost time to being.

"Are you nervous?" Lester asked as they waited in line behind the others.

"Not as much as I was expecting to be."

"You know, I always suspected that we would end up here one day." Lester said after a brief pause.

"Really? You knew that you'd be walking me down the aisle?"

"No, I had always suspected that I would end up attending yours and Connor's wedding one day. This part was a pleasant surprise."

"Really? Even when we barely got along you knew we'd end up getting married one day?"

"There was something about the two of you; any other outcome just didn't seem possible. Of course I'll deny it if you repeat any of this."

Abby laughed at the shear Lester-ness of his statement.

They fall silent as the procession begun. Abby watched on as Matt and Emily—followed by Jess and Becker—started to walk down the aisle.

Abby couldn't help but grin when she noticed that Jess and Becker were walking closer to each other than was strictly necessary. It was something they had been told off for during the rehearsal, but that obviously had no effect on them.

"It looks like we'll be part of another wedding soon enough." Lester said indicating to the couple in front of them. Glancing at Jess and Becker again Abby had to agree with him.

The wedding march started playing then and it was their turn to start walking.

The room they entered was beautiful. The walls were the same colour as the waiting area, but the floor was tiled instead of carpeted. Down the centre of the room ran a strip of carpet that formed the aisle. On either side of the aisle were rows of chairs, each of which had white cloth tied round the backs in a bow. At the other end was a white rose arch that was being used as a stand in for the altar. Connor stood beneath it, waiting for her.

As they reached the end Abby's eyes met Connor's and they smiled at each other. Abby thought he looked handsome in the suit the girls had chosen, and she like that it was a different colour to the groomsmen suit, as it let Connor stand out amongst them.

"Be good to her," Abby heard Lester whisper to Connor as he handed her over. Abby gave Lester a quick kiss on the check before going to stand next to the man that was about to become her husband.

Jess looked on happily as her friends met at the altar. She saw the loving smiles they gave each other and joy surged though her at knowing that it was possible to find someone that will love you so completely they'd want to spend the rest of their lives with you.

Try as she might, Jess had some trouble keeping her attention fixated on the couple getting married. Instead, her focus kept shifting to the man standing at the groom's side: Becker. As she watched two of her closest friends commit to spending the rest of their lives together, Jess couldn't help but wonder if it was something she would get to do one day, and if it would be to the man she was currently seeing.

Jess could picture the two of them standing in Abby and Connor's positions as they pledged themselves to each other. Becker in his dress uniform, Jess in a dazzling gown she had spent months looking for.

Nothing would make her happier than getting to spend the rest of her life with Becker, and she hoped that was where their current relationship was heading.

The ceremony was beautiful; Jess almost started crying as Abby and Connor said their vows. But it was as they sheared their first kiss as man and wife that Jess truly got an insight into what both the bride and groom were feeling. Sure, she knew they were both happy, and excited, and completely in love with each other, but that moment where they turned to each other she was able to see all their unguarded feelings.

Jess felt her breath catch at the looks of complete love and adoration the couple was giving each other. She almost felt like she should turn away, like she was intruding on something private. But the moment passed, and with it the ceremony ended. Abby and Connor turned and made their way back down the aisle as their friends and family congratulated them.

When Abby and Connor were half way down the aisle Jess turned to Becker, who offered her his arm, and together they followed the happy couple. Glancing up, Jess saw the loving look Becker was giving her and tried to repress the blush that was threatening to come over her, wondering what the people that witnessed the tender look Becker was giving her must be thinking.

Jess smiled at the knowledge that his look meant Becker loved her, even if he had yet to say the actual words.

With a smile still on her face, Jess rested her head on Becker's shoulder and they continued to walk arm in arm.