A/N: As always, thank you for your reviews. I love reading all of them and they are much appreciated. Lol, HG, I think Carly Simon wrote a song about you...I bet you think this story's about you. Let's be honest, you're in love with me! ;)
Walking into the conference room, Alex and Casey are immediately overtaken by their closest friends and family cheering for them. Looking at Casey and then back around the decorated room, Alex asks, "What is all this?"
Liz and Charlotte step forward from the crowd. Liz starts, "Well we all knew you and Casey would make up and well you are both...what's the eighth word."
Charlotte stealing the cue chimes in, "Impulsive! You and Casey are impulsive dear. It's not a bad thing. It's a wonderful things for you two. Now, am I right when I suspect that you and Casey were coming to ask Liz here to marry you today?"
Alex bows her head as she feels the blush begin to coat her cheeks. Feeling Casey squeeze her hand for support, she isn't surprised at all to hear her fiancé answer, "Yes, you are right."
"See," Charlotte exclaims tapping Liz's shoulder. "I told you and Abigail. We were right Kimberly!"
Stepping forth from the crowd, Kim appears and takes Casey's hand. "I am truly sorry that Abbie and I got in the way last night. We thought we were helping, but to make it up to you two we, with everyone else, planned you two a impromptu wedding."
Michonne pops up and says, "Now we all get to witness the big day!"
Cheers again fill the room. Casey leans into Alex as she whispers, "You okay with this? It isn't what we planned?"
Smiling at Casey, Alex runs her fingers along the redheads jawline as she tilts her face up to hers, "I have you, so I couldn't possibly be any happier. I want nothing more than to marry you, Casey, so yes, I am happy with it." Finishing her statement, she kisses Casey softly.
"Hey! You two lovebirds are supposed to wait for that at the end of the ceremony!" Andrea jokes patting Alex on the back.
Breaking the kiss, Alex turns to Andrea and holds out a hand, "I am happy you made it."
Nodding towards Michonne, Andrea says, "You have this one to thank. She gave me the courage. I am really sorry."
"Water under the bridge, don't worry about it at all. You two are like family." Alex says pulling Andrea into a hug.
"Thank you Alex."
"Anytime." Alex whispers. Stepping back, Alex looks to her mother and Liz, "So how do we do this?"
"Just follow me darling." Charlotte says taking Alex's hand and leading her out of the room.
Kim and Serena walk up to Casey. "You are with us!" Serena exclaims excitedly.
About forty minutes later, Casey found herself standing again outside the conference room. She was dressed in the dress she had picked out to wear at their beach wedding. She assumed Alex was in her respective outfit.
Serena, and Kim had worked super hard to fix her hair and makeup and help her get dressed. Her dress was a simple white v-neck dress that fell just above the knee. Since she had planned to go barefoot, Kim had let her borrow her shoes from her wedding and Serena had pulled the front strands of hair out of Casey's face with blue pins. Charlotte had stopped by about ten minutes before they'd headed towards the conference room to give her the earrings she wore at her own wedding. It was a sweet and sentimental gesture.
Now standing before the conference room doors, Casey smiled brightly at the thought that in a few seconds she would be standing next to Alex and they would be married. If anyone had told her this is what she'd be doing a year ago, she would have completely agreed!
At that moment, Elliot opened the doors to the conference room and held out an arm to Casey. She quickly looped hers through Elliot's and let him lead the way down the short little aisle they'd set up for them. She was amazed to see how quickly Charlotte and their friends had transformed the conference room into a wedding venue. Granted you could tell it was a conference room, but it was sweet because they added flowers to the room and set the chairs up and even had music playing.
As she reached Alex, Casey suddenly found herself speechless and a little shaky from nerves. Alex looked beautiful, breathtakingly beautiful. She was wearing a strapless white embroidered dress and it looked beautiful on her. She also wore a necklace that looked like it matched the earrings Charlotte gave Casey, along with small sapphire earrings that Casey knew were Andrea's, and a pair of white heels that were definitely Abbie's wedding heels. She looked absolutely beautiful. Casey couldn't image this moment being anymore perfect.
"Okay, well if you two are ready, let's get this marriage underway," Donnelly said with a chuckle watching the two women look each other up and down numerous times.
"Yes, please," Alex answered nodding at the judge.
Elliot passes Casey's hands to Alex's, and gives Casey a small kids to her cheek whispering, "You did good Red," in her ear before turning to sit next to Kathy and Olivia. "Oh, I am sorry I almost forgot. I told Charlotte she should have entrusted this part to Liv," as he spoke he reached into his jacket and pulled out two small ring boxes. Removing the first ring and passing it to Alex and the next to Casey.
"Thank you," Casey whispered to Elliot as Alex kissed his cheek.
"Okay, now that we have all of that squared away, let's begin." Liz said with a warm smile.
Alex heard most of what Liz was saying, but she kept getting lost as she looked into Casey's eyes. She couldn't believe that this moment was finally here, that she was marrying the love of her life and that she was actually getting her happily ever after. This moment couldn't possibly be any better.
As Liz spoke about what it means to find the person you love and to truly find your soulmate, Alex knew without a doubt that is what she'd found with Casey. She knew it is what made their love so strong and what would be the foundation for their lives together. Thinking over her vows, Alex smiled, she knew what she really needed to say to the woman she loved not the cheesy ones she'd written weeks ago.
When the time came to exchange the vows, Casey went first. "Alexandra, you came into my life when I had no one. I'd just lost my parents and was ready to give up on everything when you were suddenly there holding me. I have loved you since then and intend to love you forever. I thank my parents for guiding you to me, because I don't doubt that they did, and I thank God for unbelievable blizzards. I would happily climb mountains for you and wear more conservative clothes. I will always hold you tight when you sleep and kiss you awake every morning. I will spend a lifetime making sure you are happy, because without you Alexandra Elizabeth Cabot I wouldn't exist. I would have given up that night, but you were suddenly there and my heart knew where I belonged and I will love you for all of eternity for saving me and for giving me your love."
As Casey finished, she looked from teary eyed Alex to Liz to signal for Alex to begin. Donnelly wiped her own eyes, and shakily said, "Alexandra, your turn."
Alex laughed while wiping her eyes, "I love you, but you suck for making me cry right before this..."
"Alexandra." Charlotte Cabot scolded as everyone laughed.
Wiping her eyes one last time, Alex took a breath and began, "Casey, I had my vows written weeks ago and while standing here today listening to Liz I decided they just didn't fit this moment. So, I am doing something very un-Alex Cabot like. I am throwing them out and I am going to wing it." She paused for a moment to admire Casey's big smile, "Casey, the night I went to your office for the first time, I didn't know why I was going. It wasn't something I ever would normally do. Normal Alex would have emailed or called, but Branch told me you were upset and I felt compelled to physically check on you. The first moment I held you in my arms my soul was yours, the first time I kissed you on the floor of your father's den with childhood movies playing in the background my heart was too. You are everything to me Casey, and I am sad that it took me almost six months after that first kiss to tell you, but I plan to tell you multiple times every day for the rest of our lives. I would give you anything and everything to make you happy and to show you how deep my love goes for you. You have my soul Casey, it has always been yours and will always be yours. I love you. I had this silly idea of what I wanted my life to be, and yet over the last year, I have really come to see what I want in life. In a way, you came into my life and changed all of my plans and I love you for it and I thank you for it. All I want Casey is you and the family we will build together. I love you Casey Diane Novak."
The rest of the wedding pasted by smoothly. Alex had never been so happy to kiss Casey. It was as if that first kiss had been completely reincarnated into their first kiss as a married couple. The room exploded in cheers as they finally broke apart and faced their friends and family.
The rest of the afternoon and evening passed by in a blur of good company, food, and music. Everything was memorable. Both Alex and Casey agreed that they couldn't have planned a better wedding themselves.
A/N: Sorry if there are a lot of typos, I am sick and proof reading was overrated today.