Mickey woke to the brightness streaming through the window. He noticed his fiancé was still asleep so he gently placed a kiss on the younger boy's temple. The simple contact slightly woke his sleepy lover.
"Morning Mick" the green eyed boy said as he rolled over to face his now wide awake companion.
"Morning" the older boy replied.
All of a sudden, a huge grin went across the freckled boy's face.
"What?" Mickey asked.
"We're getting married today" Ian whispered.
Mickey nodded then smiled back at him. What Ian didn't know was that he had been thinking about that since he woke up.
"Come on we gotta a lot of shit to do before we meet the girls" the brunette stated as he stood up to stretch. "We gotta go home, feed Linc, get some suits, get our hair cut, pick out our rings, get dressed and then be back on this side of town in exactly 6 hours. Mands told me that they are going to call Fiona once we are long gone from here. Also she said that she is going to pick up those flower things for us."
"Boutonnieres Mick?" Ian stated.
"Whatever, you know what the fuck I meant" the older boy spat pushing his lover towards the door.
The two men quietly made their way to the bathroom so they could shower. Ian locked the door behind them so that no one could unexpectedly walk in on them. As they showered, the redhead couldn't wipe the grin off of his face. Ian did his usual thing of shampooing Mick's hair, but the brunette knew they didn't have time to waste because they needed to get out of the house before Fiona caught them. He swatted at his soon-to-be-husband's hands to get him to stop, but the redhead just ignored the love taps and kept playing with his hair.
As Mickey was rinsing his hair, his lover tried to fondle him. "Ian… Stop! We have too much shit to do so hurry the fuck up" the older man barked as he was stepping out the shower and wrapping himself into a towel. The tall boy huffed in disappointment, but did as his beau told him.
The two quickly dried off then jumped into some of the younger boy's old clothing that was still in the dresser. They grabbed their clothes and softly dashed out the front door making sure not to wake Carl, who was still sleeping on the couch.
"Mands you remembered to put the order in for the flowers right?" Christy asked, sticking her head out of the bathroom, semi-naked.
"Yes I did babe. We can pick them up on our way to the Southside. We can't be late. Mickey said he will fucking chew our asses off if we are." the brunette stated.
"Such a fucking bridezilla" the blond replied sarcastically laughing.
"It's he and Ian's day so we kinda have to do what they ask ya know? I just hope Fiona doesn't fucking kill them" the brunette responded as she put on her bra and underwear.
"Oh my gosh I know! I'm almost scared to call her" the blue eyed girl stated as she was curling her hair. "Speaking of which the boys should be gone by now, but text them just in case so we can call her."
Mandy quickly leaped over the bed to her nightstand to grab her phone to text her brother. While she was waiting on a response, she went into their closet and pulled out their dresses that they picked out yesterday after Mickey called them with their plans to elope. "I'm so glad your designer friends had these white and black dresses available" the pale girl exclaimed as she was laying both dresses on the bed. "It's just perfect that the dresses are opposite, but the same style so we can kind of match" the curvy girl said excitedly as she kissed her beautiful girlfriend.
"Now go curl your hair and finish your makeup so we can get out of here on time, Milkovich!" the blond girl yelled as she smacked her girlfriend's ass.
"Yes ma'am! I like it when you get all bossy! Ms. Davis" her girlfriend said as she bit her bottom lip and looked at the voluptuous girl in front of her with pure lust in her eyes. As the brunette made her way to the bathroom, all she could think about was how bad she just wanted to lay her companion down and do very dirty things to her. Mandy didn't know why it turned her on so much when the blond was ordering her around, but 'she had better stop doing it before we don't make it to the wedding' she thought to herself.
Her dirty thoughts were interrupted when she heard her phone go off. "Chris, can you answer that please? It's prolly Mick responding back to my text."
Her lover did as she was asked and replied, letting them know that they were about to call Fiona, so if she called them to not answer.
"Remember when you call act like it's a secret. Oh and don't forget to tell her that they were extremely overwhelmed with the planning and couldn't wait any longer so that's why they are doing this." Mandy said nervously.
"Alright I will." Christy replied.
"You got this babe" the brunette said as she winked.
"Ok here goes nothing." the short girl sighed as she pressed the send button to call the older girl.
"Hey Fi! How are you?" the blonde asked.
"I'm good Chris. You?" the girl on the other side of the phone replied.
"I'm good. Listen I have a bit a secret to tell you, but please don't kill me ok."
"What is it Chris?" Fiona asked.
The blond girl sighed while looking directly at her blue eyed girlfriend. "Ian and Mick are eloping today."
"WHAT?!" the older girl screamed.
Christy had to pull her ear away from the phone because her best friend's sister was going off. "Fi! Fiona! FI!" she yelled, her face nearly red. "They were feeling completely overwhelmed with the wedding planning and just wanted to be married so they made the arrangements to get married today at the County Courthouse in Southside at 4:30pm today."
"And those fuckers couldn't tell me?" Fiona spat.
"They were prolly scared to tell you. Shit I know I would be especially after hearing your reaction"
"That's alright. I will deal with them later. In the meantime" the Gallagher mother figure sighed. "I will call Kev and let him know that we need the Alibi today for the reception. I'm glad we have all the fucking decorations here already. All I need to do now is get some food, order a cake and pick up some flowers and we should be all set. Hopefully we can get the Alibi decorated and everyone there by 5pm. Can you text all of your friends and tell them we are throwing them a surprise reception at the Alibi for me please?"
"Sure Fi I got you" the blond said excitedly.
"Thanks. We should be able to get everything decorated and ready so that when they come down the steps of the courthouse we can surprise them. I will have everyone else wait at the Alibi so it won't give it away. Got a lot to do so see you guys in a few hours alright?"
"Ok bye Fi!"
"Bye Chris!"
"Mands can you do me favor please?"
"Sure love. what do you need?" the brunette asked, touching her companion on the arm.
"Can you text everyone and tell them to come to Mickey and Ian's surprise wedding reception at the Alibi?" The blonde's girlfriend immediately started jumping up and down in excitement. "They need to be there no later than 5pm. In the meantime I am going to text my brother and all my friends to let them know. Oh and please make sure that they all keep it a secret."
"I'm on it babe!" Mandy said cheerfully as she grabbed her phone off the bed and prepared a mass text for almost everyone in her phone.
As soon as both girls sent off their texts, they instantly started receiving replies. They realized they were going to have a full guest list so Christy quickly texted Fiona letting her know that basically everyone was coming. Fiona replied back saying that she called Lip and he said that he was going to help buy the food so that there would be more than enough.
"I'm so excited Chris. This is going to be a day my brother is never going to forget."
"Who you telling? I can't wait to see their reactions when they get to the Alibi" the shorter girl exclaimed as she pulled her lover into a kiss.
"Mick? You ready? It's almost 3:30" Ian yelled as he was straightening his tie.
"Yeah hold the fuck on" the older boy replied as he was making sure his hair was neatly in place. Mickey had a surprise for Ian and it was definitely something the younger boy would not see coming. Since the boys couldn't do the whole not see each other tradition for 24 hours, they decided that they were going to get dressed separately.
Ian made his way to the living room, nervously making sure that he had both wedding rings. He sighed with relief when he realized he had already put them in his side jacket pocket. He took a breath and tried to slow his heart rate as his fiancé made his way out of the guest bathroom.
"Oh my god Mick you look GREAT!" Ian yelped while in shock.
Since Ian loved Mickey's hair so much and always wanted Mick to do different styles, the older boy took it upon himself and decided to get his hair cut into a Mohawk. The redhead had no idea what Mickey did to his hair because he was on the phone with the girls trying to find out how everything went with Fiona.
Mickey stood in his all black fitted suit, black boot style dress shoes, crisp black collared shirt and crimson bowtie accentuating his thick muscular neck. "So uh what you think?" the brunette asked all fidgety.
"You look fucking sexy, Mick" Ian replied walking over and kissing his lover on the lips.
"You look great too! Wow!" the shorter boy replied checking out his handsome fiancé. "I never thought another man could look as sexy as me in suit."
The freckled face boy smiled as he stood straight up to model his suit. The redhead looked like a tall glass of water in his all black fitted suit, black and white gangster spec dress shoes, crisp white collared shirt with black stitching around the collar and his crimson, black and white tie.
"You ready to do this?" the taller boy asked grinning from ear to ear.
"Fuck yeah! let's do this!" Mickey replied doing the first real gentleman like thing for his lover and sticking his arm out so that his lover could grab it.
"Hello Ms. Davis, here is the bouquets and boutonnieres you ordered" the florist replied handing the girls the flowers.
"I love how you guys did the big dark red roses, wrapped the bottom of the bouquets with the satin black ribbon and pinned it with white pins!" Mandy said eagerly while smiling widely.
"These boutonnieres look masculine enough right?" the blond asked, checking out the dark crimson roses with the black tape around the bottom.
"They will! Now let's go before we are late!" Mandy exclaimed as she paid for the flowers.
The florist placed the bouquets in a vase with some water and the boutonnieres in a clear box for them to leave with. Christy grabbed the vase, Mandy clutched the clear box and the girls locked arms as they made their way out of the store.
The girls sped the whole way to Southside. They knew if they didn't, they weren't going to make it to the courthouse at 4:00pm like Mickey had asked them to do. Once they arrived they quickly, parked, grabbed the flowers, grabbed their black and white wrist clutches and made their way up the court stairs. Soon as they walked in, Ian spotted them and flagged them to head down where they were.
"Hey Chris! Hey Mands!" the redhead said with excitement.
"Hey red! Looking good! REAL good!" the blond proclaimed.
"And look at you Mick! I almost didn't recognize you. You almost look as hot as my best friend here." that was as close to a compliment Mickey would allow the blonde to give him.
"Slut please! you know I looking fucking sexy. That's why you was on my dick when we first met, so don't fuckin play yourself just cause your face is now in my sister's coochie!"
Mandy turned her head, covered her mouth and hid behind her bouquet as she snorted in laughter
"Mick…" Ian replied, elbowing his beau while being slightly embarrassed at his fiancé's remarks since there were people close to them eavesdropping on their conversation and now laughing.
Christy took his backlash and laughed because the older boy was right for once. "Here take your boutonnieres skimpy the hedgehog" she fired back sarcastically.
Soon, the people sitting near them were almost in tears at the twosome going back and forth.
The taller boy walked over to his soon-to-be sister, turned to the innocent bystanders and said "We apologize for our significant others, they can be remarkably uncanny and indecorous sometimes."
"Speak for yourself bro" the young brunette said as she patted her hand on the redhead's shoulder. "I love when my woman is inept. It makes things a whole lot more interesting."
"Mhmm that's right Gallagher" his best friend replied as she put her arm around her girlfriend, puckered her lips and rolled her neck with attitude.
Ian shook his head at the two brunettes and blonde in front of him. "Now here are the rings please don't lose em" the green eyed boy said as he gave each girl a small black felt box with the rings in them.
"Don't get your panties in a wad groomzilla!" Christy replied smugly.
Mandy helped her brother put on his boutonniere while Christy put on Ian's for him.
Once everything was straight, the girls pulled out their phones to take pictures of the two handsome men. Ian snapped a few before they were called out from the hall. "Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Milkovich!"
"That's us" Ian whispered to his fiancé as he took one good look at him. The couple turned around to the direction of the voice, Ian stuck his hand out. "Ready?" he asked.
"I'm ready" the older boy responded while smiling widely at his lover and interlocking his fingers in his fiancé's pale freckled hand.
As they were walking down the hall holding hands, Mickey could feel the rest of the insecurities he had about his sexuality start to fall away the closer they got to the judge's chambers. He realized at that moment that as long as he had that adorable redhead next to him, he could be happy and life would be amazing.
As Mandy and Christy walked behind the boys with their arms around each other's waist, heads tilted against the other girl's and bouquets in their free hands, they both fancied the thought this could one day be them.
Once the group made it into the judge's chambers, the boys took their places while holding each other's hands in front of the arbiter.
"Mickah James Milkovich and Ian Clayton Gallagher, we are here in front of these witnesses to unite you as husband and husband" the judge stated looking through his reading glasses while looking down at the pieces of paper in front of him. "What we are doing today is under the laws of the state of Illinois and hereby conformity of traditions of the act of marriage. Ian Clayton Gallagher and Mickah James Milkovich, you have requested that I, Donald A. Jefferson Jr., marry you. Do you Ian Clayton Gallagher promise that you are doing this under your own voracity and will?"
"I do!" Ian said as he smiled while looking at his lover.
"And do you Mickah James Milkovich promise that you are also doing this under your own voracity and will?"
"I do!" Mickey replied confidently as he stood straight up cracking his neck from side to side.
"Do any of you witnesses have reason as to why these two should not marry? If so speak now or forever hold your peace" the judge proclaimed.
The blond and brunette looked at one another and smiled "We don't!" They said in unison.
"Great then we shall continue" Judge Jefferson replied straightening his glasses on his face. "I have been informed that you two elected to speak your own vows. You may do so at this you may go first."
Once they both heard those words they instantly turned and faced each other making sure not to break eye contact. The taller boy took a deep breath, looked at his beau and smiled.
"Mickah, I didn't know the night of May 30th, 2013 would change my life forever. I just went out to the club to do my normal routine of dancing, drinking and a possible hook up, but that all changed when I met you. I honestly thought that you would mean nothing to me and that would I never see you again, but I was wrong. I found out since that day that you are the most sincere, sensitive and loving person that I have ever met. You make me feel important, needed, wanted and supported. It just blows my mind because I never thought in a million years that I would fall in love with the guy who beat up most of Southside as a kid. I thought a lasting relationship let alone a marriage was not a possibility for me because my parents didn't stay together, but then you reversed all of that. You made me feel things that I have never felt before in my life and the more I realized it, the more it made it sense. Loving you is like the air I breathe, it's something I need to do to survive. All I see in my future is you here with me regardless of what happens. And I need you to know that today, I am declaring my love for you to the world. I love you so so much!"
The redhead could see the tears welling up in his lover's eyes as there were soft sniffles forming around them.
"Mickah it is now your turn" the older man said as he looked at the shorter boy.
Mickey wiped his eyes, took a deep breath, gained his composure then said what was on his heart.
"Ian, the moment my lips touched yours, I knew. The first time my name escaped your lips, I knew. The very moment you woke me from my nightmares, I knew. I knew there was none else for me. I knew I would never feel so in love with anyone else. The moment you told me you loved me, I knew. I knew you would be the one to be my husband. When you picked me up off the floor, I knew. And today, I know. I know I wouldn't be able to survive without you. I know I could never love anyone with a tiny fraction of the amount I love you. I want to share my heartwith you and one day, I want to share a family with you. But today, I just want to share my life with you. I love you. Forever."
"Awww Mick that is so sweet" Mandy yelped while grabbing her chest.
The older boy turned around, looked at his sister and said "Shut up bitch, I'm talking right now."
The judge and the girls just chuckled at the response while Ian stood there with tears in his eyes that he tried so hard to keep from falling.
"Ok we must now have the rings please." The judge said.
Both girls reached into their clutches, pulled the rings out of the boxes and handed the respective rings to the boys.
As Ian placed the ring on the older boy's left ring finger, he said "Mick, with this ring I am promising to love you, be here for you, protect you and be true to you until I take the last breath of my life."
Mickey swallowed hard so that he wouldn't break out in tears as he placed the ring on the younger boy's left ring finger then said "Ian, with this ring I am promising that my heart is yours, that I will be everything you need me to be as your companion, that I will be true to you and always love you no matter what until my dying day."
"Mickah and Ian you have exchanged these covenants, given and accepted these rings in my presence and the presence of these witnesses. With these actions you have now united as one. According to the laws of the state of Illinois, I, Judge Donald Jefferson Jr. hereby now pronounce you and husband and husband. You may now kiss to seal this fate."
The brunette let go of his lover's hand, walked up to him, cupped his face and kissed him. Ian wrapped his arms around his husband's waist and deepened the kiss by slightly tilting his head to the right.
Christy and Mandy cheered and clapped with the bouquets still in their hands as they were wiping away the clear streaks that had fallen to their flushed faces.
"I present to you..." the judge started. Mickey pulled away slightly from his lover, signaled to the judge and then whispered something in his ear. The judge looked at the older boy to make sure that he was sure and the brunette nodded in agreement. "I present to you Mr. Mickah James and Mr. Ian Clayton Gallagher!"
The redhead's face lit up with delight and astonishment soon after he realized what his companion had just done.
"Babe, I want your last name" Mickey replied as he rested his forehead on his husband's. The redhead instantly pulled him into a kiss then said "I love you so much kid." The shorter boy smiled wider than his soul mate had ever seen him smile then said "Ditto."
As the group made their way down the hallway to leave, the boys couldn't take their eyes off each other for even a second. Christy was glad about this because Fiona had just texted her saying that they were outside on the steps waiting for them to come out so they could blow bubbles at them. The blond nodded to her girlfriend then they both ran ahead of the boys to get to the courthouse doors first.
"Introducing Mr. and Mr. Ian Clayton Gallagher" Christy and Mandy said in unison as the held the doors open while trying not to drop their blood red bouquets of roses. As the boys came out the doors they were surprised to see a whole lot of familiar faces.
The whole Gallagher clan and even Veronica and Kev were standing on the steps with bubbles in their hands. Of all the faces they saw, Fiona's was the one that wasn't happy.
"Congrats Ian and Mickey!" Debbie squealed as she blew bubbles at them.
"Thanks Debs!" the redhead replied kissing her on the forehead while still holding on to his newly husband's hand.
The couple were blinded with bubbles and screams of "CONGRATS" as they made their way down the courthouse steps. Ian knew he was in trouble when he reached the bottom of the steps.
"So you decided to elope without telling any of us huh?" Fiona asked with an extra serious look on her face and her hand on her hip.
"Fi…" her little brother started.
"I don't want to hear it Ian" she responded while holding up her hand and looking away. "Come here" she finally said as she pulled the taller boy into a hug. She knew that she could never stay mad at him. "Congrats, but if you ever do something like this again and not tell me I'ma bust your head to the white meat understood?" she exclaimed as he slapped him upside his head.
"OW Fi! Ok ok…" the redhead replied rubbing the back of his head.
"That shit goes for you too dickhead" Fiona stated as she punched Mickey in the arm.
"DAMN! Ok Fi shit. You didn't have to hit me like that!" the brunette yelled.
"Mickah James Milkovich, you aren't fucking exempt. I will bust your head wide open too. I still got a bat hanging on my wall. Try some shit like this again and see what happens" the brown haired girl spat while giving the two boys in front of her a rigid glare.
"It's Gallagher now" Mickey smiled.
"Doesnt change the fact that I will kill you and make it look like an accident" Fiona smiled.
"Ok Fi we won't do it again! we promise" the younger boy said softly while feeling terrible at this point.
"Just cause I love you two assholes…"the older girl hesitated "we're going to buy you guys a few rounds at the Alibi to celebrate."
"I love you" Ian responded kissing his sister on her cheek.
"Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Ian Gallagher" Lip exclaimed sarcastically. Mickey quickly flashed the boy in front of him the middle finger.
"I'm just playing" the older boy laughed. "Seriously though, I'm happy for you two" he said as he pulled his baby brother into a hug. He then stuck out his hand to his brother's husband and gave him a manly hug while patting him on the back. Even though Mickey had brothers, at that moment, he felt for the first time in his life that he was part of a family.
"Come on everybody let's go get our drink on and PAR-TAY!" Veronica yelled while dancing in her heels.