|
|
Post by ihearthaiden on Dec 25, 2016 14:12:42 GMT -5
Merry Christmas!
Days of our Haiden
~*The Wedding*~
“You look beautiful, Mom.”
Hope smiled at her daughter’s reflection in the mirror, which was directly behind hers.
She turned around and faced her daughter. “Do you really think so?” She looked herself up and down and smoothed her hands over the long white skirt of her dress. It had tiers and really long and flowy. Her blue heels couldn’t even be seen, for the dress was so long. The bodice of the dress was complexly lace. Her hair was up in a French Twist.
“You look absolutely stunning. You’ll take Aiden’s breath away.” Ciara grinned.
Hope smiled. “Are you really okay with me marrying him? I know after all he did, you were skeptical of him, and never fully seemed to get over those feelings.”
Ciara shrugged. “He kept me from going to jail, so I guess he’s not so bad after all.” Her eyes then narrowed. “But if he hurts you again, prepare to be a window.”
Hope nervously laughed. “What scares me is you actually look and sound serious when you say that!” She raised an eyebrow at her. “You’re not, serious, right?”
Ciara rolled her eyes. “Please, Mom! I’m not a murderer.” She grinned. “But I can’t promise no physical harm would come to him.”
Hope was the one to roll her eyes this time. She shook her head and laughed. “You always did have your father’s sense of humor.”
Ciara raised an eyebrow. “Who says that part was a joke?”
Hope smirked. “Well, he’s not going to hurt me, so you don’t have to worry about it. He makes me so happy! I haven’t been this happy in a very long time.”
Ciara hugged her. “Then I’m happy for you, Mom.”
Hope kissed the top of her head. “Thank you, Baby.”
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
“Who is it?” Ciara called out.
“It’s Jen and Julie!” Jen called back. “We come bearing gifts!”
Ciara walked over to the door and opened it.
Jen and Julie quickly walked in, and Ciara shut the door behind them before anyone got a glance of Hope in her wedding gown that shouldn’t.
“Look at my Darling Hope, so beautiful in her wedding gown!” Julie hugged Hope tightly.
Hope hugged her tightly in return.
Jen then hugged her cousin. “You really do look beautiful,” Jennifer said.
“Thank you!” Hope said as she hugged her cousin. “Both of you,” she said, looking at them both as she released Jen from the hug.
Jen grinned, and held out a small box. “This is for you.”
Hope raised an eyebrow. “What is it?”
Julie rolled her eyes. “Why does everyone always ask that when getting a gift? It’s wrapped for a reason. Open it up and find out!” She grinned so that Hope knew she was only teasing her.
Hope grinned as well, then opened the box. She gasped. “Jen! This I so beautiful! Thank you!” She hugged her cousin tightly.
Jen smiled. “You’re welcome! I figured this could be your something new. I know Ciara already bought you those blue heels for your something blue.”
Hope grinned, and peaked one of her feet out to show her she was wearing the heels. “Help me put it on please?” she then asked, holding the bracelet out to Jen.
“Of course!” Jen replied. She the latched the pretty golden bracelet with the wedding date engraved on the back. The front had hers and Aiden’s birth stones on them—a garnet for her and a tanzanite for Aiden—both gems in the shape of hearts.
Hope hugged her again. “I love it!”
“Now for your something old!” Julie said.
“She already has something old! Grandpa will be walking her down the aisle,” Ciara joked.
Jen, Hope, and Julie all laughed.
“For your sake, I won’t tell him you said that!” Julie joked. She then turned her attention back to Hope. She handed her a beautiful pearl necklace. “This was our mother’s. I found it when I was helping Jen clean out her attic. It was hidden in a crack between the floor and the wall. It must have fallen there years ago, and no one ever noticed it until now.”
Jen nodded. “It’s so weird because I never noticed it up there before, and neither did JJ or Abigail. It’s almost as if it suddenly just appeared.”
“Like our mother wanted you to have it and made us find it,” Julie said, tears in her eyes.
Hope had tears in her eyes as well. “Thank you so much for this! You have no idea what this means to me.”
“Let me put it on you.” Julie latched the necklace around Hope’s neck.
“Now for your something borrowed,” Claire said.
They all looked at her in surprise. “Where did you come from?” Ciara asked her.
“I came in when Julie first gave Hope the necklace.” Claire nodded at them. “You guys were too enthralled with the necklace to notice me come in.” She grinned. She then handed Hope some gold heart-shaped earrings. “These are my favorite pair, so I definitely want them back, but I figured the hearts would be perfect for your wedding day.”
Hope hugged her granddaughter “Thank you, Claire. They are beautiful and I love them!” She took out her fleur-de-lis earrings and replaced them with the hearts. If it made Claire happy, then it made her happy. Anyway, she did need something borrowed, so the earrings would be perfect.
There was a knock on the door, and Doug popped his head in. “It’s time.”
Jen quickly took Hope’s diamond-studded crowned veil and helped get it secured onto Hope’s head. Then, she gave her one last hug. “Are you ready?”
Hope took a deep breath and slowly let it out. “As I’ll ever be.”
After more hugs from Ciara, Claire, and Julie, the four of them left to go take their places.
Doug came into the room and hugged his daughter, tears in his eyes. “My beautiful daughter is all grown up!” he said, taking her hands in his own.
Hope sighed. “Daddy, this isn’t exactly the first time I’ve ever been married.”
Doug smiled weakly. “I know. But I still feel like I’m losing my daughter every time you get married!”
Hope smiled weakly as well, and gently squeezed her father’s hands. “You’re never going to lose me, Daddy. I don’t care how old I get; I’m always going to need my daddy.”
They embraced and held each other for a moment, then Dough reluctantly pulled away. “It’s time!” he said, gently wiping away Hope’s tears with his thumbs.
Hope smiled brightly. “Okay.”
They then left the room and headed down the stairs so that Hope could finally remarry the man of her dreams.
~*The Wedding*~
Ciara walked down the stairs first, being Hope’s matron of honor, then came Julie, Kayla, Jen, and Claire, who were her bride’s maids. They all walked down the stairs and into the Horton living room which was now filled with chairs set up in rows. They walked to an instrumental version of “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.”
Aiden’s best man, Chase, stood with Aiden, as well as the groomsmen who were Lucas, JJ, and Chad.
They stood right inside of the entrance way to the right when facing the living room with the matron of honor and bridesmaids to the left.
The wedding march then began, and Doug slowly walked Hope down the stairs and through entrance to Aiden. He kissed Hope’s cheek as the music stopped, then took his seat in the front row.
“You’re so beautiful,” Aiden whispered to her as he gently stroked her cheek. His eyes were only on her.
She had tears in her eyes as she kissed his hand. “And you’re so handsome!” she whispered back. He was wearing just a plain black and white tuxedo with a green and red striped silk tie since it was Christmas day, but her heart still swelled with love for him. To Hope, he was the handsomest man in the room. She felt so incredibly lucky!
Father Louis was there to marry them since he was the reason (though inadvertently on his part) that they had ended up falling in love. He had insisted they work together on the gala, and in turn, it had made them fall hard for each other.
He began the ceremony, preaching about love and unity. They lit a candle together to represent unity as Claire sang a beautiful song she had written especially for them. It was her present to them on their wedding day.
It was a beautiful song, and when it was over, they all clapped. Hope and Aiden hugged and thanked her as well before continuing on with the ceremony.
It was time for them to say their vows. Aiden went first.
“I’ll keep this short because I’m so eager to finally make you my wife again,” Aiden began.
Friends and family chuckled while Hope smiled lovingly at him.
“But I just want to say that I will love, honor, and cherish you until the day that I die, and I will spend the rest of my life making it up to you for the way I’ve treated you in the past. Never again will I lie to you, our purposely cause you any pain, whether it be physically or emotionally. I love you, Hope—more than my own life even.” He took her hands in his and kissed them. “And I promise to spend the rest of my life doing whatever it takes to make you the happiest woman alive.”
Hope had tears in her eyes. “You already make me happy every day of my life! So happy! As far as I’m concerned, the stuff that happened in the past has only made us stronger. It made us stronger because we learned from our mistakes. It also made me realize how deep for you my love really ran. If I could forgive you for what you did, then I knew how much I really must love you. Inside I knew I should hate you and never want to have anything to do with you again. But, no.” Hope shook her head. “My heart wouldn’t let me give up on you. I love you, Mr. Jennings! In both good times and bad, and I promise to spend the rest of my life showing you more love than you ever thought possible.”
Aiden instinctively tried to kiss her, but Hope smiled, and gently put a finger to his lips.
“Uh, uh, uh!” Father Louise said, shaking his finger at him. “Not until I say the magic words!” He teased.
Everyone laughed.
Father Louis then had the exchanging of the rings.
“With this ring, I thee wed,” Aiden said to Hope as he slipped the ring onto Hope’s left ring finger.
When it was Hope’s turn, she too said the words. “With this ring, I thee wed.” She slipped the ring onto Aiden’s left ring finger.
“Aiden Jennings, do you take Hope William’s to be your lawfully wedded wife?” Father Louis then asked Aiden.
Aiden nodded. “I do.” His eyes were locked on Hope’s.
Father Louis then turned to Hope. “Hope Williams, do you take Aiden Jennings to be your lawfully wedded husband?
Hope smiled. “I do,” she said, her eyes still locked with Aiden’s.
“Well, then, by the powers vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife!” Father Louis turned to Aiden. “Now you may kiss the bride!”
Everyone laughed.
Aiden then pulled Hope in for a kiss even more passionate than their first wedding kiss had been.
Everyone cheered as Hope and Aiden kissed.
Hope and Aiden held their clasped hands up in the air in celebration, then they headed just a foot outside the doorway and kissed exactly where they had kissed under the mistletoe their first Christmas together.
“I love you, Mrs. Jennings,” Aiden said to Hope, resting his forehead against hers once they had broken the kiss.
She grinned. “And I love you, Mr. Jennings.”
They kissed some more, then Hope took his hand. “Come on! We have some unfinished business to attend to,” she said softly with a wink and a smile at him.
Aiden grinned, knowing exactly what she meant.
They then headed hand-in-hand over to the Christmas tree.
Doug then presented Aiden with a medium-sized box.
Doug took off the lid, revealing a green and red plaid ball ornament with Aiden’s name written across it in silver. “Welcome to the family,” Doug said.
Aiden smiled, surprising Hope by getting a little teary-eyed. “Thank you!” he said.
Hope and Chase had already hung theirs, but now, Aiden was able to hang his right next to Hope’s. He did so, and the tears fell. “I’m sorry! I’m such a baby!” he said to everyone. He laughed at his own weakness. “From the bottom of my heart, thank you for this.”
“You’re my husband and part of the family now,” Hope said to him, wrapping her arms around him. She kissed his tears away like he usually did for her. “You’ve earned it!”
They kissed some more as everyone awed. Some even clapped.
Aiden then held Hope close in his arms, the happiest he had ever been, for finally he was home.
~*The Wedding*~
The reception was being held at Chez Rouge, but Hope and Aiden wanted to have their first dance together under the mistletoe in the hallway again, where they had kissed their first Christmas together. So, they had headed out into the hallway and danced to “This Love” by Taylor Swift.
When Claire had suggested that song while they had been planning the wedding, they had both been extremely skeptical. After all, Taylor Swift? It wasn’t exactly either of their music styles. They always figured Taylor Swift was for the younger generation. However, once Claire had played it for them, they were both hooked. The lyrics fit them perfectly, and the melody was so beautiful. They had agreed to it, and now that they danced to it together in the hallway underneath the mistletoe, thinking about that first Christmas together, and how little did they know then, they would be married a few years later… Now they knew that they had made the right decision is agreeing to Claire’s choice. It was the perfect song for them. They made a mental note to thank her later.
They kissed when the song was over, and the photographer continued to take pictures.
Ciara cleared her throat. “Gross! Can we please leave for the reception now before I barf?”
Aiden smirked. “Same old Ciara.”
Hope smirked as well. “And we wouldn’t have her any other way.”
“Aiden shook his head. “Nope!”
Ciara rolled her eyes, but grinned.
“Come here, you!” Hope said to her.
She put an arm around Ciara, and Aiden put an arm around her as well.
Ciara smiled. “What the heck? Why not?” she asked as she placed her arms around Hope and Aiden. “Get over here, Chase!” Ciara called out.
Chase ran over, and Hope motioned him over to her other side. She wrapped her arm around Chase, and with a smile, he wrapped his arm around her.
They then all walked out of Jen’s to head to Chez Rouge, eager to start the reception and celebrate Hope and Aiden’s love for each other and new marriage to each other.
~*The Reception*~
The cake was a huge white chocolate three-tiered cake that had a custom made bride and groom on top, made to look just like Hope and Aiden right down to the dress and suit matching their actual dress and suit.
Hope and Aiden cut the cake with Hope’s hand on bottom, and Aiden’s on top.
They then each took a bit piece with their hands and, both getting the same idea, and smashing it over the other’s mouth.
Everyone laughed.
Hope then took the approach of grabbing a napkin and gently wiping Aiden’s mouth clean.
Aiden, however, chose to get the frosting off Hope’s mouth with his own mouth.
Some awed, some laughed, while others, like Ciara and Chase, both just looked disgusted.
Neither Hope nor Aiden cared or noticed as they began to kiss again, both so in love with the other, and so very happy to finally be married again.
When they all had sat down to eat, the speeches began. Jen’s speech was about being skeptical at first of Aiden after his and Hope’s past, but soon realizing how much he truly loved Hope, and how happy he made her. She told him how his and Hope’s love for each other made her decide to give him another chance, and she welcomed him into their crazy family.
Chase’s had been thanking everyone for finally accepting him and his father. He also told Hope it felt really good to have a mom again, and that he couldn’t imagine having a better mom than her. Of course, this had made Hope run over to him and hug him. She had even kissed his cheek, causing his cheeks to flush red with embarrassment.
Throughout dessert, guests kept clinking their glasses, wanting Hope and Aiden to kiss, which Hope and Aiden were more than happy to oblige too.
After dessert, there was more dancing.
As Hope ad Aiden danced, Aiden’s hands over her waist, and Hope’s arms draped over his shoulders, they talked about their honeymoon. They were going to go over New Years, and spend a week in Orlando. Hope had never been to Disney World, and Aiden really wanted to take her.
“I can’t wait to take you there and treat you like the princess you deserve to be treated like,” he said as they danced.
Hope grinned. “There you go with the smooth-talking again.”
Aiden grinned as well. “You know you love it!”
Hope smiled, and gently nodded. “I do. But you treat me like a princess every day; not just on vacation.”
Aiden gently stroked her hair, his eyes filled with desire for her. “That’s because to me, you are a princess. In fact, you’re a queen. Better yet, you’re my queen—a goddess even.”
“Keep going!” Hope teased, loving her ego being stroked.
Aiden kissed her cheek. “You’re my everything.” He kissed her chin. “My soul mate.” He kissed her neck. “My life.”
Hope gently took his face between her hands and looked him in the eyes. “And you’re my fairytale ending. I love you, Mr. Jennings. More than you ever could imagine.”
Aiden’s eyes lowered with love for her. “And I love you, Baby. More than I ever thought it was possible to love someone.”
They kissed some more, then rested their foreheads against each other’s, so content in knowing that this time, it would be forever.
~*And they loved happily ever after*~
|
