Part 14

The music was slow and droned in my ear but I heard the cue for me to follow Jen. I began walking slowly down the aisle and could see the silhouettes of everyone at the end. I could tell Tim was looking at me� couldn�t see anything else and at this point I was glad.

I stopped at the end and took his hand, which felt clammy. Not that mine didn�t.

The priest began to speak, though I didn�t hear his words at all. They were being drowned out by my thoughts. Was I doing the right thing� I loved Tim� but not in the same way that I�d felt for Paul� there was something different about him� something that I connected to�

�Miss?�� The priest said and I suddenly was snapped back to reality.

�Sorry?�

�Do you take this man to be your lawful wedded husband?�

�Oh� I� I� I do� shit I had said it� no turning back� What had I done�
I had given myself to Tim�

Suddenly it felt as though the entire world caved in. This wasn�t right� I shouldn�t have said yes. I loved Paul and no amount of convincing myself otherwise would change that. I felt weak at the knees. The priest was going to ask him next and he�d surely say yes.

�And do you� Mr Paul McDermott��

�WHAT!!!!� I called out and looked next to me. I took my veil off and there he was� beaming at me proudly� standing on a box to make up the height.

�Paul?� What are you doing here?� I said in a low whisper and looked from Jen to Richard� then to the audience where Tim was sitting and smiling.

�Tim called my parents and found out I wasn�t there� they told him where I was and he called asking why I�d decided not to be the best man� I told him that I loved you� and if it wasn�t me up here� I couldn�t sit by and watch. He asked me if we� well� u know� and said that he was suspicious� so I told him and we arranged this together.�

I looked at Tim again and he nodded solemnly.

�I� I� fuck Paul�

�Yeah I know you do� Whispered Jen in my ear and I early cracked up.

�Lets do it then!� I said and he grinned.

�Do you.. take this woman to be your lawful wedded wife?�

�I do�

�You may now kiss the bride�

And so we kissed� it felt so incredibly right even if it had only been a short time since we fell in love.

We signed the marriage certificates and headed out to the car and to the photo shoot.

We did it�

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