Kevin adjusted his tie and smiled nervously at his brothers and his 4 bandmates. He felt his brother squeeze his hand for support. The soft music filled the old chapel and the lights were dimmed as the candles that decorated each pew were lit. Kevin took a deep breath as he watched her sisters walk down the aisle and he smiled at Kim Ann as she walked down the aisle toward him and winked. He clasped his hands together and stood straight as the church doors opened and he caught a glimpse of his future wife for the first time. Her face was aglow as she walked slowly down the aisle. She never took her eyes off Kevin as she walked toward him and as he reached out his hand to take hers he saw the tears that filled her eyes. His eyes filled with tenderness as he whispered "Baby are you alright?"
Skylar smiled softly "My dream is about to come true, I am the happiest girl in the world, now let's get married." They turned to face the priest holding each other's hands tight.
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"I, Kevin Richardson take you Skylar Lawson to be my life partner and wife. I promise to love you unconditionally, to smile when you say something funny, to hold you when you are scared but most importantly to dry your tears when you cry. I promise to love you with every ounce of purity in me, I promise to respect your needs and wishes and to encourage you to reach for your dreams. In front of everyone we hold dear in our lives these things I promise you" Kevin's face was wet with tears as he said the vows he had written for Skylar. He slipped the celtic twist band on her finger and mouthed the words I Love You to her. He longed to lift her veil and dry her tears. He squuezed her hand for support as she started to say her vows.
" I promise you my love, I promise to never take you for granted and work every day to make our beautiful love grow. I will cherish every word that you speak and every smile that you send my way. Whenever you feel down please know that I am feeling your pain and we will work on it together. As I slip this ring on your finger we have now become one. We will share our thoughts and dreams, we are partners in life's journey and soon we will be partners in raising our child." Skylar took a breath as she started to stumble her words, she looked in the brown eyes that she had first fallen in love with and she continued " I will thank god every day for the blessing of your love that he sent me and I will let you know every day how much you mean to me. In front of our family and friends and in the spiritual presence of the two men who we love with all of our hearts, these are my promises I make to you" Skylar slipped the band on Kevin's finger and reached to wipe the tears from his face. She glanced into the crowd and saw everyone crying and dabbing their eyes. She looked at the wedding party and saw Brian and Howie crying, with Nick and AJ on the brink. She smiled at them and turned back to Kevin. The priest blessed them and said a few words and then turned to the couple and placed his hands on theirs " May your love continue to grow, may god bless you and your family, with the spirit given to me by our holy father I now pronounce you husband and wife. Go in the peace of christ. You may kiss" The church erupted with clapping as Kevin lifted the veil and gently cupped his wife's face in his hands "I love you so much" he said as his lips met hers in their first kiss. The couple embraced and then led the procession out of the church. As AJ walked out with Marlo, Skylar's sister on his arm, he scanned the crowd praying that the face he craved would catch his eye. He wiped the tears from his eyes and walked out to the limo.
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Molly watched the couple leave the church as she dried her eyes. She had snuck up to the church balcony and watched the ceremony from there. It was the most romantic ceremony she had ever witnessed and she had never seen two people so much in love. She adjusted the wide brimmed hat that shadowed her face and swallowed hard as she saw AJ searching the crowd as he walked out of the church. "It won't be long Alex, it won't be long until you see me again." Molly waited for the crowd to leave the church so she could slip out unnoticed.
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"I would like to thank our wonderful families and friends who flew in from far away on such short notice. To my brothers on the road, thank you for putting up with my moping and mood swings while I was away from Skylar I love you all. To my brothers thank you for keeping me in line and giving me all that advice on girls" everyone laughed as Kevin said his speech. "There are a special group of ladies from all over the world who flew in to be with my wife and I, they have been my wife's strength and laughter support while I was away, I never thought I would say this but to the hootchies, thank you for all your love." The hootchies broke out into laughter and Skylar winked at them as Kevin raised his glass to him. "As you all have probably noticed there is an empty seat at the head table and there is a bouquet sitting at the place card, our tour manager Molly entered our lives almost a year ago and she has touched all of us in so many ways, she took care of me on the road, she listened to me stress about this wedding and she was my shoulder to cry on when I thought that the long winding roads would never lead me back to my wife. She should have been here to celebrate this wonderful occasion because she is one of the reasons that we have made it. She is recovering from exhaustion and cannot be here today but I would like to raise a toast to her." The crowd raised thier glasses as they toasted Molly. "Finally to my fallen angel, I prayed on shooting stars for you and you slid from the sky on a rainbow. You are the reason I breathe, you are the reason I get up every morning, and you are everything good that is inside of me. Baby I love you more than you can imagine and I cannot wait to hold you and Peanut in my arms and know that we are a family. Thank you for putting up with my insecurities, my sappiness, but most importantly thank you for showing me that wishing on stars and wishing wells are not stupid, thank you for hearing my prayers and blessing me with an incredible love." Kevin's face was wet with tears as he bent down to kiss Skylar.
"You sap" Skylar teased through her tears.
AJ watched as his friends kissed and his thoughts flew to Molly. "Molly we
could be this happy someday."
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