Forever Chicago
This Is It
*Abby’s POV*
Today was the day. Abigail Marie Kane. I like it, I thought as Arianna and I headed out. I wasn’t going to see Patrick for another couple of hours, and I really needed him at the moment. He was the only one that could give me advice. “Nervous?” Arianna asked me on the way there. “Do you know how many times I have heard that question in the past week?” I said laughing. “Yah, I know how ya feel, so many people asked me that too…including you!” I ignored her and looked out the window. I couldn’t focus. I had no clue what was going on most of the time. Thankfully, Patrick’s family and my family were there to help. Now that I think of it, I didn’t really do much. I just tried on my dress and flipped out at a cake guy. My head was definitely not on straight. I couldn’t even remember who was in the wedding party. I actually tried thinking about it for a second before I gave up. I was looking forward to our honeymoon though. The beautiful Bahamas was where we were headed. My body became a little less tense thinking of lying on the beach all day with my future husband. “We’re here!” I heard Arianna say as we pulled into the parking lot.
“Don’t you look gorgeous!” “I absolutely love it” “Here, let me fix that” said all the bridesmaids as they tugged at me, stood back smiling and went back to tugging. Snap out of it Ab! Come on its game time! I thought to myself. I felt a little sick, but I think it was my nerves rather than the baby. I ignored the nausea as I looked in the mirror one last time before walking out.
Here comes the bride, here comes the bride. I was silently humming the tune as I walked down the aisle. Pay attention! You’re gonna trip and fall! I came back to reality as I looked at everyone’s gleaming faces. On one side of the church, were all the guys with their wives or girlfriends. I feel like half the NHL is here, I thought, giggling to myself. On the other was family, and friends I had since we were little. I don’t know why but I avoided looking at Patrick till the last minute. As I finally looked up, Patrick winked at me, and I winked back.
The whole speaking part went by way quicker than expected. Once again I wasn’t paying attention for most it, while all I did was stare at Patrick. Patrick looked mighty fine I might add. In his black tuxedo and blue tie he stood there smiling back at me. Good god I’m so glad I’m marrying this, I thought. I don’t think either of us paid much attention to what was going on. I couldn’t remember anything that anyone was saying. “You may kiss the bride” I heard. I looked down at the beautiful ring that was on my finger. I didn’t even remember him putting in on. That lest sentence brought me back to earth. Patrick leaned in and kissed me. The kiss brought me straight back to the first time we had ever kissed. Every kiss was better than the next with Patrick. It’s just one more thing I loved about him. Everyone was clapping as we continued to kiss. Most kisses would have been over by then, but we continued to make out in front of everyone. I stopped kissing him. “Patrick I love you and all, but we can’t stay here and make out for the rest of the day” He kissed the top of my nose. “Save it for later then”
“Congratulations!” Bergy said to Patrick and me as soon as we entered the reception hall. We reserved a huge restaurant by the water side for our wedding. It was beautiful. The water was exceptionally active, crashing against the stone wall below. The sky was the bluest it had ever been on this perfect August day. “Thanks Bergy” I said, hugging him. Person after person came up to us and congratulate us. I was getting sick of hugging everyone and saying thank you, but in a good way. I was the happiest I had ever been.
Our song started to play as Patrick grabbed my hand and pulled me in close to dance. I rested my head on his shoulder and we rocked back and forth. This day had wiped me out. I was ready to fall asleep by now. I could have fallen asleep in Patrick’s arms at that moment. I picked my head up off his shoulder and kissed him. “What was that for?” he said, raising his eyebrows. “We’re married now Patrick, there doesn’t need to be a reason for me to kiss you” He smiled and kissed me back. “I love you” he said as I put my head back down on his shoulder. “I love you too Patrick.”
-The Bahamas-
“Ready to go lie on the beach?” I asked Patrick as I started to look for my bikini. “How ‘bout we stay here for a while and relax” he said to me as he hopped on the bed. “Ugh Patrick, this has been our excuse for not going out for the past few days” He smirked, patting the spot next to him. “We can stay here as long as we want Ab, so don’t worry about going down to the beach just yet.” I was starting to give in as I had stopped looking for my bathing suit. I sighed, “Fine” I jumped on top of him, knocking his head onto the pillow. This is gonna be a good honeymoon, I thought as we had started to take off our clothes and bask in the moment
