“Probably want to go for the short version or excuse him from his duties,” Zen mutters to us.
And once more, a massive, echoing sneeze splits the air.
But this time, it’s not Theo.
This time, it’s Bash sneezing the sneeze of a person six times his size.
Every last person gathered at our little wedding gawks at him.
How the hell did that sound come out of his body?
“Bwess me, I get tiss-sue?” he says.
Emma whimpers, clearly stifling a laugh.
Sabrina, Laney, my mother, and one of the triplets all produce tissues for Bash.
And my bride grabs my hand again, still keeping one on Bash as she launches into her vows before anyone else sneezes. “Jonas, you are the last thing I ever wanted.Ever. Especially when we met, and even more so when you came back into my life. But you’re also everything that’s ever been missing in my life. You’re my best friend. My partner. The first person to fully and completely demonstrate to me the true meaning of believing in another person. You saved me and you gave me more than I ever knew I could wish for when you chose to love me and our son, and I will love you until the end of time and back again.”
“Dammit,” Theo mutters.
“There’s no objecting in this wedding, dumbass,” Zen hisses at him.
“She made me cry,” he hisses back.
“Also, this is the best weddingever,” Emma whispers to me. “Your turn. Maybe fast?”
She doesn’t have to tell me twice. I pull her hand to my mouth and kiss it. “Emma, I spent my entire life chasing a dream with roles that weren’t supposed to be mine. But when I met you, I found where I fit. You give my life meaning and purpose and more love and joy in a single minute of the day than I’ve ever found anywhere else. I love you more than all of the stars andplanets and meteor showers that exist in the entire universe, and I give you my heart for all eternity.”
Every word is true.
None come from any movie script I’ve ever read.
I checked.
Emma flings herself at me and kisses me. “I love you,” she whispers.
“I love you too.”
“You love meeeeee,” Bash says.
“Fuckingdammit,” Theo mutters again. “Hemade me cry too.”
“Maybe it’s pregnancy hormones,” Zen says.
I lift Bash up and hug him while I’m hugging Emma and she’s hugging both of us.
“And I now pronounce you man and wife and child,” Zen says. “Do the kissing and all that. Like you didn’t already. Go ahead. Do the kissing again.”
But Emma doesn’t kiss me.
Actually, she looks at Zen and completely kiss-blocks me.
“You missed the one part,” Emma whispers to Zen.
Zen rolls their eyes with a smirk that gives me pause for the first time all day. All week. Even allmonth.
“Oh,right. That part.” They clear their throat. “I now pronounce you man and wife and child and child-on-the-way.Nowyou can do the kissing thing.”
