My husband and my best friend

My husband and my best friend


Marie slowly walked down the stairs, hopping she didn’t trip over the hem of her gown and in her heeled sandals. She was so nervous and had visions of falling flat on her face as she walked down the isle to Scott.

‘You look stunning my dear’ was what she heard telepathically as soon as Charles saw her. He was waiting at bottom of the stairs, in his wheel chair. Marie beamed at him and said out a loud “And you Charles are a sweet and adorable man. Honestly Charles your gifts must have cost you a fortune.”

Charles chuckled and replied “I can honestly say you my dear are well worth every last dollar and more. It is your wedding day, it is only right you should have some beautiful jewellery to wear.”

Marie let out a small laugh and said “Beautiful? Charles beautiful doesn’t even cover it, more like stunning and exquisite.” Charles smiled and replied “I’m glad you obviously approve of my gift. Every beautiful young woman should have beautiful things to where.”

He then looked down at his watch and said “Well, come along then, it is time too get you married. I have it on good authority from Hank and Ororo that everything is ready and everyone is standing in their places waiting. So shall we my dear?”

Marie nodded and gave her hand to Charles as his wheel chair began to hover off the ground high enough for him to reach Marie’s hand comfortably. They then made their way outside. Once they were at the entrance to the area of the garden where the ceremony was to take place, Charles telepathically informed Ororo that they were ready and waiting to make their entrance.

And less then a minute later the sound of the wedding march began to play. Marie took a deep breath as she walked along side Charles’s hovering wheel chair. She saw everyone was indeed in place and the priest was waiting to marry her and Scott.

She had to bite down on her lower lip to smother a smirk, as she took in the priceless expression upon his face, as he saw her in her wedding gown, all done up, and sparkling with the precious gems around her neck and in her ears. She was almost heart broken that she couldn’t have caught that one look on video camera. It would have provided hours of amusing entertainment.

Scott was stunned beyond belief, just like Ororo had predicted. ‘My god she is stunning. And hell look at those gems around her neck and in her ears, obviously Charles’s doing’ Scott thought in awe.

Scott nodded briefly to Charles when he and Marie reached Scott, Alex and the priest. He then turned to Marie as he took her left hand in his own, as she gave her bouquet to Ororo to hold for her.

Scott smiled gently at Marie. Hardly believing his luck, that this stunning creature was to become is wife. He sighed as he and Marie turned to face the priest, this was it, the ceremony was about to begin any second.

So the priest began. He went through the usual formalities for a wedding ceremony that wasn’t Catholic, as neither Scott nor Marie was Catholics. He finally asked “And who gives this woman?” Charles spoke up clearly “I do” He then hovered over to the space that had been set up for his chair.

The priest then continued on asking weather there was anyone who knew of any lawful impediment as to why they shouldn’t be married. Naturally no one commented, and the ceremony went on smoothly.

Soon it came to the exchanging of vows. The priest turned to Scott and asked “Will you take this woman he be your lawfully wedded wife?” Scott sighed and replied “I will.” The priest then turned to Marie and asked the same question “And will you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband?” Marie replied “I will.”

He continued on until he said to Scott “Repeat after me. I Scott Summer” Scott repeated “I Scott Summers. Take you Marie Stanford; take you Marie Stanford, to be my lawfully wedded wife, to be my lawfully wedded wife. To have and to hold, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in sickness and in health, for richer and for poorer, for richer and for poorer, for better and for worse, for better and for worse, until death we do part, until death we do part.”

The priest then had Marie repeat the same vows “I Marie Stanford, I Marie Stanford, Take you Scott Summers; take you Scott Summers, to be my lawfully wedded husband, to be my lawfully wedded husband. To have and to hold, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in sickness and in health, for richer and for poorer, for richer and for poorer, for better and for worse, for better and for worse, until death we do part, until death we do part.”

The priest then asked for the rings. Alex stepped forwards and placed the rings in the centre of the open book the priest had been reading from, the priest then blessed the rings before continuing.

Scott and Marie sighed as they shared a look, this was it, and the rings would make it official, more so then the vows they had just taken. They both turned back to face the priest as he said to Scott “Take the ring and repeat after me.” Scott nodded as he picked up the wedding band intended for Marie.

“I Scott Summers, I Scott Summers, give you Marie Stanford; give you Marie Stanford, this ring, this ring, as a symbol of my love and promise, as a symbol of my love and promise, with this ring I dewed, with this ring I dewed.” He slipped the ring down upon her finger, to join her engagement ring, as he said his vows.

The priest then had Marie repeat the same, as she picked up the ring that would soon encircle Scott’s finger. “I Marie Stanford, I Marie Stanford, give you Scott Summers; give you Scott Summers, this ring, this ring, as a symbol of my love and promise, as a symbol of my love and promise, with this ring I dewed, with this ring I dewed.” She slipped the ring down upon his left ring finger.

The Priest then said a few more words before announcing “With the powers invested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife.” He turned to Scott and said with a smile and a nod “You may kiss your bride.”

Scott took a deep breath and turned to face Marie. This should be interesting, seeing as they had never kissed before. This would be their first kiss. Marie was nervous, Scott wasn’t feeling any better either.

Scott slowly leaned forwards and brought his hands up to gently cup Marie’s face, he then looked her straight in the eyes, blue meeting green, before closing his eyes and capturing her lips with his own in a gentle kiss.

The reaction was instant; both had to stifle a gasp, as the feeling of the others lips pressed and moving slowly and gently against their own. It felt like they had been given a shock to the system. Neither expected it to feel like that, to feel so right.

Scott deepened the kiss before pulling away slowly. They both looked at each other flushed, with more then a little wonder, as everyone clapped and cheered. They snapped out of their daze when the priest announced “I give you Mr. and Mrs. Summers.”

Scott and Marie smiled as they turned to face the others, who were all beaming. Marie accepted her bouquet back from Ororo as she and Scott walked down the garden arm in arm, as everyone threw rice at them.

Everyone made their way to the large white tent that Charles had arranged for the reception. Whilst everyone was either dancing or laughing, Scott, Marie, Alex, Ororo, Rini, John, Bobby, Hank, Charles, Kitty and Jubilee were just finishing up with the photographer Charles had hired to take all the photos for the wedding.

Later on after everyone had eaten and the speeches had been made by both of Alex and Ororo, Scott and Marie shared their first dance as husband and wife. Their song was ‘Because you loved me, by Celine Dion’ Marie liked the song so much, that Scott decided it should be the song they danced to at their wedding. Marie had beamed at him and had whole heartedly agreed.

Just as the reception was due to finish, Marie got ready to throw her bouquet, as all the free females got together, hopping to catch the bouquet. Marie grinned as she turned around before she aimed her bouquet over her shoulder and threw it up and over into the single women gather together nearby.

Marie turned when she heard Kitty and Jubilee teasing Ororo, as she had caught the bouquet. Marie giggled at Ororo’s flushed face as she held onto the bouquet. Scott shook his head and teasingly smiled at Ororo who flushed harder.

Scott then took Marie into the centre of the dance floor and got down on one knee, as she lifted the hem of her gown, allowing Scott to reach underneath and remove the garter Rini had placed there earlier on. Scott then got to his feet, before throwing the garter over his shoulder into the crowd of single men. He turned when he heard one of the men crow in delight, as Warren AKA Angel caught the bouquet. He flushed just like Ororo had.

Warren and Ororo made their way to the centre of the dance floor, as Scott and Marie moved to one side grinning like manics at the flushed faces of Warren and Ororo, as he got down on one knee and she lifted the hem of her dress and allowed Warren to roll the garter up her exposed leg, until he reached her mid thigh.

Once that was done, they shared a dance together, as everyone looked on, grinning at the flushed faces of the couple dancing on the dance floor in the centre of the room.

All in all the wedding and reception was a success. Everything had turned out smoothly, considering they had only three weeks to prepare for everything to begin with.

The reception went on for another hour, before everyone either retired to their rooms or other rooms in the mansion. And Scott and Marie went up to, Scott’s, soon to be their room.

They had the whole night a head of them, and had no idea how it was going to go. As they had never imagined they would have been in such a position to begin with.