The Wylie Diaries : Where The Flowers Bloom

Chapter Five : All Of Me

I never believed that this day would come. I didn't think i would ever get married, at least not at the age of twenty one. I knew that Tyler was the person i wanted to spend the rest of my life with and this just felt like the next step. When you love someone, there are no limitations. The earth beneath your feet seems to transform into a pathway leading you back into their arms, at least that is what i have felt over these last few years with Tyler. There has never been a dull moment and the lives we live outside of our relationship adds to this. Our lives have recently become a lot more integrated, a change that felt weird at first but has since been welcomed.

I looked over to my mum and saw the smile on her face. She always wanted me to be happy and she could see that i finally was. I often think what would happen if i ended up on the Disney channel, following the path i was heading down. Would i have ever met the love of my life? In the end i'm glad that my life took this path and not another.

My hands begin to shake as i button up the shirt i'm going to wear as i walk down the aisle. A classic white shirt, navy blue tie and cuff links. I haven't seen what Tyler is wearing yet, it's apparently bad luck to see the groom before the wedding. As I look over to my mum, a single tear trickles down my cheek and splashes onto the floor beneath me. "I never cry" I said to my mum, trying to gather my composure.

"It's okay hunnie, it's a big day. Here, use this tissue" she responds, handing me a plain white tissue. I hug her and remember how shes always been here throughout every transition in my life.

"Mum, you're like my rock. I honestly don't know what i would do without you" I blubbered, holding together whatever dignity I had left, attempting not to burst out crying.

"Aww, just know that you have made me the proudest mum alive" She replied, moving the strand of hair that had ventured its way towards my eye. "Tyler is the luckiest man alive" She stated. I often felt differently. I always felt I had so many flaws, that my flaws would eventually drive away anybody who discovered them. Tyler accepted them and I accepted his, it's probably why this whole thing works so well.

I look out of the window and see the crowd gathering and making their way down onto the pier that surrounds the lake. We decided to get married near the lake which had been our home for the last year. He proposed to me near it and so it was only fitting that our lives be joined there as well. Everybody has traveled such a long way to be here. We not only invited our family but also some friends we had gotten to know over the last few years.

As the clock strikes eleven o'clock, my hands begin to shake again. I begin to take the long walk from the room I had been getting ready in. As I look both ways down the aisle there is nothing but happiness. Everybody is either smiling or crying. As I look ahead, I see the person who I am going to spend the rest of my life with, however long that may be. He smiles, an image of perfection, waving excitedly at me from the distance. He chose to wear white too but with a black tie. His hair gelled to the side, the way I like it. His eyes, like piercing daggers, study me as I walk towards him slowly. "You look amazing" He says lovingly as he kisses me on the cheek.

"So do you" I smile, knowing that this marks the beginning of everything i had ever wanted.

"Greetings to all who have gathered here today", the marriage official says. "Today marks the joining of lives for these two young men. The beginning of a new chapter in their lives, one filled with love, honesty and fellowship. As we all stand here today to bare witness to the joining of these two men, I ask you to remember the journey they have taken and imagine the journey that is yet to come". I look to Tyler, holding his hand and wiping the tears that have begun to roll down his cheeks. "As part of the proceedings, the boys have been asked to prepare vows for one another. Tyler, would you go first?".

"On this day, I give you my heart, my promise. My promise that I will walk with you, hand in hand, wherever our journey takes us. Living, learning, loving, together forever." Tyler begins to find it hard to say the words, struggling to hold back the tears that have erupted from his eyes. "I promise to love and care for you, to be worthy of every part of your love. I will be honest, kind, patient and forgiving. But most of all, i promise to be a true and loyal friend to you, i love you.".

The room begins to fill with the tears of our family and friends. "Wylie, would you please proceed" the marriage official says.

"I see these vows not as promises but as privileges" I say. "I get to laugh with you and cry with you: care for you and share with you. I get to run with you and walk with you: build with you and live with you. I vow to help you love life, to always hold you with tenderness and to have the patience that love demands. I vow to speak when words are needed and to share the silence when they are not. To agree to disagree and to live within the warmth of your heart and always call it home. When i'm scared, you make me feel safe. When i'm sad, you make me smile. There has yet to be a day where we haven't laughed together. I never want there to be one".

I finally get the words out before becoming a blubbering mess. I pull the tissue out of my pocket my mother gave earlier, carefully dabbing away the tears that seem to be pouring from every orifice. I wipe Tyler's face and look deeply into his eyes.

"Dearly loved, thank you for gathering to witness the marriage of these two individuals, now joined together for all eternity. May their life been filled with the happiness and success that they deserve. I now pronounce you husband and husband, you may kiss the groom", the marriage official says ecstatically.

Tyler grabs me by the waist, just like on that day two years ago in the rain, and kisses me on the lips. For a moment time seems to freeze and nothing else in the world matters. As i pull away and look around to my family and friends, i realise that my life has changed forever. Tyler picks me up and swings me round before planting one last kiss on my forehead.

"I love you" He says

"I love you too" I reply.

The rest of the ceremony seems to fly by. Before I know it, Tyler is carrying me up the stairs to our room in the tiny house. As he lay me on the bed, he whispers softly in my ear.

"Happy wedding night, Wylie" Tyler says mischievously.

As I lay on the bed, he crawls in between my legs and kisses me tenderly on the lips. His hands wonder for what seems like hours before he begins to unbutton his shirt and pants. "You are officially mine, Mr Ringhand" I say provocatively to him as he pulls me closer to him, a grin appearing on his face. Our bodies rub together, enough friction to replicate what must have happened when the universe was formed in the big bang. His hips thrusting like solar flares erupting from the sun. The heat enough to melt the very fabric of time and space itself. Locked in our own world of romance, time seems to slip away. His love enough to fill each void in my soul. We cuddle for what seems like eternity before i drift off to sleep to the sound of his beating heart.