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what is love?

Jack takes a deep breath as he puts his earrings on. His hands tremble as the photographer takes some pictures from afar.

"Relax, you already know his answer." Corbyn nudges him. "He's not running away."

"It's nerve-wracking." He sighs. "I wanna get the vows right." Jack puts his right earring on. "I don't wanna cry my way through them and have him not understanding half of them." He scoffs.

Corbyn rests a hand on his shoulder. "Do you have then written down?" He nods. "Let me check if there's any mistakes."

Jack takes out a sheet of paper and hands it to Corbyn. He sits on the couch by him and starts reading it.

Daniel enters the room, holding Andrew's hand. He was wearing a cute caramel coloured suit with a pink bowtie.

The curly head smiles. "Hey there, cutie." He opens his arms, and a four year old Andrew runs to hug him. "Look at you with your little bow tie. You look so cute, honey." He kisses his cheek.

"Dad told me to tell you that he loves you very much and that..." He furrows his eyebrows and turns to Daniel.

"Rings." He whispers.

"Oh!" He smiles. "That you shouldn't forget the rings and..." He looks back at Daniel again.

"Flowers."

"And that you shouldn't forget to put the flowers on your shirt."

Jack chuckles. "I won't forget none of those things." He kisses his cheek lovingly several times. "How is dad feeling? Hm? He's not too nervous, right?"

"Dad hasn't stopped smiling!" He announces. "He looks so pretty, dad!"

"Hey, no spoiling what he's wearing!" Jane enters the room in a baby pink dress and goes to hug Jack.

"Corbs, dude... are you okay, man?" Daniel asks worriedly as he looks at him crying. He has known him for nearly ten years, and he's never seen him cry like that ever in his life.

"Holy crap, dude." He sniffs. "I need a tissue."

Daniel hands him a handkerchief."It can't be that emotional." He takes the paper from his hand as his eyes skim through it.

"Dad sent me to tell you that he wants you to go first when saying your vows and that he's really, really excited to see you and that you shouldn't feel nervous because he loves you very much."

Jack smiles. "Message received." He nods. "Now, give me a twirl, pretty girl." She complies. He hugs them tightly. "My babies look the cutest!" He kisses them lovingly.

He hears some sniffs and turns to Daniel. "Dude, they're supposed to be read during the ceremony."

He cries. "You love him so much." He whines.

Jack chuckles as he feels his eyes watering. "I do."

The door opens, revealing his mother and sisters. They all hug him tightly and fix his hair and suit lovingly, making sure he looks perfect. Truth be told, no one can fix his hair like Zach does. He just knows.

"Alright, enough messing with my hair." He checks the time. "You four need to go sit down. It starts in five minutes."He taps his wristwatch.

He manages to get everyone out of the room, except his children and his mother, who'd be walking him down the aisle. He crouches in front of them. "I have one mission for you two, alright?'

They nod excitedly. "You tell dad that I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with him and you guys and that I am going to win those twenty bucks."He looks at them. "You got that?"