DOUBLE TAKE

Chapter 43

Two years on

Two year old Macey walked down the white sandy isle holding her hand firmly in Piper's. Together they threw red and orange rose petals as they walked. At the end of the isle stood George Callen Manning, beside a very nervous Martin Andrew Deeks. He smiled as he watched his daughter who was a spitting image of her mother, but with his vibrant blue eyes, run the rest of the way up to him and hug his leg. He bent down and whispered into her ear to stay with Piper as they waited for the others to walk down the isle.

Callen looked up and saw Nell walk behind them holding ten month old Samuel. Red hair and blue eyes, just like his sister. Callen smiled at his family, a good mix of himself and the woman he loved. He was the happiest man in the world at that moment, content with the family he had finally been blessed with, after so long without.

Beside him Marty Deeks shook with nerves. It had taken a long time, but eventually Kensi had said yes to marrying him. Marty understood why he needed to be patient with her, after all she had been through, and patient he had been. But he wanted desperately to make her his, and he to be hers. He watched as a very pregnant Kensi Marie Blye walked down the isle holding onto Sam's arm. Michelle stood in the audience alongside their daughter Kamran, Hetty, Eric, Charlie, Jackson, their children, the Wilkins, John, Kensi's mom, Julia, and Deeks' mom, Roberta Deeks. Kensi was pregnant with twins and Deeks grinned from ear to ear. Finally, they would have children that were pieces of both of them.

As Kensi walked down the isle towards Marty, she held onto Sam for dear life. She was nervous, but who wouldn't be, on the most important day of their life? However, she was nervous for more than that—-around fifteen minutes earlier, Kensi had felt contractions start, and feared she wouldn't make it to the ceremony to marry the man she loved. The contractions weren't close, she understood how her body progressed into labour with Piper ten years earlier, and with Lucas, two years ago. But she was expecting twins this time, and she wasn't sure how her labour would go. She still had a month to go before her babies were due, they had thought the date of the wedding would be fine. But the doctor said to expect them to come early, perhaps a week or two. But not a whole month.

As she and Sam appeared at the end of the isle, she gave Marty a nervous smile. Sam passed her hand over to him and stood beside his own wife. Marty and Kensi held hands at the front, beside the marriage celebrant. One by one, they said their vowels and exchanged rings, which had their names and date engraved inside of them. The time came for Marty to kiss his bride.

"With the power invested in me, by the State of California, I now pronounce you man and wife." The woman looked at the Groom. "You may now kiss your bride."

Marty Deeks grinned from ear to ear. He moved closer to Kensi, who was now his wife. Her bulging belly prevented him from getting too close, but he rubbed his hand over her belly lovingly. His other hand lifted her chin gently, and as he moved his mouth closer to hers, the ocean breeze intermingled their breaths. "I love you, Kensi Marie Deeks." Kensi smiled in return and responded to his kiss as he captured her lips with his.

"I love you too." She whispered back.

Marty gave her a look of surprise as he felt one of the many contractions she had experienced already that day. He raised his eyebrows in question to her. Kensi nodded. "Are you okay? Should we.."

"Not yet," she whispered back to him. Marty nodded in return, but kept a watchful eye on his new wife, just the same.

"I now introduce to you, Mr and Mrs Martin Deeks."

The guests applauded, and tears fell from Kensi's, Marty's and the female guests' eyes. People swarmed around them as they congratulated them on their nuptials.