Mysterious

Chapter 41

Arissa looked out the window as the girls finished up everything. "Rain on your wedding day is good luck, no?" Arissa asked.

"It's the best of luck, sweetheart.." Bruno's mother told her taking her hand helping her stand up in the big white dress. "Okay, Rissy...are you ready to marry my baby?" she asked.

"Like never before..." Arissa answered returning the hug his mother was giving her.

"Aww, yeaaah! I get another sister!" Presley joined the hug.

A knock on the door interrupted the Hernandez house of love.

The door opened with her father peeking in. "Are you ready, sweetheart?" he asked.

Everyone ran out the door as her father came in the room. "When those plane tickets came to us I knew you had said yes. But, if he ever hurts you, you know you can come home. We will get you home faster than your mom can finish a drink..." he told her.

"I know, dad. I know. I know this is right. I know it's the right time. Before it wasn't right. I just needed more time to make sure that he was it. I mean, just know that everything was right. And you know what? I think this is the most right I have felt since 5th grade."

"I can tell, pumpkin. You are the most happy I have ever seen you when you are with him. He makes you laugh. And I know that means a lot to you."

"Now, let's not get too sappy..." Arissa told her dad taking his hand to leave the room with him. "And remember right, left, right when we walk down the aisle." she finished.

**

"He looks gorgeous..." Anna told Arissa as she and her father made their way to the large group of bridesmaids.

"He always does." Arissa laughed. "But I can't wait to see what he is wearing..." she commented.

"It won't disappoint you, Tahiti told her.

They heard a piano start playing Pachelbell's Canon in D. The door opened slowly as the girls started to walk down the aisle. She craned her neck to see what the boys were wearing.

"I can't seeeee...." Arissa whined.

"Be patient, daughter. You'll see him in few seconds. As their borrowed flower girl, a friend of friend's baby, stopped at the front of the aisle they heard the piano switch to an unknown piece. It wasn't something she had heard before. Her father smiled as they started to walk. Bruno's voice started over the piano. He sang, "Don't be nervous, everything will be perfect. Everything is right because oh, baby, oh baby, she's my wife..." He finished the song before she made it to the end of the aisle. He walked slowly to the front meeting his brother and Phil.

"She's so beautiful..." Eric leaned over to tell his brother.

"I know she is." he responded. Bruno took her hand from her father's after her father presented her to the group. Bruno squeezed her right hand tightly to comfort her nerves.

"I don't know what to do..." she said quietly.

"Just go with it." he told her.

"We are gathered here, today, to witness the union of two amazing people, who mean more to all of us in this room than anything in this world..." the pastor began. "Bruno and Arissa have come in front of this group today to promise to share their love, sadness, good and bad. They are here today to accept the future and whatever may lie ahead. After searching their hearts and their pasts, they have resolved to be lifelong partners in the journey of life..."

Arissa looked at Bruno at the same time her faced her. She blushed as he smiled at her squeezing her hand again. He mouthed "I love you" as the pastor began to read "Place me like a seal over your heart, like a seal on your arm; for love is as strong as death, its jealousy unyielding as the grave. It burns like a blazing fire, like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot wash it away. If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love, it would be utterly scorned...Arissa and Bruno have witnessed this love and have, even in this short time, realized that the love they share is mightier than any other. Distance, careers and everything that comes with it have not washed away the love they found on that early Summer day in Texas. It is this new found love that continues to grow and infect their friends and family. They have promised each other that they will share this love with family and friends as husband and wife..." Arissa watched Anna walk up next to the pastor about to speak.