Vienna {h.s.}

chapter twenty nine - for now and always

Oh, she was bleeding out of her nose. Well that was wonderful. Venice sighed, pressed more tissues against her nose, and decided to sit on the bathroom counter. She was exhausted, her legs felt as though they might give out, but if they did and she fell, she would suffer major bruising that would make Jay want to move in to the James's household so he could care for her.

She didn't want her boyfriend to play nurse.

She had a wild train of thought flow through her brain, and maybe it was the blood loss, but she decided to follow through with it. She walked from the bathroom, one hand held tissues up to her nose while the other opened her door and grabbed her phone off her bed. She searched through her phone and found Jay's number. The phone hummed against her ear until he answered.

"Hey babe." He greeted, and she smiled.

"Will you marry me?" She blurted, and she could hear him splutter from the other end of the line.

"Holy fuck- what?" Jay exclaimed, and Venice sported a small smile at the shock in his voice.

"I asked if you would marry me." She repeated, and Jay could feel his heart pound in his throat.

"Venice, are you okay?"

"Quite frankly, I'm getting a little offended that you're avoiding answering." She told, and Jay smiled at the other end of the line.

He loved her so much, even her crazy antics.

"Yes, hoe. I'll marry you." He agreed, teased her, and she grinned.

"I love you, slut." She chimed in, the grin on her face never left as she talked to him.

"I love you too." His heart filled with warmth from the woman he talked to. "I'll book an appointment at the courthouse, you invite Harry and Venice." Jay instructed.

"I'll meet you in a white dress. Nothing fancy, just you and me and the people who have been there through it all." Venice sighed, took the tissues from her nose as it stopped leaking.

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Three days later, and Venice was walking into the courtroom in a simple white dress with Vienna latched onto her arm. Vienna was holding back tears as she watched her coworker look at her little sister with such love and adoration.

Harry stood next to Jay, acting as his best man, which wasn't a bad job to have. He watched them both come down the isle, his eyes mostly on Vienna, but he did watch as Venice gleamed down the isle, her face glowing with happiness. Jay looked her over once, then twice, his eyes lingered on her stomach, where he knew his child of three months was growing.

"Hi, baby." He greeted her, kissed her cheek when she was within range. Vienna stepped back a bit to give them room.

Harry lifted a bit so he could look over Jay and Venice to see Vienna. They made eye contact and smiled at each other as a greeting. The court official looked at the four in front of him with joy in his eyes.

"Do you, Jay Matthews, take Venice James as your lawfully wedded wife?" The officiant asked, and Jay gazed into Venice's brown eyes.

"For now and always." He said, and Venice let a tear slide down her face.

"And do you, Venice James, take James Matthew as your lawfully wedded husband?" Venice let out a breath of happiness.

"For now and always." She agreed, and the officiant glanced at the both of them, even saw the other two in the room crying silently at the affection the younger ones obviously had so strongly.

"You guys are making me mushy." Harry joked, and the marrying couple and Vienna laughed.

"What are you talking about? You're mushy all the time." Vienna retorted, and they all laughed again.

"I now pronounce you husband and wife." The officiant told them. "Mr Matthews, you may kiss Mrs Matthews." Venice's heart tugged at the words.

Jay placed a hand on his love's cheek, and took a step so they were close. They looked at each other for a moment, the others in the room watched in fondness. Jay leant down and placed his lips on her, to which they shared a kiss full of pure adoration.

Vienna wiped away the tears that never ceased to fall, and Harry smiled at her, thinking of their future together. Jay pulled back from the kiss, and looked at her with eyes lit up like a fire.

"Holy shit, you're my wife." He realized, and the officiant laughed heartily. "I have a wife!" He thought out loud. Then he melted back at the thought. "You're my wife." He then placed more kisses all over her face and muttered sweet words to her.

"Alright lovebirds. We have a reception we've got to get to." Harry interrupted, and Vienna looked at him with a questioning gaze.

"We aren't having a reception." Venice told him, leading Jay out of the courthouse.

"Yeah, but we're sure as hell having dinner to celebrate." Harry spoke out, and they all agreed.

"We're married." Venice reminded Jay, who was sporting the biggest grin Venice had ever witnessed.

"We are, aren't we?" Jay kissed her temple, and they walked over to the restaurant with their two closest friends.

After dinner, the elder two decided to go on their way, and Jay led her down a few blocks of the town to an apartment building.

"What are we doing here, Jay?" Venice inquired.

"Well, I'm taking my lovely lady home so I can bed her." He answered, and Venice flushed.

"Home?" She registered. Jay flashed a key at her, and she gasped, then quickly attached her lips to his neck.

And the rest of the night, well, you can imagine.

^i pounded this out in one flippin hour, and literally wrote this on a whim. oh, and i'm starting a new book soon^