MCSM: Reformed Rescuers #4

Part 24 (Jesse, Lukas, and Jess)

Jesse (one hour before the wedding)

Jesse's heart was pounding. They returned from Hadrian and Mevia's place just nine days ago. Throwing the wedding plans back in place that quickly was a mess. Now it was the day. The day they'd been looking forward to the day since the proposal. The day she and her true love would become one.

She admired her dress and approached the full length mirror. She stood before it and was taken aback by how beautiful she looked. Nothing like the mess from days before. Her hair was in tight curls with three corn rolls on the right side of her head. Her short sleeves barely hung onto her shoulders, and at the waist a fake belt of diamonds separated the top lace from the layered frilly bottom. It was a high-low dress. The hem in the back dragged over five feet behind her. She wore glass heels.

It felt so unreal.

It had come so fast.

"I'm going to cry!" Olivia squealed making Jesse jump, "My friend's all grown up!"

Jesse laughed, "The credit of this goes to the one and only you." Olivia had been working on her dress for months and was now doing her hair and makeup, and yesterday she did her nails.

"Oh stop it, you're going to make me blush." Olivia joked, "Now sit down so I can do the rest of your makeup!"

Jesse rolled her eyes playfully and carefully sat on the chair beside her friend as she immediately got to work.

Lukas (fifteen minutes before the wedding)

Lukas paced back and forth and glanced up at his reflection for a brief moment. He wore all white and a very light shade of grey for his tux and shoes. He shook his head and continued to pace.

"Will you sit still for just a minute?"

Lukas looked up and saw Jess, Radar, and Axel standing there. 

"Dude you match you're suit! Calm down before you pass out!" Axel warned.

Lukas gulped, "Easy for you to say, you aren't the one getting married in a few minutes!"

"You aren't having regrets, are you?" Radar asked nervously. There was nothing he wanted more than for his two best friends to get married. "Wha-no!" Lukas' eyes widened, "I want nothing more in the world! It's just.. very nerve-racking.. I've got butterflies, and I feel like I'm going to pass out! There'll be so many people.."

"Hey." Jess grabbed Lukas by his shoulders, "It's okay! Even if you were to walk down the isle and face-plant, Jesse would marry you. Don't worry about anyone else. Just focus on her."

Lukas blinked, "Really? Do you think that'll help?"

"Well the same thing happened with Ivor, and Harper still married him. Remember?"

Lukas laughed nervously, it was a funny thing to watch, but imagining himself face-planting in front of everyone suddenly felt much more realistic.

Aiden stepped inside. He grinned when he saw Lukas, "Ooh lookin' good! You ready? We're waiting on you."

Lukas drew in a shaky breath, "Ready as I'll ever be."

"Hey, you've got this, alright?" Jess put a hand on Lukas' shoulder. Lukas nodded, feeling slightly more confident, "Yeah. Let's go."

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Lukas stood in his designated place. He felt a hundred pairs of eyes burning on his skin. Although they had practiced the marriage routine multiple times, it all felt so new and quite terrifying. "You ready kid?"