Friendship to Lovers!

Chapter 23: The Wedding Day!

----Jessica's Point of View----

I paced back and forth, freaking out.

"Jessica, please calm down. Everything's going to be fine!" Maddie, my best friend said.

"I'm not freaking out! who's freaking out?" I said, clearly freaking out.

Maddie sighed and said, "Stay here. I'll go get Irene first." With that she left me.

I know it didn't take long for Maddie and Aunty Irene to return, but to me it felt like forever, until I heard the knock on the door, and then they entering.

I stood up as they walked in, My Aunt Irene had always been the closest thing I'd ever had, and when I asked her if she'd be the Mother of the Bride, she didn't hesitate.

When she saw me, she smiled and said, "You look beautiful, Jessica." I gave her a faint smile.

"Auntie Irene, wh-what if I'm making a mistake. I-I mean I'm 20 and Dane's 21. We-we're just kids..." she stopped my rambling by putting her hands on my shoulders, I looked her in the eye and she told me, "Do I think you're young? Yes!
Do I think you're making a mistake: No.

What I think is that you're extremely nervous.

I'm gonna go get your something to drink." Maddie said.

"I want Dane." I blurted. "She doesn't have to come in the room. I just wanna talk to her." I suppose Aunt Irene saw the look on my face, because she agreed to bring Dane.

A few minutes, and several glasses of water and one interesting trip to the bathroom.

Dane knocked on the door, "Hey, you okay? Maddie came and told me that you wanted to talk to me?"

I walked over to the door, "I'm just really nervous.

"You are nervous?" She sounded relieved. "I thought it was just me." I had to smile.

"But..." she continued, "when I think about it, I've known I loved you when we were twelve, and I knew I wanted to marry you when we were fourteen. Jessica, I love everything about you, and you know I don't say that lightly.

Before I met you, I thought love was just something idiots thought they felt, but you have a hold on my heart that I could not break if I wanted too. And there have been times that I wanted to. It has been overwhelming, and humbling. And... even painful, at times.

But I could not stop loving you any more than I could stop breathing. I am, hopelessly, irretrievably, in love with you. More than you could ever know."

For the first time in my life, I was glad I couldn't cry, 'cause I'd be bawling my eyes out.

"You got that from How I Met Your Mother, didn't you?"

Dane laughed, "Yeah, but I meant every word of it. Feel better?"

I nodded, "Yeah. I love you, Dane."

"I love you too, Jessica. Hey, I gotta go, see you in 20 minutes?"

"Of course."

I listened to the sound of her fading footsteps, when I turned I found Maddie, crying her eyes out.

"Th-that war s-so r-romantic."

"Yes it was." I said smiling.

The next 20 minutes seemed to pass by in a blur.

Next thing I knew, I had my veil over my face, and my hand looped through my Auntie's arm.

"Don't let me fall."