friends | blake richardson

~chapter 32~

(2 months later)

I wake up and realize it's February 18th. I sat up feeling nervous as well as ecstatic. I look at my phone and saw that the time read 7am and i needed to be ready by 3pm. That gave us plenty of time. My best friends woke up five minutes later and started helping me get ready. 

My bridesmaids and i were slightly lazy in the morning but by the time 11am came around, i thought it was time to write my vows. I had a bit of a hard time writing them because i'm not good at putting my thoughts and feelings into words, but i managed to come up with some good vows.

When i was almost done getting ready, I started having a panic attack. This is the day forever starts and what if Blake changes his mind? My friends noticed something was wrong, so they spoke up. "Lani are you okay?"

"What if Blake changes his mind? What if he doesn't want to-" I get cut off by the door opening to reveal Reece.

"You feeling okay?" He comes over to me.

"Uhh kind of."

"What do you mean?"

"I'm really nervous. What if Blake changes his mind?" I start to hyperventilate a bit.

"He's not going to do that i promise you. He's in his room right now writing his vows and he couldn't be more happy. Everything will be okay. Just take a deep breath." I do as he says and it helps me calm down. He grabs my hand and helps me up to give me a big hug. "The both of you have been waiting for this day probably before you got engaged. It'll go perfectly." He pauses. "You look beautiful lani, he's gonna be blown away."

"Thank you Reece, love you."

"Love you too." He kisses the top of my head before leaving the room.

(Blake's POV)

Right as i finish writing my vows, Reece walks into the room. "Did you finish?" Reece asks.

"yeah just did. How's leilani?" I ask.

"She's really nervous, i had to calm her down."

"What's wrong?" I start worrying.

"She was worried that you'd change your mind but i told her that wasn't the case."

"Why would she think that?"

"it's just a lot of nerves, Blake." George says. "I'm gonna check on her too." He says before he leaves.

"Blake she looks really beautiful." Reece smiles and i had to smile at his words. 

(Leilani's POV)

The girls had left to give me some space. I was pacing around my room feeling beyond ecstatic but nervous when i heard the door open.

"Hey lani." George smiles and shuts the door behind him.

"Hey Georgie."

"How you feeling?" He says while hugging me tight.

"Really good but just the nerves you know?"

"Yeah i get it. It'll be perfect."

The girls come in a couple minutes later to see if i'm ready and i say yes. George hurries out of my room to get Blake. Ten minutes later, i'm with my dad, walking down the aisle. I see Blake turn around and when he sees me, he starts crying which made me cry too. My dad gives me away with a kiss on my cheek and i make my way up to Blake.

"You look...you-" He struggles to find the right word. "There's not even a word to describe how beautiful you are."

"Thanks, B. You look pretty too." I laugh. We hold each others hands as we listen to the man marrying us. I don't know about Blake but i just want to skip to the vows and i do's. When the vows come around, i go first.

"When i was a child, i would dream of my wedding day probably too much. I would line up all my stuffed animals and pretend i was marrying my handsome Prince Charming, because i knew it'd meet him one day and we would fall in love. The only thing i didn't know at the time was i had already met my handsome prince. From the moment we ran into each other again two years ago, i knew there was something between us. I can't say how grateful i am to you for making the first move and being there for me through thick and thin. Blake, my best friend, my soulmate, my other half, you're so much better than the Prince Charming i had ever imagined." I finish and sometime during that i started slightly crying. Blake wipes away my tears before reading his.

"Leilei, I loved you from the moment i saw you in year three even if i didn't realize it at the time. I'm gonna be honest with you, when i moved away i thought i'd never see you again. I was a little sad, knowing you were important to me, what with being my first "girlfriend" and all. What i didn't know was how much more important you would become. I never thought i would run into you thirteen years later. Never thought you would eventually become my best friend who i can laugh with and tell everything to. I never thought i could fall deeply in love with my best friend and i definitely thought no one could ever love someone the way i love you. But here we are on our wedding day and i'm the luckiest man on the planet. I'm so grateful to have you in my life and i'm ready for forever with you, leilei." We both start tearing up but we quickly wipe our tears away as we continue. The i do's come and soon enough...

"I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."

Blake does exactly that. We're smiling into the kiss as everyone cheers and a few seconds later we pull apart. The boys and my best friends all crowd around us and give us a big bear hug.

"Congrats you two!"

"Thank you!" We make our way to say hi to our guests and the first person to approach us is my new sister-in-law.

"LEILANI YOU LOOK GORGEOUS!!" Abbie squeezes me in a tight hug.

"Thank you! We're sisters now!"

"Yes!!" and a couple seconds later, emma joins in with all the hugging.

"I'm so proud of you two!"

"Thanks, em."

We eventually say hi to everyone and chat until it's time for the first dance. My whole life i've been waiting for my first dance with my new husband, so i was beyond ecstatic. Blake and i are in the center of the dance floor whispering sweet nothings to each other while we sway to our wedding song: From the Ground up by Dan + Shay. I reach up to blake and give him a kiss before whispering so quietly only he could hear, "I love you."

"I love you more."

"Impossible."

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

-madi