by K E Osborn
I smile and take a deep breath as I hear the music playing and I take my first steps toward Hudson and the rest of my life.
I’m standing at the top of the garden and all around me is lush greenery and beautiful flowers. I’ve never really liked flowers before, but everything seems so much more beautiful today. I can’t help but think of Vee right now, obviously that’s a good thing seeing as I’m waiting for her to walk down the aisle to marry me.
I think back to when I first laid eyes on the woman I’m about to spend the rest of my life with. Even in the dimly lit bar she lit up the room and even in her depressed state she was still the most beautiful woman I’d ever seen. Her brown wavy hair flowing over her shoulders in that tight as fuck red dress. The shape of her body as she sat hunched over the bar drowning herself in Cosmopolitans. I think, at the moment I laid my eyes on her, I knew she would be mine. And fuck am I glad I had the balls to approach her. I hesitated for a while, just watching her in the shadows, like some bloody stalker. But she had a presence about her and even though I was never the type to just walk up to a nice lady and buy her a drink, I put all my bravado on and convinced myself that she was worth stepping out of my comfort zone for.
She wouldn’t have known how nervous I was. I was a detective and that profession made me a good actor, I had to be in my line of work. But I was shaking inside, whether it be from the pure energised pull I felt toward her or from the nerves I’m not sure, but either way I built up the courage to talk to her.
The only reason I was there was because it was Adam’s cousin who ran the bar. I had never met Adam’s cousin, Remme, but it was nice to get away from the stress at work and yet feel close to my best friend at the same time. Adam was long gone, but my memory of him wasn’t. So I went to the bar to drown my own sorrows that night, little did I know that night would change my life and my future.
Violet Dyson was and still is the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen and I am beyond lucky to have her, especially after everything we’ve been through. Me pushing her away was the biggest fucking mistake of my life and I will honestly never, ever forgive myself for leaving her when she needed me the most, or for going to Cassie to help drown my sorrows. I knew she still loved me and I just wanted to be comforted by something familiar. Don’t get me wrong I never slept with Cassie, or even kissed her. I mainly sat and cried while she held me and told me that I did the right thing. Which, of course, I didn’t. I’m just so glad that Vee was forgiving enough to take me back. It’s just a shame we both had to have a close to death experience for me to realise how much we needed to be together.
A love like ours knows no bounds, especially now with Ariel growing inside her. I love my girls more than anything. My connection to Vee is not only of attraction, but it’s a chemical need to be together. My body aches without her and I feel so desperately alone when she isn’t with me. I figure it’s our bodies way of saying we need to be together or we just won’t feel right. I need her near me all the time and I can’t stand being away from her. The chemical surge I feel whenever she’s around is majorly addictive and without sounding like a sappy shit – I am totally addicted to Violet. I can feel when she’s near, the hairs on my arm stand up and my heart starts to race, which is exactly what’s happening to me right now.
I shake my head slightly, being taken from my memories and being brought back into the present. I open my eyes wide to see Vee enter the garden.
My heart stops, thuds aggressively and then starts racing a million miles a second. She takes my breath away at the mere sight of her. I start to shake as Macca rests his hand on my shoulder and squeezes.
“She looks amazing, mate,” Macca whispers in my ear as I swallow a lump in my throat.
I can’t believe the beauty in front of me. I never thought Vee could look better than she does normally, but seeing her glowing, pregnant with Ariel and walking toward me is making it hard for me to function.
My eyes start to glaze over and I blink them quickly to stop the tears from falling down my face. I’m so happy, I just want to lunge forward and take her into my arms, but Macca’s firm grip on my shoulder is stopping me.
She looks up and smiles widely it hits me for a six. I feel like I need to take a step back to truly take in her brilliance. I’m in awe of her, and I can’t believe after everything we’ve been through we’re finally here, about to be married.
I see her gently wipe a falling tear from her cheek and the urge to run to her is getting stronger. Brige walks past me and smiles. I can see her out the corner of my eye, but my gaze is firmly on Violet. Angel walks past and giggles under her breath, but I ignore her too. I probably look like a love sick puppy, but I don’t care, I just want everyone to know how much I adore this woman walking toward me.
I can’t even take in the music. Everything around me blurs and the only thing I can see is the goddess walking toward me. If I could see auras, I’m sure hers would be shining brightly because right now she looks like an angel moving toward me, and my body is tingling all over waiting to touch her soft skin, to feel the warmth of her hands in mine as we say our vows. I wish we could skip forward to just saying, “I do,” and then get to the kissing part, because I vow right now to kiss Violet passionately every day, without exception. To hold her in an embrace and not let her go for at least five minutes, and to love her with every ounce of my being until I leave this world. And then I will repeat it all when we are joined in the afterlife. Of this, I am sure. I am going to spend eternity with the woman I love, the woman who is mere centimetres away from me right now.
I can’t restrain myself even if I wanted to. The energy I feel pulling me toward her is too strong and I step forward and take her in my arms tight giving her a warm embrace. She chuckles and hugs me back as our family and friends all laugh along at my display of affection. I lean back and bring my hand to her cheek and caress it as I look into her eyes. They’re watering and I know mine are too as I look at the woman I will spend forever with.
“I love you so fucking much,” I whisper to her and she smiles brightly and leans her soft, flushed, pink cheek into my hand.
“I love you, so fucking much,” she whispers back and I can’t restrain myself, I lean in and kiss her lips softly as my free hand moves from her back to her stomach. I just want to be in this moment with my family right now, just me, Vee and Ariel. Everything fades away as I kiss her and she kisses me back. I slide my tongue into her mouth and she moves in closer forcing our bodies to touch fully. A surge flows through me and I have to try my hardest, not to get a boner. Kissing Vee always gives me a high, a rush of emotion I’ve never felt before and I know one hundred percent for certain, that Violet is my forever.
I hear laughing and I’m finally pulled back into reality. I slowly pull myself from Vee and I gaze into her beautiful brown eyes and see nothing but pure love and devotion coming from them.
“Can we get started, now that you two have reacquainted yourselves with each other?” the celebrant says and I chuckle while continuing to gaze at the beauty that is my future wife.
“Sorry,” Vee says and takes my hand as we step up to the right spot as our family and friends continue to chuckle at our very public display of affection.
I turn to face her and we hold each other’s hands. I run my thumb along her silky skin and a calmness washes over me as well as the usual bolt of energy that surges through my entire being at touching her. I thought with time the electricity we share would dissipate, but right here at this moment it’s the strongest I’ve ever felt. And it is giving me such a rush that I feel like I am literally on cloud fucking nine. If there could be a cloud higher than that, I would be on it. Say cloud five hundred – that’s how I feel.
The celebrant starts to talk, but I don’t take any notice as I continue to stare at my beautiful Violet.
How the fuck did I land her? I am one lucky mother fucker!
I lean in to get closer to her, I just need to be near her right now.
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�You are breathtaking little firecracker,” I whisper and she smiles so brightly it makes me want to kiss her all over, which I plan on doing tonight.
She leans in and whispers in my ear, “You, my Rock, make my panties wet,” she says very quietly shocking me. My eyes widen so much I think people in the small crowd are giggling at our expense yet again, but I don’t care. All I care about is that this day hurries the fuck up so we can get to tonight. I want to be balls deep inside of her and have her scream my name as I blow my load hard inside her.
I continue to stare into her eyes and she’s staring straight back at me while I continue to caress her hands in mine. I am lost in her gaze when I hear my name.
“Hudson?”
I ignore it and keep staring at her, lost in her beauty.
“Hudson, it’s time,” the celebrant says and Vee laughs at me.
“Hudson, the vows?” Violet asks breaking me out of my dreamy state.
“Oh shit, yeah sorry,” I reply and everyone laughs at me again.
“Hudson, you may now say your vows to Violet,” the celebrant states and I take a deep breath and prepare to tell Violet what she means to me.
“From the day I walked into a bar and saw you sitting on that stool, I knew you would be mine. Many people spend their lives searching for their soul mate, their one true love. Some people are lucky to find the person they can truly call the better half of themselves. I am happy to count myself among the lucky ones because I found you.
“I love you, Violet. I know that you are the only one for me. My one true love. I’m happy and I am grateful that you came into my life that night and that I have found you. And now that I have found you, I shall never let you go. I promise you, Violet. That I shall hold you and cherish you and give you my heart, and that I shall support you and care for you faithfully. I shall always stand by your side with your hand in mine, regardless of what life will bring to us. I vow to look after you and our children for the rest of forever and to love you all, the best way a man can love his family. In you Violet, I now have a family to call my own, and I will love you every second of every day.
“I take you now as my wife, and I shall remain as your husband for the rest of my life. All that I have I share with you, and all that I am I give to you. You are my one true love, and I will spend every day proving that I love you,” I say honestly and she starts to cry.
I pull her to me and she nuzzles into my neck. I breathe in her aroma and she smells beautiful, I just want to cuddle into her and get lost in her for days.
“And now Violet, if you would like to say your vows to Hudson?” the celebrant asks.
Violet backs away from me and nods. I mourn the loss of contact with her body as I wipe the tears from her cheeks.
“The day I met you will be one I’ll never forget. I was lost, empty and I had nothing worth fighting for. But when you entered my life it brought a new purpose. Within you I found my way, the road I’m meant to take. I am now whole, and because of you I found my fight. I have something to live, fight, and love for.
“Every day I was searching for a life, a different life to the one I had. And you’ve given me a second chance at being the person I’m meant to be, but you make me even better than I was before. With you I can accomplish anything. I can be who I’m supposed to be, without judgment or fear of the outcome.
“You have given me the family I not only wanted, but needed, and I know our love for each other will extend and grow with the love of our children.”
I lean out and touch her stomach as she says the beautiful words to me.
“From the very moment I saw your freaky eyes, I knew you were the one for me. The one I would come home to every night and wake up to every morning. The one I would spend the rest of my life with. I have lived many lives in my years, but my life with you has been the most amazing and emotional one I’ve had, and that’s saying a lot. You have become not just my lover and a companion, but my best friend, and I want to grow old with you.
“I want to watch the wrinkles form on your face and every strand of hair turn white because to me you would still be the most handsome, even when you’re all wrinkled and grey. I want to watch our children grow up and have their own families and I want to watch it with you by my side.
“It’s not a matter of wanting to spend my life with you, I need to. Living without you is a world I can’t even comprehend. So to you I vow to give my life, my loyalty and my love, forever.”
I swallow a lump in my throat as I try to fight back the tears threatening to fall. I love Vee so much right now that I feel like I could explode, and rays of sunshine and rainbows would flow from me. I know that sounds ridiculous coming from a tattooed ex-cop, but it’s how I feel. It’s all hearts and flowers with Vee, and I plan on making her life with me something she can be proud of, something she adores as much as me and something we can strive toward together as one big happy family.
Some more stuff happens, but I don’t really take too much notice, I’m way too busy staring at her to take in what’s actually happening around me. I know I slid a ring on her finger at some stage, but my stomach is twisting in knots and I just need to kiss her.
“You may now kiss—”
I don’t wait for the rest of the line before I lunge myself at her and press my lips to hers softly but forcefully. The touch of her lips against mine sends a shiver all over my flaming hot body. Her hands wrap around my neck and her fingers run through my hair as I wrap my arms around her waist and pull her body as close to mine as I can get with a pregnant bump in the way. And I kiss her like there is no tomorrow!
I hear more laughing, but I don’t care. I’m going to kiss her for as long as my lungs will hold out, and I know she’s feeling the same because her kiss back is just as intense as mine.
A surge flows through me and I become utterly emotional. Even though my eyes are closed while I kiss her, they fill with hot salty water and fall down my cheeks. Vee eases our kiss and pulls back slightly still kissing me, but her movement makes me open my eyes and suddenly I stare right into her beautiful golden brown eyes and her eyes are watering just like mine, and I know she’s feeling everything I am. We ease the kiss and I pull my face away from hers regretfully and just stare at her.
“I love you, Hudson Stone,” she says leaning her forehead against mine as I hear cheering and laughter surrounding us.
“I love you, Violet Stone.” She chuckles and kisses me quickly again. “Fuck, it’s good to say that.”
She nods her head and smiles. “I’m Mrs. Violet Stone. Holy shit! I can’t believe this is finally happening,” she says and I smile and lean in pecking her lips again.
“Jesus you two, save it for the honeymoon!” Holden calls out breaking us apart, but I still hold onto her hand.
“You need to come and sign the registry now,” Angel says as she, Macca and Brige are all over at the little signing table already.
Vee laughs and it’s like music to my ears. After all the pain and suffering she has been through in her life, it’s nice to see her truly happy.
“C’mon Mrs. Stone let’s make this thing official,” I say and she nods and we walk over to the table. I pull out the seat for her to take and she sits down in that fucking gorgeous gown she has on. I finally look out to the crowd and see a whole bunch of friends and family, and I’m so grateful they’re here. Chief Thomas and his wife, Vicki are here, some guys from work, some nurses from the hospital, all of the people from Cupiditas, my family and I can’t help but think all of these people played a part in Violet and I being together, and I’m so honored that they’re all here to witness me marrying the love of my life.
“Okay, sign here, Hudson,” the celebrant says and I sign as Vee watches me closely smiling so wide.
“Okay, your turn now please, Violet,” he states and Vee picks up the pen. Her eyes scan over the piece of paper and suddenly she gasps.
“What’s wrong? Are you okay?” I ask while my heart starts to race.
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nbsp; She looks at me with tears filling her eyes and her hand at her mouth.
“Baby, what’s wrong?” I ask again and she looks from me to Angel, who looks as worried as I feel.
“Angel, is your real name Ariel?” she asks.
Angel nods and furrows her brows like she’s as confused as everyone else.
I get a warm sensation all over my body and I know Vee is remembering her dream with Caiden saying that an Angel called Ariel has been watching over Vee for the last six years.
Even I feel a sense of peace knowing that Caiden sent Angel to Vee for guidance.
My eyes tear up as I know how much this would mean to Vee. She suddenly stands up and rushes over to Angel and embraces her tightly. I stand back and let her have her moment with her best friend and her guardian angel, even if Angel didn’t know she was sent to Vee. It’s nice to know that she had someone truly looking after her all that time, even if she isn’t a real angel which I’m assuming she’s not. It’s nice that Caiden was watching out for his mother even if no one knew why they were forced in the directions they were. And right now I couldn’t be happier that our daughter, our first born is being named after someone so special to Vee, and to me. Vee looks over at me and shakes her head in disbelief. She walks back and takes me in her arms tightly.
“I can’t believe it,” she says and I pull back to look into her eyes.
“Caiden was looking after you all this time. I couldn’t think of a better person to name our baby girl after,” I say and she cries and cuddles into me. “I love you, Violet, and I know Caiden is here today with us,” I say and she pulls back and looks into my watering eyes.
“I know he is too. I can feel him, as weird as it sounds. Thank you for being so understanding. Thank you for loving me and protecting me and always being my safe place, my sanctuary and most of all my rock,” she says and I smile then kiss her passionately as all our friends and family watch on.
