Chapter 29: I Do.


    -Dominic-


    Oh, God.


    I look at myself in the mirror, in the dress I had never imagined I''d see myself wearing.


    If you had told me when I was younger that one day I would be ending my story just like a princess


    would at the end of hers, I would haveughed at you and told you that was disgusting...and yet, here I


    was. I wasn''tfortable, I knew that I wouldn''t be the moment I stepped into the wedding dress store.


    I could appreciate the beauty, intricacy, tradition but I found out that I had insecurities that I wasn''t even


    insecure about before.


    I was always proud of my figure, broad shoulders, strong arms, legs, back, but when you have


    someone who looks like the stereotypical man putting on a dress, it just doesn''t look right. I still wasn''t


    the princess that Disney had shown presented me, the Queen of Ennd wouldn''t be forgiving either


    I''d imagine.


    My brothers weren''t a great help although Imend their attempt at motivating me. Jake and Zack


    were better but they kept shing with one another about what I looked better in. Zack picked out


    something ince but Jake was convinced tulle was more my style. Jason didn''t show up. The only


    person I was truly grateful for being there was Jessica who already had a bunch of experience with


    wedding dress shopping and was really enthusiastic and helpful. I told her what I was worried about


    and she reassured me that I looked beautiful and that whatever I decided to wear, ke would love.


    After a couple of hours, I was getting tired of getting in and out of dresses that built internal conflicts in


    me but as we were about to leave, my eyes lingered around the room of the little boutique a little longer


    before something caught my eye. The guys had already left and only Jessica and I were there. She


    noticed my pause but didn''t say anything as I walked towards the dress.


    I was in love with it instantly but...unsure. I looked back at Jessica and was about to ask her what she


    thought but fear made the question stick to my throat. It turned out I didn''t have to ask it though


    because when she saw the way I had looked at it, a grin formed on her face and she gave me a nod,


    "It''s beautiful."


    Those words made my chest feel light and so I took it from the hanger in excitement and went to put it


    on.


    Ever since that day, whenever I was asked what dress I would be wearing by any of the guys I would


    joke that I''d be wearing a white suit to twin with ke. They''din at first, Arthur wouldn''t approve


    at all, the rest would roll their eyes and eventually ept the idea.


    "But- but the sparkly train!" Jake cried and Zack would try to console him while indulging in


    exaggerated sadness. It always made meugh.


    Xavier was the only one who called bullshit, saying that if it wasn''t a dress, he wasn''t going to show up.


    I would chuckle at the memory but I was too in awe at the dress that glistened on my body,


    emphasising everything I was proud of while also making me look unrecognisable in the best way.


    A knock on the door caught my attention and I looked round to see Jessica in her bridesmaid''s dress.


    All of the bridesmaids, who included the girls from Ottawa and Tara from Texas, were in a deep


    burgundy but all of them in different styles that best suited what they wanted to wear and their body


    types. They all looked beautiful which they proved to me when the rest of them peaked through too,


    squealing orplimenting me as they came in which made me smile in glee.


    After they helped me with some finishing touches we went down to meet the guys who were waiting for


    the "suit" that I was going to be wearing. Their backs were turned to me when I got there and apart


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    My bridesmaids warned them that I was here and started counting down.


    "Three...Two...Look!"


    And in unison, they turned around, faces going from nervous or in to showing shock and excitement.


    "It has a train!"


    Jake eximed which started their eruption of cheers.


    Iughed along at their reactions


    Iughed along at their reactions. Nick was the first toe and hug me, holding me tight in his arms


    with Arthur right behind him. "I wish our parents could see you right now," he says quietly with my head


    in his chest for a moment. I pulled back to see tears rolling down his face which made me bite my lip. I


    stroked the tears away from his face but wasn''t able to say anything, knowing it would prompt me to


    get emotional too.


    "Hey," Nick says, putting a hand on each of our shoulders, "They''re always here," he carries on by


    moving his hand from our shoulders to on top of our chests.


    "Always," I repeat and we smile at each other, going in for another shorter hug before I turn to the rest


    who were eager toe closer too.


    "You look stunning." Zackplimented first.


    Jake jabbed him with his elbow in reply to it, "Don''t be having any thoughts now, she''s my brother''s,


    ''aight?"


    "Pff I know that! He should be thankful to me, I bet when I showed him that drawing of hers in ss that


    tied their fates together!"


    I shook my head slightly as they continued to argue before we were told to head towards the alter


    where ke was waiting with everyone else.


    The wedding was held in a Castle venue in the UK where we were both born. It was very grand but I


    wanted something to represent the greatness of our own lives. Nothing about it was easy but it was


    rewarding just as this was going to be. I wasn''t too fussy about the nning and some may say I didn''t


    care enough about it, but the little things are what mattered most to me. There were red and white


    roses scattered around the hall and garden, the red symbolising the blood of those who were taken


    away from us along the way. Everything was a traditional victorian theme but with little ents of the


    modern because we were in our own time celebrating a ssic celebration. We didn''t have a priest


    because we felt that would be a little too ironic and we wouldn''t want to be stood up for that long


    anyway. We stuck to having personal vows before mentally queuing the ''you may now kiss the bride.''


    That was the n anyway.


    Everyone went in and sat down at the round tables that were in the garden. I along with Xavier were


    now the only two people left to go. Xavier walked up to me and offered his arm which I took hold of in


    silence.


    Until now he hadn''t said anything to me but-


    "I knew you were bullshitting." He tells me, ncing down at me with a smile that used to be a serious


    face.


    I chuckle back at him, "I couldn''t have you turning away from my wedding now, could I? Not when


    you''re walking me down the aisle."


    His hand squeezes my own, "I almost don''t want to do it." He admits which confuses me.


    "And why''s that?"


    He doesn''t say anything for a bit before sighing,


    "I don''t want to take care of the bars while you''re on maternity leave," he says with such a pained face


    that I can''t help but burst outughing. He''s notughing with me at first but as I clutch my stomach he


    startsughing with me too, rxing us both before our show began.


    We hear the music start which was our sign. As we open the door I ask him, "So, did things go


    ording to n?"


    All he does is smirk back at me before we start walking forward where ke was waiting.


    -ke-


    The music starts ying, the doors open, and my Queen walks out onto the Castle Garden.


    I don''t know what I was expecting, but Dominic''s entrance blew any of those expectations away. Words


    wouldn''t be able to express the love and admiration I felt for her and God, did the dress she was


    wearing make her beautiful beyondpare, on a league of her own.


    I had been nervous until now, hoping everything was going to go perfectly, that the work we put in


    would be worth it, but after seeing her, those nervous emotions washed away because I knew as long


    as she was here, everything would be okay.


    My instant reaction to her walking in was clutching the shirt by my heart where it was pumping at what


    seemed like a thousand miles per hour. A grin spread on my face and I had to close my eyes in order


    to contain the excitement that made me want to jump up in exhration. When I opened my eyes again


    she was grinning right back at me which made butterflies form in my stomach. She was perfect. So


    fucking perfect.


    And with every step, she was closer to being my wife.


    -unknown-


    "Keep the Helicopter steady! Once they say their ''I do''s '' we''ll shoot them down."


    I call out to my men who were flying in the helicopter with me, ready to shoot at our enemies after years


    of waiting. This was perfect, they were conveniently all here. I smirked down at their innocent


    ceremony.


    "There couldn''t be a more romantic end to The Skulls and Bones Gang."


    -Dominic-


    I wasn''t nervous until Xavier passed my hand into ke''s and suddenly my heart was racing. He


    looked amazing. Granted, he always did but the suit he had on made him look all the more like the King


    he was to me.


    I remember first seeing him. Thinking that I instantly rted to him. It turned out that although we


    seemed simr externally, internally, he was everything I wasn''t. He was caring, he was stable, he was


    able to give me strength in everything that I was weak in. One of the only things we shared internally


    was our love for each other and I wouldn''t have it any other way because that in itself was something I


    had never thought I''d find or feel and yet now, I had it and it was so beautiful.


    That was the beginning of my vow and as I said it, ke''s hands held my own tightly, and so I carried


    on.


    "I want to continue fighting through life with you, no matter what. ke, do you take me to be your


    bride?"


    "I do."


    I let out a little sigh in relief after hearing his words which seemed to ignite every electric feeling of


    happiness within me.


    "Dominic," He started, "If I were to say I fell in love with you from the moment I saw you, I''d be lying. I


    fell in love with you when I got to know who you truly were when you weren''t hiding and instead when


    you were on your stage being the strongest person you could be. And by stage, I don''t just mean in the


    ring, although that was also what makes you so amazing to me, when we''re at home, when we''re


    celebrating, when I get to see you smile orugh or cry, just getting to stand by you while you be


    yourself has been such a pleasure and..." We look into each other''s eyes as he says, "I can''t wait to


    spend the rest of my life with my best friend,"


    I felt like my chest was going to explode.


    "This was so corny," Iughed which made everyone join in with me too.


    "Shut up," ke says even though he''s chuckling along.


    I smirk a little as I remember a line from a day that was particrly special to me.


    "Make me," I say back to him and I can see something sh through his eyes. He knew just as I did as


    to what I meant. It was my own way of saying ''I do''.


    He pulls me in after that, leaning me down into his arms before giving me a passionate kiss, marking


    our promise to the world.


    Cheers erupted from everyone in the crowd and just as we nned, everyone took out the guns they


    had stored under the tables, pointing them up to the sky and like fireworks-


    Boom.


    ke held me close into his arms and we were about to walk into the castle when suddenly we hear


    loud noises and we look up to see a helicopter falling out of the sky and towards some distance away.


    We watched as it crashed, instantly burning into mes.


    "That wasn''t our gunfire was it?" I ask


    "Maybe," ke replies


    "Should we go check?"


    "Nah, I''d much rather dance with you now,"


    Weughed and walked together towards the Castle hand-in-hand.


    "I love you"