Part 14 (2/2)

”Isabelle. My sweetheart. I thought I knew all there was to know about love. Life. And then I met you. Well, I ran into you and all of that changed. You showed me how things could be. Should be. I thank G.o.d every day for the day you ran into my life and I will be in his debt for as long as I live. There are no words to describe how you make me feel. But I have an idea; that for as long as I live I will show you just how much you mean to me. I love you. Forever and always.”

I was choking up and I saw tears rolling down my beautiful girl's face. It was just instinct that I put my hand on her cheek and wiped them away. I looked into her eyes and mouthed the words I love you Isabelle.

Another tear rolled down her face and she mouthed back I love you Maddox.

At that moment the preacher said, ”Alright Isabelle it's your turn. Whenever you're ready.”

I handed her the microphone and I could see her hand shaking. She was struggling and I just had to touch her, to comfort her. I grabbed her left hand in mine and held onto it. She looked down at our intertwined fingers, smiled, and then looked up into my eyes. She took a few more deep breaths and then spoke the most beautiful words I had ever heard.

”Maddox. I have grown up my entire life being put down. Hearing that I'm not good enough and that I'm nothing. After twenty years of hearing those words you start to believe them. That all changed the day I met you. I never thought I would be the lucky girl who you would fall in love with. I never even believed that this type of love would happen for me. Or that it even existed. The bonus is that it's with you.

You have shown me that I am worth it, that it's okay to just be me. And for that I can't thank you enough. You have opened my heart and my mind to new possibilities and I will spend the rest of my life being eternally grateful to you. It has taken us a while to get to where we are today, but I wouldn't change anything because it's our story; our beautiful story. And it all started with an idea; a beautiful idea. I love you Maddox Mitch.e.l.l.”

I thought I was done crying but after hearing those beautiful words I bawled. I couldn't believe that I did that for the beautiful girl standing in front of me. I could hear people wiping their eyes and blowing their noses in the audience, but I still couldn't manage to break away from looking at her. We both smiled at one another and looked up at the preacher waiting for him to continue. We both started laughing when we saw the preacher was tearing up.

He wiped his eyes and then looked at me. ”Alright then. Maddox Tyler Mitch.e.l.l. Do you take Isabelle Katherine Clark to be your forever? To love her. Cherish her. For the rest of your life?”

”I do.”

”Isabelle Katherine Clark. Do you take Maddox Tyler Mitch.e.l.l to be your forever? To love him. Cherish him. For the rest of your life?”

”I do.”

Before she could even finish saying, ”I do,” I grabbed her head and smashed her lips to mine. She moaned into my mouth and wrapped her arms around my neck like I was her lifeline and she was never going to let go. I slowly moved my hands down to her hips and wrapped my arms around her and lifted her off the ground.

The preacher just laughed and said, ”Uh well, I guess Mr. and Mrs. Maddox Mitch.e.l.l can just keep kissing. Congratulations.”

There was hollering and whistling all around us but I was way too caught up in the kiss. I was starting to get lost in the kiss and I knew if I didn't let her go in the next couple of seconds then there was no way we would make it to the reception. So as much as I didn't want to I kissed her one last time and set her back down on the sand.

”Really? But we were just getting started. I'm cool as a cuc.u.mber not going to the reception and just starting the honeymoon early.”

Ugh, what I wouldn't give to start the honeymoon right now. ”Did you really just say cool as a cuc.u.mber?”

She laughed and poked me in the chest. ”Hey now, don't judge me. You knew my flaws before you married me. You're stuck with me for the rest of your life Maddox Mitch.e.l.l.”

I smiled and kissed her again on the lips. ”Yes I am Mrs. Mitch.e.l.l and d.a.m.n proud of it.”

She started smiling and had this huge grin on her face.

”What's with the huge smile, wife?”

She shook her head and said, ”That has a nice ring to it. I like you saying Mrs. Mitch.e.l.l.”

I smiled back at her and said, ”Well, I love saying Mrs. Mitch.e.l.l.”

The reception was amazing, the food was delicious, and the dancing was so much fun. I couldn't believe this was our wedding. We had the wedding on the beach with a bunch of cabanas. It was a very romantic atmosphere with twinkle lights and sparklers. We chose a bunch of bite size appetizers for the food. I finally managed to get Isabelle to eat sus.h.i.+ and she loved it. Of course she still wouldn't go anywhere near the raw fish so she ate the avocado rolls. But hey, I won't complain.

One of the best parts was the speeches. Gabe's speech was thoughtful and endearing. He talked about how he was so glad his best friend found the love of his life and how he couldn't wait to see the next chapter in our lives together and what our future together holds. Sarah, on the other hand, just said, ”Well it's about d.a.m.n time! Cheers everybody!”

The best part of the night was our first dance. Throughout our entire relations.h.i.+p we never really had a song to call our own. Although Isabelle thought it would be funny if we danced to Turnin' Me On by Lil Wayne and Keri Hilson. I told her that would be our first dance in the bedroom. She winked at me and said, ”Oh definitely!”

Seriously though, can the honeymoon start already? She's already turning me on.

Like the tattoo Isabelle told me I had free rein. She said no song could ever get across how she felt about me. Of course there was no song that could perfectly describe how I felt about her but this one came close.

We were all sitting around talking with one another and joking when the lights went down. I wanted it to be a surprise so I told the DJ to turn the lights down when he was ready for our first dance. I was shaking because I was so d.a.m.n nervous, but I bent down next to my wife and said, ”Dance with me.” She happily put her hand in mine and I led her on to the dance floor.

As soon as the chords started over the loud speakers Isabelle took a sharp intake of breath and looked up into my eyes. I could see tears welling up so I used my thumb to wipe them away. ”Please don't cry sweetheart. You have no idea what that does to me.”

She sniffled a bit and then said, ”I just...I never thought I would so lucky. This song is perfect.” The song I'd chosen was Then by Brad Paisley.

I wiped the few remaining tears that fell from my beautiful wife's face and pulled her up close to me. The lyrics explained how I felt in a way that I couldn't. She was my reason for breathing. My air.

I just couldn't help but sing every word to her. Thinking about where we were. Where we are. Where we're going.

Now you're my whole life, Now you're my whole world, And I just can't believe the way I feel about you girl...

We've come so far since that day, And I thought I loved you then, Isabelle.

I heard sniffling and leaned down to look into my beautiful wife's face. I put her head in my hands and used my thumbs to wipe away the tears that fell from her face. ”Sweetheart, what's wrong?”

She pulled me even closer to her and kissed me on the chest. ”That was just beautiful Maddox. Your voice was what made the dance perfect. Is that really how you felt about me?” I looked at her like she was crazy. ”Sweetheart if I could've married you the day I met you, you bet your sweet little a.s.s I would have. I just can't believe that this is where my life has brought me and I can't thank you enough.” I wrapped my arms around Isabelle and picked her up. She wrapped her arms around my neck and kissed me like her life depended on it.

I know mine did.

Once the song ended I was so ready to get the h.e.l.l out of there. I didn't want to but I put her down and kept her hand in mine while I dragged her back to the table. I heard giggling from behind me, but I was a man on a mission. I just wanted to give a quick thanks to everybody and to tell everybody to enjoy their night when I heard a loud crash and my heart dropped. I turned around because I thought maybe my sweetheart might have run into something, but I saw Sarah hunched over and Gabe's face was as white as a ghost. Isabelle and I ran over and saw that there was a pool of water underneath Sarah. I looked at Isabelle and knew what the right thing to do was, but then someone interrupted our mind conversation.

”Oh no you don't! Don't even think about skipping your honeymoon because this watermelon has decided to come a week early. Gabe and I will be fine, so you two get a move on and enjoy your honeymoon.” I let go of Isabelle and gave Sarah a hug and kissed her on the forehead. I then turned to Gabe and gave him a pat on the back and shook his hand. ”You ready Dad?” His face just lit up and he said, ”You can say that again.”

After Isabelle gave her hugs to Sarah and Gabe I grabbed her hand and dragged her out of the cabana. We were halfway to the car but then I felt a pull against my arm and saw that Isabelle was stopping where she stood and was bending over.

”Uh sweetheart. What are you doing?” She started to pull up her dress and said, ”My shoes are killing me. Just let me take them off, okay?” My eyes bugged out of my head, ”Don't even think about it sweetheart. If it's up to me those will be staying on your feet the entire night.” She blushed and I swooped her up into my arms before she could react to my comment. ”In a rush Mr. Mitch.e.l.l?”

I looked down at her in my arms. ”You bet I am Mrs. Mitch.e.l.l.”

She started to blush again and I wondered if it would ever get old seeing my wife blush at the things I said. After closing the door behind us in the limo we were finally all set to go. Isabelle was looking in the mirror and I couldn't help but stare at her.

She didn't even take her face off the mirror while she said, ”You're staring again.”

I just chuckled and smiled. ”I know.” I could never take my eyes off of my beautiful wife. Huh, I like saying that. Matter of fact I love saying that. Mrs. Mitch.e.l.l.

She turned to look at me and smiled with a twinkle in her eye like she knew exactly what I was thinking. I pulled her closer to me and nestled my head on top of hers. ”So Mrs. Mitch.e.l.l. Are you ready? Ready for the honeymoon. To be married. To be with me forever.”

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