I could hear Aaron giggling just a little, and I could see the smile on Simon’s face.
“What? Why are you laughing?”
The twinkle in Simon’s eyes as he looked at Aaron made me want to smile too, though I was still confused.
“I’m a Justice of the peace. I can marry you right here if you want. We can file the paperwork tomorrow.”
I looked at Lucas, his eyes concerned but I saw the desire in his eyes. Not sexual desire, this was his desire to accept Aaron’s offer. This was crazy fast, but Lucas never did anything half assed. He wanted this and so did I. Was this a good place to have a wedding? I don’t know, but it seemed to be perfect for us. Crazy timing and all. Destiny apparently wanted us married now, and I was all for it. I nodded to Lucas, but left the final say to him.
“Don’t you need two witnesses? Simon go get a nurse, hurry before Alexi changes his mind.”
Simon laughed and went out in search of a nurse. I heard Aaron clear his throat to get my attention.
‘I do have to ask Alexi. You are on pain medication, but you seem to be pretty lucid. Are you sure you want to do this?”
“I’m perfectly lucid Aaron. I promise, and I want this more then I can say. It’s fast, it’s crazy, but we will have one hell of a story to tell!”
I couldn’t stop smiling, watching Lucas grin like the devil himself! The door opened and in came a young nurse who seemed a little bewildered. She walked over to me, looking me in the eye and smiled a bit.
“So, I hear that I will be a witness to a wedding. I’ll be the talk of the whole hospital for this one. Are you sure? I’m thrilled to witness this for you, but I need to know this is what you want.”
“All of you listen to me. I may be lying in a hospital bed, I may be feeling very little pain, I may be wearing a hospital gown that leaves my ass bare... but I know what I want, and I want him! I can’t say it any better than that.”
“How about you Lucas? What do you have to say?”
Aaron and Simon both tried hard not to laugh, the nurse smiling right along with them.
“I want him. I want you Alexi. I want you to be the one I go to sleep holding, knowing that in the morning I will wake up holding you. I want you to be my partner in life like I said earlier. I love you and I want you!”
“By the power granted me by the State of Florida, I now pronounce you husband and husband. You may kiss your husband. Just don’t squish him.”
Lucas blinked hard, as if trying to decide if that had been a ceremony at all, but when he turned to me, the love in his eyes made my heart soar. Gently pressing his lips to mine, brushing them back and forth he lay his forehead against mine.
“My Husband. You are mine Alexi… and I am yours.”
The press of his lips, the feeling of his tongue seeking entrance. I let him into my mouth, into my heart, into my life. He is my life, my Partner, my Patron.
About the Author
Sitting here thinking about what it is I want to tell you about me, I realize I’m over thinking it again. I do that a lot. So I’ll keep it short, if you don’t mind. I have been many people in my life. Both good and bad, like most humans on earth. I have family I will probably never see again, unless someone remembers me when planning a funeral. I was adopted, so it’s not like they were really my family to begin with. Not all adoptions turn out so good.
I have been blessed with two living children, now teenagers (God Help me!) and one sweet baby waiting for me on the other side. I got rid of the no good husband, but I was blessed with a Mother-in-Law who is more a Mother to me than the woman who adopted me. And I would not be here today if it weren’t for Mamma and my kids. I would have given up a long time ago.
Then there are the friends I’ve made in the last year. I thought I knew what friendship was and turned my nose up at it. I didn’t want to go through that again. It just wasn’t worth it… or so I thought. These beautiful, bright and loving women turned my life around, supporting me in my quest to finish writing this book. I’d only ever heard I was too stupid to write anything other than grocery lists. They helped me silence the voices in my head telling me I could never do it. Helped me prove those voices wrong.
I have lived and I have wanted to die. I have fought with everything in me, and both won and lost. I have picked myself up after an atom bomb has destroyed my life, and I have soldiered on. I am not better and I am not worse than the next person. I’m human just like you!
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