Chapter 28CHAPTER 28
February 14, 2000. The first Valentines' Day of the new Millenium, and the day of the Backstreet Wedding...
"Faith, does my hair look Ok?"
"Melissa, does this nail polish go with these flowers?"
"Blair, do these shoes make my feet look long?" "Christina, does my makeup look alright?" "Joy, does this dress make me look fat?" "It's a little late to worry about that now, don't you think?"
"Ok, you guys...We all look beautiful. Now let's go got married!"
5 bridesmaids (one for each bride) walked down the aisle one at a time. Then went the flower girl with the ringbearer. The music stopped and then changed. The whole sanctuary stood up.
"This is it. The moment we've been waiting for all our lives!" Faith squealed in my ear.
I took a deep breath, took my dad's arm, and began to walk. I could feel every eye in the place on me. I looked at Brian. I had never seen a guy look so wonderful.
"I have never seen a girl look more beautiful than she does right this second," Brian thought.
I got to the end of the aisle, took Brian's hand, and Faith began to walk up the aisle with her father. Nick
looked awestruck. You could tell exactly what he was thinking. She got to the end and Joy came. So it went, on and on until everyone was standin at the alter
with their husbands-to-be. The preacher said all his stuff, we all repeated it, and then said "I do" one by one, starting with Brian and ending with Melissa. We walked back down the aisle for the processional, two by two, to the limos that awaited us. Each couple climbed in a Limo and drove to the fanciest hotel in Oahu where we were having the reception. The first dance they played at the reception was 'I'll never Break Your Heart' It was recorded so that each guy could dance during the song and not have to sing. Later...
We all climbed on planes to our honeymoons. AJ and Joy came back with a sunburn and a recipe for a killer margarita, Nick and Faith came back with a pet koala, Christina and Kevin came back with a recipe for a swedish dessert called FlugenFlagen, Howie and Melissa came back with a rag that was waved at a bull in a fight, and Brian and I came back with a pair of Mickey Mouse ears. We had a really good time and...