Twenty minutes later, we pull up outside the chapel and Joe helps me out of the car. His wife is already there and she hands me a loose bouquet of flowers.
“I got these on the way. From our garden,” she tells me with a smile.
“Wow. They’re gorgeous. Thank you Lucy. And thank you for comin’ out here.”
“Oh, no problem. I just love this place,” she smiles at me. “I’ll go and tell ‘em you’re here.”
She disappears inside and I follow her with Joe slowly. The chapel is beautiful. The floor is black stone and the windows are amazing. The ceiling is all glass so it feels like I’m standing underneath the dark starlit sky. Joe follows his wife into the main part and I take a deep breath. This is it. I’m really going to walk down that aisle and marry Brian. If somebody had told me that even two weeks ago, I woulda had ‘em certified insane. A familiar song starts to play and I listen to it for a few seconds before realising what it is and tears fill my eyes. A beautiful voice fills the chapel and I start to walk towards the aisle.
I can feel the magic floating in the air
Being with you gets me that way
I watch the sunlight dance across your face
And I've never been this swept away
All my thoughts just seem to settle on the breeze
When I'm lying wrapped up in your arms
The whole world just fades away
The only thing I hear
Is the beating of your heart
I stop at the top of the aisle and look at Brian. His eyes and mine lock and he smiles. I catch my breath. He looks gorgeous. I can’t believe how much I love him right now. It almost hurts. I keep my eyes on his as I slowly walk towards him.
Cause I can feel you breathe
It's washing over me
And suddenly I'm melting into you
There's nothing left to prove
Baby, all we need is just to be
Caught up in the touch
Slow and steady rush
Baby, isn't that the way that love's supposed to be
I can feel you breathe
As I reach him, he reaches out for my hand and kisses it softly, never once looking away from my eyes. I feel like I could drown in his eyes. There’s no chapel around us, no minister before us, no heavens above us, no earth beneath…
In a way I know my heart is waking up
As all the walls come tumbling down
Closer than I've ever felt before
And I know, and you know
There's no need for words right now
Cause I can feel you breathe
It's washing over me
And suddenly I'm melting into you
There's nothing left to prove
Baby, all we need is just to be
Caught up in the touch
Slow and steady rush
Baby, isn't that the way that love's supposed to be
I can feel you breathe
I can feel the magic floating in the air
Being with you gets me that way...
As the final note drifts away on the air, the minister breaks our gaze with a soft voice.
“We are here this day to join together in holy matrimony this man and this woman…”
“Do you Brian Thomas Littrell take Jade Willow Greene to be your lawfully wedded wife?”
Brian’s eyes never leave mine as he says, “I do.”
“Do you Jade Willow Greene take Brian Thomas Littrell to be your lawfully wedded husband?”
I smile at him, “I do.”
“Brian, please take the wedding band and place it on Jade’s finger as you repeat these words after me. I, Brian Thomas Littrell.”
Brian takes out a platinum wedding band from his pocket. It has a row of diamonds set into it and glitters as he places it on the tip of my finger. He looks straight into my eyes, “I, Brian Thomas Littrell…” The minister’s voice fades as Brian repeats the vows, “Do take thee, Jade Willow Greene, to be my wedded wife. To have and to hold, from this day forward. For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health. To love and to cherish, till death do us part, according to God's holy ordinance. And thereto I pledge thee my faith to you.” Brian slips the band down onto my finger and wipes away his tears. I’m already crying, thanking the Lord for waterproof mascara.
The minister turns to me with a smile. “Jade, please take the wedding band and place it on Brian’s finger as you repeat these words after me. I, Jade Willow Greene.”
I place the ring on Brian’s finger and blink back my tears as I look into his eyes and repeat my vows to him. “And thereto I pledge thee my faith to you,” I push the band down onto his finger and we both look towards the minister, tears streaming down both our faces.
“It is my great joy to pronounce you husband and wife.”
“Baby, I love you,” Brian pulls me to him and kisses me deeply.
I wrap my arms around him and breathe in his scent, “I love you too.”
“Congratulations Mr and Mrs Littrell,” the minister shakes our hands with a smile and then leads us all through to a small room where we sign the marriage register.
Joe and Lucy witness our signatures and congratulate us with big hugs and a shower of rose petals, I fear Lucy’s garden is now flower-free! Joe whisks us out and into his limo before we can even think of the words ‘thank you’, and soon we’re back at the hotel. We wave Joe goodbye and head into the elevators before anyone can see us. As the elevator doors close, Brian pulls me close to him again and we kiss until the bell announces our arrival at the tenth floor. We head to our room and Brian opens the door. Before I can step inside, he sweeps me up into his arms and carries me inside.
“I’m gonna carry you over every threshold until we finally get our own place.”
I giggle as he lays me on the bed. “You’re gonna need to see somebody about your back soon then honey.”
He laughs and slips a DND notice on the door before locking it. “You ain’t heavy, you’re my wife,” he sings the old song softly to me, changing the words to fit, as he joins me on the bed. I smile and touch my wedding band. He covers my hand with his and I start playing with his band instead. “You’re really my wife Jade,” I look up at him and smile at the wonder in his eyes.
“And you’re my husband honey,” I say loving the sound of that word. I lie back and pull him down on top of me, “It feels so unreal.”
“I know,” he says softly. “But these two rings and this piece of paper say that it happened. You’re Mrs Littrell.”
“Is that how you say it?” I giggle and Brian groans. During the time I had spent with him on the tour I had heard just about every pronunciation of his name going.
“Better get used to a lifetime of people sayin’ your name wrong.”
“Jade Little,” I laugh.
“Jade Lettel,” he says kissing my shoulders as he slides the satin dress straps down.
“Jade Littreeel,” I reach to take his jacket off and unbutton his shirt.
“But I prefer Jade Littrell,” he pulls me up off the bed and turns me so that he can unzip my dress.
“Y’know, so do I,” I turn round again with a smile as he lets the dress drop to the floor. “Maybe now people won’t laugh at my full name.”
“I thought it was cute,” he smiles.
“You would,” I giggle as I step out of my dress and kick off my shoes before reaching for his belt buckle.
He smiles and pulls the pins out of my hair, letting it all come tumbling down around my shoulders. He kisses my hair and then runs his hands along my bare back and down to my knickers. He gently slides them off me and drops them on the floor next to my dress. I unbutton the top button of his pants and unzip them slowly. He steps out of them as they fall to the floor and rids himself of his boxers at the same time. He gently pushes me back onto the bed and stretches out next to me, a hand tangled up in my hair as he kisses my nose. He moves over me and softly kisses each eyelid and my cheeks and my chin. He takes each ear-lobe in his mouth and nibbles gently. His kisses trail down my neck and across my collar-bone. He avoids my breasts, preferring instead to kiss my stomach and lick my belly button. He moves along my legs and kisses each toe. I writhe underneath his touch. I wanted him to kiss my lips and my breasts so badly. I arch up underneath him and reach to entwine my fingers in his hair, pulling him up to my lips.
“I’m going to drive you crazy Jade. And then when you can’t take anymore, I’m going to start all over again,” he smiles maddeningly and kisses my nose before revisiting his trail of kisses along my body.
I manage to let him kiss his way back up to me and he starts kissing around each breast before taking a nipple in his warm mouth. I feel his tongue licking at me and I moan softly, running my fingers through his hair. I wrap my legs around his body as his lips finally move up to my mouth. I nip his lip gently between my teeth as his tongue snakes inside my mouth. I flick my tongue against the corners of his mouth before wrapping it around his and making him moan. My hands move along his back and down over his butt, pushing him closer to my body. He almost whimpers and my hands move in between us, searching out his hardness and stroking him. He gasps into my mouth and I move slightly away from his kiss. His dark eyes look into mine as I bring my hands up to rub his nipples gently.
“Jade…” he groans as I tighten the hold my legs have around his body and he can feel my wetness.
I arch my body against his and kiss him hungrily. His hands run quickly up the sides of my body, making me shiver. He touches my face as we kiss and then winds a hand through my damp hair.
“I can’t take anymore,” I whisper against his lips.
He runs a finger over my lips and I run my tongue over it, sucking him inside my mouth. He closes his eyes and moans before shifting his weight so that he can enter me. As I feel him filling my body slowly, I writhe in pleasure underneath him, drawing him deeper inside me. He raises himself up on his elbows and strokes my hair and face as he keeps thrusting into me slowly. I moan and open my eyes to hold his. He lowers himself down to kiss me and I hold onto him tightly.
“I love this,” he says quietly. “Being inside you like this.”
“I do too,” I smile at him.
“I wish we could stay like this forever.”
I kiss him and then wriggle my hips slightly underneath him. “But that’d be no fun…”
“Jade…” he groans and then laughs as I kiss his nose.
I slowly rock my hips from side to side, making him moan even louder. He stays still as long as he can take it but after a few hip-sways from me he soon gives up trying to move slowly. He bends down and kisses my breasts before leaving me breathless with his thrusts inside of me. I hold onto him with all the strength I have and move with him, faster and faster to blessed release.