They said their vows. Which struck my heart and I felt warm. I peeked over at Kile and caught him looking at me, but he didn’t look away. Instead, he smiled and just stared at me. I grinned back, blushing some more, and I looked to Amelia and Maven.

“With the power invested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride.”

Maven pulled her in by her waist and dipped her into a kiss. Amelia wrapped her arms around him and they pulled back looking into each others teary eyes while everyone applauded. They walked back down the aisle, hand in hand, to get ready for the reception. I had a speech I would be saying. Kile walked up to me as I did to him. “Hi” he breathed as if he was mesmerized.

“Hey”

His eyes trailed over my body with the dress and he made it back up to my eyes, “you are really beautiful today. You always are but this color-geez.” He turned red,hiding his face behind his hand and I giggled taking his hand in mine, giving a small squeeze.

“You look very nice, too Kile.” He looked at me and I pulled us along to the reception room with everyone else. His fingers laced with mine, for some reason made me grin. I felt so…good with him. We found our reserved table, seated in front of the couples table and took a seat. He was beside me, most likely Maven and Amelia’s plotting for smth, and he put his chair closer to me. A few minutes later Maven and Amelia walk in hand in hand and I start the applause. Maven shoots a smile at me and they take a seat. Maven takes a second to get situated beside his wife when he points to the food, “yall can go eat.” And everyone surges up to move to the food.

I sit and talk with Kile for a bit.

“So what’s it like in the room of the groom.” I laugh at my rhyme.

He smiles, “it’s funny how nervous Maven was. We had to redo his hair like many times because-“

“He has a habit of running his hand through his hair when anxious.” I interrupt grinning.

“Yeah. It was nice though, we talked a lot. But what about the brides room?”

“Ah well, she fussed over her dress for a moment but…she mostly got me to tell her everything about you and I….” I blushed.

He cocked his head to the side and chuckled.

“What did you say?” He asked.

“Uhh. I told her about each time you made me laugh and feel better about myself.”

Music started playing and the bride and groom shared the first dance. Kile and I kept talking as they danced and they finally got off the floor which opened it up to the public. Kile stood and extended his hand to me, “would you dance with me , Cora?” I nodded, my cheeks warming and as I walked to the floor with him I looked at maven and Amelia and they had thumbs up for me.