All is Found

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Thea and I took a few moments standing at the altar before we separated to walk down the aisle together. We turned to face our guests and my breath caught in my throat when I saw my mom sitting in her seat. She smiled at me with tears in her eyes as Thea took my hand in hers to walk down the aisle. I looked up at Thea and found her smiling at me. When I looked back to her seat, my mom was gone and I took a breath before I pulled Thea to let her know it was time to start walking.

             All of our guests are going to a cocktail hour while Thea and I get some time alone together. We walked hand in hand up the aisle up to our bridal suite. Just as we got upstairs to our room Thea picked me up and carried me over the threshold of the door. I just wrapped my arms around her neck and held on tight as we walked into the room and heard the door shut behind us.

            Thea finally put me down in the middle of the room and I couldn't help but wrap my arms around her neck pulling her into me. I didn't want to let go of this closeness we have, not yet. Thea held me close to her and wrapped her arms around my waist and I pressed my ear to her chest. Her heart is pounding at a steady rhythmic beat and I feel myself calming down.

            "Are you okay Ash?" Thea asked quietly.

            "If this is a dream I don't ever want to wake up." I said and wrapped my hand around her neck. I pulled my head away from Thea's chest and looked into her eyes.

            "I love you and I'm so happy that you're my wife." I said and smiled. Thea's eyes watered and she pulled me into a kiss.

            The kiss didn't last long as there was a knock on the door. Emily was standing on the other side when Thea pulled the door open. She brought us a tray of the appetizers that were being served downstairs and told us we had a half an hour before we needed to head downstairs for pictures.

            Thea and I made quick work of the food before we touched up the little bit of makeup we still had on our faces then headed downstairs to meet Emily and the photographer. The photos didn't take long for us to get done as everyone was already waiting for us. Once we were done our guests were brought into the reception room and the DJ started to announce our wedding party.

            "So are we doing any dance moves as we walk in?" Thea asked as we watched Nikki and Malia strike a pose as they walked into the room.

            "Not unless you want too? I'm sure there are going to be enough embarrassing pictures of us that are going to end up on the internet by the end of the night and I don't want to activity add to that list." I answered as Alyssa and Lindsey walked in next. 

            "Very true. We are going right into our first dance right?" Thea asked as I heard the DJ hyping us up.

            "Yes, I got Ashley to sing Is There Somewhere for us." I said and took Thea's hand in mine.

            She didn't get a chance to respond as the doors opened for us and I pulled Thea inside the reception room. All of our family and friends cheered for us as we walked our way to the middle of the dance floor. The DJ announced that Ashley was singing the song for our first dance and she launched right into singing.

            "I can't believe our song is a Halsey song." Thea said and chuckled as spun me around. When I came back to Thea I couldn't help but chuckle.

            "I did offer to sing one of the many songs I wrote for you." I said and smiled.

            "I know but we said I love you for the first time after this song, it's special." Thea said and gave me a shy smile.