Matthew Espinosa Imagines

Wedding

*Maddie's POV*

I noticed I was hyperventilating and I quickly shut my lips tight. Why was I so nervous? Just last night I was over the top excited and now...

I was so scared I felt like vomiting. My bridesmaid weren't helping either with them fussing over their ruined makeup or one hair being out of place.

It also bothered me surprisingly of being called beautiful over and over. I mean, I was flattered and I thought before I would love that part of it being my wedding, but it gets old surprisingly quick.

My mother continued sobbing over my big day and my father, even though he approved of Matthew, still wasn't ready to give me away. Luckily, although, everything was in order. The musicians were here, the flowers were correctly organized, all people walking down the aisle were all ready to walk...but surprisingly enough, I was the only one not ready.

Matt was already at the altar, his groomsmen being our old friends from high school. Even Matt was nervous, the original bad boy I dated back when we were only seventeen. Now, we were both twenty two, and he proposed to me last year.

I start panicking aloud. "What if he realizes he never loved me? What if he doesn't think I'm beautiful - what if-"

"Maddie! You're making my ears bleed, chill out for us, please!" whined one of my bridesmaids, Janie.

I sigh and then press both of my palms to my forehead. "I can't do this."

My maid of honor, Ana, who has been there for me since middle school, rolls her eyes and gently puts her hands on my shoulders. "Maddie, of course you can. We've been dreaming of our big days since the eighth grade...and now you're living it."

I rethink Ana's amazing words. She was right. I was living in my dream of finally being married to someone I loved endlessly. I could do this. I kept saying those things to myself in my head, but i was still sweating.

Isabelle, another bridesmaid, notices my shaky body and then steps in next to try and help my cold feet. "Mads, it's easy. All you have to do is walk down the aisle, say 'I do' and then kiss him. Then, it's over and we can go party at reception."

That helped a little. I nod and then take another deep breath. Izzy was right,it seemed simple enough. Janie steps in again. "Ignore the people in the crowds. Just pretend it's just you and Matt there."

I smile at that imaginary picture. Just Matt and I on the beach of Orlando, holding hands and saying our vows of marriage. That's all I honestly wanted. I sigh, and then say "I'm ready."

I hook arms with my father, who wore a black tux and looked almost as nervous as me. My dad glances at me, my veil, flowers in my hair, and my dress, and says, "You know, you can always back out..."

I nudge my father playfully. "As tempting as it is, I might as well get married."

My dad has the energy to chuckle. "I'm going to miss you" Dad informs me as the last couple of groomsmen and bridesmaid walks away, leaving just me and my father to walk up next. My stomach swirls.

I continue talking to Dad anyways, as if we were just at a cafe having breakfast together. "It's not like I'm going anywhere."

"You're going away with Mr. Hollywood over there, that's basically leaving" Dad argues, meaning Matthew as Mr. Hollywood because of his dream of being an actor.

I notice it's finally our turn to walk down the aisle, and I bite my lower lip. "Dad...I love you" I let him know.

Dad sighs and tightens our arms together. "I love you too, Mads."

That's when we start walking. The band start playing the music Matt and I both selected as Dad and I both walk as synchronized as we can down the aisle. I was getting closer and closer to my future husband, him looking tall, lean, and slender in his tuxedo. His eyes were glued to me, them wide and wrinkled from the big grin right below them. I smile back at him nervously and notice I'm already at the altar.

Dad kisses my cheek, whispers another 'I love you', then places my hand in Matt's. Matt's grip tightens on my hand, as if he would never let go, as he pulled me up fully to the altar. We stare into each other's eyes as the pastor begins to recite his lines. As he does, Matt mouths to me, "You look beautiful," making me blush and smile at him with tears in my eyes.

*the song "A Thousand Years" starts playing somehow in the background*

The minister has Matt say his vows first, as one of his groomsmen hands him a slip of paper as Matt takes it gingerly and unfolds it, beginning to read as I stand there, waiting.

"Madelyn Jane Paxton," Matt begins, making tears stream down my face as he remembered my middle name from that one time I told him. "Some people don't believe in fate. Others don't believe in soul mates or even true love, and I find it funny, since you are all three to me. Madelyn, you are my fate, my soul mate, and my everlasting true love. You are my life now, and as logn as you'll let me, I will love you unconditionally until the day my heart stops beating."

By now, I was sobbing. I didn't let any sobs escape my lips, although tears streamed down my face one after another. Thank God Janie saw this coming and applied only water proof makeup to my face. Matt leans over surprisingly and wipes my tears away with his thumbs with a wide smile on his face. I didn't know until Ana nudged my shoulder that she was handing me my vows. I sniff, take them gratefully and then silently thank her. I get myself together and then unfold my vows, rereading what I had wrote four months ago.

I clear my throat, then begin. "Ever since middle school ended, I believed I had no future. I thought I was just going to be a wrinkly old cat lady and watch Family Feud every night," I say honestly, earning a small eruption of laughs from the crowd and Matt. Once the laughs die down, I carry on. "But then, one day, I wasn't looking where I was going and I fell into someone's arms...and they caught me. Ever since that day, I have fallen hopelessly in love with him and now I'm marrying him...and I'm so much more than grateful that I was such a klutz that day," I end with a nervous chuckle as I again get laughs from the audience and a cute chuckle from Matt.

"Oh! And I love you," I add, smiling that I made it through all that without sobbing, except my voice was cracked throughout the whole thing.

Matt smiles and looks intently into my eyes. "I love you too," he says back, and the minister carries on.

"Do you, Matthew Lee Espinosa, take Madelyn, to be your lawfully wedded wife?" the pastor asks him with a wide excited smile.

Matt smiles, his eyes still locked on mine. "I absolutely do," he answers with so much confidence and strength in his answer I knew he meant it.

"And do you, Madelyn Jane Paxton, take Matthew, to be your lawfully wedded husband?" he asks me.

Tears well up in my eyes, then fall out. "Of course I do," I answer almost instantly.

The pastor smiles and then announces, "You may now kiss the bride."

"Thank God," Matt says before smashing his lips onto mine. I chuckle into his lisp and kiss him back, gripping his shoulders as his hands held my back.

I barely heard the cheers of our audience as Matt continued to kiss me, sealing our marriage. Once we pull away, I smile and then hug him.

"I love you, Madelyn," Matt whispers to me.

"I love you too," I sob as Matt chuckles and wipes away my tears once again.

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sorry if there were a lot of typos in this i typed this on my computer since my phone was dead.

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