Simone chuckled when she saw Xeik nudge him. She felt silly being so nervous about this. In a way, they were way more nervous about this than they were the first time they did it. His words got laughter out of her as she shook her head. He was right though she could find words easily where he tended to struggle.

Pushing herself up she rubbed her nose against his. Angela rolled her eyes lightly and pushed them apart. “Did I say to do it yet? Xeik’s right you two can’t stay off of each other,” there was laughter from everyone as the goddess spoke. “If anyone objects to this weddin–”

“We’ll seriously slit your throats,” Lewis and Simone said in harmony as Angela snorted.

“What they said.” The goddess waved her hands. “Alright, Lewis… This is what you’ve been excited about.” She motioned for Xeik to give Lewis Simone’s ring. “Repeat after me please. I, Lewis Terrowin, take Simone Beatrice Monte Auclai–”

“Fucking seriously Lewis?” Simone interrupted as she slapped his chest shocked.

“AUCLAIR,” Angela chuckled, “to be my wedded wife until the end of all time and beyond even death itself.”

As Xeik handed Lewis the ring, he couldn’t help but smirk at her reaction to her full name being used.

“I, Lewis Terrowin, take Simone Beatrice Monte Auclair, to be my wedded wife until the end of time, and beyond even death itself.” Sure, it was silly to use her full name, even if it wasn’t official, but there was a part of him that wanted to do it, if only to show that even someone in such a low status could find the woman of his dreams in a noble. Maybe someone was watching on…a princess and a pauper, married by the Goddess of Life and Love. Perhaps that would inspire.

Hell…maybe Rex will impress us, he thought, knowing Simone would be frustrated at the use of a long name.

Simone at least smiled more when he placed the ring onto her finger. Maybe it wasn’t so bad he found out her full name and used it so loudly. “Alright, Simone your turn,” Angela repeated it for her to be official.

“I,” she hesitated and rolled her eyes a bit, “Simone Beatrice Monte Auclair take you, Lewis Terrowin, to be my wedded husband until the end of time and beyond death itself.” She slid his ring onto his hand and smiled at him.

“As the authority on marriage itself, I now pronounce you husband and wife for the second time. And let this be a good lesson that when the Goddess of Love tells you to talk to your spouses that you do it.” She smirked a bit, “Lewis you can kiss your wife.”

Lewis smirked when she used her full name, and when Angela gave them the go ahead, it was as if they hadn’t seen each other in years. They kissed and embraced, and the crowd started to applaud. The deed was done, and with that, the two were officially married.

Again.

It wasn’t long before everyone was in the reception hall, and Xeik was at the podium, clearing his throat. As best man, he was supposed to make a speech of sorts, and while he had never done a wedding before, he had plenty to say about Lewis. Sure, it might turn into a goofy rant or something, but hey…if he was lucky, maybe he could tell an embarrassing story about Lewis.

“Well, first I want to say…” Xeik said, clearing his throat again. He wasn’t used to giving speeches, and was feeling a bit nervous. “Well, I guess…I’ll start with….Lewis is a dear friend to me, but…we weren’t really always like this. In fact, it wasn’t too long ago that we were at each other’s throats. I’ll save you the boring details, but Lewis wasn’t exactly the smoothest talker. Hell, he still isn’t.” That got a few laughs. “But, Lewis wasn’t doing things the way I thought they needed to be, and…well, Lewis thought I was a fool for thinking the way I did. Turns out, people have different views on the way the world works. Go figure…” Again, it got a bit of a response from the crowd. “So…I have Lady Angela to thank for helping me see that we’re…just on different paths.” He glanced over to Lewis. “Still wish you wouldn’t resort to killing…”

Lewis shrugged. “I’m retired.”

“Good point,” Xeik replied. “Anyway, let’s get on to the fun stuff. So, let’s start with the obvious fun one. So…there was this job we had to do when we were teenagers. It was a hell of a job…raiding an alchemist’s lab. Well, we brought along someone who wasn’t quite used to being a thief. Well, he smacked right into the table, and BAM, both Lewis and I got soaked in potions. We thought nothing of it, and went about our heist. Well, when we woke up the next morning, we were surprised. I ended up two years younger, which is one thing, but Lewis…well, he ended up two years older. I adjusted quick…it was just re-learning. But Lewis got stuck in a lanky body that he had no idea how to control. Teenagers…they grow QUICK. Watching him stumble about for the first few hours was comedy gold. I’ve never seen someone fall on their face so many times.”

The ex assassin rolled his eyes, “You just won’t let me live that one down, will you?”

“No, I won’t,” the healer responded with a grin. “Next, let me tell you about the time he got decked by Lady Angela…”

The stories went on for another twenty or so minutes, until finally Rhenakos pulled Xeik off the podium, “Look…everyone here just wants to eat. You can tell stories later,” the man complained. “It;s a reception…get to it! Eat! Drink! And in about an hour, we have a special event for the bride and groom. Wedding tradition.” He glanced to Lewis with a sly grin. “Be ready, lover boy…”

“What…the hell are you talking about,” Lewis responded.

Simone laughed a bunch at the old stories of Lewis and she smiled at him as she took his hand. She gave him a good squeeze. “Thanks for saving Lewis the embarrassment Rhen,” Simone yelled as she got elbowed by Lewis. It got a few laughs out of her.

“Wait, what are we doing.”

“The garter Simone! The blue garter we put on you,” Osiria yelled from the crowd. “Come on Lewis you have to have some kind of skill taking shit off of her. If you didn’t adopt twelve kids and Simone was able to get pregnant you would have had thirty by now and we all know it.” Osiria was holding up some alcohol as she coiled herself around Rhenakos.

Simone had a blush on her face and she immediately went to the bar and downed a drink before going to Lewis pulling him to the dance floor. “They are going to get us killed,” she laughed a bit and danced close to him. Their friends were special.

They enjoyed the food, the drinks, dancing, and especially snuggles with their kids. They danced with their kids even Jules and Corrine danced with them. They had a blast and once the hour passed up Osiria sat Simone down on a chair.

“This is for skipping out on your reception last time doing only gods know what… and I think I have an idea what it was.” Osiria pulled up on Simone’s dress and Simone rolled her eyes. “Everyone this is the prize!” There was a bunch of oo’s and ah’s as they showed off two blue garters. “This lower one. Lewis, you can’t use your hands only your teeth.” She threw the dress back down. “GET TO IT! By the way, in the end, all the men who aren’t married have to gather. It’s like a bouquet toss. One who catches it gets married next!”

Once Lewis learned what the ‘event’ was, he turned a bright red. It was one of the few times that he had been caught off guard, and the way Osiria was talking wasn’t helping much. He doubted that Lady Angela would let them off the hook, and knew that he had to take the garter, otherwise they would never get to leave.

And so, Simone was sat in a chair in the middle of a crowd of single men. Of those, Rex was at the front, cheering Lewis on. Lewis rolled his eyes, “Kids shouldn’t be here, you know.”

“I’m old enough!” Rex complained, smirking. “Besides, I need to know how it’s done.”

Xeik was off the side, watching with his arms crossed. The smirk across his face was that of amusement. Rhenakos, however, was watching with great interest, even with Osiria there. Hell, even Osiria was watching, though probably not for the same reason as Rhenakos.

And so, with the skill that only could have been cultivated in their sex life, Lewis moved up her leg, looking up at her. His hazel eyes glistened as they met her grays, and he playfully nibbled just under the garter on ‘accident’, before taking it in his teeth and pulling it down. There were cheers as Simone extended her leg, letting him take it fully before tossing it.

It soared through the air, and to everyone’s surprise, it seemed to almost float into Rex’s hands. He stared for a moment before raising it high. “Looks like I win!”

“Oh gods I hope not,” Lewis said as he looked up at Simone with a grin. “I don’t think we need Alice moving in…”

Simone almost screamed as he nipped her and let out a laugh. “You did that on purpose.” She ran her fingers through his hair after he was done. “I sure as fuck hope not.” She laughed with Lewis before she pulled him up and kissed him.

Lewis kissed her back with a full bunch of passion, “Hey Rhen I got a trick for you.” He hiked up her dress just enough to get her legs around his waist and kissed her more. Simone broke it and was laughing at him.

“You are a show-off.”

“He started it.”

Simone let out a squeal as he spun her around and she pulled up the train on her dress. “You are going to rip this dress.” She clung to him and hugged him tightly as he set her down. Still Lewis kept his arm around her as the others congratulated him for being so skilled.

“Alright, my turn.” She got her bouquet and all of the single women gathered. She turned around.

“Lewis, You have to close your eyes or else this is cheating,” Leilah yelled out.

“Oh, now we’re concerned about what’s considered a cheat and what isn’t. Lewis give the woman what she wants.” Simone was a bit sassy as Llywellyn couldn’t hide his laughter behind his wife.

Once Lewis had his eyes shut Simone threw it and Lewis opened it to watch with Simone as Mia shoved someone out of the way to catch it. She did a dance and clapped waving it at Xeik.

"That's one hundred percent your lycanthrope," Simone pointed at Mia who was celebrating and running up to Xeik jumping on him kissing him, and wrapping her legs around his waist. "Huh, you learned something new Xeik?"

Xeik couldn’t help but feel slightly embarrassed at Mia’s behavior when it came to the bouquet, and sheepishly put his head into his hand. Mia seemed proud of herself, though, and excited, though he wondered if she knew what it meant to catch the bouquet. With the way that Raine was, he didn’t doubt that she knew. If anything, he wondered if the phoenix was the one egging it on the most.

Lewis was happy at the way the whole thing turned out. Simone was glowing with happiness, and everything seemed right in the world. He was happy that he was able to make things work this time around, and do things proper. Even the few people he considered friends were here and present, enjoying themselves.

Llywellyn had proven himself to love Simone enough to only ensure her happiness, and that was something that Lewis could begrudgingly accept. He had passed her over like a father or brother would, and that was enough in his mind to signify where he stood to Simone. Rhenakos, the idiot who seemed nigh invincible, was always there, and always willing to jump in at a moment’s notice to help his friends no matter the cost. And Xeik…

Xeik was no longer the weak fool that he had been. He had grown into one of the best healers in the realm, and even better, grown into a fine man who not only held to his ideals, but had the strength and willpower to back those ideals up. He had come so far, and though they still had their differences, Lewis was proud to call him a friend.

Lewis took ahold of Simone, and brought her in for another passionate kiss. He started to twirl her around. “You’re beautiful, you know…and I realize that you don’t think so, but…you should see yourself from my eyes. You’re the brightest thing in this room..stunning, brilliant… I can’t take my eyes off of you.” He smiled.

“I love you, Simone…”