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Pre-Ceremony | The Wedding | Reception - First Dance | Reception - Dancing and Mingling | Reception - Speeches | Goodbyes

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Pre-Ceremony

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So there was this thing about not being able to see the bride before the wedding. Bad luck or some shit like that, but when it came to the Hales, they didn't really try and tempt fate when it came to things.

Which is why Stiles has recruited Liam to do him a very big favor. He had a digital camera and he was bored, and he had sat on the bed, half dressed and took a few photos of himself in his shirt, boxers, bowtie hanging over his shoulders. It was obvious someone else was taking them, but it showed him just fooling around with the guys and getting ready. Then in the little journal he wrote to her,

So since I'm not allowed to see you for a few hours, I thought I would let you know that I'm alive. I maaaay be a bit hung over, but Jason totally took care of the dehydration. Totally Klaus' fault, for the record. But I'm sitting here, thinking about just how lucky I am, and how by the end of the night this dream I've had since I was seventeen is finally going to come true. How we're finally going to be married and starting a family. We took a really, really big detour getting here, but we're here and this is the best day of my life. And I know you're busy getting primped and made over under probably enough layers of fabric that I'm going to have a hard time getting you out of later, but I just wanted to say hi and tell you that I love you. See you at the alter! you better be there, missy

And Liam, being the junior groomsman and, as Scott had dubbed him, the personal valet of the groom, ran across the distance between Peter and Talia's house and went to deliver the camera and journal to Cora.

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Cora is getting her make up done by Lydia when Liam knocks on the door, and the only response he gets is Malia shouting through it.

"It's bad luck, Stiles!"

Yep, that's it. That's all he gets.

[babybeta]

"It's not Stiles!" Liam shouted through the door.

[wildkingdom]

Malia makes her way to the door, yanking it open and sticking her head out to check and see that it was just Liam, before turning to face her nephew again. "What do you want?"

"Malia, stop terrorizing the poor child," Lydia chides as she keeps adding to Cora's make up.

[babybeta]

"I'm not a child," he whined in the typical annoyed teen voice, and totally going to duck under Malia's arm to get into the room.

"I have a delivery for Aunt Cora."

The Wedding

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The Wedding

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When it was time for the ceremony to start, Thomas finished his cup of coffee and started to make his way to where all the girls had been hanging out today. When he opened the door, he just stood there looking in, seeing his baby in her wedding dress and trying not to tear up.

Cora was his last, his little angel that he had hurt so much, and when worked hard to fix and have that relationship with her again. He had become more protective of her over the years than the other pups, wanting to never let her think that he didn't love her. He would keep trying to prove that to her until the day he died.

"Baby girl, it's time." he finally spoke, smiling at her.

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She looks up at that and smiles as well, before starting to get to her feet, turning to face the mirror and make the last minute adjustments on her dress. She's nervous, though it's the good kind, the excited kind that just wants to get everything over with that she feels like she's been waiting so long for, but she knows she needs to take a deep breath, slow down and enjoy it.

She's going to be Stiles's wife forever. She only gets today to be a bride.

Once she's sure everything's settling the way she wants it to, she takes that breath, lets her shoulders settle, before turning to face him again. "Okay. Let's go."

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He took a moment to reach up, fixing a loose piece of hair before leaning down to kiss the top of her head. "You are a very beautiful bride, Cora. In case the mirror didn't tell you that."

[impetere]

Her head dips sheepishly, letting her forehead rest against his shoulder for a moment as she takes his arm. "Thanks, Dad."

[fadingspark]

"Come on, I think there is a very hyperactive groom who may be slightly overdosed on his meds waiting for you at an altar."

And he will walk with her on his arm along the fabric path leading from the house to the ceremony.

Reception - First Dance

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When they get to the reception after all the photos are taken, there is this planned entrance. Of course, the girls do not know what this is planned. It's totally being helped by the non-groomsmen who are also big nerds like the groom, and they are all for helping make the reception a memorable moment. Of course, this is Stiles' memorable moment, so a normal, sane wedding reception is obviously not in the game plan.

And it's totally not told to the bride. Because it's a surprise, okay?

So when the DJ is cuing up the PLANNED intro music to introduce the couple, Stiles had mentioned that he left something in the bathroom and will be right back and hasn't returned yet. And as the groomsmen and the bridesmaids head in, leaving the door closed behind them, Cora is going to find herself alone in the hallway at the door.

Well, her and Liam. Liam, the junior groomsman who has the biggest job of all at the moment. DON'T LET CORA LEAVE THE HALLWAY.

He's just grinning though, because he knows what's coming. He's watched Stiles working with Landon on the dancing. So he goes to stand next to his aunt who he's actually the same height as now, and grins. "You okay, Aunt Cora?"

[impetere]

Cora's mostly very confused. She's supposed to have a husband standing next to her and he is very much not. She's surprised she managed to lose him in the first place because throughout the pictures and everything else between the ceremony and here, you couldn't pry them apart with a crowbar.

She glances around for a moment, before turning back to Liam, confused. "Have you seen Stiles?"

[babybeta]

"Oh yeah, I've seen him." Liam is far too happy. He's enjoying this. "He'll be back in a second. You should just stay here."

[impetere]

"Uh-huh."

She sounds dubious because she knows her husband and she knows he's up to something but she'll wait. For now. It'd be weird if she went into her own wedding without her husband.

"Fine."

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♫ - Hooked on a Feeling

The music in the room would change, and Cora would hear Scott and Isaac at the door grabbing the two handles and opening it as they both broke into chanting. Yes, they were both smirking. Their jackets were off, sleeves rolled up and their ties were on their heads like headbands.

"Just remember, you married him," Liam pointed out, motioning her to enter as everyone was on their feet, clapping in time to the chanting as Stiles cheered them on before turning to his wife.

"I can't stop this feeling
Deep inside of me
Girl, you just don't realize
What you do to me..."

He started to sing, actually on key, also sans jacket but his tie is just loosened. He's holding the mic, focusing just on her. He came close, taking her hand with one of his own, but he's not about to start dancing with her just yet...

"When you hold me
In your arms so tight
You let me know
Everything's all right..."

He guides her to the center of the dance floor, twirling her once before getting her there, getting her a few feet away before he goes to run and slide on his knees in front of her as he finishes with,

"I... I hiiii, hiiii.... I'm hooked on a feeling
I'm high on believing
That you're in love with me!"

Reception - Dancing & Mingling

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After dinner and some speeches, the family dances started. Stiles led Cora to the dance floor, and picked up the mic.

"So, keeping with the traditional dance requirement of a wedding, we have a few dances to get started with to work off some room for the cake. First up - the Daddy/Daughter dance. So Thomas Hale, come on down!"

Thomas laughed, going to stand up slowly. "Hope you picked a slow song for me, angel. Not so light on my feet anymore."

[impetere]

"Nice and slow, don't worry."

She takes his hand as they make their way out onto the dance floor and the opening song begins to play. Cora doesn't dwell on the words that much and just steps into her father's arms, getting ready to enjoy their dance together.

[grumpypuppy]

Thomas held his youngest, trying not to cry. He made it through walking down the aisle, and he was trying damn hard to make it now.

"Have I told you how beautiful you look today, angel?"

[impetere]

She can see that in the look on his face, and she almost gives him one in return, because don't make her cry, Dad. She's barely keeping it together herself and she already cried once today. "Yes, you did. Though it's always nice to hear again."

Reception - Speeches

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You Don't Have to Go Home, But You Can't Stay Here...

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