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-"1 YEAR LATER"-
ELLIE'S POV
Jackson County is getting ready as winter is now approaching it's the month of September and everyone is getting busy but not just for winter. Everyone is setting up fairylights putside the church while some decorated the inside everybody is preparing for the wedding. While everyone was busy setting up I was busy helping Jesse's father clean and shine the rings that would be used in the wedding. Jesses father is the blacksmith of the city as his obligation is to create tools that would be used. Time sure does fly as the wedding is about to begin. Everyone was excited and ready as the guests are already inside the church. When I arrived I could feel all the energy, love and support of all the people including Jesse and Cat. For the wedding I was wearing a white T-shirt together with my black flanel then I wore my newly ironed jeans and my newly cleaned converse after a few minutes the ceremony started the wedding began the fairylights started to shine at every cornerof the church as everyone was walking in the middle including me and as I reached the edge I quickly went to Jesse and fixed his clothes not wanting him to look dirty as I finished we laughed together and I congratulated and thanked him for this day then I went to see more people walking in the middle I saw Joel with his new girlfriend Esther, Tommy and Maria, Cat, and John with his newly wedded wife Lisa at the thought of that I thought " DAMN SO MANY THINGS HAVE CHANGED 1 YEAR HAS PASSED AND MANY THINGS HAS HAPPENED" I said to my self then as the adults finished walking the kids started walking in wiyh flowers and lastly it was Thony who is holding the ring that would be used and will be placed in finger for the rest of their lives as Thony took a sit Jesse's parents walked in the middle then the ones closed doors of the church slowly opened I looked over at Jesse and smiled at him as he started tearing up which made me tear up I signalled Jesse to wipe his tears as I wipe mine then as the churches door opened the song CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOU started playing then as the door opens it revealed the bride. The bride is wearing a white tank top paired with a white long skirt and a transparent cloth covering her face ad holding a bouquet of daisies when she reached Jesse's parents they helped her walk her way towards the isle and as she walks closer I could feel the emotions kicking in I looked at Jesse once more and we both started tearing up so I signalled him again to wipe his tears and fix his cloth as I did with mine. Then the bride was now infront of the isle and I can tell she was also tearing up as I can see clearly through the transparent cloth then the music stopped as I looked over the bride amused by her beauty the pastor together with his apostles stepped in as a sign that the ceremony is seconds away from starting and before the pastor could speak I looked at Dina and the crowd began to be silent. While everyone is waiting for the pastor to speak Dina and I shared a moment to look into each others eyes and tell each other how happy we are together on this day OUR wedding day a few seconds had passed and the pastor began to speak
-" Welcome everybody" The pastor said
-" Today we are gathered here to this special day to this special event that we never thought that'll happen in the middle of all this mess.......this event lets us believe that love can also and still blooms up in the middle of the apocalypse in the middle of all this chaos......these two people infront of us made us believe that love truly is love and it doesn't pick and doesn't just evolve around two genders.......for todays event we will witness two people finally made it up to this day to speak their vows" The pastor said
The ceremony started as I was smiling the whole time and so as Dina then as we finished putting on the ring to each other the time has come to say the wedding vows. The pastor lets Dina be the one to speak first
-" Ellie..........I don't even know what to say besides I'm happy finally being here infront of all this people sharing this event that I would just dream and think of everyday to happen to me and I'm sharing this event with you. At first I didn't really imagine thay I would even end up with you" She said making me and the audience laugh
-" At first when I saw you in Jackson back then you're very different you're not just any other girl I said that to my self why? first of all you're hard to catch up to, second you're weird, third when I call you up you're always angry as if I did something wrong to you and lastly yyou're always writing in that damn journal of yours" She pauses and laughs along with the audience
-" But as months flew by that I get to know you better I didn't know those things that what I've said would make me fall for you. Ellie many obstacles has passed and look at us now still together and that's all the things I need to make me say that you're not just anybody you're ELLIE WILLIAMS for godsake you're the person I want to share my life witb for the rest of my life and no words can describe how I feel right now but I know one thing is for sure and that's I know that I love you Ellie" She said finishing her vow
The audience started clapping and the pastor thanks Dina then he stares at me signalling that I can now speak
-" Uhmmm.......what will I say.....uhm....hi?" I said making Dina and the audience laugh
-" Seriously now I just wanted to say how lovely you are today and uhmm ok here goes nothing.......I'll start from the very beginning after my bestfriend died I started distancing myself to people I know and started building a wall all around me......a wall that would keep me away to those people who would care about me a wall that would prevent my fear from kicking in that fear is me endi g up alone then as I finished building up that wall I distanced myself I try not to be the pas Ellie the Ellie who cares too much until I met Joel that wall I built for months started to breal a little but as my fear started setting in I instantly rwbuild that wall not until I met you when the first time we talked something just instantly broke that wall down and I couldn't do anything anything, I couldn't yhink of what to do and that's the Ellie you met the Ellie who is hard to catch up because I don't want you to be part of my miserable life, the Ellie who is always angry because no matter how I tried distamcing my self you keep on coming into my life, and the Ellie who always wrote on that damn journal because that's where I put all my feelings and emotions everytime I am with you that's the Ellie you met the Ellie who is secretly loving you and scared of losing you......Dina besides Joel, Tommy, and Maria you're one of the first people who completely change me you are the reason that I'm here today standing infront of you all and saying all these things.........you made me realize that I can love again wiyh no fear and no worries . Dina I promise you for the rest of my life I'll protevt you always even if it meant my life together we'll fight everything or anyone who comes and try to break us apart, Forever I'll be here for you.........I love you" I said
I looked at the audience and all of them are getting teary including Joel, Tommy and Maria then I looked back at Dina whose years started falling as my tears started falling also then the pastor spoke
-" Now we end up in the much awaited part of the event.....you may now kiss the bride" The pastor said
The crowd began cheering as I took off the cloth that's been blocking Dinas face
-" Wait but whose the bride?" She asked jokingly
-" Just come here" I said pulling her into a kiss
The crowd then clapped their hands for us and as we stepoed down the isle we took pictures and took bunch of handshakes the whole day was history then we went to the townhall where the reception takes place the event was filled with laughs amd cries until the vent is closing to the end and everybody started tapping their wineglass a sign that Dina and I should kiss. Dina and I shared a long but quick kiss and as it ended I spoke
-" The two of us" I said pulling out my pinky finger to hers
-" The two of us" she said interlocking our pinky fingers
-" Forever" We both said at the same time then laughed
SAYONARA
THE END OF BOOK 1