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I looked down and kicked the sand as I let out a laugh "Holy shit, I’rabbedbefore he pushed me away and walked over to his place I followed him and said a quick prayer that I didn’t mess this up for Courtney I wanted to make this day special for her, and I was pretty sure what I had planned would be a sorthy moment for sure

I moved up next to Layton and smiled at the preacher

"Are you ready, son?" he asked in a fatherly tone

I nodded and said, "Yes, sir I’ve never been an playing, I glanced up and saw Whitley walking down the aisle She looked breathtaking, and I heard Layton suck in a breath of air

He whispered, "My girl"

She was dressed in a charcoal-colored dress that Courtney had said was a perfect fit She had also said so with its cocktail length and satin sheath Whit avein the air changed, and I looked back down the aisle of red and white rose petals My heart stopped beating Courtney was standing there, wearing a beautiful strapless white dress that hugged her body perfectly My eyestoward us The bottoher in the front, so she had no proble a huge bouquet of white and red roses Her hair was pulled up with a few strands hanging down, blowing gently in the wind She looked so beautiful

When she walked up to me, I had to remind myself to breathe before I passed out She held out her hand, and I took it and kissed the back

"You take my breath away, Courtney You look so beautiful"

Her blue eyes sparkled, catching every single bounce of light co off the crystal-blue water She bit down on her lower lip and then whispered, "I feel like a princess"

I placed my hand on the side of her face "You’re an with the ceremony

I wasn’t even sure that I knew half of what he was saying because I was so lost in those beautiful blue eyes They were filled with soCourtney while she was pregnant with our baby was doing all kinds of weird shit to my stomach I kneas nervous, but at the saed vows, and right before the preacher was about to officially announce us as man and wife, he did what I had asked him to do

"Courtney, Reed would like to say a feords to you"

Her face lit up, and the tears she’d been able to hold back finally broke free

I held on to her hands tighter and took a deep breath Then, I began speaking from my heart, "Courtney, you’veift I could think of" I looked down at her stomach and then back into her tear-filled baby blues "I’ve been wandering around lost and broken for so long, thinking that none of my dreams would ever co hell for so h

"There was soh, and I knew it the moment I first saw you I felt it inuntil I finally figured out that nothing could keep love fro It always finds a way" When etback and forth so fast on the backs ofa sensation to run up s in my past that have haunted me for years, but when I’m with you…" I smiled as I reached up and wiped away her tears "When I’m with you, Courtney, I’m a better man You’ve filled my heart with so much happiness and love, and I’ll never be able to thank you enough for that I absolutely cannot wait to see what our lives together bring I love you I love you so veryharder, and I was pretty sure I heard Layton sniffling behindaway a tear, and I just looked at hiood," Layton said

Whitley, Courtney, and the preacher all let out a chuckle When I looked back at Courtney, she had thesmile on her face I couldn’t help but smile back at her