Chapter 40

   How long is it going to take you to wear a tuxedo?

"Can't...jacket's the wrong color" Logan said as he raised a blue one with black collars and Winston shook his head hurrying to help him into it, Barry sprayed his hair with a weak smile.

"You're at a wedding, not a gala"

Barry said and straightened his tense shoulders, it was his third year in a row with Melissa, in this case, better Barry than Winston even though he was younger.

    He felt like the room was shrinking and he sat back hyperventilating. Logan clutched his hair that Barry spent hours styling and then gave up deciding to give him an undercut.

He had been to conferences tenser...what was he thinking, this wasn't a conference where he planned his strategy, this was a wedding where anything could go wrong. Although they rehearsed and it was great but today proved to be challenging.

Finn stepped in wearing a black suit entirely.

"Wedding starts in 13"

"He's got cold feet," Barry said

He declined a glass of water Winston passed him.

"Are you nuts?" He asked afraid that he might have a loose bladder too.

"Bride is happy, the groom is nervous, I'm gonna have to walk down that aisle and kiss her myself," Winston said and that riled him up in a second.

"No way in hell," He said and sauntered out of the room to see a lady in a red dress, he thought it was an apparition but took a second look again at Keira.

  She changed from a traditional white bridal gown to a red one with laces sewn to straight satin linen, two straps clung to her shoulders with off-the-shoulder sleeves that draped nicely on her upper arms. She wore a fine ruby red choker that complimented her slender neck.

"You changed"

Jenny grimaced helping her with her veil. "That was me, sorry, the white doesn't do it for her"

"I was talking to the bride" He grinned and Sam pulled him back.

"Hey Romeo, wedding's about to start" 

***

  The wedding commenced with a serene Canon D that the band fiddled, the aisle was stretched out before her and her eyes swept over the crowd, even some of Logan's old friends from childhood were here, her hand curled on Finn's arm and their slow strides match as they proceeded to the altar, her dress swept the floor as they drew closer.

 Logan heaved as Finn passed her onto him and his eye twitched with a tear joining Maddie who rubbed his shoulder. Seamus smiled revealing his brand new dentures appreciative with Darby playing on his lap and Ben giving him a nod of approval.

  Logan gave a curt smile at Joanna who blew him an air kiss about to cry and Lucius hesitantly passed her a napkin and he squinted with a bright smile compared to his usual unoccupied look.

His eyes rose to his sisters by her side and Sam and Jennifer and Keira glanced at the men on his side.

  The doorman, Cassio Montegomery who was into ministry nodded and gave a short moving speech about trust and conviction and he passed Barry a look to hand over the rings and Barry looked nervous while there was chatter among the audience.

"Ring bearer, please"