You're The Only Thing That's Keeping Me Alive
Remembering Sunday
"Dad?" I choked out.
I thought my dad was in prison?
He started to cry and sob.
"Please let me come in." he whispered.
I hesitated.
But I stepped out from in front of him and he came inside.
"H-how did you find me?" I asked him looking at the floor.
"I seen your picture on the internet. You're getting married... You have a baby... You have your whole life together... And I always told you that you wouldn't." he looked down and started to sob.
I led him to sit down.
"Dad..."
"No. I messed up Yaressi. Look at you. You're so beautiful. You have a beautiful child. You have a husband who's taken care of you. I should've taken care of you... I wish I could take back everything I did to you and your mother." he put his head in his hands and started to cry more.
"Thank you dad. You made a mistake... I know. It's okay."
He looked up at me.
"Really?"
"Yes."
He gave me a huge hug.
"Thank you so much." he whispered.
Jaime walked in the room.
"Uh... Tony!" he yelled.
"Jaime, don't worry. He's my dad."
His mouth dropped.
Tony walked in with a confused look.
He took Adaa out of my arms and looked at my dad.
"Tony, this is my father, Josue Colette. Dad, this is my fiance, Tony Perry."
"Nice to meet you son." my dad shook Tony's hand.
"Nice to meet you too sir." Tony smiled.
"That's a prize winning smile you got there! And hey, you can call me Josue."
"Thank you Josue." Tony smiled again.
My dad turned back to face me.
"You are so beautiful. Tomorrow is the wedding right?"
I nodded.
"Please... If you don't already have someone to do it.. Will you let me give you away at your wedding?"
He had a begging look of desperation in his eyes.
How could I say know?
He's my dad... And I didn't have anyone else to give me away.
"Yes dad, you can."
He jumped right up and grabbed my hand, lifting me off the couch.
"Thank you so much my princessa!" he hugged me tight.
My dad changed.
In a good way.
It's the day of the wedding.
Nicole is doing my hair.
She curled it and clipped parts of it back, and put little flowers in between some of the curls.
It looked amazing.
I had my dress on already and makeup.
Nicole finally finished my hair and I could say I look pretty for once.
I took out my piercings and set them on the counter.
I took a deep breath.
In... and out.
I stood up.
I still couldn't believe this was happening, but it is.
And I'm happier than ever about it.
My dad walked out with a black tux on.
"Come on little lady, it's time for you to grow into a woman." he smiled at me.
Tears formed in his eyes.
We locked arms and he opened the two big doors.
There were so many people.
All Time Low, Blessthefall, Asking Alexandria, Sleeping With Sirens, Of Mice & Men, Bring Me The Horizon, and even Nevershoutnever.
Chris was shoeless, of course.
Tony was standing there, waiting, hand in hand.
Copeland trailed behind me, Kellin helping her throw flowers gently.
I walked slowly with my father beside me.
We were almost there.
Tony's hair was gelled up, and had a black tux like my fathers.
I made my way up the small stairwell, to face Tony.
Just inches away from me was the man I'm going to marry.
I've been waiting for this moment all my life.
It's time.
The pastor spoke.
"Dearly beloved,
we have gathered here today to celebrate the union of you, Tony Perry and you, Yaressi Colette.
The vows that you are about to exchange with one another should neither be taken lightly nor in jest, and only after much consideration, for entering into the bonds of marriage with someone is to affirm your commitment to create a lifelong partnership based on love.
Knowing this, I ask these questions of you:
Do you Tony, take Yaressi to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, in sickness and in heath, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself solely unto her for as long as you both shall live?"
"I do." Tony smiled at me.
"Do you Yaressi, take Tony to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself solely unto him for as long as you both shall live?"
I looked into Tony's eyes.
"I do."
"What tokens of love and respect do you offer each other?"
Copeland slowly waddled up to Tony and I, holding up the two rings.
We said our vows.
Tony went first.
"Yaressi, I love you with half of my beating heart. The other half is my love for our beautiful daughter, Adaa. You make me the person I am today. Thanks to you, I'm strong, healthy and happy. We may not be a perfect couple, but YOU are perfect to me. I can't express how long I've been waiting for this day. Now I can finally say I have a beautiful baby and wife, just like Kellin. Thank you for making my life shine brighter than ever before."
"Very good. Now Tony, if you would, please place the ring on Yaressi's finger and repeat after me: With this ring, I thee wed." The pastor spoke.
"With this ring, I thee wed." Tony repeated as he put the ring on my finger.
It was my turn.
Here we go.
"Tony, when I first met you, you were just some stranger who meant nothing to me. Now, you're the man I'm in love with, standing right before me, that I'm about to marry. Which means I get to spend my last breath with you, hopefully. You and Adaa are my world. I don't know where I'd be without you two. Probably in a coffin buried in the ground. You have stuck by my side this whole time and have never came to disappoint me. You loved me when I couldn't love myself. Thank you for everything."
"Yaressi, if you would, please place the ring on Tony's finger and repeat after me:
With this ring, I thee wed."
"With this ring, I thee wed." I slipped the ring on Tony's finger.
The pastor started again.
"Yaressi and Tony, inasmuch as you have consented to be joined together in marriage, and having pledged and sealed your vows by the giving and receiving of rings, it gives me great joy to pronounce that you are now husband and wife. Congratulations, you may now kiss the bride."
Tony looked down, staring me in the eyes.
He bent his knees slightly, and grabbed me by my waist.
He leaned his head down and kissed me passionately.
Cries and applause came from everyone.
Lights, Brittany, Nicole and Katelynn had tears streaming down their faces.
Nicole especially.
I smiled and hugged Tony as tight as I could.
My life is complete.
I thought my dad was in prison?
He started to cry and sob.
"Please let me come in." he whispered.
I hesitated.
But I stepped out from in front of him and he came inside.
"H-how did you find me?" I asked him looking at the floor.
"I seen your picture on the internet. You're getting married... You have a baby... You have your whole life together... And I always told you that you wouldn't." he looked down and started to sob.
I led him to sit down.
"Dad..."
"No. I messed up Yaressi. Look at you. You're so beautiful. You have a beautiful child. You have a husband who's taken care of you. I should've taken care of you... I wish I could take back everything I did to you and your mother." he put his head in his hands and started to cry more.
"Thank you dad. You made a mistake... I know. It's okay."
He looked up at me.
"Really?"
"Yes."
He gave me a huge hug.
"Thank you so much." he whispered.
Jaime walked in the room.
"Uh... Tony!" he yelled.
"Jaime, don't worry. He's my dad."
His mouth dropped.
Tony walked in with a confused look.
He took Adaa out of my arms and looked at my dad.
"Tony, this is my father, Josue Colette. Dad, this is my fiance, Tony Perry."
"Nice to meet you son." my dad shook Tony's hand.
"Nice to meet you too sir." Tony smiled.
"That's a prize winning smile you got there! And hey, you can call me Josue."
"Thank you Josue." Tony smiled again.
My dad turned back to face me.
"You are so beautiful. Tomorrow is the wedding right?"
I nodded.
"Please... If you don't already have someone to do it.. Will you let me give you away at your wedding?"
He had a begging look of desperation in his eyes.
How could I say know?
He's my dad... And I didn't have anyone else to give me away.
"Yes dad, you can."
He jumped right up and grabbed my hand, lifting me off the couch.
"Thank you so much my princessa!" he hugged me tight.
My dad changed.
In a good way.
It's the day of the wedding.
Nicole is doing my hair.
She curled it and clipped parts of it back, and put little flowers in between some of the curls.
It looked amazing.
I had my dress on already and makeup.
Nicole finally finished my hair and I could say I look pretty for once.
I took out my piercings and set them on the counter.
I took a deep breath.
In... and out.
I stood up.
I still couldn't believe this was happening, but it is.
And I'm happier than ever about it.
My dad walked out with a black tux on.
"Come on little lady, it's time for you to grow into a woman." he smiled at me.
Tears formed in his eyes.
We locked arms and he opened the two big doors.
There were so many people.
All Time Low, Blessthefall, Asking Alexandria, Sleeping With Sirens, Of Mice & Men, Bring Me The Horizon, and even Nevershoutnever.
Chris was shoeless, of course.
Tony was standing there, waiting, hand in hand.
Copeland trailed behind me, Kellin helping her throw flowers gently.
I walked slowly with my father beside me.
We were almost there.
Tony's hair was gelled up, and had a black tux like my fathers.
I made my way up the small stairwell, to face Tony.
Just inches away from me was the man I'm going to marry.
I've been waiting for this moment all my life.
It's time.
The pastor spoke.
"Dearly beloved,
we have gathered here today to celebrate the union of you, Tony Perry and you, Yaressi Colette.
The vows that you are about to exchange with one another should neither be taken lightly nor in jest, and only after much consideration, for entering into the bonds of marriage with someone is to affirm your commitment to create a lifelong partnership based on love.
Knowing this, I ask these questions of you:
Do you Tony, take Yaressi to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, in sickness and in heath, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself solely unto her for as long as you both shall live?"
"I do." Tony smiled at me.
"Do you Yaressi, take Tony to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold, in sickness and in health, in good times and woe, for richer or poorer, keeping yourself solely unto him for as long as you both shall live?"
I looked into Tony's eyes.
"I do."
"What tokens of love and respect do you offer each other?"
Copeland slowly waddled up to Tony and I, holding up the two rings.
We said our vows.
Tony went first.
"Yaressi, I love you with half of my beating heart. The other half is my love for our beautiful daughter, Adaa. You make me the person I am today. Thanks to you, I'm strong, healthy and happy. We may not be a perfect couple, but YOU are perfect to me. I can't express how long I've been waiting for this day. Now I can finally say I have a beautiful baby and wife, just like Kellin. Thank you for making my life shine brighter than ever before."
"Very good. Now Tony, if you would, please place the ring on Yaressi's finger and repeat after me: With this ring, I thee wed." The pastor spoke.
"With this ring, I thee wed." Tony repeated as he put the ring on my finger.
It was my turn.
Here we go.
"Tony, when I first met you, you were just some stranger who meant nothing to me. Now, you're the man I'm in love with, standing right before me, that I'm about to marry. Which means I get to spend my last breath with you, hopefully. You and Adaa are my world. I don't know where I'd be without you two. Probably in a coffin buried in the ground. You have stuck by my side this whole time and have never came to disappoint me. You loved me when I couldn't love myself. Thank you for everything."
"Yaressi, if you would, please place the ring on Tony's finger and repeat after me:
With this ring, I thee wed."
"With this ring, I thee wed." I slipped the ring on Tony's finger.
The pastor started again.
"Yaressi and Tony, inasmuch as you have consented to be joined together in marriage, and having pledged and sealed your vows by the giving and receiving of rings, it gives me great joy to pronounce that you are now husband and wife. Congratulations, you may now kiss the bride."
Tony looked down, staring me in the eyes.
He bent his knees slightly, and grabbed me by my waist.
He leaned his head down and kissed me passionately.
Cries and applause came from everyone.
Lights, Brittany, Nicole and Katelynn had tears streaming down their faces.
Nicole especially.
I smiled and hugged Tony as tight as I could.
My life is complete.
Notes
For the people who may not know, Josue is pronounced "Hoe-sway." xDSoo, should I make a sequel about the life of Adaa, Tony, Yaressi, Nicole and PTV now that Tony and Yaressi are married?o:
Or just leave this to an end?
Let me know please. c:
title cred: All Time Low
11/10/13