Valentine's Day- For Sam

[thethirdwonder]

Vegas was awesome. Valentine's Day was sometimes a day to dread on Tabula Rasa, what with foods that had unpredictable consequences. Now, they were in the city of unpredictable consequences and Cassie was having a ball. The lights, the excitement, the over all energy, it was infectious and she was loving it.

After a beautiful dinner, Cassie and Sam were walking down the Vegas Strip, hand in hand. She couldn't stop smiling, both from the atmosphere and the man walking beside her. It was just so romantic and passing so many weeding chapels wasn't helping.

After the third or possibly fourth one, Cassie got a sudden idea. It would contradict a conversation they'd had only recently but she had always been better at spur of the moment as over thinking was her down fall. And she wanted this, she feeling did.

If Sam answered her question first.

"Hey Sam. I have a crazy idea."

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[not_so_smooth]

It was pretty awesome that they were able to have Valentine's Day in Vegas. While not necessarily the classiest place on Earth it was hard to be for diversity and the sheer amount of things for there to do.

Spending it with Cassie was even better. He couldn't think of anything he liked more than getting to do stuff with her. Everything was better doing it with Cassie, it was one way he knew that he wanted to do things with her as long as he possibly could.

When she mentioned having a crazy idea, he was intrigued. That wasn't a claim that she normally made.

"You have me curious."

[thethirdwonder]

Cassie chewed the inside of her cheek before turning to him, stopping him so the ghostly residents just moved around them. "How serious were you about marrying me?"

[not_so_smooth]

"I was completely serious about doing it if and when you're ready," he said. It was kind of a weird conversation to be having again and he wasn't sure why. Maybe she just needed some reassurance that he was still cool with how she felt about it, which he was.

"I actually haven't given it much thought since we talked about it. I like how we are now, it's pretty awesome, and we're... us. Married or whatever, we're us and I like that."

[thethirdwonder]

"I know this is going to sound ridiculous, considering what I said before, but just know that I'm totally serious and mean every word."

Cassie took Sam's hands in hers and held them tightly. "Let's get married. Tonight. Here in Vegas."

[not_so_smooth]

"Thaaaaaaat sounds crazy coming out of your mouth," Sam said.

His head spun a little bit from the suggestions, but fortunately his mouth had never really needed permission from his brain to start talking. It wasn't that Sam didn't want to get married, because he did. This was just coming way, way before he thought Cassie would want that, if she ever did.

"What- what suddenly brought this on?"

[thethirdwonder]

"It occurred to me that I want to get married. I really really do. But I know if I think about, I'll think myself out of it again, just like I did with sex. Over and over again." She bite her lip, hoping she was making some kind of sense.

"I've always been better at quick thinking and action. So let's do it. let's get married!"

[not_so_smooth]

"You did really like sex once we started having it," Sam mused. She was right, action was more her thing and she had good judgement when it came to making decisions in the heat of the moment. The scary part was that he was worried she might start talking herself out of it after they got married.

No, she wouldn't do that to him. Sam knew that, he knew that and he trusted her to not say this unless she really wanted it.

"So are you going to keep your name or are you taking mine? Or am I taking yours? Are we going to just make a completely new one? Witmark? Sandswicky?"

[thethirdwonder]

"Now whose panicking?" Cassie said with a grin as her hands came up to cup Sam's cheeks. "We'll worry about names later. I need to go grab Cissie and the boys because they would murder me if I didn't. You go get whoever you want and meet me back here in an hour. We'll fine a chapel and do this."

She punctuated this plan with a kiss.

[not_so_smooth]

"O- okay!" Sam said, still pretty stunned at the whole thing. Marriage. Married. Husband and wife. Okay, now he was the one that was freaking out a bit at the idea of getting married. He really wanted to though, he did want to get married. To Cassie.

"I will... go find my people. My people who will go watch me get married. To you."

[thethirdwonder]

"Breathe Sam. Just breathe." Cassie couldn't help but be amused by the change of roles, her being calm and him freaking out at the subject of marriage. "Everything is going to be fine."

[not_so_smooth]

"No you're fine," he said, trying to think of all the stuff that they should be thinking of for their wedding. It was a lot.

"What should I wear? Oh man, Aphrodite will probably kill us if we don't ask her to officiate. Do we need rings? Am I freaking out too much?"

[thethirdwonder]

"You are freaking out enough for both us. Trust me, I'm trying not to think so I don't match you breath for breath." She kissed him again in an attempt to ground him.

"I doubt we'll be able to keep anything from here so we'll find permanent rings later. For now, get whatever you can. I'll find a dress with Cissie. If you want her there, then get Aphrodite. Sound simple enough?"

[not_so_smooth]

"And I'll get a suit. Suit and people, I can do that," Sam said with a nod. He needed to not over complicate this or freak out, because he didn't want Cassie to freak out. She could maybe put a bit more thought into some of this but he realized that might lead to her backing out. Which he didn't want.

"Do we should 'break' and go our separate ways or something? Go team? How does this work?"

[thethirdwonder]

What was there to think about? They were going to get married. That's about all she was thinking about. That and where she was going to find a dress.

"Separate. It will be quicker and it would be unlucky for you to see the dress. Let's pick a chapel and meet there in two hours? Three?"

[not_so_smooth]

"Two," Sam quickly amended. It wasn't that he thought Cassie would get cold feet if given too long but... he wasn't willing to risk it. He really, really wanted this and now that she had brought it up he would be pretty crushed if it didn't happen. He'd understand if she canceled because it was kind of crazy, but he'd definitely be crushed.

"We're awesome, we can totally do this in two hours."

[thethirdwonder]

Now that she was determined, it would be hard to change her mind. Even if her nerves started to get the better of her, she wouldn't dare disappoint Sam.

They were going to get married and she was still more excited then anything else! "We're totally awesome. Alright, let's go pick a chapel." She took his hand and, despite her words, drew him in for a kiss first.

[not_so_smooth]

Sam kissed her back, more than happy to delay their splitting up momentarily for that. Or a longer time, because when he kissed Cassie everything else went away. Even the jitters and nerves of impending marriage disappeared the instant her lips met his. It was crazy, no matter how many times they did this, and they had done this a ton, it still became his entire world.

"You know that no matter what I'm yours forever, right?"

[thethirdwonder]

If anything, the kiss grounded her. Reminded her why she wanted to do this. Why this wasn't scary. Sam was her whole world on the island already, why should marriage by so scary?

"And I'm yours. Forever and ever." Cassie said with a soft smile. "No matter what happens tonight."

[not_so_smooth]

"Tonight is going to be awesome," he said, smiling at her. Sam wasn't wasn't sure if he was reassuring Cassie or himself. Or maybe it didn't have to be like that, maybe he could just be excited about getting married.

[thethirdwonder]

Cassie was hoping it was excitement to get married, though she was starting to get a little concerned about how much convincing Sam seemed to be doing for himself. She just wanted to do it. "And it will be so much better when we're standing in front of a fat Elvis saying I do."

[not_so_smooth]

"We should probably stop kissing and holding each other so we can actually go do the stuff that we need to do," he said, although he didn't let go of her either. Cassie was really, really nice to hold so it was kind of a conundrum.

[thethirdwonder]

Giggling lightly, Cassie kissed Sam quickly then wiggled out of his arms. As much as she also loved being in Sam's arms, she kinda had it in her mind to get married tonight.

But she did keep hold of his hand as she dragged him down the street. "Come on! Let's pick a chapel!"

[not_so_smooth]

"Right, right, we have to pick a chapel," he said with a heavy sigh, letting Cassie pull away from him a bit. Now that he was thinking about this he was nervous, but not in a scared way, more like he was going to explode with energy.

"You mentioned a fat Elvis?"

[thethirdwonder]

"I'm not sold on the fat Elvis, but I will say no to a fat Klingon." Cassie said as she looked around. It was like a strip mall for wedding chapels and it was just a manner of picking the least cheesy one. "How about that one with the neon wedding bells?"

[not_so_smooth]

"Neon wedding bells, let's do it!" Sam said. Really, he just wanted to get on with it. If Cassie was happy then Sam was happy and honestly he didn't think he'd remember the chapel much at all. All he would remember was how happy he was, he was pretty sure of that.

[thethirdwonder]

The quick agreement earned a laugh and a kiss on the cheek. "Neon wedding bells it is! Back in two hours?"

[not_so_smooth]

"Yes, two hours," he said, glancing at his watch. It would probably be a bit of a rush, but that was okay. Rushing was good, it meant that they wouldn't have time to freak out at all.

[thethirdwonder]

"In two hours." Cassie said one more time before she set off down the street to find a wedding dress and her maid of honor.

[thethirdwonder]

Two hours later, Cassie was back at the chapel with Cissie and the boys in tow. Between the two of them, the girls had found a dress that looked fabulous and Cissie had helped get her hair and make up look something presentable. The boys had made jokes but the girls had just punched their arms. Hard.

Amazingly enough, Cassie was still not freaking out. She was still thinking this was a good idea, which admit-tingly she'd worried about and had said so to Cissie. But even standing at the back of a Vegas chapel, in a white dress, waiting for her cue...

She was nervous sure but definitely no freaking out.

[not_so_smooth]

Sam wouldn't have said that he was nervous. Okay maybe a little nervous and that was why he was bouncing on the balls of his feet, but he was getting married so he figured that he was allowed to be a little nervous even if he wanted this. It was just all so sudden. Not in a bad way, in an awesomely 'I never thought this would happen' way, but still fast.

At least he had managed to find a tuxedo in time, although in Vegas that wasn't hard. He had even managed to track down Aphrodite to officiate the wedding. The goddess was practically radiant and beaming she was so pleased to be the one to perform the ceremony. Sam thought that was pretty awesome.

Coraline was there to be his best... human being, which was cool. Really, having all of their friends there was cool but Sam had to be honest that he wasn't thinking about his friends.

He was thinking about the girl walking down the isle right now and how amazing she looked. He was thinking about how she was here for him and in just a few more steps she'd be right up there with him and they were going to get married. Holy shit, he was going to be married to Cassie.

[thethirdwonder]

The tuxedo was a nice touch, one Cassie hadn't been expecting and it brought a big smile to her face. Sam looked so handsome, not that he didn't all the time, but now especially. On their wedding day.

Holy Hera, their wedding day. And there was still no freaking out. At least of the bad kind. Each step she took towards the alter, towards a future with Sam, there was only an increasing sense of joy and excitement. And she didn't want to be anywhere else.

When she finally made it to the front, Cassie beamed up at Sam as she passed her flowers to Cissie. This was it.

[not_so_smooth]

"Wow," Sam said, just staring at her with a ridiculous grin on his face. Words rarely failed him. Sometimes the words that came out of his mouth didn't make any sense at all, but there were usually a lot of them.

This though, standing at the alter with Cassie, left him devoid of words. There wasn't a word in any language that could describe how happy he was right now.

"You look amazing," he whispered. "More amazing than you've ever looked. And I don't know why I'm whispering, everyone is right here and can hear me."