Bette, Tina and Angelica stood together at the entrance to the reception space as they accepted the congratulations of their friends and family. Bette held Angelica while Tina brushed back a stray lock of hair from her wife’s face as she gazed at the two of them adoringly.

The photographer captured the moment and it would become the cover of the thank you cards that they would later send out.

Champagne flowed and the band played.  It took almost forty five minutes for everyone to move from the wedding abhor to the tent where the reception space was set up. 

The band went quiet as the Mistress of Ceremonies took the mike.  “Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my profound pleasure to introduce to you for the first time as a legally married couple in the State of California, Bette and Tina, Porter-Kennard and Kennard-Porter.”

The assembled guests rose and applauded as they entered the tent.  Once they reached the dance floor the MC called for quiet.  Bette and Tina will now dance their first dance together as brides.

Kit joined the lead singer and to the slow beat they came together.

“I can hear her heart beat from a thousand miles” the redhead crooned.

“Yeah the heavens open up, every time she smiles” Kit came in then.

“And when I come to her that’s where I belong” they sang together. “And I run into her like a river song. She gives me love… love… love, crazy love” The voices blended in harmony. 

It was a tough call to make as to which show to watch, Bette and Tina dancing together or watching Bette’s sister sing beautiful harmony honoring their love.  Alice found herself torn between the two images and wishing in that moment that Dana could be there.  She glanced over at Shane and to her surprise saw her stoic friend struggling to hold back tears.

“She gives me love…love…love…love crazy love.”

Tina closed the minute space that separated them and Bette lost in the feel of her wife’s arms looked down.  Tina’s hands were roaming all over her body and she instinctively pulled her closer sealing her lips over hers at the same time.  

The words in her ears and the woman in her arm’s a dream come true. 

“Got a fine sense of humor when I’m feeling low down…When I come to her …when the sun goes down…Take away my troubles, take away my grief…Take away my heartache in the night like a thief

She gives me love…love… love…love, crazy love…  she gives me love…

And I need her in the daytime, and I need her in the night  And I want to throw my arms around her and kiss and hug her …kiss and hug her tight.  And when I’m returning from so far away…she gives me some sweet loving…brightens up my day…and she makes me righteous and she makes me whole and she makes me mellow right down to my soul…

She gives me love…love…love…love…crazy love…she gives me love…love…love…love…crazy love.”