Getting to the Church On Time by Erin Nicholas

course. I thought we already covered this.”
    “Tonight. Over the phone. I can go in there as soon as the Bennetts are done and get Pastor Michaels to do it. You have Phoebe and Joe as witnesses, I’ll have…the whole town. Everyone is here. And I want it. Tonight. Now.”
    Kate covered her mouth with her hand, blinking hard against the tears that threatened. It took her a second but she finally said, “Is that legal?”
    “I don’t care. We can do it again later if needed to make it official. I just want…to say vows to you and hear you say them to me and have our entire town hear him say ‘I now pronounce you husband and wife’. Tonight.”
    Kate sniffed and brushed away a tear. Then she started for the front of the church. She had to get in there to him.
    It had been killing her to not go straight to him when they’d gotten to town twenty minutes ago. Lauren had been keeping her and Phoebe updated with texts about the wedding contest and what had gone down in and outside of the bridal room and the walk down the aisle. She’d even gotten a short video of that.
    Kate had been reveling in all of it. She was thrilled for her friends and as they’d rolled into town at five-forty, she’d known that she wasn’t going to interrupt and reclaim her wedding.
    There were other ways to marry Levi. Like in the town’s gazebo right after the Bennetts said their vows in the church. She was so glad the snow had stopped and the temperature had rebounded to a balmy forty-six degrees.
    But she couldn’t wait anymore.
    “Kate?” Levi asked.
    She hadn’t answered yet.
    She pulled the heavy church door open and rushed inside. She wouldn’t interrupt the wedding but—
    She almost plowed Levi over. He was standing in the foyer just inside the main doors.
    He caught her by the upper arms, his phone clattering to the floor.
    “ Kate ?” He was staring at her with a comically stunned look.
    “Yes,” she said, slightly breathless. “Yes, I’ll marry you tonight. But let’s do it in person, not over the phone.”
    “You’re here ?” He hadn’t blinked yet.
    “I’m here.” She gave him a big grin.
    “How?”
    “Joe was able to get the private plane after all. Or maybe Candice actually did it. But anyway, the moment it was clear he got us straight back here. We just drove in from the airport.”
    Levi shook his head. Then he finally blinked. He glanced toward the church doors.
    Kate read his intention one second before he started toward the doors.
    “No.” She grabbed his arm. “Let’s wait for them to be done.”
    He looked from her to the doors and then back to her. He nodded. “Yeah. Right. Okay.”
    Phoebe and Joe came through the front door then.
    Levi grabbed his brother and gave him a huge hug. “Thank you.”
    Joe slapped him on the back. “For what?”
    “Taking care of her, taking her to Vegas—or trying to—getting her back here.”
    “Of course. That’s what brothers do.” Joe patted Levi’s back again, then pushed him toward Kate.
    Levi glanced over his shoulder at Phoebe. “Love you too, Red.”
    She winked at him. “Of course you do. I’m awesome.”
    Then Levi wrapped an arm around Kate’s waist and put one hand at the back of her head.
    He looked into her eyes and Kate had trouble catching her breath for a moment.
    “That,” she finally said softly. “Right there.”
    “What?” he asked.
    “That look in your eyes. I want that for the rest of my life. Just that.”
    He smiled. “Done.”
    “Levi, I—”
    The doors to the main part of the church burst open before she could finish.
    Phoebe and Joe ducked into one corner of the foyer and Kate and Levi into another, not wanting to upstage the big moment. They watched the three newly married couples gather in the doorway, their backs to the congregation.
    “Okay, on three,” Ty said with a huge grin.
    Levi leaned to see what was going on.
    Ty, Tucker and TJ all held the bridal bouquets.
    “One, two, three!” Ty called, and