派崔克看向菲尔,郑重地承诺,“当然。谢谢,菲尔。”
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陆灵抓着派崔克的手,派崔克也抓着陆灵的手。
婚礼誓词的时刻,现场寂静无声。
派崔克没有拿纸条,他凝视着她的眼睛,跟她说:
“Tina, it was raining like hell the night I proposed, but now it’s a clear day, so I guess tonight there’d be sparkling stars up above. I always tell you that everything about us has been written in the stars. It really is, Tina. They say ‘till death do us part’, but I don’t believe anything will ever separate us, Tina, NOT EVEN DEATH. I love you to the moon and back, to the edge of galaxy and back, to the edge of universe and back.”
【缇娜,我求婚的那个夜晚下着瓢泼大雨,但今天是晴朗的一天,所以我想今夜我们头顶将是星光闪耀。我总是告诉你关于我们的所有一切都早已刻入星辰。是真的,缇娜。他们总说“直到死亡将我们分开”,但我不相信任何事情可以将我们分开,缇娜,哪怕是死亡也不行。我爱你,从这里直到月球再回来,从这里直到银河系尽头再回来,从这里直到宇宙尽头再回来。】
陆灵哽咽。她感到他更加抓紧了她的手。她调整着情绪,同样凝视着他。她深呼吸着,深呼吸着,嘴唇微张,眼里饱含泪水,这一点也不难,这些都是她一直想要告诉他的。
“Even though I’d very much like to deny it, It’s true that deep down there are two little girls inside me. Not one, but two. One is sullen, lonely, fragile, used to turn against her parents, look for cheep thrills, see the whole world as her enemy. The fact is, all that girl wants is attention and love, and I gotta say I don’t fancy this one. The other, which I like, is independent, rational, and proud. This second one is curious about the world, passionate about football, and determined to change them. And she might have done it. Either girl, I can assure you, had never seriously thought of getting involved in the bloody concept of marriage...until the night you got down in one knee. And both girls realized that night, that something had seemed so distant and scary could be rather simple and beautiful. Saying yes to your proposal was the easiest decision I’ve ever made. Patrick Amber, I am grateful for all the love, the acceptance, the tolerance you give me...you fixed the first girl, and set free the second one. I love you, to the moon and back, to the stars in which our stories are written, to the end where everything ends. ”
【尽管我很想否认,但在我内心深处确实有两个小女孩。不是一个,而是两个。其中一个阴沉、孤独、脆弱,曾与父母对抗,寻欢作乐,将世界看作自己的敌人。事实上,这个女孩想要的只是关注和爱,而我得说我不是很喜欢她。我喜欢第二个女孩,她独立、理性、骄傲。她对世界充满好奇,对足球充满热情,并且决心要改变世界和改变足球。也许她做到了。我可以保证,两个女孩都从未认真想过要涉足一个他妈的叫做“婚姻”的概念……直到那一晚,你单膝跪下的时候,就在那一晚,两个女孩都意识到,一件看上去那么遥远而且可怕的事情,竟可以那么简单和美丽。接受你的求婚,是我做过最容易的决定。派崔克-安柏,我感谢你给我全部的爱,你的接纳,你的容忍……你治愈了第一个女孩,释放了第二个。我爱你直到月球,直到写着我们故事的星辰,直到一切一切的尽头。】
她再次看到了他眼里的泪,而她自己已经泪如雨下。她从未想象过的婚礼,还伴着从未想象得到的那么多的感动与泪水。
在这之后,他们交换了戒指,他们被宣布为丈夫与妻子,他们亲吻了。
在海克利尔城堡,他们结婚了。
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2023年6月26日,英格兰,萨里。
陆灵在派崔克的臂弯里醒来。他们是昨天回来的,带回了无数的礼物和无数的快乐。
男人还没醒,陆灵亲了亲他的黑桃女王纹身,之后就傻愣愣地盯着天花板。
她的婚礼夜晚疯狂又充满激情。她的怪兽并没有rap也没有跳salsa,他拒绝承认他不会那些,他只是强调他是个英格兰男人。事实上,他们的婚礼晚宴派对最后变成了一个80s90s主题的派对。
从汤姆-琼斯(可不是就在婚礼现场的那位足球人、陆灵的恩师老汤姆,而是另一位著名英格兰歌手)的《Sex Bomb》到鲍比-布朗的《My Prerogative》,所有人都在摇摆,所有人都在扭动。