"So how do you think we should break the news to Mariana?" Jude asked later that night as they were laying in Connor's bed, Jude cuddled up into his side and resting his head on Connor's bare chest, absentmindedly playing with the ring on Connor's hand. The last three and a half hours since he proposed had been a blur. Dinner had involved more wine and feeling happier than he ever remembered being. After dinner, there was lots of kissing as they stumbled back to the apartment as quickly as possible, and well, you can guess the rest. They had sex, and Jude honestly couldn't remember how many times, all he knew was that Connor made him feel like nothing else ever had before. In fact, if they weren't both so tired as to be on the verge of falling asleep, they probably would still be going at it. But lying in bed with Connor like this made Jude feel just as good. Being close to Connor in any way was what made him feel happiest and safest.

"Mmmm, I don't know, but we should probably tell her ASAP." Connor replied; his eyes closed as he slowly rubbed Jude's back.

"Yeah, I think if we don't tell her tomorrow she'll probably kill us. We're probably going to get in trouble for not telling her tonight." Jude chuckled.

"I think she'll understand about tonight." Connor commented, opening his eyes, a smirk spreading across his lips as he tilted his head down to kiss Jude.

"Mmph, Connor I'm too tired right now. Besides, I—we have to pick Mariana and her husband up at the airport in five hours." Jude protested after kissing back for a moment. Connor pouted for a moment before pressing a gentle kiss to Jude's forehead.

"Okay. Good night, fiancé," he whispered. "I love you so much."

"I love you too." Jude whispered back, closing his eyes and falling asleep almost instantly, safely wrapped up in Connor's warm embrace. Connor looked down at the sleeping boy in his arms, smiling, and wondering how an invitation to be Jude's plus one at his sister's wedding had turned into this. By no means was he complaining; this was what he had hoped would happen between him and Jude almost since the beginning. But never had he imagined that Jude would propose to him after dating for a mere two days, and he most definitely had not imagined a proposal that soon making sense. Yet it did; they were best friends, they lived together for almost four years and they already knew each other inside out. Having their first date, holding hands, acting like a couple was just the last piece of the puzzle; the last bit of dust settling to reveal the whole scene. Connor sighed contentedly, pulling Jude in a little bit tighter and rested his head on top of Jude's, closing his eyes and drifting off to sleep.

They walked into the airport the next morning, moving slowly, both dead tired and a little sore, but holding hands and wearing wide smiles. As they sat down to wait for Mariana's plane to arrive, Jude scooted close to Connor, letting out a yawn and cuddling up close to him, leaning his head on Connor's shoulder.

"Well aren't you two just the most adorable thing I've ever seen." Mariana commented, walking up from behind them. Connor gently nudged Jude, who in about thirty seconds, had already started to drift off.

"Mariana's here," he whispered, giving Jude a kiss on the top of his head before slowly lifting him to his feet as Jude tried to shake off his cobwebs.

"Hey Mariana," Jude yawned, walking over and giving his sister and her husband a hug.

"You seem pretty tired," Mariana said, noting the dark circles under Jude's eyes and (obviously) his multitude of yawns.

"Yeah, well Connor and I had a pretty—wild night last night." Jude answered, his exhaustion gone as he started grinning from ear to ear.

"Damn, you two only had your first date two days ago," Mariana chuckled, surprised at he brother's forwardness, shaking her head gently. "You might want to slow down."

"Well about that," Jude continued. "You might want to sit down."

"Why would I want to—" Mariana began to protest before she looked over at Connor who was standing closely to Jude, playing with something on his finger and it didn't take long for Mariana to put two and two together. "YOU TWO DID NOT ALREADY!" she shrieked at the top of her lungs.

"Yeah, we did," Jude replied, laughing at his sister's reaction. "Last night. I mean I proposed last night. Connor said yes and I couldn't be happier."

"B-b-but you two just—" Mariana babbled, obviously overjoyed but also supremely confused at their quick engagement.

"I know this is fast, but as Jude told me when he proposed, if you think about it, we've honestly already been dating for years, just without all the couple-y stuff," Connor tried to explain.

"Yeah, exactly," Jude agreed. Mariana sat and mulled it over for a moment.

"So you two finally stopped being stupid, congratulations!" she said, jumping up to hug them both. "You're telling the family this afternoon right?" she added anxiously.

"Yeah. We were even thinking we might—" Jude said before Mariana cut him off, just as he expected she would.

"Oh no you don't! You are not getting married today, and don't give me that surprised look I know how you think. You two are having a real wedding, and you are letting me plan it for you. It's the least you can do to thank me, since I did pretty much set this whole thing up for you," Mariana demanded.

"Alright, we'll do it your way then," Jude said smugly, holding out his hand. "Also you owe me five bucks Connor."

"Damn, I thought you weren't going to remember that," Connor griped, pulling a bill out of his pocket and slapping it in Jude's hand.

"Glad to know that at least I'm predictable. Now let's get going, I'm dying for the rest of the family to find out!" Mariana exclaimed, grabbing her husband and dragging him along behind Jude and Connor.

"But you can't tell them!" Jude yelled over his shoulder, arm around the Connor's shoulder, their heads leaning together as they walked.

"Ugh, fine!" Mariana groaned. "But you better not make me wait the whole day!"

Mariana rushed into the Adams-Foster house, which had been bustling for the last few days since Mariana's wedding, as most of the family had not left to go home yet (Jude and Mariana were the only ones who still lived within driving distance), as soon Jude put the car in park. Jude and Connor stayed behind, sitting in the car for an extra minute.

"You ready for this?" Jude asked, looking over at Connor who was giving him a toothy smile.

"I've been ready for this since forever," Connor replied, leaning over and giving Jude a kiss on the cheek before stepping out of the vehicle. He walked over to where Jude had also gotten out and stood waiting, entwining their fingers and walking up the porch steps and into the house, both of them smiling broadly.

"Nice to see you lovebirds," Jesus commented as he strode past the two as they walked in the door, on his way to the kitchen.

"Good to see you too Jesus," Jude replied happily. Jesus stopped in his tracks, turning on his heel and walking back over to them.

"What, no snappy sarcastic comment or 'bitch face'?" Jesus asked curiously, confused since he'd gotten that reaction every previous time he had teased his little brother about Connor (and obviously Jesus was missing that they were holding hands). Jude shook his head, his grin not fading one bit. "Okay, something's up with you two, I just don't know what it is, but trust me I am going to find out." Jesus continued, shaking his head and he returned to the kitchen.

"It's a good thing I'm holding your left hand or else the secret would already be out," Jude whispered to Connor.

"You're probably right," Connor whispered back, and they both giggled.

"What's this giggling I hear?" Stef asked, bounding out from the kitchen into the entryway where Jude and Connor still stood. "Jude! And Connor! How great to see you both!" she exclaimed, bringing both of them in for a hug.

"Connor, we weren't expecting to see you here." Lena commented, shuffling out of the kitchen behind her wife.

"Can't say that I was expecting to be here." Connor replied, feeling almost as if he was giving the two of them a subtle hint.

"Well we're glad to have you!" she beamed. "Why don't you join the rest of the siblings out in the backyard?"

They walked out into the backyard, still tightly gripping each other's hands (because let's be real, they both wanted to hold hands and be close every chance they had), to a wolf-whistle and a smattering of applause. Jude blushed while Connor laughed.

"Everything going well for you two I see," Brandon commented slyly.

"Oh, it's going sooooo much better than you think," Mariana replied snidely, earning a glare from Jude.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Callie asked, studying the two of them closely. Since no one could see the engagement ring, Callie's only clues were their wide smiles and hand-holding. After a minute, she shrugged, going back to the conversation, which somehow had already progressed past talking about Jude and Connor. Mariana sat there, glaring back at Jude who was still glaring at her, as it was obviously killing her to keep their engagement a secret from everyone.

"You two should go find a seat," Stef encouraged, coming up behind them with Lena.

"Actually um, now that you two are out here, Connor and I have an announcement to make." Jude said, dropping Connor's hand, knowing that was all he was going to have to do. It was literally a matter of seconds before the entire backyard was screaming, pointing at Connor and all babbling nonsense. Connor moved behind Jude, snaking his arms around his waist and resting his chin on Jude's shoulder. Jude leaned his body back slightly into Connor, placing his arms over Connor's arms and cocking his head to rest it against Connor's as they both waited for everyone to quiet down.

"Congratulations!" was the first clear thing they heard, coming from Stef who had been quietly waiting just like the two of them had.

"Yeah, congrats! It's about damn time!" Jesus said next, causing an eruption of laughter from those gathered. Callie stood up and walked over hugging them both (without separating them of course). Certainly she was shocked at how quickly they had gotten engaged, but she could honestly say in the all the years that she had known her brother, she had never seen him happier or more content than he was right now.

"Congratulations. I'm so happy for you my baby brother," she whispered in his ear. Jude turned slightly pink at being called her baby brother, but he smiled knowing that Callie was genuinely happy for him. Out of all the people in his family, Callie's reaction was the only one he knew he couldn't predict, and he half expected her to yell at him for jumping into things with Connor so fast. But she didn't and neither did the rest of the family (as everyone minus Callie had thought that they should've gotten together a long time ago).

"Alright, so when's the wedding?" Lena asked as they all sat back down, Connor cuddling up into Jude this time (as much as he liked snuggling into Connor, now that Connor was burrowed into his side, Jude decided he liked that just as much).

"I don't know, why don't you ask our wedding planner?" Jude responded, jerking his head over in Mariana's direction.

"Well, fitting with the theme of 'moving fast', I was thinking in like a month." Mariana stated calmly.

"What do you think of that?" Jude said, looking down at Connor.

"The sooner the better," Connor replied, to which Jude nodded in agreement.

"Well then Mariana, I would suggest that you get busy," Stef commented. "From experience I can tell you that planning a wedding in that short of time is no easy feat."

"Oh trust me, I think I'm more than up to the task," Mariana replied. "It's going to be perfect.

*One Month Later*

Jude woke up to any empty bed and someone pounding on his bedroom door. He groaned, forcing his eyes open to find a scribbled note left in the place where Connor should've been.

Wow Jude, I didn't realize you were such a heavy sleeper; you didn't even stir when I had to pull you off me to get up (learn something new every day, right? ;P) Any way, Mariana came into the apartment and basically forced me out of bed…something about bad luck to see you before the wedding and blah blah blah I wasn't really listening. I just went along with her because I was too tired to protest. Brandon and Jesus are coming over to help you get ready (not that you really need any help). I'll see you at the hall my soon-to-be husband :)

All my love,

Connor 3

"Ay yo, little bro you need to get up!" Jesus shouted through the closed door. Jude rolled over, taking his pillow and shoving it down over his head.

"Go away!" he yelled, his voice still garbled by sleep, pissed off by the rude awakening he was getting this morning, and on his wedding day no less. Mariana was definitely going to be getting a piece of his mind for taking away Connor so he didn't get his usual wake-up kisses. His pillow was suddenly yanked away from him and he flipped over, pawing at whoever was standing over him.

"You do realize that if you're late, we're the ones Mariana is going to kill, right?" Brandon questioned, tossing the pillow to the other side of the room.

"Not if I kill her first," Jude mumbled, still sprawled out all over the bed.

"C'mon Jude, if you won't get up for us, then do it for Connor." Jesus pleaded. Jude's eyes shot open, finally awake enough for everything to register in his brain. Connor. Wedding. Today. Holy shit he was getting married to Connor today! Jude threw off the covers and tumbled out of bed, forgetting that he and Connor had—well you know—the night before and that he was completely naked, much to his brothers' chagrin.

"Yikes dude, get some clothes on!" Brandon exclaimed, grabbing Jesus by the arm and dragging him out of the room. Had it been any other day, Jude would've been extremely embarrassed about rolling out of bed naked in front of his brothers, but today he didn't care because his mind had already wandered off, to thinking about Connor and thinking about his wedding, and to getting really nervous. He wasn't even sure what he had to be nervous about. It's not like Connor was going to leave him at the altar or anything. And he didn't have any details to worry about, just get ready and show up. So why was he so nervous? Rather than try to answer that question, he instead pulled his tux out of the closet and stumbled into the bathroom to get dressed.

Meanwhile Connor was sitting grumpily in the back of Mariana's car, being whisked away to the Adams-Foster house where he would be getting ready for the wedding.

"It's just an old superstition!" he protested, trying valiantly to get Mariana to turn the car around and take him back to the apartment.

"Might I remind you that you both were the ones who agreed to a 'traditional' wedding?" Mariana retorted. "This is a very 'traditional' thing to do!" Connor sighed, folding his arms over his chest and slumping back into his seat. He'd been trying to convince her for ten minutes to no avail, so he decided just to give up. Mariana just kept getting more hostile. Soon enough there would be nothing to keep him and Jude apart. That thought alone was enough wipe the frown off Connor's face and make him smile.

"Thinking about your soon-to-be husband?" Mariana asked, after looking over and catching the grin on Connor's face.

"As if I was thinking about anyone else," Connor scoffed at her question, still feeling extremely irritated with her.

"Wow okay can we drop the attitude Connor, I mean I did plan this whole thing out for you. Or if not for me, can you do it for Jude?" Mariana implored as they pull into the driveway, tired of Connor's aggravation that had been directed at her ever since she picked him up.

"Fine," Connor huffed, getting out and stomping up to the house.

"Connor, love, what's with the frown?" Stef asked as soon as he walked in the door.

"He's been complaining all morning about me taking him from Jude, like they asked me to do." Mariana said, walking in immediately behind Connor.

"Oh, love," Stef replied laughing. "I know the feeling but I promise you'll see him soon enough," she continued, placing a hand on Connor's back and herding him up the stairs to get into his tuxedo.

"Jude, for the ten thousandth time, your hair looks fine and your bow tie isn't crooked!" Brandon groaned exasperatedly. Jude just eyed him suspiciously and Brandon threw up his hands, strolling out into the living room and collapsing on the couch. "I give up! I had no idea that getting Jude to his wedding was going to be this hard." he sighed to Jesus who was nervously fidgeting in a chair across from him. His phone rang and he picked it up immediately.

"Yeah?"

"You guys on your way yet?" Mariana's voice crackled through the speaker.

"No we're not," Brandon groaned, "because Jude keeps messing with his hair and bow tie. I swear to God we are never going to leave this apartment, every time I think he's ready, he just disappears back into the bathroom as quickly as he appeared."

"Alright, give him the phone," Mariana ordered.

"What do I tell him? He been in a particularly foul mood all morning specifically because you didn't let them wake up together, muttering all sorts of things about you, he is most definitely not going to want to talk to you." Brandon explained.

"Right, okay because I'm doing exactly what they asked me to do, I'm the bad guy," Mariana muttered. "Fine, just lie and tell him it's Connor."

"Like hell I'm doing that! If I feed him that lie I'm sure he'd kill me and I'd honestly prefer to make it through today alive!" Brandon retorted.

"You know what, just stop arguing and shut up! I'll talk to her!" Jude shouted, storming out of the bathroom and snatching the phone from Brandon. "What do you want?" he growled into the receiver.

"Jude, I guarantee you look fine! Now get in the car with Brandon and Jesus and stop complaining! And for God's sake you better be smiling by the time I see you! Remember that it's your own fucking wedding!" Mariana shouted, hanging up. Jude could feel the color draining from his face as Mariana yelled at him (he had never heard her quite that upset before), so once she hung up, he motioned for Jesus and Brandon to go, meekly shuffling out the door behind them.

Connor just sat, mouth hanging open, staring at Mariana who had just finished screaming at Jude over the phone. Lena quickly appeared in the door, having heard the exchange (the whole house had), beckoning for Mariana to follow her out.

"Mariana, honey, you need to stop screaming at them. It's their wedding day and they're obviously both extremely nervous. Have you already forgotten how nervous you were?" Lena asked.

"No, but I—"

"Then cut them some slack. Just take care of them and let them be nervous. I'm sure they would really appreciate that." Lena continued, giving Mariana a pat on the back and pushing her back to where Connor stood waiting in the doorway. Mariana smiled, waving for Connor to follow her, knowing that her tirade had the desired effect.

Jude paced back and forth, waiting in a little room off of the main hall where they were holding the ceremony, nervously wringing his hands. Other than his earlier resistance, Mariana had told him that the day so far was going off without a hitch, which obviously was good, but didn't make Jude any less anxious (and he still didn't know why!). And not seeing Connor all morning had only served to make things worse. There was a soft knock on the door, breaking Jude from his thoughts. He padded over, cracking the door open to find Connor standing on the other side. He quickly yanked Connor in, shutting the door behind him and wrapping his arms around Connor and desperately pulling him in for a kiss.

"Thanks for sneaking over here," Jude whispered, leaning his forehead against Connor's, his anxiety already starting to melt away in Connor's arms.

"You think I was going to go all morning without seeing you?" Connor grinned. "Not a chance!"

"So are you nervous?"

"Not anymore. You?" Connor replied.

"Not anymore," Jude answered smiling.

"Hey Jude it's—" Stef began, stepping into the room. They both turned to look at her but didn't disentangle themselves. "Connor, what are you doing here?" she interrogated.

"I just couldn't stand it, I had to see him," Connor responded sheepishly.

"Ahh, to be young and in love," Stef sighed, a small smile forming on her face as she shook her head. "Come on you two, we need to get you in position, it's almost time." Stef walked back out, leaving the two of them along for a moment.

"Are you ready?" Jude asked, turning his attention back to Connor.

"I'm more than ready," Connor answered, and with that, Jude's heart completely burst and he leaned in, connecting their lips, smiling and laughing into the kiss, completely giddy and completely overwhelmed with love. With great effort, he finally pulled away (but not completely disconnecting himself from Connor), the two of them following Stef out of the room to the back of the hall, taking their position side by side, ready to walk down the aisle.

The music started and they began walking slowly. Connor's eyes were watering and Jude was giggling, in complete contrast to each other but it was absolutely perfect. Mariana had trailed in behind them, catching Stef and they moved to their seats.

"Why were the already together when they got in here?" she asked irritated.

"Because, love, I told you, you shouldn't have tried to keep them apart," Stef explained smiling. "Connor snuck out of his room, and I found them clutching each other when I came in to get Jude."

Mariana smiled, shaking her head at just how head over heels her brother and (soon to be) brother-in-law were for each other. It really was a beautiful thing to her, and she had to actually fight the urge to give herself a physical pat on the back for being the one to make it all happen.

After a minute, the two of them reached the end of the aisle, stopping in front of the officiator.

"We are gathered here today—" he began, though both of them were honestly only half listening, getting lost in each other's eyes, so distracted in fact that they almost missed when it was time to give their vows! But they quickly recovered, Jude launching into his first. The had decided not to prepare anything, rather just to speak from the heart.

"I feel like this is the point where I should stand up and say something about how I'm not easy to deal with and you aren't either but we both totally love each other anyway or something like that. I mean that's what my moms did, right? And sure it's true, but I just want to talk about how happy I am and how much I love you. The last month has been a whirlwind Connor. And crazy enough, it started, of all places, at a wedding. That wedding was Mariana's, and now we're here having our own. I thought that I was totally crazy when I had the idea to propose to you after two dates, but after this month I can say that I wasn't thinking more clearly at that moment. I'm totally and completely in love with you, and I have been for so long, longer than you can probably imagine. We skirted around each other for so long, but we finally took the plunge and that's why we get to be here today. I'm so happy that today, I get to marry you and call you my husband for as long as we live." Jude said giggling softly the whole time. It was infectious because Connor began giggling with Jude, tears that had been falling since the ceremony began still rolling down his cheeks as he did.

"Okay, I guess it's my turn," Connor said when Jude finished, slipping a ring on Jude's finger as he did (since Connor was already wearing his ring). "Gonna try to make it through this without crying, but no guarantees. Right now, standing here, I still can't believe this actually happening. I couldn't believe it when I found out my best friend fell in love with me. I couldn't believe it when you kissed me at Mariana's wedding. I couldn't believe it when you asked me on a date after. I couldn't believe it when you proposed to me. None of this seems real, and yet it is, and that's the best part of all. That I fell in love with my best friend who loves me back, and now I get to stand up here and declare my love for you in front of everyone and promise to spend the rest of my life with you. Because there's nothing else I want to do except to wake up in your arms every morning and fall asleep with you every night. To share every possible moment together with the man I love more than anything else in this world. Pardon my language, but I love you so fucking much Jude Adams-Foster, and now, it's my pleasure to become your husband."

Connor finished, turning to the officiator and nodding his head to indicate that he was done.

"Now by the power vested in me by the state of California, I know pronounce you husband and husband. You may now kiss," he announced. Jude practically leaped onto Connor, wrapping his arms around him and pressing his lips to Connor's, kissing him for as long as he could manage without passing out from lack of air.

"I love you so fucking much too," he whispered as he pulled away, removing his arms from around Connor and entwining their hands.

"And now it is my pleasure to introduce to you for the first time, Mr. and Mr. Adams-Foster-Stevens," the officiator announced. "It's that a mouthful?"

"Well I already had one hyphen, what's one more?" Jude joked.

"You forgot about me, I'm taking on two!" Connor protested.

"I think you'll live," Jude replied, smiling at his husband.

The reception was perfect. In fact, the whole day was perfect, but by and large it had nothing to do with the way the wedding was set up, or the reception, or even the food at the reception (shocking, right?). It had everything to do with each other, but it never would've happened without Mariana.

"I don't know how we can ever thank you," Jude told her as they milled around, the reception winding down.

"You don't have to thank me except by being happy together," she replied.

"I think we can manage that," Connor answered, laughing.

"Hey, who is that?" Jude asked, noting two people lying on the floor.

"Brandon and Tony," Mariana said smirking. "I gotta go. Time to work my magic."

Jude and Connor giggled, walking out of the hall, hand-in-hand, heading off on their honeymoon, ready to spend the rest of their lives together.