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Handy waited for Petunia in front of the altar, wearing a tuxedo for this occasion. It took some difficulty wearing clothes with new sleeves, he was still getting used to having actual arms. His arms now had synthetic hairs that blended well with his fur and had rubber padding around his palms for greater grip. He had discarded his helmet, thinking it wouldn't be appropriate for this occasion. Lumpy stood behind the altar, upside down bible in hand which Toothy sneaked in to correct the way he was holding it. Everyone in happy tree town had been invited behind the church.

The church's garden and night sky held a very pleasant ambience for all the tree friends, everyone taking pictures of the groom to be. Handy wasn't used to this much publicity in his life. Buddhist Monkey overheard of the wedding while searching for Shifty and Lifty, went and invited himself to see any traces of the two thieves who were sweating in their disguises. And Flippy had even invited the reformed former Tiger General, who seemed to have arrived on time. The two former arch nemeses have come to a truce after sparing his life during the war.

Petunia was preparing for her wedding, straightening her fur, keeping herself clean with her spray bottle, and having some help from Flaky, who had volunteered to help her out much to the annoyance of Flippy who wanted her to be with him. "Is my fur fine? No dirt or anything?" asked Petunia. "N-no Petunia, there's nothing wrong." Said the nervous porcupine. "What about my dress?" said Petunia, spinning around frantically, nervous about the upcoming ceremony. "No, there's nothing wrong with it too. There's nothing t-to worry about Petunia." Said Flaky.

"I know that, it's just that, there's nothing wrong to see." Said Petunia. "T-the only thing you need to worry about is staying calm. You might drop the flowers later" said Flaky. "Y-you're right, I just have to stay calm" says Petunia, taking a few deep breaths. "Here, drink some water" says Flaky, handing her a bottle of water with a straw, so her lipstick wouldn't get ruined.

Everyone was starting to get impatient, just how long does she need to prepare? Even Handy was starting to get tired of standing around when the wedding tune (a/n: I think that's what it's called) had rang and Petunia walked toward the altar along with Lammy and Giggles as flower girls. Handy looked at her, she kept staring at Lumpy, ready to make her vows and to intertwine their lives with one another, how he had managed to get this girl to love him is a mystery that even he himself doesn't know.

"We are all gathered here today, to witness these two souls be bound forever in love, now and forever. If anybody has any objections against the marriage of these two, speak now, or forever hold your tongue." (a/n: I have poor internet signal where I am right now so forgive me of any inaccuracies about a wedding)

A few seconds had passed, and Disco Bear was starting to raise his hand which got an elbow to the stomach from Pop. Buddhist Monkey sneaked over some bushes, spying and ruling out which one were Lifty and Shifty.

"No objections? Then let us continue. Handy, do you take Petunia, as your lawful wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish until death do you part?" said Lumpy.

"I do, I take this ring" "as a sign of my love and faithfulness, in the name of the father, the son and the holy spirit" said Handy, keeping his eyes on Petunia.

"Petunia, do you take Handy here present, for your lawfully wedded husband according to the rite of our Holy Mother, the Catholic Church?" asked Lumpy

"I do" said Petunia, who looked at Handy, who looked at each other and said, "I Handy/Petunia, take you, Petunia/Handy for my wife/husband, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part."

Flaky comes, holding a red pillow with two wedding rings and placed them in front of the soon to be wed couple. Flaky took her seat next to Flippy, who had wrapped his arm around her while the tiger general looked in disgust.

Handy and Petunia each took a ring and said "With this ring I thee wed, and pledge thee my troth" and put each ring onto each other's ring finger.

(a/n: Idk if vows or the kiss should go first, I'll go with vows and if anybody has corrections about the wedding, feel free to pm me on what was wrong)

"You may now kiss the br-" but was interrupted by Handy saying "WAIT!" a little too loud. Nutty who had fallen asleep from boredom, had woken up from the loudness of Handy's voice. Handy took out a small piece of paper and began reading:

"Petunia, I know that our relationship started off as a lie. But I already forgave you for that, if you hadn't come for me when I needed you the most, I don't know if I could continue living, not that I'd have any choice in this town. I had always wanted you, you were the perfect girl anybody could ever dream of. You were there for me, I wanted to show you how much I appreciated you, but all along you just wanted me to love you. I don't know what you saw in me, but I guess that's why you loved me, you only saw the best in me and even though I had no hands back then, you accepted me for who I am. If anybody would ask me if I could go back to the time that I tried to kill myself in the tub at my old house those months ago, I would still do it. Because we would not be here now if I hadn't done that. And these that I have now, are nothing compared to you. Because all this time, you were the one who makes me whole." (a/n: OOOOOOOHHHHH, THE TITLE!)

Petunia was about to tear up but remembered that Flaky told her she shouldn't cry because her makeup would be ruined. "May I continue? Asked Lumpy. The two nodded.

"You may now kiss the bride" Handy immediately lifted her up and kissed her, Petunia had widened eyes but accepted the kiss as all the tree friends cheered and cried tears of joy except for Disco Bear who was crying in sorrow.

They all suddenly heard music coming from the back of the garden, the Mole was playing the Piano, Cuddles with the guitar, Lammy and Giggles started singing.

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Miracles Happen, Miracles Happen

Petunia immediately got up and started dragging Handy who then pulled back. Petunia was confused, didn't Handy want to dance. "What's wrong?" asked Petunia. "I-I don't know how to dance" said Handy, looking down ashamed of himself.

You showed me faith is not blind, I don't need wings to help me fly

Miracles Happen, Miracles Happen

Petunia smiled "Then follow my lead" she started dragging Handy again, in the middle of all the dancing guests. She lead his hand to her waist on put her right hand on his shoulder.

I can't imagine, living a life without you now

Not ever having you around

We found a way out

(On you I can depend)

Handy went along with it, surprised how well the dance was going. Like it was natural for his body to do so even though he never danced before.

Don't have to look back to realize how far we've come

There are a million reasons

I'm looking up

I don't want this to end

Handy grew confident, pulling Petunia closer, their faces an inch close to each other but no intention of kissing. Their eyes met, focusing only on each other.

Nothing

Nothing should ever bring you down (Ooooohhhhh)

Knowing what goes around

Will come around

Buddhist Monkey had finally spotted Shifty and Lifty who were stealing bottles of liquor and immediately chased them. The two thieves ran, he would've caught them if not for the tiger general being in the way. "S-sorry, I didn't mean to bump into you, you see these two thi-" Buddhist Monkey was cut off by the tiger general taking out his hand, who blushed and said "Would you like to dance" not looking at him. Buddhist, forgetting about the two kleptomaniacs, started dancing with the exotic and buff tiger.

You showed me faith is not blind

I don't need wings to help me fly

Miracles happen once in a while

When you believe (Miracles Happen)

Handy started doing the robot dance, because, well, he had robotic hands. Petunia punched him in the shoulder playfully.

You showed me dreams come to light

That taking a chance on us was right

All things will come

With a little time

When you believe

They were immediately lead towards the wedding cake, which the two fed each other with, Petunia had a messy dress by then cause of Handy's inexperience with his new hands. Petunia playfully scooped another piece of cake, Handy opened his mouth and smeared it onto his cheek, the two had ended up with a playful food fight against one another. They had made each other whole, and nothing was going to come in between them in the future.

Much much later:

Everyone had already left, with Cuddles and Giggles gone (who was complaining that Cuddles still hadn't married her in the many years that they dated), it had gone quiet. Russel was cleaning the garden of the decorations and tables. "Yarr, if I didn't know any better I would've left earlier" said the complaining otter. He heard the snoring and sobbing, the voice seemed unfamiliar to him. Russel approached the source of the sound which came from under a table, it was Mime holding a bottle of half empty wine, with several other empty bottles surrounding him. But that's a story for another time.

So I know I guess this is the end. I won't make an epilogue anymore because I guess its better to leave it to the reader's imagination, also I don't know of a good name for Handy and Petunia's child. Anyway, write and review what you thought of this whole rollercoaster ride of a story, I enjoyed myself writing this. And I will make a short 5 chapter story for Russel and Mime called "All that glitters isn't gold". And shout out to Ameth18 for helping me out with his ideas.