Their cheeks rested against one another as they closed their eyes and lost themselves in the moment. Their bodies were tingling at every point that they were in contact as they felt one another’s shallow breathing against their ears.

As Tina’s hand returned to the back of her neck, the brunette lifted one of her hands to slide into her hair, caressing her cheek. Their heads pulled back slightly so that they were nose to nose. After placing a light kiss on the tip of the blonde’s nose, Bette tilted her head downwards and softly pressed their lips together. They held onto each other tightly as they slowly let their lips begin to move against one another, a wordlessly gentle expression of the way that they were feeling in that moment.

Seeing the emotion in her wife’s eyes, Bette pulled her in by the back of her hair so that her head was tucked into her neck.

"I love you so much" she whispered into her ear.

Tina just held her tightly, conveying her own message of love in return.

As Kit finished, the couple stopped swaying and held one another for a few precious moments as they remained alone on the dancefloor. When the music changed, they pulled apart and Bette gave the blonde a chaste kiss on the lips.

They were soon joined on the dancefloor by their friends, with Alice as always being the first to arrive. The music was more upbeat and Tina was soon laughing again as they began to dance.

Later in the night Bette found Shane stood at the bar having just refilled her glass.

"Hey Bette, you want one?" she nodded at her glass.

"No thanks, I just wanted to say thanks for everything Shane. Not just for the wedding, but for everything you’ve done for me and T. You’ve been a rock for the both of us and we’ll never forget it"

"Married life’s making you sentimental" Shane teased.

"I’m serious. You know that if you ever need us, we wouldn’t hesitate to be there for you"

"I know, and you know I’m always here for you guys"

The two women moved together and shared an embrace, squeezing each other tightly.

"Now if you’ll excuse me, I believe I have a date with my wife" Bette grinned.

She headed back for the dancefloor to save Tina from a somewhat intoxicated Alice. They shared a knowing glance and headed hand in hand for the DJ, who handed them the microphone.

"Hi everyone" Bette spoke "my gorgeous wife and I are going to call it a night, so we just wanted to thank you all for coming"

There was a chorus of disappointed groans from the guests.

"Come on, would you guys be staying if you had this to go to bed with?" Tina grinned, wrapping an arm round her wife’s waist.

"So make good use of the bar and we’ll see you all in the morning" Bette shared the blonde’s grin.

And so despite the protests, the two women left the room hand in hand to make their way upstairs for their first night as a married couple.