Wedding Woes
Summary: The rugrats babysitter Taffy, is finally getting married to the love of her life, David Plunk. She's asked 4-year-old Chuckie Finster to be the ring barer, and 5-year-old Susie Carmichael to be the flower girl, and sing a song at her wedding, accompanied by her band. How will things go? You'll just have to read it, and find out!
Editional Notes: New character, David Plunk, Taffy's fiancé at the beginning of the story, and new husband by the end of the story, is introduced.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from Rugrats, they're the property of their original creaters, and Zachary started appearing, in Rugrats and the Gray Plague.
It was a crisp, autumn evening. The leaves had fallen off the trees, and Taffy was inside Tommy and Dil's living room, babysitting all of the minis for the evening. They were in the living room, Taffy was sitting in one of the arm chairs with all of the minis gathered around her. Even Susie was there for this particular babysitting gig.
"I have some exciting news for you minis." Said Taffy.
"What?" They all replied at once.
"I'm getting married!" Exclaimed Taffy excitedly.
"Yay!" Said all of the minis, jumping up and down.
"So Taffy, who are you marrying?" Tommy asked.
"A man named David Plunk. He's the head of a record company that's going to produce albums for me and my band, and he's going to be my husband." Taffy explained.
"Oooh, what does he look like?" Zack asked.
"Well, he looks like this!" Said Taffy.
She pulled out a picture and held it up. It showed a nice looking man, with dark brown hair and a mussash.
"Wow! He looks so nice!" Said Lil.
"Thank you." Replied Taffy.
"Are you still gonna be our babysitter?" Kimi asked.
"Yes I am, and, David may join me sometimes, that is, once we're married." Said Taffy.
"So, does this mean we all get to come to your wedding?" Tommy asked.
"It wouldn't be a wedding without the minis, and, that reminds me, I need two of you minis, to help me out at the wedding." Said Taffy.
"What do you need help with?" Tommy asked.
"I need one of you to be the flower girl, and one of you, to be the ring barer. And we're going to decide who's going to take on these jobs, by drawing your name out of a hat." Said Taffy, as she picked up a blue straw hat filled with pieces of paper, and a pink straw hat filled with pieces of paper, off the end table next to the chair.
Taffy reached into the blue hat and pulled out a piece of paper.
"And the ring barer is going to be, Chuckie Finster!" Announced Taffy.
"Me?" Said Chuckie excitedly.
"That's right Chuckie." Replied Taffy.
"But, if I'm the ring barer, what am I suppose to do?" Chuckie asked.
"The ring barer carries the rings down the isle of the church. The rings Chuckie, are very important. They symbolize the promise, that David and I plan to love each other, and stay together, for the rest of our lives." Explained Taffy.
"See? This is the size of the rings you'll be carrying." Said Taffy, as she showed Chuckie her engagement ring.
"Well, I guess I can do that." Replied Chuckie.
Then, Taffy pulled a slip of paper out of the pink straw hat.
"And the flower girl's going to be, Susie Carmichael!" Announced Taffy.
"Wow, thank you! But, I've never been a flower girl before. What do I do?" Susie asked.
"Oh everybody knows that. You walk down the isle of the church wearing the most beautiful dress in the whole wide world and throw flowers everywhere." Replied Angelica.
"Wow, that sounds like fun!" Susie said playfully.
"Oh it is fun. I've done it several times, including at Tommy's uncle Ben's wedding, and at a wedding for someone who works with my mommy." Said Angelica.
Several weeks later, Angelica was at the park, when Susie showed up, looking very excited, carrying a shopping bag that read Bridal Shop on the front.
"Hey Susie, where have you been?" Asked Angelica in her usual bossy tone.
"I just came from the wedding store with Taffy and her bride's maids. Check out my flower girl dress I'll be wearing in Taffy's wedding!" Said Susie excitedly, as she pulled the dress out of the shopping bag, showing it to Angelica.
It was a beautiful pink dress with white lace around the edges.
"Um… that's nice." Replied Angelica, quickly glancing away so as to not show her disappointment and look of jealousy.
"But that's not the best part of all! Taffy has asked me to sing a song with her and her band at her wedding as well." Continued Susie excitedly.
"Um… Ok… Uh, I've gotta go." Said Angelica, running away from Susie.
Later that night, Angelica sat on her bed, wearing a purple Dummi Bears nightshirt holding Cynthia, and complaining.
"It isn't fair Cynthia, why does Susie get to do everything? First, she got to sing on my grandpa's float in the fall parade right before we left for Paris two years ago. And then last year, Susie still won the Young and Young at Heart Talent Show, even after I took her tap shoes. And now, she gets to be the flower girl and sing in Taffy's wedding. And just think, she's got more gold stars on the wall in our kindergarten classroom than me. And when it comes to her and Taffy, well, Susie's only been babysat by Taffy twice since she became our babysitter. The night of her wedding announcement and at my fifth Birthday, Taffy had to watch me and Susie at my sleepover cuz mommy and daddy had to leave for some dumb old business trip. Who does that Susie Carmichael think she is anyway. I've gotta convince Susie to give up her role as flower girl and give it to someone more skilled for the part, well me of course." Griped Angelica, tossing Cynthia down on the bed.
The next day at school, Angelica and Susie were sitting together in class, working on making paper flowers.
"You know Susie, you don't seem like the type to be a flower girl in Taffy's wedding." Said Angelica.
"Angelica." Susie butted in.
"Now Susie, don't you think someone like me should be the flower girl?" Angelica interrupted, in her demanding voice.
"Angelica, Taffy chose me to be the flower girl for the wedding, and you're just gonna have to accept it." Griped Susie.
"Well fine, take the goody goody out of this wedding anyway." Snapped Angelica.
"I know what's going on here. You're just jealous that Taffy chose me over you." Argued Susie.
"No, that's not it at all." Replied Angelica.
"Whatever you say Angelica." Sighed Susie, as she went back to work on her paper flowers. The two of them finished their art project in silence after that.
Now, on the day of the wedding rehearsal, Chuckie, Zack and Tommy were all hanging out in Tommy's living room.
"Guys, I don't know about this ring barer thing. I mean, they're so little, what if I drop them?" Chuckie asked nervously.
"Don't worry Chuckie, you're gonna do great." Replied Tommy happily.
"All you need is a little practice. After all, practice makes perfect." Said Zack.
"But what am I going to practice with?" Asked Chuckie.
"I know." Said Tommy, as he disappeared from the room, and came back a few minutes later carrying a Reptar pillow and two old teasing rings of Dil's.
He handed Chuckie the pillow with the teasing rings on top of it.
"Ok Chuckie, you need to carry these rings from the playpen all the way to the other end of the living room by the front window and the TV. If you can make it there without dropping them, it means you're worrying for nothing." Said Tommy.
"Ok, I'll try." Said Chuckie, taking a deep breath as he began to walk through the living room, carrying the teasing rings.
As he walked through the room, Spike ran to the front window to see a lady walking their dog down the street. Spike growled at the dog, scaring Chuckie, causing him to drop the rings.
"Oh it's no use guys, I'm never gonna be a good ring barer." Said Chuckie disappointedly.
"Chuckie, you can do this." Said Tommy encouragingly.
"Oh you're just saying that cuz you're my bestest friend." Said Chuckie.
"And if Tommy and I weren't your bestest friends, would we not believe in you? Come on Chuckie, let's keep practicing. Cuz that's what you need, is lots and lots of practice." Said Zack, picking up the pillow and teasing rings off of the floor, and handing them to Chuckie.
"Ok, here I go again." Said Chuckie with a sigh, as he lined himself up at the opening to the playpen and started to walk across the living room again, carrying the rings.
Just then, the doorbell rings. Didi answers the door to find Kira and Kimi, wearing a beautiful pink dress.
"So, how did the shopping trip go?" Didi asked.
"It went great! Check out my new dress for Taffy's wedding!" Said Kimi excitedly.
"Oh, it's beautiful!" Didi said happily.
"Yeah, and I'd better get Chuckie. We need to go get his tuxedo and head to the church for the wedding rehearsal and rehearsal dinner." Said Kira, heading towards the living room.
"Oh no guys, my mommy's here and I have to leave." Said Chuckie with disappointment.
"Don't worry /Chuckie, you can do this. And me and Zack will be at the wedding watching you all the way." Said Tommy.
"Thanks Tommy, that helps a little." Replied Chuckie.
Kira walks up to Chuckie and puts a hand on his shoulder.
"Come on Chuckie, it's time to go." Said Kira, as she leads Chuckie out of the room and out the front door.
So what will happen at the wedding rehearsal? And more importantly, how does Taffy's wedding turn out? We'll find out, in chapter 2.