-sometimes the smallest gesture can make the world seem brighter...
BEEP…BEEP…BEEP…BEEP… "I swear I will kill whoever invented these stupid things" I exclaimed as I pressed the snooze button for the 3rd time. I found myself in an unfamiliar room, 'what happened last night, and where was I ?' I looked around until something caught my eye, it was delicately placed on the pillow beside me. A small white envelope and a red rose.
The front of the envelope read "to Yumi, from Ulrich" suddenly it all came back. I looked down at my hand and there it was, it was simple but still beautiful. There was a diamond in the middle, it wasn't to small and it wasn't to big "perfect."
I picked up the envelope and was about to read when I heard familiar voices downstairs. I threw the sheets of and rushed down to meet them. Sure enough as I stepped into the living room Aelita, Jeremy, and Sam were sitting on the couch talking, well actually they were mostly watching TV and commenting on the things they found stupid in the show. They didn't even notice I was there until Ulrich and Odd came in from the kitchen.
"Well look who decided to wake up" Odd said to me with a smirk. "Good morning to you to" I replied as I hugged him tight. I haven't seen any of my friends ever since I got engaged to William. He thought they were a bad influence and that we should move away. Of course I disagreed just like I had disagreed to the whole stupid wedding. But that was behind and hopefully I'll never have to see William again.
Aelita, Jeremy, and Sam finally noticed my presence and quickly stood up to greet me after many months. I was surprised they even came to the wedding but they were always supportive of my choice even if it was one I was forced to make.
Finally Ulrich , my future husband, he took me into a warm hug and kissed me lightly on the lips. I was a little disappointed at how short it was so pressed my lips against his passionately, he understood and what I was trying to do and allowed my tongue to enter his mouth. We were like this for about 2 minutes before we heard Odd yell out suddenly, "get a room" we quickly separated and blushed madly, well at least I did.
I took a seat in between Ulrich and Aelita. It was so nice to see my friends together again. When I got engaged everything and everyone seemed to split apart. Ulrich was the worst, he ran away and lost contact with everyone until he burst through the church doors on my wedding day and stopped me from making a huge mistake and for that I was grateful, and glad that I had him.
We sat there for a while in comfortable silence, just cherishing our reunion. Finally Sam spoke up "so when's the wedding?" I looked at Ulrich who looked at me and he finally responded "uhm we haven't exactly set a date" aelita and Sam both looked at each other then at me, mouths wide open "WHAT" they yelled out in unison. The guys looked confused, and so did I. Its not like we have to jump in so fast…right?
WRONG! Aelita and Sam finally decided to explain after seeing that no one new what they were talking about.
"You guys are engaged you have to start planning soon" aelita started, "She's right don't hold it of" Sam continued. "But we don't even have a date set" I responded still not seeing why we were in such a rush. "So doesn't matter" Sam said, seeming a little impatient, "yes it does" Ulrich said looking at her as if she was stupid. "Why are you guys in such a hurry" Jeremy jumped in still as confused as ever. "Tell them Sam" aelita said looking at Sam, "tell them what" odd said also looking at Sam. ….Uhm…., Sam looked scared, and nervous, as she tried to hold of letting out this big secret she and aelita held. "Sam" odd said now becoming impatient. Sam finally let it out… "we sort of already picked a date." "what, why, how," was all I managed to get out from the shock. "well me and aelita got sort of….carried away, with the planning but we had a good reason" Sam said now regretting she had ever brought it up. "yea, see we called the church to find out all their available dates and they said they only had one left for the entire year" "so we booked it" Sam simply stated in hope that would be all the explanation we would need. She was wrong because I wanted to know more like why hadn't they come to us first?' what Ulrich said next was what surprised me, because I was sure he would completely disagree and make them go back to the church and cancel it. "O, its not that bad at least now we can get started and you were only trying to help" he said trying to seem calm, something he completely failed at. He was right though, they were only trying to help. "yea…I guess, so when is it" I said trying to seem more optimistic. Sam and aelita looked at each other seeming more nervous then before. "august 18" they both said in unison looking a little scared, not knowing what our reaction would be, but I don't blame them. "what" "what" "what"me Ulrich and odd yelled out, angrier then before. Jeremy was the only one that hadn't said anything…. "2 weeks from now" Jeremy said seeming a lot calmer then the rest of us. How can be so damn calm, but that wasn't important right now.
"yea sorry that's why we want to hurry" Sam said looking a little more relaxed. "oh guys you could have at least let us know before you booked it" I said trying to explain why I was so mad. "we know but there was another couple that wanted it and we had to take it or wait for another year" Sam said trying to get me to understand, and they had a good reason, I would have done the same thing. "and you guys might be able to that but I cant" aelita said with a smile, somehow she always managed to lift everyone's mood. I was sure that Ulrich would understand to. "we cant plan a whole wedding in 2 weeks" he said shocked that I wasn't agreeing with him. "yes we can I mean we have a lot of help" I said trying to explain to him. "I now but not enough" he said, still in shock that I was going along with this."yes we do if me aelita and Sam handle dresses and flowers you odd and Jeremy can handle cake and guests, as long as odd doesn't eat the cake before it even makes it to the wedding" I said hoping that he would understand.
"what about the rehearsal dinner" he said trying to think of every possible reason why we couldn't do this.
"oh that is a week before the wedding" Sam said trying to help me explain to Ulrich, even though that didn't help much.
"you know what we're wasting time lets gate started we'll worry about that later" aelita said grabbing my hand and dragging me out the door before a fight broke out.
"ok" I simply stated understanding what she was trying to do. Sam followed close behind with a big smile on her face, she was excited, but then again who wouldn't be.
I was dragged all the way to the bridal store by aelita and Sam.
"Guys I know I agreed to this, even though I shouldn't have, don't you think we should of told the guys what to do before we left" I tried to explain to aelita and Sam who weren't really listening because they were already looking at dresses.
"Guys….hello…at least pretend to listen to me" I sighed,
'what's the point trying to get to these 2 when they're shopping, so this is how the guys feel'
My thoughts were interrupted when I was shoved into the dressing room and 3 dresses were dropped onto my head. "here try these on" aelita shouted into the dressing room. "like I have a choice" I quickly responded in a sarcastic tone.
After about a thousand dresses I finally found one that just felt right. It wasn't to big, not to small, simple but no to simple, and elegant but not to elegant. 'Perfect….it was perfect.'
BUT……..there wasn't any in my size, the lady said they would get me the first one in my size that they get. I sighed, knowing that was a big lie.
We headed towards the florist in disappointment, at least I did. I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned to look at aelita, "its okay yumi, you heard the lady she said they would give you the first one in your size that walked through the door."
I smiled at my best friends optimism, somehow she always managed to break a smile onto my face and keep it there. "Yeah yumi perk up, your engaged and almost married, and Ulrich will probably marry you even if you show up to that church in sweats and a t-shirt." We all laughed and headed towards the florist.
Hopefully that's not all that goes wrong today……
meanwhile at the bakery…..
"Yes I understand sir but we want that cake"
I watched as odd tried to explain to the guy that we needed a wedding cake not a birthday cake.
Jeremy joined me "nervous"
"Why would I be nervous" I responded quickly reverting my gaze to the cake. "Well, why wouldn't you be I mean u have two weeks to plan a whole wedding and things are already going downhill."
I sighed, and no matter you how much I didn't want to admit he was right I had to because he was. "I want to give her a perfect wedding, one she will always remember, and how am I going to do that in two weeks" I responded, still not taking my eyes of the cake.
It was perfect, it was 5 layers with white icing and a bride and groom on top. I sighed again for the hundredth time today, and finally looked at Jeremy, he looked at me and finally said something " its ok to be nervous, anyone in your place would be, but we'll all be here to help you and yumi, like we always have and always will" he said giving a small smile. "you always gave great speeches Jer" I said smiling back at him, "tell me something I don't know" he said with a smirk.
Odd came back, looking like he was going to explode, "that guy is so stubborn, Ulrich I'm sorry I ever called you that because compared to that, no one is." I looked at the cake again, and finally decided to try to talk to the man again.
"Sir could you please just explain why we cant have that cake"
I said to the man at the counter trying to be as nice as possible.
He looked at me confused, "I never said you couldn't have that cake, you friend was pointing to that one" he said looking at me like I was stupid. Odd pushed me aside "no I pointed to that one."
Odd said practically yelling at the man. "well maybe if you hair wasn't so big I would be able to see over it" he said starting to look annoyed, so I pushed odd aside who looked insulted.
"I'm sorry but can we have the cake or not" I asked again. "of course you can have the cake…." I breathed a sigh of relief the only one today, but my breath was stopped short because apparently the man wasn't done. " Just not that one, that's for display only I need to bake you another one," he said looking at us like we were idiots. "what" I yelled out "a mix of fear and anger was jolted from my eyes, "sir we need that cake for a wedding in two weeks" I said trying to calm down.
"Then if it was so important then why did you come in at the last minute" he said now glaring at us. I shook my head in disbelief and retreated to the back of the store to let Jeremy and odd handle the asshole.
I leaned against the wall, and tried to calm down. 'what was I thinking trying to plan a wedding in two weeks, I am such an idiot sure it was yumi's idea but I should of stopped her, she is probably going to hate me and rum back to William when the wedding fall apart and turns into a more of a disaster.'
I was broken out of thought when Jeremy and odd came walking towards me. "lets go dude were never going to get that cake with that idiot running the place" odd said to me looking as if he would run straight back to the man and strangle him. "Yeah Ulrich, we'll have to get a cake somewhere else" Jeremy said trying to be nice as always.
We walked out of the bakery and into the car. I buried my face in my hands and tried to relax, I felt a hand on my shoulder and looked over to Jeremy. "don't worry Ulrich, there are other bakery's around and yumi doesn't care about the cake she cares about you" I smiled at my friend who always tried to be nice, to everybody, no matter what. "yeah dude, yumi would marry in a barn and still think of it as the most beautiful night of her life…because she was marrying you" odd said trying to comfort me as well.
They were right, Yumi would love me no matter what, and I would love her even more than that. We drove of towards home, hoping that the cake wasn't the only thing that went wrong, and that the girls had better luck.
back at home…..
I swung the door open, and blazed through, "that stupid florist, is everyone an idiot today" I said yelling not expecting anyone home.
I found I was wrong when three confused stares were placed on me, "calm down yumi, there are other florist in town….right" aelita said looking at Sam. "no aelita there aren't that's the only one in town" responded in a softer tone. I looked back at the three confused stares coming from the men sitting on the couch. We were all quiet for while until Ulrich spoke up.
"How did it go" he asked even though he knew the answer.
I sighed and sat next to him on the couch, "well after all that I think you can answer that question, and the answer to this, how did it go for you" I said laying my head on his shoulder. He didn't respond, so I looked up at him in hope that it all went well, that hope shattered fast when he finally answered. "Bad" he simply stated, "like how bad" I said trying to get more out of him " bad as in we don't have a cake bad" he said looking away.
I let out a long slow breath trying to calm down before I answered.
"Well maybe this whole plan a wedding in two weeks was a bad idea" I said before heading upstairs and into my room, well the room I slept in last night.
I laid in bed, and pulled the covers over my head. I heard some conversation downstairs for a few minutes, then I heard some goodbyes and the front door closed shut before I heard footsteps coming up the stairs and the opening of a creaky door. I slowly pulled my head out of the covers to face the person that had stepped into the room. It was quiet for a few minutes until I spoke up, "you should fix that door" I said half my face still in the covers.
He smiled and finally responded, "yea I should, and it looks like you got comfortable in my bed" he said with a smirk. I smiled back, and it remained silent after for a awhile after that.
Until he finally spoke up, " yumi we can postpone the wedding , the gang will understand" he said, but I could see in his eyes he really didn't want to, and neither did I but it was impossible to plan the whole thing in two weeks. "Ulrich I think that would be better, I just don't think we can do it in two weeks" I said no matter how much I didn't want to. I could see he was disappointed even if he tried to hide it. He sighed and looked at me until he finally said something "ok ill call everyone and let them know" he got up and walked out the door.
'What the hell was I thinking, I don't want to postpone the wedding, I have to though, but I want to marry Ulrich as soon possible' I mind battled it out until something familiar captured my attention. It was the envelope from this morning, "might as well" I said as picked up the envelope.
I ripped open the seal and took out the paper that lied inside. On the paper was a poem….
All I can ever do is think about you
I love the way you look into my eyes
Cause it makes me feel so warm inside
I never want to leave your side
Because you make me feel so good inside
So thank you…
For making me the happiest man alive
The world could be crashing down…
But as long as we're married and happy
Everything we'll be ok
So thank you
For all this and more
-Ulrich
ps:don't laugh
I smiled as tears rolled down my cheeks and landed on the paper. I took the rose into my hands and held it close to my nose. I suddenly realized I couldn't postpone the wedding. I wanted to marry Ulrich as soon as possible.
I threw back the covers and rushed down the stairs to find Ulrich on the couch in deep thought. I jumped next to him and wrapped my arms around his neck, "now why would I laugh." He looked at me confused until he saw what I was holding in my hand. He blushed deeply, and smiled at me, " I'm glad you liked it" he said giving me a light kiss. "Ulrich I don't want to postpone the wedding" I said, bringing a smile to his face. "I'm glad you don't" he said giving me another kiss. I smiled and hugged even tighter.
It was silent, until he spoke up….
"Now who the hell said there was no such thing as happy endings."
I laughed and grabbed his hand pulling him upstairs, and he was right this was our happy ending.
I just hope that the happiness lasts……
oooo cliffy
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