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I couldn't breathe.

No, I literally could not breathe

After a few ragged intakes of air and all the dark circles on my vision went away, I found Fang continuing to stare at me in mild concern.

Before he could open his mouth to ask me anything else, I jumped up, pulled Fang to his feet and screamed my answer to the heavens.

"Hell yes, Fang! Yes, yes, yes, of course I'll marry you!"

Fang grinned wider than I have ever seen him smile and he cut off my overjoyed babbling with another passionate kiss. Then, he picked me up and twirled me around in my room, just like they do in all the movies. Although, the movies do not usually happen in tiny dorm rooms, so the girl doesn't typically kick all the possessions on her desk into the wall.

I couldn't bring myself to give a rat's ass. I mean hello? I was engaged to only the most amazing, understandable, wonderful, sexy guy on the entire planet. In fact, I could go bald right this very instant and not care.

I take that back. That would really ruin the wedding pictures.

Now, I know that I'm not usually girly (ahahaha! Make that never) but right now, all I could think about was having the most beautiful wedding in the history of weddings.

Because Fang's wedding (and, consequently mine oh dear Lord) deserved to be flawless.

So, in order to obtain such a wedding, I needed to talk to a certain someone who understood all this girly stuff. Or four certain someones.

Nudge, Angel, Ella and Mom.

As I was determining this, I was still in Fang's arms. He was staring at me like he was a blind man seeing the world for the first time in all its glorious colors and things.

It was such an intense stare and it made me blush shamelessly.

"I can't believe it," Fang admitted, tightening his hold around me. "I am the luckiest guy to ever live."

Resisting the urge to laugh at his cheesy statement (because it was adorably cute) I pressed my lips to his.

"I'm just bummed it took you so long to figure it out," Fang said as I drew away and I let my mouth drop in mock offended-ness.

"At least I did figure it out," I fire back.

He chuckles and the deep rumbling from his chest vibrates through me, making me shiver. "Where do you want to get married?" I ask into his black t-shirt and he shrugs around me.

"The beach?" he suggests.

"Or maybe up in the mountains in Colorado…because, you know, that's where everything technically started," I add.

I can practically hear Fang smirking. "That was very sentimental, Max. I'm impressed."

I smack his chest lightly but smile. "I know. You bring out all these scary, new emotions in me."
Fang leans down and kisses my forehead. "How about Italy? Rome? France? We could go anywhere…as long as I'm with you."

I tighten my hold around Fang. "Let's not decide yet. But you do realize we'll have to call the girls, because they've probably already planned out every little thing and were just waiting for it to happen."

"I kept telling you, everyone could see it but you," Fang laughed.

"I see it now," I whisper, and then immediately blush at the extremely intimate statement. Fang just smiles his beautiful, breathtaking smile and kisses me again.


"Hello?"
I take a deep breath, readying myself to go deaf.

"Nudge?"

"Max!" Came the already loud, excited reply. Oh, Dear Lord, this is going to be earsplitting. "Hey, guys, it's Max! Max, you haven't called in like forever! How's college? How's Brown? Do you like it? Have you watched the news lately, there was this huge pile up near the campus, Dr. M is so worried you were in it but Angel just laughed and said you probably caused it, which is so unlikely. Oh, Max, homecoming was so amazingly fun, you wouldn't believe how much they decorated the gym, and oh! I got my license the other day! It's so cool, being able to drive around all the time without-"

"Nudge," I say into the phone wearily.

"And they're like zebra-print and red and the heel is three inches, I love them! Have you talked to Fang recently? I hope he likes Oxford, because if he didn't, he's all the way in London and that's really far away-"

"Nudge," I try again and Fang chuckles from my bed.

"ZOMG! I heard a guy laugh! Fang's there! HI FANG! Hey Ella, Angel, Mom, Gazzy, Total, Akila, Max and Fang are on the phone! Get your butts down here! Why are you there, Fang? Do you not like Oxford? I knew you shouldn't have gone there, you miss Max too much-"

"NUDGE!"

"Whoa, Max. No need to yell. I'm putting you on speaker phone by the way, everybody's here."

I roll my eyes, which doesn't do anything but still feels good to do. "I'm sorry for yelling. But I –Fang –we have something to tell you guys."

It remains eerily quite on the other end.

"Um," I gulp, suddenly nervous. Fang stands up and wraps his arm around my waist and rests his head on my shoulder. "First of all, hey everybody. Sorry I haven't called in so long."

A huge chorus of "hello's" and "Hey Max's!" ring through the phone, making me smile –my family is amazing.

"Hey," Fang says into the phone and gets his own round of greetings.

"So, what do you have to tell us?" Angel demands over the line.

"Erm," I stutter. "Weellll,"

"Tell us!" Nudge screams and I can tell she suspects it.

"Fang and I are getting married!" I yell in one quick breath.

It's pandemonium on the other side.

All I hear is:

"Congratulations!"

"I knew it! Five bucks!"

"Can I be the flower girl?"

"SQUEEEE!"

"When are you getting married?"
"What's the color themes?"

"Akila and I can be the ring bearers!"

"SQUEEEE!"

"Do I have to wear a tuxedo?"

"SQUEEEE!"

"NUDGE SHUT UP!"

I shake my head and I can feel Fang laughing.

"Guys," I call into the phone, trying to gain back their attention.

"We're listening honey," I hear mom say and I plow on.

"I was hoping that you girls –and Gazzy, if you really want to –could help me plan it?"

"We're already on it!" I hear Angel yell excitedly.

"I'll pass," I hear Gazzy decline and Fang chuckles softly in my ear.

I think Nudge had a heart attack because I don't hear her. She's most likely standing there looking at the phone like it's the coming Christ.

"Max, we'd be honored!" Mom says which makes me smile.

"No pink, though, right?" Ella asks and I answer vehemently.

"Absolutely no pink!"

"Max, Max, Max! Can we all come up and visit you and stay in a hotel nearby so that we can help plan it and you can pick fabrics and dresses and taste cakes and all that fun stuff?!" Nudge asks jubilantly.

I pause and glance at Fang, who shrugs. Some help he is.

"Yeah," I finally reply. "That'd be great."
"YES!" Nudge shrieks in triumph and the phone goes dead.

And that's how, a day later, I found Ella, Angel, Nudge, Mom, Gazzy, Total and Akila all crammed in the doorway of my dorm room, grinning like buffoons.


Well, there's chapter four!

Now, important question(s):

Where should they get married?
What songs would you like to see them have in their wedding?
What color themes?
If you could tell me everything I need to know about a wedding, that'd be great. It'll be like my crash-course in planning a wedding.

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