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May 18th, 2011 (Gabi's POV)
"God, can't we just pick a flower already?" I stressed as Chad and I sat there with Nancy, our wedding planner. You know, wedding planners are suppose to make the whole process less stressful, but I all ready figured out that Nancy just made it worst.
"Gabriella, we have to find a flower that you and Chad agree on." Nancy said trying to sound all sophisticated when she used my full name. I just rolled my eyes, staring ahead, wishing I could just poof myself out of here.
"I don't care what kind of flower; I would just like it to match the colors that we choose for our wedding."
Chad and I came to an agreement a few months ago, about the colors of our wedding to be white and red. It isn't a bright red; more of a darker red, crimson red is what I liked to call it.
"I'm agreeing with Gabi on this one. I don't even know what flowers are out there. Why don't you choose for us, Nancy?" Chad said, smiling over in my direction as I tried to push forward a smile.
I stuck my hand in the pocket of my jeans, rummaging around until my hand came in contact of my cell phone. I looked at what time it is.
'Shit. It's already two.' I thought to myself as I looked up at Chad and Nancy.
"Nancy, I hate interrupting you, but Chad and I have to get out of here and go pick up our dress and tuxedo for our wedding." I said standing up quickly, grabbing my purse and linking it onto my arm.
"Oh, well you two have fun. I'll call your house later so we can set up another appointment." She said as I rolled my eyes, hoping she didn't notice.
"Ok. Yes that will be fine." Chad said as he grabbed my hand, lacing our hands together as we walked out of the parlor.
We walked to Chad's SUV, getting in before I started laughing. Chad looked over at me, a smile taking place on his lips.
"What are you laughing about?" He asked me before he started laughing himself.
"What made us go to Nancy for our wedding planner? Who recommended her?" I asked my laughing calming down.
"Well I asked Blake, and she said that Nancy was an 'excellent' wedding planner." Chad said using air quotes, as he mentioned Troy's older sister, Blake.
"Well I don't like her." Gritting my teeth, Chad smiled sympathetically.
"I know baby but I didn't want you to feel overly stressed about the whole process." Gripping my hand with his, I nodded.
"And I love you dearly for it but I would rather it be just the two of us handling everything."
"Gabi . . ." Dragging my name out, he shook his head before looking over at me.
"Just think . . . we have a month until we're husband . . ." Smiling, I started to open my mouth. "And wife." I finished as he kissed the back of my hand.
"Exactly. I want this next month to be completely unstressed for you. You're going to get your perfect wedding, that's for sure." His grin made me rethink having him help me plan everything.
Groaning a little and glancing over at him, he grinned his adorable smile. "Chad, I don't want this to be a huge affair. I just want you, me, and our friends and family watching us exchanges our devotion and love for each other."
Sending a strange look in my direction, Chad shook his head. "Am I hearing this correctly? Gabriella Montez doesn't want a huge affair."
Laughing a little, I nodded. "All I want is you and me up there in front of everyone speaking for our hearts."
Pulling into the shopping center and pulling into a parking spot, Chad got out and helped me out before pulling me close to his chest. "Have fun and I love you. Meet me out here after you're done."
Nodding, I stood on my tip toes and kissed him again. "I love you too. Don't go too overboard."
Grinning the smile I fell in love with, I pushed away and started towards the bridal shop.
"Ms Montez, it's a pleasure to see you again." The overly excited saleswoman escorted me into the shop as I smiled.
"Afternoon, Sheryl. I'm here to do the final fitting on the dress." Dropping my purse on the counter, I grinned excitedly at the saleswoman.
"That's right. I have your dress all ready in Dressing Room 2. Why don't you go put it on and we'll make any last minute adjustment." Sheryl pointed in the back as I nodded.
Grabbing my purse, I walked in and saw the gown I had picked knowing Chad was going to love it. The dress was a strapless A-Line gown that had beaded embroidery on the bodice and train. The one thing that drew me to the dress was the beaded long train.
After getting Cheryl to help me zip up the back, I stood on the platform and slowly turned while looking in the mirror.
"Your fiancé is going to love the dress." Cheryl mumbled while watching me twirl.
Hearing my cell phone chime, I walked over to where my purse was and grabbed it. An amused look appeared on my face as I flipped open the phone.
"OMG Girl what are you doing?" Taylor screeched as I pulled the phone away and winced at not being able to hear anymore.
"I'm actually standing here having the final fitting of my dress." Hearing her gasp, I shook my head.
"It's really going to happen isn't it? In less a month, you're going to be Mrs. Danforth." Taylor gushed as I smiled.
"So you're reason for calling?" Shaking my head and knowing she would talk my ear off, I had to get to the point.
"I just wanted to see what you were up to later. The girls and I were thinking of meeting for dinner and then having a girls' night." Taylor quickly said.
"Um . . . I'm hanging out with Chad until 4 so we could do it after that. Where are we meeting?" Gazing out the window, I smiled seeing Chad walk towards his SUV.
"I'll call you back and let you know the details." Taylor quickly said as I smiled.
"All right. I'll be waiting. Bye Taylor." I hung up the phone before looking at Cheryl.
"I think it looks good Ms. Montez. I'll call you as soon as it's ready to be picked up." Cheryl exclaimed as I smiled.
"Thanks." Going to change out of the dress, I placed it back in the bag before taking it over to Cheryl.
Thanking her again, I headed out the door and walked towards Chad's car. When I pulled the door open, his face brightened at the sight of me standing in front of him.
"Well hello there babe. How did your dress fitting go?" His eyes rose as I got into the spacious SUV.
"It went. We had to make some alterations but Cheryl promised the dress would be ready." Watching his head bob up and down caused me to laugh.
His eyes showed confusion before I looked at him. "Who's Cheryl?"
Giggling a little, I shook my head at the question. "She's the saleswoman and the seamstress." Chad's lips formed in the shape of an 'o', causing me to laugh even more.
"So what are our plans for the rest of the day?" I asked once my laughing had settled down.
"Well . . . Did you want to go back to the house? Or we could go and get a bite to eat." Chad suggested as I smiled at him.
"Well, lets get some lunch. Taylor called me a bit ago and asked if I wanted to do a girls night with her and the rest of our gang of girls." I told Chad as he began to pull out of the parking lot.
"Ok. Maybe I'll order myself a ton of pizza tonight, and eat all of it. "I giggled as I looked over at Chad. He had never been fat, but he could surely inhale a pizza in a matter of minutes.
"Just remember, that tuxedo still has to fit when our wedding day rolls around . . ." I paused, Chad's eyes widely open "And if it doesn't, you're sleeping in the dog house on our honeymoon."
He just smiled and shook his head as he continued to drive. Pulling into the driveway of our new house, he pulled the SUV to a stop before we got out and walked inside. Chad and I had found a little house both of us had managed to fall in love with. It was a three bedroom house with a spacious backyard and a large in ground pool in the backyard.
Our chocolate lab, Rocky met us at the door as Duchess barked from her kennel. Chad had gotten me him for our six month anniversary.
"I'm coming mommy's princess." Knowing Chad was rolling his eyes as I walked closer to my dog's kennel.
"Gabi she's a dog; she doesn't understand you." After letting the dog out, I turned and glared at him. "She understands me enough. By the way, who was talking to Rocky earlier this morning?"
Rolling his eyes, he turned and walked towards the kitchen as I gave Duchess the attention she sought. Rocky and Duchess were on my heels as I made my way through the kitchen to the backyard. Opening the door, I walked onto the balcony and looked at the spacious backyard.
Walking down the steps, my feet met the patio as I walked around the edge of the pool. Making sure the dogs were still in the fenced in backyard, I sat down and place my feet in the warm water of the pool.
"Rocky!" I called with a playful voice before he trotted over to where I was sitting. "Leave Duchess alone."
He just panted as I rubbed the fur around his neck as he lay down with his head on my lap. I continued to rub him as the silence of the backyard.
"Gabi?" Hearing Chad's worried voice caused me to look back. "You out here?"
Smiling and hearing the concern in his voice, I called back. "Yeah I'm out here with the dogs. Come on out."
Hearing the door open before seeing his body appear, I smiled. He came by me and took a seat next to me before taking my hand into his. Leaning over he kissed me gently before pulling back grinning.
"What are you thinking about?" Chad's question pulled me out of my little world.
"Thinking about in a month we're going to be husband and wife. That's a big step; don't get me wrong, I'm ready for it but it's still the biggest thing in my life." I admitted looking over at him.
Squeezing my hand, he looked at me with a sympathetic smile on his face. "Gabi I'm just as scared as you. It's going to be hard going from being a bachelor doing my own thing to be a husband where I have to check everything out with you."
My jaw dropped as those words came out of Chad Danforth's mouth. "Is that how you feel? You're going to have to check everything out with me?"
"Gabi . . ." Pulling out my name, I stood up and looked at him.
"If that's how you feel, Chad Danforth, then you can marry yourself in a month."
Turning so my hair flipped I stalked through the kitchen, grabbing my purse before stalking out to my little Camry. Getting in, I turned the engine over before tearing out of the driveway towards the direction of the unknown.
I let my foot and hands led the car to where ever I was going. Sighing loudly I found myself in a familiar driveway. I got out of the car before walking towards the door. Ringing the doorbell, the door was thrown open a minute later.
The surprise look on the homeowner's face made my smile disappear. "I didn't know where else to go."
Kelsi's face softened at the sight of me. "It's all right sweetheart. Come on in."
"Jase we have company." Leading me into the living room, she sat me down at Jason and their daughter, Isabella came trailing behind her father.
"Hi Aunt Gabi." Bella took her thumb out of her mouth for a minute to smile at me.
"Hi Bella. How are you doing?" Giving the girl a quick hug, she smiled brightly.
"Good; daddy let's go." Holding onto Jason's hand, Bella tried to pull her dad towards the kitchen.
"Hold on Bella. Let me talk to Aunt Gabi for a minute." He sat down across from me next to Gabi before looking at me with concern in his eyes.
"What's wrong Gabi?" Noticing the worry in their eyes, made me shake my head.
"Chad and I got into it. We were talking before he made a comment." Rolling my eyes, I wiped the tears that had managed to escape.
Kelsi and Jason both sat there staring at me before Jason got up and walked over to me. Engulfing me in a hug, his arms tight around my fragile body, I broke down and cried into his arms, hearing the soft words that Kelsi and him were whispering to me.
"Come here. Let's go into the study and talk." Jason said, standing up with me and taking me by the wrist, lightly pulling me with him.
Jason lightly shut the door behind him, walking me over to the couch as we both sat down. I took a deep breath, knowing Jason was going to want to know what was going on.
"Jason, I don't know. I don't think I can do this anymore. What if I'm not made for getting married to Chad? I mean, it was only two years that Troy died. What if I haven't completely moved on?" I managed to squeeze out in one breath, which surprised me.
Jason looked at me, a smiled twitching at the sides of his lips. "Gabi, what are you talking about?"
"I just don't know Jason . . ." My voice trailed off when Jason interrupted me.
"Gabi, this happens to every couple. You're just scared, and you have every right to be. We all know that you're making the right choice though. You two were meant for each other, it's obvious."
I smiled lightly at Jason before wrapping my arms around him. "Thank you Jason, I don't know what I'd do without you."
"You'd be running to Ryan with advice instead of me. You know if Troy was still here, and is something ever happened with the two of you, he would be happy you chose Chad. Troy's standing up in Heaven very happy for the two of you." Jason trailed off.
Nodding my head, I looked over at him. "I know. I still miss him. I don't think I'll ever stop loving him."
"No one expects you to, Gabi. He's always going to be with you, wherever you go. Troy was and still is your first love; it's natural to love him."
A couple of tears managed to drip down my face as I hastily wiped them away. "What do I do now, Jase? I can't face Chad because of a stupid fight."
"If you need to, stay here for a little bit just to collect your thoughts. Go chit chat with Kelsi or something. If Chad comes over, I won't let him in until you're ready to see him." Loving the fact that Jason was still acting like my big brother caused me to smile brightly.
"Thanks Jason. You've been a great friend especially these last few years."
"Troy would kill me if I let anything happen to you. Since he can't be here, I'm taking his role." Flashing me a grin, Jason laughed as I joined in.
"Speaking of Troy, there's one place I need to go." Standing up, I collected my purse and headed for the door.
"You sure Gabi?" He looked for the uncertainly that had always been in my eyes.
"I haven't had a good heart to heart with him in a while. He needs to hear this." Nodding his head, Jason pulled me in a hug before releasing me.
"Remember Gabi, there are tons of people here who love you. Don't ever forget that."
"I won't Jase. Thanks for everything." Smiling once more, I walked down the sidewalk towards my car.
Pulling out of the driveway, I headed to the one place I knew I could always be safe.
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