Okay so the first of a series of time jumps, this one is where I will reveal the babies sex and the names. I have put a bunch of consideration into the names so I hope you like them. Before I start though I want to thank Spotty37 and Vanillasundae20 I love all your reviews but these two especially made my writing easier. Hope you love this chapter.
2 Months Later
Charlie's POV
I am officially the fattest bride ever! Here I am at my finial dress fitting and my 5 month old baby bump pretty much needs a dress of its own. Everybody keeps saying it is because I am five months preggers with twins, but I don't care i look so fat, but I do look pretty good in my wedding dress. The final preparations for the wedding had been really simple and everything was taken care of. My bridesmaids looked beautiful in their lavender dresses, Brax had made it to every suit fitting and the weather was going to be perfect, what more could I ask for. I was now on my way to the restaurant in Yabbie Creek, Brax had done the business side and had set it all up, but he still does not know what I have decided to name it. Today was the official opening of the restaurant and Saturday would be the opening for the nightclub; it was in about 30minutes that Brax would find put the name, along with everybody else that would be coming. I looked at the clock, 5:00pm, I don't know why but I was super nervous, I was nervous that nobody would turn up even though we had reservations already booked and we had invited most of our friends it was still nerve raking. I arrived at the restaurant and walked up to the store front, perfect everything was perfect. From the polished door handles to the sheet covering the name of the restaurant, this was just how I had imagined it.
"I was wondering where you got to, thought you had run away." Brax said coming up to me from behind, and pulling me into him.
"Nah just got held up that's all, how is everything inside all up to scratch?"
"Perfect, there is not an inch of dust, not a mark on the glasses and every seat has been clean and every table shined, it is perfect baby, no thanks to you. It can't have been easy."
It was true I had spent every waking hour of the past two months preparing for this day/night, but I wanted it to be perfect for Brax' sake. Whilst he dealt with the staff and the paperwork, I had the interior stripped and refitted all in two months and I was glad to have it over and done with. Now with the restaurant open Brax and I would work side by side managing Angelos and the new restaurant. I had a crash course in rostering and learnt how to do all the paperwork. Brax would of course help me, but I wanted him home more often so we had also built a home office where we could work from home after the babies were born.
"It was tiring but im glad we did it, im so amazed by this and im so excited."
"Yeah I think they are pretty excited too." He said pointing over his shoulder. I looked over and saw a whole herd of people. I saw Ruby and Casey, Irene and Colleen, Heath and Bianca, April, Dex, Romeo and Indi, and Marilyn, Roo, Alf and of course last but not least Cheryl. We had invited our closet friends and family, and ruby had invited some of hers, we had to spread the word somehow. It had been my idea to invite Cheryl, me and her had become closer these past couple of months. She had given me some advice on pregnancy and she had started working for Brax, she had actually surprised me. Then as I looked around, I saw a heap of strangers that I had never met before, but clearly Brax had. Apparently they were from Mangrove River. Brax was excited about that. The rest of the people were just people from Yabbie Creek, it was then that I knew that we had a full house tonight.
"Thank-you for coming tonight, it really means a lot to us, we hope you do enjoy our hospitality. As you can see there are a lot of people here tonight, so we ask you to bear with us. Each one of you will be served an exquisite meal tonight, however some will be served earlier than others, but we will endeavour to do our best. Thank you again for coming tonight." Brax said with a round of applause from the crowd.
"Hi, um, well most of you know Brax and I and will know how much this means to us, we thank you. And without further ado I would like to welcome you all to," I grabbed the piece of rope and pulled the sheet from the restaurant's name, "Blood and Sand. Please enjoy your night tonight." Brax and I walked into the restaurant hand in hand and waited for the staff to be ready in place.
"Blood and Sand, baby it's perfect I love it, thank you so much."
"no problem babe, I thought it was you all over." I said giving him a quick kiss, "are you ready?" He gave me a quick nod and we opened the doors. Leaving the seating to our staff Brax and I walked upstairs where we had made sure only our friends and family would be seated. As we walked up I admired the decoration in the restaurant. On one wall there was an amazing mural of the beach where Brax enjoyed surfing, the room had 60 tables and chairs to match, the chairs were white leather to match the pale blue table cloths. There was a light piano sound in the background which would help to put the guests at ease. This floor had its own bar which was fully stocked and the kitchen was also on this level. The kitchen was state of the art with all stainless steel and it even had a food elevator where food could be sent up to the upper floor. The floor also had sound proofing in it as to ensure the music form the night club would not distract any late diners. The upstairs area was just as beautiful. It also had a mural of the beach but this one was of a calmer beach were you could just sit and think. My kind of beach. The room also had the same tables and chairs, but could only hold 30 as this room was also smaller; this room also featured my office. Once everyone had found their seats Brax and I stood at the front of the room and addressed our friends and family.
"Thank-you everyone who came tonight, it really does mean a lot to us, tonight we also have another surprise. We invited you guys because we wanted you to be the first to see our new restaurant but also because we wanted you to know that Brax and I are expecting a boy and a girl." I started.
"that's right, I am going to be a dad for the first time to a boy and a girl, I have the most beautiful new restaurant and nightclub and the best fiancé, life couldn't get much better." Brax said, I giggled a little but continued with the speech.
"We also wanted to reveal what we are going to name our children, so you can all stop calling them, 'them'. Okay so our baby girl is called, Elloise Charlotte Braxton and our little boy will be Chase Darryl Braxton. So from now on everybody here is to call them by their names." I said laughing. It felt so good to let everybody know what I was having, I loved this, and I loved my children. We settled down to eat some dinner and everybody congratulated us on choosing the perfect names. We ended the night greeting our downstairs guests and thanking them all personally for coming. By the end of the night I was definitely extremely tired and Brax took me home to bed, today was a success, and in less than a week I was getting married, I couldn't be more happier than I am right now.
Well thats it for this chapter, I hope you like the names, at first I was going to name them Mia Charlotte Braxton and Chase Darryl, but after a suggestion I changed Mia to Elloise, which I think is a beautiful name. I hope you like it, I really like this story, mainly for all the fans input and I try to put all your suggestions in because you all only make my writing better. Thank you so much, next chapter is the wedding and will be up within the week sometime. Happy reading and please review. XxX
