Chapter 11
It was the night before the big day and Lulu and Dante wanted to spend the evening together. She had told him that she still wanted all the traditional stuff and that that meant she was going to be spending the night over at Maxie's. The thought of her not sleeping next to him that night was a little to much for him to think about, so he tried everything possible to get her to change her mind but she wouldn't budge.
'Come on baby, You know I don't sleep that well when you aren't by my side, I promise to be a good boy,' he told her walking up and sliding his arms around her waist.
Looking at him she smiled and laughed she loved it when he tried everything to get her to change her mind about things, most of the time it worked but this time is wasn't going to, she was staying true to her word. She looked at him and stared into his eyes. Those eyes of his could melt you into a puddle on the floor, he had a way that when he stared at Lulu she knew what he was thinking and feeling at the same time, she knew deep down that that's one of things that made her fall in love with him. 'His cheesy sayings' she thought to herself, laughing again. This time Dante had to speak up, 'Babe why are you laughing, did I say something that was funny?' he said to her jokingly. 'Your cheesy sayings…they are one of the reasons why I fell in love with you, and it never fails to amaze me that you can still keep coming up with them.' 'Well I try my hardest to win the woman's heart who got mine at first sight' he said smiling and couldn't contain the laughter any longer. He couldn't help himself around her. She loved the banter that they had before they were a couple and even throughout their relationship. It gave her the confidence she needed to lean on him and trust him, and with all that she ended up falling in love with her best friend.
She was getting ready to leave his loft, she had her overnight bag packed with all the things she needed for the big day tomorrow. Her dress was already over at Maxie's she knew that if she kept it at the loft, Dante would eventually cave and try to sneak a peek at it. 'Are you sure you don't want to stay the night, Lu, I promise to be a good boy!' he tried very hard to persuade her into staying but she wasn't budging at all, even through all the trails of kisses he was leaving on her neck and collarbone. She closed her eyes and kept saying, 'you can do this just walk away there will be time for this tomorrow night at the honeymoon' 'Honey I know what you are trying to do and it's not going to work, I want to do this the right way and that means I'm staying at Maxie's besides we will have the rest of our lives to do this' she told him. He bent his head down and decided he wasn't going to win this, it was going to be a long night without the woman he loves in bed with him, but she was right they would have the rest of their lives to do this. 'Fine, but before you leave I want to give you something.' he walked over and opened his top dresser drawer, buried underneath all of his clothes he pulled out a long black box, he wanted her to wear it tomorrow. 'I know that we agreed not to give each other anything before the wedding but this is something that I have had in that drawer waiting for the right time to give this to you.' he handed her the box, she looked at him, smiled, and then opened the box, she looked at the necklace and then at Dante, he seen that smile and was happy she liked it, 'I had this made for you, I want to tell you what it symbolizes.' he took the necklace out of the box and started to put it around her neck as he told her what it meant. 'I talked to your parents and asked them if they had anything that they saved from their marriage that they thought you might like, and they both gave me their wedding rings that they wore while they were married. I know your parents aren't together but that doesn't mean that our marriage is going to end up that way. Anyway, I went to the jeweler and asked him if he could melt the two rings together and put some of the diamonds in it and he said he could.' he kept his eyes on her the whole time, she started to cry, not sad tears, but happy ones, she never thought that he could get any better than he already was but he did, what he had made for her was absolutely beautiful, he continued to tell her about the ring, 'but not only is your parents rings melted together there is also a ring I picked out that I wanting in there. It was just a simple little silver band I picked out. Not only are your parents in there and the love that they shared but you have my love in there as well.' he caressed her checks wiping away the tears that were coming down. 'Dante, its beautiful and I'm never going to take it off, you are more than I ever dreamed of and I can't wait to spend my life with you.' she pulled him into a kiss and then with foreheads touching she whispered 'I Love You Dante.'
'Maxie!' she yelled, she was so excited to go show her friend what Dante did for her she couldn't help but yell. 'Maxie!" 'Ya Ya I'm coming, what's with all the yelling?' she looked down at Lulu's neck her eyes widened with the shine that it gave off. 'Whow! That is so pretty Lulu' 'Dante had it made for me,' she told Maxie what it symbolized and what he did to it. Maxie was really happy for her friend, she could tell that she was really in love this time.
'Okay Lulu that is absolutely awesome what he did for you,' she hugged her friend and looked at her again.
'What?' Lulu asked.
'Oh nothing it's just that I am really happy for you, and Dante is a great person once I got passed the whole undercover cop thing, he is really good for you Lulu'
'Aw, Maxie, thanks. Well It's getting late and Im going to go get some sleep.' and she with that she went off to her room and before her head hit the pillow she closed her eyes, and thanked God for bringing Dante into her life, and prayed that everything would go off as planned tomorrow.
Dante was sitting on his couch looking at the picture of him and Lulu, it was taken on their first date, the opera, he remember that night like it was yesterday, that was the first night that he knew he was falling in love with Lulu, she was breathtaking when he first saw her in that dress. It was after the opera when she was thanking him for the best date ever, that he knew. He never really felt like that about any other girl, ever. He loved being in love with her, it made him whole, like he was living for a purpose. His thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the elevator coming up, he looked over and when it opened out stepped Lucky, 'Hey man, how's the soon to be husband doin?' he asked him as he walked over to give Dante a half hug. 'A little nervous,' he said truthfully.
'Don't worry man, you will get through it I was nervous when I married Elizabeth for the first time, but when she walked down that isle it washed over me, you'll be fine.'
'Thanks man, so Lulu send you over here to check to see if I was okay?'
'No, I just thought I would come by to see if you needed any help tomorrow before we head to the church.'
'Na, man I think I'm good. Thanks for agreeing to be my best man, I would have asked Ronnie but since all that crap that happened with Franco, and knowing he was helping we don't talk anymore.'
'I'm honored to after all you are marring my sister and she has never been as happy as she is with you, Thank you for making her happy that's all I have ever wanted for her.'
'It wasn't easy you know! She does know how to put up a good fight when it came to trying to get her to go out with me.' he laughed. It was hard to get her to even be in the same room but as he would have said it, it was fate that brought them together.
'Well I will see you tomorrow at the church then.' Lucky said and then left.
'see ya then.' Dante then headed to bed thinking of all the ways he was going to show Lulu that he was going to be the best husband ever.
A/N
Tried to make this long since I won't be able to update or even consintrate on this next week. I will be at FCW. Hope you all liked this! Next update: The Wedding Day!
