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Learning to Breathe

Chapter 14

A Wedded Affair

This morning there was word of Kaelyn and Chuck having some problems and they apparently were. After school it appeared that Kaelyn was ready to end it all with Chuck. She starting breaking up with him telling him she was tired of all the drama and that Ian was the person for her, but then there was the biggest twist of everything, Chuck proposed to Kaelyn and of course she said yes. So now I guess we are having a wedding coming up here in the Upper East Side and I for one have my dress ready for the party.

XOXO

Gossip Girl

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Kaelyn was nearly floating on air as she walked around the apartment glowing. She had gone from a morning of despair to an evening of pure joy and happiness. Walking into the kitchen she grabbed a banana from the bowl of fruit that sat on the counter. As she walked into the living room the door was opening and Serena walked in followed by Lily and as soon as Serena spotted Kaelyn she ran to her and grabbed her into a hug.

"Is it true?" Serena asked happily.

"Yeah." Kaelyn responded with a squeal of delight.

"Is what true?" Lily then asked standing by the door looking extremely confused. "All I know is Serena got a call in the cab and she has been itching to get home to see you."

"Well…" Kaelyn started with a grin from ear to ear. "I'm getting married."

"Married?" Lily questioned starring at her niece in disbelief.

"Married." Kaelyn responded as she held out her left hand reviling the beautiful diamond ring.

"Oh my." Was all Lily managed as she walked to her niece and looked at the huge rock on her hand. "Do you think you are ready?" she then asked.

"More than." Kaelyn said happily.

"As long as you are sure about this I can't tell you otherwise." Lily then said.

"Thanks you Aunt Lily." Kaelyn said happily giving her aunt a hug.

"Yay!" Serena said then hugging Kaelyn again. "So you have to tell me everything." Serena said happily.

"Alright." Kaelyn said as both girls walked towards Kaleyn's bedroom.

That night Kaelyn couldn't sleep for an entirely different reason than the night before. She was too happy to sleep. The entire night she looked at the ring on her finger and couldn't believe that it was all happening like this. It was funny to her how he knew that she was lying about wanting to be with Ian, but in the moment it was the only thing that she could think of to convince him to let her go, but she knew that he really loved her because he wasn't letting go for anything. There were only two more months of school and then it was going to be time to get ready to leave for college.

It was Saturday and Kaelyn had already planned to spend the day with Chuck. Leaving the apartment she walked down to her favorite newsstand that was right next to the café she always would get a bagel at. Getting two bagels she looked at the magazines on the newsstand and picked up a copy of Weddings Magazine.

"Hey Joey how much?" she asked the owner of the stand.

"Four bucks." Joey answered in his thick New York accent.

"All take this one and one more." She said as she handed him a ten and he handed her back two dollars. For her second one she picked up a copy of Bride. She put both magazines into her tote before walking up the street.

Making her way to the hotel she made it up to her destination. Knocking on the door Chuck opened and smiled at her. "I come with bagels." Kaelyn said holding up the white bag in her hand.

"Great." He responded before giving her a quick kiss and closing the door behind her. Kaelyn walked to the couch and sat down putting the bagels on the coffee table. She then pulled out her magazines. "Getting a head start are we?"

"Of course." Kaelyn responded as he sat down next to her. She moved and leaned against him. "I want to get married soon."

"How soon?" he asked.

"As soon as we can." She responded.

"We can go to city hall right now." He then said with a smirk.

"No not that soon." She laughed before turning to him and kissing him quickly. "Just soon."

"Like before college soon?" he asked.

"Yeah." She responded as she flipped through the magazine landing on a picture of a beautiful dress.

"After graduation and before college how about July." He then said.

"July, hmm. A couple weeks in. How about July 18th." She said happily.

"July 18th it is." He said.

"Yay!" she squealed turning to him and kissing him fully on the lips. "This is the best day ever!"

A Date is Set

July is just around the corner and that is when the wedding will be. Invitations have already started going out for the engagement party and the actual wedding date has been announced on those invitations. Anyone who is anyone has been invited to the engagement party that will be at the Palace this coming weekend. It looks like we finally have a happy couple.

XOXO

Gossip Girl

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Kaelyn was so excited as she stood in a dressing room at Barney's trying on dresses for the party. She twirled around in front of the mirror looking at herself in the dress that she currently had on. She then stood and looked at herself in the beautiful simple yet elegant long navy blue dress. She finally smiled knowing it was the perfect dress. She pulled off the dress and put on the clothes she had worn to the store. The sales woman stood in the loft that was right outside of the dressing room and gave her a smile.

"This is it!" Kaelyn said happily as she turned to Jenny who sat on the couch waiting. Jenny stood and smiled.

"I will bag this for you. That will be 2069 dollars and 82 cents." The sales woman said. Kaelyn pulled her credit card from her purse and handed it to the sales woman who then walked out of the loft area.

"That is a beautiful dress." Jenny said happily to Kaelyn.

"I know. I'm so glad I convinced your dad to let you come with me." Kaelyn said as both girls exited into where the wedding dresses were.

"I know thanks so much." Jenny then said. She had been on lockdown since she got out of the hospital and she very seldom was let out to shop or any type of socializing.

"Well it is your duty as a bridesmaid." Kaelyn said as she looked through the racks of dresses. Everywhere she went that had wedding dresses Kaelyn always had to spend time looking at the dresses, but she had a custom fitting a few days after the party at an exclusive dress shop to help find her the perfect wedding dress.

"Alright ma'am here is your receipt and your dress." The sales woman said as she entered the wedding dress room with a garment bag containing Kaelyn's dress.

"Thanks so much." Kaelyn said happily as she was handed the bag. With it over her arm she and Jenny exited the store and out to where the limo was waiting for them. Getting inside they were now off to lunch and then to find shoes for Kaelyn's dress.

By the end of the day Kaelyn was exhausted from the day of shopping and fun with one of her best friends. She couldn't wait for Serena to come home to show her the dress, but Serena and Blair went to spend spring break in France with Blair's dad and his boyfriend. Most of break Kaelyn spent her time with Chuck or at home going through bridal magazines and books. Kaelyn sat on the couch and before she knew it she was fast asleep.

She then woke up to the sound of her cell phone. When it finished ringing was when she had finally reached it and she looked to see she had five missed calls all from Chuck. Kaelyn called him back to find out what was wrong if anything.

"Babe where are you?" Chuck asked concerned.

"At home I just woke up why?" Kaelyn asked.

"Well we were supposed to meet here at 7 for a 7:45 meeting with the wedding planner." He then said. "And it is already 7:25."

"Oh my I had come home and fallen asleep. I will be there in a few minutes." Kaelyn then hung up and hurried into her bedroom and into her closet where she pulled out a knee length dress. Running into the bathroom she took the quickly shower she can ever remember taking before rushing to put on her dress and her make up. She hurried out of the apartment and luckily she was able to quickly get a cab. It was 7:40 by the time she arrived at the hotel and she quickly paid the driver and hurried inside to the meeting room that they were using for all the meetings with the planner. As she hurried inside Chuck laughed.

"What?" Kaelyn then asked.

"You look so out of place." He noted as he stood and walked over to her. He moved her hair from her face and pulled at her dress to straighten it out. "Let me get you some water." He said as he walked out of the room and returned moments later with a glass of water. Kaelyn was now sitting in a chair sipping at her water and on time at exactly 7:45 the planner made it inside of the room and she gave a smile to the young couple.

"Hello so are we ready for business?" she asked as she sat down across from them and opened her folder and pulled out a pen.

"Yes." Kaelyn said happily.

"So the last time we spoke we talked about setting a guest list. Do you have a set number of people?" the planner asked.

"We decided on only 125 people to make it small and private." Chuck said as he held Kaelyn by the waist.

"Alright and did you come up with the color scheme since there was a discussion about that the last time." The planner looked at the couple.

"We are using burgundy and cream." Kaelyn answered.

"Alright good since we are planning this so fast we are doing everything in less than have the time I take to plan so I already have a cake testing set up for the two of you and a catering food tasting to pick a caterer." The planner said, "So has there been any looking for bridesmaid dresses?"

"I think I may have picked out a dress for them so we go next week to have them fitted." Kaelyn answered as she tried to now bounce in excitement.

The meeting went on for nearly an hour and after Kaelyn was even more excited for the wedding. The two of them made their way upstairs to Chuck's room to relax. Kaelyn sat Indian style on the bed flipping through the pile of wedding magazines she had compiled over the last couple weeks.

Chuck sat on the bed with her and started to kiss her neck. Kaelyn laughed and closed the magazine. His kissed moved down her collarbone and his hands worked to unzip her dress. He pulled the dress from her shoulders and let his slip down. He then moved to where he could lie her down on the bed an easily remove her dress. Their lips then met as Kaelyn unbuttons his shirt and moved her hands up his chest. The two of them became very rushed at removing the clothing that separated their bodies. Kaelyn helped her slip off the straps of her bra before she kicked off her panties and pulled off his boxers.

Waking up Kaelyn closed her eyes again as the sun was shinning bright through the windows. She felt a strong arm grip her tight and she tuned to where she was facing Chuck who smiled at her before kissing her.

"Good morning." Kaelyn said softly.

"Morning beautiful." He said as he moved a strain of her hair from her face before kissing her again. Kaelyn closed her eyes as he kissed her and she opened them and smiled at him when he moved away. Wiggling from his arms Kaelyn sat up in the bed with a single bed sheet covering her body.

"We have a few more things to take care of before the party tonight." Kaelyn said as she looked at the clock seeing it was already 10am. "Goodness I have a hair and nail appointment soon." She said as she jumped out of the bed with the sheet still around her. Rushing around she found her underwear and her dress. She also grabbed her purse and ran into the bathroom. Coming out of the bathroom she had pulled her hair back into a ponytail and put on some make-up.

"See you tonight I guess before the party?" Chuck asked.

"Yeah I am going to get dressed here so I will be here about 5 to just start getting ready." Kaelyn said as she made her way to the bed and bent down to give Chuck a kiss.

"Love you." He said against her lips.

"Love you and I will see you this evening." She said as she made her way to the door. Walking out of the room she quickly made her way out to get a cab and start getting ready for the engagement party.