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Chapter Twenty-Two
It has been a week since the construction of the gazebo and platform was completed, and now it was time to begin the planning of the Weddings.
Ishizu was outside looking at the structures thinking what she needed to complete them, when she heard her name, she turned around, and there was Joey.
She smiled as he walked over to her and he put his arm around her waist and pulled her to him, and he kissed her.
"What are you doing?" Joey asked.
She stood with her back against his chest, his arms were around her waist, and she said, "Just figuring what I have to do to make the gazebo look like the picture I saw in a magazine."
Joey kissed the side of her neck, she giggled, and he whispered, "Why don't you call Melinda and the others and ask them to come over and help you."
She sighed and said, "But they've helped me so much already, I don't want them to think that I can't do this myself."
Joey laughed and said, "Listen, they loved helping you and I know if you ask they'll come over and help you with this."
She turned around in his arms and wrapped hers around his neck and she kissed him, and she said, "I love you and can't wait till we're married."
Joey had to make his body relax because he was getting pretty excited after that kiss and he said, "Well, until we're married, you can't kiss me like that or I swear that I'll make love to you right here."
She giggled and kissed him again, and she tried to get away, but he held tight and then he said, "Woman, you're going to be the death of me yet."
They started laughing and about that time Odeon and Douglas came out to see what was keeping them and Joey laid his head against hers and whispered, "Please if you love me don't move, I don't want to advertise my condition."
Ishizu had to suppress the giggle that was forming deep inside and she said, "I promise not to move."
Joey groaned again, and Odeon knew what was wrong and he whispered to Douglas, "Let's go inside and give them some privacy."
Douglas also knew what was wrong, and he chuckled as he and Odeon went back inside. Joey sighed and then he said, "Alright we can go inside, but if you do that again, I'll put you over my knee and paddle your butt, is that clear?"
After they had gone inside, Joey went out to sit down in the living room with Odeon and Douglas and Ishizu picked up the phone and called Melinda.
Ishizu said, "Hi, I was wondering if you and the other women can come over tomorrow and help me some more. I really need to figure out someway to change the appearance of the gazebo to resemble a picture I found."
Melinda smiled as she listened to Ishizu and then she said, "We'd love to come over and help how about we come over around two o'clock?"
Tears filled Ishizu's eyes and she said, "That would be great, and thanks again, you all have helped me so much and I was a little afraid to ask you, but Joseph said that you'd all help me again."
Out in the living room Douglas said, "Having a little problem there?"
Joey wanted to double up his fist and sock that smile off his face, but instead he said, "We'd better get married soon, I don't know how much more I can take."
Odeon let out a belly laugh and he said, "Yep, he's got it really bad."
They all started laughing and when Ishizu come into the room she said, "What's so funny?"
That caused the men to laugh all the harder, and Odeon said, "Douglas was telling us something that happened to him once when he was growing up."
"Well can I hear it?" She asked.
They tried to stop laughing but couldn't and Douglas said, "No, it's not suitable to tell in the presence of a lady."
She smiled and then she sat down next to Joey and she said, "Melinda and the women are coming over tomorrow to help me, just like you said they would."
She then leaned over, gave him a kiss on his cheek, and said, "I guess I'd better go make a list of what I'd want to do."
She got up and as she did, she kind of squeezed Joey's leg, which caused him to flinch and the look he gave her, caused her to laugh, as she went to her room.
Odeon looked at Douglas and he said, "He sure has it bad, doesn't he?"
Joey growled and said, "How the hell do you two do it?
Odeon and Douglas nearly fell off the couch laughing when they heard what Joey said.
"What I meant to say, how do you two keep from wanting to, you know do it when either of you gets the other excited?"
Douglas said, "It's called letting your hands do the walking."
Joey burst out laughing then and he said, "I give up."
Odeon then said, "Take a deep breath, calm yourself and when you go home, well I think you get the idea."
Joey stood up and said, "Yes, I get what you mean." Then he shook hands with them and left to go home.
Douglas smiled at Odeon and he said, "Stop it this instant, go home before we do something to embarrass my sister for life."
Douglas laughed as he stood up and as he started towards the door, he started singing, "I like a man with a slow hand."
Odeon threw a throw pillow at him and as Douglas slammed the door shut, Odeon went to his bedroom.
The next day, Ishizu asked for the day off to plan the Weddings, and Mr. Phillips said, "Alright, but you'll have to work double tomorrow."
The look on her face made him laugh and he then said, "Just kidding."
She said, "You sound like that brother of mine."
Melinda and the other women came over, as Ishizu showed them the picture, and explained what she wanted to do.
Melinda took her purse and pulled out a planner and took a piece of paper and wrote down different numbers and handed one to each woman and said, "Call these numbers and let them know what we need, and see if they'll help us."
One by one, the numbers were called, and by five that afternoon, they not only got the florist and caterer to help, they even got them to do it for half price.
One thing that Ishizu wanted was to have some music for the people to dance to; she also wanted some lights installed for everyone to be able to see just in case it got late before they all left.
Melissa said, "Let me call Rich and see if his Uncle Ryan still has his Electrical Business and if he'll help us."
When she got off the phone she said, "Yes, we're all done, his Uncle is going to help us, but only if we save him a piece of cake."
Ishizu sat down and tears were streaming down her face, Melinda came over and asked, "Why the tears?"
Ishizu smiled as she wiped her face and said, "I'm going to marry Joseph and Odeon is going to marry Douglas."
The women all smiled at her and then they all began to cry because she was so happy.
The last piece of business was to order the Wedding Cake. Melinda told Ishizu, "My Cousin and her friend own a bakery and I know if I ask her she'll give you a good deal on the Wedding Cake."
Ishizu sat down and she said, "All of you have been so good to me, and all I can say is thank you for being here when I really needed friends."
Melinda went over, she sat beside Ishizu, and she said, "Honey, that's enough for us. We've loved every minute being here and helping you and Joey."
Donna then said, "That's what friends do, they help each other. And I'm glad to have made another friend."
The others all said, "That's right."
Melinda and the others took Ishizu to her cousin's bakery, Ishizu ordered the Wedding Cake, and as they were leaving to go back to her house, Ishizu said, "I'm really getting married aren't I?"
The others laughed and Linda said, "Yes, you're getting married to one hell of a great guy."
This is the morning of the Wedding, and Ishizu woke up early. She lay there in bed and tears filled her eyes as she realized that today she was going to become Mrs. Joseph Wheeler.
Odeon was already awake. He was so nervous that he couldn't sit down. He was pacing around the house when Ishizu got to the kitchen.
"Brother is you alright?" She asked him.
Odeon smiled at her and he said, "I'm just nervous that's all."
She went over to him and she gave him a hug and kissed his cheek and said, "So am I, but I'm also excited because today I'm marrying the man of my dreams."
Odeon hugged her and he said, "Yes you are and so am I."
Joey got up early and he was sitting outside on the step when Jack drove up. "What's wrong?" He asked Joey.
'Nothing just got a case of the jitters." Joey said.
Jack laughed and said, "I know where you're coming from. Hell I was the same way the morning I married Melinda, but it all changed when I held her in my arms, and kissed her."
Joey then asked, "What brings you over here so early?"
Melinda sent me over to make sure that you are alright." Jack said.
Joey said, "Come on in, got coffee in the kitchen."
Douglas sat there at the table and he wiped a tear from his face. Today he was going to marry the man who he loved more then life itself and he was nervous and excited at the same time.
Melinda and the women arrived at the Ishtar's to help make sure that all the finishing touches had been made and of course to help Ishizu get ready.
Douglas and Joey arrived at the same time, and as they walked to the front door carrying their tuxedos, Douglas said, "Congratulations for marrying the most generous and loving woman I've ever know."
Joey thanked him, and then he knocked on the door and Linda opened it and she said, "Come on, you two need to get changed."
Amir had just brought Ishizu's Wedding Dress and his wife was trying to style Ishizu's hair but she couldn't get it to stay, so Donna said, "Can I try?"
After Ishizu had changed into her dress, Donna fixed her hair and as Ishizu looked at herself in the mirror, tears filled her eyes when she saw just how beautiful she really was.
Odeon was in his room changing, while Joey and Douglas were changing in another room. "I don't understand why we have to be in here when Odeon's room is so much bigger?" Douglas said.
Just then there was a knock on the door, Jack came in, and he whistled as he saw Joey and Douglas in their tuxedos, and he said, "You both clean up really good don't you?"
That seemed to break the tension in the room and Joey and Douglas started laughing and then Jack said, "Melinda said that you two were suppose to go out to the gazebo and wait."
When she was ready, there was a knock on the door and when Donna answered it, she smiled. There stood Odeon and he looked handsome in his tuxedo.
"Is my sister ready?" He asked.
Donna smiled and let him in. Then Amir, his wife and Donna left the room and went out to where the guests were seated.
Ishizu turned around and when Odeon saw her in that dress, tears filled his eyes as he said, "You are so beautiful in that dress."
She went over to him, kissed his cheek, and said, "You're not so bad yourself."
They laughed and then they heard the music and Odeon said, "I'm guess we're walking each other down the aisle."
He offered her his arm, they proceeded to go out the back door, there was a long white runner from the back door to the gazebo, he smiled at her, and they began walking to where Joey and Douglas were standing.
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