Only five more to go.

Chapter 25

Mackenzie pulled up to the Cena house and saw her Aunt's car parked in the driveway. She smiled glad that the two older women were getting along famously. She parked her car and found her way inside where Carol and Lacey were talking over coffee.

"Mackenzie, dear, you're early…" Carol got up and greeted her with a warm hug and a kiss.

"I couldn't sleep much more this morning; the boys went to town on my bladder…" She smirked putting a hand on her stomach.

They sat down getting her some tea, and started talking; Lacey started gushing about Raffael's.

"It's the perfect location," She smiled brightly.

"I saw the pictures and I fell in love with it, I'm just lucky that you were able to pull some strings there," She grinned.

"Anything for you, you know that…"

"Yeah, when I told John how much it was going to be he didn't even flinch. He handed me a check and said go for it…" She laughed.

"So he's been pretty good about this whole wedding thing, huh?" Carol asked carefully.

"He has," She nodded her head feeling the boys kick repeatedly. "Oh god, not again…" She muttered.

"What's wrong?" Lacey asked.

"They're kicking me in the ribs, kicking me in the spleen…" She moaned adjusting herself in the chair.

Both of the elder woman put hands to her stomach, moving them around slightly feeling the babies kicking freely in their mother's womb. All talk about the wedding halted as they fawned over the swollen stomach of the young woman.

"The boys weren't offended by the fact that John chose Randy to be his best man, were they?" Mackenzie asked out of the blue. Her gaze had settled on a picture of the five boys together.

"No, they understand completely, they're just glad they're all in it…" Carol smiled over at her. "So the girls are all meeting us at your house at twelve tomorrow, right?" She asked.

"Yeah, and then we can go pick out the dresses for them to wear," She smiled briefly before glancing over at her Aunt. "I'm not crazy for getting married outside in January, in Massachusetts am I?" She asked with a silly grin on her face.

"No way, you'll only be outside for an hour tops… and that's it…" Lacey shook her head. "Perfectly normal,"

The girls headed to Raffael's, after the hour and a half drive they were greeted by the woman that had been in contact with all three women over the last few weeks. Her name was Lorna Fitzgerald, she had an old English accent, and her age was apparent by the wrinkles around her eyes and mouth.

They all exchanged hellos and introductions and Lorna showed them to the Gazebo where the ceremony would actually be taking place. She explained where the chairs would go, how they would decorate it with the floral arrangements and then have everyone ushered in where they'd have a cocktail hour while the bride and groom and bridal party were taking pictures.

Then they were directed in to the large ball room where the dance floor was laid down in the middle showing Mackenzie, Carol and Lacey how the floor would be set up, where the DJ booth would go and back to the double kitchen in the back for the caterers.

"Have you chosen a caterer yet?" Lorna questioned as she looked up at them.

"We're in between two at the moment," Carol stated looking over at Mackenzie who rolled her eyes. Everything had gone ideally for the short-notice wedding, except for the catering. "But we'll know for sure by this Saturday, correct?" She asked looking at her future daughter-in-law.

"Yes," She nodded.

"Alright, fantastic, just give me a ring with the details," Lorna stated as she showed the women upstairs where the men and women would get ready.

They wrapped it up by taking a tour of the rest of the property and Mackenzie stepped away when her phone began to buzz wildly in her purse. She smiled and answered it seeing her future-husband's name blinking on the screen.

"Hey babe," She answered.

"How's my favorite girl?" He asked with a small smile dancing on his lips.

"Fantastic, I just got done touring Raffael's with your mom and Aunt Lacey…" She stated her tone showing her obvious excitement.

"That's good to hear, is it as gorgeous as it is in the pictures?" He asked knowing that she fell in love with the place just from the pictures she had seen.

"Even more beautiful…" She retorted her tone dream-like.

"Well then it was definitely worth the extra money for it, don't you think?" He asked her.

"Yes," She nodded her head as she waddled to the car with Lacey and Carol. "We're about to hit the road to get back home, I'll call you later, ok?" She questioned.

"Yeah, I'll be in the ring around 9 or so…" He let her know.

"Ok, I'll make sure to call before then, I love you"

"I love you, too…" A small smile appearing on his face just hearing her tell him this.

They said goodbye and Lacey helped Mackenzie in to the car, they stopped off to grab something to eat when Mackenzie's phone buzzed again. She looked down and her brows furrowed together at the unfamiliar number blinking at her.

She lifted a shoulder and answered it, figuring that it was someone who had something to do with the wedding she was planning. She rolled her eyes hearing the name of the person on the other line.

"Look, you can either tell me you can get it or I can tell you to get lost, ok?" She yelled in to the phone. "No I'm not going to calm down… who the hell do you think you're talking to?" Her face started to turn red with anger as she started rattling off numbers, "And 30 is the number of weeks that I have been pregnant, so don't fucking give me that shit…" She hung up the phone and looked over at John's mom and her Aunt.

"I'm guessing that was one of the caterers?" Carol laughed at the fuming brunette.

"Yes, you can cross Les Croix off of the list…" She said calmly.

Carol laughed and pulled out her phone to talk to the last catering company, she spoke to them briefly and hung up the phone, "We're going to need another option," Carol stated.

"Are you kidding me?" She asked them.

"They picked up a catering job because they didn't know if we were going to use them…" Carol rolled her eyes.

"This is fucking terrible," She moaned sitting back in her chair and rubbing her stomach. "I hate everyone right now," She felt her emotions being toyed with and wanted to cry.

"Let me try and make a few calls," Lacey stated getting up and walking out of the room.

After what seemed like countless phone calls and one long trip back to Boston, they were still unable to find a caterer available for the wedding. Mackenzie called John and got his voicemail. Only ten minutes later he called her back.

"I want to roll over and die," She complained before saying hello to him.

"Hello to you too…" He laughed shaking his head. "What's wrong?" He asked.

"The fucking caterers John… I want to kill all of them…" She bitched. "I cursed one out, and the other booked last minute…"

"Have you tried anywhere else?" John asked.

"Aunt Lacey called everyone she could think of, NO ONE is available THAT day… argh!" She yelled angrily.

"Calm down, let me go talk to Vince see if he might be able to pull some strings…"

Mackenzie happily obliged by letting him go, and talking to Vince. She was happy to see his name blinking on her phone an hour later. She answered trying to mask her happy tone, knowing that her surrogate father would come through.

"So?" She asked.

"He said not to worry about it; he's got the rest of this wedding taken care of. He's already called Raffael's the caterer, the DJ and waiters and waitresses, and an event coordinator to decorate for the day… so we won't have to worry about a thing…"

"Oh my god," Her mouth fell open; she figured he'd pull some strings, but those were some major strings. She felt like crying. She pulled her body pillow in to her lap and squeezed it. "That is such good news, baby…" She smiled at the thought.

"Isn't it… so you have nothing to worry about except getting your dress and the girls' dresses tomorrow…" John stated. "Did you take my credit card?" He asked.

"No, I can pay for my own dress…" She pouted crossing her arms over her chest.

"Mack, I told you to let me handle the expenses…" He stated with a huff.

"Hey, I make damn good money, and it's my wedding too…" She argued back.

"That's not the point…" John retorted.

"It is the point, in 10 days this will be both of our money, so it doesn't even really matter…" She grinned.

John laughed and sighed, "You're a pain in my neck…"

"But you love me," She smooched on the other side. "I'm going to call your mom and Aunt Lacey, I'll talk to you later babe…"

"Ok, I love you…"

"Love you!" She replied back before hanging up with him.

She picked up the phone and three-way called her Aunt and John's mom. She let them in on what Vince had done for them and they were just as grateful as she was. Now they only had a few more things to worry about and before they knew it John and Mackenzie would be married.

By eleven o'clock the next day all of her bridesmaids were standing in her living room waiting for her to waddle down the stairs so that they could go dress shopping. She took the last step and Sam handed her the large bag.

"I put two bottles of water in there for you and some snack bars… I know we'll probably be there awhile so I wanted to make sure that you didn't get dehydrated or hungry…" Sam stated with a small smile.

"Oh my god, do you know what a God send you are?" Mackenzie asked with a small grin on her face. "You are all God sends to me…" She felt herself tearing up at the thought. "Oh God I'm going to cry again… I need to stop this…" She laughed wiping her eyes.

"It's just some water and snacks Mack, no big deal." Sam laughed at her friend.

"I know, but you guys are great… I don't know what I would do without you," She sniffled.

"Those damn pregnancy hormones…" Stephanie laughed rubbing her baby bump, she wiped at her own eyes.

The girls all got in Mackenzie's SUV and drove to the bridal shop that Mackenzie had picked out. The girls went through dresses and were catered on by every attendant in the store after they recognized who the girls were.

After trying on eighteen dresses that she just couldn't like on her the cashier spoke with one of the attendants who nodded their head and went in to the back coming out with a very beautiful dress. She handed it to Mackenzie who went in to the changing room and tried it on.

She came out and tears were falling from her eyes, "I think this is it…" She whispered.

She let her hands run down the soft fabric and looked up to meet the eyes of her best friend who was shedding tears of her own. She walked up to Mackenzie and threw her arms around her, as the two girls hugged each other.

"You're right… this is it…" She nodded her head.

"Oh Steph, don't do this…" Mackenzie sniffled. She looked at her other girls and waved them up here, "C'mon damn it, I want to get this out…" She laughed as all the girls came over and gave her a huge group hug.

The attendant smiled and waited for the girls to part, "So… this is it?" She asked carefully.

"Yeah, now… let's get something for my girls here…" She pointed to the group of girls and smiled.

"I'm thinking something with an empire waist, to match your dress…" The attendant mused. "And because you're maid of honor is pregnant, that will work best…" She nodded her head. "What color were you going with again for your colors?" She asked.

"Plum," Mackenzie stated smiling at the girls. "And don't forget we need them this weekend…" She pointed out.

"Oh, that quickly?" The woman asked.

"Yes, I'm getting married on the 13th, what ever the extra charge is, don't worry… we need these rushed…"

The woman wrote something down and came back with several dresses. They tried them on and Mackenzie let the girls try on the dresses and discuss which ones they liked, and felt more comfortable in. She smiled seeing them all come in and out model the same dress and talking about it.

They were down to the last one and Mackenzie knew that it would be the winner as soon as Stephanie came out of the room. She watched as Kace emerged next looking completely beautiful in hers as well.

"I think this is it you guys," Angie yelled as she came out sporting the same dress but in a light pink color.

"I have to agree," Marissa grinned as she came out in a navy blue one.

"You guys look amazing," Mackenzie nodded.

"Consensus?" Sam asked looking around.

They all agreed that this was the dress, and Mackenzie placed the order and paid for all of their dresses, the fees, and anything else that she needed to go with her dress. They left the shop smiling as they got in to the SUV and Mackenzie grinned.

"I'll pick up the dresses, we're having them shipped to Missouri and we're all going to be at New Year's Revolution, right?" She asked.

"Yes ma'am…" She nodded.

"Great, we'll try them on and I'll have a seamstress come back so that we can make sure we get everything done by the day of the wedding.

"We could have paid for the dresses you know…" Marissa stated looking at the bill and then back at Mackenzie.

"No, this is way too short notice to have you pay for anything, are you kidding me?" Mackenzie shook her head. "I wouldn't allow for it…"

"You're too sweet…" Sam hugged her from behind her seat.

"The best," Kace grinned in agreement.

The girls talked the entire way home and decided on some virgin daiquiris when they arrived back at the Cena house. They made the virgin drinks and sat back on the porch talking about everything under the sun.

The next day Sam and Mackenzie were on a plane to Missouri for the Pay Per View that Sunday. They were joined by Kace who had taken a liking to Sam, after she tried hard not to like her for 'taking' away her best friend. The three girls had a fun day of shopping while waiting for the WWE Roster to show up. John and Mackenzie were going to get a hotel room, but Sam and Randy refused to let them do that.

"You guys are staying with us, and that's final…" Randy shook his head wrapping his arms around his future wife.

"You're hard headed, you know that?" Mackenzie asked taking a bite out of her taco.

"Yeah, but that's why you love me," Randy grinned at her.

"And it's a shame I let you know that…" She shook her head and John and Sam laughed at the pair.

"You two are like brother and sister, it's hilarious…" John scooped up a mouth full of rice.

"Very entertaining…" Sam agreed.

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