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Lacy here kids with the second chapter of wedding planning for LEC. I'm telling ya, this is the second wedding I've planned for a story or series and all I can say is I'm going to Vegas when I want to get married. So we've got dress shopping, tux fittings, final pick for where the wedding will be, invitation picking and sending out. Dear pearls, I want to go to Vegas just writing this. Have fun!
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Disclaimer: So not mine.
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Emily slid her shoes on as there was a knock at the front door.
"Aaron, can you let your mother in please?" Emily asked her fiance, who was laying on the bed.
Aaron nodded and hopped off the bed, leaving the room. Anna was coming to pick Emily up so they could go dress shopping and Anna had a fitting for her dress. They'd picked out the maid of honor dress the first time they went out but Emily hadn't found anything that she liked.
"Are you ready Em?" Aaron asked coming back in the room.
Emily nodded as she grabbed her purse. "Yeah. Are Dad and Sean here as well?"
Aaron pulled Emily into his arms. "Yup and Matt is meeting us at the tux shop."
Emily smiled. "Now if I can find a dress today, everything will be right on schedule."
Aaron kissed her quickly. "When have our lives ever been on schedule?"
Emily laughed. "Good point."
Leaning up, she captured Aaron's lips again, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Gah! Guys, you'll have time for that later, like when you don't have people waiting."
The two broke apart to find Sean standing in the doorway, his hand clamped over his eyes.
"Oh it's not like you haven't seen us kiss before." Aaron said, pulling away from Emily but keeping a hold on her hand.
Sean waved his free hand. "Yeah, yeah, let's get going before Richard comes looking for us."
Turning to walk away, hand still over his eyes, Sean didn't see that he didn't turn far enough and before Aaron and Emily could warn him, the younger Hotchner walked right into the door frame. Catching himself before he fell, Sean moved his hand to his forehead.
"Ok, that hurt." he said. He turned, hearing snickers and found Emily and Aaron trying not to laugh. "I hate you both."
"Love you too Sean." Emily said as she moved passed him to leave the room with Aaron.
Aaron patted his brother's shoulder while shaking his head. Sean grumbled as he followed the two back to the living room where Anna and Richard were waiting.
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Emily sighed in frustration. "Oh Anna, this is useless. I'm never going to find a dress."
Anna pulled Emily over to a couch in the shop. "Close your eyes." Emily frowned but did as Anna told her. "Ok, now I want you to picture yourself and Aaron on the dance floor at your reception. Can you see that?"
Emily nodded. "Yeah, I can." she was smiling.
Anna smiled as well. "Alright, what are you wearing?"
Emily focused for a moment before opening her eyes. "I can see it."
"Then let's find it." Anna said.
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Aaron reached out and smacked his brother as Sean shifted again. "Stay still Sean."
Sean huffed. "I'm bad at staying still."
Matthew snorted. "Yeah, we noticed."
"Play nicely boys." Richard said from his place on the couch.
Sean looked at the older man. "Why don't you have to stand through this?"
Richard stood up. "Because, unlike you boys, I have more suits then I could ever need."
Aaron gave his soon to be father-in-law a look. "You really think Emily's going to let you get away with a suit from your closet for the wedding?"
Richard's shoulders dropped. "No, your bride-to-be has already made it clear I'm to have a new tux for the wedding."
Matthew laughed. "So much fun to see how one girl runs the lives of three men."
The other three looked at Matthew.
"Oh like you wouldn't do anything that Emily asked you to." Sean said.
Matthew just cleared his throat and looked away. The other three laughed. Richard looked at Aaron.
"So, getting nervous?" Richard asked.
Aaron smiled. "You know, strangely I'm not. I'm excited."
Richard nodded. "You're lucky. Most men, myself included, rethink the whole idea at least once or twice before the actual day."
"You had second thoughts about marrying the Ambassador?" Matthew asked.
"I wouldn't say second thoughts," Richard said. "but I was wondering if we were ready, if we were too young."
"What made you stop questioning?" Sean asked.
"Time." Richard said. "Time is really the only thing that can. I was still questioning for the whole first year of our marriage but once we made it through that first year, I figured we'd be ok."
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Anna smiled, feeling tears in her eyes as she looked at Emily in her dress. It had taken another hour and the sales woman looking in the back but they finally found the dress Emily could see herself in.
"It's perfect Emily." Anna said.
Emily looked down at herself. "You think so?"
Anna nodded. "Aaron won't know what to think."
Emily smiled as she faced the mirror. The dress was floor length in the back while the front came up to mid-calf. The top was a halter with a sweetheart neck line and the bust had royalty beading on it. The bottom of the dress had a red border while the main color was a shiny silver that made the dress look as if it flowed over Emily like water.
"This is it." Emily said softly. She turned back to Anna. "Go put yours on so we can make sure they're ready."
Anna headed back into the changing room and came out a few minutes later in her maid of honor dress. The dress was a nice deep red that went nicely with the red Emily picked for the wedding colors. The dress was held up with two straps that crossed at the throat before going straight down the back. It was an a-line skirt that stopped just below the knee and had waterfall beading on the bust. It also had a silver shawl that Anna held in her hands.
"I think dress shopping is officially finished." Anna said.
Emily smiled as she looked at both dresses. "I think you're right."
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Aaron looked in the mirror at his tux. The jacket and pants were black and the dress shirt was white. The vest was silver while the tie was red. The tuxes Sean and Matthew had gotten were the same, only their vests were red while their ties were silver.
"You clean up really well Aaron." Richard said.
Aaron smiled. "Thanks Richard." he let out a sigh, but it was a happy sigh. "Three more weeks."
Richard nodded. "Three more weeks."
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Emily flopped down on the couch beside Aaron.
"Get the invitations mailed?" Aaron asked, looking up from his book.
Emily nodded, her head falling to Aaron's shoulder. "That I did after Mother finally let me have my way on where we want the wedding."
Aaron looked at Emily. "Does she have a problem with it being outside in the park?"
"She said something about bugs and the heat." Emily said. "But I just reminded her, it's going to be mid-morning when we have the ceremony and she gets to plan the reception so she really needed to get off my back."
Aaron raised a brow. "Did you really say that?"
"I did." Emily said. "She was getting on my last nerve, I might have snapped."
Aaron smiled and wrapped his arm around Emily, bringing her head to his chest. "It was only a matter of time before she pushed too far. She's at least letting us pick the music for the reception, right?"
"The songs we dance to, yes." Emily said. "Everything else, I gave up after a fifteen minute shouting match."
"So, are you done for today?" Aaron asked.
Emily exhaled. "Yes, finally."
Aaron lifted Emily into his arms as he stood up from the couch. "Good, cause I would like some time with my fiance."
Emily looped her arms around Aaron's neck. "I am liking the sound of that."
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Alright, the wedding is planned, invites out, dresses and tuxes picked. All that's left is the getting married portion which, my dears, will be the next chapter. Let me know what you think, flame policy stands and thanks for reading.
Oh, also, if you'd like to see what the bride's dress and maid of honor's dress looks like, shoot me a PM and I'll send you the link.
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