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Chapter 49 – Wedding Plans

They made their way up to the restaurant. Sonny and Brenda were already there. They all hugged and sat down.

"So, what's up?"

Brenda smiled. "I know this is late notice, but we're getting married next Saturday."

Bella squealed. "Really?"

"Yes. Don't worry about the dresses, they are already here and you have a fitting in the boutique at 2:00."

"This is so exciting."

"So, to recap, you are my maid of honor, Robin is flying in this Saturday. Maximus is a groomsman and Jason is the best man."

Bella grinned. "Who's walking you down the aisle?"

Brenda looked down for a minute. "Me."

Bella could tell she looked a little uncomfortable, so she changed the subject. "Are you already fitted for your dress?"

"Yup. I did it this morning."

"This has to be the easiest matron of honor gig ever."

Brenda smiled. "Yeah, I figured since you had to deal with entertaining the best man…"

Jason rolled his eyes. "Whatever grandma."

Brenda scowled. "You better not piss me off on my wedding day."

Jason grinned. "In life, there are no guarantees."

They ate their lunch as Brenda gave them more details about the wedding. Sonny watched Brenda in amusement. He knew she was beyond excited and truly he was too. He was more than ready to be Brenda's husband.

"Brenda, can I talk to you for a moment?" Jason asked.

Brenda looked at him curiously. "Sure." They stood up and Jason directed her over to the balcony.


"What's this about?"

Jason took a deep breath and grabbed her hand. She could see that he had grown very serious and she wasn't sure if she should worry.

"I'm not always the best with words."

"You can tell me anything Jason." She said trying to encourage him.

"It's just, you know you mean a lot to me. I know we argue a lot but…" Jason sighed.

"Go on."

"I love you Brenda. You're my family. You've always been there for me when it counts and I want to be there for you."

Brenda was in tears. "Jason." She said touching his cheek. "You've always protected me when I've needed it."

"This isn't about protecting you. I wanted to do something special for you at the wedding."

Brenda was taken aback. "Special? What?"

"I wanted to walk you down the aisle."

Brenda gasped and then started crying. "Oh Jason." She said hugging him.

Bella and Sonny looked at each other. "Why is your boyfriend making my fiancé cry?"

"You got me. Why is your fiancé crying all over my boyfriend?" Bella said grinning.

Brenda pulled back. "You'd really do that for me?"

Jason smiled. "Yeah, I don't want you to break a hip or anything."

Brenda laughed through her tears and then started wiping her face. "What about you walking in with Bella?"

"Maximus can walk both of them at the same time. It will be good for his ego."

Brenda chuckled. "Thank you Jason. You know I love you too right?"

"Doesn't everyone? I'm so charming."

She punched him and he grabbed his arm.

"Now that's more like it." Sonny said smiling at Bella.

Brenda hated that she had to walk herself down the aisle, so Jason offering to do that for her was just going to make her day even more special.

"One more thing." Jason said quietly as Brenda nodded. "This is our secret."

Brenda grinned. "Okay." She wiped the remaining tears and they walked back to the table.

"You okay?" Sonny asked.

"Yup." Brenda said drinking some water.

"What..you're not going to tell us what that was about."

"Nope."

Sonny looked up at Bella who was trying not to laugh.

"Unbelievable." Sonny muttered.

"Well, I have some plans to make. I'll see you guys later." Brenda said standing up. They all said their goodbyes and Bella and Jason went back upstairs.


Johnny walked up to the apartment with a bag full of food and unlocked the door. He cracked it open a little bit and then called out to her. "Kelly?"

"Come on in." She yelled.

He put the food on the table and saw her in the kitchen. "What are you doing? You're supposed to be resting."

She smiled. "I'm fine. There's nothing wrong with my legs."

Johnny shook his head. "You make it really hard to take care of you woman." He said walking up to her and kissing her senseless.

They broke apart, both needing more air, and then Johnny captured her lips again.

"You're really good at that." Kelly said smiling.

"It's because of you."

She gave him one last peck and walked over to the table. "Did you hear the wedding is next Saturday?"

"Yup. I was wondering if you had asked anyone to go with you."

Kelly pretended to think for a moment. "There is this guy I was thinking about asking."

"Does his name start with a 'C'?"

Kelly grinned. "As a matter of fact…."

Johnny leaned over and kissed her again. "Damn you taste good."

Kelly couldn't even imagine how good it would be once they actually had sex. "Let's eat lover boy."

Johnny grinned and started dishing out the food. Kelly was one hell of a catch, and he had no plans of letting her get away.


Bella went to the fitting and was very happy with Brenda's choice. The dress was a strapless chiffon with godets. It had an empire waist and the chiffon skirt just flowed. She had chosen mercury (which was a grey/silver tone) for the color and it looked beautiful with Bella's skin tone.

The seamstress pinned the bodice and then she slipped out of it and got dressed. She couldn't wait for the wedding. Brenda and Sonny were so important to her and she wanted them both to be happy.

She went back upstairs and plopped onto the couch. Jason had to run to the penthouse to work with the contractors. She picked up her phone and called Lorenzo.

"Hello?"

"Hi. It's Bella, I was just checking up on you."

"I'm at my hotel room."

"You are? I'm here in the hotel. Can I come by?"

"I would love that." He said smiling.

"See you in a few."

She opened the door to find Milo standing there. "Hey Milo, I'm going to see Lorenzo."

Milo nodded and followed her to the elevators.