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Chapter 46: A Date Is Set, A Liscense is Signed and The Plans Are Underway

July 21, 2006.

That date would hold special meaning for Charlie Eppes and Colby Granger. It was the date they had set for their marriage.

Exactly one month before they'd officially comitt to spending the rest of their lives together.

The plans were already underway.

Charlie and Colby had both agreed to a simple cerimony at home with only close friends and family in attendance.

Now it was all about the countdown to the big day, and the chaos that would lead up to it.

Throughout this, Colby battled to quell the nervousness that anyone felt when they were getting married.

Throughout this, Charlie was always there to reassure the man he loved with his quiet little way.

" How can you be so calm about all of this?" Asked Colby one night as they lay in eachother's arms.

Charlie sighed as he pulled back slightly to look Colby square in the eyes.

" Who said I'm that calm about all this? I'm just as nervous as you, I just hide it better. The only reason I'm holding it together is the fact that when it's all over, I've promised to be with you for the rest of my life. I know, sounds corny but..." Charlie couldn't finish his sentance, all coherent thought had left him because Colby's mouth had attached itself to his.

Charlie happily responded in kind to Colby's oral onslaught. That of course led to... you know.

The next morning Charlie and Colby headed over to City Hall to get their marriage liscence. Once he'd signed his name, Colby handed the pen over to Charlie. He noticed the small tremmer in his lover's hand as he too signed the document.

The lady behind the desk smiled reassuringly at the two of them before congratulating them on the happy occasion and wishing them goodluck.

After that had been taken care of, Charlie and Colby went back home only to be hounded once again by both the wedding planner Janice and Alan Eppes, Colby's soon to be father in law.

After surviving that barrage, the two men had lunch and headed upstairs. Colby immediately passed out in sleep the second they got into their room. Charlie chuckled as he picked up his laptop and started doing work on some lecture notes he'd print out later. Beside him, Colby snored softly.

After half an hour, Charlie turned his laptop off and set it down on the bedside table before he curled up beside Colby and fell asleep as well.

The two of them would need all the sleep they could get, in a few weeks, Colby's family was flying in from Idaho, New York, and Boston.

Things would get crowded quick at Casa Eppes.

An hour later, Colby awoke to a soft weight on his chest, with a smile, he looked down into his lover's sleeping face where it rested against the cotton fabric of Colby's gray t-shirt. As gently as he could, Colby reached out and started to comb his fingers through the soft, chaotic curls of hair on Charlie's head.

A pair of of deep, almost black, brown eyes fluttered open and smiled back at eyes of green.

" Hey." Said Charlie as he rubbed at his eyes sleepily.

" Hey back." Smiled Colby and he slowly sat up.

The two of them sat and stretched out their limbs before they headed downstairs, it was almost time for dinner.

Colby went off to help Alan in the kitchen while Charlie stayed in the livingroom with Don, the two brother's teasing each other on how Charlie had beaten his older brother to the altar and Don's lack of luck with the ladies.

A few minutes later, the two of them joined Alan and Colby at the dinner table.

Dinner was a quiet, happy affair.

The calm before the chaos a wedding always brought.