Chapter Fifty-One
Unlike their sisters; Jake and Reece had both opted to start living with their respective significant others before tying the knot. The boys and their respective fiancé had each opted to leave Manhattan much like Alexis and Lily had. Grace and Jake had moved into an apartment in Queens. Audrey and Reece moved into a studio apartment in The Bronx. Of course; after hearing that one of his sons was moving into a New York borough that also boasted that it was the home of the New York Yankees, Rick said that he would crash with Reece and Audrey if he had gone to a game and didn't want to commute back to Manhattan.
Before dinner on the Sunday that the family came together at the loft for Sunday brunch; all the kids went home. Of course; once they get home, the kids all fell into their routines. Reece and Audrey talked about the details in their wedding over dinner that night. That conversation for them carried over in to desert.
Grace and Jake got down to deciding what they wanted to do when it came to their wedding.
"I think that eloping or even just going down to city hall to have a justice do the ceremony is our best bet." Jake said.
As he said this; Jake was remembering a certain moment that he had heard about throughout his life. It was a bit of sage advice Martha had given.
"Don't wait. Hell, just go down to city hall right now. You love each other. Stop talking about it. Just do it."
"As much as I'd like to do that, my love; but I would love to have an actual wedding." Grace replied.
Jake and Grace were in their kitchen making dinner together at this point.
"I know that you do."
Jake knew that having a wedding ceremony was something that all women dreamed of when they were little girls. After all; his mother, sisters and Audrey had dreamed of their wedding day. Grace wouldn't be any different and Jake wanted to make the love his life as happy as humanly possible.
"So, you want a big wedding then?" Jake asked.
"I do want a wedding; it doesn't have to be a big wedding. It can be a wedding of any size."
It wasn't then that Grace remembered another bit of advice of sorts that Jake along with his siblings and his father had been raised knowing. A bit that was always been stated by Martha.
"I've always told him, if you're going to do something, do it big or don't do it at all."
"Then that's what we'll do, have a wedding ceremony; wherever you want."
Grace smiled and kissed her fiancé. After that they had dinner.
By 9:30-10 o'clock that night everyone had settled in to their respective living rooms from the city that never sleeps to two of New Jersey's cities.
