Chapter 24
"Great! Would you like to order them then? I don't think we will need boutonniers for the guys since they will be in their dress uniforms."
"I'll ask Trevor for sure, but I can tell you I would love to see him in his dress uniform. What else needs to be done?"
"We have a cake tasting scheduled for Saturday at two, if you would like to come along to that."
"Do you think chocolate will be an option? It's my favorite," Mac asked.
"Oh I hope so! It's my favorite too!"
"We seem to have a lot of things in common," Mac responded.
"And soon you'll be my sister. Mac I'm really glad that you and Trevor are getting married."
"I grew up an only child, having a family will be very different for me."
"Wow! From zero to four siblings, with three nieces and nephews with one on the way, in a heartbeat."
"One on the way? Are you expecting?!"
"Oh no, not me, David's wife Nicci is the one adding to the family."
"I'm sorry Liiani. I shouldn't have assumed something like that."
"You don't have to be sorry Mac. I mean it could be possible, but we are being careful until after the wedding. We both want kids so I will hopefully be adding to your Aunt roll call sometime in the near future."
"I'm glad, and maybe Trevor and I can do the same for you too."
"Oh that would be great! I can't wait for that to happen!"
"What about music? The Admiral has that patio out back that would be great for dancing," Mac questioned.
"AJ had been insisting on paying for things so I was trying to save money, and now Trevor wants to make a huge contribution to the wedding funds. I was planning on having the ceremony at two in the afternoon, between meals so we wouldn't have to have a meal for the guests."
"Hey, now that Trevor and I are a part of this you have to let us contribute financially!"
"Well you aren't adding any more to the guest list, so there is no extra cost there. You were going to take care of the flowers, if you want to pay for them and maybe the cake too?"
"We would be happy to pick up the cost of both the flowers and cake, but I would also like to add a band for dancing and caterers for an evening meal."
"Oh Mac that would be too much!" Liiani protested.
"Not at all! I have been saving for years and I am sure Trevor has a good savings account too."
"When I talked to him last night he wanted to pay for everything, but I finally talked him down to just seventy five percent of the cost. So you might want to check with him before adding all these extra things."
"Even if he is against it, I can handle that much on my own, so please let me do this for you and the Admiral. He has been such a great influence in my life and I don't have many female friends, but I think we will be friends even if we weren't going to become sisters."
Liiani was choked up at Mac's offer, "That is really sweet of you, Mac and if you want to do that then I think it would be an awesome idea."
"Good, then it's settled. Would you like to go with me one night this week to look for my dress?"
"I have Thursday night off and I still need to get my veil, even though I have been looking on line so I have a good idea of what I want, I think it would be fun to go together."
"I'm looking forward to it! How about if I go home and change clothes then meet you at your house so we only need to take one car?" Mac suggested.
"Perfect!" Liiani agreed and the call ended.
The days seemed to fly by and before either of them knew it Thursday had arrived. They had added dinner at Liiani's apartment before taking off for dress shopping.
To be continued…..