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Chapter 31 Suits and Dresses
Lisa walks to Johnny's cabin, it's still a bit early but she smiles as she's looking forward to shop for dresses, she knocks on the door and Johnny opens it, "hey, Lisa, you're early," he says but let her inside, "I know, but I'm excited for today," Lisa says and Baby giggles, "this is typical you, sis," Baby says, she's sitting on the couch, feeding junior, Lisa went to her and sits down, "you're gonna shine, Baby, I'll make sure of that," Lisa says and Baby giggles again, "I'm sure you will, junior will be the only male that's joining us today," Baby says, "he's allowed."
The girls giggle a little, Johnny is making some breakfast, he smiles as he thinks about a little earlier, "you want breakfast too, Lisa?" He asks and looks at her, "if you can miss it, I told mom and dad I won't join them," Lisa says, Johnny opens the cupboard and takes a plate out for Lisa, "you want pancakes or anything?" He asks, "I don't mind, I'll have what you two are having." Lisa says, junior is done and Baby lays him on Lisa's arms, she arranges her clothes and stands up to help Johnny with breakfast, he smiles and gives her a soft kiss.
"Sit down, Baby, I can handle this," he says, Baby went to the fridge and gets the juice, "I'm gonna buy some groceries today when we're looking for dresses," Baby says, "I can do that too," he says, "no, let me, I want you to enjoy the time with the guys," Baby says, he looks at her and smiles, Baby looks at Lisa who's entertaining her nephew, "you're a great aunt," Baby says, Lisa looks up and smiles, "one day I'll be a mom too," she says, "I'm sure you will, how was the dance with Colin?" Baby asks teasingly, Lisa blushes a little and looks at a smiling junior.
"He's very nice, but I'm not sure if he's that into me," Lisa says, "what do you mean?" Baby asks, "I mean, he's been a gentleman and he smiles a lot at me and he seems caring, but he hasn't make that move," Lisa says with a little sigh, "maybe he's just shy," Baby says, "he asked me for a dance, then why not this?" Lisa asks, Johnny looks at her, "love and relationships are two big things, you can't just jump in it and act like it's something normal," Johnny says, Lisa sighs, "I know that, but I'd hoped that he would've taken that first step," Lisa says, "you should encourage him." Baby says with a wink, someone knocks on the door.
"I'll get it," Baby says and went to the door, "hey, Chris, you're early," Baby says, "yeah, I just come from Pen's, she's preparing herself and will arrive in a bit," he says as they hug shortly, Chris looks at Johnny and greets him as well, then he looks at Lisa and smiles, "need to eat something as well?" Johnny asks, "no, I just had breakfast with Pen," Chris answers, Johnny looks at him and starts to smirk, "what?" Chris asks, "nothing," Johnny says with a wink and looks back at the pancakes he's making, Chris sits down next to Lisa who smiles, she gives junior to him and went to sit at the table, Baby is eating already.
Somewhat later, the guys, Jenny and Penny arrive, Johnny is cleaning the table and Billy went to help him doing the dishes, Penny is having junior on her arms now and smiles, "you're gonna be like daddy?" She whispers and junior smiles while moving his little arms, "you like that, huh?" She asks, Baby giggles about it, "he really loves his father," Baby says, Johnny smiles, "the world can't have enough Johnny Castle's," Penny says in a teasing way, making everyone laugh about it, "funny, but so true," Baby says with a grin, Penny chuckles about her face, junior giggles, "look at that, he agrees." Penny says as she looks at a smiling junior.
Johnny came closer and looks at his son, who moves his arms more when he sees his father, "yeah, he's definitely a daddy's little man," Penny says as she gives junior to his father, "he just giggled for the first time," Johnny says with a proud smile, Baby smiles and give them both a sweet kiss, "let's go, this day is going to be promising," Baby says, she's putting the carrier on and takes the baby bag, the girls smile at her, Johnny gives his son a kiss before he gives him back to his mother who puts him in the carrier, "you want to drive, Pen?" Baby asks, "sure." The girls say goodbye to the guys and went to Baby's car.
"Let's go, guys," Billy says, Johnny went to the mirror and checks his hair, he turns and takes his jacket and sunglasses, they step outside and Johnny locks the door, they see the girls departing and walk to Johnny's car, "is there anything specific you guys want?" Johnny asks as they depart to the city, "well, cuz, we'll be having white jackets and the best men will be having black jackets, we've talked about that," Billy says with a smile, the other three are sitting on the back seat, "yeah, I know, but I meant with bow ties and handkerchiefs or any of that," Johnny says, "well, we'll be taken a black bow tie and pin a white rose on our jackets, I guess that looks best on us," Billy says, Johnny nods, he looks via the mirror at the guys, "any ideas?" Johnny asks.
"I do have an idea," Peter says with a smile, "what's your idea?" Chris asks, "do we know what color the bridesmaids will be wearing?" Peter asks, "I heard Baby and Jenny agreeing on light blue," Billy says, "light blue is nice, it represents purity, I think that's perfect for them," Peter says, the rest smiles, "what has this to do with the suits?" Billy asks curiously as he turns his head to look at Peter, "simple, we can do two things," Peter says, "one, we take light blue as well, to match with the bridesmaids, or we take pink, to represent the opposite," Peter explains, "what does pink represents?" Colin asks, "masculinity," Peter answers with a smile, "I'm going with pink," Colin says, "I agree," Chris says with a smile, Johnny chuckles and looks at Billy, who looks at him with his eyebrows up, "then we go for pink." Peter says.
"How do you know all these things?" Colin asks, Peter looks at him, "I do a lot with colors, and I organize parties and weddings sometimes," Peter says with a smile, "really? I didn't know that," Colin says, Peter looks in front of him, Johnny looks at him via the mirror and Peter sees him looking, he takes a deep breath, "guys," Peter says, Chris and Colin look at him, Billy turns his head to look at Peter as well, Johnny is only smiling, "I hope you won't judge me when I say this," Peter says, taking a deep breath again, "I'm gay," he says, the guys start to smile at him as he watches their faces now, "we know, you're kinda obvious." Chris says.
Peter looks at Chris and the others chuckle a little, "you don't mind?" Peter asks, "of course not, you're our best friend," Colin says, Peter looks at him and smiles now, "thanks, guys," Peter says, Johnny smiles as he looks at Peter via the mirror again, "how does it feel to be out?" Johnny asks after a moment, Peter looks at him and smiles, "it feels good, I feel accepted," Peter says, "does your parents know that you are?" Billy asks, "no, and I want to keep it like that for a while, my father won't accept it," Peter says with a little sigh, Colin lays his arm around Peter's shoulders and nods, he knows how Peter's father reacts to certain things, "you got my word." Colin says.
"Thanks," Peter says, "I think that counts for all of us," Chris says, Billy nods and then looks at Johnny, "we're gonna have a drink after shopping for the suits," Billy says, Johnny looks at him for a second and smiles, "it's on me," he adds and looks at the three, "let's celebrate it," Chris says, "yeah, good idea," Colin says with a nod, "guys, you don't have to do that," Peter says, "we will, and we will celebrate life, happiness and love as well." Johnny says and they agree with him.
The girls arrive in the city and look around, "I know a good bridal shop for you two," Lisa says, Baby looks at her sister, "you're really looking forward to the wedding," Baby says, Lisa smiles and nods, "my sister is going to marry, having a double wedding with her best friend, how often does one experience that?" Lisa asks, the rest giggles about it, "girls," Penny says and they look at her, "after we get the dresses we're going to have a nice lunch and this afternoon we're going to get pampered," Penny says as she turns left, "we got a budget, Pen," Jenny says, "I know, that's why it's on me, we'll getting our hair done, a pedicure and manicure as well," Penny says, the girls got excited about it, "that's expensive though," Baby says, "I've saved some and I'm happy to have such wonderful friends." Penny says.
"There," Lisa says as she points, Penny looks at where Lisa is pointing and parks the car in front of the shop, they step out, Jenny takes the baby bag and they walk into the bridal shop, "welcome to the Bride's Dream, I'm Martha and I'm here to help you," Martha says as she sees them coming inside, the girls look at her and smile, "hello, we're here for two wedding dresses and two bridesmaid dresses," Baby says with a smile, Martha looks at Baby with a smile, "who are the brides?" She asks as she looks at Penny and Lisa, "Jenny and I," Baby answers as she points at Jenny, "really? I would not have thought that," Martha says, the rest giggles a little, "heard that before."
"Come, then you can sit down and can we find out what you would want to have," Martha says as she guides them to a table, "when are you both going to marry?" Martha asks as she turns to Baby, she looks at junior and smiles, "next week Thursday, we'll be having a double wedding," Baby answers as she sits down with Jenny's help, "you're related?" Martha asks, "no, Jenny is my best friend, this my sister Lisa," Baby says and points at Lisa, Martha smiles and nods, "and this is Penny, mine and my fiancé's best friend," Baby says, "and mine too," Jenny adds and they giggle, "I presume they're the maid of honor?" Martha asks, "yeah, Lisa is mine and Penny is Jen's," Baby answers, "we'll get to you two later, first the brides, but before we start, you want tea or coffee?" Martha asks, "tea please." Martha went to make some.
"So many dresses," Jenny says as she's looking around, "how am I able to choose one?" She asks, Baby giggles about it, "you'll find the perfect one, Jen, I'm sure," Baby says when Martha came back, she sits down between Jenny and Baby and takes her book, Martha looks at Baby with a smile, junior is making some sounds, Baby looks at him and smiles, "your baby?" Martha asks curiously, "yeah, this is my son, junior," Baby says with a happy smile, "he's adorable," Martha says, she opens the book and the girls look at the pictures, "it's gonna be hard for me." Jenny says.
"You've got a theme?" Martha asks, "yeah, it's actually a mixed theme, a friend told us about it but we don't know much about it, the guys want to arrange everything, we're only allowed to pick our dress," Baby explains, "I never heard that before," Martha says with a smile, "they must really love you," she says, "oh they do, I've never seen them being so much in love before," Penny says, Martha smiles at her, "you know Jenny's fiancé as well?" She asks curiously, "yeah, also best friend and he's a cousin from Baby's fiancé," Penny explains, "so you're gonna be family?" Martha asks and the girls only nods.
"Tell me the mixed theme," Martha says, "it's a traditional theme mixed with a dancing theme, that's all we know," Baby answers, "okay, that means you need dresses that are easy to wear while dancing," Martha says, "I'm not really a dancer," Jenny says, Martha smiles and thinks, "I might have something for you," she says and turns some pages, "this one," she points at a picture, "it's beautiful," Jenny says, Baby looks at it and nods, "it's traditional but simple, it has the elegant touch and you can move easily around in this one," Martha explains, "I don't like all those frills anyway," Jenny says as she looks at the dress, "you want to try it on?" Martha asks, "yeah." Jenny answers, Martha stands up and went to the back.
She came back after a minute with the dress and Jenny stands up, "come, you can change here," Martha says, Jenny follows Martha to a changing room and change into the dress, when she's done, she comes out of the changing room and Baby gasps, "stand here, in front of the mirror," Martha says with a smile, Jenny did and Martha is checking on the dress, "what do you think?" Jenny asks as she's beaming at the dress she's wearing, "I think it's perfect, Jen," Baby says as she stands up and came closer, so did the other two, "this is so your style," Lisa says with a smile, Martha looks at her and smiles, "I can see you've got an eye for this," Martha says, "I love these things." Lisa says.
"I want this dress," Jenny says, "you're sure? You can try other dresses as well, if you want," Martha says, "no, I'm not gonna do that, because it will only make it harder for me to decide, I'm a bad decision maker, and I love this one a lot, it's comfortable and I feel free in it, it feels right," Jenny says and Martha smiles, "alright, you're an easy customer," Martha says and Jenny giggles, "Billy will have trouble keeping his eyes off," Penny says, "he already has that," Baby says and they burst into giggles, "let me help you, Jen," Lisa says as she helps Jenny with stepping off the little rung, "thanks, Lissy." Jenny says with a smile, she went to take the dress off again.
Martha hung up the dress when Jenny has changed back into her normal clothes, "Pen, you want to hold junior?" Baby asks, "of course, give little Castle to me," Penny says, Baby chuckles a little as she lifts junior out of the carrier and gives him to Penny, she looks at him and he's smiling widely now, "I think that you're a Castle's favorite," Baby says teasingly as she watches her son, "what can I say?" Penny asks teasingly, they giggle a little, it made junior giggle too, Martha came with the book again and Baby looks at it with a smile, "I was thinking for you, since you want to be able to dance with the dress," she says, she then looks at Baby, "you do want to dance, right? Not that I'm presuming things here," Martha quickly adds, "I'll be dancing, my fiancé is a dance instructor," Baby answers, "that's nice."
Martha turns some pages, "here, look, I know it's not as wide as a traditional dress, it doesn't have several layers either, but it's wider than a normal dress, the fabric is made of silk and ace, so you can move easily around in it, it's strapless as well," Martha explains, Baby looks at the picture and smiles, "it looks really beautiful, I'd love to have a little rose on it," Baby says and points at the waist, "I can sew one on it, takes like five minutes, try it on first," Martha says with a smile, Baby smiles, Martha lays the book down and walks to the back, Lisa is looking at the dresses that are on display and she smiles, Penny went to her for a bit and smiles, "here." Martha says, Baby takes the carrier off and gives it to Jenny, she walks to the changing room with the dress and changes into it.
Baby came out of the room, Lisa and Penny turn and gasp, so did Jenny as well, "Baby, you look really beautiful," Jenny says as she looks up and down at the dress, Martha smiles, "come," she says and guides Baby to the mirror, Baby looks in the mirror and gasps, her hands went to her mouth as she turns a bit left and right, "it's perfect," she whispers as she then starts to smile with tears in her eyes, "it's as if its made for you, Baby," Lisa says as she came closer, Baby looks at her sister and they hug shortly, "I love it so much," Baby says and lays her hands on her belly, Martha went to the back and came back with a rose made of silk, "stand still for a second," Martha says and Baby did, Martha holds the rose on the left side of Baby's waist, Baby smiles, "like this?" Martha asks, Lisa smiles, so do the other two, "yeah, what do you girls think?" Baby asks, they came closer to look at it, "it's beautiful." Penny says with a smile, Baby looks at Jenny who nods, Lisa nods as well.
"I'll take the rose on it, I think it's perfect," Baby says after a moment, Martha smiles, "alright, I'll be sewing it on the dress, you can drink your tea in the meantime," Martha says, Baby nods, she went to take the dress off again.
The guys walk into a tailor shop, someone walks to them and smiles, "welcome to Davies' tailoring, my name is Sean, how can I help you?" Sean asks, Johnny smiles, "I've called for five suits," Johnny says, Sean walks to the desk and looks in a book, "Castle?" He asks, "yeah, that's me," Johnny says with a nod, Sean smiles, "I understood you're gonna have a double wedding?" Sean asks, "yeah, with my cousin, Billy," Johnny says and points at Billy, Sean shakes hand with the two, "and these are?" Sean asks as he looks at three, "these are our best friends and our best men," Johnny answers, "this is Colin," Johnny points at Colin, "Peter," as he points at Peter, "and Chris," Sean shakes hands with them, "you told me that the grooms will have white jackets and the best men black?" Sean asks, "yeah," Johnny nods, "I've put something aside, I can change the sizes if needed." Sean says and went to the back.
The guys look around in the shop, Peter sees the bow ties and smiles, he takes a soft pink one and turns to the others, "look, I think this is perfect," he says, Chris went to him and smiles as he sees the bow tie, "yeah, it's not too bright," Chris says, Johnny looks at them and smiles, Sean came back, "here, I guess the grooms are first?" Sean asks as he looks at Johnny and Billy, "sure," Johnny says, Sean leads them to the changing room, after some minutes they step outside, Sean checks them out, "I guess you want a band around your waist?" Sean asks, "I do," Johnny says with a smile, "I'm more traditional," Billy says, Sean nods, "I know Baby loves to see the dancer," Johnny says and Billy chuckles, "you're a dancer?" Sean asks, "yeah, I'm a dance instructor at Kellerman's."
"Expensive place," Sean says, "I guess you put your own shoes on then?" Sean asks, "yeah," Johnny says, "I do too, I love my shoes," Billy says, Sean looks at their shoes and smiles, "well, at least you're both ready to dance," Sean says and they chuckle, "I'll leave the shoes out, here," Sean says and hands them the bow ties, they put it on, "you're gonna get a rose as well?" Sean asks as he puts a black handkerchief in the front pocket, Johnny looks in the mirror, Billy is standing still to let Sean arrange everything, "yeah, I was thinking of a white one," Johnny says, "that's nice, but if you want to show it, take a pink one." Sean says and Johnny nods.
"So, what do you think?" Sean asks and he's done, the two are looking at each other and then in the mirror and smile, "you look perfect," Peter says with a smile, "which one?" Billy asks teasingly, the others chuckle a little, "both of you, I think a pink rose will be better indeed," Peter says, Johnny smiles and nods, Sean smiles as he looks at Peter, "that was easy," Sean says, they chuckle, "I just wanna get married," Johnny says, "she must be special," Sean says, "the most special person in my life, together with our son," Johnny says as he looks in the mirror again, "congratulation," Sean says, "thanks." Johnny says as he smiles at Sean.
"You can change back, I'll be giving the best men their suits," Sean says, Johnny and Billy went to change clothes, Sean looks at the bow tie Peter is still holding, "I see you wanna go for the pink?" Sean asks, Peter looks at the bow tie he's holding and smiles, "yeah, the grooms have left us with the choice, the bridesmaids will be in light blue, so I thought that the best men wearing pink would be a good choice," Peter explains, "I can see potential in you, boy," Sean says and Peter only smiles, "I think it's a terrific choice," Sean says as he hands the suits to the three, "go change, I'll take more of those, I presume you want pink handkerchiefs too?" Sean asks, Peter nods, "I'll get them." Sean says and walks away, the three went to change into the suits.
In the meantime Sean packs the suits for the grooms, they smile as they watch him, "I wonder if the girls are finding the perfect dresses," Billy says, Johnny looks at him and puts his hands in his pockets, "yeah, I think they'll be quickly done, at least Baby, she'll be happy with everything," Johnny says, Billy chuckles about it, "I'm sure you won't be able to keep your eyes off," Billy winks, "I already can't," Johnny says and they both chuckles about it, "and?" Sean asks as he sees the three coming out of the changing rooms.
Peter went to the mirror and smiles, Sean went to him and gives him the bow tie, Peter puts it on while Sean puts the handkerchief in the front pocket, Peter straightens the shirt sleeves a bit and smiles as he checks the whole suit out, "what do you think?" Peter asks as he turns to Johnny and Billy, "you look good," Billy says, "pink is the right choice," Johnny says with a smile, Peter smiles and turns to look in the mirror again, Sean is helping Chris and Colin as well, "yeah, you're right, cuz, they look great with the pink, the wedding will be perfect," Billy says, Johnny pats his shoulder, "I see you need a larger size in your jacket," Sean says as he looks at Chris' jacket, "yeah, it's a bit tight around the shoulders," Chris says, "I'll get one." Sean says and walks to the back.