Chapter 24
After their stop to the hospital she texted Ryan to let him know he can go home she'll take a lift with Nimah or Natalie from the office. When she walked through the front door she found Ryan sitting with his head in his hands, elbows propped up on the kitchen counter. He got up and walked towards her when she neared him extending is arms and she rushed into his embrace, burying her face in his chest while hugging him tightly. "That was horrible." She mumbled her words muffled her face hidden in his shirt. "I know" Ryan said ,kissing thy op of her head while lightly stroking his hand up and down her back. "But luckily he was caught thanks to you and Simon. And I'm so proud of you for working your ass of on this case." He said and she smiled up at him slightly. "Thank you. I'm really not in the mood to cook tonight is that okay with you? Or do you want me to make you something to eat?" She questioned looking at him. "No it's okay I'm not really hungry anyway." He replied looking her in the eyes trying to find out what she was thinking. "All right then, I'm going to take a shower and go to bed. See you upstairs." She smiled and made her way to the stairs. "Alex, are you okay?" Ryan asked before she got to the second step, concern evident in his voice. She didn't answer him just shook her head up and down. "Yeah I'll be fine. This case just hit me harder than I thought." She didn't wait for his reply and run up the stairs.
When she got out of the shower she turned on the TV in the room that was on the wall, the volume was turned low. It was on the news channel broadcasting the news of today and somehow the Stanley Brown case made headlines quickly. Her eyes glistened with tears threatening to spill any moment, when the girls' parents talked about how happy they were to be reunited with their kids, and how mad and angry they were about what their kids had to go through. She couldn't bear to watch anymore and switched it off. She curled up into the fetal position on her end of the bed puling the sheets towards her chest. She heard Ryan's footsteps coming closer and scuffling around in the bedroom looking for his sleepwear before he got into bed. He moved over to her side until he was close enough to pull her closer towards him holding her tightly. "It's okay to be upset when you've witnessed something like that sweetheart." Ryan whispered positioning himself so he could look over her back to see her face and a tear rolled down her cheek. He pulled her closer as he body shook with silent sobs until she eventually cried herself to sleep. Deep down he was upset about the whole deal too. Just goes to show that even his fiancée who always looks like she has everything in place sometimes cracks too.
Alex woke up an hour before her alarm was supposed to go off. She felt even more tired that she did last night. She was just about to turn around and try and sleep further when he phone buzzed on the bedside table. It was an email from Maranda where she Bcc'd most of the new FBI agents, telling them they can have today off as a small reward for the job they did yesterday. So they get a day off to recuperate and prepare for the next big case that may come their way. "Who's sending you good morning texts so early?" Ryan asked stretching glancing at the clock. "Maranda." Alex smiled. "We get the day off as a small token of appreciation for the case we cracked yesterday." She smiled putting the phone back down. "No, that does not include you Special agent Booth." She answered and the smile disappeared from Ryan's face. "Whhyyy?" He whined. "I also helped. This is really unfair. I'm not going to leave it here, I'll go to her office the moment I get to work. Are you sure she didn't mention my name in the email? Maybe she forgot to send it to me." He said hopeful refreshing his emails but nothing new popped up. Alex had to try hard not to laugh since he looked like a kid whose lunch money just got snatched by the school bully. He moaned the entire time while he was busy dressing himself for work. Alex covered her head trying to get some sleep through his moaning but he constantly asked her if she was still awake and if she was paying him any mind. "What are you going to do with yourself for the rest of the day?" he asked buttoning up his shirt. "Sleep and sleep. Oh maybe look online for some venues for the wedding. Unless you want to help me do it and be with?" She questioned uncertain. "I'm fine it whatever you pick. Show me a few of them you have in mind tonight before you make the final booking?' He answered her question with a question of his own. "Sure." She said smiling. "Go to work now so I can sleep further." She answered pulling the blankets up to her chin. He came around to her side of the bed kissing her cheek.
After a few hours of uninterrupted sleep Alex almost felt like herself again. She decided that if she wasn't going to get up any time soon she'd probably spent the rest of the day in bed and not get anything done. She took a long bubble bath relaxing before heading downstairs, making some toast and coffee while firing up her laptop to look for some available venues. Since they decided on the black and white wedding she came across this really pretty wine estate that had everything in one place. The garden where the ceremony will be held and a ballroom for the reception. It had a rustic edge to it which she really liked and it was different. She bookmarked the page to show to Ryan later on when he came home from work.
Next she was on to dress hunting for the bridesmaids and herself. She texted them quickly telling them that they'd go wedding dress shopping in a week's time an she'd like it if all of them would be present. At first she wanted to keep it as a surprise from them but figured she might as well get their input on it all. She picked up her phone to call Shelby and she picked up on the fourth ring. "Alexandra! What can I do for you?" Shelby asked way to perky and Alex wondered how she was always such a smiley person. "I'm planning on going dress shopping sometime next week. Care to join me?" Alex asked and Shelby immediately answered. "That's not even an option of course I'll be there. I'm assuming you called me so I can inform the other two." Alex smiled, the blond knew her way too good. "Yeah pretty much I texted them but you can give them a call and tell them." Alex said standing up to make another cup of coffee. "Consider it done. Hey, if you want any help you know where to find us." Shelby concluded, sincerity in her voice. "I know Shell. Thank you." Alex said. They talked about little things here and there before dropping the call and Alex got back to her planning. She was pretty sure Ryan would sort out the guys and their suits since she had no idea where they could go for that or what Ryan would want them to look like.
Her phone buzzed again and she thought it was one of the girls getting back to her about what she just texted. But instead, it was Theresa calling her asking if she could contribute anything towards the wedding since she was her only son getting married she felt like that's the least she could do. Alex tried to tell her it really wasn't necessary they only need her to show up and be there for their big day, but Theresa wouldn't have anything like that. "I'm not taking no for an answer Lex I mean it. You can get back to me when you feel like you're not getting to everything and I'll be happy to cover the rest of the costs." Theresa said honestly. "Are you sure about this Theresa?" Alex asked. "I wouldn't be offering my help if I wasn't now would I?" And she heard the smile in her soon to be mother in law's voice from the other end. "All right, thank you." Alex said wondering how she got so lucky to have such supportive in laws.
By the time she was done browsing the net for cake ideas and dress shops and venues it was almost time for Ryan to get back. She packed up the pages and laptop she had lying around and started dinner. When Ryan got home he greeted her asking her how her day was and what she found. He went upstairs for a quick shower before heading back down for dinner. She showed him what she found thus far and he was quite impressed with everything. "We need to decide on a time and date so we can get the ball rolling you know." He said getting up to put their dishes in the dishwasher since they ate on the couch. "Also, your mom called today, and she told me that if it looks like we're going over budget we should let her know and she'll cover the extra costs." Alex said looking up at him trying to think what his response would be. He smiled shaking his head. "I tried to tell her it wasn't necessary, as long as she was there would already be more than enough but she wouldn't have it." Alex answered trying to get him to answer. "She probably told you it's her only son getting married and that's the least she can do, right?" Ryan asked turning away from the dishwasher looking at Alex with a smile. "Yeah pretty much." Alex laughed. "And there's no arguing with Theresa Booth I can tell you that." Ryan answered. After they packed everything away they headed upstairs to go to sleep. But not before catching up on another Grey's Anatomy episode. They soon fell asleep afterwards while the TV still played in the background.
Guuyyss! Thanks for the read. I need to apologize for yesterday's chapter. I was so absent minded while writing it that someone pointed out that I mixed up the Spanish and German language mix-up. I AM SO SORRY FOR DOING THAT. I'll try to be more aware of everything from now on thank you for pointing it out though, *guest*, who reviewed. . Hope you enjoy this one I feel like it lacks some dialogue and it doesn't really fit in anywhere just some wedding planning Alex did. Super excited finally downloaded episode 1 and 2 of season 2. Going to watch it now now :D. Read, review and let me know what you think and if you still enjoy it. Lovies-S
