Truly Madly Deeply
Chapter 9; Wedding Plans
*This is yet another chapter written in fun. I thought we could all use a good laugh. Besides, we gotta laugh at Shin sometimes. We still love him though.*
I'll love you more
with every breath
Truly, madly deeply do
"Mama I found it!" Mei-Lings voice echoed from the attic "It looks a little stained though!"
"Well bring it down here and lets have a look at it!" her mother called back from the bottom of the stairs "I'm sure I can clean it up!"
"You really shouldn't go to so much trouble for us." Shin said. He peered up the attic stairs as Mei-Ling started to come down.
"Nonsense." Sarah smiled at her future son in law "I've always wanted to help plan my daughters wedding, and thats exactly what I'm gonna do."
"Here it is." Mei-Ling brushed a strand of hair out of her face, and laid a very old dress across the kitchen table "Don't you think its a little old?"
"It'll be fine." Sarah replied "It just needs a womans touch."
"Look who I found in the attic." Mei-Ling smiled as she sat a small brown bear on the table. The eyes had long since fallen off, and the fur was wearing thin.
"Poof Poof." Shin smiled.
"You remember him." Mei-Ling sounded very surprised.
"Of course I remember him." Shin told her "He's your favorite. What was he doing in the attic?"
"Thats my fault." Sarah said "I must've stuck him up there by mistake while I was cleaning out Mei-Lings room." She held the dress up and examined it. "We might need to have it altered." she said "Its a bit too long."
"I believe taking a foot or two off the bottom will be enough." Shin replied.
"Are you sure that'll be enough?" Sarah asked "We don't want it to drag the floor too much."
Mei-Ling glanced back and forth between her mother and fiance.
"Perhaps two and a half feet will be right." Shin replied.
"Ok ok!" Mei-Ling cried "We get the picture, I'm short!"
"I'm sorry honey." Sarah smiled "But being short has its advantages you know."
"Yeah." Mei-Ling replied sarcastically "No one notices you. I could be laying here dieing and the two of you would just go on planning the wedding without me."
"Thats not true." Shin said "We would be planning a funeral without you."
"Was that a sense of humor I heard?" Mei-Ling giggled "And all this time I didn't think you had one."
"He has to have one to put up with you." Sarah laughed.
"That was so not funny." Mei-Ling glared at her mother.
"Oh no!" Sarah cried, holding the dress back up "It has moth holes all through it."
"Drat!" Mei-Ling smiled "I guess we'll just have to go buy a new dress."
"You've wanted a new dress all along." Sarah said "Looks like we're going dress shopping tomorrow."
"Its better this way." Shin told them "I believe its bad luck for the groom to see the dress, or the bride before the wedding."
"Have you decided on a color scheme?" Sarah asked as she sat the dress aside.
"Baby blue." "Lavender." Mei-Ling and Shin replied at the same time.
"Dearest, I thought we had discussed this." Shin glanced at his fiance.
"We did." Mei-Ling said "And I decided on baby blue."
"But I thought lavender was your favorite color."
"Uh....heheh." Mei-Ling smiled sheepishly "Not really. I'm not a fan of purple in any shade."
"What?!?!" Shins mouth fell open "Mei-Ling I'm hurt."
"Ah ha." Mei-Ling winced "Did I say that? I meant I love lavender. In fact, I love all shades of purple. Purple is my favorite color in the whole world."
"So its purple, right?" Sarah asked.
"Yes." Shin smiled and kissed Mei-Lings cheek.
Mei-Ling forced a smiled and mouthed the words "Baby blue" to her mother.
"What was that my love?" Shin raised an eyebrow.
"Nothing dear."
"Heres an idea." Sarah spoke up "How about you go with both colors. That way you both get what you want."
"Ok." Mei-Ling nodded "I can live with that."
"As can I." Shin replied.
"Now" Sarah tapped a finger on the table "While we're on the subject of colors." She glanced at Mei-Ling "You can still wear white can't you?"
"YES!!" Shin and Mei-Ling both cried im unison.
"Just making sure." Sarah smiled "It is the 20th century. Things have changed a lot since I was a girl."
Mei-Ling put her hand over her mouth to hold back a laugh. After a moment she couldn't hold it any longer and she began to laugh.
"Whats so funny?" Sarah asked her.
"Nothing." Mei-Ling replied, trying her best to stop laughing "I was just thinking about virginity." She laughed again, this time louder than before.
"What on earth is so funny about that?" her mother asked.
Mei-Ling took a deep breath to calm herself and cast a look at Shin. She started laughing again.
"Tell me." Sarah said "I'd like a good laugh myself.
"Mama, how old were you when you first....you know?"
"17." Sarah replied "Why?"
"And I'll be 19." Mei-Ling was laughing so hard she nearly fell out of her chair.
By now Shin understood what was going on and he began to blush. "Mei-Ling, not another word." he said softly.
"Did I miss something?" Sarah asked in confusion as she glanced between Shin and Mei-Ling.
Mei-Ling leaned over and whispered something in her mothers ear. Sarahs eyes widened and her hand flew to her mouth. "You're kidding!" she cried.
"Nope." Mei-Ling shook her head, then both women began to laugh uncontrolably.
"Well" Sarah gasped between laughs "Your grandmother always told me it was best to wait for the right person to come along."
"Yeah" Mei-Ling giggled "But sometimes it takes years and years to find the right person."
"And years." Sarah replied "And years, and years, and years, and years, and I don't think we have enough time to cover all those years. Hahahahahahaha!!"
"That will be quite enough!" Shin cried.
Mei-Ling stopped laughing and glanced at him. "Oh baby I'm sorry." she said "But you gotta admitt, it is funny."
"No it is not." Shin replied calmly "I will thank you not to laugh at my......personal life."
"Alright." Sarah sighed "I think we've had enough laughter for one day."
"Thank you." Shin smiled.
"And years." Mei-Ling squeaked, and her and Sarah began to laugh again.
Shin only sighed.
Chapter 9; Wedding Plans
*This is yet another chapter written in fun. I thought we could all use a good laugh. Besides, we gotta laugh at Shin sometimes. We still love him though.*
I'll love you more
with every breath
Truly, madly deeply do
"Mama I found it!" Mei-Lings voice echoed from the attic "It looks a little stained though!"
"Well bring it down here and lets have a look at it!" her mother called back from the bottom of the stairs "I'm sure I can clean it up!"
"You really shouldn't go to so much trouble for us." Shin said. He peered up the attic stairs as Mei-Ling started to come down.
"Nonsense." Sarah smiled at her future son in law "I've always wanted to help plan my daughters wedding, and thats exactly what I'm gonna do."
"Here it is." Mei-Ling brushed a strand of hair out of her face, and laid a very old dress across the kitchen table "Don't you think its a little old?"
"It'll be fine." Sarah replied "It just needs a womans touch."
"Look who I found in the attic." Mei-Ling smiled as she sat a small brown bear on the table. The eyes had long since fallen off, and the fur was wearing thin.
"Poof Poof." Shin smiled.
"You remember him." Mei-Ling sounded very surprised.
"Of course I remember him." Shin told her "He's your favorite. What was he doing in the attic?"
"Thats my fault." Sarah said "I must've stuck him up there by mistake while I was cleaning out Mei-Lings room." She held the dress up and examined it. "We might need to have it altered." she said "Its a bit too long."
"I believe taking a foot or two off the bottom will be enough." Shin replied.
"Are you sure that'll be enough?" Sarah asked "We don't want it to drag the floor too much."
Mei-Ling glanced back and forth between her mother and fiance.
"Perhaps two and a half feet will be right." Shin replied.
"Ok ok!" Mei-Ling cried "We get the picture, I'm short!"
"I'm sorry honey." Sarah smiled "But being short has its advantages you know."
"Yeah." Mei-Ling replied sarcastically "No one notices you. I could be laying here dieing and the two of you would just go on planning the wedding without me."
"Thats not true." Shin said "We would be planning a funeral without you."
"Was that a sense of humor I heard?" Mei-Ling giggled "And all this time I didn't think you had one."
"He has to have one to put up with you." Sarah laughed.
"That was so not funny." Mei-Ling glared at her mother.
"Oh no!" Sarah cried, holding the dress back up "It has moth holes all through it."
"Drat!" Mei-Ling smiled "I guess we'll just have to go buy a new dress."
"You've wanted a new dress all along." Sarah said "Looks like we're going dress shopping tomorrow."
"Its better this way." Shin told them "I believe its bad luck for the groom to see the dress, or the bride before the wedding."
"Have you decided on a color scheme?" Sarah asked as she sat the dress aside.
"Baby blue." "Lavender." Mei-Ling and Shin replied at the same time.
"Dearest, I thought we had discussed this." Shin glanced at his fiance.
"We did." Mei-Ling said "And I decided on baby blue."
"But I thought lavender was your favorite color."
"Uh....heheh." Mei-Ling smiled sheepishly "Not really. I'm not a fan of purple in any shade."
"What?!?!" Shins mouth fell open "Mei-Ling I'm hurt."
"Ah ha." Mei-Ling winced "Did I say that? I meant I love lavender. In fact, I love all shades of purple. Purple is my favorite color in the whole world."
"So its purple, right?" Sarah asked.
"Yes." Shin smiled and kissed Mei-Lings cheek.
Mei-Ling forced a smiled and mouthed the words "Baby blue" to her mother.
"What was that my love?" Shin raised an eyebrow.
"Nothing dear."
"Heres an idea." Sarah spoke up "How about you go with both colors. That way you both get what you want."
"Ok." Mei-Ling nodded "I can live with that."
"As can I." Shin replied.
"Now" Sarah tapped a finger on the table "While we're on the subject of colors." She glanced at Mei-Ling "You can still wear white can't you?"
"YES!!" Shin and Mei-Ling both cried im unison.
"Just making sure." Sarah smiled "It is the 20th century. Things have changed a lot since I was a girl."
Mei-Ling put her hand over her mouth to hold back a laugh. After a moment she couldn't hold it any longer and she began to laugh.
"Whats so funny?" Sarah asked her.
"Nothing." Mei-Ling replied, trying her best to stop laughing "I was just thinking about virginity." She laughed again, this time louder than before.
"What on earth is so funny about that?" her mother asked.
Mei-Ling took a deep breath to calm herself and cast a look at Shin. She started laughing again.
"Tell me." Sarah said "I'd like a good laugh myself.
"Mama, how old were you when you first....you know?"
"17." Sarah replied "Why?"
"And I'll be 19." Mei-Ling was laughing so hard she nearly fell out of her chair.
By now Shin understood what was going on and he began to blush. "Mei-Ling, not another word." he said softly.
"Did I miss something?" Sarah asked in confusion as she glanced between Shin and Mei-Ling.
Mei-Ling leaned over and whispered something in her mothers ear. Sarahs eyes widened and her hand flew to her mouth. "You're kidding!" she cried.
"Nope." Mei-Ling shook her head, then both women began to laugh uncontrolably.
"Well" Sarah gasped between laughs "Your grandmother always told me it was best to wait for the right person to come along."
"Yeah" Mei-Ling giggled "But sometimes it takes years and years to find the right person."
"And years." Sarah replied "And years, and years, and years, and years, and I don't think we have enough time to cover all those years. Hahahahahahaha!!"
"That will be quite enough!" Shin cried.
Mei-Ling stopped laughing and glanced at him. "Oh baby I'm sorry." she said "But you gotta admitt, it is funny."
"No it is not." Shin replied calmly "I will thank you not to laugh at my......personal life."
"Alright." Sarah sighed "I think we've had enough laughter for one day."
"Thank you." Shin smiled.
"And years." Mei-Ling squeaked, and her and Sarah began to laugh again.
Shin only sighed.
