The next day they woke up around ten. Mary looked at Robbie next to her,
then down at herself. She was only in a bra and underwear. She felt kind of
naked, but he was going to be her husband, and she didn't feel nervous
around him. She kissed Robbie lightly on the lips, he didn't move. Then she
ran her tongue over his lips, he still didn't move. She bent over and
sucked on his neck, he stirred slightly.
"God, what does it take to wake him up?" Mary thought to herself.
She had an idea, she crept out of bed and over to the bedroom door.
"Robbie I am going to take a shower, wanna come with me?" Mary asked trying not to laugh.
As soon as Robbie heard the words "shower", and "with me", he shot right up. Mary burst out laughing.
"What did you say?" he asked wondering if he heard her right.
"I was just kidding, I wanted to wake you up." She said between laughs, "I am sorry, no shower."
"Man." Said Robbie, "I really wanted to... just kidding."
"So baby what do you want to do today?"
"We have to start our wedding plans."
"Yes, yes we do. First we have to decide on a date." Said Mary leaving the room.
"Where are you going?" asked Robbie.
"To get a calendar."
"Oh, okay."
"Okay here we go." Said Mary as she returned to the room with a calendar.
"How 'bout September 2nd, it is a Saturday."
"Yeah, that will be good, because my classes won't start until September 20. We will have time to get settled, and time for our honey moon." Said Robbie.
"Okay good. So September 2nd."
"Yep." He said giving her a kiss.
They got dressed, and went down to the house. Everyone was having a late breakfast, considering it was Saturday.
"Good morning."
"Morning."
They all sat down to eat.
"Ummmm… Everyone we have decided on a date for our wedding." Said Mary smiling, "We decided on September 2nd."
"That is very… uhh… soon." Annie managed to say.
"Well we love each other, so hey.
"Well then congratulations, and we will definitely be helping you guys prepare." Said Annie, now smiling.
"We have to go get ready, we are going today to look for a place to have the reception." Said Mary getting up from the table.
They left the table, and made their way up to the apartment. Mary showered, and put on a pair of khaki shorts, and a baby blue tank top. Robbie showered after her. They left the house, and went off in search of a place. They first went to a hall that was really beautiful, but way overpriced. They then went to a hall, that was very nice, and it was surprisingly in their price-range. It was around 2:00 pm, when they got home. They had lunch, and hung out for the rest of the day.
The next week was filled with picking out invitations and sending them.
"Did we invite everyone that we need to?" asked Robbie, as he went over their list again.
"Yeah, I think so, we have all of my family and all of your family. We invited all our friends, and I don't think anyone is missing."
"Okay, good."
"Yep, that is one thing that is out of the way now."
"Mary, are you gonna invite Wilson?" asked Robbie.
"No way."
"Good, I was hoping you would say that."
"Don't worry baby, I will never get back with him. He is out of my life, you are my everything and my only thing right now." She said kissing him lightly on the lips.
"Awwww… You're so sweet baby. I love you more than you could ever know."
"I love you too, but we have to get back to work, we still need caterers, flowers, my dress, and your suit."
"I know, we will have our work cut out for us." Said Robbie smiling weakly.
"What's wrong?" asked Mary noticing his lack of enthusiasm.
"Its just that all this is very tiring, but I know it will be worth it in the end. I will have a beautiful wife and I will be living a fairy tale."
"I don't know about the fairy tale part, but the beautiful wife part is definitely true." She said laughing.
"I love you."
"I love you too."
They kept preparing. They had to get caterers, and decide what kind of food the caterers would serve.
"What do you want at the wedding for food?" asked Robbie looking through a menu of what the caterers made.
"I think we should have two choices. Like steak and chicken, or chicken and fish, or fish and steak. Something like that."
"I think we should have chicken and fish." Said Robbie.
"Good, that's what I thought too."
By the time all that was done Robbie and Mary were exhausted, but they knew they had to get everything ready, and that it would be worth it in the end. A month before the wedding, Lucy and Mary went out to get her dress. They went to a big store, and looked for the perfect dress.
"So what kind of dress are you looking for?" Lucy asked, as they parked the car.
"I want an elegant sleek one, no puffy traditional kinds." Said Mary alighting from the car.
They walked into the store and went to the section, which had the dresses Mary wanted.
"How is this one?" asked Lucy, holding up a white dress, with spaghetti straps, a clinging top, and at the bottom it went out like a bell. The bottom had flowers embroidered around the bottom and was very pretty.
"I like that, but lets keep looking." She said, continuing to look through the racks of dresses.
They found three more, nice dresses and went to the dressing room.
"How is this one?" asked Mary coming out of the room.
"Good, but try the next."
"Okay, how is this one?" she asked again coming out, this time with a different dress on.
"Nope, next."
After Mary had tried on all the dresses she had, she still hadn't found the perfect one. They kept looking and suddenly Lucy heard Mary shriek in the aisle next to her.
"What? What?" Lucy asked as she ran to see what was wrong with Mary.
"I found it!"
"Found what?!"
"I found the perfect dress." Said Mary holding up a spaghetti strapped, sleek dress, with an embroidered top, and flowing skirt. It was beautiful beyond words. It had sleek gloves to go with it.
"Its awesome."
"I know. This is the one I am getting." Exclaimed Mary, as she headed back towards the dressing room.
Five minutes later she came out. She looked breath taking.
"Wow, Mary you look awesome."
"Thanks."
"You have to get that one."
"I know, I love it."
They went and paid for the dress, they got back in the car and headed home.
"Who are you gonna have for your brides maids?" asked Lucy as they were driving home.
"I really don't know."
"Oh."
"I know I want you as my maid of honor, I want Ruthie to be a brides maid, and I will probably have two of my friends from Buffalo be my other brides maids."
"That's cool. What are your friends names from Buffalo?"
"Allison and Alexa."
"Did you tell them you were going to get married?"
"Of course, I called them a couple days after Robbie proposed." Said Mary laughing.
They got home, Mary was going to keep her dress in Lucy's closet, so Robbie wouldn't see it. Robbie was out with Simon looking for a tuxedo, so Mary went into her room and took out her 'To Do List'.
"Okay, we have the hall, the caterers, the invitations, my dress, and Robbie is getting his suit. So all we need is flowers, and brides maids dresses." Mary said to herself.
An hour later Robbie came back, he didn't have his suit with him, so Mary figured it was in Simon's closet.
"Hey baby." He said coming to sit next to her on the couch.
"Hi." She said kissing him.
"How was your day?"
"It was good."
"That's good, mine was good too."
"What do you want to eat for dinner?" asked Mary getting up and going into the kitchen.
"Anything, what do you want?"
"I am not that hungry, I will probably just have a yogurt or something."
"Mary, that's not healthy, what else did you eat today?"
"I had a salad for lunch, and no breakfast." She said defensively.
"Mary you have to eat."
"I am eating."
"You look like you have lost a lot of weight since the beginning of the summer." Said Robbie remaining calm, despite Mary's attitude.
"Okay, maybe I did loose some weight, but why should you care?"
"How much did you loose?"
"None of your business." She shot back.
"Mary tell me." He said raising his voice.
"Okay, okay, I lost 15 pounds"
"How much do you weigh now?"
"Ummm… 105 pounds." She said.
"What? Mary that isn't healthy."
"Robbie just leave me alone." She said running into her room.
"Mary, I won't leave you alone. I don't want you to be unhealthy."
"Robbie, I haven't been eating I confess. Happy?" she said starting to cry.
"Why? You have always been skinny."
"Because I wanted to look great to get married, so I stopped eating sometimes, but then it just became a habit and I kept doing it."
"Mary, you already are perfect." He said cradling her in his arms, "I love you for you, you don't have to change. You already are perfect."
"Thank you." She said between sobs.
"Now Mary, promise me you will eat."
"I will, don't worry."
They ate dinner, and fell asleep in each other's arms, on the couch. The next week was filled with more wedding plans. They got the flowers, and picked out the brides maid's dresses. The dresses were baby blue, with spaghetti straps, and an open back. The ushers suits, were traditional.
Robbie had chosen his three brothers as his groom's men, and Simon as his best man. Mary had chose Ruthie, Alexa, and Allison as her bride's maids, and Lucy as her maid of honor.
Everything was arranged; they flew in their families and friends. Alexa and Allison were going to stay with Mary and Lucy in their apartment. The colonel and Ruth were staying in Ruthie's room, Ginger and Annie's father were staying in Matt's room, and Matt was staying with Robbie and Simon, In Simon's room. It was a week before the wedding, and around the house was very hectic. The hall was being decorated, and everyone was very excited.
"Robbie, telephone." Called Annie up the stairs.
"Hello." He said picking up the phone.
"Hi baby."
"Oh, hi." He said smiling, upon hearing Mary's voice.
"I wanna see you."
"Okay, do you want me to come up to your apartment?"
"No, everyone is up here. Ally, Lexa, and Lucy won't shut up, so lets go out."
"Okay, where do you wanna go?"
"I wanna take a walk on the promenade."
"Okay, I will be waiting for you outside."
"Okay, bye."
Mary hung up the phone, and walked into the living room with her purse. Alexa, Ally, and Lucy were all sitting on the floor laughing and talking. They had become pretty good friends in the last week.
"And where do you think you are going?" asked Ally sitting up.
"Robbie and I are going for a walk on the promenade."
"Awwww… That's so cute, the couple to be is spending some quality time together." Said Ally laughing.
"What are we annoying you?" asked Lexa in the same mocking tone.
"No, I just wanna spend some time with him."
"We are just kidding, go have fun."
"And remember only 5 days until you are married, and then you can have him in any way you want." Lucy said laughing.
"Hahaha shut up."
"I was just kidding."
"Okay, I am leaving now." She said descending the stairs.
She walked to the front of the house. Robbie was sitting waiting in his car.
"Hey." Said Mary, as she got in.
"Hi baby." He said kissing her on the lips.
They drove to the promenade and parked the car. They walked around just talking about random things.
"So what are you doing tomorrow?" asked Robbie, as they sat down on a bench.
"Lexa, Ally, and Lucy are taking me shopping."
"Shopping for what?"
"Oh nothing." She replied giggling.
"Come on tell me."
"Nope."
"Okay, fine be like that."
"Don't worry I will, and I promise you will like what I am going to get. It will just have to be a surprise."
"Well in that case, I can wait, and be surprised."
"Love you." She said kissing him.
"I love you more."
"No, I love you more."
"Okay, I guess you do." He said kissing her.
They walked around a while longer, then went home. Dinner was ready, so they all sat down and ate. The table was full, so some people ate on the porch.
The next day Alexa, Allison, Lucy, and Mary all headed to the mall.
"Okay which store are we going to first?" asked Ally looking around the mall.
"I wanna go to Bath and Body Works, because when I was shopping with Robbie a couple weeks ago, I saw some perfume there, and her really liked it." Said Mary, "He said 'it turned him on'."
"Okay Mary, we didn't need to hear that." Said Lexa laughing.
They all went into the store, Mary went and got the perfume, and the rest of the girls just browsed.
"Now it is time for us to go to Victoria's secret." Said Lucy smiling slyly.
"Okay, lets go."
They went into the store and looked around. Lucy went over to the sales lady.
"Ummm… Excuse me ma'am, my sister is getting married, do you have a wedding collection of lingerie?"
"Yes we sure do. I will be right back with the catalog, you can look through it and tell me what you like, I will bring them out to show you, if you are interested in any."
"Okay, thank you very much."
"Your welcome."
Mary was still looking around the store, she hadn't seen anything that really caught her attention yet.
"Mary come here." Called Ally, from where her and the rest of the girls were sitting.
"What?"
"Lucy got you a catalog of the wedding collection."
"Okay, let me see."
Mary began flipping through the catalog. She saw something she knew Robbie would like.
"I like that one." She said pointing to it.
"Oooooo." Said all the girls in unison.
"How many nights are you going on your honeymoon for?" inquired Lucy.
"Four, why?"
"I think you should get something really special for your wedding night, and then get something else for each of the four nights you are on your honeymoon."
"That is a good idea Mary." Added Alexa.
"Okay, I will."
They finished looking at the catalog, Mary had found five things she liked. She got her size, and bought them. They left the store and went home.
The Wednesday before the wedding, Mary had her bridal shower. It was in her apartment. She invited her friends from fire fighter training, and some old friends from school. Her mother and grandmother's were also there, and of course Lucy, Lexa, and Ally were there. They all ate and talked and ate, then it was present time.
"Okay open this one first." Said Annie handing Mary a package.
Mary started tearing off the paper; it revealed a beautiful wedding album.
"Its beautiful, thanks mom."
"Your welcome honey."
"Okay now this one." Said Ally handing Mary a big box, "Its from Lexa and me."
Mary again tore the paper off, it was a very big box, and she had no idea what was in it. She finally got the box open and began to pull things out. First she pulled out a black thong.
"Oooooooo." Was all you could hear from everyone.
Mary was a deep shade of red, but continued to dig in the box. She pulled out many more thongs, and bikini style underwear. She was so embarrassed, and everyone laughed at how red she was. There were still more things in the box, she began to pull everything out. Now there were no more embarrassing gifts. She pulled out candlesticks, a photo album, a set of glasses, and plates.
"Thank you guys." Said Mary giving them both hugs.
By the end of the night Mary had enough lingerie for a whole year, and lots of house things. All the girls, including Ruthie camped out on Mary's floor.
The next day was the rehearsal ceremony. Only the people who were in the wedding, and parents and grandparents were invited.
They started at the church; Eric was going to be marrying them. Robbie's 5- year-old girl cousin, named Kaitlynn, was the flower girl. And Sam and David were the ring bearers. They went down first. Followed by Ruthie and Robbie's youngest brother, then Ally and another one of Robbie's brothers, then Alexa and Robbie's oldest brother, and finally Lucy and Simon.
After they all went, Mary, in her regular clothes, went down the aisle. Matt was giving her away, since her father was the minister. She met Robbie at the front and they went over the whole thing, except their vows, which they chose to write. They wanted them to be a surprise, at their actual wedding.
After the ceremony, they all went to their separate places they were staying.
Mary and Robbie spent the night together in her room, while the rest of the girls stayed in Lucy's room. This was going to be their last night together, before they were married. The next night, Mary and Robbie would spend apart, because when Mary woke up, it would be her wedding day, and she didn't want to see Robbie until the wedding.
They slept cuddled in each other's arms. The next morning Mary made breakfast for everyone. Robbie was going to stay until 3 o'clock, and then he was going to stay in the house, with Simon.
They all sat down at the table and ate.
"So how'd you sleep Mary?" asked Ally winking.
"I slept fine, thank you."
"I am sure you did." She said laughing, Robbie couldn't help it, he began to laugh too.
"You guys are so lucky, you are getting married." Said Lucy.
"Don't worry Luce, you'll have your time."
"I hope so, don't jinx me Lexa."
"You guys are nuts." Said Robbie sipping his juice.
"And what makes you so sane?"
"You guys are so goofy."
"Goofy equals good." Replied Ally, in her usual peppy tone.
"Whatever you say."
"Mary your boyfriend is making fun of us." Complained Lexa.
"Robbie shut up."
"Uhhh… you are gonna be my wife, and your telling me to shut up." He exclaimed jokingly.
"yes I am, gotta problem."
"No, I was just asking."
After they all ate, they sat down and talked for hours. They sometimes laughed so hard, they felt like they were gonna bust. It was 3 o'clock and Robbie was leaving.
"You guys better take care of Mary for me." He said heading towards the door.
"Don't worry, we will." Said Lucy sweetly.
Mary followed Robbie down the stairs.
"Bye."
"Bye."
"I am gonna miss you."
"I will see you tomorrow." Said Robbie laughing.
"I know, but I will still miss you."
"I will miss you too." He said pulling her in for a kiss.
They kissed passionately, until the door opened.
"Stop that, we need her back." Called Lucy.
They both started laughing.
"Bye."
"Bye."
Mary went back upstairs. All the women of the house were staying in her and Lucy's apartment. They ordered pizzas for dinner. They all ate and talked and laughed. Later they did facials and sat around telling stories.
"I remember the night before my wedding." Said Annie, as she sat on the floor with a mask on her face, "I was so nervous, I couldn't eat. My mom tried to calm me down, but it didn't work. I was so in love."
"I remember every day for a week I would put on my veil and tiara, and look in the mirror for a long time." Said Grandma Ruth.
"I am so happy for you Mary." Said Ginger kissing her on the cheek.
"We all are."
They talked and laughed for the rest of the night. As Mary laid in her bed that night, she kept thinking, "I am getting married."
She couldn't wait until she was Mrs. Robbie Palmer.
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I hope you all liked it, I know it took me long to write, but I have been working on it whenever I could. It is a bit longer than usual and I really hope you like it. I will start working on the next chapter soon.
~yasmin
"God, what does it take to wake him up?" Mary thought to herself.
She had an idea, she crept out of bed and over to the bedroom door.
"Robbie I am going to take a shower, wanna come with me?" Mary asked trying not to laugh.
As soon as Robbie heard the words "shower", and "with me", he shot right up. Mary burst out laughing.
"What did you say?" he asked wondering if he heard her right.
"I was just kidding, I wanted to wake you up." She said between laughs, "I am sorry, no shower."
"Man." Said Robbie, "I really wanted to... just kidding."
"So baby what do you want to do today?"
"We have to start our wedding plans."
"Yes, yes we do. First we have to decide on a date." Said Mary leaving the room.
"Where are you going?" asked Robbie.
"To get a calendar."
"Oh, okay."
"Okay here we go." Said Mary as she returned to the room with a calendar.
"How 'bout September 2nd, it is a Saturday."
"Yeah, that will be good, because my classes won't start until September 20. We will have time to get settled, and time for our honey moon." Said Robbie.
"Okay good. So September 2nd."
"Yep." He said giving her a kiss.
They got dressed, and went down to the house. Everyone was having a late breakfast, considering it was Saturday.
"Good morning."
"Morning."
They all sat down to eat.
"Ummmm… Everyone we have decided on a date for our wedding." Said Mary smiling, "We decided on September 2nd."
"That is very… uhh… soon." Annie managed to say.
"Well we love each other, so hey.
"Well then congratulations, and we will definitely be helping you guys prepare." Said Annie, now smiling.
"We have to go get ready, we are going today to look for a place to have the reception." Said Mary getting up from the table.
They left the table, and made their way up to the apartment. Mary showered, and put on a pair of khaki shorts, and a baby blue tank top. Robbie showered after her. They left the house, and went off in search of a place. They first went to a hall that was really beautiful, but way overpriced. They then went to a hall, that was very nice, and it was surprisingly in their price-range. It was around 2:00 pm, when they got home. They had lunch, and hung out for the rest of the day.
The next week was filled with picking out invitations and sending them.
"Did we invite everyone that we need to?" asked Robbie, as he went over their list again.
"Yeah, I think so, we have all of my family and all of your family. We invited all our friends, and I don't think anyone is missing."
"Okay, good."
"Yep, that is one thing that is out of the way now."
"Mary, are you gonna invite Wilson?" asked Robbie.
"No way."
"Good, I was hoping you would say that."
"Don't worry baby, I will never get back with him. He is out of my life, you are my everything and my only thing right now." She said kissing him lightly on the lips.
"Awwww… You're so sweet baby. I love you more than you could ever know."
"I love you too, but we have to get back to work, we still need caterers, flowers, my dress, and your suit."
"I know, we will have our work cut out for us." Said Robbie smiling weakly.
"What's wrong?" asked Mary noticing his lack of enthusiasm.
"Its just that all this is very tiring, but I know it will be worth it in the end. I will have a beautiful wife and I will be living a fairy tale."
"I don't know about the fairy tale part, but the beautiful wife part is definitely true." She said laughing.
"I love you."
"I love you too."
They kept preparing. They had to get caterers, and decide what kind of food the caterers would serve.
"What do you want at the wedding for food?" asked Robbie looking through a menu of what the caterers made.
"I think we should have two choices. Like steak and chicken, or chicken and fish, or fish and steak. Something like that."
"I think we should have chicken and fish." Said Robbie.
"Good, that's what I thought too."
By the time all that was done Robbie and Mary were exhausted, but they knew they had to get everything ready, and that it would be worth it in the end. A month before the wedding, Lucy and Mary went out to get her dress. They went to a big store, and looked for the perfect dress.
"So what kind of dress are you looking for?" Lucy asked, as they parked the car.
"I want an elegant sleek one, no puffy traditional kinds." Said Mary alighting from the car.
They walked into the store and went to the section, which had the dresses Mary wanted.
"How is this one?" asked Lucy, holding up a white dress, with spaghetti straps, a clinging top, and at the bottom it went out like a bell. The bottom had flowers embroidered around the bottom and was very pretty.
"I like that, but lets keep looking." She said, continuing to look through the racks of dresses.
They found three more, nice dresses and went to the dressing room.
"How is this one?" asked Mary coming out of the room.
"Good, but try the next."
"Okay, how is this one?" she asked again coming out, this time with a different dress on.
"Nope, next."
After Mary had tried on all the dresses she had, she still hadn't found the perfect one. They kept looking and suddenly Lucy heard Mary shriek in the aisle next to her.
"What? What?" Lucy asked as she ran to see what was wrong with Mary.
"I found it!"
"Found what?!"
"I found the perfect dress." Said Mary holding up a spaghetti strapped, sleek dress, with an embroidered top, and flowing skirt. It was beautiful beyond words. It had sleek gloves to go with it.
"Its awesome."
"I know. This is the one I am getting." Exclaimed Mary, as she headed back towards the dressing room.
Five minutes later she came out. She looked breath taking.
"Wow, Mary you look awesome."
"Thanks."
"You have to get that one."
"I know, I love it."
They went and paid for the dress, they got back in the car and headed home.
"Who are you gonna have for your brides maids?" asked Lucy as they were driving home.
"I really don't know."
"Oh."
"I know I want you as my maid of honor, I want Ruthie to be a brides maid, and I will probably have two of my friends from Buffalo be my other brides maids."
"That's cool. What are your friends names from Buffalo?"
"Allison and Alexa."
"Did you tell them you were going to get married?"
"Of course, I called them a couple days after Robbie proposed." Said Mary laughing.
They got home, Mary was going to keep her dress in Lucy's closet, so Robbie wouldn't see it. Robbie was out with Simon looking for a tuxedo, so Mary went into her room and took out her 'To Do List'.
"Okay, we have the hall, the caterers, the invitations, my dress, and Robbie is getting his suit. So all we need is flowers, and brides maids dresses." Mary said to herself.
An hour later Robbie came back, he didn't have his suit with him, so Mary figured it was in Simon's closet.
"Hey baby." He said coming to sit next to her on the couch.
"Hi." She said kissing him.
"How was your day?"
"It was good."
"That's good, mine was good too."
"What do you want to eat for dinner?" asked Mary getting up and going into the kitchen.
"Anything, what do you want?"
"I am not that hungry, I will probably just have a yogurt or something."
"Mary, that's not healthy, what else did you eat today?"
"I had a salad for lunch, and no breakfast." She said defensively.
"Mary you have to eat."
"I am eating."
"You look like you have lost a lot of weight since the beginning of the summer." Said Robbie remaining calm, despite Mary's attitude.
"Okay, maybe I did loose some weight, but why should you care?"
"How much did you loose?"
"None of your business." She shot back.
"Mary tell me." He said raising his voice.
"Okay, okay, I lost 15 pounds"
"How much do you weigh now?"
"Ummm… 105 pounds." She said.
"What? Mary that isn't healthy."
"Robbie just leave me alone." She said running into her room.
"Mary, I won't leave you alone. I don't want you to be unhealthy."
"Robbie, I haven't been eating I confess. Happy?" she said starting to cry.
"Why? You have always been skinny."
"Because I wanted to look great to get married, so I stopped eating sometimes, but then it just became a habit and I kept doing it."
"Mary, you already are perfect." He said cradling her in his arms, "I love you for you, you don't have to change. You already are perfect."
"Thank you." She said between sobs.
"Now Mary, promise me you will eat."
"I will, don't worry."
They ate dinner, and fell asleep in each other's arms, on the couch. The next week was filled with more wedding plans. They got the flowers, and picked out the brides maid's dresses. The dresses were baby blue, with spaghetti straps, and an open back. The ushers suits, were traditional.
Robbie had chosen his three brothers as his groom's men, and Simon as his best man. Mary had chose Ruthie, Alexa, and Allison as her bride's maids, and Lucy as her maid of honor.
Everything was arranged; they flew in their families and friends. Alexa and Allison were going to stay with Mary and Lucy in their apartment. The colonel and Ruth were staying in Ruthie's room, Ginger and Annie's father were staying in Matt's room, and Matt was staying with Robbie and Simon, In Simon's room. It was a week before the wedding, and around the house was very hectic. The hall was being decorated, and everyone was very excited.
"Robbie, telephone." Called Annie up the stairs.
"Hello." He said picking up the phone.
"Hi baby."
"Oh, hi." He said smiling, upon hearing Mary's voice.
"I wanna see you."
"Okay, do you want me to come up to your apartment?"
"No, everyone is up here. Ally, Lexa, and Lucy won't shut up, so lets go out."
"Okay, where do you wanna go?"
"I wanna take a walk on the promenade."
"Okay, I will be waiting for you outside."
"Okay, bye."
Mary hung up the phone, and walked into the living room with her purse. Alexa, Ally, and Lucy were all sitting on the floor laughing and talking. They had become pretty good friends in the last week.
"And where do you think you are going?" asked Ally sitting up.
"Robbie and I are going for a walk on the promenade."
"Awwww… That's so cute, the couple to be is spending some quality time together." Said Ally laughing.
"What are we annoying you?" asked Lexa in the same mocking tone.
"No, I just wanna spend some time with him."
"We are just kidding, go have fun."
"And remember only 5 days until you are married, and then you can have him in any way you want." Lucy said laughing.
"Hahaha shut up."
"I was just kidding."
"Okay, I am leaving now." She said descending the stairs.
She walked to the front of the house. Robbie was sitting waiting in his car.
"Hey." Said Mary, as she got in.
"Hi baby." He said kissing her on the lips.
They drove to the promenade and parked the car. They walked around just talking about random things.
"So what are you doing tomorrow?" asked Robbie, as they sat down on a bench.
"Lexa, Ally, and Lucy are taking me shopping."
"Shopping for what?"
"Oh nothing." She replied giggling.
"Come on tell me."
"Nope."
"Okay, fine be like that."
"Don't worry I will, and I promise you will like what I am going to get. It will just have to be a surprise."
"Well in that case, I can wait, and be surprised."
"Love you." She said kissing him.
"I love you more."
"No, I love you more."
"Okay, I guess you do." He said kissing her.
They walked around a while longer, then went home. Dinner was ready, so they all sat down and ate. The table was full, so some people ate on the porch.
The next day Alexa, Allison, Lucy, and Mary all headed to the mall.
"Okay which store are we going to first?" asked Ally looking around the mall.
"I wanna go to Bath and Body Works, because when I was shopping with Robbie a couple weeks ago, I saw some perfume there, and her really liked it." Said Mary, "He said 'it turned him on'."
"Okay Mary, we didn't need to hear that." Said Lexa laughing.
They all went into the store, Mary went and got the perfume, and the rest of the girls just browsed.
"Now it is time for us to go to Victoria's secret." Said Lucy smiling slyly.
"Okay, lets go."
They went into the store and looked around. Lucy went over to the sales lady.
"Ummm… Excuse me ma'am, my sister is getting married, do you have a wedding collection of lingerie?"
"Yes we sure do. I will be right back with the catalog, you can look through it and tell me what you like, I will bring them out to show you, if you are interested in any."
"Okay, thank you very much."
"Your welcome."
Mary was still looking around the store, she hadn't seen anything that really caught her attention yet.
"Mary come here." Called Ally, from where her and the rest of the girls were sitting.
"What?"
"Lucy got you a catalog of the wedding collection."
"Okay, let me see."
Mary began flipping through the catalog. She saw something she knew Robbie would like.
"I like that one." She said pointing to it.
"Oooooo." Said all the girls in unison.
"How many nights are you going on your honeymoon for?" inquired Lucy.
"Four, why?"
"I think you should get something really special for your wedding night, and then get something else for each of the four nights you are on your honeymoon."
"That is a good idea Mary." Added Alexa.
"Okay, I will."
They finished looking at the catalog, Mary had found five things she liked. She got her size, and bought them. They left the store and went home.
The Wednesday before the wedding, Mary had her bridal shower. It was in her apartment. She invited her friends from fire fighter training, and some old friends from school. Her mother and grandmother's were also there, and of course Lucy, Lexa, and Ally were there. They all ate and talked and ate, then it was present time.
"Okay open this one first." Said Annie handing Mary a package.
Mary started tearing off the paper; it revealed a beautiful wedding album.
"Its beautiful, thanks mom."
"Your welcome honey."
"Okay now this one." Said Ally handing Mary a big box, "Its from Lexa and me."
Mary again tore the paper off, it was a very big box, and she had no idea what was in it. She finally got the box open and began to pull things out. First she pulled out a black thong.
"Oooooooo." Was all you could hear from everyone.
Mary was a deep shade of red, but continued to dig in the box. She pulled out many more thongs, and bikini style underwear. She was so embarrassed, and everyone laughed at how red she was. There were still more things in the box, she began to pull everything out. Now there were no more embarrassing gifts. She pulled out candlesticks, a photo album, a set of glasses, and plates.
"Thank you guys." Said Mary giving them both hugs.
By the end of the night Mary had enough lingerie for a whole year, and lots of house things. All the girls, including Ruthie camped out on Mary's floor.
The next day was the rehearsal ceremony. Only the people who were in the wedding, and parents and grandparents were invited.
They started at the church; Eric was going to be marrying them. Robbie's 5- year-old girl cousin, named Kaitlynn, was the flower girl. And Sam and David were the ring bearers. They went down first. Followed by Ruthie and Robbie's youngest brother, then Ally and another one of Robbie's brothers, then Alexa and Robbie's oldest brother, and finally Lucy and Simon.
After they all went, Mary, in her regular clothes, went down the aisle. Matt was giving her away, since her father was the minister. She met Robbie at the front and they went over the whole thing, except their vows, which they chose to write. They wanted them to be a surprise, at their actual wedding.
After the ceremony, they all went to their separate places they were staying.
Mary and Robbie spent the night together in her room, while the rest of the girls stayed in Lucy's room. This was going to be their last night together, before they were married. The next night, Mary and Robbie would spend apart, because when Mary woke up, it would be her wedding day, and she didn't want to see Robbie until the wedding.
They slept cuddled in each other's arms. The next morning Mary made breakfast for everyone. Robbie was going to stay until 3 o'clock, and then he was going to stay in the house, with Simon.
They all sat down at the table and ate.
"So how'd you sleep Mary?" asked Ally winking.
"I slept fine, thank you."
"I am sure you did." She said laughing, Robbie couldn't help it, he began to laugh too.
"You guys are so lucky, you are getting married." Said Lucy.
"Don't worry Luce, you'll have your time."
"I hope so, don't jinx me Lexa."
"You guys are nuts." Said Robbie sipping his juice.
"And what makes you so sane?"
"You guys are so goofy."
"Goofy equals good." Replied Ally, in her usual peppy tone.
"Whatever you say."
"Mary your boyfriend is making fun of us." Complained Lexa.
"Robbie shut up."
"Uhhh… you are gonna be my wife, and your telling me to shut up." He exclaimed jokingly.
"yes I am, gotta problem."
"No, I was just asking."
After they all ate, they sat down and talked for hours. They sometimes laughed so hard, they felt like they were gonna bust. It was 3 o'clock and Robbie was leaving.
"You guys better take care of Mary for me." He said heading towards the door.
"Don't worry, we will." Said Lucy sweetly.
Mary followed Robbie down the stairs.
"Bye."
"Bye."
"I am gonna miss you."
"I will see you tomorrow." Said Robbie laughing.
"I know, but I will still miss you."
"I will miss you too." He said pulling her in for a kiss.
They kissed passionately, until the door opened.
"Stop that, we need her back." Called Lucy.
They both started laughing.
"Bye."
"Bye."
Mary went back upstairs. All the women of the house were staying in her and Lucy's apartment. They ordered pizzas for dinner. They all ate and talked and laughed. Later they did facials and sat around telling stories.
"I remember the night before my wedding." Said Annie, as she sat on the floor with a mask on her face, "I was so nervous, I couldn't eat. My mom tried to calm me down, but it didn't work. I was so in love."
"I remember every day for a week I would put on my veil and tiara, and look in the mirror for a long time." Said Grandma Ruth.
"I am so happy for you Mary." Said Ginger kissing her on the cheek.
"We all are."
They talked and laughed for the rest of the night. As Mary laid in her bed that night, she kept thinking, "I am getting married."
She couldn't wait until she was Mrs. Robbie Palmer.
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I hope you all liked it, I know it took me long to write, but I have been working on it whenever I could. It is a bit longer than usual and I really hope you like it. I will start working on the next chapter soon.
~yasmin