At 2 in the afternoon, the girls arrived at the Donovan's just as Sab was getting up. "The bride sleeping in on her wedding day?! I don't believe it," Heather joked as Sab came down the stairs.
"What time is it?" Sab asked yawning.
"It's 2 o'clock. Three hours and counting, till you get married," Paula replied.
"Oh shit! Elaina. Why did you let me over sleep?" Sab asked in a panic.
"Relax. While you were sleeping, I took care of everything you needed to do. All you have to do now is get your hair done and put the dress on," Elaina told her.
"And that's where we're taking you." Dee said handing Sab her jacket. "We're all on the way to the salon."
"Thanks, Elaina." Sab said, putting her jacket on.
"No problem, now out the door," Elaina said as they all headed out to hop into the waiting cars. "Oh, one thing Sabrina."
"What's that?" Sab asked turning to her. Elaina handed Sab her cell phone.
"Call your mom. She's waiting at the salon for us, but she needs to know how you've been feeling," Elaina insisted.
"Alright." Sab dialed Karissa's cell. "Hi mom."
"Hey, finally you're up. I called earlier, Elaina said you were resting," Karissa said.
"Yeah, I actually haven't been feeling well the last couple of days."
"Oh, sweetie, have you seen a doctor yet?" Karissa sounded very worried.
"I went this morning. But I have to wait for the test results," Sab answered as she watched the buildings pass by the car as they drove to the salon.
"I'm sure you're ok, just tired out from all the planning," Karissa comforted her.
"That's what everyone is saying. I guess I need to learn to relax," Sab said leaning back in the seat. "I'll talk more with you when we get there."
"Ok, talk to you later. Bye now." They both hang up.
"Things ok?" Dee asked Sab.
"Yeah, just a little under the weather. Say, where's Bea?" Sab asked noticing she didn't see her.
"Not sure. She's probably still picking out a gift for you from all of us," Paula replied, not looking up from the magazine she was reading.
"Paula!" Dee shouted at her.
"What I do?" Paula looked up.
"You just gave away the surprise!"
"Oh, you guys. It's ok." Sab replied. "That's so sweet of you all."
"We thought we'd all get you something for Something New. Bea went to go get it this morning, she's supposed to be meeting us here," Dee said as they arrived in front of the salon.
"Well thank you, all of you." Sab said as she gave them all a hug after they got out of the car.
****
The place Sab and Cody had picked for the wedding, was a community building in the park near their apartment. Dom stood watching the building, waiting for everyone to arrive for the ceremony. He watched as cars arrived and people went in, he also saw Frank, Jake and Cody arrive with another couple.
"Awe isn't that sweet, Cody's, Mommy and Daddy showed for the wedding. I hope they realize they're going to have a bang of a time." Dom laughed thinking to himself. He stood there as Cody and a younger couple came out to the small swing set and sat down.
"Well I do believe that's, the bitch, Elaina's precious son Derek and I'm guessing that's his girlfriend. He does have good taste in women. I feel almost sorry that she's going to be going to pieces soon. Yeah right, like I care," Dom said to himself as he continued to watch. Soon after, two other cars pull up to the area.
"Oh great, Cody is out there. He can't see me in my dress," Sab said seeing him on the swing set with Derek and Becky.
"I'll handle it," Elaina said dialing her phone. "Love, will you do me a little favor?" Elaina asked Frank very sweetly.
"Sure my Lady, anything you want," Frank told her. "Where are you?"
"Have Cody get his ass in the building, we're here and Sab isn't getting out with him with in eyeshot of her," Elaina hung up the phone.
"Come on Jake, we have to get Cody in here. The ladies have arrived. They don't want Cody to see Sabrina," Frank told him as they go out to get him.
The girls watch as Frank argued with Cody to go in. They watch as Frank and Jake pull him in as he looked at the car to see Sab.
"Call the poor man and talk to him, please?" Karissa begged Sab.
"He knows I'm here now, he'll be ok," Sab told them.
Elaina tossed her the cell phone. "Call him, it isn't bad luck to talk over the phone. Frank and I did it most of the day."
"Oh ok, I'll do it." Sab dialed the phone. "Hi Cody. Miss me?"
"Why haven't you called before now? I've been very worried about you. Not to mention, Mom and Dad have been waiting to see and talk to you all day."
"Cody, I'll hang up if you don't let me talk."
"Sorry. I did miss you."
"I missed you too. I've had a lot to do today. Then Elaina made me sleep for a bit, so I wouldn't fall asleep during the ceremony," Sab said giggling.
"Sure blame me, I have big shoulders. I can carry the guilt and blame," Elaina said quietly.
"That's what friends are for, isn't it?" Karissa winked at Elaina.
"We just got here, we came from the salon I had to make myself look beautiful for you."
"You're already beautiful to me," Cody said to her; which made her blush in front of Elaina and her mother.
"Well I look even better now. I'll see you in a bit. I love you."
"I love you too," Cody said then hung up.
"Awe," Jake and Frank said together.
"Leave me alone," Cody blushed himself as he playfully punched at Jake.
"Not on your life. We're stuck like glue to you until the ceremony starts," Frank told him.
Dom watched as the ladies got out of the vehicle. Elaina and Karissa came out first in one car, then the rest out of the other. Alex, Monica, Heather, Paula and Dee headed inside to make sure Cody wouldn't be around the room that was set up for Sab. He watched as Karissa and Elaina helped Sab out of the car. His breath stopped as he saw her.
"She's so beautiful." That was all that was going through his mind as he saw her in her long white dress that was cut just below her shoulders. Her hair was down for once, in a million drop curls. She was laughing with them. Her smile just glowed as she made her way into the building.
"Finally everyone is in there. Time for me to get my surprise ready." Dom picked up the knapsack that lay beside him and walked toward the building.
****
Frank and Caleb were in talking to one another when Elaina and Alex walked in to see Cody. "Mind if we come in no bride with us?" Alex said sticking her head in the room.
"Sure someone needs to watch Cody for a while, we need a break. Caleb and I are going outside for a while."
"Sure run out when I need you the most. Do you realize in just a short while I'll be saying my vows which at this moment, I don't remember a word of them," Cody ranted.
"Calm down Cody, it'll all come back to you when you see Sabrina. If it doesn't whatever you say to her will mean twice as much because it'll come from your heart," Elaina said as she put her arm on his shoulders.
"You're going to be so awe struck when you see her you may not be able to speak," Alex joked.
"Alex, I don't think that statement eased his tension any." Elaina grimaced at her for saying it.
"Sorry Cody. I just thought you'd like to know that Sab makes a beautiful bride."
"I had no doubt that she would, but thanks for telling me." Cody managed to smile at her.
"Cody, would it help if I told you that she's nervous too? It's perfectly normal to feel the way you are now," Elaina told him.
"Frank wasn't nervous when you two were married a few months ago," Cody said.
"He was already married to me, that made the difference. I on the other hand was very nervous."
"Why were you nervous?" Alex asked.
"For one thing like you Cody, I'd completely forgotten the vows we wrote. Then there was the fact that I had all these people watching. Right as I was to walk down the isle, I saw all those faces looking at me I almost bolted. But I saw Frank's face, the only one that mattered. The other faces seem to disappear as I walked to him."
"You have it easy Cody, you don't have to walk down the isle with all eyes on you. You just stand up front and everyone looks at the bride not you," Alex told him.
"Alex, you have a way with words today," Elaina laughed.
"I think I'll go back out and find Dee and Monica," Alex smiled turning to leave them alone.
"Good idea," Cody agreed.
****
"Oh my gosh, Sab you look so beautiful!" Jake said as he and Allison walked into her room with Karissa there finishing up getting her ready.
"Thanks," Sab said as she turned around from looking in the mirror. "Has Bea arrived yet?"
"No she hasn't. I'll give her a call on her cell phone in a few minutes," Allison replied. "But there's some people who'd like to meet you."
"Who?" Sab asked as Jake let them in. It was Cody's parents.
"Hello Sabrina," Cody's mother said as she and her husband walked up to her.
"Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Forrester," Sab said a bit nervous.
"Please, none of that. I'm Caleb and she's Carol. Or you can call us Mom and Dad whatever your comfortable with," Caleb told her.
"We just wanted to meet you before the wedding. Cody has told us so much about you and from talking on the phone with you, we know he has made the right choice," Mrs. Forrester said giving her a hug.
"Yes, our son has told us a lot about you. Now we see why he's so much in love with you. You're a very pretty lady," Caleb said to put her at ease.
"Oh stop, everyone is making me blush so much today," Sab said with a huge smile on her face.
"Where do you think they get the saying blushing bride? Seems my husband is a bit of a flirt, too. That's where Cody gets it from." Carol said smiling.
Sab giggled a bit. "Well then, I guess I have to thank you for that."
"Cody said that you're a wiz at computers. He tells me you may be even better than me. I guess we'll have to put that to a challenge someday," Caleb told her.
"Does he now? Well I'm sure you'll go easy on me."
"Think again, I truly want to see what you got in that mind of yours," Caleb laughed. Sab laughed along as Elaina walked into the room.
"Ok, out, out, out. Let the bride to be by herself for a bit," Elaina said swishing people out of the room.
"We'll talk more later," Caleb said, as he walked out the door with Jake.
"Good luck Sabrina," Carol said, as she gives her a hug goodbye.
"Thanks," Sab said as they all exit.
"We'll be just down the hall," Elaina said as she closed the door. Sab sighed a bit then turned back to the mirror.
"I can't believe this day has finally come," Sab said to herself nervously but excited at the same time. She walked toward the window to look out. She saw Cody sitting outside again alone. Frank was standing a few feet from him talking with Cody's father. Sab stared at Cody, who was sitting on one of the swings in the park. He was deep in thought. Sab knew that he was, he was staring off into space as he always did.
"I never thought I'd meet someone like him," Sab thought as she continued to stare at him, not noticing that there was someone else inside the room with her. He walked right up behind her.
"You know, they were speaking the truth when they said you looked very beautiful today." A voice from behind her startled her. She turned around fast to see Dom there. Her heart stopped.
"No, it…it can't…" Sab whispered trying to get her breath back.
"It can, my sweet," Dom said stepping close to her.
"But…I …I shot you," Sab said looking up at him.
"Appearances can be deceiving," Dom said, as his hands move down Sab's arms. "Oh, have you seen my brother lately?" Dom asked with a devilish grin.
"No…" Sab looked past him in disbelief.
"You took care of that problem for me." Dom said with an evil grin. "Now for the next."
Sab looked up at him again. "Next?"
"This." Dom held up a small box to her that he was holding.
"What's that?" Sab looked at it and saw that he's holding down a red button on it.
"For an agent, you're not that experienced in bombs," Dom replied as she returned her stare to him. "It's a Dead Man's Bomb. I let go of this button or someone shoots me, this whole place will be blown sky high.
"What is the point in this?" Sab asked.
"Just some reassurance so that no one can stop me from leaving with you," Dom replied. "Oh and to make it even more interesting, your friend Bea, have you seen her today?"
"What the fuck did you do to her?"
"Nothing as of yet. Her safety depends on you."
"What do you mean?"
"Meaning, if you get away or refuse to come, you or anybody else will never see her again."