Charlie's POV
It was Karp's twentieth birthday and Banksie was just sitting like a bump on a log on his bed. He wasn't sure if he wanted to go to the party, he'd said he didn't feel like he belonged with the team anymore. I think he didn't really know where he fit in anymore. Thanks to that potentially permanent injury at the hands of his father he was no longer the best player on the time, as he couldn't play at all right then, maybe never again. With the lack of financial support of his family he wasn't our token rich boy either.
"We've gotta leave in like twenty minutes babe, if you're coming you need to get dressed." I stuck my head out the bathroom door and called out into the bedroom.
"I don't wanna." He pouted
"Well you gotta get out of bed either way cuz you need to drive me, I'm not taking a cab cuz you're being a baby."
"I can feel the love."
"I do love you, but this moping is starting to irritate me."
"You wouldn't understand."
"Understand what Adam? Maybe if you talked to me, I'd understand. How can we get married if you won't even talk to me about what you're feeling?"
"How can we get married when we have no money?"
I flopped down onto the bed and put my face in my hands. I couldn't take it anymore, this wasn't the guy I wanted to marry. The Adam Banks I was going to marry had the world's most beautiful smile and blue eyes that just shimmered like diamonds. I hadn't seen him smile in weeks and his eyes just lost their luster. It was if all the sparkle had been sucked out of him, leaving a dull shell of Banksieness. I don't know where it came from, but suddenly I was Sonny and Cher.
"They say our love won't pay the rent, before it's earned our money's all been spent. Well I don't know if all that's true, but you got me and baby I got. Babe, I got you babe. I've got flowers in the spring, I've got you to wear my ring."
Then I was smacked in the face with a pillow.
"Oh honey, please do the world a favor and shut up."
I could see the smile threatening to emerge from Banks' cheeks, it was there, struggling to break free. Being the helpful person that I can I couldn't allow the poor smile to remain trapped so reached up, pulled my fiancé down beside me and proceeded to tickle him.
"Come on smile, I know you wanna, you know you wanna, just do it."
"This isn't fair!" He yelped trying to worm free of my grasp. "You're cheating!"
"I am, I know, it's tragic, but it's working."
After a few seconds I had him reduced to a giggling pile on the sheets. I looked at him as he grinned, with the twinkle back in his eyes and felt warm all over. And I decided then, that I couldn't wait until January to marry him. If we weren't getting the caterer or the hall as we planned, then why should we wait? There's was nothing keeping us from getting married that weekend, if we wanted.
"I don't want to wait until New Years." I murmured kissing his neck.
Adam shook his head and sighed.
"And when do you suppose we get married then, tomorrow?"
"It would work for me. I say we cancel the tuxes, give Guy back his money. I'll call the justice of the peace and have him meet us at the pond tomorrow afternoon. Mom's real close to manager of the diner, I bet she could get him to close it to the public for the a few hours and we can have the reception there. I'm sure the Ducks and the Bombay's would cancel any plans they may have just to be there. I bet Jan would even close the shop for the day."
"You want to organize and entire wedding in less then a day?"
"Hmmm, that maybe tuff huh?"
"Yeah, I'd say so."
"All right then, we'll do it the day after tomorrow."
"Charlie, that doesn't even give the out of state ducks time to buy plane tickets to get here, be rational."
He was right, I was thinking with my heart rather then my head and I didn't want the team to be there to see us say our vows. I just didn't want to put it off for any longer. I'm not crier but my eyes welled when Banks looked at me and said.
"I'll sell my car and send them tickets if that's what you really want to do Charlie."
I didn't want him to have to sell the Porsche, I didn't want him to give up something that important to him just to appease me. But I could tell by the look on his face he didn't care. It was almost funny how the day had begun with me trying to make him happy and then he was doing the same for me. That's what make me so certain we were right for each other, that's what marriage is all about after all.
So after Karp's party, which eventually nagged Adam into, we brought his car down to the dealership. He traded it in for a 1995 Jeep Wrangler and a check from 10,000 dollars. I loved the Jeep, I loved the money, but most of all I loved Adam Banks. And hopefully in two days, we'd be getting married.
It was Karp's twentieth birthday and Banksie was just sitting like a bump on a log on his bed. He wasn't sure if he wanted to go to the party, he'd said he didn't feel like he belonged with the team anymore. I think he didn't really know where he fit in anymore. Thanks to that potentially permanent injury at the hands of his father he was no longer the best player on the time, as he couldn't play at all right then, maybe never again. With the lack of financial support of his family he wasn't our token rich boy either.
"We've gotta leave in like twenty minutes babe, if you're coming you need to get dressed." I stuck my head out the bathroom door and called out into the bedroom.
"I don't wanna." He pouted
"Well you gotta get out of bed either way cuz you need to drive me, I'm not taking a cab cuz you're being a baby."
"I can feel the love."
"I do love you, but this moping is starting to irritate me."
"You wouldn't understand."
"Understand what Adam? Maybe if you talked to me, I'd understand. How can we get married if you won't even talk to me about what you're feeling?"
"How can we get married when we have no money?"
I flopped down onto the bed and put my face in my hands. I couldn't take it anymore, this wasn't the guy I wanted to marry. The Adam Banks I was going to marry had the world's most beautiful smile and blue eyes that just shimmered like diamonds. I hadn't seen him smile in weeks and his eyes just lost their luster. It was if all the sparkle had been sucked out of him, leaving a dull shell of Banksieness. I don't know where it came from, but suddenly I was Sonny and Cher.
"They say our love won't pay the rent, before it's earned our money's all been spent. Well I don't know if all that's true, but you got me and baby I got. Babe, I got you babe. I've got flowers in the spring, I've got you to wear my ring."
Then I was smacked in the face with a pillow.
"Oh honey, please do the world a favor and shut up."
I could see the smile threatening to emerge from Banks' cheeks, it was there, struggling to break free. Being the helpful person that I can I couldn't allow the poor smile to remain trapped so reached up, pulled my fiancé down beside me and proceeded to tickle him.
"Come on smile, I know you wanna, you know you wanna, just do it."
"This isn't fair!" He yelped trying to worm free of my grasp. "You're cheating!"
"I am, I know, it's tragic, but it's working."
After a few seconds I had him reduced to a giggling pile on the sheets. I looked at him as he grinned, with the twinkle back in his eyes and felt warm all over. And I decided then, that I couldn't wait until January to marry him. If we weren't getting the caterer or the hall as we planned, then why should we wait? There's was nothing keeping us from getting married that weekend, if we wanted.
"I don't want to wait until New Years." I murmured kissing his neck.
Adam shook his head and sighed.
"And when do you suppose we get married then, tomorrow?"
"It would work for me. I say we cancel the tuxes, give Guy back his money. I'll call the justice of the peace and have him meet us at the pond tomorrow afternoon. Mom's real close to manager of the diner, I bet she could get him to close it to the public for the a few hours and we can have the reception there. I'm sure the Ducks and the Bombay's would cancel any plans they may have just to be there. I bet Jan would even close the shop for the day."
"You want to organize and entire wedding in less then a day?"
"Hmmm, that maybe tuff huh?"
"Yeah, I'd say so."
"All right then, we'll do it the day after tomorrow."
"Charlie, that doesn't even give the out of state ducks time to buy plane tickets to get here, be rational."
He was right, I was thinking with my heart rather then my head and I didn't want the team to be there to see us say our vows. I just didn't want to put it off for any longer. I'm not crier but my eyes welled when Banks looked at me and said.
"I'll sell my car and send them tickets if that's what you really want to do Charlie."
I didn't want him to have to sell the Porsche, I didn't want him to give up something that important to him just to appease me. But I could tell by the look on his face he didn't care. It was almost funny how the day had begun with me trying to make him happy and then he was doing the same for me. That's what make me so certain we were right for each other, that's what marriage is all about after all.
So after Karp's party, which eventually nagged Adam into, we brought his car down to the dealership. He traded it in for a 1995 Jeep Wrangler and a check from 10,000 dollars. I loved the Jeep, I loved the money, but most of all I loved Adam Banks. And hopefully in two days, we'd be getting married.