Notes: 1. Thanks for everyone who has reviewed this story. I've decided to
take the time to finish it, even after all this time with no updates. So
I'll add this and one more chapter, completing the plans I had for this
story. Please give me your opinions.
2. As I've said before, some information on this fanfic; like dates, places
and names, might go against information given in the original show, since I
haven't been able to watch all the episodes. Keep in mind this is fan
FICTION.
"Before We Loved Lucy"
Chapter 7 "Ricky & Lucy: The Wedding"
Ricky and Lucy decided they would get married in three months, after they arrived in New York and found an apartment. The initial plan was only month, but Lucy thought it would be impossible to get everything ready in only thirty days. Emily was helping her with all the arrangements.
"Lucy, you're driving me crazy. You've tried at least twenty different wedding gowns, I can't even tell them apart anymore!" Emily said as she sat on the store, drinking her fifth cup of coffee and helping Lucy pick her wedding dress.
"I won't be able to look at white clothes for a hundred years!" Emily said when they left the store, two hours and another thirteen wedding gowns later.
"It's good you're not a nurse, then." Lucy said as she led Emily into another store. It was time to pick the bouquet.
"Thank God I'm not a florist either." Emily said as Lucy dragged her into the store.
On the big day, Ricky was pacing in the front of the church. Lucy's friend Emily and her now official boyfriend James White were trying to calm him down.
"Calm down, Ricky. I don't get why you're so nervous." James said. "She still has fifteen minutes to arrive."
"You don't know Lucy, man. They way she is, something really weird could happen in the way." Ricky said with a nervous grin. He looked extremely handsome in his suit.
Emily, who was the bridesmaid, laughed at this remark. She knew Lucy very well to know that Ricky was not totally wrong to be worried. "Don't worry, Ricky. She wants this more than anything. She'll be here."
And she was right. Lucy arrived there only ten minutes late. "Sorry," she said, "I would be here on time if he agreed to take a shortcut I knew." She said, pointing to the taxi driver. The man just shook his head. "Sometimes working is not worth, even for a million dollars." The man said as Ricky paid him for the ride.
There weren't many people on the ceremony. Besides Emily and James, were there Lucy's parents, some musicians from Ricky's orchestra and a few Lucy's friends from college. Everything went quite smoothly, except for Lucy urging the priest to get to the "I Do" part. "He was taking too long. We didn't have all day!" She justified herself later.
After the ceremony, there was a small reception in Lucy's house.
"Why there are more people here than during the ceremony?" Ricky whispers to Lucy.
"Well, honey, it's obvious. It's much more easier to show you off here than on a church." She smiled, kissed him on the cheek and left to talk to the guests. He stood and watched her, smiling too.
After a few hours, Lucy and Ricky were ready to go to their honeymoon. Lucy didn't know were they were going, because Ricky wanted to make a surprise.
"Is it Europe? France? Italy? England?" Lucy was naming all the places in the world she could think of.
"Actually," Rick started, "I thought it would be nice to stay here in America. I've been here for only three months, I don't know anything or anyone around."
"Well", Lucy said, a little disappointed. "I haven't been to many places either. I can't help you to know America."
"We'll get to know it together, then." He said. She looked at him, smiled. She loved his big brown eyes and his accent. "That sounds wonderful." She said back.
The place Rick had chosen for their honeymoon was a lovely inn, located in New England. The place was very nice and cozy and the owner was a sweet old lady, who treated the Ricardos as if they were her children.
"It's funny how life is," Rick said as they sat one day in the inn's front porch. "When I got invited to perform in that cruise, I knew it was going to change my life forever, but I never thought it would be in this way."
"Well, I hoped to find a handsome guy for myself there, but I never believed it would actually happen." Lucy said. "Not that I ever had problems to get boyfriends, but sometimes I wasn't as popular as I claimed to be."
"That's hard to believe." He said, kissing her forehead.
"I love you, Ricky."
"And I love you too, Lucy."
"Before We Loved Lucy"
Chapter 7 "Ricky & Lucy: The Wedding"
Ricky and Lucy decided they would get married in three months, after they arrived in New York and found an apartment. The initial plan was only month, but Lucy thought it would be impossible to get everything ready in only thirty days. Emily was helping her with all the arrangements.
"Lucy, you're driving me crazy. You've tried at least twenty different wedding gowns, I can't even tell them apart anymore!" Emily said as she sat on the store, drinking her fifth cup of coffee and helping Lucy pick her wedding dress.
"I won't be able to look at white clothes for a hundred years!" Emily said when they left the store, two hours and another thirteen wedding gowns later.
"It's good you're not a nurse, then." Lucy said as she led Emily into another store. It was time to pick the bouquet.
"Thank God I'm not a florist either." Emily said as Lucy dragged her into the store.
On the big day, Ricky was pacing in the front of the church. Lucy's friend Emily and her now official boyfriend James White were trying to calm him down.
"Calm down, Ricky. I don't get why you're so nervous." James said. "She still has fifteen minutes to arrive."
"You don't know Lucy, man. They way she is, something really weird could happen in the way." Ricky said with a nervous grin. He looked extremely handsome in his suit.
Emily, who was the bridesmaid, laughed at this remark. She knew Lucy very well to know that Ricky was not totally wrong to be worried. "Don't worry, Ricky. She wants this more than anything. She'll be here."
And she was right. Lucy arrived there only ten minutes late. "Sorry," she said, "I would be here on time if he agreed to take a shortcut I knew." She said, pointing to the taxi driver. The man just shook his head. "Sometimes working is not worth, even for a million dollars." The man said as Ricky paid him for the ride.
There weren't many people on the ceremony. Besides Emily and James, were there Lucy's parents, some musicians from Ricky's orchestra and a few Lucy's friends from college. Everything went quite smoothly, except for Lucy urging the priest to get to the "I Do" part. "He was taking too long. We didn't have all day!" She justified herself later.
After the ceremony, there was a small reception in Lucy's house.
"Why there are more people here than during the ceremony?" Ricky whispers to Lucy.
"Well, honey, it's obvious. It's much more easier to show you off here than on a church." She smiled, kissed him on the cheek and left to talk to the guests. He stood and watched her, smiling too.
After a few hours, Lucy and Ricky were ready to go to their honeymoon. Lucy didn't know were they were going, because Ricky wanted to make a surprise.
"Is it Europe? France? Italy? England?" Lucy was naming all the places in the world she could think of.
"Actually," Rick started, "I thought it would be nice to stay here in America. I've been here for only three months, I don't know anything or anyone around."
"Well", Lucy said, a little disappointed. "I haven't been to many places either. I can't help you to know America."
"We'll get to know it together, then." He said. She looked at him, smiled. She loved his big brown eyes and his accent. "That sounds wonderful." She said back.
The place Rick had chosen for their honeymoon was a lovely inn, located in New England. The place was very nice and cozy and the owner was a sweet old lady, who treated the Ricardos as if they were her children.
"It's funny how life is," Rick said as they sat one day in the inn's front porch. "When I got invited to perform in that cruise, I knew it was going to change my life forever, but I never thought it would be in this way."
"Well, I hoped to find a handsome guy for myself there, but I never believed it would actually happen." Lucy said. "Not that I ever had problems to get boyfriends, but sometimes I wasn't as popular as I claimed to be."
"That's hard to believe." He said, kissing her forehead.
"I love you, Ricky."
"And I love you too, Lucy."