"Spin," Paige said, still crying. "I...don't know what to say."
"Say yes," Spin said, ignoring the pain is his knee. He had knelt on the cold, hard ground for nearly five minutes before getting up the courage to ring the doorbell.
"Yes, of course," Paige said.
Spinner yelled (well, whooped with joy would be a more correct term) and jumped up from the ground, kissing Paige and enveloping her in a tight hug.
"Spinner, I can't believe that you came all this way...and so soon," Paige said.
"Yeah, well, about two seconds after you left I figured out that I couldn't stand to be without you, and I refused to leave you again. So I boarded the next flight I could get to get here, and well, the rest doesn't matter, except for that we are now officially a 'we', and that we will never be apart again."
"I love you," Paige said, and kissed him again. Soon they went off to celebrate, and while driving to a restaurant Paige chatted away at all the plans they would have to make. She couldn't wait to live happily ever after.
"Let's have a small wedding with just our closes families and friends," Paige said.
"Even better, lets elope to Vegas right now," Spinner said.
Paige playfully punched him in the arm. They continued to talk away.
After a while, they decided that they didn't want to wait very long, they loved each other too much. So they settled on a date in just three weeks. Although it was soon, they just couldn't wait. A simple wedding with their closest friends and family wouldn't be too hard to plan.
Two weeks later in Ohio, Manny's phone was ringing. She ran across the room and picked it up with a hurried hello. She was dying to hear from Craig.
"Hey, sweet," Craig's voice said.
"Craig," Manny sighed. "It's so unbelievably good to hear your voice."
"You too. I miss you so much hon," Craig said. They chatted for a while about what had happened since they last talked yesterday.
"Hey, Manny, are you going to the wedding...Paige and Spinner's?" Craig asked.
"Yeah, my boss said I could have it off," Manny said.
"Great well, um, make sure you save a slow song for me," Craig said.
"Don't be silly, they are all for you," Manny laughed.
"So are you sure you are doing okay?" Craig asked.
"Yeah, aside from missing you so much I can hardly stand it, I'm okay," Manny said. Suddenly she heard her oven timer going off. "Craig I have to go now."
"Okay, baby. Be careful, and I'll call you tomorrow. And remember that I love you."
"I love you too."
After saying goodnight, Manny hung up the phone.
Later on...
It was two days before the wedding, and Paige was going crazy.
"I swear, I must have been crazy when I agreed to having this thing in three weeks. There's no way," she complained. Hazel, who had flown in to help Paige get ready, was trying to calm her down.
"Paige, it's going to be okay," Hazel said. "It's all ready. We just need to go get your dress, and get you all made up tomorrow. I already checked the reception area. It is gorgeous and ready to go."
Paige stood and stretched, and then walked to the living room, Hazel trailing behind.
"Thank gosh you're here, or else I think I might have died," Paige said to Hazel.
"We have got two hours and fifteen minutes until we have to go to your wedding dress appointment," Hazel said.
"Good, that gives me some time to do something I have been meaning to catch up on," Paige said. And with that, she fell asleep.
Meanwhile, Manny was at her hotel, holding up two dresses in front of the mirror. She still hadn't decided between the shorter teal one, or the longer black one. The teal one had no back, and went down to right above her knees. The black one was sleeveless, a tube top, but went down to her ankles. She looked at the clock. It was just about noon, and she was feeling tired. Yawning, she walked downstairs to the small café and ordered a coffee. Then walking into the lobby, she saw a very familiar face.
"Craig!" she yelled.
Craig turned around and smiled that one smile, the one that made Manny weak in the knees. She dropped her coffee, not even caring if it spilled. She ran towards Craig and jumped into his arms, kissing him all over his face.
"Craig, I thought you were out of town until tomorrow," she said in between kisses.
"I had to be with you," Craig said, leaning back a bit and studying her face. He brushed a stray peace of hair from her face. "Had to see your beautiful face."
Manny smiled and was about to kiss him again, when she noticed that everyone was looking at them.
"You know, maybe we should go to my room," Manny said. Craig nodded and took her hand, and together they went to the room.
Paige stood in the wedding dress boutique, looking at the puffy monstrosity, almost eating her alive.
"Um," she said to the assistant. "I don't think this is one is going to work."
"Oh, but you look beautiful," she said.
"The color isn't right," Hazel said without thinking. Paige shot her a strange look, and then walked to the dressing room.
"Haze," she said through the door. "This is taking forever. I just can't find it."
Paige then looked on the dress she had just put on. For once, she actually liked it. No, she loved it. This dress was gorgeous.
"Hazel," she said, stepping out of the dressing room.
"I think you have found the one," Hazel said. Paige nodded, and then after putting her regular dress on, she waltzed to the cashier and paid.
Meanwhile, Manny and Craig sat on her hotel bed talking.
"So, tell me," Manny said, holding up the dresses. "What dress do you like better?"
"The green one," Craig said.
"It's called teal," Manny laughed. She threw the dresses on a nearby chair, and jumped onto the bed. She and Craig started kissing, and the dresses were, of course, soon forgotten. After a little while, Manny came up for air.
"Craig," she said. "I never got my coffee, and I am so hungry. Lets go out to eat."
"This is funner," Craig said.
"More fun," Manny corrected, and then stood up. Craig pulled her down again, and started to kiss her, but Manny freed herself from his grasp, and jumped up laughing.
"Come back here," Craig said.
"You'll have to catch me first," Manny said. She grabbed the hotel key off the table, and ran out the room. Craig grabbed his jacket and followed her.
He caught up to her near the elevators.
"You know," Craig said. "I'm really glad you are on the highest floor of this tall building. It gives us a longer ride."
He then pulled Manny to him, and they began to kiss again. They didn't even notice when the elevator made a ring sound to alert them they had made it to the ground floor, and when the doors opened.
"Ahem," said a voice.
Manny and Craig breathlessly pulled apart and looked over to see Emma and J.T. looking at them.
"Having fun?" Emma laughed.
"Yes," Craig said. "And now if you will excuse us..."
He reached over to hit the close door button, but Manny stopped him.
"Come on," she said. "I'm hungry."
After a good meal with Emma and J.T., Craig excused himself, saying he had to use the restroom.
He hurried over to the jewelry shop across from the restaurant.
"Is it ready?" he asked the woman working there.
The woman reached under a counter and pulled out a beautiful diamond ring. Craig hurried and paid for it, and then placed the small box into his pocket, and started to walk back towards the restaurant.
"Tonight," he said. "Tonight is the night."