10 months later (1 month until wedding)
Squid and Kandy just completed their first year in college. Even though some would consider that a major accomplishment, it was nothing compared to what they were going through to try to get their wedding plans set. It was almost June and things were starting to get stressful.
"Ok so, do you have all the invitations?"
"Yup!"
"Ok we don't want to lose any of them!"
"Kandy I know, I know don't worry we will get them all out on time!"
"Ok sorry, I'm just getting a little stressed out!"
Squid kissed Kandy and told her everything was going to be alright; instantly things felt better. They both took the big boxes filled with envelopes.
"Kandy, are you sure you want to invite all of these people? I mean look at all of these, there has to be at least two hundred people! I would be happy as long as my family and the guys were there."
"I know, but I really want all of my friends to be there! I mean all of them, including the ones from Guatemala and everything!"
Ever since Kandy moved back to the United States she wanted so badly to go back and visit her friends, but since she couldn't she figured that her wedding was the next best thing.
"Well I think we have invited most of the country, so I think we're set!"
They waked out of Kandy's house (Squid was spending almost all of his time there because his mom still didn't approve of them getting married.) holding the boxes filled with invitations and started off towards the post office.
Squid's house:
Jodi walked into the bed room with butterflies in her stomach. She had been dreading this all morning, but knew that she had to do it. She thought that if she could just talk to Squid's mom then maybe she could accept the wedding. Squid was coming by the house very rarely, Kandy never came by anymore and it was all because Squid's mom couldn't accept their love.
"Ann, can I talk to you?"
Jodi walked into the room and saw Squid's mom looking out the window pretending to be reading a book.
"Sure Jodi, what do you wanna talk about?"
"Alan."
"Why is something wrong? Is he ok?"
"Ann he's fine don't worry, I was just wondering why you still seem so upset about him and Kelly getting married?"
There was a long pause and Squid's mom took a deep breath.
"Jodi we have really gotten close since we first met, and I really appreciate you letting me stay here with you, but I need to take care of my son. Sure I have needed some help with that for the last few years, but I am getting better. I just don't see how I can still take care of him when Kelly is."
Jodi moved over onto the bed next to Squid's mom and put her arm around her.
"He isn't leaving forever. Wouldn't it be better to just accept it and let him be happy? I bet t is tearing him apart to know that his mom doesn't support his decision to get married."
"I just don't know why he thinks he needs to get married so soon! He is only nineteen!"
"He is almost twenty! But that is still very young I agree, but you see them together they are in love. I have never seen anyone so in love as those two. They have been separated so many times and when Alan was living with us in New York the only time I saw him happy was when she came to visit! He needs her in his life, I think you are hurting him more by trying to force them apart, then you could any other way."
"Jodi, I love Kelly I really do, but she is going to take my place in his life. She is going to be the woman that will always be there for him and take care of him. I always knew this was going to happen but I tried not to think about it."
"Nobody could take your place! You are his mother and no one is going to change that! Not me, not Kelly, not anyone!"
Squid's mom's eyes began to fill with tears.
"I know I haven't been the best mom, hell I have been a horrible mother to him for almost his entire life. I just wish there was some way I could make it up to him. I know he use to hate me, and he still might now and I just want to keep him here until we are finally close. You don't know how much he means to me and if he leaves then I don't know what I would do!"
The small tears in her eyes turned into sobs by the time she finished her last sentence. Jodi didn't know what to say. She had no idea what she was going to by she tried her best to make her feel better.
"It's ok! You guys seem really close to me!"
"Then why does he always come to you when he needs help on something?"
"He doesn't!"
"You…You knew about this wedding before…it…it happened!"
It was getting hard to understand Squid's mom because she was shaking so violently and crying so hard. Jodi tried her best to make her feel better but I didn't seem like anything was working so she tried a new approach.
"Alan loves you! Maybe if you tell him that you accept it and then try your hardest maybe you can take this last month and make the most out of it."
"I don't know if I can do that!"
This wasn't working so Jodi tried one last thing that she hoped would work.
"Ann you are acting like Bruce!"
Jodi knew she had gotten through by saying this instantly. No one ever said Bruce's name in the house unless they really meant something. Squid's mom stopped crying and looked right into Jodi's eyes.
"Are you serious?"
Jodi sighed and hugged Squid's mom.
"Ann, Bruce never accepted that there might be someone in this world that was important to Alan other than himself. Kandy is important to Alan, and so are you! There is room in his life for the both of you!"
Squid's mom hugged Jodi back and wiped her eyes.
"You're right I need to make it up to him and try to understand!"
With that she picked up the phone and dialed Squid's number.
"Hello?"
"Hey Alan, it's your mom I was wondering if you and Kandy wanted to come over to dinner tonight?"
There was a silence on the other end. Squid was talking to Kandy.
"Mom, is everything alright?"
"Yes its fine I would just like to have you and my future daughter-in-law over for dinner that's all!"
"Umm… ok what time?"
"Six!"
"Ok we'll be there!"
"Good-bye!"
"Bye"
They both hung up and Squid's mom went to go and figure out what she was going to serve at dinner tonight while Squid and Kandy were shocked that they were invited.
"Do you think she is going to do something?" Kandy asked as the continued to stuff invitations into the large blue postal box.
"What do you mean like poison your food so we can't get married?"
"No! Squid don't talk like that! I meant like say we can't get married no matter what."
"Well, she has already tried that and it didn't work, so no I don't think she is going to try anything. I wonder if she finally accepted us."
"I don't know it seems like she kinda hates me ever since you told her we were engaged. Don't get me wrong I love your mom, but she is kinda scary when you are on her bad side. Whenever I would come over she would just look at me and cry!"
"Yah, she would follow me and cry that's why I'm staying with you and Ryan! By the way he seems to have gotten over it alright."
"Yah, I told him that I loved you and that wasn't going to change, and one day he was fine with it! He was even offering to help us pay for the wedding! It was really weird!"
Once Squid put the last of the invitations into the postal box they got back into the car and continued driving.
"Well we have to be there in two hours, what do you want to do until then?"
"I dunno. Wanna just go over some colors or something?"
Squid rolled his eyes. He hated trying to pick colors for the wedding.
"Fine!"
"Thanks baby!"
Kandy leaned over and kissed Squid on the cheek.
"I was thinking bright colors, but something pretty! I want it to be cheerful, but not look like rainbow bright! Maybe like powder blue? We have to have white in there somewhere, but that's alright that kinda goes with everything. Squid what do you think?"
"Huh what?"
Squid looked around he hadn't been listening to a thing Kandy was saying. He was still amazed that he had gotten a call from his mom.
"Were you listening to a thing I just said?"
"Uhh…"
"Squid! Fine powder blue! Yes? No?"
"Meh, that's kinda girly don't ya think?"
"No, that's the color they put in baby boy's rooms! Besides blue if your favorite color!"
"Yah, but not girly blue! What about like royal blue?"
"Don't you think that's kinda dark?"
Kandy tried to keep her patience with Squid even though she really wanted to tell him to shut-it and is didn't matter because he didn't care and he should just let her have her way because she would get it in the end, but she figured that might not be the best thing to say so she tried to stay patient.
"Well, royal blue is not girly!"
"No you're right it isn't girly, but don't you think it might be a little depressing?"
"Maybe, what about pink you like pink!"
"Yah I do, but royal blue and pink…yuck!"
Squid was starting to get frustrated.
"Look, why don't you just decide and then do whatever you want. I don't care if you're happy I'm happy."
This is how Squid got out of doing things he didn't want to do. He just told Kandy anything she picked out was fine and then pretended to like it once she came to a decision. Kandy was a little pleased and was tempted to take his offer, but didn't.
"This is our only wedding and I want you to be a part of it! If you want Royal blue, then we will make royal blue work!"
"I don't really want royal blue."
"Oh my god, Squid, then why are you making such a big deal about royal blue when you don't really want it?"
"I dunno it's not girly! Look really I will be happy with anything you pick! As long as we get married and as long as I get to spend my entire life with you I'm happy!"
Kandy smiled and thought about color combinations for the rest of the ride home, but didn't share them with Squid. She thought he needed a break and would continue to bother him once they got home.
"Powder blue, baby pink and white?"
"I know it is really girly, but it would be so pretty! Think about it, we could have a white cake with pink and blue flowers! We could also have pretty blue and pink decorations on the pews in the church! Don't you think that would be pretty?"
"Yah, it sounds pretty, but how about we compromise and we have white as the main color and then powder blue and baby pink as accent colors. Is that alright?"
"Sounds great! Thanks baby!"
Kandy grabbed Squid and threw him onto the couch and started kissing him. They continued this until Ryan walked into the room.
"Whoa sorry, I can see I was interrupting…I was just wondering if you needed help on colors or not but it looks like you've got everything under control…"
Kandy laughed.
"Thanks Ryan, but don't worry you weren't interrupting anything! I think we are going for white, powder blue, and pink. What do you think?"
Ryan looked at Squid and smiled.
"I think you have found a very tolerant man to put up with such girly colors!"
Squid burst out laughing while Kandy looked mad.
"Ryan that's not funny!"
But neither Ryan nor Squid heard her because they were both laughing harder now.
"Well fine then, what color would you pick?"
"Umm…how about royal blue?"
Squid was now on the floor laughing, but Ryan just looked around with a confused look on his face.
"What did I say?"
"Oh nothing…"
Kandy walked over and sat on top of Squid until he stopped laughing. She rolled over on top of him and gave him a kiss. She looked at his watch and then jumped off of him.
"We got to go we have to be at your mom's house in forty-five minutes and I haven't even showered or anything yet! I'll be right back!"
Kandy ran up the stairs and heard Squid yelling after her.
"Can I come?"
"No!" Kandy ran around the corner and took a fast shower. Then she threw on a new semi-casual dress and went downstairs to find Squid wearing kaki pants and a striped shirt.
He looks so sexy in stripes! Kandy thought to herself.
"Hey hottie, ready to go?"
Squid smiled and opened the door.
"After you!"
Thanks everyone who has reviewed! Oh the dinner is next! Please let me know what you think then I will put up the next chapter! Oh and if anyone has any ideas for the title I'm open for suggestions!