………………..20th of April………………….
The clock rang and Kate slowly moved her hand to shut it off.
"I don't want to go up today." She told Tony.
"Too bad we have too." He said very tired. Slowly he started to get up from the bed.
"Just a few more minutes." Kate said to him while dragging his blanket to her to get warmer.
"We don't have a few more minutes. Tomorrow you are not going to work so you can sleep in then. Think about me who has to work the day before his wedding." Tony told her while he got up from bed.
"I know…Two agents not a work is too much but I wish we both could have got tomorrow off. We still have some last minute things to prepare. I still can't believe 300 people are coming to our wedding." Kate then said to him.
"At least you feel better about it now then when you heard the number for the first time a month ago." Tony told her while dragging of the blankets of her. They couldn't be late for work and she knew it.
………..A month ago……….
"Ok, I agreed to postpone the wedding so more people could come. I'm not happy about it and I'm definitely not going to postpone it again. We've listened to both our families enough already. Right, Tony?" Kate told them while looking at her parents first and then Tony.
"She's right. Mom, dad…I know you want to invite many but it isn't possible." Tony continued.
"We can pay for them and it isn't every day your eldest son is getting married." Tony's mother Isabella told them. She wasn't going to back down. She had three more people on her side too. Her husband Adam, Tony's father Michael and his wife Sonja.
"You had a big wedding when Andrew got married. Can't you just respect how we feel?" Tony pleaded.
"This is how it will be and that is it. In this family things are this way. Anthony, we raised you to understand and respect our family traditions. You're going to follow them. End of discussion." Tony's father said firmly.
Kate and Tony didn't want their families to fight. They had just started to talk again after disagreeing two hours ago. They couldn't understand how hard it would be to merge two families. They had just thought it would be so easy but they were really wrong.
"We're not going back to square one…Can both parties accept our choice of location and date?" Kate asked them.
"Yes." Kate's mother Rebecka said. Kate's mother felt a bit outnumbered by the Dinozzo clan since they were four and them only two.
"Just so you know we still think the church your brother got married in is the best church but we can accept your decision." Michael said. The others nodded.
"That's great. Off to a good start then. We wanted to get married fast and we were nice enough to push it back a month and a half. Kate and I understand this wedding will be bigger than we initial thought. You must understand that finding a restaurant and also one which is big enough is hard to do here. The guest list needs to get cut." Tony told them.
"It's not our fault. Not more than 50 are on our list." Kate's father Eric replied.
"Don't go blaming this on us…" Tony's father said angry.
"Hold on here…No more fighting…"Tony stood up saying hoping it would calm everyone down.
"We're Italian and proud of being Italian. We have big weddings with many guests. Are you forgetting your background? Are you not a Dinozzo anymore?" his father asked upset. Tony sighed and sat down again.
"So at least 150 guests from your side then. If we can find a big enough restaurant or hotel then probably we can manage it if you help pay for it." Kate said giving up. Going over this again and again hadn't helped and she decided to just accept the situation.
"Are they taking over the wedding plans too?" Kate's mother asked now upset over how easily her daughter gave in.
"No, they are not, mother…We're planning it…We invited you here so you could talk and get to know each other since we're getting married…Not to fight and take over…" Kate told them.
"It's OUR wedding…" Tony emphasized taking Kate's hand. She smiled and felt a lot better now. Everyone looked at them and decided to try to be calmer.
"So since much time has already been wasted let us go to the essential things. Any special traditions you want us to do or have on our wedding?" Tony continued.
……………….Back in their bedroom……………..
"When I heard the final guest list would be around 250 or 300 people…Of course I freaked…We don't even know half of those people…Right now I just want it to be a nice wedding and whether 50 or 300 sees me say I do to you…Well I don't care about that. The wedding is just as we want it to be. I just can't believe so many could come in just such short notice and with us living so far away from them. I'm just glad your mother took over the guest list and handling the caterer since it wasn't fun calling every hour and say oh three more people are coming…" Kate told him.
"We couldn't handle everything and you need to take it easy." Tony told her.
"I know…That's why I didn't want to get up and sleep a few more minutes…I'm warning you. I'm not going to be in a good mood today." Kate said as they walked to the kitchen.
"This is a good day. You should be happy today. Try to be positive." Tony said before kissing her. He wanted to give Kate a good start to the day.
"Have you seen my writing book?" Kate asked him.
"The baby one or your usual one?"
"The usual one. I need to write in it before I feel ready to write in the baby book." Kate told him. She had got the idea from her mom about writing how she felt during her pregnancy and give it to her child when it became older. Kate also felt the urge to write all the other stuff the days when she didn't feel so well in another book. She didn't want to call it a diary because that wasn't the book's purpose. They both started to look for it and soon Tony found it. It had been a while since he flipped through it. Tony was allowed to read both but it was the baby book he was more interested in. He flipped to the last page and it only had two sentences on it with quotation marks.
"Unhappy people write. Some to feel better some to just feel…"
Just as he read it Kate showed up.
"Should I be worried?" Tony asked her. He just felt so uneasy when he read that.
"Not everyday is a good day. I just had to write that. It summed up pretty well how I felt at the time. With everything going on, you can't be happy everyday?" Kate told him.
"No. I'm just worried." Tony answered not knowing what to answer. He wanted to give a better answer so she wouldn't start the day with being sad.
"I'm worried too. About you, the baby, the wedding…About work and so much else. I really need the book to feel better. You have something which makes you feel better on bad days. But I have good days too and I know in two days it will be the best day in my life." Kate explained.
"You don't have to worry about me!" Tony told her.
"I love you so it is too late for that. I'm just feeling you are doing too much and not dealing with everything. Sometimes it can just be too much. You got to admit to that to people around you." Kate continued.
"I guess so…I'm worried about today. How will people get a long and will we, especially you, be able to handle this long day? Sometimes I feel I just have to be strong for both of us." Tony said to her. Kate went up to him and hugged him. Much more was said through the hug than they could have thought. Unfortunately they came a few minutes late to work after resolving some issues and Gibbs wasn't all that happy.
……………….Later that day……………
"So you're ready?" McGee asked Tony.
"Ready as I ever will be." Tony replied.
"Boss, you're coming?" Tony asked him.
"Soon…Is it really a good idea letting me come to your bachelor party?" Gibbs asked hesitant. He had really been unsure about tagging along. Everyone else except him thought he should. Even Lauren wanted him to go.
"Yes, it is." Tony said knowing that Kate was looking at him from the other side of the room. To Kate it was really important Gibbs was apart of this and he knew that then it was important for him too.
"Ok, then." Gibbs said before turning off his computer.
"Are they all here?" Kate asked Tony.
"Downstairs. I'm going to call them when they can come up. Giving 50 people a tour of this place won't be easy." Tony told everyone. As much as Kate and Tony tried to get out of having to show their families were they work they couldn't. They insisted and now they were all here.
"Then call." Kate told him.
"I'm finished. Where is the family?" Abby asked after coming from her lab.
"Downstairs but here any second now." Kate answered.
"Ok…So are you looking forward to your bachelorette party? We have so much planned for you." Abby said excited.
"I'm trying to but I'm just worried about this tour." Kate replied. This day hadn't gone so well and Gibbs had asked a few times why both she and Tony didn't seem to want to work today. Would the day end in a disaster or in a good way?
………..A few minutes later……..
After coming up the stairs and elevator the family was in the office. No one could here what another one said and it seemed everyone wandered of in utter amazement over at actually being at NCIS, a place where they fight against terrorists. Soon the group divided in the bachelor group and bachelorette group and off they were to their destinations.
……………Around 12.45 am……………
"I thought you would come home first." Tony said as she walked through the door.
"Me too but I didn't plan this day." Kate said exhausted.
"Shall we talk in bed?" Tony asked her.
"If I don't fall asleep first…So how was it?"
"Interesting…Half of us didn't drink because we were either driving or working tomorrow…The other half had very fun and I also had very fun because of them. They let me do funny things like sing in the street about how much I love and I can't sing." Tony said to her while they were walking to their bedroom.
"That I know. You sing too much in the bathroom." Kate said amused.
"Only when the radio is on… I did a few more stuff but they filmed it all and you will probably see it one day. At the restaurant we talked a lot and shared stories. Ducky's story was quite interesting." Tony continued.
"Really?" Kate asked surprised.
"Yes, really…I also had to show I could dance so I wouldn't mess up on our wedding day. I danced with a woman but as soon as I proved to them I could dance I didn't have to dance anymore. Overall we had a good night." Tony said to her.
"I'm still surprised your friends didn't end up taking you to a strip club." Kate told him.
"They did but we were only there for 20 minutes since it became quite late. I didn't do anything inappropriate." Tony explained to her emphasizing the part of being good.
"Did you film that?" Kate asked looking at him strangely.
"No, we didn't." Tony answered and Kate could see he wasn't lying.
"When did you actually come home?" Kate asked him
"15 minutes ago." Tony said smiling a bit.
"Not so long ago then…We had fun too…We went to two bars after the hotel. A lot happened in the hotel. We ate a lot at the hotel restaurant and when we got up to my sister's room I opened a few presents. We got some room service and laughed a lot. The second time room service came we all got a big surprise. My cousin had hired two strippers and they were really nice. No one knew about it except her. She is sneaky sometimes." Kate explained.
"I'll try to remember that. I'm glad your home. It won't be fun coming home tomorrow and knowing you won't be here. I don't like the rule about not seeing each other before the wedding." Tony told her.
"You can call me any time. I'm at the hotel surrounded by your and my family…You know what…My sister let me try the wedding dress today. I was so afraid it wouldn't fit but it did. It looked amazing." Kate said to him very happy.
"I told you it would fit. It was really nice of her searching so hard for a dress you would like since you hadn't so much time in searching for one." Tony said.
"I know…She even changed a few details to make it look better."
"The artistic gene in your family is so great. I hope our child will get it too." Tony said touching her belly.
"Everyone touched it today. I'm glad I'm showing a little."
……………..22nd of April………….
………..3.48 pm………..
"Is everyone here? I can't take waiting another second." Kate said to one of her bridesmaids. The guests had taken an awful long time to get seated.
"I'll check again." Her sister told her.
Kate looked around the room and was happy with having her friends and family there with her.
………… 3.55 pm………
"Where are the guys?" Kate's sister Christina asked when she finally found Tony's mother.
"Trying to get dry. It is raining so much out there that they got soaked while running from the car to the church. Give them a few more minutes." Tony's mother explained.
"But they are all here?" Christina asked.
"Yes. The ring barer isn't feeling so well but we're trying to see if someone else can do the job." His mother continued.
"I don't think we have another three year old around. If he is sick just give the ring to the best man." Christina stated.
"Is she feeling better?" Tony's mother wondered.
"She hasn't thrown up in over an hour. That is a good sign."
"Tony is still trying to get dry. Everyone else is dry." Andrew Tony's brother then said coming out from the room the guys were in.
"How long will that take?"
"I'm almost dry and that is enough. Kate shouldn't wait longer. Tell them to start." Tony said with his best men around him.
……………..4.57 pm…………
They were now Mr and Mrs Anthony Dinozzo and the rain had stopped. The photographer had already taken a lot of pictures when Abby suggested they should take a picture with only the team in front of the church. They all gathered up and looked so happy. The guests cheered and the couple couldn't get happier. When Tony looked up to a hill he saw someone in disguise looking at them. He told Gibbs and Abby who spread it to the rest of the team. When they looked at the person Kate saw how their attention weren't on the photographer but on that person.
"Who is that?" Kate asked.
"We'll find that out later." Tony told her. He hadn't told her because he didn't want her to worry.
"Ok, I'm ready now." The photographer told them. A few pictures were taken and they all smiled but as soon as they had taken them the team had some really serious faces.
"We have a party to go too. We promised each other not to let them take over our lives. I'm still honouring that promise." Kate told them while looking at Tony.
"Me too." Tony said. He felt that if he said it too the others wouldn't think about that person so much. They couldn't do anything about it anyway.
"Let's go." Gibbs said. He was still the boss and you could really sense it now but the rest of the guests couldn't understand that. Everyone then headed to the cars to go to the hotel where the party was going to be held at.