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I called out of work today much to Bonnie's request. She said that she wanted me to be involved in the wedding more than the average man, so to make my queen happy, I called out.
She wanted to pick out a date and I told her that it shouldn't be too soon to give the family the time to plan and mainly I was talking about mine. My parents live in Italy and have been for about three years now. I took Bonnie there twice but I try to go as often as I can. They were happy when I called to tell them that I'm getting married mainly because they love Bonnie and they've been asking me in their Italian accents when I was going to marry her after only a year of dating.
"Stefan, get your ass down here!"
"Yes, beautiful!"
I hear her and Jodi laugh as I make my way down and I stop once I see the mess on the table. Cut up paper, poster board, markers, pencils and glue bottles covered the table.
"What's all this?"
"It's for the seating arrangements,"
I walk over to them and stand behind the chair that Bonnie's sitting in.
"So which way is the front?"
They laughed.
"This," Bonnie pointed, "is the "front" because this is where we'll be sitting with our parents and grandparents."
"So all this extra shit is where everyone else would be sitting."
"Yep, and it's not shit, Stefan, we spent hours cutting these circles."
"So what do I need to do?"
"I want you to look at it, I know some of your family have a little… argument going on and I don't want drama at the wedding."
I sighed and picked out the large board and searched it. It was close to being perfect but I had to switch some people around and made sure to sit my cousin, Freddie next to Bonnie's cousin, Samantha because he's been crushing on her ever since the Christmas party we had two years ago. I handed it back to Bonnie who didn't bother looking at it and set it to the side and crossed it off the list.
"So did you two pick out a date yet?"
"We were thinking around May in Stefan's old church."
"Why not the one you go to now?"
"It doesn't look like a wedding place to me," Bonnie said. "His old one is just beautiful and it has the long aisle and a great amount of seating and space. It's perfect."
"Speaking of church, will you be accompanying us this Sunday, Jodi?"
"I would love to… My, I haven't been to church in about two years."
"You'll love it… maybe you can invite dad to join us?"
She sighed. "I'm not even sure he'll want to go, you know your father, he's not into the church scene."
"I say give it a shot, he could change his mind."
"Yeah, mom give it a shot." Bonnie encouraged.
I couldn't see her face but I know she was thinking and when she agreed, I smiled. I figured my job was done so I started upstairs, but the girls held me back down to talk about flowers.
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I wouldn't classify wedding planning as hard, but it's boring. The only thing that I'm excited about was the cake testing but Bonnie wants to wait until it's closer to the wedding "so they won't forget about it".
Even though my lady started to bug me with every little detail, I still sat down in meetings with her and Mrs. Bennett and acted as alert as I could. I swear I was close to asking Tyler to roll up the weed and join me for a smoke, but I stopped myself.
"Are you sure you like the center-"
I cut Bonnie's sentence short by kissing her. I've been doing that a lot lately and it seems to work but at times like these, she finds a way to get her question out.
"…do you… like them?"
"Can I just kiss my beautiful ass fiancée without talking?"
"Not until you answer the question."
"Let me save you some breath by me saying this; I don't give a shit about the centerpieces, I don't care about anything, as long as you're the one that I marry and spend the rest of my life with, I'll be okay with monster trucks as centerpieces. As long as you're walking down that aisle getting ready to marry me, I don't care."
She frowned and kissed me before hugging me. "You're right, Stefan. I'm going to marry the love of my life and that's the most important thing... but can you still tell me if you like them?"
She squealed as I threw her over my shoulder and slapped her ass. I took her downstairs and told Jodi to follow and she did, looking at me like I was crazy with her daughter over my shoulder.
I hear her gasp and when Bonnie questioned what it was I returned her feet to the ground so she could see for herself. She gasped as well when she spotted her father with a rose in hand and a boom box. He pressed the play button and their wedding song played and I took Bonnie's hand and started dancing with her while Rodney worked his magic.
"This is so sweet."
"It is, isn't it?"
We chuckled and looked over at the married couple who seemed to be making things better. A smile was on Jodi's face as they danced together and soon they shared a kiss.
"Is it weird that I still find my parents kissing yucky?"
I laughed. "Maybe. My parents kiss every chance they get, I'm used to it."
"Oh yeah, I remember when I visited them for the first time, I was surprised that they didn't start making out."
"Oddly enough I've never seen them make out, thank you, God, just kisses."
"Hashtag relationship goals."
"Hashtag?"
"Oh, babe I have so much to teach you. I forgot you're oblivious to social media."
"You're lucky I even have a cell phone."
"One that I had to force you to upgrade might I add."
"I just don't see the point, it's going to do the same thing."
She just shakes her head at me as the song comes to an end and I twirl and dip her before pressing a kiss to her lips.
"I love you."
"I love you more."
She smiles and kisses me before we walk up to her parents and are happy when Jodi announced that she's going home. Bonnie helps her pack while I stay behind.
"I can't thank you enough, Stefan."
"I'm glad I can help."
"And congratulations, you're marrying my baby."
"Thank you, I'm a blessed man."
"Now I know that I don't have to give you a speech about treating her right,"
"I'll treat her like the queen she is."
He smiled. "Don't spoil her though, that's where we made a mistake."
Before I had the chance to respond, the girls come back and I grabbed the bag out of Bonnie's hand and carried it to the car.
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I was happy to see both Jodi and Rodney at church earlier this morning, I think they were even affected by the sermon. Oddly enough it was about forgiveness (it's funny how God works), and I don't particularly know what their whole fight was about, but I'm sure it helped. I'm going to try to persuade them to come again next week.
"What are you cooking your fiancée?"
"A sandwich."
"I think she would prefer something more."
"Like chips on the side?"
Bonnie laughed and covered my body with hers.
"Are you trying to say that I should cook?"
"I'm not saying anything that's all you, beautiful."
She kisses me and I run my hand along her back.
"Everyone was so happy for us," Bonnie says as we pull away.
"Yeah,"
"I hope they're not mad that we're not getting married there."
"I doubt they care, that church wasn't technically built for a wedding."
"Yeah,"
I kissed her again. "I love you."
"I love you too."
"How much do you love me?"
She chuckled. "What, are we in the third grade?"
"Answer the question, Bennett."
"I love you more than Barney loves all those kids."
I laughed. "And I love you more than the stars love the moon."
"I love you more than flowers love rain."
"I love you more than kids love candy."
"I love you more than a meat eater loves McDonald's."
"That's a lot of lovin,"
She smiled. "Ba da bababa,"
We laughed and I rolled us over to the side. One of my favorite things to do is just to stare in Bonnie gorgeous, emerald eyes and just run my fingers in her soft hair. If I could stay like this forever, I honestly would because she's all I need.
