American Honey
Chapter 28
"Robin, are you okay?" Emily called as she tried to get the woman's attention as she threw the make up into a bag and then turned her attention to her sister-in-law.
"I am good….okay that's a lie." Robin confessed as she hopped onto the counter, "I have been trying to get this off my chest for the last two weeks and I've tried to tell Patrick but something always gets in the way."
"Do you want to tell me? It might help to at least tell one person." Emily asked as she set the makeup bag down, "I can even pretend to be Patrick." She smiled as she threw her hair up in a bun.
"It just might work." Robin smiled as paused for a moment, "I have been trying to tell you this for a while…I know that it might not be the right time, but when is it ever." Robin started one she gathered her thoughts.
"You know you can tell me anything Puddin." Emily replied in with a deep voice.
"Puddin?" Robin asked as she tried not to laugh.
"I don't know, it just seems like something that Patrick would call you." Emily laughed as she motioned for Robin to continue.
"I know that we just moved in with each other, but we have been together since the eighth grade…. for the most part at least." Robin rambled, "You know what? We are having a baby!"
"Ripping it off like a bad aid, is the best way to deliver news sometimes." Emily replied as she tried to intake the information, "This is amazing." Emily congratulated as she wrapped her arms around the older woman.
"You think so? It's not going to kill him."
"It might make him faint, but I think that it is going to make him really happy. I mean have you seen the way that he looks at you?"
"I love him with all my heart and I want this baby. I know I just found out but I know I can… we can handle this baby." Robin declared as she hugged the woman back.
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"This is so exciting." Monica smiled as she hugged her son before she moved to the back of the truck and began to unload the boxes of flowers.
"Thank you Mom, for flying down here so soon." Jason thanked his mother as he moved to place the white chairs into rows.
"I would do anything for my babies." Monica dismissed as she set the last box of flowers down before she moved on to tying the light ribbon around the chairs that were already set up, "Plus, this is the my child's first wedding."
"Emily got married like a month ago." Jason countered as he set another chair down, just as a blue truck pulled up on the beach next to his black F150.
"I meant a wedding that I actually get a say in. I mean to be a part of." Monica corrected, "This has to be the most romantic thing I have ever seen in my life." She continued to gush as she continued to tie the ribbons.
"Once again Jason is making us look like the most unromantic men in the world." Patrick remarked as he started to unload the round tables from the back of his truck.
"He really doesn't have to try that hard." Johnny snickered as he rolled the table across the recently set up dance floor and on the other side away from the wedding arch.
"We did pick the place." Patrick muttered as he pulled the legs out of the first table and then moved to get another.
"It seems fitting, this is the first place that Sam and Jason met." Kristina remarked as she pulled two totes from Patrick's backseat that contained the table clothes and napkins. Molly was following close behind with two boxes full of plates and silverware.
"Now if you two could only put that effort in when it came to your own woman." Jason laughed as he finished setting up the chairs on the other side of the dance floor, closer to the water.
"I set low standers on purpose, that way I can never disappoint Maxie because she already had such low expectations of me." Johnny explained as he grabbed another table.
"I hope you are taking notes here Molly, on the type of men that you are going to avoid when it come to you dating." Helena remarked as she came down the beach with Alexis at her side.
"Grandmother, I thought you were in Greece." Kristina greeted shocked at seeing the older woman.
"I was until I got the most surprising call from my soon to be grandson, who informed me that our dear Samantha was going to get married." Helena answered with a smirk as she served the area, "I must admit this is tastefully put together."
"We are glad that you could make it." Jason greeted as he made his way to the two women, "I am sorry for such the short notice."
"Nonsense, I am very happy at Samantha's choice when it came to you. You have proven how much you love her by putting this whole thing together." Helena smiled, "Welcome to the family." She concluded as she hugged the man quickly and then made her way back up the beach and the parking lot.
"Guess you don't have to fear Helena for the rest of your marriage, like some people." Alexis remarked before she headed to help Monica.
"So, how are we getting Sam to come down here?" Kristina asked as she began to set the yellow table clothes on the table.
"That task is we have left to Maxie." Johnny answered, "If anyone can do that it's her. I mean that she was able to get the cake, food and flowers all set up in less than a week."
"Does that surprise you at all?" Patrick asked, "I mean look at everything she has ever done to screw our lives up. She is very scary when she actually wants to-do something."
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"I don't understand why I have to try my dress on for you. You saw it when I bought it." Sam sighed as she pulled on her wedding dress and turned her attention to her sister that was sitting on her bed.
"We are just trying different styles with your hair for the big day. It only works if I get to see it all together." Maxie defended as she was a bright smile the minute she saw Sam in her dress, "This is an amazing dress."
"You think, I wasn't so sure."
"Sam, you know that I would never lie to you. I might go overboard sometime, but you can always tell me the truth, no matter what."
"What are you getting at?" Sam asked as she continued to look in the mirror.
"This wedding planning." Maxie blurted out as she went to stand next to her sister.
"Did Johnny tell you something?" Sam asked as she frowned as she turned to face the blonde.
"No, you are the only person he would lie to me about." Maxie answered, "I would have an issue with that, if you weren't my sister and crazy in love with Jason."
"Maxie." Sam said as she tried to snap the blonde's attention back to the conversation.
"Jason said something to me, I wish you would have."
"What did Jase say to you?"
"That you were freaking out about the wedding and I should slow down a bit. I never wanted to make you feel rushed. I am just so happy for you and wanted to give you a wedding that you would never give yourself"
"The whole traditional wedding thing, it just isn't me. I want something simple, with both our families there and that's it."
"A beach wedding maybe?" Maxie hinted.
"You have been talking to Johnny!"
"Patrick, this time."
"The truth is that I would marry Jason at anytime and anywhere."
"How about we give this dress a test drive than." A voice called from the doorway, "I would love to be a stand in for my brother." AJ smiled as he opened his arms for a hug.
"You have a girlfriend that happens to be here with you and I told you I would meet you in the car."
"AJ? What are you doing here?" Sam asked shocked to see the older man standing in her doorway.
"I came to my senses and realized that I cannot live without you." AJ smirked as he walked into the room and pulled the younger woman into a hug, "It's not too late to dump my brother and get a real man. You will still be marrying into the Quartermaine family."
"Stop it or you will ruin the dress." Maxie ordered as she slapped the man's hands away.
"What is going on?"
"I want to see what the dress would look like at the beach." Maxie explained as she pushed Sam down on the stool so she could start to curl Sam's hair.
"It's for the photographer, Maxie wanted to see how good he really is. So he is going to do some test shots of you and your sisters in their dresses." AJ covered as he sat on the bed and glared at Maxie.
"You can do that?"
"Grandmamma Helena is picking up the cost." Maxie explained as she wrapped the hair around the iron, "Krissy and Molly are already there, Emily and Robin were putting the finishing touches on their makeup and then meet us there."
"Okay." Sam answered unsure what was happening, "So, did Courtney really come down here with you?" Sam asked to change the subject.
"Yes, I am surprisingly handling this commitment thing better than I thought." He laughed as he leaned back on the bed, "I also happen to have my own penthouse now too."
"You have Jason's old penthouse, let's not pretend that you are an actual grownup." Maxie laughed as she finished Sam's hair and then moved on to her makeup.
"Courtney doesn't need to know that just yet." AJ smirked.
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"The eagle is on the move." Johnny yelled as he ran down the aisle as everyone started to get into place, "She will be here in five minutes. This is not a test!"
"You heard him people, everyone into place." Kristina yelled as she and Molly headed to the back of the aisle as they waited for Sam.
"Am I making a mistake?" Jason asked suddenly as he turned to face Robin who was his best person along with Nikolas, AJ and Johnny. While Sam had here sisters.
"The blue shirt is amazing and it brings out your eye color." Robin smiled as she fixed his tie.
"No this surprise wedding." Jason corrected.
"Sam knows." Patrick coughed as he stood at the altar, as a gift to the couple he had studied online to become a minister. Well that was his excuse, the truth was he just had a lot of time on his hands and was board.
"What?" Robin asked shocked as she turned to her boyfriend.
"I told her because if I didn't I knew that she would freak out when she saw that Jason had written amazing vows and she didn't have anything." Patrick defended.
"We are talking about this later." Robin glared as she saw Maxie pull into the parking lot.
"Now who is the kiss ass?" Nikolas asked with a smirk.
"I would not talk to me that way." Patrick replied, "I am not the one who forgot my twin was getting married today." He added as he glared at the man.
"No one cared enough to fill me in on this plan, till ten minutes ago."
"You are just very forgettable." Kristina added as she rushed back to get ready for the bride.
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"So, I might had lied to you." Maxie admitted as she turned around in the passenger seat to look at her sister in the back seat, "But I did it out of love." She defended as she tried to gain the courage.
"I know." Sam smiled, "I love you for it too."
"You know what?" Maxie asked.
"That I am about to get married." Sam answered with a nervous laugh as she messed with her hair.
"You are not upset about it?" AJ asked as he joined the conversation.
"No, this is the wedding that I always wanted. Not some extravagant thing that you were planning. I would wear a garbage bag if it meant that I would get to marry Jason. "Sam admitted.
"I told you the photographer story wasn't going to work." AJ muttered as he opened his car door.
"I magically pulled everything together and you are blaming me for your lie not working." Maxie yelled as she turned toward the man.
"Maxie, you are amazing and I could never thank you enough for putting this all together."
"You can admit that I am your favorite and give me your first born." Maxie offered as she turned to face her sister.
"My first born?"
"Yes. As a godchild or name it after me, whichever your choose will suffice."
"Not to ruin this moment, but we were expected here fifteen minutes ago." AJ interrupted as he motioned towards the beach.
"Then let's get going." Maxie beamed as she threw the door open and pulled Sam out the door and hurried towards the beach.
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Jason turned his attention to the walkway the moment he heard the music start to play, Molly, Kristina and then Maxie made their way down the aisle and then a few seconds later Mac and Sam made their way towards the alter. "You are sure about this?" Mac muttered to his daughter as gipped his daughter's arm, "I can fake a heart attack and give you enough time to get away."
"I love him Daddy." Sam smiled through her veil as they slowly made their way down the aisle and finally made their way towards Jason.
"You look beautiful." Mac replied as he placed a kiss on her forehead before he lifted her veil and took a seat next to his wife.
"We are all gathered her today for the first Scorpio wedding." Patrick announced once Sam and Jason were standing across from each other, "Don't get all snippy wounded gazelle, we all know that your wedding wasn't real." Patrick continued as Maxie and Sam tried to hide their giggles.
"Why are you leading the ceremony?" Sam asked as she looked at her best friend.
"My amazing gift to you." Patrick answered, "Plus I am cheap and this makes me the center of attention." He continued, "Let's also remember that I am the reason that you are even together."
"Can you please marry us?" Jason asked with a frown.
"Right, I have known Samantha for most of my life. She, Johnny and I have been friends since kindergarten and been stuck together ever since. I have those two to thank for most of the good memories and defiantly all of the bad." He laughed, "I am honored to be able to spend this day with the one of the most important women in life, Robin, you are the other one by the way, as she becomes a mature woman getting married and all that come with it."
"Now to Jason, I have known you for that long, but you have been able to roll with this group and that is not something most can do. I have come to count you as a friend, but know that if you hurt her I will kill you." Patrick threatened, "Now the couple has made my job easier by wanted to write their own vows, so Jason you are going first."
"I never thought that a broken down car would lead me to meet the most loving beautiful, devilishly clever and loyal woman I have ever met." Jason started as he looked Sam in the eye, "There definitely was an instant attraction the moment we locked eyes in that bar." Jason smiled as he grabbed her hand, "I have to say that it was your laugh that first caught my attention, but it was you caring heart that sealed the deal for me, the fact that you got me to open up in a mere days of knowing you was a miracle and I knew I would be a fool to let you go." He breathed as his eyes started to tear.
"I am looking forward to our future together, the family we will have one day and spending the rest of our lives together. You are going to make a wonderful mother when the times comes, I just hope that times comes a little later rather than sooner, because I am not ready to share you just yet." Jason conclude as he continued to look her in the eye, "All those and so much more is why I am more than ready to become your husband." Jason finished.
"Now those are some vows. Sammy, I hope you have something just as heartwarming, you know since I gave you warning about this." Patrick commented as he turned his attention to the smaller woman.
""Our love story is anything but normal, from the way we met, in a bar fight were you kindly helped me out, even though I had it all handled." Sam started with a smile, "To say I love you in an airport bathroom."
"Jason, there is no emotion for what I feel today and everyday about you. I can't imagine my life without you; not having you as my partner in crime or to go on crazy adventures with you and where we aren't arguing about whether the details in my stories are exaggerated and I don't want to have to imagine life without you." Sam continued as her eyes started to tear up.
"You have given me so much and helped me make my dreams come true. I had just about given on love before you came to town. You put my heart back together and have made me so much stronger and I will spend the rest of my life thanking you for that. So when someone asks me how I knew you were the one, I can easily say it was the moment he followed me into the woman's bathroom and calmed me down during a freak out."
"So I'm not going to ask you to make any promises and I won't make any either. I 'm just going to say that I love you, will always love and that you are the only person I'll even love this much." Sam concluded as the tears started to fall, "I know it was long but its how I feel." She muttered nervously as she watch Jason just stare at her.
"I love you." Jason declared as he pulled her into a kiss.
"So, I guess by the powers invested to be by the internet, I now pronounce you husband and wife." Patrick announced at the two continued to make out.