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Love Is Your Color
Chapter 13: Love Is Your Color
The months seem to fly by. It had been a difficult couple of months though. Things went a little haywire and upside down at the lab with the Nate Haskell thing and Ray's wife being kidnapped. Roxie remembered worrying sick about Nick when he went to LA and was trying to help Ray. When it was all over everyone was a little shaken up. Roxie was happy that June had finally arrived and at this point they were only 2 weeks from the wedding, which meant only 1 more week until they would be leaving to Texas. Roxie's excitement seemed to build everyday for the wedding and for the miracle growing inside of her. With so much going on it helped Roxie and Nick keep their secret, but Roxie was finally ready to let everyone at the lab know they were expecting.
Roxie stood in the mirror looking at herself in her work vest that had now gotten pretty tight on her. With just her work clothes alone it was getting difficult to hide her growing belly. She sighed and put her currently dusty purple hair into a quick ponytail and walked into the living room where Nick was waiting for her. They had been called out to a scene.
"I can't wear this vest." Roxie said as she began to take off her vest.
"Yeah it's obviously tight." Nick said smiling at his fiancée. He walked to her and placed a hand on her little bump and rubbed it. "Hello in there."
"I think bumpie wants to sleep." Roxie said with a smile. The one thing she had worried about was the fit of her wedding dress, but the seamstress at the shop had been so great to make sure to account for her growing belly.
"I think it would be nice to tell everyone tonight." Nick said looking at Roxie. Roxie nodded.
"Yeah everyone has been down the last few weeks and it will be some nice news for a change." Roxie said as she placed her hand over Nick's that was on her belly.
"We better go." Nick then said.
"Yep let me just grab a jacket." Roxie said as she walked to the closet and pulled out one of her work jackets that was big enough to hide her belly.
The night seemed to be going by quickly, which was good for Roxie who was starving. She couldn't wait until the shift was over to they could drive through In N Out and she could get a Double Double with Animal Style Fries and a Chocolate Shake. It was all she wanted at the moment. She felt like she could smell it she was craving it so bad. Every second that passed drove her insane because she just wanted her food. Roxie walked into the break room where everyone was just sitting around. She saw Nick sitting on the couch eating a bag of chips. She walked straight to him and took the chips from his hand.
"Sorry, but I'm starving." She said as she sat next to him and started to eat his chips.
"Everyone is here… shall we tell them now?" Nick asked.
"Tell us what?" Greg then asked looking in their direction.
"We have a little announcement." Nick said happily wrapping his arm around Roxie. He was beaming with delight. He had been waiting to tell everyone, but with everything going on it really wasn't the right time and now Roxie was hitting her 2nd trimester. It was time to shout it to the world. "Roxie and I… are expecting."
"Expecting what?" Greg asked.
"Are you that dumb?" Catherine questioned hitting Greg in the back of the head with a folder. "They are having a baby."
"Seriously?" Sara asked.
"Seriously!" Roxie said excitingly. "I'm due at the beginning of December."
"Do you know what you are having yet?" Catherine asked.
"No not yet." Nick said rubbing Roxie's belly.
"We are hoping while we are in Texas to get into an ultrasound clinic and find out with the family." Roxie said happily.
"Congrats you guys!" Catherine said happily. "You guys don't play around."
"So have you guys told the family?" Greg asked.
"Nope." Roxie said.
"We are planning to tell them when we head down there in a week." Nick said. He knew his mom wasn't going to be too happy that they kept it a secret from her, but they wanted to surprise her and tell her in person.
Roxie stood in the Ballistics lab with a gun in her hand. This was one of Roxie's favorite parts of the job. She loved getting to go in and shoot a gun. She loaded the weapon, which they assumed was the murder weapon in her case with Nick. She walked over to the tank and pointed the weapon.
"FIRE IN THE WHOLE!" she screamed out before firing the gun into the tank. "Awesome!" she said to herself. As she reached in to get the bullet.
"Hey Roxie can I talk with you for a sec?" Catherine asked as she walked inside.
"Yeah no problem." Roxie said happily as she sat the gun down on the table.
"This is more of a safety thing, but I am suspending your time in the field. Just because it can get dangerous and you've got the baby and all." Catherine said.
"No I get it." Roxie said. She knew eventually she wouldn't be able to work in the field anymore and would be stuck in the lab until she was no longer pregnant.
"I'm glad. We just want to limit your activity in the field and in the Tox lab to be safe." Catherine said.
"We?" questioned Roxie.
"Well the co-shift supervisor signed on." Catherine said. Roxie smiled she knew that Nick was included in the we. She knew that he was already worried about the time she was spending in the field from the day she told him about the pregnancy. "Now I cannot wait to see pictures from the wedding." Catherine then said.
"I'm so bummed you can't make it." Roxie said sadly.
"Well all of us can't abandon the lab and as supervisor I have to make the hard call to stay behind." Catherine said.
"Yeah I get it." Roxie said.
"Are you excited? Are all the details worked out since you are planning it long-distance?" Catherine asked.
"More than excited." Roxie answered. She was going to marry the man she fell in love with. Nothing could be better than that. "So far everything is planned out great. Amazingly even though things didn't start out good with Nick's parents they have been the biggest help. The wedding is going to be on the Ranch. We are doing it out in a field. Nick's dad knows a carpenter who custom made benches for the guests to sit on and he also made a beautiful arch for us to get married under. The reception is going to be in the barn and Nick's mom took care of hiring the caterer and the florist. I just had to send her my ideas and it's been taken care of."
"I never had a big fancy wedding so I'm so excited for you." Catherine said.
"Thanks so much." Roxie said smiling.
It was like the next week just flew by. Roxie remembered the road they were on as Nick drove their rental car. They had arrived in Austin and were heading to his parent's home. Roxie was nervous for once. They only had a week left until the wedding and they were going to inform his parents of her pregnancy. Roxie could feel her heart beating out of her chest. Everything felt more real than it had ever felt. Nick took her hand. He could feel Roxie's nerves. Truthfully he was just as nervous if not more. He was worried about what his parents were going to think about her pregnancy and he was also nervous about the wedding that was only a week away. He stole a glance at Roxie whom he knew he wanted to marry with everything inside of him. Roxie was simply different. Roxie didn't fit in anyone's box. Roxie was her own box of sorts. He was attracted to her spirit. He tried imagining his life without her, but at this point it was impossible. Without her he had nothing left to live for.
Pulling onto the property Roxie was happy they had finally arrived because driving had made her sick to her stomach, but she was excited that this was the beginning. When she left this place she would be a wife, she was going to be his wife. As soon as the car pulled up to the house Nick spotted his mother standing on the porch. Roxie got out of the car fluffing out her shirt trying to not draw attention to her ever-growing bump.
"Nick, Roxie!" Jillian said happily as she came to them. She threw her arms around Nick and hugged him before then hugging Roxie. Nick went into the trunk to get their bags. He handed Roxie a pink garment bag. This bag contained her dress. Roxie couldn't wait until he saw her coming down the aisle in it. "This is the dress?"
"Yes it's my dress." Roxie said.
"I have a special place for it." Jillian said as she took the bag from Roxie's hands. "We need to keep this safe until the big day."
"I'm going to take the bags inside. Same room as always?" Nick asked his mother who nodded.
"So Roxie how was the flight?" Jillian asked as she started to walk with Roxie to the house.
"It was great." Roxie answered. Jillian took a seat in a chair that was on the porch. Roxie took one of the other chairs.
"So did you two finalize the honeymoon?" Jillian asked.
"Yep finally. Spending 3 weeks in Hawaii. Nick has some things to do there for work and then we get to relax and enjoy our first weeks of marriage." Roxie said happily. She was so excited that this opportunity had come up for the two of them to be able to go to Hawaii.
"So when does your Matron of Honor arrive?" Jillian asked.
"Friday morning." Roxie answered.
"And your hair?" questioned Jillian. Jillian had been putting pressure on Roxie to dye her hair a natural color for the service.
"I have an idea, but I'm not 100 percent on it yet." Roxie said thinking of the idea she had for her hair that was currently two different shades of purple at the bottom. "It will have to be executed the morning of."
"Oh no I'm worried." Jillian said. Roxie just smiled. She knew exactly what she wanted to do with it and she knew everyone was going to be a little shocked and a little amazed with it.
The evening came quickly. Roxie looked at herself in the mirror. She held her shirt up and looked at her belly in the mirror. She couldn't believe that there was a baby in there besides the fact that her belly was slowly growing. Nick walked up to the entrance of the bathroom and watched Roxie as she examined her belly. She looked absolutely beautiful. He couldn't believe that in only minutes they would be reveling their pregnancy to his parents. He just stood and watched her for a moment more until she looked in his direction and smiled. Roxie walked to Nick and wrapped her arms around his neck while he pulled her close by the waist.
"I love you." He said looking her in the eyes. Roxie couldn't help, but smile.
"I love you too. More than words can say." Roxie said sweetly. Nick pressed his lips to hers. They stood there for a moment lost in one another.
"We should get down to dinner." Nick then said. Roxie simply nodded as she allowed Nick to take her by the hand. The two of them made it into the dining room where Nick's parents were waiting at the table. Nick pulled out Roxie's chair for her and she sat down.
"It's the only quiet dinner before everyone starts arriving." Jillian said happily as she started to fill everyone's glasses with wine.
"No wine for me." Roxie said quickly as Jillian got to her glass.
"Are you sure?" Jillian asked.
"Very. No drinking for me." Roxie said looking at Nick.
"Yeah Roxie won't be drinking for about 6 months or so." Nick said looking at his mother. Jillian looked confused.
"Well the first 3 months weren't too hard." Roxie added hoping that the dots were going to connect.
"You aren't?" Jillian asked with the biggest smile on her face.
"She's not what?" Nick asked.
"She's pregnant isn't she?" Bill asked. Roxie simply nodded. Nick had the largest grin on his face.
"We're getting another grandbaby." Jillian said happily. "Wait you are already 3 months?"
"Yes." Roxie then said.
"Why did you tell us earlier?" Jillian asked looking disappointed.
"Nobody knew and we wanted to tell you in person." Nick said.
"Well congratulations." Bill said to the happy couple.
"We called up this x-ray place and we made an ultrasound appointment for the day after the wedding. So we can all learn baby's gender together." Nick said to his mother who he could tell was nearly jumping with joy.
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Roxie looked at herself in the mirror. She looked exactly how she expected to look. She held her breath for a moment trying to not cry. She could see her mother's face in her mind. She knew that her mother would be beaming as she looked at her. Her mother was supposed to be there, her mother was supposed to see her get married to the man of her dreams. She closed her eyes to fight the tears away. Her make-up was already on and perfect. She opened her eyes and looked at herself again. Her dress was a lace 1950s inspired fit and flare tea length dress. Her shoulders were just exposed as the lace fell just off her shoulders. She gave herself a smile as the door to the room opened. Sara walked in wearing her Matron of Honor gown, which was a lace one-shoulder floor length pastel green gown.
"You look gorgeous." Sara said as she laid eyes on Roxie.
"You do too." Roxie said happily. Sara handed Roxie her bouquet that was made of a mixture of ivory and pastel green hydrangeas tied together with twine. There was then a knock at the door. Jillian entered the room wearing a knee length pastel green lace dress.
"Oh my goodness. I barely recognize you." Jillian said looking at Roxie. "And your hair. I love it!" she said happily.
Roxie had decided to do something very drastic with her hair. She'd had her hair cut into a pixie cut, which meant all the color was gone and her natural dark brown hair was left. She had been thinking about cutting her hair for a long time, but now she was able to do it. She was mostly excited to see Nick's reaction to her hair. She hadn't told him anything about her plans and she knew that he most likely assumed she was going to dye her hair.
"I still love this dress. As I told you the day you picked it out. It reminds me so much of what I wore when I married Bill." Jillian said happily wiping her tears away as she looked at Roxie.
"Should we start heading out?" Sara then asked. Jillian simply nodded as she was overcome with emotion.
Nick sat on a chair in the barn. His parents had done a wonderful job getting everything together with only the photos of inspiration that Roxie had sent down. He was anxious as he sat. In only minutes he would be seeing his bride for the first time. He really had no idea what to expect from Roxie. That was something he loved about her. She was a wildcard. He felt a hand land on his shoulder. He looked up to see his father.
"So Pancho are you ready to tie the knot?" Bill asked as he walked around and sat at the chair across from Nick.
"I'm more than ready." Nick said thinking of Roxie. He remembered the first day he met her when she walked into his office. He remembered not knowing what to expect from this crazy dressed girl with pink and purple hair. He hadn't expected that girl to blow him away, he hadn't expected to fall in love with that girl.
"Well guests are arriving and your mother called. They are on the way down." Bill said.
"Alright Cisco…let's go get me married." Nick said standing.
Roxie was shaking she was so nervous. A car took her down to where the ceremony was to take place in a beautiful meadow on the property. She could see guests sitting on the gorgeous handmade benches. From afar she spotted the few people from the lab who were able to fly down for the ceremony. Jillian got out of the car and helped Roxie out on the side that no one would see her. Sara also got out of the car.
"Good luck." Jillian said to Roxie as she walked off towards the ceremony.
Roxie stood shaking. She could hear the music start. She watched as Sara started her way down the aisle. Everything about this moment was surreal. She looked to see Sara standing in her directed spot. The music then changed and Roxie knew it was time for her to walk. She took a deep breath and came from behind the car. She started to walk and there at the wooden arch she spotted Nick. Her heart could have dropped in that moment. She saw him grin at her as she inched closer.
Nick couldn't believe his eyes. He swore this was not the same girl he had given a goodnight kiss to the night before. The girl he last saw had long hair filled with hues of purple. All of the purple hair was gone and her hair was cut short. He couldn't help, but smile as she looked beautiful, she was like a vision. She finally made it down the aisle to him. He took her hands into his.
"You look amazing." He whispered to her.
Every second of the ceremony was everything they both could have wanted. Roxie felt like the smile on her face would become permanent as he slid the ring onto her finger. When the minister said, "You may now kiss the bride." Nick was ready. He quickly pulled her close and took her lips with his. Though there were screams and whistles coming from the crowd that moment was silent for the two of them. That moment was theirs and theirs alone even with all of the eyes on them.
Nick stood on the dance floor with his wife in his arms. He just swayed her slowly back and forth. Most of the guests had left and they were nearly alone. Everything in that moment was perfect. He looked down into her eyes. He was looking into the eyes of his wife and the soon to be mother of his child. Nothing was going to bring them down and nothing could tear them apart. He felt like he had waited his entire life for this and there he was with her in his arms.
"Why do you love me?" Roxie asked looking at him.
"I love you because you are…smart, fun, witty, beautiful, courageous, a wild child. I love you because with you nothing is black and white. Love is your color." Nick said. Roxie smile and ran her hand over his cheek. Nick pressed his lips to hers.
"I can't wait to learn the baby's gender tomorrow." Roxie said smiling at him.
"I think it's a girl." Nick said.
"Me too." Roxie said. "A baby girl named Sophia."
A/N: I didn't want to write the entire ceremony. I hate writing wedding ceremonies because they are so long to write. I am pleased with this chapter. I tried my best to describe what everyone wore, but in case you need visuals I made a facebook page. Go to facebook /TheMoonyAngel7 and there you will find everything.