Grace and I decided that the wedding was to be held the second weekend in January. Grace lived the beginning of winter when the snow was fresh on the ground and not dirty and covered in soot. It was a hectic busy but very exciting next few weeks as we planned the wedding and the reception. Everything was to be held at our house I could hardly wait to see Grace in her wedding dress.
Finally the day of the wedding arrived! It was the most beautiful wedding I've ever been to! Annie and Molly made the cutest flower girls in little matching pink dresses and black Mary Janes. The guests were mostly my work colleagues and Grace's two sisters Jen and Melissa, they had kids about Annie's age and Jen was staying at the house to watch everyone while Grace and I were on our honeymoon. We hoped they would get along perfecly with their new cousins. Grace's parents sadly passed away some time ago so they could not be with us and I was orphaned at a young age so I had no parents to speak of so as well.
The ceremony began at 1:00 sharp with Grace being given away by Drake. She was the most beautiful bride I have ever seen. Her dress was Mrs. Pugh's and her hair was done up in curls. The blessings and vows were read and finally it was time to kiss. It was the best kiss I have ever gotten and I wish we stayed like that forever.
"I love you Oliver Warbucks"
"And I love you Grace Warbucks" kissing her on last to,e before the reception began.
After a fun filled reception grace and I got ready to leave for our one week honeymoon to Lake Placid. That has always been my favorite ski resort and I couldn't wait to show it to each said goodbye to our girls, it still felt funny to say OUR girls.
"Goodbye Annie and Molly! Be good for Aunt Jen! You'll love your cousins Kathryn and Jake!" Grace said kissing both on the cheek. I noticed Molly was in tears
"Don't go Daddy! I don't wanna be an orphan again!" Oh dear I knew this would happen, I knelt down to her level and gave her a reassuring squeez
"You will NEVER be an orphan again my princess! It's just one week it'll go by so fast by the time you know it Mommy and I will be back!"
"Ok Daddy I love you and Mommy so much" she gave us on last hug and kiss.
Grace and I left for the resort and checked into our room and decided to just stay in and snuggle for the night. We'd have a busy fun packed week ahead of us.
"Oliver I just wish so much that my parents were here! They'd love the girls and I'm sure Mom would spoil them rotten."
"I know darling I know how you feel but both our parents are looking down at us and smiling at how far we've come" I said snuggling grace into me
"You really think so?
"I know so darling lets get some rest I can't wait to show you the slopes!"
"Oh I haven't been skiing in so long I may be rusty."
"Well with me you'll be a pro in no time!" We kissed again and rolled over and went to sleep. The next week was a busy but fun one. We went skiing, ice skating, tubing, enjoyed a fancy dinner and just enjoyed being together just the two of us! Who knows how much alone time we'd have now since we have two very energetic daughters on our hands! We had a wonderful time and soon it was time for us to head back to ththe mansion to be together as a family again.
"Mom! Daddy Warbucks.! You're home!" Was the first thing we head stepping out of the car and seeing Annie running towards us and Molly not so far behind running to greet scooped up both our girls (me Annie and Grace Molly) "we're you good for Aunt Jen?" Grace asked sitting Molly down.
"Yep! We loved Kathryn and Jake! I love my new cousins! We even helped mrs. Pugh bake cookies! And Aunt Jen took us to the movies!" was Annie's energetic reply "can we see them again?"
"I'm glad you were enjoying yourselves and yes you two can see your cousins any time you want! Let me call Aunt Jen and see when we can get you all together again" said grace and scooping to Molly's level she asked
"How did you like your cousins?" Molly being a bit on the shy side said shyly"they were really nice! I missed you and daddy a lot tho and I'm glad you're home!"
"We're glad we're home too princess your mommy and I had a great timday skiing and we were thinking of taking the whole family there next year!" Both girls loved the idea of skiing in Lake Placid.
The rest of the day was spent as a family and enjoying a quiet meal together of spaghetti and meatballs (one of Annie's favorite dishes). After dinner we spent time tighter in the study, Grace read to Molly and Annie and I played a few games of chess. Soon it was time to go to bed and neither of the girls made protest. Finally after we settled the girls into bed Grace and I went to our room to have some more "alone time" then went to bed ourselves.
Not just a few hours later I heard a little girl's cry which sounded like Molly. I quietly for up and went to her room and found the poor girl crying and clutching her doll. "Oh my poor princess what's wrong? Daddy's here daddy won't let anything happen to you! Did you have a bad dream?" I went over and held her in my lap and she nodded tears still running down her face.
"Im sorry are you gonna send me back?"
"Now why on earth would I do that for? Mommy and I love you and Annie both so much having a bad dream isn't going to cause us to want to send you back. Now tell me about your dream sometimes that helps." I wiped her tears gently and she wrapped her ar,d around me and said in a small voice" well you and mommy didn't come back from your honeymoon and me and Annie were orphans again then someone tooked Annie way and I was all alone with Miss. Hannigan!" She whimpered I to my shoulder and I held her and kissed her on the forehead.
"Well princess that'll never ever happen and Mommy and I will always be here to take care of you girls and neither of you will ever have to worry about being an orphan again " she nodded and started to fall asleep again. I stayed with her until she was sound asleep once more and crept quietly out of her room and leaving the door slightly open as we do with Annie's if she ever needed us again that night. From Molly's actions it didn't look like it was th last time one of these episodes would happen again. Here's to the first night of being a Daddy of two!