Chapter 20
Nice to see you
Well it's just a few more weeks till the wedding. Today I'm going to drive down to the venue and start the layout. Then I have to drive to Baltimore to the cake place to order my cake. I'm not showing yet but I have to get my dress altered a little bit. I haven't told my family yet Lettie and Chris are the only ones who know. I'm planning to tell everyone at the wedding reception.
Troy is doing a lot better. His Shoulder still hurts sometimes and he still has a lot of bruises and aches but he can walk normally and can basically function enough to go to the shop and do office work, which I am also helping out with. I go there a lot and help with the computer work and helping to get the books organized. I just started to do that so I knew troy was ok.
I finished the jewelry summer collection so my lines are done till fall. Lettie is putting a lot of time into the boutique, they moved back into there house, and have decided they are just going to let whatever happens happen, so if they get pregnant there going to be happy but they wont get there hopes up.
It only took an hour to get to the venue thanks to no traffic.
"Hi you must be Ms Montez" the lady said.
"Soon to be Bolton. But yea, hi" I said.
"Well we are really excited to be hosting your wedding. I have some ideas. Now you guys already decided to get married on the beach right?" she said and I nodded.
"Well right out there is this beautiful area I could just picture you and your fiancé saying I do. And there's a big area for all the guest, also it's close to the inside and you can hook up fans and put them out there to keep everyone cool" she said.
"That actually sounds perfect" I said. Then she guided me to the area.
"See this is where you can sit the entire guest…then if you like we can arrange for a gazebo to be placed and we can decorate it or we could get an arch way. Come inside and I can show you some past pictures of weddings." She said and guided me back inside she had this big binder of pictures.
"See this lady didn't have anything…and it was pretty but it didn't work out. She had a seagull come ad pecked her" she said.
"Whoa" I said.
"Here's some with a gazebo, see this lady had hers white with blue lilies it was so pretty and it went so good with her color scheme. Your scheme is…"
"Well the service is like a lavender and green, and the reception is a midnight blue and silver"
"Wow well I could just imagine your gazebo or arch with some lavender ribbon and green flowers…" she said.
"I love that" I said when I saw the archways.
"Yea?"
"Yea…it makes it seem they have this light or something" I said.
"So I'm guessing that's your choice"
"Yea" I said. It was set.
"now for the reception, there can be a DJ table over here, and then the food tables over there and then the tables will be all around here and then the dance floor right in front the dj…" she said. I could imagine it all. Troy and I with the midnight blue lights on us…dancing and looking into each others eyes.
"That's good I like it" I said.
"Ok then…well you can come in 2 weeks and set it all up we'll place the order for the arch…" she said.
"Ok thanks" I said and walked back to my car. I called troy when I got in.
"Hey babe" he said.
"hey in 2 weeks we have to come up here and set all the decorations up and we're getting married on the beach under an arch wrapped in lavender ribbon and lime green flowers!" I said.
"Whatever you want baby" he said.
"Well I'm about to drive over to the cake place then I'll come and get you so we can go to Mami's" I said.
"Ok just come and get me when you're done and we'll take my car."
"Ok love you bye"
"Love you bye" and we hung up. It took me an hour to get to the cake place. When I finally did they had me sit and look for a cake I liked…which I didn't like any of them.
"Ok well how about I personally make your cake how you want it…" the boss said.
"Really?" I said.
"Yea of course your Gabi the shop loves you!" he said.
"Well…thanks" I said.
"So now tell me how you wanted it."
"Well our reception is Midnight blue and silver…but don't use the midnight blues…i guess I just want it to…sparkle." I said.
"How many tiers do you want it?"
"3" I said.
"Ok…so a sparkly 3 tier cake…easy!"
"Ok and I want red velvet cake with...French vanilla icing" I said.
"You know how to eat!" he said. We laughed.
"Well I will do this cake personally and deliver it on your wedding day" he said.
"Oh thank you" I said. I paid him the money and left. I drove to shop next. I got out and walked in the office area. "Hey babies" I said to the dogs who ran up to me.
"Hey Gabi, Troy's in the garage" the new kid they hired Henry.
"He's WHERE!" I yelled. He looked scared and I went straight back into the garage.
"TROY ALEXANDER BOLTON!" I yelled at the top of my lungs.
"Whoa gabs…chill out" john said.
"NO HE ISN'T SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING ON A CAR UNTIL HIS SHOULDER IS HEALED!" I yelled.
"Geez I forgot how much your accent comes out when you're pissed" john said.
"Brielle chill it's a small oil change!"
"I DON'T CARE TROY!" I yelled.
"Brielle you're over reacting!"
"I'M OVER REACTING! I ALMOST LOST YOU DO YOU THINK I WANT OT BE SCARED LIKE THAT AGAIN! YOU PROMOISED ME YOU WOULDN'T FOR AWHILE!" I yelled. I was too mad to think so I went back in the office and got the dogs and put them in my car and drove to Mami's. When I got there I was in full bitch mode!
"Whoa…someone's pissed" jerry said.
I sat on the barstool that sits at the island.
"Mija what's wrong?" mami said.
"Troy was working on a car!" I said.
"Ok…" she said.
"Mami it was just a month ago he was hit by a car now his under a hood of one!"
"Mija if troy feels ready to work on a car again then you have to let him do what he wants"
"Mami I get what your saying…but I already almost lost him…I can't let that happen again"
"Gabriella, you are just like me its scary how much we're alike. So I know what your going through, remember you wanted to go right back to school right after you got your appendix taken out! I told you not to but I couldn't stop you because I knew its what you felt you had to do"
I sighed. Mami was right. Right after she said that troy came in.
"Gabriella why the hell did you leaves!"
"because I was mad" I said. I couldn't look at him…just thinking about the accident made me want to cry. I don't know if it's pregnancy hormones or what but even I was confused.
"Why were you mad that I helped with oil change?"
"Because I can't go through what I did…I keep picturing you in that hospital room hurt! And it kills me that for the rest of my life I have that picture in my head!" I said.
He came over and wrapped his arms around me.
"I'm so sorry baby" he said kissing my head.
"Me too" I said. Troy and I don't fight…we argue a little bit…but never big ones.
"Brielle…I'm going to be fine, all I'm doing for now is oil changes if you don't believe me ask john. I know my limits but I have to work something on a car or I'm going to go insane. It's like you with singing…if you didn't have the shower and cleaning stuff to sing to then you would be going crazy!" he said.
"I know"
"I'm sorry I scared you like that" he said.
"I never want to see you like that again troy…I was so scared I was going to lose you!" I said.
"Remember what I told you that first day you came in and saw me?" he said. I nodded.
"I told you you're never going to lose me. I mean it…I can't live without you"
"I can't live without either"
He hugged me again.
The rest of the dinner was ok…I was still a little emotional. Lettie kept giving me that 'your pregnant so you better settle down' look. She loves that she's the only one who knows.
"Auntie Gabi look!" Seth came running in waving a piece of paper.
"What's this?" I asked.
"He had to draw his family" mami said.
"Whoa…you drew everyone?" I asked.
"Yea mine was the one with the most people in it" he said.
"see this is you and Uncle troy and Nelly, Maya, Minnie, and Juliet, then there's Auntie Lettie and Uncle Chris, then Uncle Carlos and Aunt Jaime and Brianna Stacy and Karen, here's Uncle Kyle and Auntie Reni and James, then Mom-mom, and Uncle John, Uncle Jerry, Uncle Sean, Auntie Eva, and Uncle Sam." He said pointing to the stick figures.
"Who's this?" I asked pointing to someone in the distance.
"Oh that's Uncle Bryan see that's his army uniform"
"Yea now I see it"
"Oh and this is me and my mommy" he said pointed to the middle. He drew Daniela smiling.
"This is beautiful…you gonna put it in your book?"
"Yea I wanted to show you first. Mom-mom can you help me" he said.
"Of course my Sethy" mami said.
it broke my heart to see that picture.
Everyone was quiet after that…
"Has anyone heard from Bryan?" I asked.
"No last time anyone talked to him was Carlos and he said he's good and is still trying to get a leave"
"Oh" I said. We ate and danced and talked. Then when we finally went home I was beat.
"Go upstairs, I'll take the dogs out and wait for them to come back in" he said.
"Ok don't take to long"
"I won't baby" he said. I went upstairs and put some soffe shorts and just put a sports bra on. It's to hot for a shirt and all. I was sitting at my vanity table troy made me and brushed through my hair.
"Oh baby…" troy said when he saw me. I gave him a look.
"C'mon my rib is healed and the doctor gave an ok to sex" he said.
He started to kiss my neck. Oh crap I'm about to give in. I turned around to him and started to kiss him. It was hard and fast. He picked me up and my legs were wrapped around him.
I moaned in the kiss. He laid me on the bed and took my shorts off. I helped him take his jeans and shirt off. His hands rested under my boobs right at the start of my rib cage. We were still kissing.
"Troy now" I said. He lightly threw me on the bed and took my sports bra off. He entered in me and I wrapped my arms around his neck. It was fast and rough…I haven't had this in a long time.
"Troy" I moaned a lot.
"Oh shit Brielle" he moaned a lot.
I was about to be at my peak I could tell he was too.
I got louder. "TROY!" I nearly screamed in a moan.
"Fuck Brielle!" he said. He swung me on top now. Now I was doing the work. He moaned louder too as I started going faster.
Finally I couldn't go anymore our breathing was heavy i hopped off of him.
"Oh my god" I said.
"that was amazing Brielle" he said I laughed. He turned to me and wrapped his arms around me and I cuddled into him. His hands rested on my bare body right under my boobs. I gave him one more kiss and I fell asleep.
The next morning came too fast. I woke up to the alarm clock making that god awful sound.
"Ugh!" I groaned. I tried to hit the snooze button= but it kept going off. So I finally threw it and it hit the wall.
"Brielle that was our fourth alarm clock!" troy said.
"It wouldn't shut up!" I said. We got up.
"What are you doing today?" he asked me.
"I have a doctor's appointment…then I'm going to clean out what the baby's room is going to be…" I said.
"You want me to go?"
"Nah Lettie wants to go"
"Is she sure she's ready for that?"
"Yea…I think that it's not that fresh anymore and there able to move on…I mean they can never heal from it…but they can move on"
"I never want to have to go through what they did"
"We won't" I said. He smiled. He left and I got ready. Lettie came around 10 and picked me up.
"Hey" she said.
"Hey"
We drove to doctor's office.
"Why hello Gabriella" the doctor said.
"Hi doctor chanbus" I said.
"So today we're going to just listen to the heart beat and get you a picture" she said.
"Ok" I said. The doctor's appointment went normal.
"Your baby is fully healthy and you should have no problems. But you do probably need to tone some things down…have you experienced anymore dizziness?"
"No I don't think so…"
"Ok well that's good you're entering your second trimester. Next visit we might be able to find out the gender"
"Really?" lettie said.
"Mhm…" the doctor said.
She printed out the ultra sound and we set up the appointment for next time.
"Ok well I have to go and do some things…so I'll call you later" lettie said.
"Ok bye sissy" I said getting out.
"Bye and remember no stress!" she said ask she drove away. I laughed and just shook my head. I went into the house and put all my stuff down.
I called troy next.
"Hey baby" he said.
"Hey" I said.
"how's my baby doin?"
"Our baby is fine! He or she is fully healthy and happy"
"It's a him"
"It could be a her!"
"I have a feeling it's a him"
"Right troy" I said. I was look out the window when I saw a car I didn't know drive up.
"Uh…troy…I'll call you back…later"
"Are you ok Brielle?"
"Yea I'm fine, love you bye" I said and hung up before he could reply. I walked outside and I saw her get out the car.
"Hey sis" she said.
She looked so much better now. She had some weight on her and those bruises were gone.
"Daniela!" I said and ran to her.
"I heard you were looking for me…"
"Come inside and let's talk" I said.
We went in the house. "I see you still have all the dogs" she said.
"Plus one" I said to Nelly.
"So how've you been?" she asked.
"I'm good…I'm pregnant"
"No way! Did you guys get married yet?"
"No that's in a few weeks" I said.
"Does mami know?"
"No we're going to tell them at the wedding"
"That's awesome" she said. We were sitting on the couch now.
"How's Seth?" she asked.
"He's good…you have 5 albums to look at…"
"He's still doing that"
"Yea he keeps saying this is going to make my mommy so happy! Or I don't think she'd be too happy but she'll tell me to try harder!" I said. She smiled.
"I've missed him so much"
"So…are you. Back?"
"Yea I am. I got an apartment close by and I'm planning to go see mami and everyone else"
"That's great Daniela" I said.
"I'm sorry Gabi…you tried to tell me and I didn't listen…then I left him and didn't come back I'm so sorry I didn't want that to happen to Lettie or her baby."
"I know Daniela but your back now and you can fix everything"
"Really? You think I can just come back and have it all back to normal!"
"No not everything back to normal. But everything ok"
She looked at me. "Gabi I want your world!" she said.
"No you don't Dani trust me" I said. We were both crying and laughing and hugging.
After a good 2 hours we were done.
"You wanna go see mami?" I said.
"And my baby" she said.
"Well he's in school…but it'd be awesome if he came home to see you"
"Let's go" she said. We went to Mami's who was cooking lunch.
"Mami!!" we both yelled.
"Good god girls oh my god Daniela!" mami said.
"Hi mami" she said.
"I'll leave you guys to talk" I said. I walked out back and called troy.
"Brielle!" he said.
"Yea hey sorry about earlier"
"What happened are you ok?"
"Yea I'm fine…Daniela's back"
"What"
"She's back troy! Go get jerry and you and john comes here to Mami's"
"We'll be there in a little bit" he said. I went back inside and mami and Daniela were hugging.
"I called the guys…they should be here soon" I said.
"Oh Gabi…she said you looked for her" mami said.
I nodded. "Come here mija" she said. She had tears in her eyes. She hugged Daniela and me together. Then Lettie came in.
"SISSY!!!!" she squealed. Then the guys came in. John and Jerry yelled the same thing. Basically all the sisters' nicknames are sissy. I was happy to finally have my sissy back.
It was 3:30 so the kids are about to get home from school. Jayden walks Seth home since the middle school is right next to the elementary school.
"We're home!" Jayden yelled.
"Mom-mom…" Seth ran in then stopped to a dead halt when he saw Daniela.
"Whoa" Jayden came in behind him.
"Hey jay" she said and hugged him
"Hey sissy" he said.
"Sethy…hi baby" she said kneeling down to the floor. Seth walked over to her and touched her face.
"Are you really mommy?" he asked with a dead serious look on his face. We couldn't help but laugh.
Daniela laughed. "Yes baby it's me" she said.
"Prove it…"
"The only way you eat grilled cheese is if there's mayonnaise on both pieces of bread and ketchup on the top piece with only 1 and a half pieces of cheese" she said.
"THAT'S HOW YOU MAKE IT!" all of said at once. We have been trying to make that kid a grilled cheese he would eat! Everyone laughed.
"MOMMYYY!!!" he yelled and jumped in her arms.
Okay guys well this story is coming to and end. Next chapter will be the wedding…and then a preview to the sequel…then I'll post the sequel…I hope you guys aren't totally disappointed in this story.
I have a plot all set up for the sequel! I can't wait to start writing it! Well…thanks for reading!!!