Chapter 29: The Little Things that Make Something Grand

I smile as we walk into the bakery. Really, I didn't have to come, but for the chance to see Summer this excited, I'd probably sell my soul, that is if it still belonged to me. I'm pretty sure that all that I am is hers anyway. Every breath that I take, every beat of my heart, is due to her. She breathed new life into me, and recently it's been nothing but loving smiles and pure excitement coupled with raw emotions. That small smile she shoots me would bring to my attention that look in her eyes, the one that makes my heart beat faster and sometimes bring tears to my eyes.

Now, though, we're here to do cake tasting. In all actuality, she's probably going to do all the tasting while I watch the positively wired expressions twist her face into more and more smiles, all varying in some degree. I'll know which one she wants just by which smile creeps up, and that's the one I'll have to convince her of getting because, for some reason, she'll probably want them all, and I don't know how that would make our cake taste.

After tasting the almost endless array of flavors, I think she settled on one. She stops in front of it and turns to me. "This one."

I blink. She picked one. She actually picked ONE! "What is it, and why?"

She smiles. "It's red velvet, babe. Can't you tell?" She turns back to the cake. "With cream cheese icing and buttercream piping."

The confusion just sets in, right there. "Does that even go together?"

"Sure they do! It's kinda like us. You have the perfectly amazing cake in the center. The cake is like our souls, the foundation of the culmination of the efforts of this cake. Then, you have the cream cheese icing. That's like you. It's a bit sweet and has a bit of a tang to it, adding that utterly unique flavor to the combination. Then, you have the butter cream piping. It adds that super sweet edge to it, completing the entire cake with confectionary delight." Summer looks a little too excited about her cake analogy, and it's a bit scary if you haven't known her for a while. I know the bakers took a few steps backwards when she started.

I laugh a little. "So, is the piping you, then?"

I shake my head when her answer is, "Of course!"

I roll my eyes. "Of course. I think you've had just a little bit too much sugar, Sum. I think you're gonna need a nice nap soon, so let's get going right after I finish filling out the paperwork and giving them the down payment. 'K?" She nods enthusiastically, and I can't help the smile that spreads across my face at her sugar high. She's just so cute when she's like this, if a bit hazardous to herself and those around her.

Flowers, flowers. Why am I the one that has to pick out the flowers? I mean, yeah, I know a lot about flowers, but why did I have to come alone? I know she's just using it as an excuse to go pick out her dress. Ugh. This is just so not fair.

I push open the door to the little florist shop. There's just so much that needs to be done, and there's not a lot of time left. Three more months, and we'll be married. I stop. Three months! Shit, time flies, doesn't it? How does it just go like that? Is there a universal rule in the world that time has to go faster when your life is going so well? I don't know, but I just hope that time doesn't slow for us. I want time to stay as it is so that I know that everything is good in the world, despite how much I just want it to freeze so that I can have as much time as possible with Summer, Glynda and the rest of my team.

The fragrance of the inside assaults my nose. All of the different combinations of perfumes that the flowers exude make me wrinkle my nose in distaste. The veritable stench that all of them in one room can create can make even the most die hard flower enthusiast turn tail and run from this place. I sigh as I walk further into the place, which seems pretty big to me. I suppose I couldn't have picked a place with more variety, which kind of make me feel a little bit better.

I tap my chin as I walk down each row of flowers and plants, either in vases or in pots. They all look so enticing and beautiful, but I'm here for a reason. I have to choose our bouquets and the centerpieces. A lot of research was had to pick the very best arrangement for each of us, and I think I figured it out rather easily. Now, I just have to place the order and pray that they won't be damaged or wilted.

A shopkeeper comes out of the back room carrying an arrangement that she puts on the counter. She smiles widely and waves. "Hi! Welcome to IC Flowers! My name's Ignatia Carnation. How may I help you?"

I C Flowers. Right. I see what she did there. Creative. "Yeah, I'm here to place an order for two bridal bouquets and seven, no nine, centerpiece arrangements in clear crystal."

Ignatia nods, pulling out a clipboard from behind the counter. "Okay, and what flowers would you like in each."

"I want one bouquet to be red carnations and white jasmine and the other to have white carnations and pink bellflowers." The red carnations symbolize love and affection, and jasmine is often associated with love. The two together will look absolutely beautiful. White carnations are a symbol of pure love, and bellflowers carry the meaning of unchanging love. I thought that they'd be perfect for us. "I want the centerpieces to be a tasteful combination of all four of those. I know that they're all pretty delicate blooms, but I have every confidence that you can pull off something absolutely spectacular."

She blinks at me. "That's a lot of love, miss."

I smile and dismiss the obvious remark. "Of course. What else should be at a wedding?"

She nods and smiles once more. "Alright. I just need you to sign here, give me the date of delivery, and put down a deposit of forty-five percent. I'll get the rest after delivery to ensure that everything goes smoothly and is to your liking." This was easier than I expected. Thank the gods that I did the research before coming here or this could have taken hours. I do a small flourish with my signature and step back. With a last smile and wave, I leave the shop, happy that I could get out of there so quickly.

A/N: Well, that was a thing. See, I'm formulating the wedding right now. I have to figure out what they're wearing and how the reactions will go. It's almost as bad as planning a real wedding, except that I don't actually have to book anything. Anyway... There it is!

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