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Chapter 7
"Good morning!" Diane was very chipper as she walked into the kitchen. She smiled at the young couple as she headed to the coffee machine. They were kissing when she walked in, Jason didn't even blush at being caught. "So what is on the agenda for today?"
Elizabeth pushed the list across the counter, making sure to use her left hand because yeah she wanted to show off her ring. "We completed our homework." She said being cheeky.
"Forget the list." Diane said snatching up the younger woman's hand. "Someone got a sparkly." Her smile widen. "Very nice. The round emerald you chose before was beautiful, but this shape is much more Elizabeth."
Francis walked in and saw the ring. "Good job." He said slapping Jason on his back. "Am I needed for anything today? I was thinking of going fishing."
Diane arched a brow. "Fishing will wait until the wedding is over. You need to be here to receive calls from the churches we are waiting to hear from. I also need you and Jason to handle the photographer."
"Okay." Francis said letting his dreams of snagging a Marlin go. The photographer was the easy part. One call to the casino would get him a name. They hosted enough weddings to have a list of vendors. Waiting on the phone calls could take all day.
"We can do fishing as the bachelor party." Jason liked being out on the water. "I don't think any of the guys will object."
"See, you still get to grunt and do man things." Diane teased reading over the list. "We." She said looking at Elizabeth. "Should tackle the bridal party dresses, and the flowers. Jason I also need you to start thinking of where you would like to have the rehearsal dinner, the ceremony, and the reception. Since Elizabeth has never been on the island you know what's here. We can tackle that list tomorrow. Milo can drive us to scout the locations. We need a baker too."
Elizabeth didn't say anything, she just let Diane give out assignments. Party planning was just something she knew more about. "I need to make some calls before we head out. Georgie, Alexis, and Maggie. If one or more can't make it then we won't need as many, or any, dresses."
"Tell Georgie she can have time off." Diane said to Elizabeth as she walked out the room. Alexis was Diane's partner at the firm, but Georgie was on Diane's staff.
"Will do." Liz said over her shoulder.
"I need to make some calls as well." Jason needed to talk with Sonny.
"In a different room." Diane said giving Jason a stern look. "I don't have time to separate the two of you. I'm going to send Francis to check, so heed my warning."
"I'm going to Sonny's office." Jason said fleeing before Diane found something else for him to do. He could hear Francis laughing.
Elizabeth chose her room and flopped down on the couch in the sitting area. She started with Georgie. "Hey."
"Well if it isn't the future pretend Mrs. Morgan." Georgie said as a greeting. "How is that going?"
"Really well pretend Mrs. O'Brien." Elizabeth shot back. "In fact it's going great. Jason and I are getting married, two weeks from Saturday. I want you to be my maid of honor."
"Matron sweetie." Georgie corrected her friend. "I am already pretend married. You are actually getting me a dress? Is it going to be some hideous curtain creation?" She wanted to know. "Like a sofa on steroids kind of design. I've always wanted to be able to tell a bridal party dress horror story."
"Since Jason and I are really getting married, yes you are really getting a dress." Liz said dropping her bombshell.
"Wait. What?" Georgie said sitting up straighter. "Seriously. You guys are having a real wedding, in two weeks? What happened?"
"Jason proposed, and since that proposal came with the words I love you I accepted." Elizabeth said smiling. She knew her friend would pick up on the joy in her voice.
"Congratulations!" Georgie was almost bouncing in her seat. "I will so be your maid of honor. Matron of honor, whatever of honor. You need a marriage license."
"Yes we do, which was the other reason I'm calling. We need paperwork filed to get married outside the states. Can you handle that or should I call Alexis?"
"I will send Alexis an email. I can do the license you need a real lawyer for the other thing." Georgie said meaning an attorney who had passed the Bar. "If you guys had waited to have the ceremony then I could have handled it all." She had no doubt she was going to pass her exam, it just took a while for the results to come in. "Speaking of real lawyers how is Diane doing?"
"The same." Elizabeth told her friend. "Right now we aren't worried, but in a few weeks if she isn't doing better Patrick is going to want to run some more in depth tests."
"Do you have any idea why she thinks I married Johnny?" Georgie had been thinking on this one since it popped out of Diane's mouth. "I'm thrilled she picked him, she could have said Dillon."
"We would have found a way to correct that misconception right away." Elizabeth let Georgie know.
"Good. There is only so much pretending I am willing to do. I can't pretend to have anything but contempt for him. Plus I don't think his wife would have gone along with the ruse." Georgie had been in love with Dillon, and walking in on him in bed with Lulu Spencer had been a nasty shock. He was still begging for forgiveness when the trampy blonde announced her pregnancy. Dillon had used Enduro's which were faulty. A wedding followed, and the new couple moved to California so that Tracy didn't kill her new daughter in-law.
"I think it's all the sexual tension between the two of you." Elizabeth said laughing. "Just jump him all ready. Do it after the wedding, you'll both be in the wedding party and looking nice. Unless you've done it already. You can share if you have." She wouldn't expect Georgie to do any such thing.
"No, we've had dinner though." Georgie was excited to share this. "We are having dinner again in a few days, because the first time went really well."
"I'm going to tell Jason to book you guys a two bedroom suite at the hotel. If you stay here Diane will put you in a room together." Despite her teasing earlier Elizabeth didn't want her friend to feel pressured. "Even if you don't use the second bedroom it's no one's business but you and Johnny."
"Thanks." Georgie didn't want to rush things. "I do need to pick up a wedding band, and a ruby engagement ring."
"My Gram has a stunning ruby, I can ask if you could borrow it." Elizabeth said to keep Georgie from spending money. "Or Sonny might be able to borrow some jewelry from one of the shops he frequents."
"Don't worry about it." Georgie told Liz. "I'm sure you have a lot to do to make this wedding happen in two weeks. What color am I wearing?"
"If I find a dress I like blue." Elizabeth shared. "Is that okay?"
"I look good in blue." Georgie wasn't going to be fussy.
"So do Maggie and Alexis. I'm going to ask them to stand up with you." Elizabeth told Georgie.
"Okay." Georgie didn't know Maggie well, but they had hung out a few times when the group was together. The older woman had been super nice. "I have to go to work now, not all of us are lounging in paradise." She said laughing.
"I'm going shopping with Diane today." Elizabeth told her friend her plans.
"Okay, so not lounging. I hope you had a good breakfast." Georgie smirked. She had shopped with her boss before, it was like an endurance sport. "Call me if you need anything handled from this end. Do I have to plan something?" Normally she would.
"No, leave that to us." Elizabeth would just suggest Diane put something together for the ladies to do. More than likely they would all end up at the spa.
"Sounds good. Send me a picture of my dress." Georgie requested.
"I can do that. See you in a couple of weeks." Elizabeth was smiling when she hung up, and dialed her brother's house. She needed to talk to both Steven and Maggie. She wanted to tell her brother about not giving her away before he arrived on the island.
"Corinthos." Sonny was cleaning up from breakfast.
"Hey." Jason said sitting on the deck off of the office looking at the water.
"What's up?" The mob boss hadn't expected to hear from his partner again so soon. "Something wrong?"
"No." Jason was smiling as he answered. "Everything is perfect. Elizabeth and I are getting married in two weeks."
"I know. We talked about it yesterday." Sonny reminded the younger man.
"We are getting married, for real, in two weeks." Jason said clearing up the confusion.
"Damn." Sonny said laughing. "I know I said take advantage of the opportunity, but I didn't think you would take my advice. Congratulations." He was happy for his friend.
"You don't get to take credit." Jason was laughing too. "Diane gets the credit."
"We can share." Sonny joked. "What can I do to help?"
"The names of a few contacts at the casino would make things easier." Jason knew if he walked in he would be sent directly to the person who planned these things, but he wanted to talk to as few people as possible.
"I'll send the names to Francis. He can make the calls." Sonny told his younger partner. A lot of the staff at the casino were afraid of Jason. Not that he was mean to them, Jason was just an imposing figure. He often scared people without meaning to.
"Okay." Jason would just tell Francis to give him half the list. It was his wedding so he needed to pull his share of the load.
"You thinking of having the ceremony at the casino?" Sonny asked his friend.
"I'm not sure." Jason admitted. "Before last night Diane was handling everything which was fine because it didn't matter. Now that it's the real thing I don't know if I want to get married with slot machines going off in the background." Although the ball room at the casino was beautiful. "I need to talk with Elizabeth after she and Diane return from shopping."
"You should get her before they go out." Sonny advised. "She will be exhausted later. Besides if you know what she wants you can handle it today while she is taking care of bride business."
"Good point. It's like you've done this before." Jason said smirking.
"I know." Sonny said putting away his pots. He had planned his wedding to Alexis. While his wife was a brilliant lawyer she had the design sense of a turnip. Which is why he also ended up decorating Kristina's and this new baby's nurseries. "I would like for you to consider something."
"What's that?" Jason asked his friend.
"Having the ceremony and reception at my place. You aren't going to get a better view, or background for pictures." Sonny pointed out. "I have enough acres that you can have the ceremony on one part of the grounds and the reception on another. The kitchen is restaurant quality so the caterers will have everything they need. I don't mind." Sonny loved entertaining. "It will also give me an excuse to come down early." Which meant he could talk Alexis into starting her maternity leave now. Another bonus.
"Let me run it by Elizabeth." Jason liked that idea, he was guessing his girl would as well. "If she likes it then I'll call you back and let you know. Can Kristina be our flower girl?" Elizabeth hadn't mentioned this but he was sure it was fine.
"Run that by Liz too." Sonny told Jason. "The flower girl is part of the bridal party so she might have someone else in mind." A groom who overstepped could find themselves in hot water.
"Okay. I want Morgan as the ring bearer." Jason figured that would be a decision he could make on his own.
"That will be fine. I need to get him a suit." Sonny said thinking of his little boy. At eight he was a good age for that.
"Good. I need to go." He wanted to catch Elizabeth before she left. "I'll call you when we have a clearer direction."
"I'll be around. Congratulations. Pass that along to Liz. Oh, you guys need to register. Do it online so that folks can do their shopping before the ceremony." Sonny told his friend.
"We don't need gifts." Jason could afford anything his soon to be wife might want.
"Yes you do." Sonny said thinking of kitchen supplies. "Don't argue." He said laughing. "Bye." He hung up before Jason could do just that.
He walked out front and found his fiancée. "Hey." He said smiling. She always made him smile.
"Hi." Elizabeth guessed she had a dopey grin on her face. It wasn't like she hadn't seen him in weeks. He just made her so happy. "We were just about to leave."
"Before you go. Sonny offered us the house for the ceremony and reception." Jason told the gathered group.
"Call him back and accept." Diane said before Liz could. "The pictures with the ocean in the backdrop will be stunning."
Jason looked at Elizabeth. "That's fine." The nurse said trying not to smirk.
"Can Kristina be the flower girl?" Jason wanted to know. May as well tell that to Sonny when he called.
"I already asked Alexis, she said it was fine. Georgie and Maggie are standing up with me. Alexis is just too tired right now." Elizabeth would tell Jason what Steven said later. "Can you please ask Sonny about menu suggestions?"
"The menu should be things that you and Jason like." Diane told them both. "With a few safe choices. But not chicken, that is a too obvious."
"Jason likes chicken. So do I." Elizabeth told Diane.
"You also both like steak, and lamb. One of those will be a better choice." Diane didn't want boring food at the reception.
"We can talk about that later." Jason said to avoid an argument. "Sonny also said we need to register."
"I knew I left something for you to do off the list." Diane said shaking her head, she should have spotted such a major over sight.
"We can talk about that as well when we get back." Elizabeth quickly interjected. If they started debating the merit of which store was best they would never get out of the house.
"Fine. I'll call Sonny back." Jason said as his eyes dropped to Elizabeth's lips. She was leaving the house which meant an opportunity to kiss her again. Last night after returning from their dinner date he had kissed her soundly at the door to her room. Not following her in had been hard, but on the drive they had indeed decided to wait until their wedding night to be together. He was strong enough to make it till then because there would kissing at every available opportunity.
"Okay. We'll see you when we get back." Elizabeth said leaning up to kiss him. Because an opportunity to do so should not be wasted.
Jason's lips covered hers and she forgot about everything else. He urged her closer and tilted his head so they fit together better. His body began to react to her closeness and when she moaned lightly he did too. It was Francis clearing his throat that had Jason lifting his head. The older man was grinning, and trying not to laugh.
"We need to leave." Diane said grinning as well. She was happy to see that they were so gone over each other. "I'll bring her back and you can kiss her again later." She smirked. "Come on Liz."
"Um, okay." Elizabeth said looking up at Jason. She needed Francis to take Diane out of the house for the evening. Privacy was definitely needed. A really long make out session was in order. Just because there wasn't going to be sex didn't mean groping couldn't happen. She had several places on Jason's body she wanted to put her hands.
"Bye." Jason said forcing himself to let Elizabeth go.
Francis was still standing there grinning. "Let's make some calls." He needed to get Jason's mind off of Liz for the next few hours if there were going to get anything accomplished. If that was possible.
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