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Chapter 15
Diane went first since her alteration was minor. She had decided that she wanted to have the hem raised just a bit. Georgie went next. Her dress would take a little more work, but nothing major. She smiled the entire time loving her blue gown. Elizabeth was explaining the bouquets and accessories while Georgie was standing on the pedestal. "Maggie and I are going to be stunning."
"But not too stunning." Diane was determined that Liz was going to shine the brightest. "We still have time to add straps."
"That's my cue to get into my dress." Elizabeth wasn't going to argue about that again. "I will try on the green dress after my gown is done."
"I'll help you into your dress." Venus said also not wanting to get sucked into that topic again. The bride had made her decision so as far as Venus was concerned they were done.
Georgie just kept quiet wondering exactly what that was about. When the seamstress was done she stepped down and was carefully assisted out of her dress. She was back out front in time to see Elizabeth walk out. "She looks gorgeous."
"She does doesn't she." Diane said beaming. "It took almost the entire appointment to find the right gown, but the minute Elizabeth came out of the fitting room we all knew this was the one."
"I love it even more than I did when I first put it on." Elizabeth said turning on the pedestal so that she could see herself from every angle.
"Are you wearing a tiara with your veil?" Georgie asked her friend.
"That would be lovely." Diane said seeing another way to help Liz stand out. "I'm sure the local jewelry store has some we could look at."
Elizabeth hadn't ever thought of herself as a tiara kind of girl. Of course she hadn't seen herself wearing a ball gown at her wedding. So maybe there was room for some compromise. "Do you have any tiaras in stock here?" She asked Venus. There was no need for something expensive.
"We do, rhinestones would give the sparkle to what we have in the back." Venus explained before moving from her spot.
"Rhinestones will be fine." Elizabeth said before Diane could object. "We only need it for thirty minutes."
"If you are concerned about cost, the local jewelry store would most likely loan you a piece for the day." Diane pointed out.
"I'm sure what they have here is fine. If I'm going to wear a tiara then I can skip the veil." Elizabeth said looking at herself and trying to envision how she would wear her hair.
"You could do a side swept bang with an up do in the back." Georgie said recalling a style she saw in a magazine. "Something that would play up your curls."
Venus came back with a tray of headwear. "Where you thinking of wearing your hair down?" She asked her bride.
"I was, I don't really like to wear my hair up." Elizabeth said looking at the tray. She wanted something delicate and there were several to choose from.
"How about something like this?" Venus put the tray down before picking up a vine motif tiara. Some pearl flowers were offset by crystals. "It's more of a headband style. You can pull your hair back off your face and have it cascade down your back. Maybe with some wispy pieces around your face. Or you can have bangs with this covering the part while the rest of your hair cascades down your back."
"Both of those styles would work with this dress, and I could do them myself." Elizabeth was looking to keep her wedding day routine simple.
"You will have a hairdresser and someone to do your makeup." Diane told Liz. "So don't worry about that. Whoever comes out can do the entire bridal party as well as Monica and I." Diane knew the photos would make the paper and all the ladies needed to be flawless. She figured Liz wouldn't argue if all the ladies got pampered.
Again Elizabeth just smiled and nodded. She could bend a little. Instead she turned her attention to the seamstress. The bodice was a perfect fit, and the skirt needed to be raised just a couple of inches. She also requested that a layer of the petticoat be removed so that the skirt would lay a little flatter. All of which were easy adjustments. "Now the green dress." She was excited to try it on.
"Wow!" Georgie said before giving her friend a wolf whistle. "Talk about some killer curves."
Elizabeth couldn't stop smiling. The dress fit like it was made for her, and yeah Jason was going to drool when he saw her. "I love this dress, and Jason loves me in green." She said doing a turn.
"It doesn't need any adjustments." Venus said smiling.
"That would be a fantastic honeymoon dress." Diane said trying one more time. "Wouldn't you like something more demure for the reception?"
"No." Elizabeth wasn't going to change her mind. "I want this for the reception, and I am going to have it." Diane had gotten her way on enough things.
"I'll alert the cashier." Venus said backing her bride.
Elizabeth couldn't resist another turn in the mirror. Yeah she was going to bring Jason to his knees. "Let me take this off, and we'll head back to the house."
"I'm sure Johnny is missing his wife. It's hard to be apart during the newlywed stage." Diane said smiling at Georgie. "While it's just the two of us, I was wondering if you planned on changing your name at the law firm."
Georgie just looked at her boss with wide eyes. She had no response to that question. Elizabeth tried not to laugh as she walked back to the changing rooms.
"Why is Georgie looking at Diane with stark terror in her eyes?" Jason asked Elizabeth as they were taking an after dinner stroll on the beach. These walks had become the traditional way for them to end the night. Johnny took his "wife" out for a driving tour of the island after the meal was completed. To keep whatever had happened between the two lawyers from spilling over onto them he followed his friend's example and left the house.
Elizabeth laughed as she answered. "When I left the fitting area to change into my regular clothes Diane was asking Georgie when she was going to change her name at work. By the time I returned they had moved onto why now was the perfect time to have a baby with Johnny. So it seems that I'm not the only person Diane is determined to help along. Georgie practically ran to the car, and she sat up front on the drive home. Not that Diane took that as a hint to stop. By the time we got to the house she was mentioning that the Towers was not a place to raise children."
"Johnny does like children." Jason said laughing as well. "They have been out a few times since we left."
"I know. Georgie told me, she really likes Johnny. She is nervous about them sharing a room." Elizabeth said taking a deep breath of the salty air.
"Johnny won't take advantage of the situation." Jason promised his fiancée.
"I know that, so does she. It's just that it can be hard to control yourself around someone you really like." Elizabeth knew what Georgie was going through. In some regards she had it a lot easier than her friend did. Liz wasn't going to be sharing a room with Jason for the next week, and telling herself to behave. Although if Georgie and Johnny took their new relationship to a physical level it wasn't anyone else's business.
Jason knew all about controlling your impulses. The woman holding his hand tested him more than anyone else. "Tell me about this second dress you picked up. The one Diane doesn't like."
"She likes it. She said I looked great in it." Elizabeth said with a wicked smile. "And I do, look great in it." It made her feel sexy, which she really liked. "You will love it."
When she stopped talking Jason looked over at her. "That's it? That's all I get?"
"Yes, it's a surprise." Elizabeth said letting her smile turn innocent.
"I get you not giving me details about the wedding gown, but since this new dress is for the reception I think I should be able to hear more about it." He said fishing for details. He was going to love her in it, that was a given. However he didn't think he should have to wait until the reception to find out more about the dress.
Elizabeth zipped her lips and grinned.
"Really? That's your reply. You leave me no choice then." Jason said before grabbing her and starting to tickle her ribs.
"Not tickles!" Elizabeth said laughing hysterically. She was really ticklish, had been since she was a small child. Steven used to sit on her and tickle her until she almost passed out.
"Tell me about the dress." Jason said laughing too. "I can keep this up all day Webber." He tried to sound menacing and failed miserably.
"Okay! Okay, I'll tell you!" Elizabeth said trying to catch her breath.
"Of course you will. I would think my reputation would have made it so you knew not to hold out when I want information." Jason said grinning. It was fun playing with his girl.
"Yeah." Elizabeth was kneeling in the sand. When her breathing was under control she stood up and smiled before dashing up the beach.
"Come back here!" Jason said giving chase. That had been totally unexpected. He hadn't ever run with his girl despite the fact that they both were avid joggers. She was faster than he would have thought. And with her weighing less she didn't sink into the sand like he did. "Ow!" Jason said going down and grabbing his ankle.
"Jason?" Elizabeth stopped and seeing he was injured quickly ran back. "Let me see." She said pushing his hands out of the way. Running on an uneven surface could be dangerous. Something she should have remembered.
He waited until her attention was on his ankle before grabbing her and flipping them so fast she couldn't counter his move. In a heartbeat he had her flat on her back and was using his greater body weight to pin her in place. "Never show mercy." He said laughing.
"You faker!" Elizabeth tried pushing him up and he didn't budge a bit. He was just under two hundred pounds of solid muscle, moving him wasn't going to happen.
"Yeah because you were on the up and up." He said calling her out. "So about the dress?" He wanted to get them back on topic, but he was hoping she clammed up because she felt really good underneath him. Something his body had already noticed.
"You'll never get me to talk Morgan." Elizabeth growled up at him. Honestly she'd like nothing more than for him to try, as long as they stayed in this position.
"Not even a little hint?" Jason said telling his body to behave. Moving never occurred to him.
"Fine." Elizabeth said rolling her eyes. "Come closer."
Jason gave her a long look. Her giving up so easy wreaked of a set up. But since he had her contained running wasn't going to happen. So he followed her directive.
When he was close enough Liz lifted her head and let her lips cover his. She tilted her head to a different angle for a better fit and let her tongue caress his lower lip in a silent plea for more. Jason opened for her and she forgot anything other than him.
He groaned as she shifted beneath him so that her knees were on either side of his hips and their centers were lined up. He pushed against her and she moaned in delight. When her hands pulled up the fabric of his t-shirt and he could feel her fingers moving over his back Jason plunged his fingers into her hair kissing her harder.
It was lack of oxygen that made Liz pull back. She tilted her head and his lips moved down the column of her neck until he was able to suck lightly on the swell of her breasts. "Hmm." She growled softly as she pushed against him with a bit more force. This felt amazing.
Slowly Jason's lips returned to hers sinking into their lushness. Somehow he found the strength to stop rocking against her and to make his hips be still. "We can't have sex on the beach." It was simply too public.
"No, we can't." Elizabeth completely agreed. "Sand is a breeding ground for bacteria. We could both end up with a really nasty infection." She had treated patients at the hospital for sexing it up in a tropical location. That was something the movies didn't bother to show you. "I can wait for our wedding night."
"Me too." Jason said forcing himself to move. He ended up laying on his back next to her as their fingers linked. "Since I'm being so good, you should give me some information on the dress."
"Was this a ploy?" Elizabeth asked arching a brow at him. She knew it wasn't but it was fun to poke him some.
"Will I get points for stopping if it was?" Jason asked taking some deep breaths to relax.
"No, you will get hurt badly for getting me all worked up and leaving me hanging." Elizabeth said with as much menace as she could.
"You are hot when you threaten me." He said with a wicked grin.
Elizabeth gave up and just laughed. "It's green."
"I love you in green." He said kissing her knuckle above where his ring rested.
"I know." Elizabeth rolled to her side and propped her head up on her palm. "That isn't why I got it. I got it because it's going to leave you speechless."
"You do that to me a lot. Leave me befuddled and confused." He said getting serious. "Never had anyone do that to me before. That's why I didn't say anything to you the first few weeks we knew each other. I simply couldn't fathom that you would want to hear anything I had to say." He had been single at the time. It was before he reconnected with Keesha.
"Really?" Elizabeth hadn't known that. "Jason, I've seen pictures of the women you used to date. They were all stunning." She had compared herself to them and couldn't even see why he would look twice at her. He and Keesha made a beautiful couple, and Liz had seen the other ladies he took out in the paper from time to time.
"You are stunning, and smart, and funny, and strong." Jason wanted her to know what he saw when he looked at her. "There are so many sides to you, each one more fascinating than the last. They were stunning, you are everything."
"I don't know what to say to that." Elizabeth said sitting up and looking down at him. She was blown away.
"You could tell me you love me." Jason said with a boyish grin. "That never gets old."
"I love you Jason Morgan." Elizabeth said leaning over and giving him a soft kiss.
"I love you Elizabeth Webber." He sat up and kissed her again. "Come on." He got to his feet and helped her up. "We should head back to the house. I only have so much willpower."
"I know the feeling." She said with a slow smile. One week she told herself.
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