Chapter 22 happy new year
It's been a week since Ben proposed to Gwen and it was time to start preparing for the wedding. We join our two heroes while speaking to a priest in a Protestant church on Beach St Bellwood…
"And who will be coming to the wedding?" asked the man
"Family and friends. It will be about twenty people in total" said Ben as he held Gwen's hand
"And you want the date to be February 22nd?"
"Yes" said Gwen as she beamed at her future husband
"Very good. Now if you follow me we'll do a rehearsal while you're here so we could get it out of the way…"
During the next few hours Ben and Gwen chose the band and the catering service and the reception hall. All that's left is to pick their outfits. Gwen decided to let Ben choose his outfit first. They stood in a local clothes store as Ben browsed one of the suits
"See any suits you like?" asked Gwen
"Yeah, my birthday suit…" said Ben as Gwen laughed. Finally he found a suit he liked and went into the booth to try it on. When he returned he was wearing leather black shoes, black pants, a white shirt with a bow tie and a black vest.
"Well? How do I look?"
"You look wonderful. I like it"
"Really?" said Ben as he walked into a mirror and checked himself out. He whistled softly
"Not bad… I like it…"
Moments later the couple walked to the women's section of the store as Gwen looked at a pretty white dress with a nice silver necklace to go with it
"Wow look at that…"said Gwen in awe as she reached for the dress. To her pleasure she felt it was made of cotton and silk
"I gotta try this" she said as she picked up the dress and went to change her clothes. When she returned Ben's jaw dropped and his face turned red. Gwen giggled at his reaction
"I take it you like it"
"No" he said and she looked a little offended
"I don't like it. I love it. You look wonderful in it…"
Gwen smiled at his compliment
"Well it's settled. We got our outfits…"
Gwen returned to the booth to put her normal cloths back on and once she was out the couple went to pay for their clothes. When they returned to Ben's house they put their new stuff in his closet. As a gift from their family and friends, they will have their own house and once the wedding is over they were itching to move into it. So itching that the two cousins began to pack already. Ben walked into the kitchen to get a glass of water. He drank it up and stood in the door way to the kitchen as Gwen approached him. When she was standing in front of him she spoke
"Hey Ben?"
"Hmm?"
"Happy new year" she said happily and looked up. To Ben slight surprise, hanging from the top of the doorway was mistletoe
"You too, honey… you too…" he said happily and leaned in for a kiss…
To be continued…
Prepare yourself… for the wedding of the year… coming up next on chapter 23…
(Slides and postcards will be available in the lobby…)