Chapter 30
The wedding will be up shortly and the whole week will be spread across several chapters :) Hope you enjoy this, trying to regain some of the bitchy Connie again as well!
Another couple of weeks had passed and the list of things to do was shrinking considerably. The wedding would be in early April, and all the staff who they'd asked had had holiday granted to them. Jacob and Connie had asked Robyn, Lofty, Rita and Iain together which was definitely an interesting sight.
They all stood together in the staffroom as Connie wandered in. "What's this?" Jacob crossed the room and stood in front of his fiancée. "I figured we should probably ask them all now." Connie briefly looked across his shoulder before taking his hand and going back towards them.
"So you guys up for a holiday?" Lofty and Robyn exchanged smiles with each other before answering. "Stupid question, obviously!" Rita and Iain were a little less enthusiastic and a little more dubious of what was going on.
"That's not exactly what I'd thought you'd say Jacob, thanks." Connie was starting to regret her decision to invite the four of them along more and more. "There is a catch though-" "Here we go-" "Oh shut up Nurse Freeman and instead of thinking I've got a vendetta against you listen for once in your life." Rita was ready to erupt into an argument with her when Jacob stepped forward slightly and finished.
"We want to invite you to our wedding… It's just a few people but I, we would like you there." Rita's eyes fell to Connie almost instantly, as though she was trying to make sure this was actually a genuine question. "Yes Rita, it's not a completely ridiculous idea. Just because we have our differences doesn't mean I wouldn't want you to be there for a friend-" "I'd hardly say we're-" "I meant Jacob."
Iain was trying to suppress the smile on his face as Rita slowly began to smile. Whether it was because she was happy about the prospect of a holiday with Iain or the shock of seeing Connie smile in the same room as her she wasn't sure. "Okay then, I guess we should really try and get along then-" "One thing at a time, yeah?" Connie turned her back as she began to talk before disappearing to her office again, leaving Jacob with an excited group of nurses and paramedic to explain the details.
Everything had been sorted, all bar dresses for Connie and Grace, the music that they'd play and (not to Connie's knowledge) a few extra guests. "Hey Charlie, you seem like the kinda guy to know. Has Connie got any other close family?" Charlie stopped what he was doing and looked up to Jacob. "She was an only child, and both of her parents passed away… I don't really know of anyone else that she still speaks to in her family."
The pair discussed things about Connie that Jacob had never even heard before and it fascinated him how well Charlie seemed to know her after what was really only a short time.
As the shift drew to an end Connie was met by Jacob at the entrance. "Your shift finished hours ago why are you still here?" He smiled as he reached his arms around her waist. "I decided to wait for my future wife to finish so we could go get dinner together, is that okay with you?" "Jacob you didn't have to do that-" "I wanted to… Come on, the table's booked for 20 minutes so we should get going."
Sitting down in a quiet corner of the restaurant Connie smiled across at him. "So what's the occasion?" Jacob shrugged sitting back. "I thought it would be nice, we don't get to do it anymore and it seemed like somewhere to get away from wedding planning for a while." Connie smiled knowing how much he had hated the finer details of planning.
The evening drifted past slowly as they relaxed in each other's company. "I promise that after we're married, we'll make more time for nights like these. With Grace as well." Connie couldn't believe her luck in finding someone like Jacob. He looked after her and always made sure that everything she wanted or needed was there for her.