Chapter 3
Three days later, Declan and his mother named Sandra go shopping at Macy's in New York for a tuxedo for the wedding. Fin, Carisi and Doom come to the store and they see Declan thinking about the tuxedo. The tuxedo is navy blue and it would be perfect on him. The sales man suggests that the navy blue tuxedo would be perfect for the wedding.
"Listen, Mom, about the price, Amanda's dad offered to take care of it." Declan says.
"I can buy you the tuxedo. Let Amanda's father save his money." Sandra replies.
Fin, Carisi and Fin think that Declan should get the tuxedo. Declan says that he has to try on the tuxedo before he buys it. The gang agree and Declan goes into the dressing room to try on the tuxedo. A few minutes later, Declan comes out of the dressing room wearing the tuxedo.
"Wow, Murphy. You look great." Fin says.
"You should get the tuxedo. Navy blue is a good wedding color." Carisi says.
"Wait until Amanda sees you in that tuxedo. She's going to fall in love with you all over again." Doom says.
Declan decides to get the tuxedo. He goes back into the dressing room and puts his regular clothes back on. A few minutes later, Declan comes out of the dressing room with the tuxedo. Fin, Carisi, Doom and Sandra help Declan find shoes that would match his tuxedo. The gang decides on brown shoes. The tuxedo and shoes are paid for and the gang leaves Macy's.
"Fin, can I leave the tuxedo and the shoes at your house? I don't want Amanda to see them until the day." Declan says.
"Sure. If you want, the day before the wedding, you, Carisi and Doom can spend the night at my house." Fin replies.
The guys decide that they should meet up with the girls at Declan's apartment that he lives in with Amanda, Jesse and Frannie. Sandra says goodbye to Declan and the guys and she heads home. The guys get ready to go to Declan's apartment.
"Before we go see the girls, let's go to my house." Fin says.
"Let's go." Doom says.
Doom, Fin, Carisi and Declan go inside of Fin's apartment and he puts Declan's tuxedo and dress shoes in the closet. They leave Fin's apartment so that they can meet up with the girls. The guys get in their cars and they follow each other to Declan and Amanda's apartment.
"We have a wedding to plan." Declan says.
"Sounds like fun." Carisi says.
The guys get to Declan and Amanda's apartment and they see Olivia, Amanda, Bella and Reese there and Amanda is holding baby Jesse. The guys sit down and Amanda puts baby Jesse down in her play pen. Everyone gets ready for more wedding planning.
"We got the dress and the tuxedo. We just have to go to the venue, the florist, the wedding cake bakery and we might need a wedding planner." Olivia says.
"Doom, Reese, Bella and I will get us some drinks." Declan says.
Doom, Reese, Bella and Declan go into the kitchen and they get glasses of iced tea. Amanda realizes that someone will be missing out on her wedding day. She wishes that Mike Dodds could be here on her wedding day. The gang decides to help her remember Dodds in a special way.
"I was thinking that part of Dodds' uniform could be my something blue." Amanda says.
"We can put the fabric on your bouquet." Olivia says.
Doom, Reese, Bella and Declan come back into the family room with iced tea for everyone. The gang drink the iced tea as they discuss the wedding planning. They agree that a summer wedding in June would be a perfect time to get married.
"I have this friend who was the deputy chief's son and he passed away so I want to remember him on our wedding day." Amanda tells Declan.
"I never met your friend but he must have been a good friend, so we'll find a way to remember him." Declan tells Amanda.
The gang is looking online for ways on how to remember someone who has passed away on their wedding day. They look at almost every website that there is on Google. Amanda takes a good long look at the websites and then she makes a decision.
"I was thinking that I could wrap the bouquet in Dodds' jacket and on the bridesmaids' bouquets too. Part of his uniform could be my something blue." Amanda says.
"We'll talk to his father about that." Olivia says.
Amanda decides that she wants to light a candle for Dodds during the ceremony, light a candle before the vows, have a memorial table at the reception with pictures of Dodds and before the bouquet toss, have a lantern lighting ceremony and Chief Dodds will write and read a poem about his deceased son at the reception.
"Amanda, it's nice that you want to remember Dodds on your wedding day." Fin says.
"We wish that he could be here for you on your wedding day." Carisi says.
Bella, Reese, Olivia and Amanda decide that they'll wear waterproof makeup on the day of the wedding. They also agree that all the girls that are coming to the wedding wear waterproof makeup. Now they have to go to a wedding planning to help them plan the wedding. Amanda makes an appointment to see the wedding planner the next day.
"We have to see the wedding planner tomorrow." Amanda tells Declan.
"Great idea. He or she can make this a beautiful wedding." Declan tells Amanda.
The gang work more on the wedding planning. Amanda and Declan have their wedding outfits but they are at Olivia's apartment and at Fin's apartment until the day of the wedding. They decide to watch Father of the Bride to get more ideas for the wedding and the wedding planning.