Chapter 17
A few days later, Amanda decides to get flowers for her wedding. Amanda decides that she should have a special bouquet of flowers to remember Dodds that she can put on the memory table at the reception. Fin and Carisi say that a special bouquet of flowers to remember Dodds is a great idea. Amanda's wedding invitations have arrived the previous night. Olivia and Chef Dodds are talking about Amanda's wedding in her office.
"I'm glad that Detective Rollins decided to invite me to her wedding." Chief Dodds says.
"She wants to remember Mike on her wedding day. All of the men are wearing navy blue tuxedos." Olivia replies.
"Go get Detective Rollins. I have a few things for her." Chief Dodds responds.
Olivia walks out of her office and she sees Amanda looking at her wedding invitations. Amanda and Olivia go into her office and they see Chief Dodds here. Amanda has a wedding invitation in her hands so that she can invite him. She hands him the wedding invitation and he is happy that he has been invited to her wedding.
"Detective Rollins, I have a few things for you." Chief Dodds says.
"Me? You bought a wedding present for me, Chief Dodds?" Amanda asks.
"When Lieutenant Benson told me that you wanted to remember Mike on your wedding day, I decided to get you a few things." Chief Dodds responds.
Chief Dodds takes out 2 photo bouquet charms with a picture of Dodds in his uniform. He gives one to Amanda and the other one to Olivia. He then gives her a unity candle set in white that says 'In Loving Memory of Sargent Michael Dodds.' After that, he gives Amanda a piece of Dodds' navy blue jacket and he gives the other piece to Olivia. The fabric will be used in the bouquet and the photographer charm is for the bouquet.
"Thank you, Chief Dodds." Amanda says.
"You're welcome." Chief Dodds responds.
Amanda gives Chief Dodds the biggest hug ever. She tells him that she likes him better than Patton. She also tells him that he reminds her of her former captain when she first came to SVU. Amanda gets ready to hand out the rest of her wedding invitations.
"Come on, Amanda. We have to pick your wedding flowers." Olivia says.
"I know what flowers I want for my wedding." Amanda replies.
Amanda, Christina, Reese, Bella, Olivia, Alexis, Sandra and Amanda's florist named Jennifer go to the flower shop to make bouquets and flower arrangements for the wedding. They go inside and they take a look at the different flowers that they sell there. The sales woman named Anna approaches the girls as they look at the different flowers in the shop.
"Hi, can I help you find something?" Anna asks.
"Yes, we're looking for wedding bouquets, flower arrangements and centerpieces." Jennifer says.
Jennifer shows the girls different flowers arrangements that they do for weddings and they get an idea of what they would like for the wedding. Amanda wants to get roses and hydrangeas. They look around to see the different colors of the flowers.
"What color flowers do you want for the wedding?" Anna asks.
"I want roses and and hydrangeas." Amanda replies.
"What color roses and what color hydrangeas do you want?" Anna asks.
"I want hot pink roses, light pink roses, pink roses, raspberry kiss lavender roses and white roses and I want blue hydrangeas."
Anna gets the roses and the blue hydrangeas and she shows the girls how she makes the wedding bouquets. Jennifer says that they'll need four wedding bouquets. She takes the roses and the blue hydrangeas and she starts making them into beautiful bouquets. She trims the thorns off of the roses and then she makes the bouquets. She puts the roses and the blue hydrangeas together for each bouquet. She puts navy blue fabric on two of the bouquets and she puts the letter B charm on one bouquet and the letter R on another bouquet.
"I have a navy blue fabric from a jacket of a friend of mine who passed away and I would like it on my bouquet." Amanda says.
"I would like the same fabric that Amanda's using on my bouquet." Olivia says.
"We can make that work." Anna replies.
Anna puts Dodds' navy blue fabric on Amanda's bouquet and Olivia's bouquet. Amanda tells her that she and Olivia have bouquet charms with a picture of Dodds in each photo charm. Anna puts the photo charms on Amanda's bouquet and Olivia's bouquet. After the bouquets are done, Anna makes 2 corsages for Christina and Sandra. Anna uses light pink roses for the corsages. She then makes the centerpieces and the flower arrangements for the wedding using the same colors on the bouquets. She uses a pink ribbon for each of the bouquets.
"If you want, you can add more charms to your bouquet." Anna says.
"I might do that. I just don't know yet." Amanda replies.
Amanda tells Anna that her wedding is set for June 15th. Amanda says that she wants to remember Dodds by making a special flower arrangement for him to put at the memory table. She tells him that she wants blue, white and green roses for the bouquet. Anna takes the thorns off and she starts making the bouquet. She then adds Dodds' navy blue fabric on the bouquet. After the flower arrangements are done, the girls leave the flower shop and they head home. Amanda is glad that she has another way to remember Dodds on her wedding day.