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Well I am writing chapter 8 Wedding Plans
Recap Chapter 7
Gran gives Ana, Christian's wedding band it is Titanium with diamonds and one blue diamond on each end of the band. It was passed down through generations. It matches Ana's ring perfectly.
Wow Ana found her wedding dress after trying on only two and chose her gown for dancing and the reception. Not wanting to ruin her wedding gown.
She wants to save her wedding dress for her daughter if she and Christian have a little girl.
They decided they wanted festive colors for their wedding. So the ladies chose the color they wanted. Ana was happy with what they chose. She only saw the dresses, not them trying them on.
Paula chose her Maid of Honor gown in royal blue.
All the ladies chose their gowns and shoes as well.
They canceled the other store and met up with the men and ate and decided not to do any sightseeing. They will wait for their packages to be delivered and then go back home.
Chapter 7 was mainly fluff with Ana and Christian.
Chapter 8 Wedding Plans
As they make their way back to the hotel and pack up to go back home. All their packages have been delivered. The security guys have put them in the granmomma's room. So Christian doesn't get to peek at the wedding dress.
"Ms. Ana, we put the wedding apparel in granmomma's room. I hope that was alright?"
"Yes Nick it was fine thank you. We are getting ready to pack up and go home. Have you and the guys eaten?"
"Yes ma'am we ordered room service thank you for asking."
"Of course you know I can't let y'all starve."
"Yeah we know and if you could you would have us eating five course meals."
"Now Nick, you are exaggerating."
"Um Christian am I?"
"Don't get me in this."
"Oh come man help me out here. Elliot?"
"Ok yes she does. I love you angel."
They all laugh.
"Good save Boo."
"Well little lady you kinda do with all the guys. Especially the younger ones."
"I rest my case Ana. I will tell the guys to pack and then I will call Bartell security and let them know we will be leaving soon."
"Thank you Nick."
"Come on love, let's pack and go home. We have plans to make and people to call."
"Yes love we sure do."
"Y'all be very careful with those packages young men. Make sure you put them in the car that has plenty of trunk room. Don't want them messed up."
"Yes granmomma I will make sure they are handled with extra care."
"Thank you Nick, you are a good boy. I know your momma is proud of you."
"Yes ma'am she is."
Nick walks off blushing.
"Granmomma leave that boy alone. You got him blushing."
"Oh but he is so cute and easy to get over on. I love Nick. I have known him for years."
"Yes ma'am I know you have."
"Oh hush let me go pack."
They all walk off to their rooms and pack up to leave.
As soon as Christian closes the door Ana slams him up against it. She throws her arms around his neck and smashes her lips to his. He gasps and opens his mouth and she dives in. Kissing him as if she needed his breath to sustain her.
She kisses him as if he is her lifeline. They duel with their tongues and then he deepens the kiss until they fall to the floor holding each other.
Christian comes up for air first. He is dizzy from their kisses.
"Angel I am not complaining about the kiss but where did that come from?"
"Oh my darlin love I have been without you for hours and I just had to feel your lips on mine. You are the breath I need."
"Sweetheart I love you too. I missed you so much. If we had time I would show you just how much. We can finish this in the hot tub or bath at home."
"Yes love we can."
He gets up and helps her off the floor and they pack up and get ready to leave.
"Jason, are we ready to leave?"
"Yes sir, everyone is packed up and their bags are at the door."
"Very good we will meet you outside our door."
"Alright Christian and they already have the wedding attire in the car. Nick didn't want to upset granmomma."
"I bet he didn't want her to make him blush again."
They both laugh.
"You are probably right."
They all get in the lift and go downstairs to the cars.
"Hello Ms. Steele and Mr. Grey are you all ready to head back to the house?"
"Yes Ralph we are. I am sure Dav told you our wedding attire is very delicate."
"Yes ma'am he did and we have Mr. Grey's and the guys are also in the car."
"Thank you Ralph. I believe we are ready to go."
"Yes ma'am let me make sure we have everything."
"Daddy, did you already say goodbye to your friends?"
"Yes Annie I did. They will be coming to visit us later in the week."
"That will be nice. You will be able to spend time with them instead of moving around all the time."
"Yes Annie, it will be nice."
"Ms. Ana we have everyone in the cars and we are ready whenever you are."
"Thank you Ralph. We are ready to go now."
"Very well I will let the rest of the family know and we will leave."
Ralph informed everyone they were leaving and they headed home to Tuscany to plan the wedding.
Ana had fallen asleep on Christian's shoulder before they got home. He didn't try to wake her. He just took her to their room, undressed her and put her in bed. He thought about getting with her but he knew if he did he would want to make love to her. She looked like she was give out and needed a nap. With a sigh he changed into something more comfortable and joined the family.
He walks into the family room and everyone is sitting around drinking coffee.
"Is Annie Rose still sleeping?"
"Yes ma'am she is. I didn't want to wake her up. I figure I'll let her sleep a little while so she can sleep tonight."
"Good idea son, she looked a little tired when she was trying on different wedding dresses. Must not be getting enough sleep."
Granmomma looks at Christian out of the corner of her eye and sees him blushing. Wow he blushed and she laughs
"Granmomma leave the boy alone. Look at him, you made him blush."
"Elliot, be quiet before I make you blush worse than your brother."
"Um yes ma'am shutting up now."
They all laugh at Elliot.
"It's so good to hear everyone laughing, it's been awhile you know. With everything that has happened and all."
"Gran you said it but that is all over and water under the bridge. We have a wedding to look forward to. I am so happy for them. It's been a long time coming."
"Yes Paula it has and I can't wait to make Ana my wife."
"I know and she is chomping at the bit to be your wife. Just wait until you see her on your wedding day. Hell just wait till you see her at y'alls wedding rehearsal dinner. You will flip out."
"What color is she going to be wearing? I want to get something to go with her dress."
"It's purple."
"Thank you Paula I believe I saw the perfect gift to go with that color. I will have to check the jewelers here if they don't have it. I will have it delivered from Rome."
"Amethyst I think."
"Yes, that would be perfect with her dress."
"Have y'all decided who will be bridesmaids?"
"Yes we have chosen Cora, Jennifer and Maddie."
"How about the groomsman?"
"I am going to ask Jason and Luke. I am not sure who else. I'm thinking of either Barney or Welch. I know they worked for me but we did become friends. What do you all think? Please give me your honest opinions."
"Well who are you closest to that you consider more than just a colleague? That is the one I would choose."
"I would have to say Barney even though I did use the poor guy a lot. He was there for me when all that shit happened. He was helping Ana everyday and he likes her, especially her food."
They all laugh.
"Yeah he might be on the little side but that guy can put away some food."
"Yes, gran he can."
"Alright now that is settled. How many are y'all inviting to the wedding? How elaborate is it going to be? Oh do we need to get a wedding planner before it's too late. That is if you all want one."
"I will have to wait for Ana on those questions. I don't know too much about that yet. We haven't discussed that part."
"Ok, let's wait till she gets up and talk more."
"Alright well I am going to go and check on sleeping beauty. Don't want her sleeping all afternoon. She has seemed tired lately but we have been doing a lot of sightseeing and traveling back and forth."
Christian leaves the room.
"Do y'all think we can do the wedding or do they need a wedding planner? The wedding is next month and we are in the third week of September now."
"Let's talk to them when they come back in here. I think we can do it. They know what they want and it won't take long to get everything started. We just need a list of guests, flowers, colors and cakes. I wonder if they want two cakes. One for them and one for Christian. You know his will have to be chocolate."
"Yes we know."
They all are laughing again."
The men walk in and sit down.
"What are you lovely ladies laughing about? We could hear you all the way out back."
"Oh we were talking about the wedding and the cakes. You know Christian will want chocolate so we were saying he will need his own cake."
"Are you talking about a groom's cake?"
"Yes Elliot. We will have a wedding cake. Christian will have his Chocolate groom's cake."
"Well do y'all know what the colors are?"
"Ray, they are having festive colors. Christian said nothing drab and dull. They want colors like the flowers around the grounds."
"Ok now this wedding is going to be October fifteenth right?"
"Yes Ray it will be. We checked the weather and it is supposed to be like?"
"It will be in the low seventy's and might need a light sweater or jacket."
"Well that will be nice. We are having two tents right?"
"Yes daddy we are."
"Well sleeping beauty has awakened."
"Yes, sorry about that. I was just tired and needed a nap I guess."
"Come sweet girl, have a seat, we are just talking about your wedding. We need details from you both."
"Ok well I have a list here for each of you ladies."
They all look over the list while Ana and Christian look at the one she has.
"I have a question, angel. I am trying to figure out if I should have Barney or Welch as a groomsman. I can't have both because it would make it uneven with you having only three bridesmaids."
"Who else did you decide on?"
"Jason and Luke."
"Well if you would like to have both Barney and Welch I can ask another friend to be a bridesmaid. It won't be a problem. I know y'all are all friends."
"There you go son now you don't have to feel bad about asking one and not the other."
"I know just who to ask."
Ana gets up and walks over to Gail.
"My dear sweet friend, will you be one of my bridesmaids please?"
"Oh my goodness Ana really? You want me to stand up there with you all?"
Gail has tears in her eyes
"Ana pulls her into a hug and whispers in her ear. "I love you Gail and you are very special to both of us."
"Yes Ana I will be your bridesmaid. I already have a gown that I chose in Rome and it will go perfectly with the other ladies. Thank you darling girl."
"Wonderful now that is out of the way. How about the cakes?"
"What about the cakes? Don't we have just one?"
"Usually but if you want Chocolate you will need a groom's cake. You don't want the wedding cake to be Chocolate."
They all look at Christian he is pouting.
"Oh come on bro suck that lip back in. You can have a groom's cake all CHOCOLATE."
Elliot is laughing.
"Alright I guess you are right. Angel, have you looked at any cakes online to see what you would like to have?"
"A few but nothing definite. I want your opinion on it too."
"Well then do you want to look online or go into town to look at cakes?"
"Let's look online first. Do you know what kind of cake you want and the frosting?"
"How about something with color when we cut into it."
"Well as we are doing festive and colorful things, how about red velvet with buttercream frosting. We can have roses on each tier in different places down the side and on the top tier. Look at this picture here."
"Yes I like that. Ladies come and take a look."
"Ana that is beautiful and the red velvet is perfect."
"Ana can I make a suggestion?"
"Sure Gail."
"I think I heard you say that you were going to have Chef Ronaldo cater the reception and wedding. Correct me if I am wrong."
"Yes Gail I did. No you are not wrong. I called him last week and I need to confirm the menu for both this week."
"Ok um why don't you have him make your and Christian's cakes? I am sure he can get enough help to do everything."
"That's a wonderful idea Gail and I will ask him to make the reception cake too thank you."
"You are welcome."
"Now we need to get the invitations out in the mail. I am going to email some of the guests and see how many RSVPs are returned to me."
"How many are you inviting?"
"It's not going to be a really big wedding. If they all RSVP back to us there will be thirty plus security."
"We are inviting our doctors and their families. I am inviting my managers from each plant. That will be three from Atlanta, three from Charleston. My managers in China already have prior comments and can't make it."
"I was wondering if you were going to invite the doctors? You both mentioned that you wanted to talk to them about Doctors Without Borders."
"Yes grandpa we sure did. As a matter of fact we already have their RSVP."
"Annie I am sure y'all have already booked the hotels haven't you?
"Yes daddy we have, we made reservations and the hotel managers know that we are waiting on replies. We should have them this week hopefully by phone. This isn't a busy time of year so they all have plenty of rooms."
"How long is everyone staying?"
"We have them all coming two days before the reception and going home the day after the wedding. We are flying them all here."
Elliot is sitting there thinking about something. He is rubbing his chin.
"I can tell you want to say something El so I will tell you. We are chartering an airplane from Seattle to pick up Ana's friends. Then that plane is going to Charleston and on to Georgia to pick everyone else up. So there will be only one private airplane coming here."
"The President and his family will be flying in with Maddie and her fiancée. Unless the president told her she doesn't know about the wedding. I need to talk to her about a gown. He is sneaky like that. He's always been like that hasn't he daddy?"
"Yes Annie, that man is sometimes as bad as Elliot making jokes and pulling pranks. So be warned y'all. His brother was too when he was President. Hell the whole family is. Is Wayne and his family coming too?"
"No daddy they are not. Uncle Wayne hasn't been feeling good for a while now since he had open heart surgery. Aunt Betty said he was alright just not back to his normal happy self."
They will all be on Air Force One. Their security has already made reservations for them."
"Ok make sense that way you won't have to use either of y'alls jets. Smart..I bet Ana thought of that? She is smarter than the average bear."
They all look at Elliot and shake their heads.
"What the hell, I was just kidding. I must be losing my mojo. Oh hell no I can't lose my mojo where would funny Elliot be?"
They all start laughing at him and gran pops him on his head.
"El sometimes you don't think before you open that big mouth of yours."
"Hey bro I'm sorry I didn't mean it the way it sounded.
"It's alright bro I forgive you this time. Just don't forget that Ana and I both are geniuses. Even though her IQ is a little higher than mine."
"Alright enough of that. Boo you need to call Barney and Welch and ask them. Make sure if they are bringing someone you know how many will be with them. I know Barney isn't married but I don't know if Welch is. By the way, what is Welch's first name?"
"No love neither is married and I am not sure if they have a girlfriend. His name is Eugene."
"Ok and I am going to call the girls and see if they have
"Ok angel I will make my calls and meet you back here in a while. You are going to call Chef Ronaldo about the cakes?"
"Ana I am your Maid of Honor that should be one of my duties. Please let me take care of the cakes and anything else I need to help with. I can make sure we have everything for the rehearsal dinner."
"Paula, I didn't even think about you doing that. Lord yes that would help. Can you check the invitations that are being mailed out and make sure they are correct? I need you to put on the invitations instead of gifts donate to their favorite charity."
"Yes ma'am I sure will."
"Well love now we will have everything taken care of by next week. Please calm down sweetheart."
"I am going to make lunch. What would you like to have?"
"Will you make your cracked chicken sandwiches and french fries please. Do we have any dessert?"
"Oh course my love I will. I can make a lemon pound cake or cheesecake. Which would you prefer?"
"Lemon pound cake sounds good, thank you."
"My pleasure love."
Ana walks over to him and kisses him softly on his lips and he grabs her pulling her close and deepening the kiss.
She pulls away first when she feels his erection pressing into her.
"Sweetheart, we don't have time for that right now. I will take care of you later."
"Yes my angel you will and I will take care of you love."
'Hey Boo come and help me with lunch then we will talk to the guys together. That way if they ask you something you don't know I will be there to help answer their questions."
They made lunch and everyone sat around and talked about the wedding and who all was coming. They had dessert and coffee.
"We will be in the study making phone calls if anyone needs us."
"Alright Annie Rose, I think I am going to take a short nap before supper tonight."
"Granmomma you feeling alright?"
"Oh yes I am just tired from the long drive back home."
She walks over and kisses Ana on her head and kisses Christian on the cheek.
"Christian can you Facetime Welch and Barney and we can talk to them together?"
"Sure love, let me get them on the phone and tell them what we need them to do."
"Hello Welch, do you have time to Facetime with me for a little while?"
"Yes Mr. Grey I do. I will be on in a few minutes."
"Ok thank you."
"Hello Barney, do you have time to Facetime with me for a little while?"
"Yes sir I do. I will be on Facetime in a few minutes."
"Thank you Barney."
"Ok angel they are both on."
"Hey y'all can you see us?"
"Hello Ms. Ana and Mr. Grey. I wasn't expecting you ma'am. How are you both doing?"
"We are doing great thanks for asking how are you Barney?"
"I'm right as rain Ms. Ana thanks for asking."
"Hello Ms. Ana and Mr. Grey. How are you both?"
"Hello Welch, we are great, thank you for asking and how are you doing?"
"I couldn't be better. I am doing very well, thank you ma'am."
"Alright guys we have all that out of the way. We need to ask you both if you will be available from the eleventh of October to the seventeenth of October?"
"No ma'am my schedule is free.I am just enjoying being home and not working. What is going on?"
"No Ms. Ana I am free those days too, nothing going on."
"Well gentlemen I got down on one knee and asked this lovely lady to marry me and she said yes."
"Oh my goodness congratulations to both of you."
"About time bossman I knew you would soon. Congratulations to you both."
"Thank you both so much. Now our question is will you both be Christian's groomsmen?"
"Yes ma'am we know when but where are you getting married at?"
"Tuscany, Italy."
That's all they say and watch their faces.
"Well hello Italy I will be there with bells on."
"Count me in too but without the bells."
"Party pooper Welch."
"Ok guys now you need a black tux, white shirt and black bow tie. We will provide the cumberbund, boutonniere and handkerchief for your pocket."
"Any questions?"
"Are we flying on your jet Mr. Grey?"
"No guys, you will be flying on a private plane with Ana's friends Cora and Jennifer from the FBI. Remember them? Captain Andrews will be making a stop in Charleston, South Carolina to pick up our doctors that saved our lives and then onto Atlanta for Ana's managers from her companies."
"Everything is taken care of and it will be almost a sixteen hour flight total air time. everybody will be waiting at the airport to board so no waiting for them to arrive."
"Wow, sounds like you both have it all planned out to a T."
"Yes we do, hopefully we are not forgetting anything. By the way you will fly into Rome and then a three hour drive by bus with our security guys to your hotel in Tuscany. We are only a few miles out of town."
'Bus you said?"
"Yes Barney bus. A very nice bus,That way everyone can ride together and not take so many cars to come and get you all."
"You are both more than welcome to come to the house whenever you want to. Just let Jason or Luke know and they will send someone after you."
"Hotel rooms are taken care of and so is room service and the restaurant downstairs. They have very good food."
"Alright I can't wait to see you all. Who all is with you?"
"Everybody, we even have Ana's grandmother Sadie. Please call her granmomma and my grandmother Adele call her gran. Oh you can call grandpa Theo if you would like too. Ana's dad Ray is with us too."
"What about Elliot you never mentioned him?"
"Oh the clown is there keeping everyone in stitches. Couldn't do without him and he has attached himself to Ana's best friend Paula. I know you both remember her. She was with Ana when she took the bitch down. Paula was driving."
"Of course I remember her feisty little lady."
"Sure I remember her, is she still FBI? Or you still FBI Ms. Ana? I am sorry I shouldn't have asked that."
"That's quite alright Barney. No I am not and Paula retired from it too. She will be working with me at my company in Charleston when Elliot and his guys finish building the new plants."
"Never thought you would give that up. You were so good at taking care of catching all those scumbags."
"Yes I know and I gave up all my ABC Government jobs. Can't have a husband and family doing what I did."
"I understand that. Mr. Grey are you going to start GEH back up?"
"We are in talks about it and I would like to talk to both of you about it before you leave and go back home."
"Yes sir, anything I can help you with I will."
"That goes for me too sir."
"Thank you guys and enough of Mr. Grey, it is Christian and Ana now."
"Very well Christian and Ana, is there anything we need to discuss at the moment?"
"It's so nice to say Christian and Ana."
They all laugh.
"No guys, I think that covers it. Thank you both for taking the time to talk with us and thank you both for being my groomsmen."
"Well I for one enjoyed talking and seeing you both. You are welcome Christian."
"Same goes for me too Christian. Ana, could you please make some of your awesome cinnamon rolls?"
"Yes Barney I will. I told Christian I would have to make y'all some."
"Oh goody well thank you."
"You are very welcome."
"Alright guys we are going to get off here so Ana can call her girls. We will be talking before you all leave on the eleventh. Take care and if you need us please call."
"Will do thanks again bye."
Barney signed off.
"Thank you both and it was good seeing you both too bye for now."
Welch has signed off.
"Well angel I am going to see what the family is up to. Would you like some coffee before or after your talk with the girls?"
"You can bring me a cup while I talk to them and you can say hello if you want too."
Now Ana's conversation with the girls. She has already texted them about Facetime earlier and taking time off work. They just don't know the reason why yet.
"Hello, can you all hear me? Are you all here?"
"Yes Ana, we can hear you loud and clear and see you. Can you see us?"
Maddie laughs at her.
"Yes Maddie I can see all of you."
"How are you all doing? Good I hope."
"I am doing well Ana thank you, how are you?"
"I am great Cora, thank you for asking."
"Ana my dear how are you lady?"
"Jennifer I am great thank you. How are you hun?
"I am doing very well, thank you for asking?"
"Ms. Maddie, how are you doing?"
"Ana I am doing really well thank you. How are you doing even though everyone has already asked you?"
"Maddie I am great thank you for asking."
"What's the big news? As if we haven't figured it out."
"Well ladies my wedding is October fifteenth here in Italy."
She waits a minute for that to sink in.
She had to turn the volume down on the laptop for all the yelling and screaming.
"Calm down ladies, especially you Maddie."
"Yes to be precise you will be flying to Rome. Maddie I can't believe Uncle J hasn't told you that."
"No he didn't tell me."
"Well I'll be that man is something else. Now Maddie will be flying with the president, her aunt and fiancée to Rome."
"That's still a go with you and your fiancée right? I never know when something is going to change for either of you."
"Yes Ana it is. We have both taken off work for a few weeks. I might be retiring early. I don't want to fly fighter jets and be married, you know."
"Yes I agree with you I am retiring also from everything. Christian and I want to travel more and with his company and mine we won't be able to do that once my plant is rebuilt in Charleston. Christian is thinking about starting GEH back up but it won't be for quite a while."
"We want to have a family but we are waiting a while on that because of the commitments and plans we are talking about."
"Ladies, you will be flying on a private plane with Welch and Barney. I am sure you remember them. They were Christian's right hands at GEH."
"Captain Andrews will be making a stopover in Charleston, South Carolina to pick up some guests and then on to Atlanta for another stop. Then he will be flying y'all to Rome. The flight should take around sixteen hours and you will be leaving Seattle on the eleventh at seven o'clock in the morning."
"Yes we do. Ana."
They all speak at one time.
'Alright now the bridesmaids' dresses. We are having a colorful festive wedding. We are getting married outside in the backyard of our home here in Tuscany. So we want festive color gowns not too bright. For example Paula's is royal blue she is Maid of Honor, Gail is a bridesmaid her gown is aquamarine. Ladies whatever colors you think will go with those. It is your choice and they do not have to be alike."
"You can get them there or if you prefer you all can get your dress here. They have some gorgeous bridesmaid dresses in Rome. That is where I got my wedding dress and the ladies got theirs. I just need to know where you purchase yours so I can pay for them. This is my treat for being my bridesmaids. Thank you all so much."
"No Ana you don't pay for our gowns. We will take care of ours. Hell you are flying us to Italy and I know we are staying in a five star hotel. So our answer is no right ladies?"
"Absolutely we will pay for our gown."
"Alright, alright I will hush about it."
There is a knock on the door.
"Angel, I have your coffee."
"Well hello Christian how are you doing?"
"Hello ladies I am doing great thank you and how are you all?"
"Couldn't be better and congratulations from all of us. I will say it was about time."
"Thank you yes Maddie I finally opened my mouth and asked my angel to marry me. I am the happiest man alive and can't wait to make her my wife."
"Yes, we can see how happy you are. We will see you all next month."
"Well I will leave you all with my lovely angel and talk to you all later. Take care ladies."
"You as well Christian."
Christian walks out the door after he kisses Ana at her temple.
"Oh that man is so sweet and romantic Ana. You are so lucky to be marrying him. He loves you so much. We all saw that just from the time we were at his home. He worships the ground you walk on."
Christian heard them.
"Excuse me ladies but I am the lucky one. She is my everything and then some. Now I will leave you all."
"Now Paula is taking over the flowers, the menu for the reception and the wedding. She will have to know what color gown y'all have chosen so she can get the guys the same color cumberbund unless you all want to pick them up so they match your gown."
"I think it will be better for us to get them so the colors are the same. We don't want one to be either lighter or darker than our gowns."
"Ok yes you are right Cora thank you. I have a lot on my mind getting things ready."
"That's understandable hun. Now who are the groomsmen?"
"Jason, Luke, Welch and Barney. Now you all know what they look like so you can choose who you want to walk down the aisle with and match his cumberbund to your gown."
"Jason is with Gail but I am sure y'all already knew that."
"Yes ma'am we sure did."
"Maddie, are you and your fiancée staying with Uncle J or at the hotel with the ladies?"
"Please we are staying at the hotel. To many secret service guys for my liking where Uncle J will be staying. That way we can come and see you all and not worry about them."
"Alright that will work and yes all any of you have to do is call and one of our guys will be more than happy to bring you out to us. We are only about fifteen minutes from town. We are in the country and we bought the villa that Christian rented for us. Wait until you all see it, it is gorgeous."
"Alright love lady I am going to have to get off here and take care of some things. I will be talking to you soon and sending you a picture of my gown. You take care Ana, love you girl."
"Thank you Cora and love you too. Talk to you later."
"I have to say goodbye for now too. I will do the same with a picture of my gown. Love ya little Annie Rose, talk to you later."
"Love you to little Maddie."
"Well Ana my dear I am going to say goodbye for now also and talk to you later love you girl. Can't wait to see you all."
"I love you too my friend, see y'all next month take care ladies."
They all have signed off and Ana shuts the laptop down.
She walks out the door and joins everyone in the family room.
"Ana I have talked to Chef Ronaldo and girl he is so damn excited to be doing all the cakes. He is going to send you pictures to see if they are what you want. I sent him the pictures you showed us. He said he can do that and he is making Christian's groom's cake special. I don't know what he is going to do but he said Christian will love it."
"Oh goodie thank you Paula I appreciate everything you are doing for us."
"Oh Ana I love you my friend and I will help with anything I can."
"I know that and I love you so much my friend for being here with me."
"Oh enough of that I am going to cry."
"Come on love, let's walk outside and look around and maybe go to your treehouse."
"It is our treehouse."
"Ok ours come on."
"Annie Rose, we are fixin supper tonight. You and Christian fixed lunch y'all enjoy your walk."
"Thank you granmomma we will."
They walk out the backdoor and down the steps to the yard.
"Just look how beautiful and green the leaves are on the trees and the grass looks unreal. Like we had it planted instead of natural grass. The flowers are blooming and they should be in full bloom by the time of our wedding."
"Yes angel I have noticed that as well. I am sure all the flowers will be blooming on our wedding day."
"Come on, let's go sit on the deck of our treehouse and talk."
They get in the lift and it takes them to the top and opens on the deck.
Ana doesn't know what to think. There are balloons and flowers all around. There are two silver dome covers with silverware and blue napkins along with two wine glasses on the table.
Christian takes her hand and guides her to the table. He pulls out her seat and waits for her to be seated and pushes the seat back in.
"My goodness Boo this is lovely.'
"Thank you angel I hoped you would like it. I did it all myself. Now let's enjoy this lovely dinner that our loved ones made for us."
Christian takes the silver domes off and they have ribeye steaks, baked potatoes with roasted mushrooms and peppers.
"Oh my this looks delicious love."
"I'll be right back."
He walks into the treehouse and comes back with two salads and her vinaigrette dressing.
"Thank you my love."
She pulls him down to her and kisses his lips ever so slowly and licks his bottom lip.
He kisses her back and pulls away, pecking her lips.
"Let's eat love time for that later."
Ana nods her head and smiles at him.
"Yes, sweet man of mine, we will continue this later."
He walks around to his side of the table and sits down and smiles at his angel.
Ana cuts into her steak and takes a bite and moans. She adds butter and sour cream to her baked potato and takes a bite of it. She is moaning again and licking her lips.
"Angel please stop moaning or we will not finish dinner. I will not be held responsible for my actions if you keep moaning. I have more planned and with your moaning that may not happen."
"I am sorry love but it is so good. I am sure daddy cooked the steaks and vegetables didn't he?"
"Yes love he did. I was going to do it but I wanted to come out here and do all of this."
"I am sure it would have been just as good cause last time you and daddy fixed steaks they were delicious."
"Well no reason asking how everything is since you have already told me."
"How is yours my love?"
"It is very good angel."
"Would you like a glass of wine with your meal?"
"Yes love, thank you."
Christian reaches in the bucket beside him and pulls out a bottle of wine and pours them each a glass.
Ana tastes hers and moans again.
"Sorry Boo but it is so good."
He smiles at her.
They are eating and staring at each other's mouth as they eat.
Ana watches his Adam's apple moving up and down as he swallows. So sexy and seductive.
Why is that so sexy she wonders'
Christian looks at her as she brings her glass to her lips and takes a swallow. She sits her glass down and licks her lips.
God I have to stop thinking about her lips or I won't be able to do what I have planned.
"Love, would you like dessert now or later?"
"Later please, that meal was delicious and very filling."
Christian stands up and moves the plates and bowls off the table. Takes their wine glasses and starts to walk away.
"I'll be right back angel don't move."
"Ok love."
Christian comes back out and has two filled champagne glasses and sits them on the table. He drops to one knee and Ana gasps and covers her mouth.
"My darling angel I know I have asked for you to marry me but it wasn't romantic enough and it was spur of the moment. Don't get me wrong I would do it that way again and again but I want something more for you to remember also. So bear with me as I do this again."
Ana just smiles at him with tears in her eyes.
"Ana, my darling love, my life, my everything. I didn't know what love was until you came back into my life. I didn't know I had a heart until you. I now know what love is because of you. Now every moment spent with you is a moment I will treasure and remember forever. Ana life with you is like a dream and I never want to wake up from it. You are my today and all my tomorrows you are my present and my future. All that you are is all I will ever need until our love makes little rugrats running around. I want to grow old with you and sit on our porch and watch our grandkids play in the yard. Ana, angel what I am trying to say is will you be my love, my life, my forever more and marry me?"
She is crying so hard she can't speak.
He stands and lifts her up and wipes her tears and kisses them away.
"Yes a thousand times yes I will marry you. I love you so much Boo my love, my life."
Christian takes her right hand and slips a five carat round diamond ring with a circle of smaller diamonds around it on her finger. Can't replace gran's ring.
"Oh my gosh Christian this is beautiful thank you love."
"You are welcome my angel but you are more beautiful than anything."
She finally looks behind her as she sees Christian smiling over her shoulder.
"Oh my goodness Annie Rose, that was the sweetest and heartfelt proposal I have ever witnessed."
Granmomma said crying.
Heckfire all the ladies have tears in their eyes.
"Congratulations again Christian you are getting one helluva lady."
"Thank you Elliot and you don't have to tell me. I already know."
"Thank you Christian for letting us be a part of this proposal. It meant a lot to us."
"You are welcome gran but no thanks needed, you are all family."
"Congratulations to both of you. We love you both very much."
"Thank you all."
"Ana before I go everyone returned their RSVP online earlier. I have already called the hotel and gave them the names and the list of how many guests there will be. I have pictures of bouquets for the bridesmaids and myself. I also have some pictures of lovely bouquets for you. We can talk about all this later. I just wanted to let you know so you don't stress over anything."
"Thank you dear friend, yes we will talk about it tomorrow."
"Come on everyone, time to leave them to celebrate."
"You did good, Christian. I am proud of you and proud to call you my son."
"Thank you Ray."
Christian got choked up.
They all walk over to the lift and leave.
"Christian, Boo what am I going to do with you besides love you for the rest of my life."
"Same as I am going to do my angel love you for the rest of my life. We were meant to be together and together we will be forever."
"Come love time to show you how much I love you."
Christian takes her hand and she leads him into the treehouse to the bedroom and shows him just how much she loves him now and forever more.
Well that is all for this chapter. Thank you for the reviews. I appreciate them so much.
I hope y'all liked this chapter and I just felt like Christian needed to propose again and he was bugging me in my dreams.
Chapter 9 will be a time jump.. The bride to be's luncheon with the ladies and the groom to be's dinner with the men.
Until next time I hope you all enjoyed this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it.
I wish y'all could see my puppy, she is growling and rolling around on my bed cause I am not paying her any attention at the moment.. lol