Second Arrangement

CHAPTER 32 - NOT GROOMZILLA

JACKSON

I really couldn't believe it. It's been a week since we went back to Korea. Both our families agreed to have the wedding in a month, since we were both busy, so the sooner the better. Plus, we already got the venue, wedding planner and Ellie's dress. The important ones were covered so the rest would follow. I already had a tuxedo, so I only needed it to be altered to my last measurement. Henry should've been my best man, but since it was a short notice, he couldn't make it. He tried to find a flight so he could be at the party later that night, but if his flight got delayed, then he certainly wouldn't make it to the party. So, I made the rest of the boys to be my best men. Well, the ones that could be there on short notice. I totally forgot that Youngjae was still in the military, and it was a near miss since he already booked a trip back to his hometown right after he was discharged. I felt bad and he felt sorry for missing my wedding, but I assured everyone that I would have another small celebration in Korea, so no problem.

The wedding planner updated me about the other stuff regarding the wedding party, like the decorations, the food, and the cake. I tried to ask Ellie about it, but she said that she trusted my decision. She had to move her surgeries so she could have some time off for our wedding, so I considered it as a fair bargain. I had to decide everything for the wedding while she made sure that she could be there on our wedding day. After all, there would be no wedding if the bride couldn't be there. So.. here I was, looking at the decor pictures. A week ago, when I told Ellie that I would gladly handle everything, I was pretty confident in myself. After all, I've been in the entertainment business for as long as I could remember, so surely arranging a wedding wouldn't be much different than arranging a show, but clearly I was mistaken. I thought I had years of expertise in arranging a show, so a wedding shouldn't be difficult, but apparently a wedding was much more confusing than a show.

"Okay, how am I supposed to pick a theme for a wedding? Shouldn't all weddings have this lovely, romantic theme?" I deadpanned as I video-called the wedding planner. Her face clearly showed her disagreement toward my comment. She started to show me pictures of decorations. She argued that the theme would affect the decorations, but I couldn't see the difference. They all had flowers somewhere in the background. The difference was only the placement of the flowers. For the next ten minutes, she tried to point out the difference but I still failed to grasp her explanation.

"I think we're wasting time here," I rubbed my forehead as she finished her lecture. "Ellie is allergic to flowers," I let my news sink in and it was quite fascinating to see the change of expression on our planner's face. At first, she was caught off guard. But then, realization dawned on her and the horror was clearly on display.

"What do you mean she's allergic? Does that mean there won't be any flowers around her?" She asked carefully.

"Yes. She's allergic. It's not fatal, but you don't want to have a bride with a stuffy and runny nose, and maybe runny eyes as well, right?" I could see that she was trying to picture it and it was not a pretty imagination. "So, any other ideas aside from using flowers as the decorations?"

"We can use some fake ones?" She suggested and after arguing back and forth, I had to admit that a wedding didn't feel like one without any flower arrangements, so fake flowers to the rescue. We discussed the lights and the effects as well and that one went smoothly as I was quite an expert in stage effects. We decided not to overdo everything since this was just a wedding, not a concert. She promised to give me some pictures, mock up pictures, so I could see how it would be at the wedding venue before they really put up the real stuff. Then after picking up the color theme for our wedding, she proceeded with the invitation designs and stuff. After an hour and a half, we finally ended the meeting, with a lot of homework on my part, deciding who I would be inviting to the party. As well as putting up a list of guests from my parents, Ellie's uncle and aunt, and Ellie herself.