Sugar and Sass#Wattys2016

The Beginning Of Forever

Julian's POV

"Why are you renting a tux for your wedding when you can afford to buy one!?"
My best friend and best man, Zachary was huffy!
"Zac, I'll need this tux for this one event only! It's not a big deal!"
"But it's your wedding, man! You need to have your own clothes! These are so, so, used!", he said with disgust with just his finger tips lifting the fabric to make his point.
He's such a two year old sometimes!
Ironically, Jenny used to say just that!
"Is it too much for you to buy your own? I mean, How many times does your best friend get married!? ONCE!"
Wrong!
"I mean, apart from the last time"
He quickly tried to cover up his mistake.
"Sorry man!", he said noticing my face go somber.
"Hey, it's okay."
"I think I see a decent one there. I'll be right back."

**Flashback**
"Honey! I'm home!", I shouted out to my soon to be wife.
"Hey baby! I'm in the kitchen!"
There she was, Jennifer, plucking out leaves from different sticks and adding them to a bowl.
I walked over and kissed her forehead and made my way to the refrigerator for water. Or maybe a beer. I was parched!
"Um, what is this?"
"Dinner!" She said, her eyes twinkling.
"Leaves!?"
"They're not leaves!", She said with her hands on her hips.
I raised an eyebrow!
"Okay! They are leaves. But they're healthy."
"Okay. What happened?"
"Nothing!"
"Then why the sudden, 'leaves are healthy' epiphany?"
She didn't have an answer. She just stood there looking around, trying to form a reply.
She's so naive!
I pulled her into my arms and tilted her chin to look at me.
"So, who called you fat?"
She slapped my shoulder. I giggled. Her brows knotted and tried to push me away.
At 5'8 she was pretty strong!
I only tightened my embrace around her and kissed her. She calmed down a little.
Always worked!
"It was Claudia!"
My hunch was right.
"We were shopping for gowns and she said that the optimum size for a bride should be four. But I'm a eight. That's two times the optimal size! She said all these things about how oversized brides just look ugly at weddings and after marriage just bloat up, bigger and bigger and finally look like a water balloon and how that'll wreck marriages and can you believe it!? She thought I was pregnant!"
I laughed at her breathless prattle.
"Don't laugh!" She said punching me.
"Okay. Sorry. Honey, you're size is perfect! Okay? I love you like this! You don't need to lose weight! I don't want you to have any eating disorders. Claudia is crazy! She doesn't know the first thing about marriages. Don't listen to her!"
She looked convinced and lay her her head down on my chest.
"Also, she's jealous of you.", I beamed!
"Jealous?"
"Yeah! Because she won't get an awesome husband like you did. You're pretty lucky girl!"
She pulled away and flared up her nostrils. A sign that she was not amused. A sign that I need to do something to avert her mind from my apathy.
So I kissed her!
"So do I get real food for dinner?"
"Meh! I'm too tired. First the shopping and then the leaves plucking. You know how taxing that was on my nails!?"
"Okay. So?"
"So, you're cooking tonight, Mr. Coleman. Impress your soon to be wife!"
"Oh, she's already beyond impressed!" I smirked.
"Don't be so sure!", she said, snatching the beer from my hand.
"Get cooking!"
She strolled out of the kitchen shaking her sexy ass!

After about 90 minutes or so of burning in the kitchen, I walked out triumphantly with two plates of Mac and cheese! I have no idea why that took so long! When Jenny taught me, it took a lot less time! Of course, she didn't burn anything!
My bad!
"I thought you set yourself on fire!", she teased. "There were some really, smokey smells from the kitchen!"
"Have your laugh, madam. You still have to pay the chef later!", I winked!
She chuckled.

In bed, I rolled onto her and initiated the heat. But she pulled away, leaving me hanging and said, "We have an early appointment tomorrow. We need to get your tux ordered and then we need to go to tiffany's and get our rings and meet the wedding planner to go over a few things and I need sleep. So do you, so good night, honey!" She gave a light peck on the lips and turned away.
"Ugh! Why are you so worked up? You need to relax. Let me help you!"
I showered kisses. No effect!
"I need to sleep."
"Fine!"
I crawled to my side of the bed and pulled all the blanket from her.
That's what you get for leaving me hanging!
She moved towards me and wrapped her arms around me and drifted off to sleep. She was a cuddly sleeper. I'm all in for that but, you know, when you're sleeping, you need a little space.
This is where I use Ross Geller's idea!
You put both your arms around her, move on top of her and take her to the other side, slowly unwrap your arms and quickly go to your side of the bed! For her it's a hug, for you it's space! It's a win-win.
Ross, you're a genius!
It wasn't long before sleep took over me.

**Present**

Lost in thought, I didn't realise that my phone was ringing.

It was Abby's dad.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Parker"
"Julian. Hey. Um, I'm sorry to have called you. I can't get a hold of Abby or her mom. Are they with you?"
"No sir. They've gone wedding dress shopping on Santa Monica Bvld."
"Oh okay. Thanks Julian!"
"My pleasure, Sir."
"Please. Call me Tom. So what are you doing?"
"I'm getting a tux now, sir. Uh.. I mean, Tom. After this I'm headed to the train station to pick up my parents."
"That's great! What do you say you bring them to lunch with us?"
"Us?"
"You, your parents, Abby, her mother and me."
"Uh, sure. Why not?"
"Great! I'll text you the address!"
"Thank you, Tom."
"Pleasure's all mine!"
I hung up and started looking at tuxes again.

**Flashback**

"Get up! We're gonna get late!"
I scrunched my face as my eyes adjusted to the bright lights around.
"What? What?"
I was, evidently, still very sleepy.
"Go take a shower. We need to be leaving soon to get your measurements for your tux."
"Can't I just rent one!? I'll wear that only for the wedding."
"Oh my God! You did not just say that! You can't rent a tux for you wedding! C'mon! How many times does one get married!? You need your own clothes! A rented tux will have sweat and stuff from its previous user!"
"That's not true", I replied still trying to get up.
"Go get ready Coleman!" She pulled the covers off of me!
"Hey!"

"Babe! You done?"
"One second sweetie, I'm just taking some receipts we'll be needing for today."
I got ready 40 minutes ago!
Women!
Finally she emerged from the bedroom.
"Let's go!"
She flurried out the door, me hot after her trail.

The tux measurements were taken pretty quickly. The guy's a pro! Jenny was too eager to get it done right and told the guy that it was for the wedding and it needed to be perfect, about half a million times.

She's such a perfectionist!

We soon went over to Tiffany's to collect our rings. Our rings read "The Beginning Of Forever"

**Present**

Pft! Forever!

After Jenny, I didn't want a huge show wedding at all. I didn't want any of those things because none of them promise you certainty! They don't promise you "Forever". But I couldn't do that to Abby. It maybe my second time but it's her first. She deserves the wedding of her dreams and I'll give her just that to make her happy.

But I just couldn't bring myself to buy my own tux again. Too many memories. Memories of Jenny questioning every measurement, her cute thinking face..... It was all too much for me to go through again.

So I'll just rent a tux. But Abby doesn't need to know.

I was just gonna pay the deposit for my tux when Abby called.
"Hey Abby. How'd the wedding dress shopping go?"
"Julian! Do you know that our parents want to have lunch with us!?"
"Yeah honey. Your dad and I discussed that!"
"Cancel it! Cancel it, Julian! Cancel it!"
"Why?"
"Why!? Why!? You want to know why!?"
Why was she so hyper!?
"Hey! Calm down! Now, slowly, tell me what's going on!"
"Oh Julian! Where do I begin? This lunch is going to be disastrous! Because my mom's gonna be there and your dad's gonna be there!"
"My dad? What does my dad have to do with this?"
"Your dad specialises in robots."
"Yeah. So?"
"So? My mom hates robots!"
"I think our parents are not immature to not see past their differences."
"No Julian! You don't understand! She's gonna....."
I couldn't help but smile at how worked up she got over this silly matter.
I paid for the suit and walked out of the store, all while pacifying my fiancee on the phone.
I have a good feeling about this lunch! It's gonna be great!

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