Mysterious

Chapter 42

Bruno wrapped his arms around her kissing her like it was their first kiss.

"You made my knees shake..." she said taking his hand to walk out of the room.

"Shoot...it's still raining..." she sighed heavily looking out the window of the entry way.

"It'll stop soon, Rissy." he said walking her outside under the awning. "Look...he pointed over to the street. "There's a rainbow...." he told her.

"You get everything in Hawaii....shooting stars and rainbows and the beach...mountains..." she told him.

"The only thing I really got while I was here was you...." he said pulling her close to him.

"I can smell the cheese from a mile away, Brunz." she laughed at him. "It's like we're in Wisconsin, not Hawaii."

"Mmm. I like the Brewers." he told her.

"I like you!" she said kissing him.

"Calm down, you two. You have the rest of your lives for that." Diego said as the guests started walking out.

"It's my party and I'll kiss him if I want to!" she shouted at him.

"I think it's I'll cry if I want to..." Bruno told her.

"That goes for you too! Don't tell me what to do or say today!" she shouted at him smiling.

"I'll let it slide today, Ris. But after that it's my way or the highway..." he said sarcastically.

"Shit. It's a good thing we haven't made this legal yet. I'm leaving right now..." she said walking out to the front of the building.

"You have to come and get me." she told him.

"It's not that hard to get you when you're wearing that big dress, Arissa Hernandez."

"Come get me." she said turned around running toward the beach. He didn't even have to run to get her as she rounded the corner to the sidewalk they had been sitting on earlier. He picked her up carrying her toward the beach. "Put me down!" she yelled.

"First you have to say you're sorry." he told her.

"Sorry for what?" she asked him.

"For being so darn amazing" he told her.

"I'm not saying that." she said wrapping her arms around his neck closely.

"Fine. I'm not letting you go. And it's going to be really hard to play the guitar when my hands are full of Arissa."

"I want to hear the song! I want to hear the song! I'm sorry. I'll try harder not to be amazing." she told him. He kissed her again lightly placing her on the sand.

"Come with me?" he asked her.

"Where are we going?" she asked.

"No more questions." he told her.

"Bruno..." she paused waiting for him to respond.

"Yes?" he answered.

"Today was mind-blowing. You knew exactly what I needed. There's no way all of this was in that box. I hardly had time to write all the stuff down I wanted."

"It was all there. Who you wanted to invite, colors, dresses...you must have forgotten about it." he told her leading her toward what looked like a deep purple tent full of people.

"And the big tent! And the dancing! And you,,,! Oh Brunz!" she hugged him as she started to notice faces. He lifted her up off the ground spinning her around in a circle.

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Bruno sat her down at the long table off to the side of a piano, drums and four microphones.

He picked up his mint green guitar playing a few chords to make sure it okay on and tuned. Everyone turned around to see him.

"Arissa Eve..." he said holding the microphone close to his face. "This is our song...and no one else can have it..." I'm not a song writer or poet by any means so insert something sappy of your own here. But not Rest of My Life. I don't think he wrote that for anyone in particular...or it was for a family member...

She felt herself getting tingly as he finished the song that he started to play as she walked down the aisle. He sang the verse again putting the guitar down walking moving the microphone from its stand walking right up to her. "I love you, baby doll. I do, I dooooo."

"I do, I doooo." she sang badly back at him. He switched off the microphone setting it down on the table next to her leaning in to kiss her.

"God, get a room." Camille yelled at them.