Hide Your Love Away: book two

Chapter 25

(John)

"Tell me again exactly what I'm doing here." I ask as Prudence comes out of the dressing room for the fifth time. "You look lovely in all of them little bird do you really need my help?"

"You're the best man. I need a wedding dress that matches Paul's dream wedding. And I need your help with the rest of the planning too. No one except you and me are going to see the dress before the big day."

"Next weekend right?" I ask her, "That one's too modern for Paul. Too crisp and clean." She smiles. 

"Now we're getting somewhere. Tell me what he has told you what he wants the wedding to be like. I know you two have talked."

"He's talked to all of us." She comes out in another dress. "He want's the colors to be white and gold. But he hates really white white, an off toned down white. And mint green because he knows that's your favorite. He wants to get married by the ocean because he knows you won't get married in a church. He want's it to  be small, smaller than ringo's even. He hasn't said it but he wants the reception in the same old building where his parents were married."

"Thank you John. I really like this dress but... I don't know." she opens the curtain and I have no words. She looks absolutely gorgeous. "What do you think? It's not perfect but I have some ideas in my head to fix it."

"Paul will love it. The color is perfect, and its vintage just like your style. Paul really loves your thrifty personality." She smiles and changes into her everyday clothes then buys the dress for 30 pounds. "What else is on the agenda today."

"Location, cake, theme." She tells me scratching out dress shopping in her little wedding planner notebook "Show me where he wants to get married." 

"Why don't I just plan the rest for you two huh? With everything going on you two don't hardly see each other. Then you are too tired to have any fun. I know what he likes, let's go get the whole cake thing figured out then I'll take care of the rest, with Anna's help of course." Pru smiles and hugs me. 

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"John my love what are you doing?" Anna says coming into our little part of the bands house with two big bags of groceries. "Why aren't you with the boys?"

"I offered to plan the rest of the wedding. I need your help. I went to every wedding and special occasion store within thirty minutes and got so many samples. I have to put together a theme that fits Paul and Pru. Flowers, colors, location, decoration..." 

She sits across from me on the floor. I look up at her and straiten my glasses. "Take my hands." I interlock our fingers and feel a sort of energy. She always does this to me, sends electricity down my spine. "Close your eyes, When  I let go we will both touch our finger on a color swatch, that's their color scheme. Simple. from there everything else will be easy." She lets go and my finger falls, opening our eyes we see the colors. 

"Gold and baby blue." I pull out any sample that incorporate those colors. "Starfish... My best friend is getting married in a week." 

"I know... I'll take over flower arrangements, dinner, food, and the bridesmaids. You do everything else." 

We spend the rest of the night drinking tea and making a wedding plan. I stand up and look at our arrangement of samples, "Wow... They really are going to love this aren't they."

"Yes they are...Let's go to bed now love." she says, then she screams as I pick her up and throw her over my shoulder carrying her to our bedroom. "I love you John but put me down!" I lay her on the bed and kiss her lightly. 

"Why don't we be the next ones to get married?"

"What?"

 I pull out a little seashell shaped ring from my back pocket. "I saw this when I was out with Pru today... I saw it and I knew it was going to be the ring I proposed with." 

"yes John... I will marry you."