Chapter 55 - Mr. Romance

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~Jack's POV~


I was sitting on the couch when Phil came downstairs with an armful of wedding magazines. He dropped them on the coffee table and sat down.

"What's all this?"

"We've got a wedding to plan."

He opened one of the magazines and started pointing out things. He pointed to a picture of a man in a blue tuxedo, "We should get one of these."

I shrugged and he kept talking. This went on for about half an hour. He picked what was about the fifteenth magazine when I stopped him. 

"Something wrong?" he asked, putting down the magazine.

"Phil, all this is lovely but it's too much."

"What do you mean?"

"Let's just elope."

"Why?"

"So we don't have to spend a million dollars on a fancy wedding. All we need is a little ceremony, just you and me."

"But planning a wedding is fun."

"Planning a wedding takes ages. If we elope, we can do it tomorrow if we want."

"How small would the ceremony be?"

"I don't know. Just people we're really close to. Like out parents, our siblings, Mark, Seph, Jean, and Dan."

"Dan?"

"I figured you could be civil with him long enough for us to get married."

"I can and I will."

"Then should we elope?"

"Yes, but it has to be somewhere beautiful."

"Where?"

"It's a bit cliche but what about Hawaii?"

"I like the idea of the beach but Hawaii is too cliche."

Phil jumped up and ran upstairs.

"I'll be back in a second," he shouted while going up the stairs.

He came back with his laptop and a book. He placed the book on the farthest edge of the table.

"What's that?"

"I have a few places on my computer," he replied, opening his laptop.

"No. What's that?" I pointed to the book.

"It's embarrassing."

"Phil, what is it?"

"Nothing. Just ignore it," he blushed.

"Phil, no secrets. Secrets cause marriages to crumble. Tell me what it is."

"Fine," he groaned, "I'll tell you."

I smiled at him.

"It's a scrapbook thing. I started it when I first met Dan. It has a few wedding ideas in it."

"A few? Babe, that book is practically exploding."

"Well it's almost seven years old. Maybe it has gotten a bit more packed than I thought."

"Let me see it," I said, reaching for the book.

"No," Phil snapped and pushed my hand away.

"Why not?" I frowned.

"No one has ever known about it. And I am definitely not ready for somebody else to look through it."

"You are my fiance and I will respect your wishes because I love you. But we still need to find a place to get married."

"Why don't we just get married in Disney World?"

"That's perfect. It's where almost every major thing in our relationship has happened."

"Exactly, but we're going to wait a bit on discussing the honeymoon destination."

"Yes. I'm just glad we finally decided on somewhere. Honestly, it wouldn't matter where we got married, as long as I'm with you."

"Awe. Mr. Romance," Phil giggled. 

"You love Mr. Romance."

"I will always love Mr. Romance."

Phil leaned over and kissed me. He slowly started to take off my shirt, I felt him smile under the kiss. 

He pulled off my shirt and I pulled away, "What's so funny?"

"I just can't believe we're doing this again," he replied, taking off his shirt.





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