Heartbeat

Nobody But You

TIME JUMP!

"Laura. Sweetie. Cupcake. Cutie. Baby. Love. You need to calm down. There's nothing to stress about. We've gotten almost everything done."

"Almost everything!"

A distressed Laura was pacing around the living room while an amused Carmilla slowly followed behind in an attempt to calm her beloved cupcake.

"We've just got to choose food and music. Sherman is inviting Bob; and, it's up to you where Danny fits in all of this. There's no reason to stress." Carmilla kept her voice as calm, and void of humor, as she could.

"Food! What does everyone like? How much are we going to need?"

She can actually go faster...

"We have already agreed this isn't going to be 100% traditional. Everyone likes chips, burgers, pizza...whatever!" Carmilla ran a hand through her raven hair, plopping down on the couch with a huff.

Laura's pacing didn't stop. It wouldn't be long before her rant began. Carmilla could see it.

"Laura, no one- especially us- is looking to have a fancy three course meal. Just get plain food that we know everyone enjoys! Burgers. Chips. Pizza. Done deal. Sherman's already put in the order for the cake; so, there's no need to worry about that either. I'm telling you, it's all fine. Everything is fine."

Frustrated, Laura let out a loud sigh, stopping in her tracks," Ah! I can't help it!"

Finally. I was afraid she'd leave skid marks in the floor.

"I know, baby. I know you can't. You want the wedding to be perfect. But, with how things are going, you don't have to worry. It will be," Carmilla got off the couch to wrap her arms around Laura from behind, pressing a gentle kiss to her neck for comfort, "Want to help choose some music for the reception; or, as I would call it: The After Party?"

Taking a deep breath, Laura nodded, "Yeah. Maybe that'll help."

"Yeah? Alright. Come on."

Carmilla let go of Laura to sit back on the couch, grabbing her phone off the arm. She had been listening to different playlists trying to find a suitable song when she noticed how stressed Laura was.

Patting the seat next to her, she looked at Laura with loving eyes and a comforting smile, "Come sit. There's a lot of good ones here."

"Okay. Let's see then." Laura wove her fingers through her hair before taking a seat beside Carm.

"Alright. So, for the first dance, I was thinking we could have either Love Will Have Its Sacrifices or Season of Love. We love both so much. I figured why not."

Hm... which one screams 'Laura and Carmilla Hollis more'? ...

Which indeed young Laura. Which indeed...

Ana...

Fine!

"Definitely the first one..."

As if I didn't already know you'd choose that.

"Love Will Have Its Sacrifices it is. Other than that, we don't really need to do much else for music. According to Sherman, Bob can DJ; so, he'll have a ton of songs on his computer anyway. No need to make a playlist this time love." Carmilla quickly marked down Laura's choice, settling the matter.

Is she serious? Bob?

"Bob? DJ? With what? His fingertips?" Laura had to laugh at the thought.