Aarmau - Two Dimensions

Aphmau's Answer Pt.2

Aph's POV

"A-Aaron, I would love to marry you! Not just for you, but for Alina and Lilith to finally have a dad, and mayb-" He cut me off with a kiss. I felt my eyes widen, but as I slowly closed them, I was glad the others left. It would've been embarrassing to do this in front of the others.
 
  As we pulled away I noticed he was blushing, and so was I; I hid my face in my hands as he pulled them away saying 'Peekaboo'! Which made me blush even more at his old joke.

"Hey, no hiding that we love each other now. Okay?" All I could do is nod in agreement that we wouldn't hide that we were engaged.

"KiKi would kill me if I hid this, and so would Cadenza, Katelyn, actually all of the ladies would kill me if I hid this from them." I became suddenly scared of my friends. Aaron just stood there with a lopsided grin. "What?" I asked innocently. I hadn't realized my mistake.

"Wouldn't Garroth, Laurence, and Dante semi-freak out as well?" He left me to ponder that.

"Aaron, you jerk! No! I'm not calling MY guards girls, except for Katelyn. For her it's a fact." We went back to the village and the girls immediately asked me what happened, Katelyn feigned surprise at the proposal part. She earned the role of Kawaii~Chan's ship-hugger for the day. We went to Chad to ask if he could officiate it. He agreed, got too close a ton, and ran off yelling about ginger and sea travel.

~Time skip past the wedding planning and to wedding day~

"Okay, so today is my wedding day... today... is my... wedding day. OMI TODAY IS MY WEDDING DAY! AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" I guess Cadenza heard me freak out because she barged right on into my 'room'.

"Okay, who is bleeding? Oh, it's just you freaking out over the fact it's your wedding day. Hold on one sec." Cadenza pulled out a piece of paper and wrote one of the BEST pep talks ever!

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Dear Future Mrs. Falcon Claw,

Take a deep breath. Take 10,000 more, and look around – you only get to do this once. You're preparing for the biggest day of your life and instead of being excited, you're stressed and nervous and putting out fires left and right. Instead of happy love butterflies, you have the "fancy PR event jitters" you always used to get in the weeks leading up to client projects or press trips. Of course your wedding matters so much more to you than any client project could, so you want to give it your all. But you can't get through this with a checklist, a clipboard, a O'khasis perspective on efficiency and sensible black flats like you always have in the past. This day is about so much more than a flawlessly executed ceremony and reception. As far as spiritual moments go, this is one of the most important ones you'll ever have in your life. It's ok that you don't know how to feel, after all you've never done this before – but don't just default into work mode! Don't make this yet another successful project with all the right fonts, flowers and food. Don't grind out a perfect event and in turn, miss out on all the details you painstakingly chose and only experience the thrill afterward through the pictures when you're icing your blistered feet. Are you listening? Wake up from work mode, Future Mrs. Falcon Claw! Remember why you put yourself through the wringer of planning a destination wedding over the past 8 months – you love your future hubby so much. You think his jokes are the funniest (even when they're kind corny, they're still adorable), he makes the best goofy faces and you know he is the biggest softie even though everyone else thinks he's scary and tough. Irene has clearly orchestrated your relationship and she's preparing to knit you together. Every past mistake has lead to this spectacular answer to your heart's longings. Naturally you want to make sure your wedding day is as special as it could possibly be for both of you and that's an honorable desire. Just remember you're there to celebrate your love – not host a flawless corporate event. Remember how you prayed your whole life for Aaron to come back? Now you have an answered prayer on a silver platter and you're mad about unresponsive vendors and inconsiderate invitees. You're stressed about how much more expensive this whole shindig is than you expected – your mining company thinks you've been abducted – and yet Irene has never let you down or broken a promise in the past. You're faithful with your finances and She is faithful to provide. Remember how devastated you were when Aaron died, and how grateful you were when it all worked out for the best? How can you lose sight of a miracle because of disappointment? Get a grip! The only response to your embarrassing overflow of blessings is gratitude. And just like you must constantly and consciously remember all Irene has done for you, once you're married you'll want to remind yourself often of all the reasons you are grateful for your husband. Life is going to be decidedly different than what you've grown accustomed to.