the kissing gate | simanda ✓

41. location

"Tomorrow is the day, love. We'll be married by this time tomorrow," Simon spoke, hugging Amanda from behind as she tried to pick out the outfits she was going to bring with her for their honeymoon. They were just going to be going to Los Angeles for America's got Talent but Hollie, Eric, and Lexi were going to be staying in England for the week with Amanda's parents and then come to Los Angeles to join their parents.

"I know and I'm getting more and more excited. I think that I'm starting to get nervous because I've been feeling a bit sick," Amanda replied. "I hope it's just nerves and not me coming down with the flu."

"You don't feel warm so it must be nerves that you're experiencing, love," Simon responded, placing the back of his hand on Amanda's forehead. He looked down at Amanda packing her suitcase and said, "maybe I should start packing myself."

"You haven't even started?" Amanda asked Simon. "You should have gotten started yesterday so you won't have to worry tomorrow if you've forgotten something when we get on the plane to go to Los Angeles."

"I know, I know," Simon replied. He pulled his suitcase out of the closet they shared and he put it on the bed beside Amanda's suitcase. He went back into the closet and pulled out some of his white dress shirts from a drawer, bringing them back to the suitcase.

Amanda was folding her clothes before she put them in and she took a bag out from underneath their bed and started laughing when she saw the contents.

"What's so funny?" Simon asked as he tried to look into the bag but Amanda prevented him from looking into it.

"Alesha bought me this yesterday when we went shopping for some things for our honeymoon that I'm going to need," Amanda replied cheekily. She pulled out a set of red lingerie from the bag and when she unfolded it, a pregnancy test fell out of it. "Really, Alesha?"

"Well she knows that we're trying to get pregnant after all. She's trying to help us," Simon said as Amanda put the set of red lingerie into her suitcase. She hesitated on putting the pregnancy test into the suitcase but on second thought, she put it in.

It was true that she wasn't feeling well, not since two days or so ago. If it had been the flu, it would have cleared up by now and Amanda had been due to get her period the week before. It hadn't come at all but she had figured it was stress from the wedding as they were going to be married the next day and she was stressed from planning. She had been nauseous around certain smells and it seemed like smells were stronger to her, which she knew was a sign of being pregnant.

Amanda didn't tell Simon about it because he hadn't noticed it but she planned on doing the pregnancy test with him the next night if she woke up and threw up in the morning.

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Simon finished his packing quicker than Amanda did so he told her that he was going to check on the decorating for the wedding. They chose the spot where she had first asked him to get a drink with her and the spot where he had proposed to her.

Simon and Amanda had chosen to be married in front of the kissing gate where their relationship could be said had started. It was an important location to them because their loved ones were buried there, she had asked him to get a drink with her which had resulted in their one night stand, and he had proposed in front of it the night before Christmas eve.

The flowers were already arranged on the gate so they weaved in and out of the graveyard entrance and an archway had been constructed in front of it. The archway was were Simon and Amanda were going be exchanging vows with each other and that had also been weaved with flowers going in and out of the lattice work on it. It was a beautiful sight but it wasn't completed yet.

The chairs still had to be set up and the flowers which were going to be on the sides of the chairs hadn't been attached yet. There was a large space of grass in front of the graveyard entrance so that was were the chairs were going to be set up with a section clear of chairs for Amanda to walk down.

The chairs were going to be set up tomorrow but almost everything was set up. Even the changing screens in the church had been set up for Amanda and the rest of the bridal party to get ready behind. Simon and his groomsmen were going to get ready back at Simon and Amanda's house instead so he wouldn't see Amanda in her dress until she walked down the aisle to him.

Simon got out of his car and he walked around the sight of where they were going to be married. By this time tomorrow, the reception would be happening and Simon and Amanda would be husband and wife.

Simon put his hands into his coat pockets as it had gotten chillier when the sun was going down even though it was now May. He walked around for a couple minutes longer and then got back into his car. Almost everything was ready but he wasn't.

Simon was nervous about getting married as it was the biggest commitment he was ever going to make in his life. He wanted to marry Amanda so he wasn't sure why he was nervous at all. Maybe Amanda's nerves were beginning to rub off on him. He loved Amanda so much and he wanted to be her husband with all of his heart.

There was no way he was going to back out of marrying Amanda because of how much he loved her. He shook off the nerves and he started to drive home.

[] hey guys! Just a sweet little chapter until the actual wedding. What do you think of the location? What did you like about this chapter and what do you think is going to happen next? Bye until the next chapter!