A James Maslow Love Story

Chapter 16: Your Wedding Dress

          You and Mica had been talking on FaceTime and neither one of you could contain your excitement. Why? You were meeting with your designer today to get measurements and design your dream wedding dress! It was May 2018 and the summer California heat was rough. You spent the night at James' apartment for the first time since the accident. James just left to go to the gym, so you decided to shower and get dressed.

          Once you got out of the shower, you let your natural curls do what they do, and put on your favorite pair of jean shorts and your grey V neck and slid on your Converse. By the time you got dressed, Mica was already downstairs waiting for you outside the apartment building door. 

          The two of you walked into your designer's office and you immediately got butterflies in your stomach. You were about to design your dream wedding dress for your dream wedding. 

          "Hello, ladies! Follow me! Mrs.Sharp will see you now!". As you walked down the hallway, you saw photos of all of these beautiful gowns and couldn't believe that yours could be on display on these walls in a few months. 

          "Hello, Ms.Schmidt. I'm going to ask you a couple of questions and by the time you leave today, you will have a rough sketch of your gown! Are you ready" "Yes ma'am!"

Mrs.Sharp: What would you like? Princess? Mermaid? Ballgown?
You: I went and tried on dresses while I was visiting my parents, and I really like the dress that Kate Middleton wore. Could we do a combination of Kate Middleton and Cinderella?"
Mrs.Sharp: Let's see... Yes, yes..

           As Mrs.Sharp drew, you and Mica sat there and watched. When she was finished, she showed you the drawing and you started to tear up. It was exactly how you imagined it would be. Once you put the finishing touches on your dress, Mrs.Sharp took your measurements and wrote everything down and told you it would be done in about 3 weeks. 

          You were sitting on the couch in James' living room when he came home from the gym. "Hey, babe! How was your workout?" *James walks over to you and kissed you and headed for the shower and you followed, jumping up onto the bathroom counter* "It was good. Hot as Hell, but good" *James gets in the shower* "I'm glad you got a good workout in.. Guess what I did today?" "what?" "I had a meeting with my dress designer... We've designed my wedding dress!" "Really? That's great! My mom called and said she sent the measurements for the tuxes in" "James... We have nothing left to plan. All we have to do now is finalize all of the plans and we're good to go" "I know, babe. I can't wait. Any word on when we can move into our house?" "Me either. And yeah... We can move in right after the wedding. The paperwork won't be finalized until the week before" "Alright. Do you wanna just move in here? That way, you won't be paying rent and we can start cleaning out our apartments. Get rid of what we don't need"

           You hadn't even given it a thought. You and James had talked about it before, but now it's time to make a decision. You tell him yes and that you're gonna go start cooking dinner. You call Kendall and Mica and ask if they can help you pack up and move into James' apartment and they were more than willing. You knew for a fact that you wouldn't need EVERYTHING from your apartment. A majority of it could be sold or given to the new tenants. 

          After dinner, you and James sat on the couch talking about the future. You couldn't believe that in just 5 short months, you would be Mrs.Maslow and the thought of it made you feel amazing. You always felt like you belonged when you were with James. He made you feel safe and loved and that's all you could ever ask for. You decided that your honeymoon should be spent in Cozumel, Mexico for a week.  

          The next morning, Friday, James took you to your doctor's appointment to get the birth control implant put in your arm. You and James had been talking and agreed to go back to your first agreement on waiting until you were married for at least 6 months or a year before trying to have a baby. 

          Once you and James got back to his apartment, Kendall was there waiting to start packing up your things and moving it into James' apartment. It was bittersweet to leave that apartment, but you were ready to start moving towards your future.