A New Beginning

Chapter 64: Guess Who's Coming to the Wedding?

Chapter 64: Guess Who's Coming to the Wedding?

"No Sybil!" Emma says, taking back one of the envelopes her little sister had grabbed and trying to put into her mouth.

The two couples who would be the stars of the upcoming wedding are sitting at the kitchen table preparing wedding invitations. Sybil sits with them, but is becoming antsy and grabbing anything within her reach. Jack is checking off the guest list, Rose is handwriting them since she had the best penmanship, Emma is addressing them and Peter is posting the stamps.

"So your mom is definitely coming?" Jack asks.

"She always told me she would never miss my wedding ever, even though now I'm not marrying the man she wanted me to," Rose says

Jack leans over and kisses Rose's cheek. She turns to meet his lips.

"Save it for the wedding you two," Emma jokes.

"We can't exactly help it," Jack smirks.

"Let's try to keep the illusion that you haven't had your wedding night yet," Emma says.

All of them burst out laughing since Rose was almost six months pregnant and was definitely showing a baby bump.

"Maybe this time you won't have to do it in the cargo hold of the Titanic and in the back of Renault," Peter adds.

Both Jack and Rose turn red.

"I thought Peter and I were supposed to have a wedding night," Emma says.

"So who else do we have?" Rose asks, trying to keep everyone focused on the task.

"My parents," Peter says. "They will definitely be coming down from West Virginia. They wouldn't miss this for the world."

There's a slight air of sadness at the mention of parents since Emma's and Jack's had both passed away tragically. Neither would watch their beloved children get married or in Emma's case, give her away to Peter. Additionally, Rose's father would not be there to give her away either. It would be slightly upsetting, but Emma believed that all those who had passed on would be watching from above and would give each of them their blessing.

It was not a total loss as Peter's father agreed to give Emma away and Carl even offered to give Rose away. Rose was on the fence about it, but her mother had also suggested that Mr. Calvert give her away, but no one thought this was a good idea since this was the man who had been tasked to find Rose for Cal and had to do a lot of research about their lives. Rose was okay with Mr. Calvert being at the wedding with her mother, but to walk her down the aisle, it would be like admitting that he was going to be her father. She wasn't ready for that just yet.

"Obviously, Holly, Carl, and Thomas will be there," Emma says confidently. All three of Peter's relatives were technically in the wedding party and were already involved in the wedding planning. Carl might be giving Rose away, if she wanted, Holly as a bridesmaid and Thomas would carry the rings for both couples. Emma's face lit up very happily at the thought of her soon to be nephew coming down the aisle in a little suit, rings on the pillow.

"Then my brother, Jake and his wife, Melanie from Boston and then Holly's twin sister, Halley and her fiancé."

Rose's eyes go wide and she nearly drops ink on the invitation she's writing. "I didn't know Holly had a twin?!"

"Yeah it's the family's best-kept secret," Peter says. "They sure don't act like them that's for sure, but technically the two are a year apart."

"How does that make them twins if they're a year apart?" Jack asks, raising his eyebrow.