Proving Our Love

Chapter 28 - Planning and Cheekiness

* Issys POV *

I felt better after Jordan had left yesterday, but his words were still replaying in my head. 'Im still in love with you'. But I didn't let it bother me so much, because I knew it wasn't true. He just would say that type of stuff to get me to pay attention to him. And I wasn't going to listen to him, not ever since what happened. He doesn't deserve my time or my forgiveness, and I don't care about what he had to tell me. It couldn't be that important. Besides, If he did still feel that way about me like he said he did, he wouldn't be treating me like this.

Grace, Emily and I were currently at the venue of the wedding reception. We all got out of her car, and I was looking around the outside scenery, seeing there was a high square footage of green land, and a large lake in front of the hotel building.

" Oh my gosh, Grace this is so beautiful, are you having the actual ceremony in a church or outside the hotel?", I asked her, looking around.

" I know isn't it gorgeous? And no we want to have it in a church, the reception is inside the ballroom of the hotel, but they are allowing people to hang out outside during it", she explained.

" Oh wow okay, that's kind of cool how your guests will like get a change of atmosphere", I told her. " It's a long reception so that's good", I added, earning a laugh from her as she held Emily's hand.

" Yea, we have alot of friends and big families and they love to party, so that's why it's so long. We want it to be a night that everybody will remember to make up for having to wait five years", she said. I nodded.

" I understand, I love how we can just come out here whenever we want during it", I told her.

" So basically anybody can come outside, or go inside whenever they want?", I asked.

" Yea, exactly. Like if people were getting tired of the music, you guys could enjoy what's outside. Like there will be golf carts and stuff" she replied before laughing, seeing my jaw dropped slightly.

" Grace, you really know how to throw a wedding party", I told her, she laughed, as we made our way into the hotel.

As we walked into the room, the first thing I noticed is the amount of space it had. It was a massive room, the circle shaped tables were surrounded by chairs that were covered in white drapes, and the dance floor was covered in hard wood flooring, in the middle of the room. On the other side there was what looked like to be a bar stand, and more tables and chairs were on the other side of the room as well. I looked up and saw there were lights upon the ceiling, little ones slightly dimmed around the whole layout of the room.

" What do you think Issy?", she asked me, picking up Emily.

" I think it's gorgeous, the chandeliers and the lights look so great, and the placement of everything really suits the room", I replied.

" Thanks, it took us forever to find a nice place like this, but now we need to decide on the colors of the lights on the wall and we need to find center pieces and ugh we still don't know the color of the tablecloths", she said, sighing as she sat down. I smiled, staring at Emily as she kissed her mothers cheek. I walked to her, rubbing her back reassuringly.

" Hey, Grace I know all the planning can be tiring, but you don't have to do it alone anymore, I'm going to help you as much as I can", I said. She sent me a grateful smile, standing back up.

" I know you will sweetie and I can't thank you enough, but it's just so much and the pressure is getting to me, especially without him here, that's all", she explained. I totally understood her situation. That's why I wanted to help her as much as I could. With her fiancé being away and making things harder, I could relate to that. I may not have a child to raise and a wedding to plan. But, I do have a boyfriend who's also away and who I miss very much.