Moving Forward (Completed)

Chapter Thirty

Rafael watched Katherine as she spread jelly on her toast, furrowing his brow slightly when she moved closer to the sink and flicked a bit into it. "Something wrong with that particular speck of jelly?"

"I don't like the chunky bits."

"You mean the fruit?" He chuckled.

"Yes." She smirked, finishing up spreading the jelly on her toast and moving to rinse out the sink.

"You know you can buy jelly without bits of fruit in it."

"I like this jelly." Katherine shrugged, placing both it and the butter back in the fridge.

"Have you told your mother you're getting married yet?"

"No."

"You know the longer you wait the worse you're going to make it for yourself." Rafael grabbed her cup when he went to refill his own with coffee.

"We could just secretly get married and never tell her."

"Or you could, I don't know... actually be an adult." Rafael chuckled.

"Do you know how excited she is going to be?"

"That's why you should call her." He smiled, kissing her forehead when he sat back down.

"Fine, I'll call." Katherine muttered. "What kind of wedding do you want?"

"I'm not picky." He shrugged, the coffee cup lifted to his lips in preparation to drink.

"I need help in planning this. Amanda... well it's really not her thing and after last time my mom will have absolutely no say in anything."

"I can help, I've just never really thought about it so I don't really know where to begin."

"Let's start with general size, do you want a big or small wedding?" Katherine asked.

"Smaller sounds better."

"I agree," she smiled relaxing a bit, "Indoor or outdoor?"

"I guess it would depend on the weather... indoor seems safer."

"Maybe rent a loft type venue, something with indoor and outdoor areas..." Katherine thought out loud.

"I'm sure Brooklyn has something." Rafael smiled.

"Who all do you want to be there?"

"My mom and abeulita... Liv and we can invite the rest of SVU... McCoy, Carmen... there maybe a few other people from work, but I'm not looking to drag out everyone from my past." She had missed the whole Alex and Yelina debacle and he had no intention of revisiting it.

"That's what, eight so far?"

"I think. Who would you want there?"

"My parents, Amanda who's been included already, and maybe Karla and a couple other people from my old school if they can travel here."

"That brings it up to eleven plus a couple maybes then."

"Thirteen if you include us." Katherine smiled.

"We would be a rather important element." He smirked.

"What about the dress?"

"Isn't that more your thing?"

"Sonny just mentioned that he's always envisioned his future wife walking down an aisle in a wedding dress..."

"Why would you listen to Carisi?" Rafael chuckled.