laughter.
“Well, I know my mother almost catching us in the summer was like a bucket of cold water, but that was colder than the ice bucket challenge wasn’t it?” Blake continued to laugh as I buried my face in his chest with embarrassment.
“Thank god for the lock,” I replied before our laughter stemmed slowly.
“So,” Blake said as he placed his fingers under my chin and lifted my gaze to him.
“So,” I smiled back.
“I’ll see you at six.” Blake placed his lips to the tip of my nose.
“It’s a date,” I replied.
“The best date that we have ever had,” Blake said as he swept my hair away from my eyes. “Don’t be late.”
“Never.” Blake placed a lingering kiss to my lips before leaving the room, I watched as he jogged down the stairs and opened the front door before waving towards the kitchen where all of the ladies began whistling and cheering at him. One thing was for sure, my butterflies had now well and truly vanished and my nerves had now been replaced with pure excitement at becoming Blake’s wife.
*~*~*
It was hard to believe that it was my wedding that was just an hour away, the house was complete chaos and the only person who was sitting still was me.
Both of our mothers were running around as if the world was about to end while Casey was busy tweaking her hair in frustration because one piece just ‘wouldn’t sit right’. Jemma was on the phone to Tim’s parents every two minutes checking that baby Elianna was okay without her and Jasmine was re-dressing Fraser for at least the tenth time in the past hour. He had invented his own little game which he seemed to be enjoying immensely as he would continue to remove his tie, and then his waistcoat, and then his tie again once Jasmine had struggled to get it back on and looking perfect. I just sat and took in everything that was going on around me and everything that I was lucky enough to have been blessed with.
A sudden calmness surrounded us as piece by piece, the jigsaw slowly fitted together and everyone seemed to relax in unison. The fingers on the kitchen clock ticked loudly with each stroke as my time as Josephine Summers was coming to an end.
“Time to get you into that dress lady, your uncle will be here soon and we don’t want to give him a scare now do we?” Casey stood to the side of me along with Jasmine and Jemma; each of them was smiling down at me as though the craziness that I had just witnessed from all of them was all just a figment of my imagination.
“Okay, let’s do this,” I replied excitedly as I hopped off the stool and followed my bridesmaids upstairs.
Casey seemed more relaxed today than I had seen her since she arrived here on Christmas Eve; she had confided in me on Christmas Day that she and Alex had started married life on quite a rocky road after they had both decided that they wanted to start a family straight away. Casey had confessed to me that because I fell pregnant so quickly with Blake that she had been naïve enough to believe that the same would happen to her; but after not falling pregnant in the first three months Casey had taken this to mean that something must be wrong with either her or Alex which had caused an obvious strain.
I still ensured however, that amongst the madness of the wedding planning, I checked in with Casey every day at some point, as did Blake with Alex, just to make sure that they were both doing okay.
Both Blake and I had spent the past week trying to fix them both; just as they had with us on numerous occasions.
*~*~*
As I stood and looked at the reflection that was staring back at me, I found it hard to believe that the person in the mirror was me. Being pregnant with twins had given me a real glow, my skin was flawless and my eyes seemed to twinkle even brighter, I wasn’t one hundred percent sure however, if it was the pregnancy that was doing it or how happy I was right now in this exact moment. I didn’t wear much make up usually so
“Well, I know my mother almost catching us in the summer was like a bucket of cold water, but that was colder than the ice bucket challenge wasn’t it?” Blake continued to laugh as I buried my face in his chest with embarrassment.
“Thank god for the lock,” I replied before our laughter stemmed slowly.
“So,” Blake said as he placed his fingers under my chin and lifted my gaze to him.
“So,” I smiled back.
“I’ll see you at six.” Blake placed his lips to the tip of my nose.
“It’s a date,” I replied.
“The best date that we have ever had,” Blake said as he swept my hair away from my eyes. “Don’t be late.”
“Never.” Blake placed a lingering kiss to my lips before leaving the room, I watched as he jogged down the stairs and opened the front door before waving towards the kitchen where all of the ladies began whistling and cheering at him. One thing was for sure, my butterflies had now well and truly vanished and my nerves had now been replaced with pure excitement at becoming Blake’s wife.
*~*~*
It was hard to believe that it was my wedding that was just an hour away, the house was complete chaos and the only person who was sitting still was me.
Both of our mothers were running around as if the world was about to end while Casey was busy tweaking her hair in frustration because one piece just ‘wouldn’t sit right’. Jemma was on the phone to Tim’s parents every two minutes checking that baby Elianna was okay without her and Jasmine was re-dressing Fraser for at least the tenth time in the past hour. He had invented his own little game which he seemed to be enjoying immensely as he would continue to remove his tie, and then his waistcoat, and then his tie again once Jasmine had struggled to get it back on and looking perfect. I just sat and took in everything that was going on around me and everything that I was lucky enough to have been blessed with.
A sudden calmness surrounded us as piece by piece, the jigsaw slowly fitted together and everyone seemed to relax in unison. The fingers on the kitchen clock ticked loudly with each stroke as my time as Josephine Summers was coming to an end.
“Time to get you into that dress lady, your uncle will be here soon and we don’t want to give him a scare now do we?” Casey stood to the side of me along with Jasmine and Jemma; each of them was smiling down at me as though the craziness that I had just witnessed from all of them was all just a figment of my imagination.
“Okay, let’s do this,” I replied excitedly as I hopped off the stool and followed my bridesmaids upstairs.
Casey seemed more relaxed today than I had seen her since she arrived here on Christmas Eve; she had confided in me on Christmas Day that she and Alex had started married life on quite a rocky road after they had both decided that they wanted to start a family straight away. Casey had confessed to me that because I fell pregnant so quickly with Blake that she had been naïve enough to believe that the same would happen to her; but after not falling pregnant in the first three months Casey had taken this to mean that something must be wrong with either her or Alex which had caused an obvious strain.
I still ensured however, that amongst the madness of the wedding planning, I checked in with Casey every day at some point, as did Blake with Alex, just to make sure that they were both doing okay.
Both Blake and I had spent the past week trying to fix them both; just as they had with us on numerous occasions.
*~*~*
As I stood and looked at the reflection that was staring back at me, I found it hard to believe that the person in the mirror was me. Being pregnant with twins had given me a real glow, my skin was flawless and my eyes seemed to twinkle even brighter, I wasn’t one hundred percent sure however, if it was the pregnancy that was doing it or how happy I was right now in this exact moment. I didn’t wear much make up usually so
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