The Maybe Somewhat True Story: Choosing Locations
Part: 8/14
Previous parts: engagement announcement | picking the date | finding a wedding planner | picking the wedding party | official engagement announcement | guest list and invitations | choosing colors
Planning The Wedding
Part 7: Choosing Locations
Jade sighs. “You would think Oakdale is just this small subset of locations, just enough for a television show or something. But it’s actually got many charming locations, romantic, whimsical locations that would be perfect for a wedding. But the boys didn’t like them. What can I say? There were lots of wasted car trips.”
“Where did you go, for example?”
“Well, for example, Noah’s Aunt Ruth really pushed for an outdoor location, since she’s into that whole communion with nature thing. So, we found this pretty meadow, which has an old wall in the middle of it left over from an old church. It’s basically a historic ruin. Soooo romantic. But Luke and Noah just shook their heads in unison.”
“Why?”
“They thought it was too far out in the middle of nowhere and that if it were to rain, they’d be screwed - uh, stranded.”
“Where else?”
“Alison and I thought it would be awesome to rent a yacht and get them married on the water. But they thought it was easier not to deal with motion sickness or accidents - since we were going to have kids at the wedding, Ethan included.”
“So did you look at indoor locations as well?”
“Sure, Alison found this charming old movie theatre. I thought with Noah’s background that he’d love it. But boy, let me tell you, he did not love it.”
“Why not?”
“Well, he was adamant that his wedding didn’t disrupt the showing of movies. He said if it were his theater that stopped being a theater for a day for this event, he’d be so bummed.” Jade throws up her arms. “Honestly though, I think he was bummed in general because he was seeing so much less of Luke at that time. Luke was working overtime, as you know, so that he could go on his honeymoon. And well, that just left them both really, really cranky.”
Really, really cranky was the perfect way to describe how Noah increasingly felt. What he loved was spending time with Luke, cuddling, preferably naked. What he loved was not trekking all over Oakdale for yet another “perfect” location.
It would have been okay really, if wedding planning stayed confined to Saturdays. Noah had made peace with that. But Alison called one Sunday and Noah made the mistake of picking up. Jade called Luke on a Monday and he made the same mistake. A one-time thing, promise, turned into a steady-timed thing and soon their weeks were filled with more wedding planning days than not.
Noah dozed off on one particular trip. He was barely sleeping, what with last minute preps for his showcase and his work hours at WOAK, he was just about surviving. Luke slumped against him, hair tickling his cheek. It was nice, the rhythm of the car rocking them into slumber, the smell of each other in the backseats. It was nice until the rhythm jerked to a stop, Jade’s voice cutting through their haze in a singsong lilt. “Morning, love birds! We’re here.”
Luke wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and groaned. Noah blinked hard, groaned. “If wedding planning were my full time job…” Luke ran his hands over his hair and began to grump.
“Well, it’s not. You have me!” Alison beamed at him before stepping out of the car.
Jade gave a happy gasp as she followed.
Luke and Noah stumbled out after the girls. One look at the bed and breakfast and both of them promptly got back into the car, the slams of the doors their answer. They fell into each other's arms, gravitating by default. They weren’t naked, no, but for the time’s being, there was at least cuddling.
Part 9: Choosing the Cake
Previous parts: engagement announcement | picking the date | finding a wedding planner | picking the wedding party | official engagement announcement | guest list and invitations | choosing colors
Planning The Wedding
Part 7: Choosing Locations
Jade sighs. “You would think Oakdale is just this small subset of locations, just enough for a television show or something. But it’s actually got many charming locations, romantic, whimsical locations that would be perfect for a wedding. But the boys didn’t like them. What can I say? There were lots of wasted car trips.”
“Where did you go, for example?”
“Well, for example, Noah’s Aunt Ruth really pushed for an outdoor location, since she’s into that whole communion with nature thing. So, we found this pretty meadow, which has an old wall in the middle of it left over from an old church. It’s basically a historic ruin. Soooo romantic. But Luke and Noah just shook their heads in unison.”
“Why?”
“They thought it was too far out in the middle of nowhere and that if it were to rain, they’d be screwed - uh, stranded.”
“Where else?”
“Alison and I thought it would be awesome to rent a yacht and get them married on the water. But they thought it was easier not to deal with motion sickness or accidents - since we were going to have kids at the wedding, Ethan included.”
“So did you look at indoor locations as well?”
“Sure, Alison found this charming old movie theatre. I thought with Noah’s background that he’d love it. But boy, let me tell you, he did not love it.”
“Why not?”
“Well, he was adamant that his wedding didn’t disrupt the showing of movies. He said if it were his theater that stopped being a theater for a day for this event, he’d be so bummed.” Jade throws up her arms. “Honestly though, I think he was bummed in general because he was seeing so much less of Luke at that time. Luke was working overtime, as you know, so that he could go on his honeymoon. And well, that just left them both really, really cranky.”
Really, really cranky was the perfect way to describe how Noah increasingly felt. What he loved was spending time with Luke, cuddling, preferably naked. What he loved was not trekking all over Oakdale for yet another “perfect” location.
It would have been okay really, if wedding planning stayed confined to Saturdays. Noah had made peace with that. But Alison called one Sunday and Noah made the mistake of picking up. Jade called Luke on a Monday and he made the same mistake. A one-time thing, promise, turned into a steady-timed thing and soon their weeks were filled with more wedding planning days than not.
Noah dozed off on one particular trip. He was barely sleeping, what with last minute preps for his showcase and his work hours at WOAK, he was just about surviving. Luke slumped against him, hair tickling his cheek. It was nice, the rhythm of the car rocking them into slumber, the smell of each other in the backseats. It was nice until the rhythm jerked to a stop, Jade’s voice cutting through their haze in a singsong lilt. “Morning, love birds! We’re here.”
Luke wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and groaned. Noah blinked hard, groaned. “If wedding planning were my full time job…” Luke ran his hands over his hair and began to grump.
“Well, it’s not. You have me!” Alison beamed at him before stepping out of the car.
Jade gave a happy gasp as she followed.
Luke and Noah stumbled out after the girls. One look at the bed and breakfast and both of them promptly got back into the car, the slams of the doors their answer. They fell into each other's arms, gravitating by default. They weren’t naked, no, but for the time’s being, there was at least cuddling.
Part 9: Choosing the Cake