Chapter 257 - Ocean – Planning Part 3

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Ocean

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"Alright, let's move on to better and happier subjects." Deliah grinned at me as she tried to transition the entire conversation. At that moment, Roberto walked over to the table with a couple of other waiters and waitresses.

"I have your food here." He was smiling at me. "And among the books that you asked me to put on the table for you, I have included my catering menu. Let me just tell you, Ocean, that I am so happy for you. You and your boyfriend make a very lovely couple. I want you to know that I am available to cater for you on the day in question. At a discount as well. You and your family have been loyal customers and friends for years. And even your parents have been here a few times, Makai. They are lovely people."

"That is so sweet of you, Roberto." Julie gushed at the offer that he had made to us.

"It is the least that I can do. I feel like I am a part of your family with how much you all have been here. I know that this is one of Ocean's favorite places and he is one of my favorite customers. I would definitely want to be a part of the special day. And if I am there to cater the event, then I will feel like I am part of the festivities." He was smiling wistfully. It was like he was truly hoping that we would let him cater because he felt like he wouldn't be allowed to come to the wedding otherwise.

"You know what, Roberto." Makai grinned at him. "I think that we will go with you. And we will pay full price, I don't want to hurt our friendship by paying you less than you deserve. And even if we had gone with someone else, we would have invited you to the wedding. You're a good friend to us all."

"Oh, Makai. You are such a good boy." I could tell that he was happy right now. It almost looked like he was about to cry. "I will make sure that your special day is perfect. Well, at least where the food is concerned." He laughed slightly at the small little joke he had made. He was a good man, and I was glad that he was there for us.

"I will hold you to that." I joked with him.

"Yes, yes, of course." At that moment, he heard someone calling him from across the restaurant. "I need to go. You pick out what you want for the reception. Let me know what you decide, and I will have it all ready for you." He hurried off then, unable to stay any longer.

"Well, now that the food is here, we can eat while we plan this wedding." Julie grabbed one of the large serving plates and started to pile food onto her plate. "Come on, all of you dig in. I know that you two are hungry." She leveled a look at me and Makai then. I mean, she wasn't wrong, but that look kind of hurt. Just a little bit, but still it hurt.

"It's not like I am a pig." I narrowed my eyes at her as I started to pile three times as much food onto my plate as she had on hers.

"Yeah, sure you aren't." She laughed at me. "And I am the fucking queen of England. Can't you tell? I am almost a hundred years old and look damn good for my age."

"You're a fucking riot, Julie. A real fucking riot." I was still piling food on my plate, so I guess I really couldn't say anything else. I was actually eating like a pig. But it wasn't my fault. I was not human. She just didn't know that.

"Oh my God!" Grantham started to groan and moan obscenely as he ate his food. "Mmm. Ngh! This is so fucking good! Mmm. Mmm. Nngh!"

"Stop having a fucking foodgasm you idiot." Deliah smacked him like Julie had smacked me earlier. These girls were fucking savage, I swear.

"I can't. It's so fucking good. And it's been so long since I ate here. I don't live at home anymore, so I don't have that luxury." He looked like he was trying to be all upset and offended but he also couldn't stop eating his food.

"Yeah, well you're not the only one you idiot." Deliah snapped at him. "Julie and I don't eat here anymore either." She reminded him of their circumstances too.

"Yeah, but I have been away longer and Julie will still eat here on her breaks."

"So did you." Julie got in on the bickering between the other two.

I didn't want to listen to them anymore. I wanted them to just be quiet and let me enjoy my food. I also wanted to get this wedding planning done and over with. That was why I looked over at Makai.

He was eating too. And his plate was just as full as mine was. That was another thing that I liked about being with him. We both ate the same amount of food, so I didn't need to be embarrassed about it.

"Hey." He smiled at me as he spoke. "Is something wrong?" He asked me with curiosity in his voice.

"No. I was just thinking. I didn't think that this was going to happen today. Or ever really. I knew that I wanted to be married to you and all that, but I didn't think that we would ever get to this whole planning part. I..i..it's kind of.. kind of nerve wracking. You know what I mean?" I hoped that he didn't think that I was being a big idiot. I was so nervous right now. I mean, would he think that I really didn't want to marry him because I didn't want to plan the wedding? I didn't want to let that happen at all. I didn't want him to think that I didn't love him.

"I know what you mean. To actually see the fact that we are planning it, it's kind of nerve wracking and surreal."

"So, you hadn't thought about planning it either?" I felt momentarily relieved.

"No. I thought about it. But I didn't think that it was going to happen this soon. Then your siblings approached me recently and I thought that they had a point. We needed to get it done sooner rather than later."

So even he had thought about it. Was it just me? Was I the only one that hadn't thought about this part of it at all?

"I..I'm sorry, Makai." I hung my head and dropped my fork.

"For what?" He was confused now.

"For not even thinking about these things. I never once thought about the planning process. I somehow just thought that it was just going to happen all by itself."

"That is totally fine, Ocean. There is no reason to worry about that at all." I could tell that he was serious. He wasn't upset at all. That was another reason that I loved him so much. He always knew what to say and when to say it.

"I love you." I couldn't stop the words from coming out of my mouth.

"I love you too, silly. And I already knew that you loved me. Though I do love hearing it."

"Aww, look at you two. You're just so fucking cute." I hadn't realized that my three siblings had stopped arguing. But now I noticed that it was eerily quiet on the other side of the table. They had stopped bickering and were watching me and Makai as we shared an intimate moment.

"You know what? Sometimes I just really hate having siblings." I sighed again. "Hahh. What do you three want?" I looked over at them with a glare.

"Duh! We need to plan this wedding." Julie just rolled her eyes at me. "You know what Ocean? Sometimes I really do think that you're an idiot. How can you be in so many advanced placement classes and still be so dumb? It truly is mind boggling."

"And how can you look like an angel when you're nothing but a rotten fucking devil at heart? It truly is mystifying." Deliah, Grantham and Makai laughed at us. Hell, even Julie smirked at my words. I forgot she liked it when someone pointed out her impish nature.

"Come on, Ocean, let's figure this all out." She pretended like I hadn't said anything at all. That was something that usually scared me. She was storing up that evilness for a later date. Would she release it on me or someone else? I don't think I wanted to know. Ever.

We really did get down to business though. We wanted to be as thorough as we could here, that way I didn't have to be dragged away, or kidnapped away, from training again. So we went over it all.

We started off by picking some of our favorite foods from the catering menu. Roberto had been so gracious to provide it for us after all. After that, we picked color accents for the tuxedos and other decorations. They were, of course, going to be blue and green to match our eyes.

After that, we made a decision on flowers. I knew that I didn't want to have too many flowers at the wedding, but it just didn't feel like a wedding without them. So, I suggested lilies since they were not the 'traditional' flower of choice. Specifically blue lilies. That would cover the blue and the green all at once with somewhite thrown in here andthere. And surprisingly, Makai and all my siblings thought that was a good idea.

From there, it didn't feel like we had too much to do. They were going to take care of choosing a photographer and all that other stuff. And Makai suggested we just use his parents' house for the wedding. It was more than big enough and there was lovely landscaping. So it was definitely a good choice for us. I didn't see a problem with it and neither did Julie, Deliah or Grantham. 

"It seems to me that we have almost everything figured out by now." Julie smiled at me. "Now all we need to do is start executing our plans, after we run them all by Mom and Dad. And of course by your parents, Makai."

"Well, that will be a little difficult. They are away on business. But I will send a message to them, don't worry." He assured her with a smile.

"Alright. Then I think that we're done here." She nodded at him.

"Yeah, almost." This time Grantham spoke with an evil grin. "We need to plan their bachelor parties. But they can't be part of that." He was laughing as he stood up. Come on, let's go."

Before I could stop them, they were all out of the building. Dammit. I didn't like the way that Grantham had said that. It made me really, really nervous.