As we sit at the kitchen table talking about what to do I give them my list of things that I really really want.
"I know this isn't normal for a wedding but we have to have a chocolate fountain. I also want the theme to be purple and while. It has to be an outdoor Ceremony. And our wedding song has to be the fighter. Other than that you can figure things out. Mom you are officially our wedding planner. As long as the main points are covered I don't care what you do."
"Elyon do you have and specific things you want for the wedding? Time of day or place maybe?"
"No whatever makes Emma happy makes me happy. All I ask is we don't move to fast. My family is mostly over seas. They will need time to get here."
"Okay it will take time to set up things. Would you like a winter wedding or a summer wedding? Oh I can't wait to tell your father. You know you will have to tell the girls very soon."
I look at Elyon smiling and say," Yea I guess we need to have lunch today. Do you want to join me?"
"No my Love this is all you. I don't want to be a part of all the screaming. I was there for your birthday remember, Yvette and Marie were screaming louder than you were when Carrie came out on stage. No you can take then to lunch at Cammie's Diner so you can share the news with her too. Go make your calls and I will sit here safely and quietly with your mom."
Mom starts laughing at this so I just run upstairs to call the girls. They are excited they say they will meet me there. When I come downstairs I give Elyon a kiss and call him a chicken. Then I give mom a hug and kiss and I tell them both I'll see them later.
Once I get to the diner I go in and sit at our table. I see Cammie and wave to her. She comes over and she zeros in on the ring. She starts smiling and tells me congratulations. She hugs me and looks up to see the girls coming in. She points to them and walks away.
The girls walk through the door and come strait to our table. I smile at them and keep my hand below the table. Cammie comes over smiling and takes our lunch order. When she leaves I ask the girls how they like the party and we talked about Carrie Underwood and the songs she sang. Then our food got here. Once Cammie sat it all down I reached up to grab a fork and Yvette saw the ring. And sure enough Elyon was right. She started screeching and then Marie saw it and started crying. Cammie started laughing at them. Then after they calmed down we sat down and ate. I told them mom was the wedding planner so any thoughts or ideas had to go through her. So after we were done we all went back to my house.
Once we got inside I went over to Elyon and kissed him. Then I whispered," You were so right. There was a lot of screaming and crying. With a lot of laughing by Cammie and a little eating."
"And now you know why I stayed home. I'm sure we will hear more of it soon."
The girls come in and go strait to mom talking about everything at ninty miles an hour. It gets to the point that I can't keep up so Elyon and I go in the front room.
We are watching t.v when dad comes home for lunch. We say hi and he gives me a hug and shakes Elyon's hand then he asks," Where are the girls? I saw their car parked in the yard."
"Oh they are in the kitchen planning my wedding. Elyon asked me this morning."
"Congratulations both of you. See Son I knew she would say yes. I told you not to stress so much."
"Wait you talked to dad about it! Omg he never let on he knew. Did mom know? WOW."
"Elyon is a proper young man, he asked me for your hand a week ago. No your mom had no clue. Elyon asked me to keep the secret because he was waiting on the ring. I knew better than to say anything to your mother. I am very happy for both of you. Now I'll go see what they have planned so far. Maybe get food, then I have to get back to work."
Dad went in to talk to mom and I turned to Elyon and said," You really asked dad for permission to marry me? Wow no one does that anymore it's sweet."
"My love I'm very old fashioned, I like to do things properly. Besides I had to ask someone who wouldn't give the surprise away what your favorite color is."
"I love you. You are so sweet. I am so lucky." And I want to make love to you."
"Then let's go to lunch ourselves. No one needs to know if we eat or not. Let them know we are going out and we will go from there."
So I run in the kitchen and tell them Elyon and I are going to lunch, dad is the only one to respond by telling me to have fun. So we leave. I know when we come back later things will be interesting by the sound of the argument that is going on now.