The Wedding Planner

Two.

I laid out all of my taster booklets and stroked the front of the materials one, feeling the silk under my touch. The start of planning a wedding was always the best. I loved just letting my creativity flow and experimenting with colours and themes. The crazier an idea was, the more I wanted to make it possible.

The sound of the two french doors opening made me jump. Liam stepped forward, leading Louis and Eleanor behind him. I smiled and rushed forwards, greeting them. "Hi, welcome to the very start of the best journey of your life." I curtsied slightly before reaching for Eleanor's hand to shake it and guiding her to the table. She sat down excitedly and Louis followed slowly. "Can I get you anything to drink?" I offered, but they both shook their heads so Liam smiled and left the room, closing the doors behind himself.

"Right, so you tell me what you want, what was your dream wedding growing up?" The couple looked between themselves and I could feel my smile straining. "Come on....you must have dreamt about something, a big cake, a colour scheme...?" Eleanor turned to face me, shaking her head. "I never wanted to get married until I met Louis." There was something so sickly sweet about her statement. Normally I loved hearing sappy romantic stories about how couples met but something felt odd here, maybe it was the way that Louis hung his head after she had said it, or maybe it was the way her eyes didn't quite sparkle like a bride to bes should. Nonetheless I smiled back and interlinked my hands.

"That's lovely, so, how did you meet, maybe we could incorporate that into the wedding?"

Eleanor told a long winding story about the first time she saw Louis. How she knew she wanted him and how she didn't stop until she had him. She went on to talk about their first date and how he won her a teddy bear at a fair. It was the type of story I spent my time dreaming about, something that I didn't realise people actually had happen in real life.

When she was done telling the story I looked over to Louis who was still looking down into his lap, but there was a small smile on his face and he reached over and placed his hand on Eleanor's thigh.

"Wow, that was an amazing story, there are elements we could incorporate into the wedding."

"We want exactly what you described before, with the outdoor ceremony and the candles, don't we Lou?"

"Excellent, I will wave my magic wand and that is what you shall have."