Chapter 41: Purple Haze
POV: Zac
Word Count: 3215
September 5, 2009
Taylor and Stella were finally saying I Do. After busting our asses in the studio all week the album was done. It took longer than planned but it was done! We had to be there two hours early. Unlike Isaac’s wedding, Stella had been super smart and found a place that did it all at the right price. So, the hours before the wedding was just low-key, Gabby was with the girls getting ready and I was here with Taylor.
“Purple Haze…” I said.
“What?” Taylor asked.
“You let her choose purple for your wedding?”
“It’s not purple, it’s shades of purple and even a twinge of grey.”
“It’s purple Tay. You’re getting married and instead of some luscious red or traditional colors you have purple.”
“You didn’t do much different.”
“I did white. You cannot get more traditional than that.”
“He has you there.” Isaac said.
“You did red. You wanted something more simplistic.”
“I wanted to make Nicole happy. Considering I couldn’t afford to do everything you two did. We didn’t shop smart and really, Philbrook was super expensive alone.”
Taylor pointed. “That is why my wedding is purple haze. Stella already gives up so much for me and this band, allowing her to do whatever color she wanted was important to me. Even if you two clearly hate it.”
“Never said we hated it Tay.” I said.
He just stared but eventually got up to shower. Gabriel came in while he was gone.
“Who in the ever loving hell agreed to purple?!”
“That would be our brother who followed my lead and said it was to make Stella happy.” Ike said.
“Ugh, fucking purple tie?!”
“I know, it’s not bad though, grey suits.”
“I saw your wife Zac, what happened to your supermodel everyone told me about.”
I raised an eyebrow, I really didn’t want to kill anyone today over remarks like those but Ike laughed.
“It’s his fault, he knocked her up.”
“Explains everything, you do know your suppose to wait until everyone is married and caught up right?”
“Bullshit. If I waited on them we’d be have been married ten years before they decided to move along.”
“Truth. I have to give you credit, she is very pretty.”
I smiled. “Suck up, you just don’t want the ass kicking you were about to get.”
“Truth. I dropped Scarlet off with them and saw her. She just had a robe on.”
“A robe?” I asked.
“Yeah. I think maybe they were doing a last minute alteration, Elaine was there too.”
“It’s possible.”
Taylor came out partially dressed in the black slacks and a white wife beater shirt. “I love their shower! Hey Gabe.”
They talked back and forth and Eric came in about thirty minutes late. We hadn’t really seen him in several months, he was always more Taylor’s friend than anyone else.
“So, I came in and saw this really gorgeous ass in a purple dress, auburn hair and hot. Any idea who she is?”
I looked at Isaac, because let’s face it Nicole had ass but not as much as Gabriella did. Ike raised an eyebrow. “Was she quite endowed on the top front too?”
“Hell yeah.”
“That would be my wife.” I said.
“Wife? When the fuck did you get married and how the hell did you land her?”
“I’ve been married almost two years Eric, Tay, dude did you not tell him?”
“I included it in a message!”
“I’ve been out of the country a while, messages are subjective. I must not have gotten that one..wait…isn’t one of your wives pregnant?”
Isaac and Taylor both pointed to me. “His.”
“When is she due?”
“December. She’s 27 weeks I think is the right one.”
“Why is it every time I walk into a room I’m the focus of the conversation?” Gabby asked.
“Could have been anyone.” Ike said.
“There is only one wife for him that’s preggy Ike.”
I raised an eye at the dress, sure it fit fantastic on her, it came down to the floor and the little silky fabric just flowed. The top was sparkly and strapless but that wasn’t quite my problem.
“Um, Gabs, they do plan to uh…like…maybe cover you up some, right?”
None of the other guys in the room made any effort to turn around when I commented on that and she smiled.
“Yes. Elaine brought over a piece that can go over me, I just don’t have it on right now. I figured you’d want to see without it.”
“I do, but the others don’t.”
She giggled and headed out. I think she legit did that on purpose. We set about getting ready and then going over the process of lining up. True to her word, when she came out to walk down there was a bit of fabric covering the impressive little pillows. As we waited for everyone else I leaned over.
“You keeping that on until we get home?”
She smiled some. “Only if your leaving that suit on.”
“Consider it done.”
Stella was standing ahead of us with her father, both looked nervous as hell. The bottom was more a-line and free flowing, with details around the ends. A beaded waist with a lace top that had details all around. A strapless dress with a mesh shoulder covering. Taylor was going to cry for sure. Our suits were grey with a black vest, purple tie and sash and white long-sleeve shirts. Taylor was black with a purple vest, tie and dark purple sash. Their colors were a few shades of purple with a splash of grey. Vescis Piscus chapel was the one that cho0se. It turned out very pretty with purple and white flowers at the end of every other pew and tall purple domes behind them. The walk down was eventless, we separate and waited for Stella.
I provided the napkin when he got teary. But they both needed them by the end of the ceremony. We did go to the reception right after because they wanted to see the cake.
“Sweet Jesus Taylor, how big is that thing?”
“Tall.”
The wedding cake was about five feet tall, maybe even six. The main part of the cake had three layers, separated by pillars by about two inches. The cake itself was white with purple lace trim and the centers had purple and silver flowers. The bottom layer was sitting on top of tall pillars and under it was a water fountain with purple details, coming off four sides were little stairways and then single tiers matching the main cake was presented. It was quite nice.
Once seen we headed back for the pictures. Before pictures Gabby went to the bathroom, which let us get the guys pictures first, when she came back she got the girls and everything.
“Going to be blind after all these.”
Like with Nicole’s, Mom requested pictures and we were not dumb enough to deny her that. After that we headed to the reception area for real. I really did like the reception area. The cake was front and center, the tables had white linen clothes with purple lace draped over them, silver placemats with white plates. It was elegant and even the center pieces were elegant. Simple flowers with lace accents. We took our seats and lunch was served. They had gone with chicken, Salmon, and steak. I think about every guy here had steak, but Gabby had gone with chicken.
“No fish?”
“No. He said to lay back about once a week. So, no fish for me.”
I could see Lucas was here, obviously Eric and Gabe were here, Jack and Andrew along with Abby were here. Several people I really hadn’t seen in forever like Caleb, Marcus, Samuel, and even Gabe’s parents. Lunch went very well and then we had some time to mingle and then we got to dance! When I got tired there were numerous others here for her to dance with and the same went for her. I know she went to the bathroom several times but the last time when she came back she really didn’t look that happy. I cut out dancing with Stephanie, handing her to Isaac and went to Gabby.
“Hey, you okay?”
“Yeah..” she said.
I sat down beside her and tilted my head some. “What is wrong Gabriella? Are you hurting? Do we need to leave?”
“I’m fine.”
“Then what is it?”
“Did you see anyone follow me to the bathroom?”
“No, why?”
“I heard someone else come in, not uncommon there are a few stalls. But, when I come out there was a owl sitting on the counter. It was a small pink one, cute looking.”
“No note?”
“No.”
“What did you do?”
“I wrapped it in a paper towel, put it in my bag. I just…I couldn’t even tell if it was a man or woman that came in. I didn’t hear anyone follow me inside and I didn’t see anyone when I came out.”
“I wasn’t paying attention to who could have missing. Do you…you can’t think he is here.”
“Come on Zac, we’ve established this person knows us. Most of the people we know are here.”
“Have you noticed anyone being weird?”
“No. I haven’t smelled that odor either but everyone has so much perfume on I can barely smell anything but floral stuff.”
“I know, it’s quite strong. If you go back, just let me know and I’ll either walk back with you or keep an eye out.”
She nodded and I cheered her up a bit with nuzzling her neck some. But even though we both returned to the dance floor and interacted, it now became everyone that approached her I appraised. Was Lucas paying her more attention? She had a point about him being weird around her, but he wasn’t acting that way here. He had asked her dance, but so had everyone here. Even some of the girls. I could also tell that she was really getting irritated with people just touching her, and again that was everyone! I was actually really glad when the reception was over. We’d stayed the whole time but it was long. We helped where we could for clean up and then headed to the car. She got in and I opted to drive.
“My feet are killing me.” She said.
“I told you not to wear the heels.”
“The dress would have dragged the floor by inches.”
I leaned over and kissed her, nipped her neck. “How about a nice long bubble bath?”
I vaguely saw her eyes flutter. “No interruptions?”
“None.”
“Why are we still sitting here then?”
I straighten up and we headed home, I checked the mail and nothing was there but bills. Hate those! We then headed up, I parked in the garage and we got our bags and headed inside. Everything here was fine so I headed up and started that bath I owed. Making sure the water was perfect and then I found her, she was standing beside the bed holding a piece of paper in her hand. Fuck.
“Note?”
She nodded and handed it to me.
I got the point…I should leave you alone. But we both know that’s not going to happen until you’re here with me. Until you’re in my arms like you were today, until you’re smiling at me, like you did today. I loved that dress, just the right size, right places, I just wish you’d left off that cami. I should leave you alone, but I’m just not strong enough to walk away.
In his arms? Smiling at him? That son of a bitch was there.
“Don’t worry about it. The upside is that I can tell Detective Mabis who was there and he now can focus on them instead of everyone. He messed up with this Gabby, he screwed up.”
“I didn’t even know, no one stuck out.”
“It’s okay.”
I slowly moved the hair off her neck and leaned down, nipping at her neck. I unclipped the cami and tossed it on the table.
“It’s okay, because he didn’t see you without it. He didn’t get to run his hands across you like this either.”
I let my hand slide across the ample cleavage she sported in this dress, felt her exhale slowly, kind of relax back against me. I placed a few more kisses to her neck, slid that strap down, before I moved and got the zipper between my teeth, unzipping the back and then kissing my way back up.
“He won’t ever get to do that…”
I let my hands slide around, pushing the dress out and loosing it up and letting it just fall to the floor, she hadn’t even worn a bra which was perfect, I got to get a good feel before moving down. Letting my finger grasp the edge of the panties and just slid them down her hips.
“So mean…” she said.
I did pick the dress up and lay it across the bed before she returned the favor, getting me out of this damn suit! I then lead her to the tub, letting her get in and settled first. I chose to sit at her feet, gave me a chance for foot rubs. I knew the heels would hurt.
“That is mean.”
I just smiled, watched as she melted into the tub, sliding down just a bit. There was actually lines across her feet from the shoes, no more heels for her. But I made sure to ease the pain, even getting giggles running my finger up the bottom of her foot. Yet I wondered when she got this little smirk on her face and a moment later I found the right foot against me in the bottom of the tub.
“Hey!” I yelped.
But she’d been careful, no nails to the balls and that didn’t feel all that bad, a little weird perhaps. But the little movements were different. I didn’t even complain when she moved and got beside me, mainly because her hand had replaced her feet.
“He’s wrong.”
Her hand squeezed slightly, before coming up, strong even grasp around the base and she moved up.
“About?”
Her lips laid landed on my neck, before a slight nip to the ear. “I’d never touch him like this.”
When she went to move I helped so she wouldn’t slip in the tub. I was ready, but I let my hands slip down between us anyway, even though there was water from the tub I could easily get two fingers into her.
“Guaranteed he’d never get to do this.”
“Never..”
She leaned a bit forward. “Will you just fuck me already?”
Never had to ask twice, very little movement before she was sliding down on me. I was quite liking all these women on top positions, not sure I’d ever want to go back to the others. I let my hands stay on her ass, guiding and lifting. I could leaned down and run my tongue over those nipples or blow air all over them, attack that neck I loved so much. All the time I could feel her walls clenching, could feel the velvet caress the head of my dick just right. Thank god the water wasn’t too deep, the splashing was contained in the tub.
“Fuck you feel so good.” I whispered.
She moaned into my ear and I could feel her nails beginning to dig in a bit. Adding to the feeling and I sped up just a bit.
“Shit..Don’t stop.”
It wasn’t much longer before she was tightening up around me, holding on tight and screaming my name which always done it for me, letting that orgasm rip through me too.. Something she wouldn’t do for anyone else. She then just held me and I held her, nuzzled her neck as both of us came down.
“You know the water is cold right?” She asked.
“Want me to warm it back up or shower?”
She leaned back a bit and then kissed me. “Shower please, I’m kind of hungry now.”
I giggled and helped her move carefully. I got out and got the shower running before helping her out, a quick shower because well, how dirty could we be?! She then got a gown and slipped it on and I went with just a pair of boxers. It took rummaging to find something that we both wanted and it ended up being the same protein but different sides. I’m sorry, Collards were not my taste. I’d fix them all she wanted though, I just wasn’t eating them!
We sat down at the table and my attention was drawn to the stacks of baby items.
“What all did you and Mom get? I don’t think I’ve seen any of it.”
“You haven’t really, she brought me home and it’s been non-stop since then. Well, we lucked out that wally world had just put out winter stuff, so she got a couple pair of pants, the long-sleeve onesie, some cute little outfits. More girlie sleepers in a few sizes. She got all the way up to like 12 months.”
“Why 12 months?”
“Apparently you were almost in a 3 months when you were born and depending on how chubby she is, she could advance sizes kind of quick. So, there more precaution than anything.”
“No blue?”
“She did get some stuff that is blue, but it’s still girlie. You have to get over that!”
“Anything else?”
“Most of what she got was clothes, we did look at car seats and I think I know which one to get. We were at babies r us though for that. Kind of matches the stroller set. She also got a really thick fleece blanket since it’ll be winter.”
“I’ll dig through them after cleaning up.”
And I did, once the leftovers were up and the dishes cleaned we sat down and she showed me all the cute outfits. Most of the onesie had designs.
“I thought we needed socks? Mittens?”
“I couldn’t get everything, Sierra is left. She wants to get clothes too and whatever else is left. I figure she can go insane for the socks, mittens, hats, and bows.”
“Bows?” I asked.
“Girls wear bows.”
I groaned, I was really hoping this was a boy but I guess I needed to just accept reality. I just wasn’t ready yet! I was shocked at how much stuff was really needed though. Once the clothes were put back up and sat with the rest we did some more talking about the nursery, did we want pictures? If so, what? We then headed up to bed about 10. She was quick to fall asleep but I did wonder about this guy.
He was there. One of our close friends or family members was doing this. That was assuming this guy didn’t break in and leave it, assuming he could lure us away from his trail. But, that seemed unlikely. I made a note to tell Mabis when we stopped by Monday to drop off the latest items. I’d have a list of everyone at the wedding, I just wouldn’t tell Taylor or Stella that this creep was there, at least, not yet.
Taylor's suit & Stella's dress details
The Cake
Bridesmaids and Groomsmen suit