It had been a year since Emma said yes to Avery's proposal and what a year it had been. Planning a wedding had been more work than Emma and Avery imagined. They decided to just have a small wedding on the beach with their closest family and friends. Neither wanted anything big as that wasn't their style. Plus, Emma loved the beach and had always dreamed of a beautiful beach wedding. They even rented the same beach house they met at for the week before the wedding. They were two weeks away from the wedding and there was still so much to do. They wanted to have everything done by the time they went to the beach house so they could relax and enjoy their time.
It was early Monday morning and Emma just woke up. The sun was barely even up yet. Avery was still asleep lying next to her looking so peaceful. Emma didn't want to wake her up. Plus, Avery didn't have to be up for another hour to get ready for work. Emma gently climbed out of bed and headed to the kitchen to make her coffee. It was beautiful out with a nice summer breeze so Emma decided to take her coffee and sit on the porch. Along with planning a wedding, Emma and Avery had been looking at houses too. They wanted to buy a house but they were taking their time to find the perfect one. A nice wrap around porch was one of Emma's must haves for their new house. She was day dreaming about what their new house would look like when she felt Avery's arms wrap around her. Avery kissed Emma on the cheek and said,
"Good morning beautiful!"
"Good morning baby!" Emma said
Avery took a seat next to Emma on the bench.
"Do you have to go into work today?" Avery asked
"Yea, I'm going in this afternoon. First, I'm going to make a few phone calls with venders to finalize some details and then go pick up our marriage license."
After a few more minutes of talking, Avery kissed Emma and headed to go get ready for work.
The week pretty much went the same way. Emma and Avery spent their days working and getting ready for their big day. Everything was finally coming together. At the week's end they were finally on vacation for two weeks. A week at the beach house and a week on their honeymoon in Puerto Vallarta.
It was Saturday late morning and Emma and Avery were finishing up packing for their trips. Since they wouldn't be coming back to their apartment before the wedding or their honeymoon, they had to make sure they packed everything which was definitely a lot of stuff. They were excited to be going back to the beach house where it all started. Even more excited that they had the house to themselves for a few days before their family and friends joined them mid-week. Finally, around four o'clock they were all done packing and had loaded up the car. They drove an hour to Ocean City, brought their stuff to the beach house, then went to go eat on the boardwalk. By the time they were done eating the sun had set but instead of heading back to the house they decided to go on a romantic walk on the beach. About an hour later they decided to head back to the house.
When they got back to the house Emma asked Avery what room should they take.
"How about the one where it all started!" Avery said with a grin.
"I think you just read my mind!" Emma said. "I'm going to freshen up babe. Why don't you go start the fire pit out back and I'll join you in a moment?"
"Ok baby, sounds good."