"Leah, I'm so proud of you. You graduated from college. My little baby is all grown up." Said Roberta Dutton, Leah's mom.
"Thanks mom," Leah said giving her mom a big hug.
"Now Leah, we're having a little celebration at the beach. Why don't you, Kelly, and Jeremy go freshen up back at home and the group and I will meet you at the beach. What do you say?" asked Roberta.
"Sure mom, I'll go get Jeremy and Kelly." Said Leah as she went in search for her fiancée and her best friend. When she found them they headed towards her car and drove to her house.
"Jeremy, wait down here while Kelly and I go upstairs and change out of our graduation gowns." Leah said once the three of them had gotten inside her house.
"Sure, I'll be down here waiting," Jeremy replied.
"So Leah, have you found a wedding dress yet?" Kelly asked her best friend when they were upstairs changing out of their graduation gowns.
"Not yet, I found one but I'm not sure I really and truly like it." Leah answered.
"Well you better find one soon, the wedding is coming up really soon." Kelly said.
"I just want my wedding dress to be perfect, all women want that," I stated.
"Yes, but not all women have gone to every wedding store in a 40 mile radius of where we live and still not find a dress." Kelly said.
"I'm not that picky," Leah said.
"Yes you are, every dress you dried on was either too long, too short, too low, too high, not enough sparkles and sequins, too much sparkles and sequins," Kelly said counting off the excuses on her fingers.
"I wasn't like that exactly," Leah said defensive.
"Yes you were." Kelly said back.
"No I wasn't," Leah yelled.
"Yes you were," Kelly yelled back.
"No!"
"Yes!"
"NO!"
"YES!"
"I was not!" Leah yelled.
"Fine, you weren't," Kelly said. "But you really were," she said quietly.
"I heard that!"
"Sorry! Why are you all up tight about this wedding thing?" every time we talk about it, we argue." Kelly said.
"Can we just stop talking about the wedding, please? I just graduated from college," Leah asked.
"I guess," Kelly answered.
DING DONG, DING DONG"Jeremy could you get that?" Leah yelled down the stairs.
"Sure, are you almost ready to go?" Jeremy yelled back up.
"Yes," Leah replied.
"Hello," Jeremy said when he opened the front door to Leah's house.
"Hello, is Leah Lewis-hall here?" said the man standing in the doorway. He was dressed very old fashion; like farmers in the early 1800's. He wore a hat that covered his face in a dark shadow. His skin was very tan, like he was always outdoors.
"Sure is, Leah sweetheart there is a man here to see you!" Jeremy yelled up the stairs.
Sweetheart? Why did this man call her sweetheart? Were they engaged? Were they married? All these questions were floating around in the man's head as he stood in the doorway of Leah's house.
"Who is it?" Leah shouted down.
"I'm very sorry, I've been very impolite, my name is Jeremy Roberts, and you are?" Jeremy asked the mysterious man.
"My name is…" The man said
"Yes?" Jeremy asked.
"Ethan Longacre"