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Post by Tori on Sept 5, 2011 21:12:40 GMT -5
After all the photos were finished being taken, and Arielle managing to stay awake enough to give them a smile, before falling back asleep in Max's arms again, everyone else had left. "Thank you." Max kindly said, turning to his dad next who was the next to give a compliment. "You guy's were amazing up there. You really were. I'm very proud of you," he looked at Max then to Naomi. "Both of you." he grinned wider at the two of them. "Thanks Dad." Max said again, managing to get a hug in to his father, careful not to wake Arielle up. Toni went over to give Naomi a hug next, giving her a kiss on the forehead. "You really do look beautiful, you know. And I'm proud to call you my daughter-in-law." he told her softly, as Max was over with Mia, giving her a small hug too.
A little while later, Toni led Mia out towards the dance hall next, leaving Max and Naomi, and Arielle, alone for a bit before they too continued on to the next room.
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Post by Mia on Sept 5, 2011 21:24:51 GMT -5
Naomi bit her lip, smiling and blushing when Toni complimented her and kissed her. "Thank you." She said softly, lowering her eyes. Mia smiled when Max hugged her, and kissed Ari's forehead gently. "I know you'll be good for Naomi. She needs you." She whispered to Max, pulling away with another smile. "Don't keep everyone waiting~" She wiped away the last of her tears and left with Toni to the dance hall.
Naomi turned to Max once they were alone, walking over to him to kiss him gently. "I'm ready for this to be over." She sighed, resting her head on his chest. Well, as much as she could with Ari there anyway. Even though she had worn flats, her feet were still hurting from the pregnancy and she was still tired. Naomi smiled up at him, kissing him again.
"I missed you." She whispered. They hadn't been together since yesterday morning, considering the whole groom not allowed to see the bride thing. So she had to stay the night at her moms night, and had missed Max terribly.
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Post by Tori on Sept 5, 2011 21:36:14 GMT -5
Max smiled gently at her, kissing her forehead next when she leaned against him. "I know, sweetheart, I know." he rubbed his free hand against Naomi's backside soothingly. "Just a little longer, alright? We still gotta get a dance in, remember?" he reminded, moving his hand from her back to her chin, lifting it up to face him. "As well as the father daughter and mother son dance." he added in, now stroking her cheek with his fingers, before leaning in to kiss her once more.
"I missed you too, Nai. But now, we can see each other all the time. And did I tell you that I'm looking forward to our honeymoon?" he chuckled softly, kissing her nose this time.
"Come on, everyone's waiting."
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Post by Mia on Sept 5, 2011 21:46:14 GMT -5
Naomi sighed, nodding. She knew he was right, she just wanted it to be over now. Closing her eyes when he kissed her, she kissed him back, trying to make it last a bit longer than they other kisses.
She blushed deeply at his honeymoon comment, looking away. She wasn't super huge yet, only about three months into the pregnancy, but she still felt like Max wouldn't want her while she was pregnant. She took his hand in hers, sighing again as they walked into the dance hall and took their seats at the wedding party table.
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Post by Tori on Sept 5, 2011 22:28:21 GMT -5
As they walked in the next room, all eyes were quickly on them again. They reached their table, where Toni and Mia and the rest of the main wedding goers, and Max set Arielle, who was starting to open her eyes again, in her high chair at their table.
Just as they got comfortable then, David stood up, tapping his fork against his glass of wine. "Can I have everyone's attention please?" he called out across the room, clearing his throat. Max knew what was about to happen, but he certainly wasn't expecting it at all. "I'd like to make a toast. Actually, Shane, and the wonderful bridesmaids and I would all like to make a toast," he glanced down at his brother and sister-in-law, "to this awesome couple right here." Max felt his own cheeks start to burn now as he slid down in his seat slightly.
"Max and Naomi...." David started the toast, and during his rather short speech, Max kept having to grab Arielle's binky and toys from off the floor that she continued to throw purposely for her own giggles and fun. Once she decided to stop though, was during David's last sentence saying, "...and Naomi, I couldn't have asked for a better sister-in-law." then pointed to the next person in line, Shane, who surprisingly, agreed to give a short, if not shorter, toast to the bride and groom.
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Post by Mia on Sept 6, 2011 21:06:13 GMT -5
Naomi blushed during the speech, keeping her gaze down until he reached the end. She smiled up at David, the blush still burning her cheeks, and then she looked at Shane when he stood rather awkwardly. "I can't promise a great speech." He started. "And it sure as hell ain't gonna be very long." Leave it to Shane to have appropriate language at the wedding with children present. "But I just have to say that even though I haven't been the best brother to Naomi, I am proud of her and I love her. And I know Max will take care of her. He better." He added as an after-thought, quickly sitting down when he was done. Naomi grinned. "I love you too Shane." She mouthed to him, earning a huff and a light blush on his cheeks.
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Post by Tori on Sept 6, 2011 22:34:05 GMT -5
Max couldn't help but laugh a bit when Shane told his speech. Sure, it wasn't like him to give a toast, but he still was thankful for it. He mouthed the words, "Thanks Shane" after Naomi had, grinning to the rest of the crowd as they clapped for them. "David why'd you have to embarrass me? At least Shane made me laugh." he asked his brother unexpectedly as their dinners were being served then. "Oh..just thought it would be funny. That's a nice color on you by the way little brother." David joked, pointing to Max's cheeks were still a light shade of red. "Oh, shut up." he replied simply, taking a sip of his drink before digging in on his meal.
Not much later, Max moved Arielle over to the kids table where her cousins and the other kids were since Seth had offered to watch over them anyway. "Mine!" Arielle screeched, as she stretched her tiny arms out across the table trying to reach some of the other kids foods on their plates. "No, that mine! Get you'we own!" Kyle, one of the twins, yelled to his cousin, pulling his plate in towards him so no one would be able to reach. Even though he himself, had stolen a piece of his own brother's food off his plate. "Hey!" Connor, Kyle's twin whined, "That's mineee!" he cried out, getting his revenge by grabbing a piece of food off of his plate. "You guys are so weird..." Brooklyn piped in, munching on her own food more peacefully than the others were, taking sips of her grape juice every now and then.
Meanwhile at the guest tables, the two families were mixed in together, enjoying each other's company. Jasmine and Autumn and their dates being at one table with a few of Naomi's family as well. And Trinity and Katie and her boyfriend, Nick were at another table with some of Naomi's siblings as well, chatting it up. Katie couldn't help but glance over every once and a while at the kids table, worried that her boys, more likely Kyle, was going to cause a riot any second now. "Katie, relax. Seth is over their watching them." Trinity tried telling her, but Katie wouldn't buy it. "He doesn't know the boys like I do. Especially Kyle. He's probably planning some scheme in his little head right now to cause chaos and have me lose my temper once again." Trinity sighed, she didn't know what else to say to her. She looked over at Nick then, hoping he had something up his sleeve to distract her from the kids table and onto some other conversation worth having.
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Post by Mia on Sept 7, 2011 18:02:07 GMT -5
Naomi giggled softly, looking up at Max when David pointed out his blush. "It is a nice color." She grinned, kissing his cheeks. "And a nice change from it being on me all the time." She began picking at her own meal then, debating what to eat. She still couldn't eat much, but it was slowly getting better.
"Hey guys, be nice." Seth said, more to Kyle than anybody. He cut a small piece of his own meal and put it on a napkin to give to Ari to nibble on. He turned back to the twins, shaking his head. "Keep your hands on your own plates." He scolded lightly. Ryder, Yume and Aithne just watched, eating their own food quietly.
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Post by Tori on Sept 7, 2011 21:56:28 GMT -5
"But the color suits you better, Nai." Max teased, kissing her back on the cheek. He looked down at Naomi's plate then seeing her nudge around bites of it with her fork. "You okay, Nai? I want to make sure you're eating enough still. For the baby, remember?"
Connor looked up at Seth, giving him a pouty face at first, but returning to his food right away. Kyle, however, continued picking from his brother's plate, flicking green peas across the table at the other kids for his own entertainment. "Ewww! Kyle, stoooop!" Brooklyn squealed, nearly jumping out of her seat to wipe away the peas from her dress. "Gross!" Arielle on the other hand, was enjoying the drama at the kids table; clapping her hands and kicking her feet, and squirming in her seat excitedly every time a pea came near her side of the table. As a reaction, Arielle grabbed a fist full of what Seth had gave her to nibble on and tossed that across the table next, just barely missing Aithne.
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Post by Mia on Sept 7, 2011 23:38:09 GMT -5
Naomi nodded, looking down. "I'm fine. Just trying to decide what to eat first." She finally popped something in her mouth, smiling at Max as she chewed. The chefs had been warned in advanced to give her only a little bit of food since she couldn't eat much, so she was pretty sure she'd be able to finish her food. Naomi grabbed Max's hand under the table. "Thanks for worrying though."
"Hey!" Aithne whined, dodging the peas. Seth sighed softly, why did he like kids again? He took the food off Ari's plate, who was just giggling and clapping her hands together now. Standing, he walked over to Kyle's seat and lifted it, boy and all. "Scoot down." He ordered the kids, who all moved over to fill in the empty space. He then set Kyle down next to him and grabbed his plate, keeping it just out of reach from the boy. "When you learn to behave you can have your food back." He told him simply, getting back to his own meal.
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Post by Tori on Sept 8, 2011 0:01:27 GMT -5
Max nodded, squeezing her hand as she did to his under the table, whispering back to her, "No problem, sweetheart." and he kissed her temple before returning back to his own food as well as their own table's conversation; which wasn't much really except for how happy everyone was that Max and Naomi were finally married and such.
Kyle was about to throw a couple more peas at the kids to continue his own enjoyment, but was stopped just in time by Seth. "Hey!" he whined, attempting to reach his plate again once his chair was set next to Seth, but that was moved too. "Bu'...bu'....I'm hungwyyy! And I didn' do anyting wrong anyway..." he pouted, hoping that would win back his food, although it seemed not to. Connor was giggling on the opposite side of the table from him, continuing to scoop his own food in his hands and eat peacefully with the rest of the kids except for Arielle who continued giggling. She realized then that her own food was taken away from her as well, and she began whining and reaching out for any piece of food near her, but couldn't reach anything. "Hungy! Hungy!" she cried, continuing to make grabby motions with her hands to the napkin of food that Seth had taken away from her.
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Post by Mia on Sept 8, 2011 15:31:34 GMT -5
"When you prove to me that you can behave, you can have your food back. Until then, just...sit here quietly." Seth turned to Arielle then, who was still whining about being hungry, and picked a piece off her napkin to hand to her. He kept an eye on her, making sure she didn't throw the food again, but he didn't have anything to worry about since she began chewing on it immediately.
Other than the little fiasco at the kids table, things seemed to be progressing smoothly. And pretty soon, Ichigo began tapping her spoon on her glass, a tradition that usually meant the bride and groom were to stop whatever they were doing and kiss. Naomi blush, shooting a glare at the red-headed girl, who only grinned and continued tapping her glass.
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Post by Tori on Sept 8, 2011 16:31:44 GMT -5
Kyle didn't say anything back to Seth. All he did was cross his little arms and pout in his seat, while the rest of the kids continued eating their own meal, including Arielle who was still sucking on the piece of food that Seth had handed her.
At the sound of the glass being tapped, Max looked up at Ichigo, then to Naomi with a small chuckle. He leaned over himself to kiss Naomi on the lips, keeping the tradition up. He placed a hand over her cheek, kissing her slightly deeper before leaning back up again to face the crowd which was filled with awes and small claps.
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Post by Mia on Sept 8, 2011 16:38:41 GMT -5
Seth chuckled softly at Kyle's posture and grabbed his plate, placing it in front of him. "Here." He said. "But if you misbehave, I'm taking it again, okay?" He really did love little kids, even the ones who acted just like Kyle.
Naomi blushed when Max kissed her, and it only deepened as he deepened the kiss. She bit her lip when he pulled away, keeping her gaze on her plate. Pretty soon, dinner was done and dessert was being passed out. Which meant, it was also time for the dance floor to open up. And the first dance that was to be occurring was the mother/groom dance.
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Post by Tori on Sept 8, 2011 16:47:14 GMT -5
Kyle first looked up at Seth with wide eyes, actually listening to what he was saying before he dug back into his plate; possibly making a bigger mess than even Arielle was, almost as if he hasn't eaten in a month or two. Connor just gave him a glare, sticking his tongue out at his twin when he wasn't looking before finishing up his own plate with along with Brooklyn who was waiting patiently, if not, anxiously for the dessert to be passed out next. "Cake?!?" Kyle squealed, watching as the kids were being handed their dessert first, Kyle of course getting his last. Arielle giggled and clapped her hands into her own tiny piece, and smashing what was on her hands onto her face, barely making any of it in her mouth.
Max looked at how the dance floor was emptying. It, indeed, was time for the dances to start. Toni got up from his seat first, passing by Max with a smile turning to him before he reached to Naomi. "May I have this dance?" Toni asked, doing his own little bow while holding a hand out for Naomi to grasp.
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