Chapter Thirty › Butterflies

Ivy's POV

"Okay, okay." Lucy sighs and grabs a glass of juice.

It was her big day and yeah, she was freaking out.

"Stay calm..." I breathe in and out with her, slowly, in an attempt to stay calm. After we finish, we both pop a smile.

"I'm screwed." I shake my head.

"Stop thinking like that." Grabbing a glass of champagne, I pass it to Lucy. "Just stay, calm. I'll deal with the calls and stuff. Everything is going to be fine."

"You jinxed it!"

"I didn't!" Lucy's phone begins to ring. "Stay..." I breathe in with her. "... calm..." We breathe out and I answer the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hello, this is Sam, I have to cancel." My eyes widen and Lucy frowns at me.

"Okay."

"That's a 'there's a problem,' okay." I clear my throat and Lucy drastically takes a sip from the glass.

"Why?"

"Whole family has the flu! I am so sorry! Give Lucy my love!"

"Okay, I'll let her know." Slowly lowering the phone, I place it on the table.

"Who cancelled on me now?"

"That was Sam."

"Sam Winchester, seriously?" I chuckle.

"No, your friend Samantha!" Lucy giggles.

"God, this is so bad!" She pours out another glass.

"Stop panicking!" I smile and take the glass off Lucy, sipping the champagne. "Ergh, doesn't taste as it did all those years ago." I lick my lips.

Lucy gives me her puppy dog eyes face. "Stop it." I fold my arms and a grin appears on my face. "Don't!" I burst out laughing and Lucy does too.

"Oh God. Works every time!"

"Shut up, get changed!" I push Lucy in the changing room.

"Oi! Don't ruin my hair, just got it done for the wedding!" I scoff.

"Yeah!"

"So, Ivy. You and Ben?" I lean my back on the wall beside the curtain.

"What about me and Ben?" Frowning, I clear my throat.

"You two, dinner?"

"What?"

"You have dinner with him a few days ago?" I bite my lip.

"N-no."

"Denial, really doesn't work!"

"Okay, okay!"

"Aha!" Gosh, word gets round.

"Who told you?" Lucy goes quiet. "I'm not mad."

"Oh."

"All I'll do is... present your baby pictures to everyone..." I smirk.

"Hey!" Me and Lucy begin to laugh. "I'm serious though... you and Ben? You both okay now?"

"Well..." Lucy peers her head around the curtain.

"Dress please." She grins at me. I smile and grab her dress carefully and hand it to her.

"Here you go."

"Thanks." I sigh.

"He... he came over and had a laugh with me and Em." Simpering slightly, I fold my arms and touch my peach dress.

"Aw well, that sounds amazing."

"It was. He is... not the person I thought he was. After..." I swallowed. "... what I found out about Liv."

"Have... you and him talked about it?" Shaking my head, I lick my lips.

"No, I don't think we ever will."

"Ivy!"

"Yeh?"

"Where's Emily?" I breathe in.

"She's getting changed..." Unfolding my arms, I remove my back from the wall. "That reminds me, better see if she's okay. Will you be allright?"

"I'll be fine!" I smile.

She will always be. "Ivy?"

"Yep!"

"Thank you." Simpering again, I rush off and call for Emily.

"Emily! Em-" I bang into her. "Oh, are you okay honey?" She nods frantically.

"I'm fine Mom!" Emily looks around. "Where's Ben?"

"He's with Uncle Jensen, Tom and Jared... why?" Emily bows her head.

"I want to see him." I play with her curled hair.

"He's busy." I say, firmly.

"I like him Mom." I liked him too. "Can he be my new Dad?" I gasp and place my hand over my mouth.

"What?"

"I want Ben to be my new Dad."

Benedict's POV

"Allright boys, beers!" Jared brings bottles of beer to the table and I straightened my tie.

"How do I look guys?" I turn around and see Jensen in his flash suit.

"You look great man." Jared pats Jensen's back.

"Thanks man. Ben." I face him. "Where's Tom?" I smile.

"Probably raiding the mini bar."

"Hey, Jared." Jensen clears his throat.

"Yeh man?"

"Get Tom's ass in here and go see how the girls are doing. We have half an hour tops." Jared smiles and I pat my suit.

He then walks out the door.

And I couldn't stop fiddling with my suit and the box in my pocket.

"Stop man, you look fine." Jensen pats my back. It was... more like a punch.

"There's a mirror, I know how I look." Jensen and I smirk.

"What's in your pocket?" Sighing, I pull it out. "My God. You going to do it?" Sighing, I shrug.

"If I get the chance, yeah maybe."

"Hey, come here." Jensen and I walk over to the sofa and I fiddle with the petite box, covered in red velvet. "If you love her, do it."

"But-"

"No buts! When I kneeled down to Lucy, there was no going back. I loved her and here I am."

"It's easy for you to say..." Jensen frowns.

Holy shit.

"Excuse me?"

"Um... you have... confidence."

"... No! Just 'cause I am an actor, it doesn't mean anything. Jared went through it, everyone will go through it." He smiles. "Do it, I have faith in ya."

"Strong words."

"Yeah, well you're a good man Ben. If you don't do it, I'll have to do some nasty things to ya. So..." Imma die. "... are you?"

Breathing in, I stand up with adrenaline running through my blood and confidence in my bones.

"I will. I am going to propose to Ivy."

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