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said she was a sweet kid.  She
probably never wanted any of this.”
     
    “Probably not,” Ryan agreed.  For a
moment, they sat in silence.  “You know…” he said, leaning forward to pick up
one of the bridal magazines that still lay on the table, “I just realized that
I’m going to have to wear a tux for our wedding, aren’t I?”
     
    “You most certainly are,” Heather
said.  “I’m the one who gets to wear the dress.”
     
    “You can have it,” Ryan said.  “I
think I’ll stick to the tux.”
     
    “Good plan,” she said.
     
    “But can I wear tennis shoes?  Dress
shoes can pinch.”
     
    “Not even once,” Heather said. 
“You’re going to look every inch the handsome guy I know and love.  All my
friends and relatives are going to be jealous.”
     
    “So are mine,” Ryan said.  “Listen, I
know you have a lot of plans to make.  But I want to set a date.  I want to
know exactly how much longer I have to wait before one of us doesn’t have to go
home at the end of the night.  How does January 1 sound to you?”
     
    “I think it sounds great,” Heather
said, smiling.
     
    “I know it’s not even three months. 
Will that give you enough time to get everything done?”
     
    “Sure.  If you’ll help me.”
     
    “You actually want my help?”
     
    “Well…maybe,” Heather teased.  “I’ll
let you know.”
     
    “You got it,” Ryan said for the second
time that night.  “But can I make one suggestion?”
     
    “Sure,” she said.
     
    “I think we need a ring bearer.”
     
    “Okay.  Do you have somebody in mind?”
     
    “Of course I do,” he said, one corner
of his mouth crooking upward in a grin.  “I think it should be Dave.”
     
    “Dave?” she said.  “You want a dog in
our wedding?”
     
    “Bella could be the flower girl.”
     
    “We are not having a dog and a cat in
our wedding.”
     
    “Are you sure?” he asked.  “It would
definitely be memorable.”
     
    “Very sure,” she said.  “The only
thing that needs to be that memorable about our wedding is that I get to become
Mrs. Ryan Shepherd.”
     
    “‘Mrs. Ryan Sheperd,’” Ryan repeated. 
“I kind of like the sound of that.”
     
    “I do, too,”
she said, smiling.  “I can’t wait.”

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