Chapter
6 – The party
They day for the party came
fast. On her lunch break on the Friday Stine and her new friend
Betina, also a Danish girl, went out in search for the perfect dress.
"I don't know" Stine said when she tried on her third dress
"Out of these three I like the blue one best. What will Benton
have on? I mean if you want to match" Lately Ben had almost only
worn his uniform but since this was a private party she didn't know.
"But I've seen that he has some nice dress shirts in the closet"
"Colors?" Betina asked "Basic; white, black, plaided
ones and one burgundy" she answered her friend."Well he
looks smashing his red uniform so if you suggest the burgundy one and
buy that blue dress for yourself you'll look great" Stine smiled
"Then the blue one it is" she said and got out of the green
one she had tried on last. Satisfied with her purchase she and Betina
went to have lunch. If there wasn't anything special happening at the
Danish Consulate they had a lunch break of one and a half hour on
Fridays. The girls happily chatted in Danish their whole meal thru.
At
the Canadian Consulate Maggie Fraser and Inspector Thatcher worked
side by side getting everything ready for the party the following
day. As one thing was done it was ticked off on the clipboard
"Turnbull, has the flowers arrived yet?" Maggie called "Not
yet M Fraser" he had called her that from the beginning to
separate her from her brother. "Let me know when they do, I
could use them about now" Turnbull almost wished he had been on
guard instead of Fraser the two women were almost too much. But since
the party was to celebrate Benton Fraser's wedding he had to pitch in
so the guest of honor didn't have to plan and set it up himself.
A
few minutes before six Ray Vecchio stopped his car outside the
Consulate rapidly he got out and started to inform Ben about a case
he needed help with at once, he knew this was a foolproof way of
getting Ben to come along as once as the bells rang. It didn't take
many seconds before Benton and Diefenbaker were seated in Ray's car
"Are you coming?" Ben asked. Ray rounded the car and
quickly got in "Is Stan meeting us there?" Ben asked "Yes"
Ray answered "May I borrow your phone? I promised Stine to be
right home and I don't want her to worry" “Sure you can tell
her it will probably take all evening" Ray handed him his phone
and steered the car into the Chicago traffic. Knowing Fraser having a
sharp eye the others had parked on a side street before gathering in
their favorite bar. "What did you say happened again?" Ben
asked his friend "Something about someone trying to get out...."
Ray improvised and quickly opened the door for him "...off a
bachelor party" he added as Fraser saw all the guys from the
station gathered in the bar. "We asked Turnbull too but he had
things to do, still he might come though" Benton wasn't much of
a drinker but a beer occasionally could slip down so not to break any
rules he loosened his attributes and took his uniform jacket off. A
few local girls who were in the bar looked at him and whistled. Ray
stood on a chair to get everyone's attention, he looked at the girls
"Sorry ladies he's taken" then turned to Ben "Benny my
friend. Thousands of apologies for lying to you but we couldn't go to
the party tomorrow without first throwing you a bachelor party
although that ship has sailed too. I and the rest of the 27th of
Chicago's finest wishes you all the best in your life with Stine"
the others cheered "Thank you kindly Ray, guys" he said and
looked around "Oh and a special greeting from Ma" Ray added
just before he got down "May there be many little Canadians ans
Danes in your future" Ben blushed slightly. The evening was a
hit and it was almost two in the morning before Ben got back to an
empty apartment. If Stine hadn't come thru the door slightly tipsy
herself the next minute he would have called Ray to report her
missing "I guess we both got kidnapped" Stine giggled her
friends back home had thrown her a proper hen-night before the
wedding but she was glad that her new friends had fixed this bridal
shower as well. It had been Frannie and Sofia that had arranged it
and her female colleagues had come and when they were done so had
Maggie and Margret. She had gotten a similar speech as Benton had and
since the party had been in the Vecchio house Mrs Vecchio had
delivered the amendment herself. "It sure does who would have
known." they undressed, brushed their teeth side by side at the
little sink they had in the apartment and went to bed both too tired
to do anything but go to sleep.
The
next morning Stine woke to the smell of coffee and saw Ben stand by
the stove stirring in some pans "Good morning" he said and
handed her a cup of coffee "Do you want some eggs and bacon"
but Stine shook her head how could he be this awake already. She felt
like it would take her half the day to wake up. “Aren't you the
slightest tired?” she asked Ben who shrugged his shoulders “Not
really” he sat down at the table to eat. Stine got up and put a
couple of slices in the toaster. She looked towards the closet where
she had hung her new dress last night.
The
dress was still in the garnmentbag. "Will you show me? Or will
you change at the Consulate?" Ben asked after following her
gaze. "I can show you it' not like it's my wedding dress."
Their wedding day had been full of traditions among them not to see
the bride before the ceremony. She got over and unzipped the bag and
took out the blue dress "Wow" Ben said "You will look
great in that, not that you don't look great in anything else"
he grinned "or without". Stine hung the dress back "I
think I will change at the Consulate though. Will you wear the
uniform?" she asked casually, he had looked smashing waiting for
her at the altar in his red uniform with all attributes. "No"
he shook his head "I was more thinking of black trousers and a
dress shirt" Stine saw her chance "Why don't you take the
burgundy I saw in the closet" everything in there were pressed
and ironed to perfection "If you don't mind me suggesting"
she smiled at him "How can I mind anything you say" and
like clockwork his father showed up behind Stine with a speech as
usual and before he disappeared he again talked about grandchildren.
Ben had an absent look in his face "Earth to Ben" Stine
tried "Where did you go?" she was referring to his
thoughts. "Oh nothing" he said and got up to wash the
dishes. "Would you like to accompany me and Dief on a walk?"
he asked softly "Or maybe you have other plans for today?"
she shook her head "No plans before this evening and some fresh
air would do me good" It was a nice and sunny spring day and as
they came to the park Benton put a leash on Dief "Sorry my
friend, you know the rules" No dogs were allowed in the park
without a leash. They sat down on a bench by the lake just enjoying
the view, the nice weather and each other "It's really lovely
here" Stine said "So quiet although it's in the middle of
the city" Ben kissed her cheek. "I will take you to the
cabin back home one day" he said "The only sounds there are
the nature's own" she rested her head on his shoulder "I'd
love that" she got a feeling it would happen pretty soon since
she knew it had been a long time coming for him to return 'home'.
They got up to go back home where the got ready for the big party.
Disclaimer/Copyright
2013 and forward: I don't own anything from the series Due South,
it's just borrowed for your entertainment. This is my story though
and I feel I own that.
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