Magician's Assistant - Friends & Lovers Part 10

Starting on day one of Nicole's new life as a woman, John began the gradual process of relocating his belongings. Within a month, having jumped at the opportunity to sublet his apartment to his younger brother, John was completely moved in with Nikki.

Nicole's mother, Pam Gerlach, was in her glory. Not only did she relish the fact that she now had a daughter to do girl-things with, but more importantly, she had that new daughter of hers wedding to plan. Nikki, given that those manly thought processes of hers made the planning of the actual affair an irksome and irritating drudgery, did the smart thing. She simply outlined what kind of wedding she wanted, and put her mother in touch with Magatrix to let the two of them hammer out all the details.

Not only was John and Nicole's wedding relatively inexpensive, but given the fact that Magatrix was involved, it was sheer enchantment.

Right from the outset, there had been a clear division of responsibilities. Pam Gerlach, working in conjunction with John's mother, Ruth, was to compile what turned out to be a quite extensive guest list, secure the park pavilion, and coordinate who would be bringing what covered dishes to the picnic-like reception that would commence once the actual wedding ceremony concluded. The task of building the two trellises that Magatrix requested fell to Nicole's Dad. One would be elongated, as it would serve as a tunnel-like entrance portico that the bride and her bridesmaids would pass through. The other would be more in the line of a latticework arbor, in that it would serve as the canopy under which the happy couple would exchange their vows of fidelity, before God and man.

John and Nicole had only five things to which they had to attend. One, they had to secure a priest to preside over the ceremony. Two, they had to choose the members of their wedding party. Three, they had to purchase wedding rings. Four, they had to apply for a marriage license. And, five, they had to show up on the day of their wedding. Everything else was being take care of for them, and that, as far as Nikki was concerned, was perhaps the greatest wedding present anyone could ever give them.