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This is A Winter Wedding, second in my new series: A Season for Murder. Thank you everyone who read my first book and reviewed

Two chapters in one week :3 but then again I really wanted to start this right away. I love writing Oldrivalshipping mainly because Blue is such a fun character. They starred in my first successful story and for my first fic collection the most successful chapters featured Oldrivalshipping. Before anyone says that Autumn and therefore specialshipping is next but my sister begged me for oldrivalshipping so this every other season now.

P.S. I have a special surprise for Silvermoonstone23

Seven years earlier.

Blue always wanted an outdoor wedding in the snow. She was getting married in a church on a humid spring day. She wanted blue and green roses for her special day. He convinced her that traditional white roses would be best. She wanted the ceremony to be covered with satin. Lace was a much better, logical choice when it came to cost. All in all, this was not her dream wedding but none of that seemed to matter.

Today she was going to become Mrs. Green Oak. That was all that mattered.

She couldn't wait to tell Green her special announcement too. She had it all planned out. After he sweeps her off her feet and takes her to their hotel. They'll have a glass of wine - well only he would drink since she couldn't in her condition – then she'll tell him. She couldn't wait for him to take her into his arms as they discussed what it would mean for them.

No matter what happened, she knew that she could endure anything with his love. Of course he never said he loved her but she could see it in his eyes. She was known for reading people and could know he loved her from his every loving action. Even if she was only twenty, she had lived a lifetime and the wisdom that came with it.

"You look beautiful Blue. You looked like a princess in this dress," Yellow scurried around her and pinned her hair into a beautiful coiffure. At least she had some choice over the gown, though Green did frown at it. She wanted to look like a princess, tiara and all.

Yellow was her best friend of years and her maid of honour. She also convinced Green to let Silver be his best man. It was ironic since he was opposed to the wedding more than anyone, though Green's best friend, Red, was in another country so Green agreed.

Blue had met Red once before and was dreaming of all the ways she could get Yellow and Red together. They never met before and she wouldn't know for sure if they were meant for each other until they do. Though she knew they were a perfect match: the healer and the fighter. One cannot go on without the other for long.

The only part that really mattered was their vows. Green told her that and in her heart she knew that would be the one thing that she would look back on. Not the flower, not the location, maybe the dress though.

There was a knock at the door and they heard Green's voice. The two women began to panic and Yellow threw a blanket over Blue just before Green walked in. When no one answered him immediately, Green walked in, worried that she had suffocated in that dress he never should have let her buy. He saw a lump on the bed and fought back a smile. He knew it was Blue before she called out to him in annoyance.

"Green it's bad luck for a groom to see his bride before the wedding. After all those times that you said we have to go through tradition you come and break the one that could give us bad luck. Tell him Yellow!"

"Yellow, can you leave? I need to tell Blue something important." Green asked, "It's very private. Blue I'm sorry for breaking tradition but we don't need luck. Science doesn't support things like that."

Yellow, the shy girl that she was, only blushed deeply and muttered an agreement to Green. The corner of his mouth twitched when he saw Blue peak her head out from the blanket and grinned at him. Her smile split her face as she scurried out and into his arms. She stepped back and twirled so that he could see her dress fully.

Green was breathless for a moment. She was beautiful and glowing and was killing him inside.

"From that face I know you like the dress. I told you you'll like it! This day is going to be perfect even if I don't get my blue and green roses. I guess white is nice too but a little bland."

"You're blabbering. I really need to talk to you about something. I think that you need to sit down," he grabbed her hand and led her to the bed. She sat but saw the regret in his eyes. For a moment she tried desperately to deny it, maybe the caterer cancelled or the florist accidently sent black roses. Then he began to break her heart.

"I got a job offering in Washington. I showed them some of my findings on physics and they want me to go do more research for them. This is a chance that might never come again so we have to postpone the wedding. I just got the call and I have to leave by this afternoon."

"What? But it's our wedding," Blue whispered, too shock to scream the rage building inside her. "Just call them back and tell them that this day is too important to just leave. And you're taking me to Scotland for our harmony. You'll help me find my parents and take me to all the castles."

"We can go anytime. We can get married anytime. To a scientist, this is an opportunity that I can't pass up. Just think about this logically. This could bring a lot of money and security. I have to take this job."

"There will be other jobs," Blue tried to touch his logic. "But love only comes once. If you really love me then this should be easy. You would choose to stay and marry me!"

"Blue, I will marry you but just not now. The job will only take a year. We can wait that long, can't we?"

Blue held her hands to her mouth, horrified. "A year? You're going to be away for a year? Well, if this job is really that important, maybe we can book a hotel there so that we can at least be together. I'm sure with this new research you're doing you won't have much time for us but at least we can fall asleep in each other's arms. It's so romantic."

"But Blue, you can't come with me. You'll be too much of a distraction and this is too important."

"Some stupid cells are more important to me? Don't you love me?" When silence only greeted her, her tears answered. "You don't love me? Then why did you asked me to marry you?"

Green didn't know how to answer because he didn't know the answer himself. Asking her to marry him was the most illogical thing he ever done. He could only explain his action in the worst possible way: with logic.

"Love isn't the only thing in marriage. I thought about it and this marriage would be the best for both of us. I need a wife and you've deluded yourself of the non-existent feeling of love. I will have a doting wife and you will have someone to support you."

Green wasn't prepared for Blue to slap him full across the face. Tears clouded the fire in her eyes but there was no doubt about the venom in her voice. "You don't have a doting wife. I don't need a husband or your pity. I'm not going to wait a whole year for you, I can't. I can stand on my own two feet and don't need you. I will only marry a man that loves me! If you don't love me then you can go to your fucking job."

Blue pushed past him and wished that she could push back her tears. She marched down the hall, painfully aware that Green was not chasing after her. She threw opened the large door of the church and everyone turned to look at her. Silver was to his feet the moment he saw the tears running down her face. Blue grabbed her skirt in her hands so she could walk faster. She just wanted to get this over with. When she reached the end of the aisle, she turned and saw Green staring at her.

She waited. If he came to her and kissed her, told him that he loved her, she could forgive him. Oh how she wanted to run into his arms. But he only turned away and began to call someone. She hardened her heart to him then. He was cold and heartless, how could she ever fall in love with him? She wasn't in love with him.

"I'm sorry to have wasted you time here. I have made a mistake, I realize that now. The wedding is cancelled. I-"

Blue ran out then, unable to take the bewilder stares for another moment. She ducked under Silver's arms as he tried to hug her and even avoided Yellow. She didn't stop running until her lungs were burning and had to lean against a tree. She pressed her hand against her stomach and sank down to her knees.

She was two months pregnant with Green's child and he didn't even know.

Present Day

Blue strode into the room with her head held high. Two men stood before her and eyed her doubtfully. This was the Blue that they had heard so much about? She came to an abandoned warehouse with little as a weapon and only a green haired man that had more hair than muscles. She only set a briefcase on the table with a thump next to a cardboard box with little holes in them.

"Here you go boys." She smiled fondly at them. The two men opened the case and glared at her.

"What is this?" One demanded with a thick accent, slammed the piece of paper that said 'fuck yourself' on it. Blue's smile didn't flutter but the man behind her stepped forward. She held up her hand, signalling him to stay back.

"What do you expect? You've targeted a family with a modest income. They don't have a million dollars lying around. That's where I come in. When the little people are hurt, I come and help them with only a fraction of the cost. But since I'm a nice person, I'll give you a twenty right now."

"You think we're going to take this?" The other man snarled, he reached for the box but Blue moved quickly, stabbing his hand. The man recoiled in pain and when the other man would have attack Blue, the man behind her took out a gun and pressed it to the other man's forehead.

"Don't push yourself too much," Blue ordered him. The man stepped back but didn't put away his gun. "Let's all be reasonable here. I suggest you give us that box. It's very important to the family I'm working for."

"Not until we get our money."

"I'll give you something better," Blue grinned as she held out two air plane tickets. "A chance to run before this place is surrounded by policemen. I told them that if I don't call them by five, they should come and save me. You see, I contacted a major news reporter and your faces will be all over TV at five o'clock. What time is it Wally?"

"Its four forty right now," The green haired man answered before her.

"And what time does the plane leave?"

"Four fifty," He answered her.

"That's ten minutes. I think that you should be able to get to the plane in time if you drive fast enough," The two men grabbed the tickets from her hand and ran off. Blue's laughter echoed after them as she called out, "Be careful not to get pulled over."

When Blue was sure they were both out of the building, she took the box. Wally followed her as they walked to the small car she owned. She passed the box to Wally before she drove off.

"So how are your parents?" She asked the twenty year old boy next to her.

Wally Webb only shrugged at her question. She patted his arm and smiled at him, hoping to win a smile from him in return. Wally didn't talk much since he had little interaction with others and often felt awkward around them. He was always a sickly child so his parents often sheltered him away from the world. Blue found him and took him under her wing. He became her partner despite the fact that he was only twenty one. Slowly, after the freedom she gave him, he became stronger and more confident.

"They still worry about me."

"Sweetie, all parents worry about their kid. You need to make more friends beside this old woman here," Blue only half joked since she knew that Wally had few people he can talk to. "I know this guy name Ruby that I know you'll get along with. He might be strange but that's better than me. Or better yet, meet a nice girl and sweep her off her feet. I know this girl that would be perfect!"

"No!" Wally said a little too forcibly. He knew what his boss was like and if he gave her any hint of a possible relationship it would mean endless meddling on her part. "Anyways, you're only twenty seven, far from being old."

"That's sweet, but you're not getting a raise. Well, we're here," Blue stopped in front of a building that was growing old. It had been the headquarters of her side business, Fixer, for years. She wasn't afraid of people attacking her since she had strong connection with the government after the last scandal she helped hide. She was known as the fixer, someone that could make all your problems go away if she deemed them worthy. She worked outside the law with nothing holding her back.

A man and woman were already there, fidgeting with nerves as they walked out of the car. They ran to her the moment she stepped out. She smiled as she opened the box and took out a crying child. The two men had kidnapped their baby boy and demanded more money they could dream to make in a life time.

"Nathan!" They gathered the child into their arms and Blue's mother heart cried out to them. They smiled at her with tears in their eyes, "Thank you."

"It's my job."

"Aqua!" Blue came back home to see her daughter sitting in front of her shop. She was crying and holding her latest invention to her chest. Her jacket was opened wide and Blue was worried about her getting sick with all the snow around her. Her little six year old girl dropped the contraption and ran to her. She burst out crying as Blue lifted her into her arms.

Blue unlocked the door with great difficulty since she was still holding Aqua and had to nudge the door open with her hip. She bent down and grabbed the wooden contraption, knowing that her daughter would still want to work on it. She set it on the low coffee table and placed Aqua on one of the plush chair.

"I'll make you some hot chocolate, okay?" Aqua was still crying but nodded.

Blue opened the curtains to let the light in and her bookstore filled with light. She had bought the two story house after Green had left her determine to make a living for her daughter. She turned the first floor into a bookshop café. It was a big success and her life with her daughter was perfect. Blue quickly made the hot chocolate with three large marshmallows and placed it in front of Aqua.

"Thank you Momma," She sniffled and drank it carefully.

"I thought Bill was taking care of you." Blue made a mental note to take his glasses and shove it somewhere the sun doesn't shine. If something happened to her daughter while in his care, there was hell to be paid.

"The kids were having a snow ball fight and I wanted to play to. I made a catapult and everything! But then none of them would let me play and broke it. They said they didn't want to play with a bastard child with no father."

"Oh, honey," Blue pulled the little girl onto her lap. "You don't want to be playing with them anyways. You want to know why? It's because they didn't want to lose to a girl. They knew that you can easily take them all out by yourself with your catapult. Now let's go make a list for Santa. You always liked that."

"Santa won't give me anything," Aqua said silently. "I punched Alice when she broke my catapult."

Blue laughed at that. It was moments like this that reminded her that Aqua was truly her daughter. She might have Green's brains but she was a McAlister through and through. She knew a good parent would tell their child that violence wasn't the best thing to do but Blue couldn't blame her. In truth she was tempted to do just that to their parents.

"Anyways, Santa isn't real. He's just something people make up to escape reality. It's not logical to believe in magic," Aqua's words broke Blue's heart.

"You were excited for Santa to come last year. What happened? Did someone tell you that he wasn't real?" Blue asked.

"He didn't give me what I wanted last year and I was good," Blue winced at that. When she stole a peak at Aqua's letter there was one thing that she could never give Aqua. The words still leaped into her vision as if she were holding the letter at that moment. Dear, Santa. Momma told me you're magic and can make miracles happen. The only thing I need is a chance. Let my father come home.

Blue cried for her daughter that night. She wished that she could give her daughter everything but she knew that Green couldn't be a part of their family. She never told Aqua about Green, only that her father was off to save the world and would be home soon. It was better if her daughter thought her father was a hero rather than the bastard he truly was.

Paperbound Happiness. Green looked up at the painted words over the door. Everything was the same as when he left seven years before. All except for this one little shop. It had all of the small town's charm and Green was happy that Blue was able to move on so easily. It wasn't the same for him though. Her smile haunted his dreams for the last seven years. After he woke, he would reach out but there was only cold emptiness where she used to be.

She was his only regret. He didn't love her and didn't harbour any feelings for her but now that he looked back on it, he saw that they parted badly. He had no regrets for leaving this small town though. He didn't like how everyone knew each other and how they insisted on waving high every time someone pass.

His grandfather had just pasted a week ago and heard that Blue held the ceremony. His grandfather had taken her and Silver in when they were little so he knew how close they were. He knew that he would have to thank her and would rather it be in person. A part of him regretted that what brought them back together was so sad.

He took a deep breath and reached for the door knob.

A snowball his the back of his head. Green twitched and turned to yell at whoever threw it. He stopped when he saw himself staring into Blue's eyes. But this wasn't his Blue. This was a little imp of four, five at the most. She blushed in shame and held a small catapult to her chest. He was a tall man so she only reached his knee. Her shoulder length orange hair cupped her face adorably and her button nose and eyes was the image of Blue.

Blue had a daughter? Why didn't she call him when she get remarried? Why should she? A voice taunted back.

"I'm sorry Mister," She apologized with the maturity of an adult. "I was testing the distance each cord would yield. I didn't know the tension in this cord would be so much and it hit you. I'm sure Momma would give you some free coffee though."

"You made that?" He asked, kneeling in front of her. Her face brightened as she showed him her catapult and told him all of the calculation she was doing. To say he was impressed was understatement. This must the brightest child he knew. When he and Blue talked about a child, this was what he imagined. But this wasn't his daughter. How could Blue remarry? Well they were never married but it still hurt. The image of her wrapped around a faceless man made his temper raise more than it should have. If he handled everything better back then, this could be his daughter.

"I would love some coffee. Where's your mother?" He asked the child when her curious stare caught his attention. He knew the answer but asked anyways. The child brightened when he asked about her mother. There was no doubt the girl adored her mother. The little girl grabbed his hand and pulled him into the little shop.

"Momma, I hit a man!" She said it as if it was just another Sunday morning. "I promised that you will give him some coffee."

"Aqua if you keep doing this, I'll be out of coffee by the afternoon," Blue's clear laugh made his heart jerk. She stepped out from behind a bookcase with a cup of coffee in his hands. She froze and stared at him, the cup shattering against the wooden floor.

Green could only stare as well. She was more beautiful than she was the day he left. Her long brown hair was the colour of rich chocolate woven from dreams. She was a little taller than most girls but he knew that the top of her head only reached his chin so that her head would fit perfectly against his shoulder. Her womanly body was enough to make her remember all the winter nights they were together in his grandfather's lab. Her blue eyes were more beautiful than he had imagined in his dreams. They were a dark ocean blue that were so clear, he never knew their depth.

Blue's shriek broke though the haze in his mind. Her feet were across the room in seconds as she tore Aqua from his grasp. She held the little girl against her as if she expected Green to take her away.

"What are you doing here?" She demanded coldly.

"I wanted to thank you for holding my grandfather's funeral. I'm sorry that I wasn't there but I was busy."

"No one expected you to come so you weren't missed. Everyone knows that you always leave the ones you claim to love. Leave before I call the police. No one wants you in this town so you must as well leave to that cold lab of yours. Aqua will you stand on the chair, while I grab the broom to sweep this mess up? I don't want you to cut your feet."

"Blue, I understand that you're angry but if you only give me a chance-"

"There is nothing left to say. Leave!" Against everything his heart was telling him, Green followed his brain and left, slamming the door behind him.

"Why did you scream at that man Momma?" Aqua asked as Blue tucked her into bed. In her short life, she had never seen her mother so angry. Not even when she was being bullied. Usually her mother's anger was cold and controlled. Today it was heated and seemed to flow from years of hate. "I'm sorry I let the bad man in."

"Don't worry, you couldn't have known he was a bad man." Blue kissed her daughter's forehead. "Now, I want you to stay away from that man. Promise me Aqua."

"I promise Momma. I'm going to win the science fair again this year with my catapult!" Blue smiled sadly as she closed the door behind her. She couldn't possible sleep with her heart pounding. She wanted to cry but she already shed all the tears she could for Green Oak. Seeing him again unlocked all the feelings she had held dormant for years.

He was still the most attractive man she ever laid eyes on, even seven years from that fateful day. He was taller and his shoulders wide as if he had been bodybuilding all the years instead of being in a lab. His hair was still that rich orange colour that spiked every which way no matter how he tried to control it. Then there were his eyes. Some things never seemed to change. His eyes were still the rock hard emerald that haunted her dreams. She was thankful that she didn't have to see them in Aqua is she inherited his eyes.

She remembered the day she fell in love with him as if she was still twelve years old. It was a month after Professor Oak had taken her in. She was being bullied by two boys older and bigger than her thinking that she stole their money. She hadn't but that didn't stop them. Then Green came in. They've been living in the same home but she didn't really talk to him much. He didn't say a word as he walked between them and broke the kid's nose. He stuffed his hands into his overly large pockets and left as silently as he came. From that moment on, she followed Green as if he was a God and was doomed from then.

A knock interrupted her memories. Drawing her rob around her tighter, she went to open the door, swearing that if it was Green she would slam the door in his face. It wasn't Green. Instead it was a little present box. She knew that it wasn't from Green since he was never overly romantic but her curiosity forced her to open it.

As soon as she saw its content, she dropped it to the ground with a wordless scream. She raced to the phone to call the police. Inside the beautifully wrapped box was a human hand and it was very real.

And that's all! When I was first writing Wally I considered making his last name West but then it reminded me too much of Kid Flash.

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