"What songs are you guys going to dance to?" Willem asked, as he handed me a glass of water. He took the seat opposite of me.

"I'm thinking Teardrops on my guitar or When the Stars go Blue." I took a sip.

Willem was already shaking his head, "You're doing country music?" He asked. I nodded and he snorted, "Just like you to ruin something everyone looks forward to."

"Will! It's my wedding!" I yelled and sighed, "What about Drops of Jupiter?"

"Hm…I guess that would be good…can you and Gabe dance to that?" He raised his eyebrows.

"Will, I have a few weeks. I have so much to do right now. If all else fails, you are my right hand man for music." He smiled.

The sliding glass door opened from behind me. I felt protective, strong, hands on my shoulders. Gabriel leaned down and gave me a kiss on the top of my head.

"How is my Queen doing?" He walked around and sat next to me.

Willem stood up, "I'll see you later, Viv." He nodded to Gabe, "Gabriel."

Gabe nodded back as Willem went down the hall and out the front door. "What were you guys talking about?"

I smiled seeing he was being very nosy, not because he was the Alpha, but because he was my soon to be husband.

"Wedding songs." I sighed leaning me head against his shoulder.

"I told you we could have waited until later after the kids or during…not this soon." He said playing with my hair and seeing that I had tons of stuff piled on me.

"I don't want to be fat," I spat the word out. He chuckled, "I want to run after our ceremony like regular weddings. I don't want to be stuck at home either throwing up my food, eating like a pig, or something else."

"Why not after they are born then?" He tucked a piece of hair behind me ear.

"Do you want to be watching the pups when we go for our run?" I asked.

He shook his head, "I can always get one of the five to watch them for the night or Esme, or Persia, or even Jenny."

I smiled, "That would be good…and when the pregnancy get real tough, Esme or someone else can take over the wedding."

"Your shoulders are lifting from that weight, babe." He leaned in and kissed me deeply. "We'll tell everyone tomorrow."

"Ok." I murmured against his lips.

"I love you." He said when he pulled back.

"I love you, too." He pulled me up to my feet and we made our way to our bedroom. I remember when I had first told Gabriel that I loved him. For weeks, he had been saying it to me, but I was never saying it back.

Gabriel was checking out another pack and seeing if it was going to be a problem for us to be so close to them. As usual, I went out for a run in my skin. Gabriel had told me that I should always run with someone, but I never listened. He told me every time he left, "I love you, Vivian and I don't want anything to happen to you." Of course, the four and the rest of the pack watched me when he was gone and he found out that I went running by myself, but he didn't stop me. So, that night I told my mom where I was going to be. She as usual was busy with Tomas. As soon as I hit the woods deep enough, I changed as I jumped over a log. Hitting the ground on paws, I ran to the river. I ran south following it. Then I had smelt Gabriel. His scent was very new so I followed it. As soon as I got past a few trees, it stopped. I searched around franticly.

"Why was he here? He left two days ago and wasn't supposed to be back until two more days." I thought.

Suddenly, I was tumbling and fighting with another wolf. When we stopped moving, I saw it was Gabriel. I growled at him. He stuck his lanky tongue out and chuckled a wolf's chuckle.

I was soaking wet and realized that he had covered himself with water so I couldn't smell him. Stupid wolf. He walked over to me and nuzzled my muzzle. He licked my ear and stepped back to change. I followed suit.

"What did I tell you about going alone?" He asked angry, but then his face smiled.

"Why are you back so early?" I asked.

"No hello?" He came over and wrapped his arms around me. My hands went to hair and down his arms.

"Hello" I told him breathless. He laughed and I felt it vibrate down my body.

"Come on, Vivian." He walked around to a bush and pulled out his clothes. He tugged his t-shirt over my head and helped me put my arms through. He put on his pants and laced his fingers through mine.

"What brings you back, Gabriel? Is everything alright?" I asked worried.

"Everything is fine, Vivian. They are like us." He stopped and said, "Ok. Close your eyes."

"Why?" I asked.

"Vivian, will you just close you eyes?" I shut them, but kept asking him why. He put his own hands over my eyes and started leading me somewhere.

I tried to get his hands off my eyes, but he held on. "We're almost there." He said whispering into my ear. "Ok." He said. He let go and I opened my eyes. A blanket was set up on the floor with wine and a picnic basket.

"Look up." He said. Wow! Little lights twinkled from the trees. A banner was hung between two trees, "I love you." It said.

I turned back to Gabriel, "Gabe! It's beautiful!" I threw my arms around him and then gave him a huge kiss.

"The lights were your mom's idea. I needed a little help." He shrugged kissing me.

"It's beautiful, Gabe." I smiled and then leaned up to whisper in his ear, "I love you."

I leaned back and watch his smile turn into a grin, but larger. He grabbed me around the waist and spun me around.

"I was waiting for you to say that for weeks!" He spun us around until we were both dizzy and laughing like crazy. He set me down and both held on to each other until the lights stopped spinning.

"Are you hungry?" He asked grabbing me hand and brining me to the blanket. A single rose was sitting next to a wine glass.

We sat down and he handed me the rose, "Shake the rose holding the pedals down, Vivian. It makes a beautiful sound." He was kneeling on one leg, but at the time I hadn't thought of anything.

I shook it and out popped something shiny. Gabriel snatched it away before I could get a full glimpse.

"Hey!" I said. "Give it back! Why did you put it in there to just take it back?" He tried to hide his smile.

"Are you sure?" He asked.

"Yes! Give it back, Gabe!" He sighed and held on his hand. It was a ring. It sparkled crazily.

My mouth flew open. "Ga--"

He interrupted me, "Vivian Gandillon will you marry me?" He asked.

I could speak. I wanted to say yes. Everything in my body was saying yes, but my mouth wasn't. Finally, I leaned in and gave him a kiss on the lips parting his mouth.

He pulled back, "Is that a yes?"

I grinned, "Yes!" He grinned, too and held my left hand to put the ring on.

"It looks beautiful, Vivian." He said. That night we didn't eat that much if you know what I mean.