The day was not going as well as I had hoped. Though it was only the morning, the most important occasion of Lissa's life was going to take place. After months of planning and spending a substantial amount of money, the day we all had been waiting for was slowly becoming a disaster. I sat with Lissa as Mia and Jill panicked about the situation. Finally, when I could take no more of their unnecessary whining, I stood. Someone had to start taking action, not just talk about it in girly high pitched voice. Everyone immediately stopped what they were doing and looked at me. All the girls at least. It seemed that I held more authority than I thought I did.

"Tell me the list of things that need to be done. One at a time. And we need to all pitch in to fix this." I said calmly.

Lissa smiled at me, seeming to know I would never ruin her wedding day, or even letting that incompetent wedding planner ruin everything. As Lissa's maid of honor it was basically my job to do all the dirty work. Although, I wished I could be protecting her as her Guardian, I belonged in the wedding. Lissa was my best friend, and I couldn't let my duties get in the way of her happiness. Dimitri was a different story. He had grudgingly accepted to be one of the groomsmen. I knew he would rather be kicking ass than being in the wedding, but there was that one part of him, the romantic part, that was pleased to be a part of the wedding.

Jill took out a piece of paper from her clutch and started reading off of it. "First off, the doves we ordered came, but they were supposed to be white. Instead, they have been painted bright pink."

I took this in, unable to fathom why anyone would take the time to paint fifteen doves pink. "Okay who wants to be on dove duty?"

No one offered, until Mia stepped forward. "I'll do it. You know, water user and all." She left the room.

"What next, Jill? The wedding starts in three hours." I said.

Her face paled and her face went back to the list. "Lissa's hair dresser ran off with the priest."

I tried to stay calm, but that situation was way to funny. I burst out laughing and couldn't stop. Lissa cracked a smile too, but it was a sad one. The fact that Lissa was sad, sobered me up.

"Who does they think they are running out on the Queen of Vampires?" I said in a menacing voice.

I hadn't noticed Sonya but somehow she was there, bright and beautiful. She still unnerved me due to the fact that whenever she looked at me, it was as if she could she into my soul. It had to be a spirit user quality, seeing as Lissa and Adrian had given me those same looks before.

"I'll do Lissa's hair and makeup." Sonya offered. I smiled at her and mouthed a thank you. She and Lissa left to get ready for her marriage ceremony. Then it occurred to me that she wouldn't be mine anymore, not in a romantic sense. Lissa and I had always been together since kindergarten, minus the time I had traveled to Russia to kill Dimitri, the love of my life. We were best friends and always would be. No matter how difficult it was for one or the other we would always stick together Now Lissa was getting married, and after that she would probably raise a family, with Christian.

Before I could think about it anymore, two people burst in the room. A very happy Adrian Ivashkov and an annoyed Sydney Sage. I immediately got up to greet them.

"Adrian, sit." I said pointing at the couch. He sat, so I went over to hug Sydney who went stiff at my touch, yet hugged me anyway. She really seemed to be trying to keep an open mind.

"Sydney, it's so great to see you. I have your dress in the closet. But you may need to help with the situations we got. Our wedding planner messed up big time." I said.

Adrian leaned back on the couch and gazed up at Sydney, who seemed to have no idea that she was the center of his attention. She went over to Jill, discussing who could possibly perform the ceremony now that the priest had left. I sat down next to Adrian, and grinned at him. He ripped his gaze from the Alchemist and narrowed his eyes at me. "What's with the grin? I'm getting suspicious."

I leaned closer to him, which made Sydney's eyes go wide, with a hint of jealousy. "Adrian's got a crush." I said in a singsong voice.

His face immediately turned into a frown, and he changed the subject. "Where's my beautiful, Lissa? We got to practice walking down the aisle."

Surprisingly, Lissa had chosen Adrian to give her away to Christian. I didn't know if it was because Christian had once been jealous of Adrian, and wanted to reassure him there was nothing between them. However, I was pretty sure it was because of the brother-sister bond she and Adrian shared.

Tentatively, Jill walked up to Adrian, accompanied by Sydney. The only two women he had soft spots for.

"We need you to perform the ceremony. The priest left so that leaves the next person with the highest status, which is you. Please will you do it." Jill said, pleadingly

The look on his face was priceless. His normally attractive face was twisted into a shocked expression and his eyes were as green as ever with a hint of panic in them. Sydney bent down and whispered something in his ears. He blushed deeply and his entire demeanor became determine and confident. He and Jill went over to the corner of the room and began discussing the ceremony. I looked at Sydney with a raised eyebrow and she gave me an I'll-explain-later look. She seemed to deeply care about Adrian and brought out the best in him. Something that I couldn't do. Despite her aversion to vampires, and my personality, we were quite close. Next to Lissa, she was probably the closest friend I had.

But then I again I make more enemies than friends on a daily basis.

I went over to table, where Jill had left the list. The first three were crossed out with at least another five remaining.

4. Replace all the Hydrangeas with lilies.

5. Get rid of the donkey. We need a HORSE drawn carriage.

6. STAIN ON ROSE'S DRESS!

7. Eddie is wasted

8. The DJ has the flu

So the list of things I had to get done in the next two and a half hours wasn't that bad. I was expecting to have to save the world again. I pulled out my cell and called Dimitri. He would know how to get it done.

"Roza. Aren't you supposed to be getting Lissa ready?" He breathed.

His voice was like a breath of fresh air with extra oxygen, and it was making me high. Dimitri chuckled and seemed to know how I felt. It was like that because we knew each other so well in every way.

"Listen comrade, I need you to help me." I started, getting authoritative. After all, I had been appointed Head Guardian at Court. When I was done explaining he agreed to help with Eddie, the horse situation and the DJ. I was left to attend to my dress and get the flowers. Striding to the closet, I picked out my dress and assessed the damage. THere was a stain the size of a golfball on the right shoulder.

"Jill how did this stain get here and what is it?" I asked.

She immediately blushed and looked down. "Last night, Eddie threw up on it."

Sydney looked up and seemed to know why something like that would have happened. Again she gave me an I'll-explain-later look. I shrugged and left the room. Down the hall there was a washroom that I could use to clean it up. On the way there I bumped into someone. It was Mia.

"Hey Rose, want me to help with that?" She asked.

"If you can." I said back. I hadn't meant to make it sound like a challenge, but it did. Mia took the dress and walked into the washroom. She concentrated, her palm raised above the silky fabric and manipulated the water with magic. It seeped through the dress and diluted the remains of the stain. Then it disappeared as the water left the dress, through Mia's command. There was no trace of the stain left.

We came back to the room to discover that Sydney had taken care of the lily situation. It was amusing that the two flowers Lissa chose for decoration were roses and lilies. The door knocked and Dimitri strode in the room. He gave me a quick kiss on the cheek, and turned to Adrian. He mouthed something I couldn't make out and Adrian suddenly became amused. The two men turned to leave, but before leaving Adrian slipped a piece of paper into Sydney's hands.

Those two had it bad for one another. Dimitri came to my side while they were having their moment.

"I love you, Roza." He murmured. I put my arms around him, and whispered that I loved him too.

He grabbed my hand. "Christian's freaking out right now. Do you know where they arranged their honeymoon?" He asked.

That had not occurred to me. We were supposed to protect them on their honeymoon, while giving them privacy. Yet, neither Lissa or Christian had told us. Were they even going to have one? Before I could say anything, Dimitri kissed my hand and left the room, winking at me on his way out. It was nearly time to get started. Everything was in place and the wedding was about to start. The bridesmaids got ready in a line when we realized there was no one to give Lissa away since Adrian was now our acting priest.

I was only too happy to take that responsibility because it was mine in the first place.

I quickly put my dress on and expertly did my makeup, ready to give away my best friend, my closest friend, to be married.