Welcome to my answer to Let Love In's challenge! I've chosen to use Candace and Julius as my couple for the duration of this story, and I hope you'll stick around and read it. :) The chapters for this story will be short, or at least much shorter than Upside Down's chapters. This story is meant to be more of a collection of drabbles than anything, nothing overly intricate. Picture belongs to LanternLeaf on Deviantart. :)


Julius paced over to his calendar sitting on the far right section of his kitchen counter and grabbed it with eager hands. He had to be sure he wasn't dreaming- he just had to. Spotting the date and seeing the big red heart marked through it, he let out and ecstatic laugh.

It was almost unreal. The next morning when he woke up, he was getting married. Married. As he set the calendar back down and made way to his bedroom, he couldn't help thinking that the next day couldn't come soon enough. He was so close, it was almost like torture.

Maybe any other man would be afraid, he contemplated. It certainly seemed that way. Men were often stereotyped to be anxious, and party their "last night of freedom" away with generous amounts of alcohol and questionable entertainment. Julius himself was never partial to such activities, much to the disappointment of the local bachelors. Somehow, he couldn't feel the fabled "cold feet" for the step he would take tomorrow. While others may have mistook his admittedly feminine nature for making him so eager to be wed, Julius believed it was his deep love for Candace that made him so ready and fearless.

Just thinking of his betrothed; her sparkling, sapphire eyes, her quaint smile, and her smooth voice that flowed into his ears like cool waters made him all the more excited. He had found the girl of his dreams, the love of his life, once more. It was frightening to think that he had almost lost his chance with her all those years ago, when they were small.

"Ah, what a fool I was!" he sighed to himself dramatically, nonetheless smiling, as he flung himself onto his bed.

Peering up at his ceiling and trying to get an ounce of sleep, his mind wandered back to those days, and everything in between that lead him to this moment.


So, what do you think? :) By the way, these chapters will be in chronological order, so the rest of this story will somewhat be flashbacks, and then tied together at the end.

All kinds of reviews would be welcome. Thanks for reading!