Cress looked at Cinder, longing to be in her place. Cinder held a long flowing white ballgown, her face looking uncomfortable, and the royal tailor was looking at the gown, describing the fabrics and designs on the dress. Cress wanted nothing more but to be holding that wedding dress in her hands. It looked so beautiful, and graceful, Cinder would be a fool to not pick this one. It's her wedding, for star's sake.

Ah, yes, the wedding of Queen Cinder and… Carswell Thorne. The man that she has fallen in love with six years ago, when she was still stuck on the satellite. She thought that her life would end up as a fairytale. She, the damsel in distress, would fall madly in love with him, the hero. Cress actually thought Thorne liked her, and they were so close to having a relationship. It's been three years ever since Thorne started courting Cinder, but Cress still seems to be shocked.

And what has happened to Kai? Cinder and him were obviously in love, but when Kai officially asked her to be with him, she turned him down. Why? Was it because she thought that Kai is only doing it out of pity? Does she think she will look like a fool for accepting Kai? Or was she pretending to like Kai just to make Thorne jealous? No, Cinder is not the type of girl to do such a thing. But she must have realized that turning down Kai was ridiculous. Unless… she really did like Thorne from the start.

The thought made Cress want to scream out in pain and run away, but she knew better than to leave Cinder. They have been best friends for six years, and she can't ever tell her that she was still in love with Thorne. How could she? If Cinder was happy, then Cress is happy. Isn't that how that works?

"Hello? Luna to Cress," Cinder said, snapping her fingers in front of Cress.

"What? Oh, I'm sorry, I was just thinking about the preparations for the annual Lunar Ball in a month," Cress said, making up a lie as quickly as possible.

"Okay then. Anyway, I wanted to ask if I made the right choice for picking that dress," Cinder said crossing her arms over her chest.

Cress looked up, mortally stunned at what Cinder said. She bought the dress! She knew that one was going to be a winner!

"Cinder, that's amazing! That was my favorite one that we've went through!" Cress shot up, smiling like an idiot.

Cinder eyes were blank, indicating that she was looking for the orange light flashing in her vision. Cress knew that it wouldn't show, because she was telling the truth. She loved the dress, but she didn't exactly love the couple. You know, she does like Thorne and Cinder individually, but she despises the fact that they're both getting married. Of course, she would never tell Cinder, due to the fact that she would easily tell if Cress was lying with that evil orange light stuck in Cinder's eye.

The door flew open, and Thorne walked in, his hands deep in his pockets. He looked at Cinder with a smile Cress can't really tell if it's fake or real, and then looked at Cress. His smile seemed to falter, but he kept it on anyway. Cress wasn't able to do anything except push a strand of chest- long blonde hair behind her ear. Thorne turned quickly around back to Cinder.

"How did the dress picking go?" Thorne said, killing Cress by wrapping an arm around Cinder. And like always, Cinder would shove it off vigorously.

"We were able to finally pick a dress, right Cress?"

Cress's eyes grew wide, realizing she has been thrown into the conversation. Thorne looked at Cress, with a hint of… what is that in his eyes? Sympathy? Curiosity? Hope? Whatever it was, Cress threw the thought out of her head and nodded her head, shoving her hands into her back pockets.

"Yeah! Totally, it was a gorgeous one too. I would die to have a dress like it. Imagine what it would look like on Cinder!"

Thorne's eyes lost that emotion after she said that, and he looked at Cinder.

"She would look lovely in anything," he said, ripping Cress's heart out without even knowing.

Cress's watch buzzed, signaling that the Scarlet is going to be at the Lunar Castle in fifteen minutes. She's visiting from Earth and going to help plan the Lunar Ball and Cinder's wedding. Scarlet comes often, for weekends and such, but she's going to be staying for two months and then leaving a week after Cinder and Thorne's wedding. Which is good, because once they get married, she's going to need some major moral support.

"I have to go, Scarlet will be here soon," Cress said to Cinder, hugging her for support. Even though Cress is the one who needs more support. She'll just have to talk to Scarlet about it.

"Say hi to Scarlet and Wolf for me," Cinder said, hugging Cress tightly. Cress could've sworn she heard a sniffle, but it was so soft that she wasn't sure.