The Wonder of You

Story by: Phoenix710&Merigirl

Summary: In this chapter, Hunter and Colleen discuss how they want to have their wedding, and Exile overhears them. Hunter makes Colleen a special Christmas breakfast, then they kiss under the mistletoe.

Disclaimer: Neither Merigirl nor I claim any rights whatsoever to Road Rovers, or to any of the characters. Road Rovers is a registered trademark of Warner Bros.

Chapter Two: Wedding Plans for Hunter and Colleen

The next morning, Hunter woke with the first bright, warm rays of Christmas sunshine flowing through the windows. He glanced down at Colleen, who was still sleeping peacefully in his arms. He just stared as he gently ran his fingers through her hair, which was tousled and messed up due to sleep, her face was a bit flushed, and her cheeks were the tiniest shade of red.
In other words….she was absolutely beautiful!
Hunter gazed upon her, upon this picture of loveliness that was in his arms and kissed the top of her head, fingering her soft fur. God, if this whole thing was just a dream, please let him NEVER wake up! He held her carefully so as not to wake her. She looked like SUCH an angel, so innocent and peaceful as she slumbered. Soon he would have the priviledge of looking into this lovely sleeping picture every single morning forever! He sighed a bit. He would love to just stay here and watch her sleep, but he knew he had to get up. Quietly he disentangled himself from her arms so as not to wake her, and pulled the blanket up to her shoulders. Kissing her cheek, he reluctantly left her side to go to the kitchen and start fixing a special breakfast. He broke two eggs and put them into a frying pan, and added bits of cheese before he scrambled them. He looked in the fridge and pulled out some sausage to fry up along with the eggs and put on a pot of water for tea.
Colleen stirred as she smelled the eggs cooking. She opened her eyes, at first a bit startled not really remembering where she was. But it all soon came back to her. Her hand went to her collar and found the ring. She slid it back and forth, watching the patterns it made on the wall as the sunlight hit it. Sighing happily, she got up and stood on the edge of the couch, putting one leg up on the arm of it to stretch out. After she was stretched, she got down on the floor and spread out her legs, stretching her arm out to touch her toes. After her body had woken up and she was nice and limber she raced quickly into her bedroom to brush her hair and change into some fresh clothes. As soon as she got out, the smell was much stronger, and she followed it to where Hunter was, over by the stove scrambling. She came over and wrapped her arms around his waist. He turned and smiled. "Good morning, Colleen," he said. "Merry Christmas."
"Merry Christmas, Huntie!" she kissed him on his cheek and peeked into the pan. "Mmm…smells yummy!"
"Thanks, I think they're done," he turned off the stove. "I wanted to cook a really special breakfast for the two of us, Colleen."
"Oh, that's so sweet, Huntie!"
Hunter took a white tablecloth and set a small nearby table for two. He poured juice and put a vase of flowers he saw in the living room in the middle of it. Colleen watched, amazed.
"Huntie, you don't have to do this!"
"I want to, Colleen. It's Christmas!" Smiling, he took her into his arms. "In fact, look up!"
She looked right above them. "Uh oh..mistletoe!" She smiled as he reached down and kissed her. The kiss deepened as they wrapped their arms around each other tightly and massaged each other's shoulders.
When they finally came up for air, Hunter gazed into his love's bright blue eyes. "Wanna know why I feel so lucky today? How many people get to have a special breakfast with the one they love the day after they get engaged?" He kissed her again tenderly.
"Oh, Huntie, I love you so much. This is one Christmas I'm not going to forget!"
"Me neither! Now, I do believe that we have to do a few things that I think humans do after they get engaged."
"What's that?"
"Well, I think first you thank the man for getting engaged to you."
"Thank you, Huntie, for getting engaged to me."
"You're welcome. Thank you, Colleen, for agreeing to marry me!"
"You're welcome."
Hunter sat down upon the table and Colleen moved to sit in his lap. "Then I think we tell each other when we realized we loved each other."
Colleen gazed into his eyes. "I knew the first time we fought Storm and you ran back into the burning volcano to save Muzzle and almost got killed yourself."
Hunter stroked her hair. "I knew when I saw you single handedly fight that Ninja while we were protecting that Gold Statue of Budda!" He kissed her deeply and gazed into her eyes. "I love you," he said simply.
"I love you," she answered. She got up so he could dish out the eggs and sausage. As Colleen sat down and Hunter placed the food in front of her, she noticed Hunter had placed a rose on her plate. Moved beyond belief she kissed him on the cheek and he took her hand. "Soooo, Colleen…when would you like the wedding?"
"Oh, as soon as we can, Huntie!"
"I'm with you. We're so busy all the time with missions and functions… we should get married really soon. Say…maybe in two months?"
"Valentine's Day!" Colleen cried out happily. "Oh Huntie, let's have it then! It would be so meaningful!"
"OK, February 14th it is!"
Colleen smiled, and wiped her mouth with her napkin. She stood up and walked over to the window, opening it wide. Hunter went to stand next to her and put his arm around her. Neither one of them noticed Exile coming into the room.
"So..where should we get married? United States or England?" Exile's head popped up at the mention of the word 'wedding' Slowly he moved closer to listen to the conversation a bit better.
"I really don't know, Huntie. I never gave it much thought," she admitted. "I guess it's because I never thought I would ever have a wedding of my own! I mean, you know how it was for me as a pup. Who'd wanna marry a piece of London trash from the gutter?"
"I would," Hunter said, squeezing her to his side. "But I think I can understand. I mean, look at MY life! Who'd wanna marry a shelter dog who couldn't get anyone to adopt him in 6 weeks?"
"I would," Colleen said, snuggling up to him. "I'm SOO unlike other girls, I never ever thought of a wedding of me own!" she almost laughed. "I really am not sure…" she then got an idea. "Huntie…let's get married here!"
"In the Headquarters?"
"Why not? This is where we met..this is where we fell in love! We can marry right here!"
"OK…but where here should we have it?" Colleen looked out upon the beach. The sun was shining warmly upon the white sand, and the bright blue ocean lapped at the shore quietly and cooly. The trees seemed to be dancing in the slight breeze, and casting lovely shadows. Colleen took it all in, all the beauty of what she saw.
"The beach!" she said quickly, pointing. "Huntie….we can get married right there, right on the beach..under the stars at night!" she looked at him and smiled. "A moonlit wedding under the stars!"
"Oh, Colleen, that's a great idea!" he hugged her close to him.
"Let's just have it nice and simple, Huntie. You can just wear a nice suit and I'll just wear a plain white dress, maybe one that comes down to my knees! I saw me share of weddings in London. From the gutter I had a good view of weddings in St. Pauls's, I saw girls traipsing down the aisle in lace and bows…I just can't do that! It looks ridiculous! I don't wanna be wearing a veil over me face either. It's just not me! Maybe a few flowers in me hair."
You're gonna look gorgeous!" Hunter smiled and kissed her. "You'll look lovely in anything you wear!"
"And we can have the reception inside! Shag can cook the food for it!"
Hunter stared at the beach. "Yeah…a simple, moonlit wedding. Nothig fancy or overdone, I hate those kinds of things as well. Just a few flowers, a small white carpet for us to walk down, the other Rovers.."
"The Master, Confuse-Us.."
"And Mom! DON'T forget my Mom!"
"Oh, Huntie, never! She'll be the first one we'll invite!"
Hunter loked at her. "Ya know, Colleen, you've never met my Mom, have you?"
"No, Huntie!"
"Ya know, Colleen, I was gonna fly out to her today as a Christmas surprise,…why don't you come along? I know she'll LOVE to meet you, and she'll be so happy to hear our news! " Just then, a sound came from right behind them, startling them. Turning around, they saw Exile crying uncontrollably, wiping huge tears from his eyes.
"Oh, Comrades, this is greatest news I ever heard!! My dear friends are to be married!! Comrades, this is GREAT!!! This is best Christmas ever!!!"
"Exile!! Uh…how long have you been standing there?" Hunter asked.
"Long enough," Exile said happily. "You must forgive me for overhearing, but I can't help myself!!" He reached over and gave them both HUGE hugs! "Congratulations, Comrades!!"
"Uh.,thank you, Exile.." Hunter gasped. Exile put them both down. "Exile, listen, Colleen and I are gonna go see my Mom and give her the news. After we get back, we'll announce our engagement…but please don't tell anyone until then. We want to tell them ourselves.
"Do not worry, my lips are buckled!!"