Brittany's POV

I had so much on my mind and all of it good. The dress, the reception, the party after… I felt like I was in a dream… a wonderful honey-in-the-heart dream. I could not stop smiling.

First things first, Family. I called up Auntie Bea. My fingers nervously drummed the kitchen counter as I heard the ringing on the other side.

"Hello?"

"Auntie Bea? It's me." I could barely contain the excitement.

"Oh Brittany, it's you! Congratulations!"

"Auntie Bea you've heard?" I giggled.

"I've heard it all over town, there's no such thing as a secret when you're famous." I could see her winking even though we were on the phone.

I blushed, "I'm the happiest woman on Koppai right now, I can't believe this is happening but I'm so glad it is!"

"Indeed." She sighed, "Your mother would be so proud of you Brittany."

"Mom…" I muttered, "I haven't been by her grave in a while."

"Now would be a good time." Bea advised.

I nodded, "That's true… you know what? I'm going to do that right now! I'll call you later okay?"

"Okay dear, be sure to tell your sister too!"

The whole way to the cemetery I was smiling, when I entered the gates I put on my straight face. Even though a considerable amount of time has passed, not much has changed. A cool breeze whiffed my hair as I approached my mother's grave.

I crouched in front of the headstone, "Hi mom, I came to see you." I laid an orange hibiscus on top of her stone, her favorite flower.

"I realize you must be watching over me so you probably know what's going on but… I'll tell you anyway I got engaged." I giggled lightly.

The wind whistled in the air, as if she was speaking to me. A magenta leaf from a maple tree floated its way on the grass directly in front of me. There were no maple trees nearby, so it was almost like this was her way of communicating. Although it could have been carried in by the wind, it was fun and comforting to imagine mother was talking to me.

When I heard footsteps behind me I turned around, and I was delighted at whom I saw.

"Bethany!" I quietly exclaimed.

Her auburn tresses bounced lightly in the wind, "Hello Brittany." She smiled pleasantly, "Aunt Bea told me you were here."

Bethany was also holding an orange hibiscus, and she placed it delicately next to mine, "I see we had the same idea."

She crouched next to me, put her arm around me, and leaned her head on my shoulder, "Congrats on your engagement Britt."

"I was about to say…" I mentioned before we both exchanged giggles.

"Hey…" Bethany said, "Is that a maple tree leaf?" She picked it up.

"It looks like it."

She eyed it for a moment, "Brittany, do you remember when we were kids? When we climbed that maple tree in front of the elementary school?"

I did, at the time I was eight and she was eleven, "That was a dumb thing to do." I chuckled.

"But we didn't realize that until we knocked down that beehive…"

I shuddered, "I can't believe how persistent those bees were… they chased us all the way home." I laughed softly.

"Mom sure gave us a lecture after that one." She smiled.

"That's because she told us over and over again, 'Don't even think about it. There are bees in that tree.'"

"But we wanted to so much because of how pretty it was."

We laughed for a minute before the whistle of the wind quieted us.

Alph's POV

"Whew…" I fell down on the couch backwards, there's a lot of work in planning a wedding; and when you have fourteen siblings to call… that's, well, a lot!

And I wasn't done yet, I had to call my grandfather. I got up and reached for the phone again, then dialed his number. A few rings went by before I heard his answering machine.

"I guess he's busy."

When the answering machine finished, I left a message, "Hey grandpa, it's Alph. Call me back as soon as you can. Bye."

I set the phone back down and rested for a minute before deciding to call my father. Just as I picked up the phone, it rang in my hand.

I answered, "Hello?"

"Hey there Alph! I hear you're getting married!"

"Grandpa? Sorry to bother you when you're busy."

"Oh I'm not busy at all! When I heard you were getting married I took the whole week off! I'm going to help you out any way I can!"

I felt puzzled, "Then, why didn't you answer when I called?"

He laughed hardily, "I just like to mess with you! Hahaha!"

"Geez, grandpa…" I chuckled myself.

"Oh, and you don't have to worry about telling your father. He already knows! Things sure spread around quickly when you're well-known!"

"That's a good thing, I was getting really exhausted with all these phone calls."

He paused for a moment before replying, "Alph, did you call all of your brothers and sister?"

"Um, well, yeah."

I heard him faintly laugh, "But they already knew!"

You've got to be kidding me… So they were messing with me too!? Family… good grief.

"Should've known." I added, "Well, since all of that's done I'm gonna prepare some other things. I'll call you later okay?"

After hanging up, I found my list and checked off the task of letting family know and looked at the next job.

"I need a suit…"

Charlie's POV

"I should be happy for them, they're my friends!" I reprimanded myself, "Besides, if I love Brittany it should only matter that she's happy, which she obviously is."

I strolled down the sidewalk in the suburbs a few blocks from my house, I had decided to take a walk to refocus my thoughts.

"After all, what kind of man would that make me…? A horrible one… right? Right."

Nonetheless I sighed in disappointment and kept on going.

"So… Captain Charlie's sad now that Alph is marrying Brittany?" A familiar woman listens from behind a corner, "Hm… that could be useful." She giggled mischievously.

Author's Note: Hi hi hiiiii! XD

Sorry this took a while I was working on my Lana story ;)

I feel sorta silly writing this because I have to go to class in a few hours x3 but I was almost done anyway so... ta daaaa! XD

I hope you enjoy, and sorry for my priorities! XD