Four months ago
Storm smiled as she looked at herself in the stores long mirror. Turning around slowly she watched the way the sleeveless white "princess dress" (as the tailor had called it) moved as she went. It wasn't by far a fancy dress when compared to what most brides wore but the simplicity of it suited her. Looking away she felt herself blush as she wondered what Logan would think of it when he saw her in it. He had only proposed a week ago but his words were still fresh in her mind.
Logan had asked her to go for a ride with him that night. It didn't seem like anything out of the ordinary since she had gone on numerous motorcycle rides with him over the year and a half they had been dating. She knew where he was taking her before she even saw it. The smell of the salt air as they rode that night gave it away. As they approached the beach Storm had felt her mouth open in awe at the site of the full moon seemingly sitting about the still water. He parked the bike beside the stairs and led her down to the sand. Before she even had time to ask him what was on his mind he had gotten onto bended knee.
"I'm no good at words" he had said. "But I what I do know is that I love ya, when I see you I see home...and if I had ya...I'd have home". That was when he took the ring out of his pocket. "Will ya marry me"? The moment she said yes he had picked her up and swung her around. After that day she could stop smiling. It was as if a weight had been lifted from her shoulders and the same had been experienced for him. Even Xavier had commented on how he had never seen Wolverine so content and it filled Ororo with joy to know that she had been the one to cause it.
"Is it as you requested"? Ororo turned to see a small old woman smiling at her from the showrooms entrance. Nodding she smiled back at her. "Yes Ms. Bonnie" she said looking back to admire the dress one more time. "Its perfect". Nodding the woman gave a small chuckle. "Alright honey, when you get dressed bring it to the front so I can bag it for you". She said.
Clutching the reinforced bag in her hand Storm exited the store making her way towards the white Toyota she had arrived in. Pausing for a moment she looked up at the dark sky feeling hersel sigh. "It gets dark so early these days" she said to herself as she checked her watch. "Only six oclock and already the sun set". Stopping to reach into her purse the woman froze as she heard a strange noise in back of her. Looking around the parking lot she noticed that other than two other cars it was near empty. As the uneasy feeling set over her so did her searching in the purse on her arm.
Struggling to find her keys Ororo looked over to the bridal shop wondering if they would allow her in until she could find her keys but no sooner had the thought crossed her mind did the lights to the small store turn off. Sighing she placed her purchase on the ground only to be stopped by a familiar voice. "Hey beautiful, its been a while".
