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"Do we really have ta do more planin' fo' the weddin' Holley?" Mater asks. "Ya sure ya don't want ta jist grab ah pint at Flo's?"

"Yes, Mater we do. Finn and I have been ever so busy with a boatload of missions lately. If we are going to have everything ready by June 24, we simply must use all the time we have to plan the wedding!" Holley says.

The rusty tow truck sighs. Lately, every time Holley came back to Radiator Springs she was on him about planning the wedding. I suppose she's right though…I guess da weddin's gettin' awful close, he thinks. Mater isn't one for lists and color coordination so planning the wedding hasn't been very fun for him.

Holley notices her fiancé's boredom. I know how he feels… This may not be the most fun part of getting married, but it is necessary, she thinks. "Mater, how about we drive over to Lightning and Sally's place? Lightning already knows that you want him to be your best car, but I was thinking… Maybe Hudson and Hornet could be our flower girl and ring-paint barer?"

"Well, dadgum! Tha' sound like a perfect plan ta me! Le's go!"


The couple soon arrives at Lightning and Sally's home. The two story house is near the edge of town, near Lightning's racing headquarters. Form the back yard, engines can be heard revving as Lightning races with his kids on the mini-racing track he had paved for them in the backyard. Mater and Holley simply drive on back, knowing they are always welcome at the McQueen home.

"Heya Mater! Hi Holley!" a voice comes from the porch. It is Sally.

"Howdy Mrs. Sally!"

"Uncle Mater!" the twins cry in their two-year old voices, the kind where one would only understand what they are saying if one was around them often. They exit the miniature race track and make their way over to the tow truck and Jaguar. Lightning follows close behind. Soon, everyone is up on the porch under the shade of a large umbrella.

"Lemonade?" Sally says, driving out of the house. "Ooh…I didn't mean…"

Holley, Mater, and Lightning laugh with the twin's high laughter punctuating through the adult car's lower laughter, even though they don't understand the joke, as Sally grins sheepishly.

"It is fine, Sally," Holley says after the laughter has died down. Sally places a glass in front of each of the cars apart from the twins who receive theirs in a sippy cup.

"So what brings you two over today?" Lightning asks, still chuckling slightly.

"Well, me an' Holley here was wonderin' if Hudson an' Hornet would want ta be da flower girl an' ring-paint barer in our weddin'!" Mater explains.

"Flower girl?" Hudson pipes up. "Ooh! That sounds like fun Uncle Mater! Would I get to drive fast?"

"No," Holley chuckles, "you would have to drive slowly down the aisle Hudson."

"Aww…" Hudson says and pouts.

"Maybe… we could get Luigi to order some colored tires to match your paint for the wedding though," Holley says.

"Oooh! Ok!" Hudson says as a wide smile breaks across her front fender.

"What about you, Hornet?" Lightning asks his son. "Do you want to be in Mater and Holley's wedding?"

"Would I have to be a flower girl?" Hornet asks, horror on his face.

All of the cars laugh again. "No, no!" Lightning says. "You would be the ring-paint barer. You'd just carry the paint down the aisle so Uncle Mater and Holley can paint their wedding rings on each other."

"OH!" Hornet exclaims, relief spreading throughout his frame. "That's different! Sure!"

After that is settled, the grown-up cars chat. Sally and Holley are discussing the different paint jobs Holley is considering for the wedding on the porch while Lightning and Mater watch the twins race around their track from the ground

"So how's the planning going?" Lightning asks Mater.

"Purty good. It's ah lot of work though. All this listin' an' co-order-ating an' stuff. It's a good thing tha' Holley has tha' fancy computer ma-what sit. Makes things ah bit easier I would guess."

"I'm sure it does," Lightning says. "Hey, do ya want to go tractor tippin' later? I bet you could use a break buddy."

"Dadgum! Tha' sounds like fun! But…I mean…"

"Only if Holley lets you escape?" Lightning chuckles.

"Yeah," Mater says, giving a small grin.

"Mooooommy! Daddy and Uncle Mater are going to go tractor tipping!" Hudson calls from the track.

Lightning grimaces and turns around. "Heh, kids… They say the darndest things, don't they?"

Sally rolls her eyes, "Lightning, you know what happened last time…"

That he did. Last time they went tractor tipping, Lightning had come home with a sizeable scrape on his rear fender from a close call with Frank. Ramone had had to work on him all night because Lightning had to leave the next day for the first race of the season.

"That and Holley and Mater need to work on the plans some more tonight. Who knows when she'll get called back?" Sally says.

"It's fine Sally. Why don't you and Lightning have a guy's night Mater? I was planning on calling some of my friends from the Academy tonight about the wedding. I don't really need your help with that," Holley says.

"Dadgum! Thanks Holley!"


Later that night, Holley is in Cone #2 making some calls to friends she made at C.H.R.O.M.E's training academy in London.

Won't they be surprised when they see Mater? she thinks to herself. She has one last call to make before she goes to bed though. Choosing number one on her speed dial, she sends the signal to send. After just a few rings, her holographic computer screen shows the image of her partner, Finn McMissile.

"What is it Miss Shiftwell?" Finn asks, his eyes barely open.

"Oh, sorry Finn. I forgot about the time difference between here and London," Holley says and grins sheepishly.

"Yes, there is no time to call like four in the morning."

"I'm sorry Finn. Do you want me to call you back later?"

"No, it is fine. What did you call about?"

"Well, you are aware that Mater and I are getting married soon."

Finn sighs, "Yes, I am."

"I was hoping that you would consent to marry Mater and I. It would mean a good deal to me… and Mater."

Finn is much more awake now. "Me?" he asks, somewhat shocked.

"Yes, you! You did play a somewhat large part in bringing us together Finn!"

"I did?" the elder spy car asks, raising an eye lid.

"Of course! If you hadn't sent me to meet the American spy two and a half years ago, Mater and I would have never met."

"I suppose not," he says.

"So will you?" Holley asks hopefully.

"Of course, Miss Shiftwell. It would be my honor."


A/N- First of all, I would like to thank Mighty ANT for letting me use her idea of Finn marrying Mater and Holley. If you haven't checked out her Cars fics, do so now! You won't regret it, I promise.

What do you think of Hudson and Hornet? I had a lot of fun writing them in this chapter. Little kids/cars are so cute! ^^ I'm considering writing them their own story once I finish with this fic and Real Gone.

Suggestions for the upcoming chapters are welcome (The Wedding, The Reception, and The Parents).

In the name of The Fabulous Hudson Hornet, review!