Chapter 4: Cole and Opal (Opal Lancaster is my OC, she was introduced in my story, Ninjago: Viral feel free to check it out)

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Cole, the Earth Ninja and the Master of Earth was driving to Ninjago General Hospital, one afternoon. He wasn't sick or anything, but he was going to see his girlfriend, Opal Lancaster.

She was a nurse there, and she suggested instead of a regular date, he'd come to the hospital, he could help her with some things and they could get lunch. Once he pulled up the building, and parked in the visitor's spaces, he went inside.

"Hi, I'm looking for Nurse Opal Lancaster." he told a receptionist.

"Hey, Cole." called a voice. He looked up, and saw Opal in her pink nursing scrubs.

"Hey, Opal you look great." Cole complimented, as he hugged her.

"Thanks. Come on." she told him, as he followed her. As they got in an elevator, they walked.

"So what did you need help with?" he asked her.

"I'll show you, we're almost there." Opal replied. The floor they stopped at was the maternity ward.

They walked down to the nursery, and went inside.

"Nurse Rachet instructed me to massage some of the babies." she told them.

"Massage them?" wondered Cole.

"Yeah, sometimes it's good to massage premature babies, helps them with their development." Opal explained.

"Cool, so let's get started." said Cole, as he cracked his knuckles.

"Remember, we have to be gentle." she reminded. They carefully took some premature babies out of their cribs, lied them on a table, and began massaging them.

Opal looked and saw how gentle Cole was being with the baby. That was one of the things she liked about him, he was strong and tough, but he could be extremely gentle. After massaging some babies, they got back in the elevator, and went up to the pediatric ward.

"You ready to make some kids' day?" Opal asked him.

"You bet." he answered.

Opal opened the door to the kids' playroom, and got their attention.

"Hi kids, I have a special visitor who came to see you." she announced.

All the kids started chattering excitedly.

"Come on in." said Opal to the door.

Cole took that as his cue, and walked inside.

"Hey kids." he greeted.

"The Earth Ninja." the kids cried happily.

They rushed up to him, and he gave them high fives, signed autographs, and even held some of the kids on his arm to show how strong he was.

After having fun with the kids, the two went down to the cafeteria for lunch.

"You were really sweet with the kids, Cole." Opal told him, as she ate her salad.

"Hey, I love kids. And can you believe that it was in this hospital where we first met." Cole told her, as he ate his sandwich.

Opal and Cole had met when he and the rest of the Ninja had been infected with a virus, and had to be quarantined.

"Yeah, it was because of you guys I became an official nurse." Opal replied.

"And with your help we stopped the Plague Doctor." added Cole.

When they finished eating, Opal had to get back to work, so she walked Cole out.

"Hey, Opal do you think you could prescribe something for me?" Cole asked her.

"What are your symptoms?" she wondered.

"I'm leaving someone I really like, and I can't wait to see her again." Cole told her.

Opal gave him a smile.

"I know just the cure." She leaned forward, and kissed him on the lips, and he kissed her back.

"Ahem." came a voice.

The two stopped kissing, and saw Nurse Rachet, Opal's boss and head nurse of the hospital.

"Lancaster, you're needed in surgery. If you can breakaway from your boyfriend." she informed and left.

"(Chuckles), I better get going." she told Cole.

"Yeah, see you later." Cole replied, and he left.

While leaving the hospital, Cole make a quick stop at a jewelry store.

By the time Cole got back to the monastery for some last minute training, it was 3:00.

"Hey, Cole what kept you?" asked Kai.

"Yeah, your date with Opal should've ended hours ago." added Jay.

"It did, I just had to make a quick stop." Cole explained.

"For what?" wondered Zane.

"I had to pick up this." said Cole, pulling something out of his pocket. In his hands was a small black box, and inside was an engagement ring with a a gold band and small diamond.

"You're going to propose." Nya observed.

"That's great." complimented Lloyd.

"When are you going to pop the question?" asked Kai.

"As soon as possible. Maybe tomorrow or the day after that." Cole explained.

"Why haven't we started training yet?" asked Master Wu, stepping out into the courtyard.

"Cole is going to propose to Opal." Zane informed Master Wu.

"Oh really, congratulations Cole. Opal is a lovely young lady, and I'm sure you both will be very happy." Master Wu told Cole.

"Thank you, Master." Cole replied.

"Who are you going to ask for permission?" questioned Nya.

"I wasn't planning to ask. I mean Opal doesn't have any parents." Cole explained.

"What about Nurse Rachet?" suggested Zane.

"Yeah, she's Opal's boss and I guess I could say she's kinda like...I don't want to say her mother but maybe like an aunt." said Jay.

Ever since Nurse Rachet made Opal an official nurse, she'd been treated better by her, and Opal saw her as a mentor, much like Master Wu to the Ninja.

"Well I suppose Nurse Rachet is a good candidate." Cole considered.

The following day, Cole went back to the hospital, and this time asked to see Nurse Rachet.

"She's in the lounge." the receptionist told him.

Cole walked down the hall, and found the lounge. Nurse Rachet was enjoying a little downtime, and having a cup of coffee.

"Uh, Nurse Rachet?" he asked.

"Cole. If you're looking for Opal she's in a delivery, so you'll have to wait." Nurse Rachet told him.

"Actually, I came to see you." Cole told her.

Nurse Rachet looked at him curiously.

"What for?"

"Well, I was hoping to ask your permission to marry Opal."

"You want to marry Opal, one of my nurses?"

"Yes, she makes me happy, and I really love her. And Opal looks up to you, and so I thought it would be respectful if I asked you first." Cole explained to her.

Nurse Rachet finished her coffee, and looked at him.

"You know Cole, I take my profession as a nurse very seriously, and I don't like having my nurses distracted. But Opal is different than others I've trained, she manages to be fully focused on her work, and balances her relationship with you, and that's what makes her one of my favorite nurses. And I believes she deserves a young man like you." she told him.

"So is that a yes?" wondered Cole in a hopeful voice.

"Yes, you may marry Opal." Nurse Rachet replied.

"Thank you, Nurse Rachet." said Cole.

As he was leaving, he thought of how he could propose to Opal.

Then something caught his eye. It was a flyer saying that the hospital was going to have a blood/oil drive tomorrow. He grabbed it, and got an idea. That evening at his place, he called Opal.

"Hello?" Opal asked on the other end.

"Hey, babe." said Cole.

"Oh, hi Cole, how're you?"

"Fine, I heard that the hospital was having a blood and oil drive tomorrow, are you going to be there?"

"You bet, I'm gonna be one of the nurses drawing blood, why?"

"Oh, just wondering. I gotta go, goodnight."

"Goodnight." And they both hung up.

The next morning, Cole went to his friends, and informed them about the blood/oil drive and his plan.

"You want us to donate blood, so you can use it as a cover to propose to your girlfriend?" asked Lloyd.

"Come on guys, it's a good cause and a good idea." Cole told them.

"It is a good cause, and who are we to stand in the way of a proposal?" said Zane.

"Okay, Cole, we're in." said Nya.

They all went to the hospital, and signed up for the drive.

A nurse led them to a room, where many people and robots were getting their blood drawn. There was also a table with juice, cookies, and donuts, and another nurse were giving away stickers.

"Guys you came." came a voice.

The Ninja saw Opal waving to them.

"We're ready to donate some blood and save some lives." said Kai.

"And oil too." added Zane.

"Well come right this way, and take a seat on some of the beds." said Opal.

Each of them did, and a nurse took a pinprick sample of blood to figure out what type they were, placed a tourniquet around their arms, and began to draw blood and oil. Opal drew Cole's blood.

"You know (winces) Opal, since I got you here, I have something important I need to ask you."

"What's that?" asked Opal, as she stuck the needle in his arm.

"We've known each other for a couple years now, and it's been the best of my life."

"That's nice to say, Cole. It's been the same for me too." Opal replied.

"And I was hoping the two of us can make it even better. Together." Cole dug around in his pocket, and pulled out the ring box.

"Opal Lancaster, will you marry me?" he asked. Opal was at a loss for words, as she took the ring.

"Yes, yes Cole I will." she told him.

As Cole sat up to hug her, he suddenly felt lightheaded.

"Careful Cole, you may feel a little dizzy after donating blood." Opal informed. So Cole lied back down, but had a look of bliss as he did.

After the dizziness wore off, Cole embraced Opal.

"I'm guessing by the looks of this she said yes." said Jay coming over.

"Yes, I did." Opal replied.

"Congratulations, you two." complimented Zane.

Once Opal got off that evening, she and Cole announced their engagement to the others including, Lou, Cole's father.

"Congratulations, son." Lou told his son, as gave his son a hug.

"Thanks, Dad." replied Cole.

"And Opal, it's going to be great having you as a daughter-in-law."

"Thank you, sir." Opal told him.

"Please call me, Lou." Once again Cole picked his teammates (minus Nya) to be his groomsmen, and Opal picked all the ladies to be her bridesmaids.

Planning for the wedding began soon after the announcement. Their wedding would take place at a church, and they'd hold the reception at the monastery. One day, Nya, Skylor, Pixal, and Harumi came to pick up Opal from the hospital to go dress shopping.

"Hey, Opal ready to shop?" asked Harumi.

"You bet." Opal replied.

They got ready to leave, but they heard a voice. It was Nurse Rachet.

"And where are you going, Opal?" she asked.

"Nurse Rachet, I was using my lunch break to go dress shopping, since I'm getting married." Opal told her.

She was nervous that Nurse Rachet wasn't going to let her go. But before the others could anything, Nurse Rachet spoke.

"Say no more, I understand. And also Opal, while you're preparing for your big day, you may work half days."

"Thank you, Nurse Rachet." Opal replied, and left with her friends.

When they arrived at the store, they began shopping.

"I'm really glad Nurse Rachet let you have half days while we prepare for the wedding." said Skylor.

"So am I. While I love nursing, it's good to have something else to do during the day." said Opal, as she looked for a dress.

"Remind me, what are the color themes again?" wondered Pixal.

"Black and pink. Both mine and Cole's signature colors." Opal told her.

"I wonder how the guys are doing." thought Nya.

The guys were at a tailor to make sure their suits were still in tip top shape.

"Another year, another wedding." said Kai, as he looked at himself in the mirror, he was already wearing his suit.

"Are you looking forward to the big day, Cole?" asked Zane, as the tailor, looked over him in his suit.

Cole was in the dressing room, putting his suit on.

"You bet, it's going to be a great day." Cole replied.

As he put on his pants, and he made an unfortunate discovery. He couldn't fit into them, he tried and tried, but couldn't button them.

"Something wrong, Cole?" called Lloyd.

"Guys, we have a problem." Cole said, coming out of the dressing room. He was wearing his black tuxedo, it looked great, except he couldn't close his pants.

"Perhaps they shrank?" he suggested.

"Or maybe...something grew?" snickered Jay, and the others did too.

Cole thought back to the previous weddings, and the previous wedding cakes. Nya and Jay's white wedding cake, Zane and Pixal's marble cake wedding cake, and Kai and Skylor's red velvet wedding cake.

"Not to worry sir, I can take those pants out." the tailor told him.

"No, I can lose the weight." Cole told him.

"Are you sure, Cole?" wondered Kai.

"Yes, I can. I can lose a couple pounds for Opal." Cole told them.

Back with the ladies, the other girls found nice pink bridesmaids dresses, but Opal still hadn't found a dress.

"I don't get it, you guys found dresses, why can't I?" Opal wondered.

"Oh, you'll find one Opal." Nya encouraged.

"But I don't look good any of the ones I tried on." Opal told them.

"No, no, the dresses don't look good on you." Skylor corrected.

"You just need to vision it, what do you want to look like on your wedding day?" asked Pixal.

Opal closed her eyes, and thought about it. She pictured herself in a pure white dress with lace, loose sleeves, and made of chiffon.

"I know what to look for." she said, opening her eyes again.

She manage to find the dress, it was perfect on her.

As the days went by, Cole did his best to lose weight. He worked extra hard in his ninja training, laid off sweets, and jogged.

"So Cole, how's the weight loss program coming?" asked Kai, as he finished his spar with Cole.

"Whew, it's coming along. I already lost two pounds." Cole told them.

"Good for you, anyway what do you want to do for a bachelor party?" wondered Zane.

"I was thinking we could have a poker night at my place."

"Poker, that sounds good to me." said Lloyd.

"Me too, I wonder what the girls are gonna do?" wondered Jay.

At Opal's apartment, they were just discussing that.

"I really don't know what I want to do for a bachelorette party." Opal admitted.

"Well just think these are your final days as a bachelorette." Nya told her.

"Hmm, well I think I'd like to do a painting party."

"A painting party?" asked Pixal.

"Yeah, we can get easels and canvases and paint, drink wine and talk." Opal explained.

"Sounds like fun, I'm in." said Harumi.

And all the other girls agreed. So on the night of their parties, they all went to Cole and Opal's places. At Cole's the guys sat around his kitchen table playing poker. As they did, they munched on nachos, drank beer, and talked.

"Now this is a great party." said Jay, munching on some nachos.

"Yeah, but I'm looking forward to spending the rest of my life with Opal." Cole told them, as he played his cards.

"Trust me Cole, spending the rest of your life with someone you love is the best." Zane told him.

Jay and Kai agreed. Back at Opal's apartment, the ladies painted pictures, drank wine, and talked.

"I have to say, this was a nice idea, Opal." complimented Skylor, as she painted a picture of the sunset.

"Thanks." said Opal, as she took a sip of her wine.

"You know, I never thought painting pictures could be so relaxing." said Nya.

"Just goes to show you, you never know." Harumi told her.

On the night before the wedding, Cole once again tried on his suit.

"Oh please fit." he whispered to himself. And to his delight, he was able to zip and button his pants.

"Yes!" he cheered.

The next morning, everyone invited to the wedding headed to the church.

"So how you feeling, Opal?" asked Nya, and she gave Opal her bouquet.

"A little nervous." Opal admitted.

"Don't worry, Opal. The second you say "I do", you'll feel like you're in heaven." Skylor told her.

"Oh, it's time to start." Pixal informed the others.

"Then let's go." said Harumi.

In the seats, Lou, Nurse Rachet, Darreth, Master Wu, Misako, and everyone else the Ninja knew watched as the wedding party walked down the aisle.

Then it came time for Opal to make her way down.

"Here we go, Opal." she said to herself.

She stepped out, and slowly made her way to the alter. Cole looked very handsome in his suit, and Cole thought she looked stunning in her dress.

Then she faced him, as the pastor said his words.

"Do you Cole take Opal Lancaster to be your wife?" he asked.

"I do." Cole answered.

"And do you Opal Lancaster take Cole to be your husband?"

"I do." Opal replied.

"I now pronounce you, husband and wife." the pastor declared, and the two kissed.

Back at the monastery, everyone was having a great time dancing to the music, and socializing. Opal and Cole were sitting together, taking a break from the dancing. Then Opal got a fun idea.

"Hey, Cole." she called.

"Yes?" asked Cole, turning to her.

The next thing he knew she'd smashed a piece of their chocolate wedding cake into his face! Opal giggled, as Cole licked his face.

"Mmm, I missed that taste." he said, and he reacted by smashing some in her face.

The two laughed together, they were in for a great life.

That's chapter 4, plz review, and the last wedding will be Lloyd and Harumi's