Chapter 4: The Engagement Ball
A/N: Finally the last chapter is up, my first full story ever :D, Sweet chapter, no Horrible Criticism please, but constructive criticism is fine as I might need it
I might not be very good but please R&R, I love you all.
When they returned back to the castle they went straight to the table they always have their meals at, like they always do but tonight, no one was sitting down. After about a couple of minutes looking around they saw Pepper emerging from the kitchens.
"Hey you two, go and get changed into your finest clothes you have and Jane, you must wear at least your knight styled gown."
"Oh Pepper, you are just as bad as my mother" Jane laughed. "If you insist, I will." She added giving in. She seriously never thought that the day would come that she would have to give in twice in a short amount of time. With that, Jester and Jane both walked off together hand in hand to their rooms.
"I wonder why they are telling us to dress formal for tonight's .meal." Jane asked, confused as anything.
"I do not know my beloved, I really don't." Jester replied just as confused.
They both thought about it hard then Jester came up with some thing that was half jesting and half serious.
"Maybe the king suggested we just do."
"No, maybe they just feel like a change." Jane guessed. "Well I suppose we should get ready anyway, see you soon." She smiled so sweetly to Jester that if Gunther seen her that second, he would of teased her so much about how much of a soft girl she was and that she really should of stayed a lady in waiting.
"Ok then, my beautiful beanstalk, I shall see you once I have finished getting ready."
"I shall come here and wait for you once I am done." Jane said as she went up to him and kissed him, she could taste the sweetness of his lips every time she kissed him, and each time she kissed him, it became sweeter and sweeter as her love for him grew stronger and stronger. After the kiss she went inside her room to get ready.
The moment that Jane exited her room, she saw Pepper come up to her and by the looks of things she had a message.
"Jane I have something to tell you…" Pepper lost her trade of thought as she seen how amazing Jane looked in her gown. "1 you look amazing in your gown" Pepper giggled which made Jane giggle too. "And 2, you and Jester have to meet us out in the gardens once you have finished getting ready."
"Why?"
"You will find out once you meet us there." Pepper smiled and went away once she was finished telling Jane what she needed to tell her.
Jane went up to Jester's door and knocked on it.
"Sweetheart, are you ready to go?" Jane asked to see if he was or not.
"Yes beautiful, I am" He said as he came out of his door, Jane was surprised to not see her Jester not wearing his hat, and one of his best puzzle piece outfits.
"You are not wearing your hat" Jane giggled. "You look very handsome" Jane smiled.
"What? Do I not look handsome any other time?" Jester joked.
"Of course you do, why do you think I am marrying you." Jane said, trying to calm down her fits of laughter. "Come now, we shall head off." She added once she calmed herself.
When the entered the gardens, they noticed everything was nicely decorated, the flowers were all hanging up making the place smell fragrant and look beautiful, dinner was set out as if it was a banquet (even thought it isn't). Everything was set out as if a ball has been planned.
Jane was just about to comment when everyone jumped out of hiding and yelled out "Surprise!"
"Oh my, what did you? I mean….er…..oh thankyou so much everyone." Jane said shocked, happy and excited all at once for what her friends have done. She felt tears in her eyes and let them fall freely.
"We are both grateful to you all." Jester said with a grateful smile then added playfully. "We thought that you all forgot about us, well actually, I knew you did not." He released the smirk that he had hidden the whole time he said it, which turned into hearty laughter that soon got the whole group laughing and Jane's snort made everyone laugh so hard that they all nearly fell over. Once they all composed themselves, Pepper spoke. "How could we ever forget such an important day?"
The Princess also spoke up. "We might not have helped with the organising of the decorations or food, but Cuthbert and I did come up with the idea to give you an amazing Ball for your anniversary, because you are both our best friends who deserve only the best."
"Now come on, are we going to sit around for the rest of the night or are we going to eat!" laughed Pepper along with the rest of the group.
"Yes, lets eat" Jane agreed "I am famished."
"I am so hungry I could probably eat a dragon." Jester chuckled.
"I would like to see you try short-life." Dragon commented, sarcasm dripping from his voice strongly which made everyone laugh (and yes I dare say I put in a lot of laughter in this chapter) and with that everyone all began to eat.
Once everyone finished eating, Pepper made an announcement as if she was the announcer at the annual ball.
"Now that we have finished dinner, I think we should get the soon to be Bride and Groom up and lead us all in the first dance."
"Of course, my beautiful Lady Knight, would you be honoured to lead this dance with me?"
"I would be more then happy to, my handsome Jester." Jane replied, looking deep into his amazing blue grey eyes and Jester looking into her beautiful bright green eyes, this caused Pepper to squeal. To Jester and Jane, this dance was like heaven. For the whole night, every dance seemed to be more amazing then the last but none of them were as special as the last dance for the evening. This was the dance that Jester let all of his love for Jane pour out in words that Jane never forgot for years to come.
"Jane, I love you so much and I am overjoyed that you are going to be my wife, my best friend which you always were and my life. If I ever lost you, I would be lost and out after you straight away, I would never trade you for another woman, as for you are the one for me, no matter how much you get caked in dirt or how drenched you get from sweat you will still be the most amazing woman in the universe, and our future is going to be amazing, with our everlasting love, I know we will last forever, I promise we will and I promise never to let anyone or anything tare us apart."
Jester could see that Jane was crying because of his little speech, every sweet word she could never forget, they will always make her cry of happiness, he has touched her soft spot, and promised herself to Spar Gunther and beat him when he said anything about her being sweet to Jester or anything nasty Towards her Jester.
"Oh Jester, I love you so much that there are no words to describe how I feel, because you said it all." And to prove that what she said was true, she pulled him into a strong kiss full of love, everlasting love but Jester knew what Jane said was true, as he could see it in her eyes.
After the ball was over they thanked everyone for the most beautiful night, they promised them all that this night would be always remembered and never to be forgotten. They both walked off arm in arm, and being a proper gentle hearted male, Jester walked Jane to her room and just before he walked away he made a promise to her.
"My darling Jane, Promise me one thing, never give back my heart, because it belongs to you forever."
"I promise my sweet, loving Jester but on one condition." Jane smiled which turned into a small giggle as she seen Jester's face turn into a look of worry.
"What?" Jester said sounding worried.
"That you never give back my heart, for it belongs to you and only you." She beamed.
"I promise." Jester said with a sigh of relief then pulled her into a sweet, tender kiss.
"Goodnight" Jane smiled, she blew a kiss his way as she walked inside her tower.
'That was a day to never forget.' Jester thought to himself as he walked into his tower.
"I always knew that we were meant to be." He whispered to himself as he climbed into bed and blew out the candle.
"Goodnight, my beloved soon to be wife." He whispered to Jane, even though she couldn't here him. He fell asleep with a smile on his face.
That truly was a night to remember.
A/N: Well it's finally done, might be abit romantic but oh well :P
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