-VPOV-

I loved Ari. She was so beautiful and funny and smart but she could also be a child which was kind of cute. I took some pictures of her as we drove because she was on some kind of sugar rush, bouncing in her seat as they drove. When we got to the store we had to start finding a tux and getting measured so I didn't have time to kiss her but I would later. It didn't take us long to get measured and soon I found a good tux so I took it to Ari to make sure she approved. She was wearing a pretty white dress that had a really long train and she looked beautiful but she didn't look like she liked it very much. Just then she caught me looking and turned and hiked up her skirt and marched over to me. Using those now visible, gorgeous, tan legs.

"Vlad! You have to get out! You're going to give us bad luck!" she protested and kissed her hungrily.

"You...need...a short dress. Very short." I ground out in between kisses and she chuckled.

"Why? So everyone at the wedding can see my legs?" she teased. Crap. That wouldn't do at all. Those legs were mine.

"Never mind. Get the longest dress they have." I replied and then I kissed her hard before I turned to leave and go fishing with Matt and Shaun like I was supposed to. After I had bought the tuxes and we were headed back, I realized that I was so distracted by Ari that I had forgotten to ask if she had liked the tuxes. Dang it.

-APOV-

Wow...he...was...wow. At first I was irritated because he wasn't supposed to see me in a wedding dress, even though that wasn't the dress I chose at all. As he left to go fishing, I struggled to focus on the next few dresses. But then he kissed me and all my anger went out the window. I laughed to myself as I got out of the dress that he had seen me in. At first he wanted a short dress so he could see my legs and then when he realized that every other guy would also see them, he changed his mind. He could be so funny sometimes. As I slipped into a few other dresses, I was starting to think I would never find the perfect dress. But then I saw a dress hanging on the "last season rack". Perfect. This would drive my mother crazy. I had sent them an invitation but they had replied that they weren't sure. It was an Alfred Angelo sleeveless gown that was covered in re-embroidered lace and hugged my figure securely until it went out with a chapel train at the bottom. As soon as I put it on, I started tearing up because I knew that this was the dress that I was going to promise Vlad forever in. Cam and Elena both started clapping when they saw it and so we bought it along with a long veil edged with lace and made sure that you couldn't see through the garment bag before we took it home to hide in Cam's room. Vlad did do a very good puppy dog interpretation trying to sneak a peek but it was to no avail and so he settled on kissing me senseless, which he had been doing a lot of lately. And as much as I liked it, I was having a serious issue with stopping. I didn't want to but I knew we had to. I was going to talk to him about it when he snapped his fingers and turned to grab my hands.

"Ari, are your parents coming to the wedding?" he asked me.

"I don't know. They weren't sure." I muttered. I really didn't want to discuss this. I did want them in the wedding but they were still being selfish jerks.

"Do you want them to come?" he replied and I nodded.

"Yea, but it's complicated. They think that I'm still...a shifter."

"So? Why would that matter?"

"Because they want a human daughter." I murmured bitterly and he kissed the tip of my nose.

"I have to do something but I promise I'll be back soon." he said as he left and went into Cam's room.

-VPOV-

I decided to call Ari's parents because I wanted them to come so Ari could have a perfect wedding. She of all people deserved it. Cam grudgingly agreed to help me and got me Ari's father's cell phone number.

"Pronto?" I heard a voice on the other end say. Crap I didn't know Italian. Hopefully he spoke English.

"Hello? Is this Mr. di Cante?" I tried and blew out a big breath when he switched to English.

"Yes, may I have the pleasure of knowing whom I'm addressing?" he asked.

"Yes sir, this is Vladymir Decrenzo and I'm—"

"I know who you are young man. Now what do you want?" Ouch. This was going well so far.

"Well Ari had said that you and your wife were unsure as to whether you were coming or not and I would like to ask that you do come."

"I'm not sure you understand everything that's happened and you're not really in a position to ask me to come to that girl's wedding." I had been trying to keep my cool but then I lost it.

"That girl? That girl is your daughter! And I do know everything that's happened. Your daughter was a shape shifter and now she isn't and it wouldn't matter to me if she was still a shifter because I love her for her, not for some shallow reason like you must have had. You know what? Don't come to the wedding, because as much as she would love it, because she's dreamed of her dad walking her down the aisle, which is now beyond me because you're a horrible person, she doesn't deserve to have her wedding ruined by two people she has the displeasure to call her parents! And to be frank, unless you decide to have a heart, if you come to this wedding, I will personally make sure you have at least a broken nose before you're thrown out." And with that I hung up and stomped out of Cam's room as Matt and Cam stood there in utter shock. Those...stupid...horrible...how dare they? She was mine and they...where do they get off?

"Vlad? Are you okay?" I heard Ari ask and I spun around and hugged her tightly.

"Vlad! Honey, what's going on?" she asked as I kissed her shoulder and nuzzled my face in the bend of her neck.

"It's fine," I said as I cupped her face in my hands. "Just know that I love you and I will always love you no matter what. I wouldn't care if you were human, or a shifter, or anything else on earth! I just love you." I broke off and she smiled softly.

"They're not coming are they?" I glared at the ground and then kicked the dirt sheepishly.

"Well unless they decide to be normal human beings and love you like you deserve to be loved, then no, because I kind of threatened to beat your dad up if he tried to come and be a jerk." Her eyes and mouth popped open and then she started laughing.

"Seriously? You threatened my dad? Oh Vlad...you're...I love you. Is that horrible to be happy that you did that?" She grinned and I shook my head. No, not this time.

-APOV-

The days passed quickly and so did the wedding plans as Anya, Roman, Jena, and Lucian all made it in and we got them fitted in their outfits. As soon as I saw Anya, I gave her a big hug and told her thank you because if it wasn't for her pushing Vlad to come back, I probably wouldn't be marrying him. So I owed her the world. She blew it off kindly as no big deal but to me it was. She had brought him back. I have to say that Vlad was a little disappointed that everyone was dressed in their wedding attire for the rehearsal aside from me. But he got over it as the wedding got ever closer and I gave him hints about the dress. They were stupid hints but he enjoyed them anyway. Then the bachelorette and bachelor party came. The boys had all sworn not to have anything bad and we did as well and in truth, I think that going shopping should have counted as bad. We were almost done and then Elena spotted Victoria's Secret and dragged me in. Oh no, this was not going to end well.

"Pick something out to wear for tomorrow night! It's on me!" she said and I shook my head.

"These are not pajamas! These are scraps of cloth and lace!"

"But everyone wears these!" she protested and I laughed sarcastically.

"Not me! I wear pajamas to bed." She rolled her eyes and bought me a lacy white "baby doll top" and matching underwear that said "property of the groom". Little did she know, I wasn't going to wear it. Hah!