A Complicated Love Story

Chapter Twenty-five

Author's Note: Okay, since my head's starting to hurt on how to make a chapter on how they were going to plan and stuff—planning imaginary weddings are… complicated—I'm just going to fast forward things. I hope you don't mind that. :]]

RozeAkasuki: Let's! But that would be in the following chapters, though. :]

FourthRemnant: Yes, I've read Jihaku too! I'm sorry it's so late… I couldn't help but gawk at what he had written! It was well written! He really is strange…. I should stop now or I would not stop. :P

Rose had just put down the receiver of the telephone, a smile slowly began to form and she said, "Amy, I'm going out." Amy looked up from her Housekeeping magazine and said, "Shall I drive for you?" Rose blushed in reply. Sure, her husband to be had driven for her, a lot of times but asking Amy to drive for her was still a little bit embarrassing for her. Amy removed her reading glasses and said, "It's fine dear, where are you going anyway?" Rose smiled brightly again and said, "I'm meeting Aerith Gainsborough at uh… I forgot where, wait!" Rose furiously punched the numbers and Aerith picked up at once, "Hello?" Aerith said in her calm tone, "Um Aerith I'm so sorry but I don't know what that shop's name is… can you tell me what it is again?" Aerith laughed softly and said, "Pete's Ice Cream Shop." "Alright, thanks, Aerith." Rose hung up.

Rose went up to her room to change into something more proper— a shirt, a high waisted skirt and a pair of flats. It had been two months since she and Genesis had decided to plan their wedding and things were really getting heated up between her and Karen.

Rose has 'caught' Karen trying to flirt with Genesis in some occasions—like when they were having a meeting with some décor providers, she was sitting verry close to him, then there was this instance at their food tasting meeting…. and the list goes on.

Aerith was already waiting for Rose in one of the corner seats, she was still wearing her trademark dress and bolero, nothing much had changed in Aerith's appearance since the last time she and Rose had met. Aerith waved to them and Rose and Amy headed over.

"Hello, Aerith!" Rose said with a smile, "I haven't seen you in ages!"

"Me too!" Aerith said, "We haven't seen each other for more than half a year now!" the two girls giggled, Amy smiled, "Oh, Aerith, this is Amy, Amy, this is Aerith." Rose said. Amy smiled pleasantly at Aerith. "Sit down," Aerith said with a warm smile, "what would you like to have?"

Rose smiled and said, "Vanilla cones would be fine. Right, Amy?"

Amy nodded.

Aerith smiled and headed for the counter to order.

Amy looked at Rose and said, "So, you're planning on asking her to be your maid of honor?"

Rose smiled and said, "Well, she's the only friend that I have… aside from you."

Amy held Rose's hand and said, "Alright then."

Aerith came back holding three cones. "Here…" she smiled warmly at them as she handed them their ice cream. Rose and Aerith launched into filling each other with what has happened to them for the past seven months… Amy listened patiently, nodding and giggling along.

Suddenly, the shop's door opened to reveal a blonde boy with gravity defying spikes and a girl with long, black hair coming in. Aerith looked up and she smiled. "Oh!" Aerith squealed, Rose arched her eyebrow at her, "Rose! This is Cloud," she grabbed the spiky haired youth by arm, "Cloud, this is Genesis's fiancé, Rose!" The spiky haired youth smiled at Rose and said, "Hello, I'm Cloud Strife." Aerith smiled and pulled Tifa forward, "And this is Tifa, Cloud's beloved!"

Tifa blushed and said, "Hello," she said with a small smile, "I'm Tifa." Rose smiled warmly at them.

It had been two weeks since Rose had met Cloud and Tifa. Rose had been meeting up with Aerith and Tifa everyday since that day. Genesis was really getting stressed because Rose wouldn't let him come—"Girls Only." she'd said to him.

It really annoyed Genesis since he was so used to taking her out all the time.

Meanwhile, Tifa had invited Aerith and Rose down to her bar, the 7th Heaven Bar. The bar was relatively small, there were only a few tables and one arcade, there was also a place allotted to what seemed to be a band set in the corner.

"Oh, Tifa!" Aerith said with a small giggle, "you already have a band set!"

"Yeah… I got that two months ago." Tifa answered, "and do you know who plays here every night?" she asked with a grin, the two ladies shook their heads, "Zack and Cloud's band… they're actually using this place as their practice area, that's why most of my regulars have brought more friends over here."

Aerith sat down on one of the green stools and said, "Well I'm glad Zack hasn't scared your customers away."

Tifa laughed as she opened up the fridge, "Soda?"

Aerith shook her head, "No thank you. I'll just have water."

Tifa looked at Rose, "How about you, Rose?"

Rose looked at Tifa, "I'll just have water too."

Suddenly the doors opened. "Oh! Hello ladies!" Zack said with a mischievous grin.

Aerith's eyes lit up at once. "Hey Zack!" Zack rushed over to embrace his lady love.

Rose looked at the other two people with Cloud, there was a girl with boyish red locks and a girl with red Sephiroth-inspired bangs—parted and long at the sides, the other hair was pulled into a neat ponytail. "What are you two boys doing here in my bar so early?" Tifa asked them with an arched brow.

Cloud and Zack exchanged glances.

"You two snuck out!" the two girls screamed.

The two boys scratched the backs of their heads and grinned widely.

"Oh you two!" Aerith said with a huff, "you'll get in trouble!"

"Don't worry about it, baby," Zack said, "it's a slow day in Shinra anyway!"

"You should play," Tifa said, "let Rose hear your songs."

"Oh by the way," Cloud said, "before we forget, this is Elfe', she plays the drums," he motioned to the one with boyish locks, "and this is Jessie, she's our bassist..." he motioned to the one with the Sephiroth-inspired bangs.

"And what do you play, Zack?" Rose asked.

"Oh me? I'm the vocalist!" Zack said with a gloating expression, "Cloud here is the lead guitarist—you have to see him when he plays! He's lost in his own world!" Cloud laughed softly.

"Well, let's hear it." Rose chimed in softly.

Frankly, she wasn't as young as the people she was with but she enjoyed their company- though, she didn't really know her actual age. Rose smiled at the bunch as they prepared to "blow" Rose's mind…

….

Genesis was waiting for the traffic light to go green. Rose was sitting there in the passenger seat, they were having one of those wordless yet comfortable rides home. "I watched Zack's band play today." Rose suddenly said, Genesis jerked his head to her, "And? How were they?"

Rose smiled, "They were great."

Genesis smiled as he stepped on the accelerator, "Oh, by the way, what's Zack's-?"

"He's the vocalist."

Genesis stepped on the breaks.

"He's on what!" Genesis couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Rose looked at him, "Why are you laughing? Zack has a pretty good voice… though… Cloud can sing a bit better."

Genesis wiped a tear away from the corner of his eyes- another rare event- and bit his lower lip in an attempt to stop laughing, but his lips quivered and he let out more laughs.

Rose looked at her fiancé with a strange look on her face.

"ZACK FAIR IN A BAND." Genesis bellowed, "AND THE FUNNIEST THING IS THAT HE… IS THE VOCALIST!"

Rose rolled her eyes at her hysterical companion. "Yes. Stop laughing."

Genesis was now fully aware that he had stopped in the middle of the road, causing a traffic build up behind his car, "Hey buddy! Did you forget to-!" one of the drivers yelled as his car passed by Genesis's car, Genesis rolled his darkly tinted window and said with a matching death glare, "What?"

"N-nothing!"the driver said, "I said I was just passing."

"I see."

Genesis rolled the window up again and made his tires squeal before he sped off.

"You should hear them play one time." Rose said with a smirk, "They can play in the reception. Forget those wedding singers." Genesis gave her a look that said, did Zack make you smoke his hyper pot?

"You're not serious, right?" he asked her.

"I am." Rose said in a dead serious tone.

"Oh dear goddess!" Genesis murmured with a sharp sigh, "Alright, I'll watch them play tomorrow."

The Next Day

Zack dropped his styrofoam cup and spilled his water. "What!" he asked Genesis.

Genesis wasn't even supposed to be in the building since he was on leave. But here he was, wearing black jeans, a shirt and a black leather jacket and sneakers. "Come on." Genesis said with a grin, "This wedding just be your big break."

"Big break?" Zack repeated, "Sorry, Gen, but the band is just our way of releasing stress. My top priority is to be First!" Genesis rolled his eyes.

"Look," he said in a hiss, "Rose wants you to play in our wedding reception. So please just agree."

Zack massaged the back of his neck and said, "Oh alright."

"Thank you." Genesis said, "Bye now."

Zack filled another cup with water and chugged it up.

"Hey," Cloud said as he approached, "you looked distressed."

"Cloud, promise me you won't kill me," Zack said, "after I tell you something."

"I won't kill you unless the crime's really bad."

Zack sucked in a big breath and said, "Genesis asked me if we could play in his wedding," Cloud was now holding a cup of water as well, "and I couldn't say no."

"You didn't!" Cloud cried.

Zack backed away, "I did."

Cloud almost lost his grip on the cup.

"Well… you already agreed, I can't do anything to change that." Cloud said with a deadly gleam in his eyes, "But you do realize that you're going to sing for a crowd that has Sephiroth in it, right?"

"Oh shit." Zack groaned, "I forgot!"

Okay, there. It's done. :D I was originally planning to add the wedding here already but…. I just couldn't over look something… I am sorry it took so long. :)) Thank you for reading!

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