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Chapter Twenty-Five

Today is the day of the Welcome Home Party that Victoria is throwing for Rebecca and her grandfather. Everyone was told to be at Victoria's by nine o'clock that morning, but Ishizu her brother Odeon and Seto and his family were asked to be there by eleven o'clock.

Roland called and spoke to Odeon and told him, "Why don't you and your sister ride with us to the party." Odeon thanked him, so now Ishizu and Odeon are waiting for the limo to arrive, and then they will all arrive at Victoria's at the same time. (Odeon, Roland and Helga knew the real reason for the party, but they didn't say a word.)

Victoria let everyone know that today was going to be a grand party but she never told any of them what the party was really for, she had said that it was to welcome Rebecca and her grandfather back to Domino, but she had always planned to have a big blow out for Seto and Ishizu.

When everyone finally arrived, Victoria stood up in front of everyone and she said, "Now when Seto and Ishizu gets here, I want everyone to stand up and cheer, this party is to help celebrate their last days as of being single and to help celebrate their upcoming marriage."

Everyone sat down and waited. Roland pulled the limo into the driveway of the Ishtar residence and he accidentally honked the horn letting Victoria know that they had arrived.

When they heard the horn, Victoria said, "Everyone get ready."

The door opened and in walked Odeon, Roland, Helga, Mokuba followed by Seto and Ishizu. When they came into the living room, everyone jumped up and yelled, "SURPRISE!"

Both Seto and Ishizu jumped and then tears filled her eyes as she saw the banner over the fireplace and it read, "CELEBRATING YOUR FREEMDOM AND THE COMING OF YOU LIFE AS A MARRIED COUPLE."

Then everyone came up to them, they shook Seto's hand and kissed Ishizu's cheek and they all told them that they wished them many years of happiness.

Victoria turned on the stereo and as the music played everyone mingled, talked, and shared their thoughts as to what made a great marriage, and both Seto and Ishizu smiled and thanked each one of them.

Mildred, Victoria's cook came into the room and she said, "Lunch is served."

So everyone filed into the dining room and as they were all seated around the table, Rebecca said grace, "Bless this great meal we are about to receive and bless our new friends and family. Amen."

Everyone enjoyed the food they ate, everyone all talked to each other and Rebecca turned to Mokuba, and she asked him, "After lunch do you want to go for a walk in the garden, it's very beautiful."

Mokuba didn't know what to say at first, but then he just shrugged his shoulders and he said, "Alright."

Helga watched what was going on between her youngest son and Rebecca and she had to hide the smile as she saw how flustered he got when the young lady talked to him.

Seto looked over at Mokuba and he couldn't believe that his brother was actually talking to a girl and as he was about to say something, Ishizu touched his arm and when he looked her way the look she gave him stopped any remark from being said.

When lunch was done, Mildred cleared off the table and then Victoria said, "Why don't we all go to the living room and we can have our coffee there and after while if anyone wants some, Mildred can serve dessert."

When the adults sat down and Mildred served the coffee, Rebecca and Mokuba walked outside and it was a beautiful day, the birds were singing and the smell of the blooming flowers filled the air.

They walked around and didn't saying anything, then they came to a bench and Rebecca sat down and Mokuba sat next to her.

Rebecca turned to Mokuba and she was a little to close and her lips brushed his and they both were startled, and they jumped apart.

Mokuba stood up and he said, "Why did you go and do that?"

Rebecca had tears in her eyes as she said, "I didn't do that on purpose it was an accident."

When Mokuba saw the tears he felt bad accusing her of kissing him on purpose, he sat back down beside her, and he put his arm around her and said, "I'm sorry; I didn't mean to make you cry. You startled me that's all."

She smiled at him and said, "Thank you for not being really angry, I guess we were sitting to close and when I moved well our lips touched."

They both started laughing and soon the incident was forgotten and they got up and walked around for a little while longer and they went back inside.

Seto and Ishizu were having a good time talking to friends and their families, then Victoria stood up, and she said, "I have another surprise for our soon to be married couple."

She got up and walked to the other side of the room and when she got to the big desk in the corner she opened one of the drawers and took out two manila envelopes and she brought it back and she handed one to Ishizu and handed the other one to Seto.

They sat there holding the envelopes, then Seto opened his first, and there was a piece of paper and it read, "You are here invited to attend a very special party at the Ishtar home tomorrow evening."

Seto looked at Odeon, the look on his face caused Odeon to start laughing, and then Roland joined him. Roland walked over to his son and he whispered in Seto's ear, "It's a bachelor party son." Seto turned beet red and that caused the two men to laugh all the harder.

Now Ishizu opened her envelope and inside she too found a piece of paper and hers said, "You are invited to attend a very special party tomorrow night at Victoria's home."

Ishizu stared at the paper and then Helga walked over and she whispered into Ishizu's ear, "Honey, it's a bachelorette party to help you celebrate you being a single woman one last time."

Ishizu like Seto did, she turned beet red and Helga and Victoria both smiled at her. Rebecca then looked at her Aunt and she said, "Does this mean that Mokuba and I get to go to the party's too?"

The adults all looked at each other and then Helga said, "I think that it would be a better idea if you both come and stay with me at the Manor, the parties are for the adults and I think that until you're both older it would be better not to be exposed to adult things."

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Chapter Twenty-Six Coming Up.. Planning the Wedding...