The next morning, bright and way to early for my liking, Dimitri and I set off, to meet up with Liss and Christian to start setting up. As we drove through the city, towards… where ever it was we were going, Dimitri was telling me all about the places he'd been as a child, and things he'd done in the city, places he'd had to save people from Strigoi and such. Finally, we turned down a side road, off from the main city, and Dimitri pulled up to what looked like a huge mansion. It was the most gorgeous place I'd ever seen in my life. It had a huge set of stairs, leading up to the white French doors. Dimitri and I walked up them and opened the door, and walked through. It was like a palace. I was in awe, the entire time, thinking about getting married here. I could tell Lissa had a bunch of the stuff here already, because there were large boxes everywhere. Dimitri was smiling at my face. He lead me through the place and too another set of French doors and out to the most beautiful view I'd ever seen in my life. As we walked out the doors, it led us onto a little walk way. Around that walkway, was a grassy area, where a few chairs had already been set. Then, the little cobblestone walkway, led up to a huge set of stone steps, that put you on a huge stone platform, over looking the water. Christian and Lissa were standing on top of the platform. Liss was giggling at me, probably the look on my face.
"I told you it was perfect." She said, as Dimitri and I approached. I walked up the steps and to Liss.
"Its… Its beautiful." I finally managed. Lissa nodded.
"I know it." She said.
"I couldn't imagine a better place." I told her. She giggled.
"Good. That's what I was hoping for. Alright…So we need to get started. Christian, I've told you want to do. Start unfolding the chairs, and placing them in neat rows in the grass, Dimitri you help him. Rose, and I will start inside." Liss said. She was in boss mode. Dimitri saw it too.
"Yes ma'am." Dimitri said. Christian just kind of nodded and rolled his eyes. Liss grabbed my hand, dragged me down the steps and back into the palace. She grabbed five boxes and took them to the humongous table.
"Just put together what looks best with them, and tie a ribbon around them." She said. She opened the boxes to display them full of nothing but flowers.
"What are we going to do with them?" I asked. She smiled.
"You'll see when your wedding day gets here." She said.
"Oh.. I see what this is. Your going to have Dimitri and I help with like… getting stuff ready to be set up, but your actually going to do the decorating?" I asked. She grinned.
"Bingo." She said. I rolled my eyes.
"I want everything to be a surprise when you guys walk in on your wedding day." She said. I nodded.
"That'll be awesome, although it's a lot of work to do alone Liss." I told her.
"She's not alone. She's got help." I heard from behind me. I looked up to see Viktoria, Sonya, and Karolina, with Paul and Bailey. Lissa grinned.
"See." She said. I sighed.
"Alright." I said.
"So… They are going to do the flowers, while me and you go upstairs to try on your dress. Which Dimitri will not see or hear about until the day of… got it?" She said. I nodded. I followed her upstairs and into a large room where my wedding dress lay spread out across the bed. My jaw hit the floor. It was the most beautiful dress I'd ever seen in my life. It just flowed, and the white was so beautiful.
"Isn't it lovely?" She asked. I couldn't speak, so I just nodded. She giggled, and pulled me over.
"Strip." She said. I attempted raising an eyebrow.
"You know, I never thought I'd have a girl say that to me, but if you insist." I said, grabbing the brim of my shirt. She laughed.
"Just do it, and shut up." She said. I did as she asked, and very carefully, after I was undressed, she slipped the dress over my head. She straightened it out, and stepped back.
"By God, your perfect." She said. She motioned for me to turn and look in the mirror. Once again, my jaw almost hit the floor. I looked… amazing. The dress hugged my body in every way, and looked like it was made just for me. I smiled.
"I love it." I whispered. She nodded.
"I knew you would, now… come on and take it off before you rip it or get something on it." She said. I nodded and allowed her to pull it off over my head. I then got dressed again, and smiled.
"I'm going to curl your hair, and do very light colored make-up to match the dress on the day. You'll look amazing." She said. I smiled. We then went back downstairs, and helped with the others. Dimitri and Christian came inside, and sighed.
"We're done." Christian said. Dimitri's eyes were on my face. He must have noticed that I was beaming. He walked over and kissed me.
"You okay?" He asked.
"Amazing." I whispered. Liss made a gagging noise, and grinned.
"Get a room." She muttered.
"There were a few rooms upstairs, weren't there?" I asked, starting to drag Dimitri towards the stairs.
"NO. No. We have things to do." She said, grabbing me. I nodded. She grabbed a big box of white lace ribbons and smiled.
"Go hang these all around the stone platform… Okay? Dimitri, can go with you." She said. As if I wouldn't have taken him with me anyway. We walked out to the platform, and started stringing the huge ribbons along the banisters. Dimitri had a huge grin on his face the entire time.
"Did you try on your dress?" He asked. I looked over at him, and nodded.
"What'd it look like?" He asked.
"I can't tell you." I said.
"Liss will bite my head off." I said.
"She can't hear you." He said, motioning back towards the house. I rolled my eyes.
"Nope. Not until Saturday. I don't want to ruin the surprise." I said. He growled.
"Not fair." He said. I laughed.
"I think its very fair. I don't get to see you in your tux." I said.
"I'll go put it on right now, and come out here." He said.
"No. I don't want to see you in it until the day of." I said. He rolled his eyes.
"Fine… Have it your way, my queen." He said, coming over and wrapping his arms around me.
"We're supposed to be working." I said, leaning over the banister, tapping the ribbon to the stone.
"I'll get back to it in a minute. I'm busy." He said, turning me around, and pressing a kiss to my lips. When he pulled away, he laid his forehead against mine, and smiled.
"I cannot wait to marry you, Mrs. Belikov." He whispered.
"And I cannot wait to marry you." I said back. I heard the French doors open behind me, and turned to find Lissa glaring.
"If your not going to work, get the hell out." She said, with a soft, but fierce expression. I laughed.
"Don't tell us what to do." I snapped. She rolled her eyes.
"You guys can go anyway… everything that needed to be done today is done. Now we just have to set it up tomorrow, and then Saturday, you'll be getting married." She said. I nodded.
"Okay. We'll go. Send Bailey out." I said. Bailey ran around Liss and up the stone steps to us.
"Hi Momma." She said. I grinned and hugged her.
"Hey baby." I said. She grinned.
"Ready to go home?" I asked. She nodded.
"Back to grandma's house? Yes." She said. I grinned, realizing I'd called Dimitri's house, home.
"Okay. Come on." I said. We walked back around the palace, and too the van to leave Lissa and my family to the finishing of what would be the perfect wedding.
