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Ben's Note of Sheer Awesome: Announcement! I am no longer super depressed! Sure, I'm still kind of down in the dumps, but I'm recovering! Yay me! Also, a chapter of Her Number should be up sometime after this (maybe thirty seconds?) so be sure to check that out! Sins of Love, by the way, will be resuming as my depression has subsided, so I'll try to give that an update either today or tomorrow.

Also, I have another announcement. A fourth installment will be going up as soon as I finish watching this walkthrough for a certain video game I'm stealing a plot from. Since this universe is getting bigger, I'm going on my profile and typing in the order when each story happens. Those that haven't been announced yet will be place holders like ?. Just thought I'd get you excited for future things.

KCL: Alright, fine, if you insist. Another ship I'm considering is Apple/Raven. While straight myself, I feel as though I should show that I'm ok with same sex couples. I feel as though, out of all the choices I could chose, Apple/Raven makes the most sense to me. It's still being considered though. The other nine will all be straight couples (including, maybe, Darise), but I just am considering the notion of changing things up.

Prompt 52: Candles

Kitty wasn't used to fancy.

It was kind of expected of her. She slept on top of a tree. Any tree, to be completely honest. She wasn't one for fanciness. Heck, most of her dates with Alistair were on a worn down bench. Their bench, but the bench was hardly a fancy place to do things.

Then again, Kitty didn't need fancy. She loved being simple, not having to stress about things that were more complicated than they needed to be. She knew Alistair didn't mind either. Simple was just something they enjoyed.

So when Kitty wheeled into Alistair's room, she was surprised to find a table lit by candle light in the center of his room.

"Alistair?" she asked him, slowly getting up from her chair. She could now walk by herself, so long as she wasn't standing up for long. She pushed her chair to the side of the room and slowly wlaked to the table in confusion.

Alistair rose and pulled her seat out. "I thought we'd change things up a little," he said. Kitty sat down with a thankful smile and Alistair took his seat on the other side. "I wanted to talk to you… so I figured this would be the best way."

"By lighting candles?" Kitty giggled.

Alistair rolled his eyes. "The one time I try to be romantic, and you judge me for it," he said.

"Romance is romance. We have a relationship that kind of makes romance seem overrated," Kitty giggled. They both laughed at that.

"But seriously, random question," Alistair said.

Kitty raised an eyebrow. "If you get one, I get one," she said.

"Fine. What would you say if I said Giles was a priest?"

Kitty's eyes went wide. "Since when did he become a priest?" she asked.

Alistair chuckled. "When your trapped in a library for several years, you pick a few things up," he said. "I was talking to him about it earlier."

Kitty's eyebrow went back up. "Why?" she asked.

"Well… remember that random conversation we had a few days ago? About marriage?" he asked her. Of course Kitty remembered. It wasn't something she'd easily forget. She gave Alistair a nod. "You said to wait until we're eighteen."

"And?"

"Look under the table."

Kitty did so and peeked under the table. She squeeked when she saw Maddie under there, holding a cake. Maddie giggled. "Pie!" she said.

"You stuffed Maddie under a table?" Kitty said as Maddie crawled out.

"Lizzie's off in the forest and Bunny and Harry are on a date. Maddie was available," Alistair shrugged. Maddie placed the cake on the table, winked at Kitty, and left the room. "Happy birthday Kitty."

Kitty paused and her jaw dropped. Alistair was… right. It was her birthday. How could she have forgotten so easily? Suddenly the candles made a lot of sense. Kitty looked at the cake and smile. Ginger's signature in frosting was prominate in the cake.

"You know I love her cakes," she said.

"Only the best for you," Alistair smiled. "I was just thinking… eighteen. You're seventeen today. I'm seventeen. We only have a year until then. I figured… if we're serious… we might as well tease the idea."

Kitty suddenly had everything click. "Giles could marry us," she said.

"When I asked, he didn't say no," Alistair said. "But we'll wait until eighteen, like we promised. It's not like we told everyone, so it's not like we have to if we decide differently. The only one who knows is Maddie."

"And Neb," Kitty said, to the surprise of Alistair. "Don't ask me how he knows."

"Knowing Neb, he knows whatever the heck he wants and gets away with it," Alistair said. They both laughed and smiled at each other.

However, in the back of Kitty's mind, something else clicked. Mom… you gave me my present early, didn't you? Kitty thought, giggling. Alistair cocked his head at her giggles. "My turn for a random question," Kitty said. "What if I told you that my mom approves?"

"Of?" Alistair asked.

Kitty sighed. "What do you think?" Kitty asked. Alistair sat there for a moment before his jaw dropped.

"How did she find out?"

"Neb."

"Geez, does he enjoy messing with our lives?"

"Knowing Neb… yes."

The couple laughed again. As they laughed, the both realized something. They might be waiting until they were eighteen until they got married, but they knew something for sure. They loved each other enough that marriage was just a bonus. To them, they were already married. So when Kitty blew out the candles of her cake, she simply wished that they would never be separated ever again.

BN: Geez, marriage seems to be the main topic of this arc. Eh, they're teenagers. I doubt they mean anything by it. Don't look to far into it because I doubt there'll be a wedding. This chapter was basically just to, again, tease all my fangirls with the notion of marriage. It was also kind of just a funny thing I'd thought I'd do, just for fun. However, Kitty's birthday isn't quite over. There's one more prompt to this arc, and it'll take place directly after this one. And here's a hint: it deals with a promise that was mentioned earlier in the arc.

The arc after this one, I'd thought I'd let you know, is about as dark as the recovery arc without the suicide attempt before it. It's been one I've been waiting for forever, but it's going to be great! What am I going to call it? I'll tell you next chapter.

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