Ted and I were still on the plane, but we were awoken by the captain telling us that we'd be landing shortly. I take my phone out, mid-sleep and check the time. Almost 4am. I groan quietly before putting the phone away and trying to go back to sleep until we land.

"We have to move and get the seats up and re-buckle our seatbelts." Ted murmurs sleepily.

"...right..." I yawn, moving so I'm sitting up in my seat and I put my seatbelt on.

Ted does the same, yawning himself.

"Think it's worth going back to sleep?" I ask.

"Not really."

"Save sleeping until we get to Justin's place then."

"Right. That'll be more comfortable anyway."

I nod and lean my head on his shoulder since that's all I can do right now. Ted kisses the top of my head and laces his fingers with mine.

"Fly in today, fly out tomorrow. Definitely have to do the things Justin and Riss suggested we do while we're here, today and part of tomorrow before we leave."

"Definitely."

"Sunset at the mountains.."

"For sure."

"You're probably excited to see what the dress I'm wearing today looks like. Aren't you?"

"Yes. I know it'll look amazing on you though."

"And you'll look handsome in the tux...like you always do when you wear suits."

"Of course." He chuckles.

"Still hiding the tux from me until the wedding?"

"Yes."

"Oh darn."

"You can make it."

"I know."

Soon enough the plane lands. We get off and go to baggage claim for our luggage. After that, we head outside to find who has come to pick us up. When we exit the airport, and go outside we find his dad there to pick us up.

"Hey Dad." Ted greets him.

"Hey son, Ariel. How was the flight?"

"Long. Too long." I yawn.

"I know the feeling." He agrees.

"Not used to being up this early. This is too early for me."

"Well let's get you two to the house and in bed. You can still get a few more hours of sleep still."

"Right." I nod.

"You go ahead and get into the car, we'll put everything in the trunk." Ted says to me.

I nod and kiss his cheek, getting in the car. Ted and his dad load the luggage into the trunk. Then they get in and it's off to the house. I did doze of a little during the car ride, but I did wake up on my own when we pulled into the driveway. Ted and Ted Sr carry most of the luggage in, with me grabbing some light stuff. Ted Sr. shows us our room and says goodnight. Ted and I say goodnight back and he closes the door. We leave our things by the door and since I was already in comfortable clothes, all I do is remove the flannel shirt I have on, leaving the tank top I had on underneath on. I remove my shoes and leave those by the end of the bed, and climb into the bed and go under the blankets. Ted kicks off his shoes and gets in bed. We cuddle up and fall right asleep. It didn't really seem like we slept long, because the next time I did wake up, it was bright and sunny out. I could tell by the little bit of lighting coming into the room.

"Morning." Ted mumbles as he wakes up.

"Doesn't even feel like we slept."

"I know." He yawns.

I groan and hide my face in his neck. He rubs my arm.

"I know, I know."

"We don't have to get up yet do we?"

"I don't think so. No one's come knocking yet."

"Good. I don't wanna move."

"Me either."

I kiss his neck once before I move my face from his neck and rest my head on his chest, lacing my fingers with his, of the arm that was around my waist. Ted kisses my forehead.

"Love you."

"Love you too."

After a while of laying there, not able to go back to sleep after having woken up, we hear talking in the kitchen which wasn't too far away from our room since the guest room was on the first floor of the house. Then we start to smell food cooking.

"That smells really really good."

"Yeah it does."

"I think I'm ready to actually get up now."

He agrees and the two of us get out of bed. We leave the room and head to the kitchen. When we get there, we find everyone up. Lauren, Melanie, Ted Sr, Riss and Justin. She's sitting on Justin's lap, yawning.

"Morning."

"Morning."

"When did you two get here?" Riss asks.

"Well we landed at 4am."

"Yuck." She makes a face.

"Tell me about it."

"Was the flight okay?"

"Slept through most of it, so yeah it was ok."

"At least you had that."

"Got here and went to sleep almost immediately and it felt like we didn't even sleep."

"I bet. Sorry for making you guys fly so much." She frowns.

"It's okay. Who else gets married twice within two months?"

"True."

"And plus, you're my sister. I'll be there for you always. Especially on your 2nd wedding day." Ted adds.

"Thanks Marvin." She smiles.

"Before we forget, mom...this is Ted and Ariel." Justin introduces us to her.

"Nice to meet you." She smiles.

"Nice to meet you too."

Ted and I sit at the table, ending up like Justin and Riss.

"Oh look, you ended up like us." She giggles.

Everyone else laughs.

"So what's the plans for before the wedding?" I ask.

"Nails and hair at least." Riss says before looking at Melanie.

"Right." I nod.

"But first things first. Breakfast."

"Of course."

Breakfast gets put on the table and we all start eating.

"This is really good."

"Yeah it is."

"Well it had to be good for us to wake up to the smell."

"That's true."

"And I was right."

"Yup. It's so good."

After finishing everything, we sit and relax for a while. Riss is still snuggled into Justin closely, knowing they're going to be apart for a good few hours.

"Think you can survive being apart again?" Riss asks.

"Yes. I don't really care for it but I know it'll be worth it." Justin replies, kissing her head.

"Yes it will be."

She smiles and kisses his jaw, giggling slightly.

"Still funny though."

"Very." She laughs, scratching Justin's jaw.

"You just love doing that." He chuckles.

"I do."

She continues to do it some more before snuggling into him again. Justin chuckles, squeezing her gently. After a while however, we did have to start getting ready. We head to our rooms to get dressed. After walking back into their room, Riss goes over to her things, easily picking something to change into. She puts on a simple white sundress and white sandals. She picks out her jewelry and puts that on. Then she goes into the bathroom to put her hair up. It doesn't take too long and she soon comes out of the bathroom, all set for most of the day at least.

"I'm gonna miss you." She pouts.

"I'm gonna miss you too."

"At least we had last night and up til now together." She sighs as he pulls her into his arms.

"Very true."

She leans up and gets a kiss.

"We should get going though." She says reluctantly.

"Awww."

"I know I know." She sighs.

"I'm sure I'll find something to do while you're gone."

"Right."

"I'm sure you'll be doing tons of fun stuff."

"Of course." She nods, stepping back.

"Kiss first before you go?"

"Of course." She steps close again and mesh their lips together.

He makes the kiss last longer than she expected, not wanting to pull away. He wraps his arms tight around her so she can't get away. He also makes the kiss more passionate which causes her to melt into him. She's the one to pull away from him, because she would have to be going soon. She starts to try and pull away, but he just pulls her closer.

"Jussi..." She mumbles.

He whines.

"Noooo..."

"I wish I could, but I can't stay here right now..."

He pouts after she pulls away.

"We'll be back together in a while. You get to see me in another dress, remember?"

"I can't wait."

"I know but for now, you have to let me go."

"...okay."

She gives him another short kiss.

"I love you."

She reluctantly steps back and leaves the room. I in the meantime have finished getting ready myself, finishing up everything in the bathroom and coming back out into the bedroom.

"You look cute." Ted remarks.

"Why thank you."

"You're welcome."

"Think you'll survive without me?" I laugh.

"I think so." He chuckles.

"Okay."

"I'll still be texting you though."

"I know. I'll look forward to the texts."

"Me too." He smiles.

"The hours will pass by quickly, and next thing you know I'll be in the dress. I'm only going to tell you the color and it's purple. That's all you're getting."

"Okay."

"And you can't peek because your mom has it."

"Aww."

"That's the main reason why she has it. So you don't peek."

"I know, I know."

"I think I should get going now though."

"Aww ok."

"So I'll see you in a few hours or so."

"Right. Have fun." He says, giving me a kiss and hug.

"You too. Whatever you'll be doing."

"I will."

"Love you."

"Love you too."

I get one last kiss before leaving the room. When I'm back out in the kitchen, Riss, Melanie and Lauren are ready to go.

"Managed to get away from Justin I see." I joke.

She laughs.

"It took a good 5-10 minutes to convince him."

"Awww."

"He tried kissing me to distraction."

"Oooooh."

She blushes.

"Didn't want you to go. Cute."

"I know."

"It was easier for Ted to let me go."

"Well you haven't had quite the drama we've had at work." She points out.

"Jussi's more reluctant to let me go after what happened."

"Right."

"You guys didn't see the full extent. My wrists were all red and roughed up from the rope." She says quietly, rubbing her wrists absentmindedly.

"Marvin would've went on a rampage if he knew." She adds, quietly.

"Oh yeah." I agree.

"I just don't want him to know."

"Okay. I'm surprised Justin didn't go after John."

"I know. Jussi said he wasn't worth it." Riss shrugs.

"Oh."

"But enough of that. Shall we get going?"

"We shall."

We all get our purses and such before leaving.

"So what're we doing first exactly?"

"Umm...Momma?" She asks Melanie.

"Well before we get anything done, I was thinking some fun activities."

"Oh? Like what?"

"I was thinking mini golf, so we could do that. You can pick something else we can do."

"Mini golf sounds great."

"Paul's told me you liked penguins." Lauren adds.

"I do." She nods.

"We do have penguins here. So..."

"I'd love to go see the penguins." She beams.

"Before mini golf or after?"

"Hmm, how about after?"

"Sure."

Lauren directs us to a fun looking mini golf place.

"Oooh this place looks fun."

"It really does. I love all the waterfalls."

"Yes those are pretty." I add.

We take some pictures by the water and then get our clubs and golf balls.

"I love that it's so nice today." She smiles as they head to the next one.

"Best weather for the wedding."

"Yeah." Riss nods.

"Picked a good day."

"I know. Its turned out well."

"If only we could stay for longer though. We're gonna have to leave tomorrow to be back home for Christmas Eve."

"I know. Maybe we can make a visit to stay longer sometime."

"You should do that." Lauren agrees.

"We'll do our best." Riss promises.

After doing all the holes in the game, looking at the scores, it was Riss who won.

"Awesome." Riss laughs.

"I almost beat you. You now what killed me in this game. The incline on that one hole. The ball just would not go up the incline."

"It was hard."

"Inclines hate me." I laugh.

"Yup." Riss teases, laughing.

"But you know what's next? Penguins."

"Yayyyyy." She claps happily.

We return the clubs and golf balls, before heading to where the penguins are. Soon we're standing on the bridge of the trail, watching the penguins on the beach.

"Awwwww, they're so freaking cute!"

"Cutest animals ever."

"I know right?"

"Bet they'd make the greatest pets if you could own one."

"Totally. I would love that." She giggles.

"Waddle around."

She waddles a little to be funny.

"So cute."

"Very."

"Oh look there's some more."

"Ahaha."

"The waddle is cute."

"So much cuteness!" She takes pictures while giggling.

We stay and watch for a while until it was getting around to lunch time.

"Alright ladies, I think its lunch time. What do you think?" Melanie says.

"Well I am a bit hungry."

"Me too. Let's go eat."

Riss being her of course, says bye to the penguins before we leave. We all laugh and she grin sheepishly. We then leave the beach and get into the car, heading to a place for lunch before having to get our hair and nails done. Lunch goes by quick. We then go to the nail salon. There were enough stations open for us so we were all able to get our nails done at the same time.

"So to talk about weddings since we're getting ready for one, when do you think Ted's going to ask you?" I get asked.

"I don't know." I reply.

Riss tries her hardest to keep from grinning too much, because she knows when and she doesn't want to give anything away.

"I guess it'll happen when it happens." I shrug.

"Of course."

"I do know where I want it to be when it does happen though."

"Where?"

"At home...on the lake."

"Awww."

"That's special enough. Obviously it can't be at the house itself, because of the space, but that can be figured out when the day comes."

"Of course." Melanie agrees.

"And I know you'll have that all covered when it happens." I laugh.

"If you want me to." She smiles.

"Well seeing what a great job you did on Riss' first wedding, and I'm sure today's going to be great too, I would love you to. Won't have to worry about seeing a planner on the road."

"Right." She nods.

"I won't lie and say I haven't thought of the idea of marrying him. It's crossed my mind a few times or so."

"Oh I'm sure."

"Awwww." Riss gushes.

"So cute." She grins.

Soon our nails were done and we paid before heading to the hair salon. We go in and get assigned to stylists. We each tell them how we wanted our hair exactly and then they get to work on it. They start working. Lauren hands over a pretty clip with diamonds on it to use in Riss' hair as a 'something borrowed'.

"This will go perfect with your dress."

"Ohh. Thank you."

"That's really pretty." I add.

"It is." Riss nods.

"You're welcome." She smiles.

She smiles too and lays it on the stylist's station. While she's getting her hair done, we al hear her phone go off.

"I know who that is." I tease.

"Yeah yeah." She laughs, picking it up.

The text she reads says that he misses her even more than before, but he's getting excited because the wedding is just in a few hours.

"Aww." She giggles.

"What did he say?"

"He misses me more than before and he's getting excited."

"Awwwww."

"I know. He's so cute."

"He is."

She sends him a text back. She waits a while and he sends her another cute text back. She giggles softly and keeps talking to him while her hair is being done. And then of course, who else texts me than Ted.

"Awww." She teases.

"Must be bored with whatever he's doing."

"I guess so."

I text him back and tell him that we'll be back soon, we're just finishing up getting our hair done. He replies and says he can't wait to see how beautiful I look.

"Awwww."

"What'd he say?"

"He can't wait to see how beautiful I look."

"Aww. That's sweet."

I continue to text him while I wait for my hair to be finished. Once we're all done, we head out to the car and head back to the house.

"Ooh I'm getting so excited." Riss giggles.

"Just a couple more hours now."

"I knowww."

It isn't too long and we pull back into the driveway.

"Let me go make sure the boys aren't roaming the house." Melanie says.

"Alright."

She goes in and checks on the guys. A few minutes later she comes out.

"Okay. We're good."

We get out of the car and head inside. We get ushered to one of the bedrooms. All the dresses and stuff are arranged on the bed and tables in the room. A few moments later, a friend of Justin's who is a photographer comes in. One by one, we go into the bathroom to change into our dresses, leaving Riss for last of course. Melanie helps her with her dress and they exit the bathroom.

"Tadaaa."

"Aww you look so pretty! Even more than before. If that's possible."

She blushes.

"I think Justin will be speechless."

"That's the hope." She laughs.

"Oh he will be."

She smiles at the thought while being fussed over by the moms. After a bit however, it was time to take some pictures. They're directed to pose different ways and do so easily. Once the pictures are done, the photographer leaves to go take pictures of the guys.

"Even more exciting." Riss says, admiring her bouquet.

"We'll be going to the venue very shortly for the ceremony. Once they're done with their pictures and they've left. We'll let them leave first."

"Right."

We all stand around and wait to hear when they leave. It's only a few minutes or so later when we hear them all talking in the hallway and their voices get distant as they start to leave. Melanie makes sure they're gone before us girls gather our things and leave. We all get into the waiting car out front, and once we're all inside, we were off to where the ceremony would be taking place. Once there, Melanie shows us to the bridal space.

"This is a nice little place."

"It is." Riss smiles, looking around.

"Let's see how long it takes Ted to find me. He's anxious to see how I look." I laugh.

"Won't be too long I don't think." Riss giggles.

"Probably not." I laugh. "I do love this dress by the way. So much."

"I know, I love it too. I knew it was the dress when I saw it." She smiles.

After a bit of talking to one another there was a knock on the door.

"I know who that is." Riss sings.

"Oh shush." I laugh.

I open the door and sure enough, it's Ted.

"I knew you would be coming to find me."

"Couldn't resist."

"I don't blame you."

"You look beautiful by the way."

"Why thank you. And you look handsome like you always do."

"Thank you." He chuckles.

"How about instead of standing out there, you come in. You should see Riss."

Ted nods and steps in the room. I move out of the way and closes the door behind him, and he gets a clear view of Riss.

"Hi Marvin." She giggles.

"You look amazing. Absolutely amazing."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

"How's Jussi?"

"He can't wait to see you. He keeps imagining what you look like."

"Awww."

"It's basically all he talked about today while we were doing things before now."

"Awww." She giggles.

"Awwwwww." I join in.

"That's sweet." Lauren smiles.

"Between the both of us, we couldn't stop talking about both of you." Ted says about me and you.

"Oh how cute." She laughs.

"Can't blame us though."

"Of course not."

Ted tugs me into his arms, kissing my forehead.

"I can't help this...awwwwww." Riss grins.

Ted grins too and I giggle.

"What can I say? I love her."

"Yes you do."

"It shows."

"I'm going to continue to show it too."

"Aww."

"If you make me blush anymore, I'll be as red as a lobster." I tell him.

"But its cute." He laughs.

"You would think so."

"Of course."

"Planning on staying in here the whole time?" I ask curiously.

"Until Dad comes in anyway."

"Oh, okay."

"So what did you boys do?" I ask.

"Golf. First thing we could think of to get us through the first half of the day."

"Golf. Such a guy thing." Riss laughs.

"Aside from hunting, golf is my 2nd hobby."

"We know."

"I was just saying." Riss adds.

"I know."

"And let me guess...you won that game?"

"Well yeah."

"Of course. How did Jussi do?"

"Well..."

"He got distracted didn't he?" I ask.

"Just a bit."

"By texting me right?" Riss questions.

"Yes."

"Naturally." I laugh.

"Was just more focused on you, but that's okay." He chuckles.

"Of course it is."

It's only after a while that there's another knock on the door and it's Ted Sr.

"Hey dad." Ted says.

He greets him back.

"Does this mean you have to leave?" I ask Ted.

"Unfortunately. I need to go head outside to stand with Justin."

"Alright, well I'll see you out there then."

He nods and kisses my head. Then he comes over to Riss.

"I'll see you out there too."

"Of course Marvin." She smiles, hugging him.

After he pulls away from hugging him, he hugs his mom, before heading out the door to go stand with Justin.

"Hi Daddy." Riss greets.

"Don't you look beautiful."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

"Here we are again." She smiles. "I'm not nervous this time though."

"Well that's good."

"More excited this time."

"Excited is good."

She nods, playing with her bouquet. We only have to wait a little bit before it was time to start heading out.

"Oh my gosh, this looks amazing." Riss says softly as Ted Sr and her wait for the music cue.

"They did an amazing job with everything." She adds.

"They did." He agrees.

"Just a few more minutes..."

"Mmhmm."

After those few minutes, the music finally starts to play. She can't suppress her smile as Ted Sr and her step to the aisle. She locks eyes with Justin almost immediately. They stay locked with his as she goes down the aisle. Before she knows it, Ted Sr is placing her hand in Justin's and giving her away.

"Words can't describe how amazing you look." Justin says quietly.

"You look good too." She smiles.

"Like always."

"Always." She agrees as they step up before the minister.

"I'm sure Dad wishes he could be here for this. But I think this perfect weather is his doing. Wanted the day to be perfect, and it is."

"I think so too." She blinks back tears.

"We can thank him later for making it perfect."

She nods in agreement. He sees a tear almost ready to fall and he wipes it away. Once they both were ready, the minister started the ceremony. Like their previous wedding, they have their own written vows that they recite before doing the rings. They also include a unity sand ceremony, mixing two shades of purple sand as well as sand from the nearby beach. After everything, they end with the kiss. She squeals against his lips when he dips her. He just chuckles against her lips and holds her there for a bit, before bringing her back up. they break away and rest their foreheads together.

"I love you."

"I love you too."

"So very much."

"Always."

Then they turn to face the clapping crowd, before heading back down the aisle, after I hand her back her bouquet. She leans into him. He steals a few kisses and she more than happily obliges, responding each time. Once they're down the aisle, the rest of us follow. They get some pictures taken before heading to the reception area. With getting the pictures taken, that passed the time until everyone was at the reception area. We all were sitting at the assigned tables as we wait for them to be introduced. They get announced and walk in to cheers and applause. From there, they head over to their table. They sit down. Justin scoots his chair closer.

"Too far for you?"

"Mmhmm."

"I missed you." She kisses his cheek.

"I missed you too."

"I heard you were talking about me a lot." She giggles.

"I just missed you that much."

"I think its sweet."

"Heard you lost the golf game too, being too distracted." She adds.

Justin looks sheepish.

"Just couldn't stop thinking about what the dress looked like."

"Does it match what you were thinking?"

"It does."

"You know me well then." She laughs.

"I do."

"It suits you. You look beautiful." He adds.

She smiles and kisses him.

"Out of curiosity, which of my dresses do you like more?"

"Well I love them both, but I think I'd go with this one."

"You like that it shows more skin." She teases.

"Maybe." He grins.

"You so do."

"So I do."

"I knew it." She laughs.

"You know almost everything."

"Sure."

"Just like I know almost everything."

"Of course." She says amusedly.

"I say this has been a great ending to the year."

"Definitely." She kisses him.

It isn't too long before the food starts being served.

"Ooh this looks good."

"It does." He nods.

They eat, stealing food and feeding each other as always. After they finish eating, they wait until everyone else is done, for the cake.

"Yayyy cake."

"After you."

She gets up and pulls him along towards the cake table.

"The cake is pretty."

"I know, it looks great."

"And we're gonna ruin a perfectly decorated cake by cutting into it. Oh darn."

"But it's going to be so good."

"Yes."

They cut the cake together and feed each other. And of course he has to have fun with it and takes some frosting and dabs a little on her nose and grins.

"Heyyyy."

All he does is chuckle. She swipes some frosting and puts it on his cheek.

"Nyahhh."

"You're getting that off I'm hoping."

"Yeah."

"Good. I'll get this off..." He trails off, kissing the tip of her nose where the frosting he dabbed was.

She wrinkles her nose and then licks her cheek, laughing at his face.

"You started it." She laughs.

"But I kissed you. You licked me." He laughs, wiping his cheek.

"Love you too."

He kisses her and she giggles. Then they take their cake slices and head back to the table.

"Mmm, its so delicious."

"So delicious."

They eat the cake and then shortly after is their solo dance.

"Awww." I grin.

She burrows into Justin's arms as they slow dance. At times he keeps whispering that he loves her, in her ear.

"I love you too." She says softly with a smile.

Once their solo dance was over, others gathered on the dance floor. She pulls back a little from Justin, though not completely. They dance along to the new song.

"Come on, we should go dance too." Ted says getting up from the table.

"Sounds good." I agree.

I take his hand, lacing my fingers with his and we head out onto the dance floor as well. Ted pulls me close as the two of us dance.

"You have no idea how much I missed you today."

"I'm sure I can guess."

"Because I missed you too." I add.

"I just can't wait for Christmas and see what you got me." I continue.

"I think you'll really love it." He smiles.

"I'm sure I will. You know I love all your gifts."

"I think this tops those."

"Must be a pretty amazing gift then if it tops all the others."

"It is."

"Well that makes me even more excited for it."

"Not long left until then."

"Just another day."

"Yup. I can't wait."

"We do have a Christmas party to go to tomorrow night when we do get home. Mom and Dad invited us."

"Oh okay."

"That is if you want to go."

"Well of course I do."

"Okay good. I was hoping you would."

"So you can sneak under the mistletoe with me every chance you get all night?" I laugh.

"Maybe." He smirks.

"You're so thinking about it."

"Yes I am."

"Then I know it's gonna happen now."

"That's okay."

"Sneak."

"Yup. That's me."

"Although I can see you doing it enough times when we're home by ourselves."

"Probably." He laughs.

"Even though you don't need the mistletoe to kiss me."

"Oh I know. But it's fun."

"I know it is."

He grins and steals a kiss. After a few dances or so, Riss and Justin go back to the table to rest for a bit.

"What a party." She laughs softly.

"Isn't it?" He chuckles.

"I'm so happy to see our families together and having fun." She smiles.

"It is a great thing to see." He nods.

"Thankfully they get along."

"I don't see why they wouldn't."

"I know but its always an irrational worry that your family and your spouse's family might not like each other you know?"

"Right right."

"I'm happy ours do like each other."

"Me too."

She leans into him, kissing his cheek.

"The day has been amazing already."

"Definitely."

"I say when all of this is over, we end the day, watching the sunset by the mountains."

"That sounds perfect."

"I also think it's the perfect place to thank Dad for making the day perfect for us."

"For sure." She agrees.

"I'm sure he thinks you look absolutely beautiful, as I do."

She blushes and kisses his cheek.

"But you know what I am happy about? Tonight. All that waiting comes to an end...tonight." He smirks.

She turns even more red and giggles.

"I'll try to make it easy for you to be quiet." He gives her a look.

She hides against him, blushing like crazy.

"I know I make it hard for you sometimes, but this time I can make an exception."

She nods silently.

"I'm wondering how that garter of yours should be removed this time..." He begins to think.

"Oh god."

"Yes, I've been thinking about it."

"Try to keep it decent. There isn't enough dress to hide behind so nothing sexual." She warns, pulling back.

"Trust me, I know."

"Good."

"I'll figure something out."

"I'm sure you will."

"Love you."

"Love you too."

They relax for a bit and then get up to do more dancing. After a bit of that, it was time for the bouquet toss and everything.

"Oh boy. This oughta be good." She laughs lightly, picking up her bouquet.

She then goes and finds a perfect spot to stand, waiting for all those participating to be behind her. Once she gets the signal, she turns around and tosses the bouquet. The bouquet gets caught with no problems. Then a chair is brought out onto the floor. She starts blushing.

"This should be fun." Justin whispers in her ear.

She blushes even more.

"Now I believe you need to go sit over there." He grins.

"Behave." She pokes him before sitting.

"I know, I know."

Of course sultry music starts playing. She covers her face, and Justin laughs. He starts off just being funny and stuff before dropping to his knees in front of her. She puts her hands down and watches him warily. He gives her a look that's telling her her'll behave, before he even starts. She nods and tries to relax a little. He grabs her leg and starts to move his hands under her dress. Since this one is shorter, he can't really hide under it much like the last one. So as he's going for the garter he locks eyes with her and grins. She blushes and squirms a bit. He easily finds it and starts to remove it. Justin being himself, he teases her with his touch the whole way down. He just grins at her reaction and once he removes it, he kisses her briefly. She pulls him in for another kiss. When she pulls away this time, he gets ready to throw the garter. She watches with amusement as he throws it and a few guys get into a minor wrestling match over it. Finally someone gets it. Justin walks back over to her and helps her up. They kiss again and the chair is moved so people can dance again.

"Now we can just relax and do what we want."

"Mmm, good." She smiles, getting close to him.

"A few more hours before this all ends."

She leans up and kisses his jaw.

"I know."

"Love you."

"Love you too."

"I'm going to take you somewhere for a second honeymoon soon." Justin kisses her head.

"Aw, lover. You don't have to do that. I'm looking forward to having a family Christmas again." She says.

"I think you deserve it."

"You're too sweet."

"Only for you."

She smiles and kisses him, lingering some. When she pulls away, he holds her close as they dance to the song. They take some breaks, making a few trips to the dessert table that was set up.

"Chocolate."

"Mmm. All of this looks good."

"It really does."

"Momma and Lauren did an excellent job."

They did. Everything is great."

"Oops, you got chocolate on you." She laughs at him.

"Where?"

She kisses him, sucking the chocolate from his bottom lip. Once it was all gone, she let his lip go.

"That's where it was."

"You're killing me." Justin mutters.

She giggles.

"All the more to get me back for later."

"Hmm true."

"I think you may have way too much time to think of a plan. Oh boy."

He smirks devilishly. She bites her lip.

"Plenty of time to plan." He nods.

"Uh-oh."

"Although I've had a plan since we got here."

"Oh really."

"Well a plan in mind anyway."

"Of course you do."

"They'll probably give us the house to ourselves anyway...because they know..."

She blushes a deep red.

"A few hours at least."

She nods, trying to control her blushing.

"I'll stop now." He chuckles.

"Please. I feel like I've blushed way too much today."

"I'm done. Don't worry."

"Good." She pokes him.

He kisses her cheek before they go back to eating the desserts they brought back to the table. She leaves the chocolate covered strawberries for last.

"Mmm, I think someone told Momma about my love of strawberries."

"I think so."

She starts eating the strawberries.

"Mmm. So good."

"As always."

"Definitely."

"They're always better with chocolate."

"Yes, they are."

"Which is why I get them for you when I can."

"I know. Thank you."

"You're welcome."

She kisses him.

"You taste like the strawberries." He grins after she pulls away.

"Good to know."

She finishes them off easily.

"I think I'm good now." She laughs.

"Don't want anymore?" He chuckles.

"Not right now anyway."

"Ok." He nods.

She snuggles up against him. The last few hours of the reception start to end. It was getting down to the very end and people started to leave to head home.

"I think its about time to head to the mountains." Justin says in her ear as they dance to one last song.

"I'll tell Air and Marvin once we're done dancing to this song. I know they'll want to go too."

"Of course."

"Today has been just perfect."

"It really has."

"Just like how you're perfect."

"Charmer." She teases lightly, leaning up to brush her lips against his.

"Always." He says once they pull away.

"Mmhmm."

The song soon ends and Riss comes over to where Ted and I are, to tell us that she and Justin are heading to the mountains for the sunset.

"We figured you two would want to join us." She says.

"Oh of course." I nod.

"We're going to start saying bye to everyone so we should be ready to go soon."

"Alright." I nod.

She goes and finds Justin. They say goodnight to everyone and then meet back up with Ted and I. We all head out and get into one of the limos and head off to the mountains. We take the railway cable car up to the top as always. When we reach the top, we step off and walk to the best spot to see the sunset.

"Wow..." I say in awe.

"Amazing isn't it?" She asks.

"Very." I nod.

"Now you know why I like coming up here with Jussi."

"For sure. This is gorgeous."

"It may be, but not as much as you are." Ted says to me as he wraps his arms around me.

"Awww."

"Always the charmer." I smile.

"Because I love you."

"I love you too."

"Aww." Riss smiles.

"So what are you doing after this?" She asks.

"Oh we're going to dinner and stuff with Ted's parents and Lauren. It's part of them letting you two have the house to yourself for a few hours."

She starts blushing.

"She's blushing." Ted chuckles.

She hides against Justin.

"Alright, I think she's blushed enough today." Justin laughs.

She nods vigorously.

"Okay, I'll stop."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome."

We all watch the sun set in relative silence. Once the sun is gone, Ted and I head back down. Justin and Riss stay for a moment, quietly thanking his dad for watching over them and giving them a perfect day.

"I'm sorry I never got to meet you." She says softly.

"But I promise to take care of your son and give him all my love." She adds.

Justin grins and rests his head on her shoulder.

"That was sweet."

"It's the truth." She smiles, kissing his cheek.

"And I promise to do the same for you."

"I know."

"I love you."

"Love you too."

He turns her around and kisses her. After that they go down to the limo so they can head to the house. Of course first Ted and I get dropped off where we would be meeting everyone for dinner. Then Riss and Justin head to the house. Justin gets more touchy and flirty the closer they get.

"Behave until we get there..."

"It's hard."

"I know it is."

He mutters things quietly in Afrikaans. She bites her lip.

"Now you're making it hard for me."

He smirks so she swats his leg.

"You love it."

"Yeah yeah yeah."

They then pull up to the house, and get out of the limo. After walking up to the house, Justin finds where the spare key is hidden and unlocks the door. He puts the key back and then proceeds to lift her up and carry her inside, shutting the door behind him with his foot. She giggles, holding onto him. He then proceeds to head upstairs and to the bedroom.

"You forgot to lock the door." She laughs lightly.

"Kind of too late now." He chuckles.

"We're halfway up the stairs."

"Drop me off and go lock the door."

"Alright." He nods, setting her down when they get to the top of the stairs, then heads downstairs to lock the door.

After the door's locked, Justin makes his way back upstairs and to the bedroom. She's standing by the bed, taking her jewelry and shoes off. Justin stands there in the doorway, leaning against the frame, watching with a grin.

"You're staring."

"So I am."

"Silly goose."

"Love you too."

She takes the clip and pins out of her hair, shaking it loose. He moves from the doorway into the room, shutting the door and locking it behind him. Before she knows it, he's behind her with his hands on her hips.

"Hi."

"Hi." He grins.

She kisses his cheek and scratches his jaw.

"I believe you have a dress that needs to be removed."

"Mmhmm, but you first. You have more on than I do."

"That's true."

"So..." She trails off, turning around to face him. "...let's take a few things off..." She continues, starting with his tux jacket.

She lays it on a chair so it doesn't get wrinkled. Next she works on his tie and she gets that undone and lays it on the chair with the jacket. She then takes her shirt off, putting it over there as well.

"Next the shoes and we'll be even...for now."

"For now." He smirks.

She lets him go so he can take off his shoes and stuff. She can't help running her fingers over his back and sides. He then pulls her close to him, his arms go back around her and he presses his lips instantly to hers. She gives in immediately, pressing her body flush against his. She cups his jaw with her hands. He grins against her lips and gives her a boost and she locks her legs around him. Justin moves one of his hands to her thigh and squeezes. She groans against his mouth. He decides to turn and sit on the bed, not breaking the kiss. She moves her legs so she's just straddling his lap. She lets her hands drift down over his chest. Then she moves them down from his chest and she runs her nails across his abs, getting a quiet growl from him. Since that wasn't quite enough, she does it again before moving to his indents and gently pressing her fingers into them for now. The growl gets louder. That does satisfy her but she still wants to have her fun so she presses harder just to tease him. This time he groans, shifting. All she does is giggle against his lips, because she knows she's getting to him and he won't be able to take much more. She runs her nails along the indents this time. He in retaliation, takes her bottom lip between his teeth and nips lightly. She makes a noise in response. His hands move to the back of her dress, playing with it, a sign that he wanted to take it off. She frees her lip and pulls away for air. She sets his hand on the zipper of her dress. While she was getting air, he takes the chance to press his lips to her neck as he works on the zipper of her dress. She mumbles softly in Italian, letting her head fall to the side so he has more access. He gets the dress unzipped and begins to tug it down to remove it. She gets off his lap but stays close enough that he's still all over her neck. The dress hits the floor.

"...pants..." She says, starting to tug at his pants.

He gets up and she works on his belt. Once she gets that, she gets the button and zipper and pulls them down for him as far as she could go since he was still going after her neck. He gest them off the rest of the way and steps out of them, pushing them off to the side. She pushes him off her neck in order to pick up her dress and pants, putting them on the chair with the rest of their clothes.

"You can continue now." She says when she walks back over to him.

He admires what she chose to wear under her dress. Then he scoops her up and lays her on the bed. He then climbs onto the bed himself and hovers over her, his hands starting to wander. She does the same to him. With her hands wandering, it simply gets too much for him so he grabs her hands and pins them to the bed, before he starts to kiss all the skin he can reach. She squirms under him, making soft noises. He just smirks against her skin, and at times decides to nip at spots on her skin, intent on leaving lovebites where he pleases. She makes louder noises and grips his hands. Once he feels like he's left enough, he moves back up to her lips. She kisses him hard. In the midst of that that, he lets her hands go and at that point, they both wasted no time in removing what they had let on.

Meanwhile Ted and I are in the middle of dinner with his parents and Lauren. We're all talking about the holidays and what we're doing and everything, when we go home.

"I would love to have you and Karissa over for a girls baking session." Melanie says.

"I'd love to. I'm sure she would too."

"Great." She smiles.

"Christmas Eve before the party I'm assuming?"

"Yes."

"It'll be fun." I grin.

"Definitely. I get to show you family recipes."

"Oooh."

"I can't wait for that. I'll get good food all the time." Ted grins.

"As if you don't already, but I know what you mean."

He kisses my cheek. After dinner we all get dessert, and sit around talking about various things before getting the bill paid and heading out to the limo that was going to bring us all back home. Soon we're back at the house. We all go inside.

"Well I think it's time for bed." Ted remarks.

"Yeah, it is late." I nod.

"Alright. Goodnight you two."

"Goodnight."

Ted and I head to our room, him closing the door behind us after we walk in.

"Today was long but it was worth it." I say.

"It really was." He nods in agreement.

"It was so special. Especially getting to see the sunset."

"I wanna come back sometime." I add.

"I'm sure we will. Justin can show us around then."

"Right."

We get ready for bed and then climb in, snuggling together. It isn't too long after that and a few yawns here and there where I doze off.

"Night love." Ted kisses my head before falling asleep himself.