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Cress was flying.
Her euphoric mood never left her, not even when she could barely keep her eyes open. When she opened the door of the car, she stumbled, and immediately Thorne was in front of her, with his hands on her waist, making sure she could stay on her feet. She leaned into his chest, letting her eyes close for just a few moments. "Thanks, Thorne, for making this the best day of my life." she murmured. She felt Thorne sigh and also felt herself being lifted up—bride style. "Thorne, I'm not even your wife yet. You should save the bride carry for then." she complained.
She felt him chuckle at her feeble attempts to make him put her down. "But Cress, honey, you can barely stand. And, anyway, it is still your birthday, so I can spoil you for a couple more hours." He did make a good point, and Cress felt so warm and cozy in his arms… She tried one more time. "But you spoil me every day."At this point, they were already inside the Rampion, and it made no sense for him to put her down now, and Thorne knew that. They made it into the bedroom, and Thorne put her gently on the bed. It only took her moments to fall into a peaceful sleep.
When Cress woke up in the morning, she was parched. She rolled over and saw Thorne sleeping with his head on top of his folded arm. She took in this scene, gazing at his sharp jawline, his dirty-almost-brown-but-not-quite-blonde hair, his tanned skin, and just admiring him. After quite a while, she leaned over to give him a kiss on the cheek, and his eyes opened. "Good morning, Captain," she said with a light smile.
"Good morning Princess, he replied "Why are you up so early?" he asked. Early? It didn't seem early to her. Thorne must have seen the confused look on her face and chuckled. "It's 3:36 in the morning Cress. You never wake up this early." Cress could see now why she hadn't known that it was so early. Thorne had pulled the curtains closed, which blocked out the darkness of the early morning in winter. In Canada. And it was probably also partly because she hadn't looked at the projection clock. Or her portscreen. Thorne smiled the crooked smile that she loved so very much, and pulled her closer to his chest. "My fiancee. I love you so much." He spoke against her hair as if he couldn't bear to be any farther than that. She snuggled further against his chest and a muffled "I love you too" came out.
After a while, Cress's stomach rumbled and she went to make breakfast for the both of them. She made pancakes, three different types. Regular, blueberry, and the one she made the most of, chocolate, Captain's favourite. She called him to eat and saw that his hair was ruffled, his shirt from last night was crumpled, and he was barefoot. "Are those pancakes I smell?" he asked with a grin. "It sure is!" she replied. "You always treat me to different places, and food, and amusement parks, that are quite expensive I might add," she said with a droll look, "and so this morning I thought that I would make something special, since you are my fiance as well." Usually, Cress had no problem showing affection to Thorne, but after the look he gave her, full of love and adoration, she couldn't help the blood that rushed up to her face. She suddenly became very interested with the patterns on the floor, and traced them with her big toe. Cress could feel Thorne coming up closer when she suddenly felt Thorne take her hand. "Let's get on to breakfast then shall we?" was the words Cress heard. Her head snapped up and saw Thorne smiling. She let a small smile out herself and let him lead her to the dining table.
Breakfast went fast, and soon enough Cress was in her room getting ready for some errands. She wore simple jeans and a t-shirt combo, with the jacket that Thorne had bought for her. "Thorne, I'm leaving now!" she said to him as she headed out the door.
"When will you get back?" he replied from the kitchen.
"In a couple of hours?" The way Cress said it made it sound like it was a question instead of a statement. He peeked his head out from the door and smiled at her. "Call me when you're on your way home, okay?"
"Okay!" Cress reviewed the list she had made mentally, of things to do. She had,
Grocery shopping, because they were running short on snacks.
Buy some new shoes for Iko, because it was her birthday soon.
Buy some knickknacks to decorate the living room, as it was very boring.
Other than that, Cress's just wanted to look around, and get a feel for Canada. She loved Canada. More so than the other places she had visited, and she didn't know why. She loved the people here, and their kindness, and eagerness to help when someone is in a tough situation. She loved how the weather changed constantly, even if in the winter it was usually snowy. Just all the little things that make Canada Canada. Cress finished her errands, and then she wandered around, just enjoying her time outside. The sun—which had come out today, surprisingly—was starting to set, so she decided to take a train to get back home. She walked to the station and used her ID chip to buy a ticket. While Canada was beautiful, it wasn't as high tech as Commonwealth, which did present some problems when she had to get somewhere fast. Today though, Cress was in no hurry, so she boarded the train, and waited for it to be on its way.
Halfway through the ride home, Cress remembered that she was supposed to tell him that she was on her way. She wrote a quick message, and sent it off. She looked through the messages in her inbox. There was one from Iko, saying she had a surprise, one from Kai, saying that he was very excited, and one from Winter, who had asked her what size she was in dresses. What were these messages? They didn't make sense at all… Cress shook it off and decided that she would think about it later.
She got off at her stop, and walked slowly towards home. She enjoyed the quiet of being alone, which was ironic, considering she had spent most of her life in solitude. Cress had learned that she liked spending time with herself, and that she was a cool person to hang out with. With her thoughts churning, Cress hadn't even realized that she had walked the whole way, and now she was standing in front of the Rampion. She asked to be let in, and since it—sorry, she as Thorne insisted—recognized her voice, it opened the hatch.
Cress walked in, and she noticed that it was pitch black. That was odd. She remembered opening the windows today. That was when the panic started to build up. What happened to Thorne? Where was he? Had someone taken him?! "Thorne? THORNE? Hello? THORNE, where are you! She ran through the bedrooms, searching. When she finally got to the living room, she glanced around, as she had with all the rest of the rooms. She heard a slight rustling, and was immediately more aware, ready to hide if she had to. Suddenly, all the lights came on, and the people around the room yelled "Congratulations!" Cress hadn't heard the word properly, and must have thought it was something like "Get down!" she immediately dropped to the floor, and tried to make herself as small as possible. The room went silent and Cress heard footsteps coming even closer. She squeezed even smaller, and felt a hand on her head. "Cress?" It was Thorne. "Are you alright?" Cress lifted her head and stared into his blue eyes. "Thorne?" His eyes crinkled with concern, and she finally looked around the room. It was all of her bestest friends, and they all looked slightly guilty and concerned. Scarlet was the first one to speak. "I knew we shouldn't have done a surprise," she mumbled. Cress's cheeks reddened because of the fact that she had freaked out over such a small thing. Iko dug an elbow into Scarlet's side, and in return, it was not her, but Wolf who sent her the warning glare. Thorne spoke next. "Can I talk to you for a minute in our room?" Cress meekly nodded. He helped her up, and they walked to their room slowly. Cress remembered her friends, and she turned around and said; "You guys can sit down if you want. We'll be back soon." Mostly everyone smiled at her and all of them sat down.
Thorne explained the situation, that the group (Mostly Iko) had wanted to throw a surprise party to celebrate their engagement. Thorne had taken their blessing, since her dad wasn't here anymore, and Iko would probably murder him if he didn't ask her first. She finally understood and decided to go back outside. With Thorne, of course. She entered the living room with a slight smile, and sat down next to Iko and Cinder. "Thanks, you guys." she said. Iko replied with a hug and "anytime Cress. The room had gone slightly awkward, and Cress didn't know what to do. She looked at Thorne desperately for some help, and he understood immediately. He looked at Iko. "Hey Iko, what do you want for your birthday?"
Iko sat at the end of her seat and started talking about the shoes, dresses, and the other things on her list. When she had gotten to around her 25th thing, everyone laughed at her very extensive list. Thorne handed drinks around, and the mood lightened.
