Chapter Thirty seven- The wedding- Finally!
Dad, Saraan, Remus and Callisto were all waiting at Salem's main bus terminal. When they saw us, I saw their chest heave a sigh of relief.
"We just heard about the plane." Said Callisto. "We thought maybe you'd aparrated off."
"Everyone else died before the plane went down." I said sadly. "They shouldn't have put on those masks."
"Aphi's TV watching was finally good for something." said Hermione. "She saved our lives."
"And you two finally managed to get an apparition spell correct?" Dad asked.
"We almost became a permanent part of the Titanic, but we made it." Maxis explained."
"We should go to the hotel. Voldemort is obviously up to something." Remus looked around as if expecting Voldemort to jump out of thin air (I bet you he cold do that too). The hotel wasn't that far away, but it was out of muggle sight, which was good. As soon as we got there mom, Maxis, Hermione and I went shopping for new robes and clothes, since ours were at the bottom of the ocean. There was very nice, quaint, little wizarding village. We went in and looked at all the little shops. Callisto took the time to check up on the Salem branch of Zonkos. I got lots of free stuff from there and went back to the hotel happy.
The next night we had the rehearsal dinner. That was cool except for the fact that, well… all right I admit I was worried about missing Buffy. My small TV had gone down with the plane, but in our rooms we had TV's with huge screens, and I was planning on buying another mini one.
"Are you almost done with the place cards for tomorrow?" Saraan asked me.
I was doing the place cards only because I could write in calligraphy pretty well.
"Yeah I'm almost done," I picked one up. "How's this?"
"It's perfect." She said smiling.
I finished the last one adding an extra flourish.
"I've gotta go," I said excusing myself. "Business calls."
Saraan raised her eyebrows. "What is it now?"
"All new Buffy and all new Angel. These are must sees."
"Get outa here." She laughed.
I giggled and walked up to my room. up there I turned on the microwave with a wave of my wand (I had a bag of popcorn waiting there), the microwave beeped and I got the popcorn.
"Next on Buffy…" I heard the TV saying. I plopped on the couch.
"What are you watching now?" asked Hermione walking in.
"Buffy, you know the one where the girl slays the vamps."
Hermione rolled her eyes.
"Come on," I said. "Watch. I remember you saying that this was the one where you thought the guy was cute."
"Oh, that one." Said Hermione smiling. "Move over."
I scooted over on the couch and Hermione sat down.
About a half hour into the show Saraan, mom, and Maxis came in, and started to watch the show. When three quarters of the show had passed Harry stuck his head in.
"Guys…" he only got that far.
"Get out!" we called. "It's girls night. We have a wedding tomorrow."
Harry looked very scared, and ran out of the room.
"Are you nervous?" Dad asked Saraan once more.\
"No Sirius."
"Have sweaty palms?"
"No Sirius."
"Going to barf?"
"Sirius I swear to God…"
"Ok, I'm leaving, I'm leaving!"
Dad ran out of the room laughing.
"He's not invited to my wedding." I stated.
"He did the same thing at our wedding, and Lily and James's." Said mom "He's off to torture Remus now."
I squirmed with laughter in my chair.
"Sit still Aphi." Said Hermione, who had a curling iron in my hair.
"Burn me Hermione, and you will not be a happy person. You're next."
"Well then sit still." She retorted.
I sat as she curled my now elbow-length hair into tiny ringlets. It seemed to take forever and I was not the patient type. Finally when she was done I jumped out of the chair to stretch my legs. I started to walk out the door when Hermione called me back reminding me that I had to do hers. I groaned and walked over to the chair once more.
A cute little girl (one of Saraan's cousins I think) soon came in to tell us it was time. As we were getting ready to leave dad came back in.
"Are you ready?"
"Yes Sirius."
"Nervous?"
"No Sirius."
"Heart beating quickly?"
"Yes Sirius," she answered. "Would you like to know why?"
"Sure."
"Because I'm thinking of painful curses to use on you! That's why."
"I get the message, toodles." Dad left once more.
"Ok, we can leave now." Said mom leading the way out the door.
"Oh my god, I am nervous." Saraan admitted.
"It'll be fine." Hermione assured her. "Look there're the boys."
I turned to look at Harry and Ron. They were both wearing tuxedos, and actually looked kind of cute. Harry looked like the picture that I'd seen of his father at his wedding. The boys saw us gaping and stuck their tongues out. Talk about egos! They were suddenly brushed away by two men. I guess they had to go. I walked back over to where Saran and the others were standing. Music started from inside the sanctuary and it got silent. Remus, Harry, Ron, and dad walked inside. Saraan's brother Robert then walked over to Saraan. Defiantly cute, but I preferred Dean (I am now wiping that statement from your minds). Mom then walked into the sanctuary. We waited about thirty seconds then,
"It's time." Robert whispered to her.
Saraan nodded and took a breath. Hermione and I walked behind her, and picked up her train. We started walking behind her into the sanctuary.
(A/N- Now you might think me mean for leaving you hanging there, but it's only a wedding! *Ducks as fans throw things at her*)
After the wedding we had the reception, and in my opinion this was the best part. After eating, the dance floor was opened. The DJ was great. He had all the latest music, but even that wasn't the best part. Saraan's cousins knew all the dance moves, but that wasn't the best part. Here's the best part…
I was dancing with Saraan's brother when I was tapped on the shoulder. I turned around, and you'll never guess whom it was.
"Oh my God!" I yelled. "What are you doing here?"
He smiled. "I'm one of Saraan's cousins!"
"Dean, I haven't seen you in a long time." Said Robert.
"You either, we must do lunch." He laughed. "So Aphi want to dance?"
"You bet."
Ok, so maybe I haven't been completely honest with you guys. Dean and I had been seeing each other for a while. We did kind of 'go together' officially now, and every one at Hogwarts knew it. We'd started going on dates to Hogsmead back in October, and by November it was all around the castle. Anyway, he defiantly looked good in a suit. The DJ started playing 'I Will Survive', and Dean and I started doing the Electric Slide.
We slow danced, we picked up the pace, and we kissed. That was the highlight of this wedding!
(Toodles!)
-Kendra Black (aka- Aphi Black, aka-Rouge, aka-Jean Grey, aka-Shadowcat.)
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