NB: Just a reminder - please note I started this story before any wedding was planned between Charity (who's dead in my fic now) and Miguel and before Reese and Jessica started secretly seeing each other so it's basically still Kay "pretending" to be with Reese and Miguel's alone since Charity's death.

Theresa heard a loud gasp echo all around her. Everything was dark for a little while but soon Theresa began to see a sliver of light, just as something thick slithered down her cheeks. She wondered why she felt something heavy on her head and shook her head a little. And cried out as a huge gob of something fell all over her. The whole hall was silent. Theresa's vision was now blocked even more by whatever it was that was covering her from her head down to her shoulders. She began to frantically wipe it off her and as her vision became clearer, she realised what it was. Laughter slowly erupted around the hall. Gwen had shoved the huge cake that had been sitting waiting for her and Antonio to cut after Gwen had been given her ring all over Theresa. At the last minute, Gwen had discovered that this was the only defence "weapon" around.

Theresa's eyes blazed furiously as she glared at everyone around the hall. She was not amused to see that Miguel and Antonio were both laughing at her. Ethan was looking clueless as usual, "Theresa, what are you doing? You are supposed to be getting Gwen, not eating cake!" Theresa walked over to him, dripping with cake, "I'll tell you who's eating cake you stupid ass!" She grabbed large blobs of cake off herself and shoved them into Ethan's face. More laughter from the guests. "Theresa!" Ethan exclaimed. He picked up a glass of champagne off somebody's table and dumped it all over Theresa. Theresa picked up the baseball bat that she had dropped when Gwen had dumped the cake over her and aimed it at Ethan. "This will be the last time I will ever run after you Ethan!" she cried as she chased him out of the hall.

As the staff of the reception lounge busied themselves with cleaning up the mess that Gwen had made of the cake, the guests went back to their business as though nothing had ever happened. Antonio and Gwen were assured that another cake had been ordered and would arrive shortly. The couple decided to wait for the new cake before proceeding with getting a pretty, round, diamond studded occupant for Gwen's finger.

"Kay, while we're waiting, do you wanna come for a ride with me?" Miguel asked First Kay, who, to Miguel's ultimate shock horror, was busily discussing the alignment of the planets in some solar system or other with Reese. "Maybe later" replied First Kay, without even looking at him.

Miguel began to think quickly "Oh no! This isn't working! I have to come up with some kind of a brilliant scheme to get her away from that goody goody two shoes. There seems to be only one thing that can get together two people in a situation where one doesn't love the other if you're on a soap opera and that's a pregnancy! But how the heck - ? Wait a second! While Reilly was around, he was saying something about a storyline for Deanna's Kay that involved a potion or an essence or something that would make her look like Charity and then I would sleep with her and she would get pregnant! All I have to do is get a vial of some Reese Essence! Then First Kay'll sleep with me thinking I was Reese and then she'll get pregnant and then she'll HAVE to be with me!" He began to look around for those two girls who had taken over the production of Passions to ask them if they could do something about bringing in an Essence of Reese into the show.

"Hey! Psssst! Miguel!" called someone whose voice Miguel rarely heard even though he was very closely linked to her, especially now that he had an "old-new" love interest. "What does the Invisible Girl want?" he wondered, as he turned to the girl to whom the voice belonged, "What is it Jessica?" he asked, "I know what - or who it is that you want and I think we can and should help each other" said his future sister-in-law (he hoped). "Oh?" Miguel was intrigued, "How so?" Jessica pointed towards the exit, "Let's go discuss this outside" she said.

As Miguel and Jessica proceeded towards the exit together, First Kay and Reese turned to look at them, "Oh no Reese! I was so sure this whole making- Miguel-jealous thing was working!" First Kay said. Reese sighed, "So did I, but he seems to be moving on! Unless - " "Unless what?" Reese looked towards them again, "Unless MIGUEL'S trying the same trick on you!" he said. First Kay laughed, "Oh come on, this is Passions! Kay NEVER gets Miguel remember? No matter who's playing her!" "Hush! We're on camera!" she received a reminder from Reese's alter ego. "Never mind. We're all mixed up anyway. The viewers don't mind and we're still in the process of steering the storylines the right way" she replied. Reese thought of something just then, "Remember those two girls who took over the production?" he asked. "Yeah?" "Well, let's go have a chat with them and see if they can do anything about getting Kay and Miguel - I mean you and Miguel together" suggested Reese. "Alright" First Kay agreed, "It might be worth a shot". They went off to find Rhea and Amy.

"The thing is," Jessica was saying to Miguel outside, "You want Kay and I want Reese. So why don't we pretend that WE'RE together? You know, so they think we've moved on and don't care about them anymore. It's bound to make them jealous!" Miguel thought about it. Aside from pregnancies, the jealousy thing was another trick that people often UNSUCCESSFULLY tried out on soap operas. But since the production of this particular soap opera was now being controlled by people who were in the business of watching and who had experienced years of harrowing torture by the same pathetic storylines repeated year after year, there was a chance that Miguel could create a revolution by turning over a storyline that seemed to be hemmed in concrete and probably would be if James E Reilly had not been overthrown. Jessica tapped her fingers impatiently on the balcony that overlooked a water feature and the gardens and benches bordering it, outlined in a pale wash of moonlight. "Well?" she finally asked, "we haven't gone to an ad-break you know?" Miguel snapped out of his thoughts and said, "Huh? Oh yeah, yeah, the preg - I mean the jealousy thing. But I think we should get those two new head writers to confirm that we'll get what we want otherwise I'm ditching this pathetic sideshow and joining One Life To Live!"

Meanwhile, First Kay and Reese had already left the engagement party and were headed towards the temporary office near the NBC Studios backlot where Amy and Rhea had told them they could be found.

"Well, according to reports, viewer popularity in Watchville has been higher than ever since the actors began to incorporate elements of their real-life frustrations into the show, so I guess it's safe to assume that this is the way to go with characters, storylines and the actors themselves" reported back Rhea, over the phone to a Channel Seven (Australia) executive. When she got off the phone with the executive, she and Amy viewed a live report online over her laptop by Channel Seven's finance advisor, David Koch, who happily advised Watchville that the television market was steadily climbing the corporate ladder thanks largely to the American NBC's currently hot and rising television show, Passions, which was now receiving much acclaim as almost the only soap opera whose storylines were beginning to actually progress from a setting in the early morning to afternoon within (GASP!) a week! This, though, was in reference to some of the earlier episodes that had just been screened after Rhea and Amy first taken over. Now they were starting to slow down again - they were still stuck on the evening of the engagement. A wedding was urgently needed. And not just any wedding, but a traditional, Passions-style double triple or quadruple wedding! Rhea and Amy decided it was time to quickly get some of the underdog couples together.

While the two women were busily discussing the progress of the show and which couples were going to be married on the show, a loud screech cut into their conversation and they stepped out of the office to see Ethan running towards them with Theresa close behind, wielding the baseball bat. "Halt!" called Amy, "you're off camera, you can stop now" she instructed.

Eric Martsolf and Lindsay Korman were given new scripts and left the office looking pleased. By this time, Taylor Anne Mountz and Bruce Michael Hall had arrived, unaware that Jesse Metcalfe and Jade Harlow were on their way over too. "I've got it!" said Rhea, "I have the perfect idea. Taylor and Bruce, you guys have a wedding to plan for your characters. Run along now" she told the bewildered actors, "But - " began Bruce, "No buts, not just yet - you'll find out later why I'm doing this". "Think of the fans who have been DYING to see what they call a 'KAGUEL' pairing on the show!" protested Taylor. "Oh, don't worry, the fans needs will be taken care of" assured Rhea. "Alright, whatever you say," said Taylor, as she and Bruce proceeded to the set of the engagement party.

"No chance buddy! You're not getting her that easy. You have made Kay suffer for so long, you're going to have to pay some penance first!" Jesse was told as he and Jade pleaded their case before Rhea and Amy. "Ugh! Stuck in one triangular love storyline after another!" said Jesse as he miserably trotted back to the engagement party. "Ah, but we have something more interesting in the works for little Jessica" Rhea assured Jade and Jade too, went back to the party, ready to pick up where she left off as Jessica.

Back at the party, Miguel found First Kay and Reese more and more engrossed in each other. He decided to cut in, "Kay can I talk to you for a second?" Kay looked at Reese, who nodded. "Sure Miguel," said Kay and they walked out together. "You and Reese seem to be getting tighter than ever" he said to her, "I thought he was here with the other Kay". "Oh he was," replied First Kay, "but she found this guy who was asking her if she knew where he could find Ethan or Ivy or Julian. Before they knew it, they were into a discussion about what a torture it was for her - I mean me - I mean us - KAY having Ethan as a half-brother. It turns out they have some common ground - he is none other than Ivy and Julian's son, Nicholas something or other - I was too busy with Reese to pay attention when she was introducing him to us". Miguel's face fell. If he could have somehow gotten Reese and the other Kay together, this Kay would've been free to be with him. "So um - you guys are going quite strong huh?" he said. "Well, of course we are. Reese is the most wonderful guy in the world and you are such a good buddy for supporting me in my relationship with him Miguel". First Kay almost couldn't suppress her smile at hearing herself reciting some of the very same words that used to hurt her so much coming from Miguel once as he used to speak about his relationship with Charity.

Miguel went back to Jessica to report on his lack of progress with First Kay, "Ooooh that Reese! I feel like knocking him out and leaving him on the train tracks to be run over! Or maybe I ought to dump some fish guts on him!" he said.

By the end of that night, when the formal part and dinner etc was over and the dancing was nearly over too, Reese proposed to First Kay over the microphone at the front of the hall where Gwen and Antonio did their ring thing and she accepted. Jessica had to run after Miguel to stop him jumping off the balcony as everyone clapped and cheered for First Kay and Reese.

The following morning, the wedding plans began as the couple wanted to get hitched as soon as possible. Naturally, as anytime two couples got engaged simultaneously on Passions, a double wedding was immediately suggested. Gwen and Kay decided the planning of the wedding itself would give them enough time and opportunity to do some female bonding and Reese and Antonio began to rapidly get to know each other better as they spent more and more time together. Miguel spent some time with Second Simone and Jessica as they discovered that all three were kindred spirits at the moment, one of a kind, each the jilted end of a love triangle as Second Chad and Whitney had recently gotten back together. Miguel and Jessica were not accustomed to scheming and plotting and taking lessons from Simone.

"Whatever happened to that annoyingly sickeningly sweet couple - Sheridan and Luis? Anyone know?" Amy asked some of the cast members as they arrived for that day's scenes. "They have been locked in Sheridan's cottage making love twenty four seven" Deanna Wright replied. Amy and Rhea laughed, "well there goes one couple. We had better not disturb them or Sheridan will start crying and believing that they are just not meant to be together. She'll think the fortune cookie was right and the love noodle test was accurate and have another break down!" said Amy. "But what about Beth?" asked Rhea. "We'll find something for her" said Amy, "so who else is getting married?" Rhea whispered something to her, "Oh, okay so it'll be a surprise for the rest of the cast then. Cool. Let's get going".

A couple of weeks later, the wedding day had arrived. First Simone was First Kay's bridesmaid, and looked cute in a caramel coloured Chanel.

[heheh that's my personal favourite brand ever since Nicole Kidman wore that pink Chanel to the Oscars]

First Kay and Gwen wore traditional white Vera Wang wedding gowns, all at the expense of the Crane fortune which Rebecca now had control of since both Ivy and Julian couldn't care less about it anymore now that they had found true love, Ivy with Sam and Julian with Tabitha (lol I just find the idea of a "Tabian" (Tabitha and Julian) pairing interesting!). Gwen had unreservedly dished out a couple of Rebecca's new credit cards to Kay so that the expenses of both weddings could be covered.

[Each time Alistair called to protest and vent his outrage at everything that was going on, Rebecca would put him on the speaker and leave the room or sit there and file her nails and sip champagne, or turn on the TV set she had placed there ever since Julian had disappeared with Tabitha to some romantic escapade from which he hadn't returned yet. The louder Alistair spoke, the louder Rebecca would turn up the TV. ]

Since Miguel was angry with Reese (and Reese was pretending that for the life of him he couldn't figure out why), Reese asked First Chad to be his best man. Second Chad and Whitney were off "practising tennis" (in Whitney's bedroom) and Second Simone was off to support her "boyfriend" who supposedly loved her Simone so much that he wanted to help her sister out in any way he possibly could, (including giving her a private "workout" session so she could be fit for playing tennis).

[Should I change my rating to PG 13? Lol]

Gwen didn't have a bridesmaid since Sheridan and Luis were both still feeling insecure about each other and were busy "working on their relationship" in Sheridan's cottage. Antonio didn't really know anyone in Harmony except for his brothers and since both were unavailable (Miguel was at a bar, drinking) so he didn't have a best man either. Hank had mysteriously disappeared again as he so often does on the show so it wasn't even as if he could get his brother's best friend in for the job.

Off the set, Natalie and Chris discussed the problem with Amy and Rhea. "Well, two still existing characters from Passions have been cast in a spin- off series being produced by somebody who hates James E Reilly in which they're doing everything almost exactly opposite to what was previously done on Passions. It's called "Harmony's Heartbreaks". We don't know who the characters are yet, but we'll send someone in to see if they can guest on Passions for a little while". Rhea told them.

[I know "Harmony's Heartbreaks" sounds like a tacky name for a spin-off, but I couldn't come up with a better name, lol]

Meanwhile, at the bar where Miguel was drinking, he was the only person left and the barman had retreated to the back to get more drinks out (or whatever else a barman can do at the back). The little angel girl appeared to Miguel, "I know what you're thinking Miguel," she said. "Huh? Who are you?" Miguel asked. The angel girl had a habit of not answering in a straightforward manner. She said, "You must not try to break up Kay and Reese" slowly, in a quiet voice, her expression dead serious, "If you do, you will bring evil into Harmony". Miguel laughed his head off, "Save it sister. I know what you're really on about. You don't really care if an oh- so-"schweet' couple like Kay and Reese break up. You're just programmed to spout off the same garbage each time like a parrot!" he told her. The angel girl's eyes widened, "No Miguel, you don't understand. Charity was right. Great pain and suffering are coming to Harmony," she said. Miguel rolled his eyes and lowered his head into his hands, "not this again!" he thought.

"Don't worry Miguel, I'll save you," came an evil-sounding voice. "Hecuba!" said Miguel looking up, "what did they bring YOU back for?" he asked. The angel girl disappeared saying, "Remember what I told you Miguel." Hecuba said to Miguel, "I can help you get Kay".

"Are you going to freeze Reese in a block of ice?"

"Very funny Romeo. Now, just do as I tell you" Hecuba instructed.

Meanwhile, the wedding ceremony was about to begin. The church had filled up and Father Lonigan, the two grooms and the one best man stood waiting at the altar. Everyone was silent. Suddenly, a voice cut across the church and its silence loudly, "Hey! What are you doing! Let me go!" A group of unknown, unseen strangers brought a familiar looking young man dressed in an expensive-looking tux into the church, "what's going on?" he demanded. First Chad recognised the man, "Yo! Whassup my man?!" he called out. Father Lonigan gasped, "I don't believe it!" Reese blinked once then said, "Travis Schuldt!"

[Yup, this fic is actually a dedication to ex-cast members in the guise of a fanfic for the show!]

The bewildered looking First Ethan said again, "WHAT is going on? I was about to get married myself!" Rhea appeared on the scene, "well now you have to be a best man first. See the thing is, Antonio is in fact not just Theresa's brother, but your old pal Brian O'Leary from that bar that you used to go to with Gwen sometimes during semester break from whatever college you were going to" she told him. He still looked confused. "He was in disguise then, but not in a good enough disguise that you couldn't have recognised him, it's just that he knew all about your IQ level and realised he wouldn't need much to keep his secret from you. As for Gwen, well she knew him, but didn't tell you and what's more, she cheated on you with him the way you kind of did for a little while with his sister on Gwen before you told Gwen. And now look! They're getting married!" she explained. "Aren't you happy for them? Now that you don't like Gwen anymore, you should be happy your "friend" Brian-Antonio has found true love" said Amy, also popping up onto the set. "Uh - okay, whatever" said First Ethan, still looking confused. Rhea and Amy laughed, "I knew things would be okay once we managed to confuse him" said Rhea, as they walked off the set.

[NOTE: The double wedding episode hasn't aired in Australia yet, so I don't how they did it on the show, that is whether Theresa and Sheridan walked down the aisle together or separately but I'm gonna have to make First Kay and Gwen do it separately for the purpose of the little not-so-surprising surprises in store]

As First Kay and First Simone appeared at the entrance (Sam had taken some time off from Ivy just long enough to walk his daughter down and give her to Reese and Ivy had agreed to wait patiently with the guests and smile encouragingly at First Kay), First Simone whispered to her best friend, "where's Miguel? Isn't he supposed to be here in time to stop the wedding?" First Kay said, "if he doesn't arrive, it's his loss!" She was counting on him to show up, though, "if another one of Kay's schemes blow up, I'm ditching this pathetic sideshow and joining All My Children!" thought Taylor Anne Mountz.

When Gwen appeared, ready to walk down, everybody turned to see who the bridesmaid was. And groaned. Because it was yes - another ex-resident of Harmony. And none other than Liza Huber, the first Gwen.

"Gwen! What are you doing here?" said First Ethan, "you're supposed to be on Harmony's Heartbreaks getting married to me!"

"I could ask you the same thing," said First Gwen to first Ethan, "how the heck am I supposed to marry you if you're here?" But she was dressed in a wedding gown, just as Ethan was dressed in a tux.

"Alright guys, cut the bickering, you can get back to your own wedding scene as soon as you finish with this one" said Rhea, coming back on the sets. "You can just be Muffy, Buffy, Silly, Dopey or whatever for the moment - you know, one of Gwen's sorority sisters" she told First Gwen, "but this wedding gown won't do. We can't have two Gwens, both in a Vera Wang each or else the audience will get even more confused than ever if that's possible!" she said. "And while we're getting you changed, we might as well get First Ethan out of that tux". So the wedding scene was halted for a little while and First Kay sighed in relief, realising that this would give Miguel more time to arrive at the church to stop the wedding.

"So what do I have to do for you in return?" Miguel asked Hecuba after she had told him her plan. Hecuba just smiled an evil smile and remained silent...