Sorry its been a few days since I posted but school starting has made it hard to find time and unfortunately, leaves me very unmotivated. But here is another chapter, I will try to make it longer than before. Keep the reviews coming, they keep me from going insane with school and homework and everything! I took the design of Catherine's dress from an actual sight, but just shortened it to work with a second marriage and such a quickie wedding. The site is so yeah, look if you want. Thanks again!

Chapter 5~ Dresses and Plans

When Catherine came out of the room, she looked around the waiting room to try and find Warrick and Lindsey. She walked around for several minutes and then tired, sat down. Warrick and Lindsey walked back with two dozen white and red roses about fifteen minutes later. They found Catherine asleep on the chair. Lindsey laughed. "Warrick, she's snoring." Warrick smiled and bent down to kiss her cheek gently. Catherine woke up suddenly. She sat up to see a dozen white and red roses. Lindsey stepped forward with her white roses. "Congratulations, Mommy."

"For what?" Catherine asked, looking at Warrick as if to say, 'Did you tell her about the baby?' Warrick shook his head, answering her question.

Lindsey handed her the roses. "For getting married, silly." Catherine looked somewhat relieved. Warrick then walked up to her and handed her the flowers and bent over to whisper in her ear. "You will have to tell her sometime." before kissing her again. Catherine whispered, "I know, I know." She smiled slightly as her hand touched his face gently, kissing him back.

Soon they were interrupted. "Ewwwww!" Catherine and Warrick turned around to see a little girl, covering her eyes. "That's gross!" Catherine and Warrick laughed. Embarrassed, Catherine looked down at her roses for a moment. After she felt her red cheeks fading, she looked back up. "Well, You ready to go?" she said. She then handed the flowers to Lindsey to carry for a moment as she went to stand up. As she did this, Warrick grabbed Catherine's hand gently and held it in his own. They started walking while Lindsey continued talking about the wedding.

"And I want a pink dress with lots of ribbons and bows and flowers in my hair and…" Catherine and Warrick just laughed.

When they reached the exit, Warrick turned to Catherine. "You wait here." Catherine opened her mouth to object, but Warrick knew Catherine to be stubborn and quickly left to get the car in the parking garage before she had the chance to object. While they were alone, Catherine seized the opportunity. "Lindsey, tell me the truth now, honey. Are you really okay with this wedding, because if you're not, we can always wait until later. I know it hasn't been that long since…" Lindsey grabbed her mother's hand again and gave it a squeeze.

"Mommy, I'll be fine. It's been a long time since I've had a real family, with a mommy and a daddy. Can Warrick be my new daddy?" Catherine looked up and saw Warrick standing there, with the window down, his eyes misty. He had heard the whole thing.

Several hours later…

Warrick and Catherine sat in the dressing area at a local bridal shop, waiting for Lindsey to come out of the dressing room. Lindsey had chosen a lavender bell shaped dress with spaghetti straps and a ribbon that started at the front and tied in a bow at the back. Catherine reached for Warrick's hand and held it in hers as she called to Lindsey. "Linds, you almost ready? It's taken at least an hour so far, and all we have found is your dress. So try and hurry honey."

Lindsey's voice carried over the dressing room door. "I'll be right there." Catherine, a little frustrated, let go of Warrick's hand and stood up. She looked around the shop for a dress for herself. She didn't want anything too flashy or expensive. Her eyes perused the contents of the store. She came across a sales rack of contemporary and somewhat-unorthodox wedding dresses. It was there that she saw a calf length A-line halter top white dress with a flower at waist. She immediately fell in love with this dress and quickly looked at the price tag. It was on clearance for 150 dollars. She then approached a clerk.

"Excuse me, Miss. I am looking to buy this dress and want to surprise War…, my fiancée, on our wedding day." she corrected herself as she continued. "The only problem is that he is here with me now and so I was wondering, could you distract him for me for a couple minutes?"

The clerk looked at Catherine with a slightly puzzled look.

"You know, tell him I'm in the bathroom or something. Stall. Lie. Thank you." Catherine said as she walked towards the bridal dressing room in the back of the store.

When she entered the dressing room, she set down her bag and started to undress. She twirled in the mirror, admiring the loose flowing ends of the dress. 'It's perfect.' she thought. She was putting her shoes back on when a knock at the door startled her.

"Cath, it's me." said Warrick's familiar voice from the other side of the door.

"Just a second." she replied, as she zipped up the bag that she had placed the dress into and picked up her things.

As she walked out, Warrick bent over and kissed her check. "Hey." Before he noticed the white bag. "What's this?"

Catherine smiled mischievously. "Nothing." she said as she walked towards the front and went to pay for it.

Warrick stepped in front of her and pulled out a credit card. "Here, let me." He said to the clerk. Catherine pushed his hand away.

"Just because I said I would marry you, doesn't me you get to pay for me all the time too." She handed the clerk her card. The clerk then had two different cards in her hand and looked at Warrick for a second, before sliding his card as payment. Catherine was shocked and embarrassed. She grabbed the bags and waited for Warrick to finish. As they were walking out, she shook her head. "I can't believe that guy let you pay for it. It's my dress. I should pay for it." She grumbled to herself. Warrick came up from behind her.

"Cath. Don't worry about it. I slipped her 20 bucks to let me pay." Warrick said with a smile.

"You what?" Catherine replied, shocked.

Warrick smiled even bigger. "While you had the clerk distracting me, I gave her the money. I wanted to help out. It's our wedding, you know."

Catherine pretended to be mad for several seconds, but she couldn't stay mad at him for very long. "Well," she said, taking a deep breath, "Thank you then." Warrick smiled again.

"You're quite welcome."

The three drove in a comfortable silence to Catherine's house. Lindsey quickly hopped out. It took Catherine a bit longer, with all of the bags she was carrying, her dress and Lindsey's. As she started walking away, she turned and looked at Warrick, still in the car. She looked at him with an expression of, "Aren't you coming, too?" Warrick shook his head.

"Tomorrow. You and Lindsey need some time alone." Catherine nodded in agreement and walked back towards the car and kissed him.

"Thank you War." Catherine said after a few minutes. Warrick ran his fingers through her blonde hair. Catherine shivered slightly with pleasure. He looked up at her. "For what?" Warrick asked.

"For this. For being you. For marrying me." Catherine explained.

Warrick leaned in closer and whispered. "Then thank you." Catherine looked a little puzzled. "For what?" she laughed

Warrick bent over and whispered in her ear. "For saying yes."