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(Walking around a bit) i,,Okay, now what? There isn't much left to do, it's about perfect. No it would be perfect if Sasha was here (a little voice in the back of my head). Stop that, I won't think about him! He left, he's gone, he's not coming back! There's no use thinking about him. So, what can I do. How about I go make lunch, it's not really time for lunch yet, but who cares, I can just make a big fancy lunch, that is, if we have the stuff for that. So let's see what there is. If I keep busy I might get HIM out of my head. Stop, I wouldn't think about him. To the kitchen now, let's see what we've got. (getting there and looking in the cupboards) Oh, we do have some good food. And there is some of Salene's bread left from breakfast, how about I make some soup, so we'll have enough room for the big meal tonight and I don't need much stuff for that, I can use some of those beans in tomato sauce, that seems to be the only thing that we never run out off, and nobody likes it, which could be the reason we never run out of them. And here are some fresh veggies. Let's think, how did my mom always make that great tomato soup? Uhm . . . she used tomato buillon, but we don't have that, but the cans of beans in tomato sauce can be used for that, I'll just put it in one big pan and get some extra water in it, slice up some vegtables and put them in, heat it and it's ready. My mom also used to put in salami, but we don't have any, so this'll just have to do. Maybe I can find some cheeze somewhere, nah, we don't ever have cheeze, so if we do, it would be best if we'd save it for tonight. Then I think I'll start cutting those vegtables now."/i

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,,Hey, Trudy told me she saw you going in here."-Danni (walking into the kitchen obvious just back, as I was looking for a pan for the soup).

,,Oh hay! How did it go? Get anything good?" (standing up with a pan in my hands).

,,You could say that agian! We got a lot of flower, so Salene can keep making that delicious bread of hers, and we found honey and some peanutbutter and sirop."-Danni.

,,And some girl gave us some homemade jelly."-Pride.

,,Great! So we have something to put on Salenes bread. But is that all you got? We can't have bread on the wedding!"

,,Relax, we also have some fresh fruits."-Danni.

,,What kind of fruits?"

,,Peaches, strawberries, melons, apples and oranges. Oh, and some apricots, but those are dried."-Pride.

,,Really? All those? That's great! And did you say something about strawberries, melons and dried apricots? That's great! I can make a great fruitsalade with those and the honey and sirop! That is going to be great!"

,,But that's not all! We also have meat, it's canned, but it's meat."- Danni.

,,Meat? We haven't had meat in a long time, unless you count that little bit of meat in Ambers macaroni!"

,,I know, isn't it great!"-Danni.

,,That sure is food for a wedding."

,,Wow! What did you do with the place, it looks great!"-Salene (coming from downstairs). ,,Salene and the others are back! I really need to go and see them, but I can't leave here."

,,Do you want us to make the rest of the lunch?"-Pride.

,,I couldn't ask you to do that! You just got back! I'll just talk to them later."

,,Don't be silly, we can handle it and you've already done a lot. We'll take it from here."-Danni.

,,Are you sure?"

,,Of course, now go, before we chance our minds."-Pride.

,,Thanks guys, I owe you one!"

,,Go!"-Danni.

,,I'm going, I'm going! Hey, you come with me now, hon!" (picking up Loes who was about to sneak into the kitchen).

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,,Hey guys! How did it go?" (walking downstairs to Salene and the others still carrying Loes).

,,We found great flowers, look!"-Patsy (holding the flowers she had up to me, she had orange ones).

,,They're beautiful! Did you get those yourself?"

,,Well I helped."-Cloe (also holding a boeket of orange flowers).

,,The girls have orange flowers to match their dresses and I have pink flowers (showing her boeket) And Ryan has the flowers for Amber, all white and yellow ones."-Salene.

,,Well they are great, let's go and see Amber, Ryan you can help Ellie and Trudy with the decorating, I just need to talk to Salene and the girls. Here, I'll give those to Amber." (getting the flowers from Ryan and walking in the direction of Ambers room, followed by Salene, Patsy and Cloe).

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,,Hay Amber, wow, you look great!"-Salene.

,,Yeah, you look great Amber!"-Cloe.

,,Thanks, but I owe that to Morgaine, she did my make-up."-Amber.

,,It really looks great, Morgaine."-Patsy.

,,Thanks Pats, but I wanted to talk to all of you. As you know the wedding is after lunch, which should be ready soon, so I thougth that we'd just eat it here and then change into our dresses and do our make-up and everything. Okay?"

,,Fine by me."-Salene.

,,What's for lunch?"-Patsy.

,,Soup with Salene's bread that was left from breakfast."

,,Jummy!"-Cloe.

,,Of course it's jummy."-Amber.

,,So then we'll do it my way? First eat and then put on our dresses?"

,,I want to wear my dress now!-Patsy.

,,Why can't we put on our dress and then eat?"-Cloe.

,,Because you might spill some soup on your dress and you want to keep it nice don't you?"-Salene.

,,That's exactly what I meant."

,,We won't spill any soup!"-Cloe.

,,Please?"-Patsy.

,,No, you'll just have to wait a bit longer."-Amber.

,,But I don't wanna wait!"-Patsy.

,,Don't worry, I don't think you'll have to wait long, the soup should be ready soon." ,,But can we look at our dress then?"-Patsy.

,,Sure you can! But why don't you show Amber the flowers you got?"-Salene.

,,Oh, let me see!"-Amber.

,,Those are for you."-Cloe (pointing at the flowers I was still holding).

,,They're beautiful! Did you girls get those yourself?"-Amber.

,,Salene and Ryan helped."-Patsy.

,,And those are Salene's flowers."-Cloe (pointing at the flowers Salene just put down).

,,And we got these!"-Patsy (showing her her own flowers).

,,They're very pretty. Why don't you put them down for a minute and go see how the soups coming."-Amber (the girls did what she'd said).

,,So what do you think?"-Salene.

,,I think the flowers are beautiful."-Amber.

,,Great, thanks for going with the girls for that, Salene."

,,No problem, so how are we gonna do this?"-Salene.

,,We'll just do everything like it's a normal wedding. Tai-San is gonna lead the ceremony, so we don't have to worry about that and the Mall looks great, thanks to Ellie, Trudy and Alice."

,,Yeah it really does, it looks perfect."-Salene.

,,And who's the first man?"-Amber.

,,Dal is, so you'll have to dance with Dal, Salene."

,,As long as I can dance with Ryan too, I'm okay with that. Atleast I don't have to dance with Lex."-Salene.

,,I don't think Bray would ask him to be his best man, how long can a marrage last if he's the best man?"-Amber.

,,I don't think really long."-Salene.

,,Here is the soup!"-Cloe (coming in with a tray with three plates of soup on it).

,,Oh, look out! Don't drop it, honey!" (picking the tray out of her hands when she was about to drop it all over the floor).

,,Lunch's served!"-Salene (hurrying to release Patsy, who just walked in, from the second tray with two plates on it).

,,Enjoy your soup!"-Amber (everybody sat down and started to eat).

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(When everyone was finished with the soup) ,,Okay, I'll take these to the kitchen so you can put on your dresses, okay?"

,,I can do that, you also need to put on your dress."-Amber.

,,No, they can't see you in your weddingdress yet, it's bad luck, and it's supposed to be a surprise."

,,Fine, so what am I supposed to do then? I can't sit around here doing nothing, it's my weddingday!"-Amber.

,,That's why you have to sit around doing nothing, don't worry, you can help Patsy and Cloe with their make-up and hair and it's not gonna be much longer."

,,I feel like I'm a little kid being told what to do. You do know that I'm older than you right?"-Amber.

,,Oh stop whining! I'll be back in a flash." (laughing while exitting the room).

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,,Finished!"-Salene (she had been doing Patsies make-up).

,,You all look great!"-Amber (just moments before she had finished with Cloes make-up).

,,So do you, Amber."-Cloe.

,,I think we all look great!" (Patsy, Cloe and Salene had their make-up in the same way as Amber, only without the two rings on her forhead, they had one ring on each cheek. And their make-up was not in gold, but in colours matching their dresses).

,,I couldn't agree more."-Salene.

,,So I guess we can begin!"-Amber (obviously relieved she didn't have to wait any longer). ,,Yeah, I'll go tell everyone. You stay put and wait till I say you can come, okay?" (walking outside not wearing the same make-up as Amber, Salene and the girls, but instead having three red roses on my cheek to match the ones on my dress, red lipstick and a thin line of red eyeshadow on my eyelids and with my hair finally out of my ponytail).

,,Wait, I think you should wear a necklace, Morgaine, it would look great with your dress."-Salene (I wore a strapless, red dress with little roses on the top and bottom and with a lot of layers of white fabric over the skirt, making if puff. With that I had red high-heels and of course my red glasses, for I did want to see the wedding and had no desirer to bump into things).

,,I think that would be great, but I don't have any jewelery. Atleast not here."

,,I'm sure Zandra has some, she wouldn't mind. And earings would be nice too."-Salene.

,,But . I can't just take one of Zandra's necklaces, I don't have the right to do that."

,,I'm sure she wouldn't mind."-Amber.

,,I don't know."

,,Come on, I'll get her jewelery."-Salene (walking out the room).

i,,Oh god, here it comes."/i

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,,Here I am!"-Salene (walking trough the door).

,,What did you find?"-Patsy.

,,Is it something fun?"-Cloe.

,,We should really hurry, we can't postpone the wedding any longer."

,,I don't know, maybe I shouldn't get married. What if Bray-"-Amber.

,,Whatever you're gonna say, stop it, don't be stupid. It's gonna be okay, you're just getting cold feet. Just sit down and chill!" (giving her a light push in the direction of her bed, 'cause there weren't any seats in her room).

,,Come on Salene, what is that?"-Cloe (Amber sat down).

,,These are all the jewels I could find."-Salene (showing us the jewelery as Amber got up again to see them too).

,,Wow!"-Cloe.

,,They are beautiful!"-Patsy.

,,Look at that one!"-Cloe (pointing at a ring with a precious stone the size of an egg, looking way to big for anyones finger).

,,What do you think, Morgaine?"-Salene.

,,I think we really should hurry."

,,Oh, come on, what do you think of those?"-Salene.

,,They're beautiful, but I shouldn't wear them, they're not mine."

,,After the virus, everything is everyones, you just have to get your hands on it."-Amber.

,,Amber! I never thought you'd say something like that!"

,,Yeah, I'm really surprising, now come on, which one do you like?"-Amber (picking up the ring Cloe had just pointed out).

,,Certainly not that ring!" ,,You're right about that! Who'd wear something like that?"-Salene (staring horrified at the ring).

,,Not me! Do you have any idea how heavy this is?"-Amber (putting the ring down again).

,,But Morgaine, we were talking about which one you DO like."-Salene.

,,Okay, I like that one." (aiming at a necklace made of some kind of metal whire with red stones in it).

,,Yeah, it's great, I never thought Zandra would like things like that, I thought she only liked the big, fancy, shiny ones."-Salene (everyone nodded in agreement).

,,And what about these earrings?"-Amber (picking up smal, red rings).

,,They are so pretty!"-Patsy.

,,Yeah, they are."

,,So we have a winner?"-Salene.

,,If you mean me, yeah, I really feel like a winner, with all of you picking out jewelery for me!" (not sarcastic).

,,Great, now put them on and I think we can start."-Amber (getting nervous again).

,,No! We have to find some for you too!"

,,And for us!"-Patsy and Cloe.

,,Okay, we'll find something for all of us."-Amber.

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(fifteen minutes later, walking out of the room). ,,OKAY EVERYONE, GATHER AROUND PLEASE!" (shouting, if you hadn't noticed).

,,What? You don't have to shout!"-Lex (everyone did gather around).

,,Oh I'm sorry Lex, did I hurt your poor ears? (mocking) Alright, I just wanted to say that the wedding can begin. Or is there something not ready yet?"

,,We have just a few things to do, we'll be ready in a minute."-Ellie.

,,Uhm . . . we're finished."-Jack.

,,We just need you for a moment, could you come with me?"-Danni (heading to the kitchen).

,,Sure. (following her) Is something wrong with the food?"

,,It's fine, but are you still gonna do something to those fruits?"-Danni.

,,Oh my God! I totally forgot about that! Did you keep aside the melons, strawberries and apricots?" (getting to the kitchen where Pride was).

,,Yes, they're right over there."-Pride (pointing at the fruit, sliced, sitting on a shelf).

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(Ten minutes later, walking into Amber's room where she, Salene, Patsy and Cloe were still waiting). ,,Sorry, there were some things that weren't ready yet, but now we can begin."

,,Finally!"-Amber (looking like she was gonna be sick).

,,Amber, I told you, don't worry, it's gonna be great, he'll think you're beautiful, nothing will go wrong, you won't fall, he won't say no, nobody's gonna attack, so just sit down."-Salene (giving me a meaningful look).

,,You forgot that she's not gonna be lost for words and just stand there."- Patsy.

,,I take it you're a bit nervous?"

,,Panicking more like it."-Cloe.

,,But like Salene said, nothing is gonna go wrong, now, are you ready? (Amber nodded, not able to say anything.) Okay, let's begin.

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