July 9th, 2002

Ronnie pulled her credit card out and handed it to the cashier. She loved going on shopping sprees and this was exactly what she needed. The cashier handed her the bag containing her blue cardigan. Ronnie signed her name and thanked the cashier and walked out of the store. She walked down Newbury Street. Ronnie smiled at a family with a little red headed baby that walked by.

"So cute." Ronnie smiled looking around at the shops. She loved being on Newbury Street. You could see so many walks of life here. From yuppies to Goth, from Old to young. Boston was a great place to live. A window display caught her attention. It was of wedding dresses. They looked so beautiful. Those two wedding dresses made her smile. "I'm getting married. I can look." Ronnie walked in and she was smothered by a sales person.

"Hi. I'm Colette. May I help you with anything?" She grinned.

"Oh. I'm just looking." Ronnie smiled, "I'm getting married and this is the first time I've even looked at a wedding dress."

"Oh." Colette smiled, "Well, feel free to browse at any of our selection."

"Thank you." Ronnie smiled softly. She looked around. She couldn't believe she was in here. The atmosphere in here was just so warm. Ronnie looked through the rack of lovely dresses. She pulled one out. It was white everywhere but the breast which was cream. There were tiny beads on the breast. "Can I try this on?"

"Oh that's a lovely choice." Colette smiled. "Come this way." Colette showed Ronnie a small room. "When you're done come out and there a mirror right there."

"Thanks." Ronnie smiled and walked into the room. She could believe she was trying on wedding dresses. Ronnie stripped down to her underwear. She nervously pulled the dress on. She slipped the straps on over her arms and shoulders. Ronnie took in a deep breath and stepped out.

"Oh, you look gorgeous." Colette smiled leading Ronnie to the mirror. "Have a look at yourself." Ronnie looked in the mirror and her breath caught in her throat.

"Wow." Ronnie whispered.

"Is this your first wedding?" Colette asked. She nodded slowly.

"Yeah. I want the dress to be perfect." Ronnie said. "This isn't it. I want a darker white."

"All right. How are you going to wear your hair? Do you know yet?" She asked, "You have such long beautiful hair."

"Oh…I don't know…I might curl it or something." She said. Colette smiled slightly.

"I have the perfect dress for you then." She went to a display. "This dress is called the Juliet and you can see why/. Its like a dress Juliet would wear." Colette pulled out a dress with a long train. It had designs on the breast.

"That's beautiful." Ronnie said.

"Try it on." Colette smiled handing Ronnie the dress. She walked back into dressing room. Why was she doing this? They hadn't even set a date yet. Danny would probably freak that she was doing this, but after the whole Harry thing this felt right. Ronnie zipped up the dress and walked back out.

"Wow." Colette smiled. Ronnie looked in the mirror. She was speechless. The dress hugged her shoulders and breasts perfectly. It was absolutely the right dress.

"This is it." Ronnie said turning to Colette. "I want this dress." Colette smiled.

"All right. Right now, then all you need to make is a down payment and you can take it home. We'll bill you for the rest in installments all right?"

"All right." Ronnie said going back into the dressing room. "Thanks."

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Ronnie slowly walked into the apartment with her bags and wedding dress in a black bag. Danny walked out of the kitchen with a spoon in his hand.

"Hey there. You certainly bought a lot." Danny said, "I made some pasta and fruit salad."

"Okay, cool. Let me put this stuff away." She hurried away.

"What did you get?" He asked.

"Stuff." Ronnie said quickly putting her wedding dress in the back of her closet. Danny cocked his eyebrow.

"What kind of stuff?" He walked into the bedroom.

"Clothes. Some shirts, dresses, you know the usually." She said.

"You're hiding something." Danny said, "Did you get me a present?" Ronnie laughed nervously.

"I guess you could say that." She said.

"Fess up." He said Ronnie looked at him.

"Okay, I wandered into a bridal shop and looked around." She said, "And I tried on a few dresses and fell in love with one of them."

"A wedding dress?" Danny asked. Ronnie nodded.

"So I bought it." She said. Danny ran his hand over his head.

"I thought you didn't even want to think about our wedding day yet. Let me remind you we haven't even set a date yet."

"Maybe we should." She said. "I think we're ready." Danny nodded.

"Well, what date did you think would work for us?" He asked.

"Well, I always wanted a Christmas wedding." She smiled as she bit her lip.

"A wedding at Christmas time. That might be nice." Danny said, "How about December 23rd, 2003?"

"You're not freaking out or anything because I changed my mind about the long engagement thing?" Ronnie asked.

"No." Danny chuckled, "I think the length of our engagement is just right."

"Good." Ronnie giggled.

""So, is the dress pretty?" Danny asked.

"It's gorgeous, but you can't see it until I'm walking down the aisle to you." Ronnie wagged her finger, "If I even catch you stealing one glance at it, you will be in deep trouble mister."

"I guess I need to see if my prom tux still fits." He said, "It's powder blue with a ruffle shirt."

"Very funny Hansen." Ronnie said.

"I'm serious." Danny laughed, "I'm going to wear it."

"Not if you're marrying me." Ronnie said, "Let me model what I bought for you."

"Any lingerie?" Danny grinned as he sat down.

"Yes." Ronnie winked. "Plenty of it."

See the actual dress Ronnie chose.

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