Chapter XLV- The Wedding Day
By two days later, the entire guest list included Misty, Ash, Jessie, James, My
mom and dad, Mr and Mrs.Silph, Erika's parents, and of course Erika, Noki, and some
photographers from local and national newspapers and media stations. It wasn't that big
of a list, but mom insisted, the less, the better. I didn't really have anyone else to add onto
the list really. I was going to invite Tai, but I didn't even know her last name, I had no
way of finding her, much less in time. I had amde the pendant Lexa gave me into a braclet
and wore it all that morning. For some reason, Jarod wanted to barrow Raichu until the
wedding and I said alright after he said it was one of the two surprises. The two days we
spent waiting, we got everything adjusted on our formal wear, and Jarod even said he had
two surprises for me. Mom had ordered two wedding cakes and called me to ask which
we wanted because she would eat the other....not all by herself of course^_^(). Me and
Jarod picked the one that had two layers to it and a lot of pretty icing that looked like
ribbons.
Mom arrived the next day with the cake, and the bouquet that had pink carnations
and little yellow buttercup flowers here and there with a long white ribbon and baby's
breathe inbetween them. She also brought along the bridesmaid dresses and the best mans
tux, who she found out yesterday would be James. She's good at last minute things like
that^_^. Of course Erika was going to be my bridesmaid and Misty, Jessie, and Noki were
too.
As 12:00 came around, Jessie and James arrived first. Or at least that's what mom
reported to me. I was in the dressing room getting everything on. I walked out and put on
my shoes while the hair stylist mom hired finished fixing my hair. It looked the same as
before, just the way I liked it, but with a lot more volume to it. It looked really nice with
the veil that Erika put on after I had finished putting on my shoes. Mom ran in the room
and handed me my bouquet as she said,
"Now, the rest of the guests have arrived, that is, Mr. and Mrs.Silph, and Mr. and
Mrs.Ketchum..." She took some make up out of the drawer of the vanity infront of me
and started to powder my face, trying carefully to avoid touching my hair. "Oh...you look
so beautiful..." She said and finally stopped. I took the lipstick out and carefully put it on.
"I'll go see if the media has arrived yet..." She said and ran out the door as fast as she had
come in.
"...Marcy..." Erika said, and I turned around. ".............." she paused for a while. "You
look beautiful. And.....congratulations." She knew that she didn't have to say it, but she
wanted to, and gave me a big hug.
"Oh! One more thing!" I said and looked around for the neacklace I had bought. I found it
in a box in the vanity. Right where I had put it() (dugh *doink*). Erika carefully put it on me,
and mom ran in.
"Darling, they're all set. Now, you go wait right over outside with your dad; he'll tell you
what to do. Ok?....I love you dear. I'll be in my seat watching^_^" She said and ran back
out. I stood up and me and Erika wlaked out of the room and into the hallway. My dad
was there, looking very sad.
"You....ok?" I asked him and clung onto his arm.
"oh.....I'll be fine sweetie...it's just that, you've gotten so big so fast...I guess I'll just have
to think of it in tearms of; I'm not losing a daughter, but I'm gaining a son^_^." He said
and nearly cried.
"aw...dad, don't worry. No matter how big I get, I'll always be your little girl." This
seemed to cheer him up quite a bit. Maybe it's a dad thing? Anyway, I could hear the
music start, and Noki, Jessie, and Misty arrived within seconds. Dad quickly explained
what we have to do and say, and to do a great job. Dad led me over to some huge door
and the girls followed. Erika next to Noki and Misty next to Jessie. The doors opened,
and there were suddenly hundreds of flashes from photographers. We walked down the
aisle and as I got closer, I could see Jarod in his tux, at the alter with Raichu who, cutly
enough was also in a little tuxedo jacket, holding a pillow with the rings on it. As I
stepped up to Jarod and dad kissed me on the cheek, I noticed something different about
him....he cut his hair!!? It looked really nice. It was perfectly straight and his bangs had
been brushed out so that they fell in peices instead of clumps. He stared at me for a long
time until the priest finally asked if he was ready. The guests giggled a little, and I could
hear all the media people taking notes in the back.
When everything was said, including two very tearful 'I do's the priest finished,
and pronounced us huband and wife. With a very happy tone he announced,
"You may now kiss the bride! Well go on!" And Jarod leaned over and gave me a kiss I
would never forget. I smiled through my tears and kissed his back. As the music began to
play, all the media people stopped writing and took more pictures of us. Some that were
from television stations were making their live report, and taking notes. The two of us
walked back up the aisle together holding hands, and ran outside onto the large porch they
had, where the reception was going to be. The media didn't follow us out there, only the
guests, and as Erika and Noki ran, I threw the bouquet over my head behind me, facing
the railing, and who to my surprise, Noki caught it. She had a very confused look on her
face because this wasn't even her timeline. She handed it to Erika and said,
"Here I think you'll have better luck than I will." and winked.
"Thanks Noki^_^" She said and her dad abrubptly said,
"Hey Erika! You got anyone in mind^_^!!" Erika looked at the flowers and answered,
"No, not yet. But hopefully some day I'll find the perfect guy for me too." She said and
smiled at me and Jarod.
"A toast! To my little brother!" James said and picked up a glass of wine. "May he have
as much trouble, and love, as I have had with Jessie over the years!" Jessie gave him an
evil look, then brushed it off kissing him on the cheek.
"Here here!" My dad said and raised a glass.
"Raichu!" *Yeah!* Raichu said and just raised his paw.
"Thanks everyone^_^" I said and we all sat down to eat a late lunch. After we all finished
eating, we danced for a long time. Slow dances, fast dances, we even did the macarena at
my dad's request. It was actually really fun. Erika's parents left shortly before Misty and
Ash left because they really couldn't leave their gyms for too long, and that was
understandable. Mr. and Mrs.Silph though seemed to not want to leave, but I insisted
because Mr.Silph was getting a little tipsy. It was a good thing he didn't have to drive.
Jessie and James left shortly after them. So, it was me, my parents, Erika, Jarod, and
Noki.
"What dya guys say we go back to the main hotel and relax in the pool for a while? Then
we can go out to dinner if you aren't still full?" Dad asked.
"Sounds like fun^_^!" Erika said and was off.
"Raichu!Chu!" *Me too!* And Raichu tugged on my dress a bit.
"All right. How bout it hunny?" I aksed Jarod.
"Ok!" He seemed to be thrilled at the idea of getting out of his tux. So, we all went back
to the main part of the hotel after getting changed in our room and went to the pool area.
Raichu hopped in and began doggie paddling, while I sat on the side and put my feet in. It
was just a little too cold. I finally got in, and Jarod swam around for a while, finally
stopping and sitting on an underwater step next to me.
My parents had a lenghtly conversation about how we were all going to be on
T.V. and me, Erika, Noki and Jarod discussed when we were going to have her birthday
party.
"Let's see now, your birthday was July 18, and today is the 30th, maybe, what about when
we get to your parents house?" Jarod suggested.
"Lets see now, they live near Ilex right? So that's somewhere close to Azalea town." I said
an pondered how long it would take us to get there.
"We don't have to have a big party. Just me, you, Jarod, and Noki." She said.
"Aw...no bash for Erika?" Noki asked.
"Well, none of us really got a party. It was really just the eating of ice cream cake and
opening of one or two presents." I said still thinking.
"That's true." Jarod said.
"So, if we leave tommorow morning, we can probobly get there by 8:00 the next
morning." I said.
"That still doesn't account for looking for the house though." Erika stated.
"Well. Mom said it was big, how hard can it be to find a big house on the edge of a
forest?" Jarod asked.
"Ya never know." Said Noki. "In the future you guys have a big pokemon ranch on a
private Island that virtually no one knows anything about." She had a point.
"Well, we could skip supper, go to sleep now, get up early tommorow morning and arrive
by 7:00 the next day and have enough time to find the house." Erika suggested.
"It really doesn't matter because it's going to take us at least a day either way we do it."
Jarod pointed out.
"Hey! I've got an idea! Why don't we use my Sylebi? It has a teleport attack! We can use
that to get there." Noki said. "We could wake up tommorow morning, regular time, and
be there in seconds, the same day!"
"That's a great idea!" Erika shouted.
"Is it safe?" I asked.
"Should be! I may need to train it a little more, but I'll do that tonight while you guys are
sleeping. I have to go back for a sec to see my parents in the future anyway." She
remarked.
"All right! We got ourselves a plan!" Jarod shouted excited.
"Why are you so happy?" I asked curiously.
"When I started out pokemon training, I went through Ilex forest and saw this awsome
pokemon. It was a cross-breed between a Vilplume and a Victreebel. I wnat to catch it
soooo bad! I hope no ones caught it!" He said excitied. Noki looked up at the clock on the
wall above the windows around the pool.
"Well, just to make sure, we should get a lot of sleep tonight and wake up, at the latest,
8:00 tommorow." Noki said and jumped out of the pool. "I'll go get Sylebi and train her
for a bit, I'll see you later^_^!" She said and went to our room to get her pokeballs. We
lounged around in there for another half-hour until I got really tired.
"I'm going to bed you guys..." I got out of the pool and Raichu followed. He shook off his
coat like a growlithe and was all fluffy for a sec, then his fur returned to normal.
"You know, we should probobly go." Jarod said to my parents who were to preoccupied
rediscovering the lost art of a conversation(). I looked at the clock that read 7:15 and
walked out back up stairs. I heard Jarod and Erika talking not to far behind me as I
mooped up the stairs. I finally got to our room and I was so tired, I got changed into my
pajamas, and plopped myself down in Jarod's bed by accident. I don't think he really
minded, so long as he got the other bed; which he did. Erika stole the couch from Noki,
who was still training, and left her the spot by the fireplace.
It was late that night when I heard Noki teleport into our room and call back her
Sylebi, I heard her complain about something but it wasn't the spot on the floor she had to
sleep on. I didn't really pay too much attention to her. She got changed, and fell asleep.
By two days later, the entire guest list included Misty, Ash, Jessie, James, My
mom and dad, Mr and Mrs.Silph, Erika's parents, and of course Erika, Noki, and some
photographers from local and national newspapers and media stations. It wasn't that big
of a list, but mom insisted, the less, the better. I didn't really have anyone else to add onto
the list really. I was going to invite Tai, but I didn't even know her last name, I had no
way of finding her, much less in time. I had amde the pendant Lexa gave me into a braclet
and wore it all that morning. For some reason, Jarod wanted to barrow Raichu until the
wedding and I said alright after he said it was one of the two surprises. The two days we
spent waiting, we got everything adjusted on our formal wear, and Jarod even said he had
two surprises for me. Mom had ordered two wedding cakes and called me to ask which
we wanted because she would eat the other....not all by herself of course^_^(). Me and
Jarod picked the one that had two layers to it and a lot of pretty icing that looked like
ribbons.
Mom arrived the next day with the cake, and the bouquet that had pink carnations
and little yellow buttercup flowers here and there with a long white ribbon and baby's
breathe inbetween them. She also brought along the bridesmaid dresses and the best mans
tux, who she found out yesterday would be James. She's good at last minute things like
that^_^. Of course Erika was going to be my bridesmaid and Misty, Jessie, and Noki were
too.
As 12:00 came around, Jessie and James arrived first. Or at least that's what mom
reported to me. I was in the dressing room getting everything on. I walked out and put on
my shoes while the hair stylist mom hired finished fixing my hair. It looked the same as
before, just the way I liked it, but with a lot more volume to it. It looked really nice with
the veil that Erika put on after I had finished putting on my shoes. Mom ran in the room
and handed me my bouquet as she said,
"Now, the rest of the guests have arrived, that is, Mr. and Mrs.Silph, and Mr. and
Mrs.Ketchum..." She took some make up out of the drawer of the vanity infront of me
and started to powder my face, trying carefully to avoid touching my hair. "Oh...you look
so beautiful..." She said and finally stopped. I took the lipstick out and carefully put it on.
"I'll go see if the media has arrived yet..." She said and ran out the door as fast as she had
come in.
"...Marcy..." Erika said, and I turned around. ".............." she paused for a while. "You
look beautiful. And.....congratulations." She knew that she didn't have to say it, but she
wanted to, and gave me a big hug.
"Oh! One more thing!" I said and looked around for the neacklace I had bought. I found it
in a box in the vanity. Right where I had put it() (dugh *doink*). Erika carefully put it on me,
and mom ran in.
"Darling, they're all set. Now, you go wait right over outside with your dad; he'll tell you
what to do. Ok?....I love you dear. I'll be in my seat watching^_^" She said and ran back
out. I stood up and me and Erika wlaked out of the room and into the hallway. My dad
was there, looking very sad.
"You....ok?" I asked him and clung onto his arm.
"oh.....I'll be fine sweetie...it's just that, you've gotten so big so fast...I guess I'll just have
to think of it in tearms of; I'm not losing a daughter, but I'm gaining a son^_^." He said
and nearly cried.
"aw...dad, don't worry. No matter how big I get, I'll always be your little girl." This
seemed to cheer him up quite a bit. Maybe it's a dad thing? Anyway, I could hear the
music start, and Noki, Jessie, and Misty arrived within seconds. Dad quickly explained
what we have to do and say, and to do a great job. Dad led me over to some huge door
and the girls followed. Erika next to Noki and Misty next to Jessie. The doors opened,
and there were suddenly hundreds of flashes from photographers. We walked down the
aisle and as I got closer, I could see Jarod in his tux, at the alter with Raichu who, cutly
enough was also in a little tuxedo jacket, holding a pillow with the rings on it. As I
stepped up to Jarod and dad kissed me on the cheek, I noticed something different about
him....he cut his hair!!? It looked really nice. It was perfectly straight and his bangs had
been brushed out so that they fell in peices instead of clumps. He stared at me for a long
time until the priest finally asked if he was ready. The guests giggled a little, and I could
hear all the media people taking notes in the back.
When everything was said, including two very tearful 'I do's the priest finished,
and pronounced us huband and wife. With a very happy tone he announced,
"You may now kiss the bride! Well go on!" And Jarod leaned over and gave me a kiss I
would never forget. I smiled through my tears and kissed his back. As the music began to
play, all the media people stopped writing and took more pictures of us. Some that were
from television stations were making their live report, and taking notes. The two of us
walked back up the aisle together holding hands, and ran outside onto the large porch they
had, where the reception was going to be. The media didn't follow us out there, only the
guests, and as Erika and Noki ran, I threw the bouquet over my head behind me, facing
the railing, and who to my surprise, Noki caught it. She had a very confused look on her
face because this wasn't even her timeline. She handed it to Erika and said,
"Here I think you'll have better luck than I will." and winked.
"Thanks Noki^_^" She said and her dad abrubptly said,
"Hey Erika! You got anyone in mind^_^!!" Erika looked at the flowers and answered,
"No, not yet. But hopefully some day I'll find the perfect guy for me too." She said and
smiled at me and Jarod.
"A toast! To my little brother!" James said and picked up a glass of wine. "May he have
as much trouble, and love, as I have had with Jessie over the years!" Jessie gave him an
evil look, then brushed it off kissing him on the cheek.
"Here here!" My dad said and raised a glass.
"Raichu!" *Yeah!* Raichu said and just raised his paw.
"Thanks everyone^_^" I said and we all sat down to eat a late lunch. After we all finished
eating, we danced for a long time. Slow dances, fast dances, we even did the macarena at
my dad's request. It was actually really fun. Erika's parents left shortly before Misty and
Ash left because they really couldn't leave their gyms for too long, and that was
understandable. Mr. and Mrs.Silph though seemed to not want to leave, but I insisted
because Mr.Silph was getting a little tipsy. It was a good thing he didn't have to drive.
Jessie and James left shortly after them. So, it was me, my parents, Erika, Jarod, and
Noki.
"What dya guys say we go back to the main hotel and relax in the pool for a while? Then
we can go out to dinner if you aren't still full?" Dad asked.
"Sounds like fun^_^!" Erika said and was off.
"Raichu!Chu!" *Me too!* And Raichu tugged on my dress a bit.
"All right. How bout it hunny?" I aksed Jarod.
"Ok!" He seemed to be thrilled at the idea of getting out of his tux. So, we all went back
to the main part of the hotel after getting changed in our room and went to the pool area.
Raichu hopped in and began doggie paddling, while I sat on the side and put my feet in. It
was just a little too cold. I finally got in, and Jarod swam around for a while, finally
stopping and sitting on an underwater step next to me.
My parents had a lenghtly conversation about how we were all going to be on
T.V. and me, Erika, Noki and Jarod discussed when we were going to have her birthday
party.
"Let's see now, your birthday was July 18, and today is the 30th, maybe, what about when
we get to your parents house?" Jarod suggested.
"Lets see now, they live near Ilex right? So that's somewhere close to Azalea town." I said
an pondered how long it would take us to get there.
"We don't have to have a big party. Just me, you, Jarod, and Noki." She said.
"Aw...no bash for Erika?" Noki asked.
"Well, none of us really got a party. It was really just the eating of ice cream cake and
opening of one or two presents." I said still thinking.
"That's true." Jarod said.
"So, if we leave tommorow morning, we can probobly get there by 8:00 the next
morning." I said.
"That still doesn't account for looking for the house though." Erika stated.
"Well. Mom said it was big, how hard can it be to find a big house on the edge of a
forest?" Jarod asked.
"Ya never know." Said Noki. "In the future you guys have a big pokemon ranch on a
private Island that virtually no one knows anything about." She had a point.
"Well, we could skip supper, go to sleep now, get up early tommorow morning and arrive
by 7:00 the next day and have enough time to find the house." Erika suggested.
"It really doesn't matter because it's going to take us at least a day either way we do it."
Jarod pointed out.
"Hey! I've got an idea! Why don't we use my Sylebi? It has a teleport attack! We can use
that to get there." Noki said. "We could wake up tommorow morning, regular time, and
be there in seconds, the same day!"
"That's a great idea!" Erika shouted.
"Is it safe?" I asked.
"Should be! I may need to train it a little more, but I'll do that tonight while you guys are
sleeping. I have to go back for a sec to see my parents in the future anyway." She
remarked.
"All right! We got ourselves a plan!" Jarod shouted excited.
"Why are you so happy?" I asked curiously.
"When I started out pokemon training, I went through Ilex forest and saw this awsome
pokemon. It was a cross-breed between a Vilplume and a Victreebel. I wnat to catch it
soooo bad! I hope no ones caught it!" He said excitied. Noki looked up at the clock on the
wall above the windows around the pool.
"Well, just to make sure, we should get a lot of sleep tonight and wake up, at the latest,
8:00 tommorow." Noki said and jumped out of the pool. "I'll go get Sylebi and train her
for a bit, I'll see you later^_^!" She said and went to our room to get her pokeballs. We
lounged around in there for another half-hour until I got really tired.
"I'm going to bed you guys..." I got out of the pool and Raichu followed. He shook off his
coat like a growlithe and was all fluffy for a sec, then his fur returned to normal.
"You know, we should probobly go." Jarod said to my parents who were to preoccupied
rediscovering the lost art of a conversation(). I looked at the clock that read 7:15 and
walked out back up stairs. I heard Jarod and Erika talking not to far behind me as I
mooped up the stairs. I finally got to our room and I was so tired, I got changed into my
pajamas, and plopped myself down in Jarod's bed by accident. I don't think he really
minded, so long as he got the other bed; which he did. Erika stole the couch from Noki,
who was still training, and left her the spot by the fireplace.
It was late that night when I heard Noki teleport into our room and call back her
Sylebi, I heard her complain about something but it wasn't the spot on the floor she had to
sleep on. I didn't really pay too much attention to her. She got changed, and fell asleep.