Okay, I know I promised to update this around Christmas, but hey you know all the family stuff that goes on and also a relative came in town right after that and we had to have family time with him. Also I was working and also my sister just moved to Montana! So I've been a little booked. So this is the last chapter, I'm so sad! Also there is a sequel in the works, but I was looking back at it and the chapters are really short so I'm going to try to expand them a bit. So it might be a while. Also it's called Ice, Lightning, and Beauty. It's about the other scouts weddings. It will probably be much shorter than this one. So if you would like to be on the mailing list for that one (I'll send you an e-mail when it's updated and such) send an e-mail to and put mailing list in the subject line then let me know that you want to be on the mailing list for Ice, Lightning, and Beauty. Okay enough with that, here is the last chapter, I hope you all like it!!
Disclaimer: I don't own it, I only own the plot, Damien, and Craig. If you would like to borrow them let me know.
Moon Sisters
Chapter 16
The Wedding
When I got back to my room Lita was in her gown and she grabbed me by the arm and said,
"Where have you been you have to be at the chapel in a few hours and you aren't ready at all." I started to put in my crescent earrings,
"Oh, I was so distracted I totally forgot." Lita put her hands on her hips,
"What could distract you from forgetting your wedding time." I realized I made a goof so I responded by saying,
"Oh, nothing." Lita grinned and came up behind me and wrapped her arms around my neck,
"Come on tell me." I started to stutter,
"Really it was nothing...nothing at all...just forget it." Lita grinned again,
"Was it Darien?" My mouth dropped open in shock then I whispered,
"How'd you know?" She removed her arms and stood up. She backed away slightly as she smiled bigger and whispered,
"Andrew and I can see it. Don't worry we won't tell." I smiled and started getting ready.
Lita was fluffing up my dress to make it look fuller and as I was putting on my veil I said,
"Lita I never had the chance to tell you that you were right," She stepped back to look at me and I turned to look at her, "Serena and I could almost pass for sisters." (In the episode when Lita was first introduced she said that Raye and Serena must be really good friends if they fought so much, then she said that they could almost pass for sisters) Lita's eyes softened and laughed slightly,
"Yea," she paused, "I don't believe it, my best friend is getting married today. And I'm here, with a boyfriend. Which is a huge shock." She laughed. She hugged me and said,
"I'm going over to the chapel now," She stepped and headed towards the door, she turned around again to me, "You need to be there in half and hour, no later." I nodded and she left. I looked at myself in the full-length mirror and smoothed the front of my dress and veil. I sighed and remembered all the times in the past few years that I was with Darien. I remembered when we first kissed, when we had our karate match, when he said goodbye, when we danced at my introduction to Crystal Tokyo, when he sang to me, and when we danced in the garden. I remember when he proposed and I began to cry again. I knew this was my last chance to be with Darien.
I walked over to his room and knocked. He came to the door still trying to tie his tie,
"Raye?" He looked at me in shock. I looked up at him with tears in my eyes,
"Darien." I leaped towards him and wrapped my arms around his neck. I kissed him passionately and kicked the door closed with my foot. He wrapped his arms around my waist and held me up like he did the first time we kissed. He set me on the ground and we parted. I put my head on his chest and he held me. We sat on his bed then laid down. We just laid there holding each other, not wanting this moment to end. I went up close to him and we kissed again, then I looked over at his clock and I began to cry. He turned my face to look him in the eye,
"What's the matter?" I held back my tears and said,
"I have to leave now to become Mrs. Raye Marimas." He held me close and we stood up. He kissed me again,
"Don't cry, be happy. Craig's a great guy, you'll be happy, don't worry." I nodded. He then smiled, "hey, you're lucky that your mascara didn't run." I laughed and wiped my eyes,
"Yeah, thank God for waterproof mascara." We both laughed then he straightened out my veil. Then we both exited his room and departed different ways and didn't look back.
I arrived at the chapel and there was Lita holding my bouquet. She saw me come in and I saw her let out a sigh of relief. Lizzie was standing behind her with Lita and her bouquets and they both ran up to me. Lita began to fix my dress again along with Lizzie. Lita stood back again and smiled, then she remembered something and gave me my bouquet of white and red roses. I touched the petals of the red roses sadly. Then I saw Greg and Andrew come in. Then I saw my father come in. I heard the organ begin to play the cue for the two little flower girls and ring bearer start going down the aisle. When they got to the middle of the aisle, Lizzie and Greg started walking, then Andrew and Lita went down the aisle. After they were in their positions the organ began to play the wedding march. My father came towards me and smiled. I smiled back as he pulled my top veil over my face. We then started down the aisle.
Meanwhile...
Serena and Darien were in their positions and she held his hand. The preacher had just gotten to the part where he asked if anyone objected to their marriage she looked over at Darien and noticed his glum expression. He noticed she was looking at him and he forced a smile.
"If anyone objects to these two to be wed, speak now or forever hold your peace," the preacher said. There was silence, no one was saying anything. Then as the preacher took a breath to continue a voice said,
"I object." Everyone looked in the direction of voice and realized that it was Serena. Darien was in shock. She took a breath, "I object to us being wed." Darien leaned over to her.
"Serena what are you doing?" he questioned. Serena whispered back,
"Darien, I know that you would never be as happy with me as you would be with Raye." He looked at her shocked; she then smiled, "She's my sister, I can sense these things. And anyway, I would never be as happy with you as I would be with Craig." He smiled and she smiled wider. The preacher cleared his throat,
"Excuse me but could you please continue and please explain why you object to your own marriage." Serena nodded,
"Of course," she paused, "the reason why I object is because I am not in love with the groom," gasps were heard as Serena continued, "and the groom is not in love with me." Everyone was staring in shock at the two of them. Serena cleared her throat, "And if you don't mind, we would appreciate it if you will just say that our wedding is canceled so I can go get my groom and he can get his bride." The preacher who was still in shock shook his head,
"Yes, of course, go." Serena picked up the front of her dress and she and Darien ran down the aisle and out of the church. Mina, Ken, Amy, and Damien ran after them. Darien and Serena ran to the car when he realized that he didn't have the keys. Suddenly the doors unlocked and Darien saw Ken waving them in air then he tossed them to Darien who caught them and jumped in his car. They sped off to the church where Raye and Craig were getting married. The others piled into Ken's car and they sped off after Darien and Serena. The same thought was running through everyone's mind, 'I hope we get there in time.'
Back at Raye and Craig's wedding...
The preacher started on the vows when no one objected to our wedding,
"Do you, Craig, take Raye to be your lawfully wedded wife, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health for as long you both shall live."
"I do," Craig responded. Then the preacher turned to me,
"Do you, Raye…"
"I object," a voice cut him off. People turned towards the voice and saw Darien standing in the doorway breathing heavily. I looked at him with tears in my eyes. The preacher glared at him,
"We already passed that part, you're too late."
"Oh please," another voice said. Everyone looked at Lizzie who was standing there with one hand on her left hip with all her weight on her right hip. She motioned her bouquet towards Darien, "You just finished that part two minutes ago, let's hear what the man has to say." The preacher sighed then nodded,
"Fine, please tell us why you object to this marriage." Darien walked forward to the middle of the aisle,
"Okay, the reason why I object is because I'm in love with the bride." Gasps and murmuring was heard.
"And what do you have to say about this?" the preacher asked me. My eyes had never left Darien's. I said something softly. "Excuse me, please speak louder," the preacher asked. I spoke somewhat louder and said,
"I'm in love with him too." More gasps were heard, but I didn't pay attention to them, all I saw was Darien standing there and a grin slowly spread onto his face. I couldn't hold back anymore and I ran to him and kissed him passionately. Craig just stared at us with his mouth slightly open then turned away from the picture. His vision had gotten slightly cloudy but he didn't cry. He knew that Darien and I truly loved each other and he was happy that we were together, but he realized that he was now alone. Andrew went up to him and said with his eyes, 'I'm sorry.'
"Wait, wait, I also object," it was a female voice now said. The preacher rolled his eyes slightly and let out a sigh,
"Okay, so what is your reason?" Craig turned around slowly and saw Serena. She quickly walked past Darien and I still locked in our passionate kiss. When she passed us we parted and watched her approach Craig. He was staring at her in a mix of shock and confusion. She met Craig's eyes,
"Sorry I'm late. My veil got caught in the car door." He laughed softly as did some others, including Darien and me. She also slightly laughed at herself, "Amy had to help me get it free." There was a groan heard and the preacher had his left had over his eyes then he pinched the bridge of his nose,
"Please get on with your explanation." Serena nodded then turned to Craig.
"Craig, I've always been a klutz and I rarely ever got anything right, but you always put up with me. You never blamed me for anything and I never understood why. One day you almost let it slip, the real reason. You may have not completed the statement, but I know what you were going to say. You were going to say that the reason why you put up with me and all my quirks is because you loved me." He stared at her in shock as more gasps were heard from the congregation. She had tears in her eyes and she was trying not to cry. She took a shaky breath and continued, "I'm still a klutz and I still rarely get anything right. I mean look at me, I got my veil caught in the car door and by the time I got to object to the wedding it had already been objected to about five minutes beforehand. I didn't burst through the doors objecting to the wedding like they always do in movies and TV shows," she looked over her shoulder and smiled, "Darien got to do that." More laughs were heard then she turned back to Craig who's face still held confusion. She smiled softly, "But, hey, I'm me, that's the way I am and probably will always be. So I'm wondering if you are still willing to put up with me and all my quirks, and if you would be willing to put up with them for the rest of your life. Basically I'm asking if you still love me Craig, because I love you," his eyes widened as gasps and murmuring were heard once again, "and no matter what you say, I want you to know that." She took in another shaky breath and looked at the preacher, "And that's all I have to say." The preacher looked at Craig and said,
"So how do you feel about this?" Serena stared intensely at Craig, as did everyone else in the chapel. Craig was staring at Serena in shock. He looked like he was in a coma or something. She looked at him and said,
"Craig?" she waved her hand in front of his face, "Hello? Anyone home?" She was getting really worried, "Craig? Earth to…" she was cut off by Craig grabbing her face in his hands and kissing her. Serena relaxed into the kiss and wrapped her arms around his neck as he wrapped them around her waist. Tears were escaping her closed eyes, but they were tears of joy. The preacher sighed and shrugged as he started walking off,
"Okay, whatever, I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride, even though all of you already decided to do that. Whatever, I quit." Everyone in the congregation clapped as some of us laughed. Darien and I looked at each other and smiled. Darien stroked my right cheek with the back of the fingers of his right hand and said,
"So now I guess we live happily ever after." I looked back at him and shook my head,
"No, we still have so much more to do and way too many things we need to experience. No, we can't live happily ever after," I paused, "At least not right now." Both of our smiles grew. He brought me close again and we kissed. During that kiss I knew that the universe would have to face many more challenges, but at least Darien had me and I had him.
The End
YAY!!!! I love happy endings! I hope you guys like how I made Serena the one who made everything right in the end since she was kind of an inactive main character. So that's it the story is done, but then there are two sequels after this so no worries. Alright so please R&R and let me know how you liked the ending! See you all later. Stay tuned for Ice, Lightning, and Beauty.