Author's Notes: Sorry it's been awhile. I've actually been pretty busy and really haven't had time to work on "Getting Hitched". Plus, I had a hard time with this one. Anyway: there is only one more chapter after this, and then "Getting Hitched" will be complete. Until then, enjoy Chapter Nine: Eat, Drink, And Be Merry. LOL! Sorry, still can't resist the LOTR refrences.

Chapter Nine: Eat, Drink, And Be Merry:

Charlie and Claire looked around at their guests and they smiled. The friends had joined them for their wedding, now they were here to finish off the celebration. Michael and Jun had done a wonderful job prepairing everything. The were enough fish to eat, and plenty of drinking water to drink. Everyone seemed to be just as happy as they were.

Charlie noticed that Hurley stood up. His smile widdened. As bestman, Hurley's duty was to give a toast. "Hey you guys!" Hurley shouted over the talkative guests. They ignored him the first time. Hurley wasn't too happy about that. "SHUT UP!"

The guests went silent. Charlie couldn't help but laugh to himself. That was one way to silence their guests up. Everyone turned to Hurley and listened as he gave his toast to the bride and groom.

"Thank you," he said once everyone was silent. "I'm not really good with words, so just bare with me." Hurley laughed and continued on: "Anyway: after the plane crash I really didn't think anything good will come out of it, but I was wrong. Not only did I find a new bestfriend, but my bestfriend found the love of his life..." A few awws spread through out their friends. "I wish you guys all the best. And Claire if you ever have to kill him, I swear we won't say a thing because we know how bloody annoying Charlie can get." Hurley raised his coconut and so did the others. "Cheers mate."

The guests laughed as mimicked his English friend. Charlie laughed as well. He turned to look at Claire and the two shared a kiss. Hurley smiled at them and announced to everyone. "Aww man, I swear I wasn't going to cry."

Claire and Charlie turned back to their friend and watched him wipe a tear from his eye. "And dude, I'm so not done." Hurley went on. "I've cooked up a little surprise for you guys." Hurley turned to Sayid and replied: "If you please."

Sayid smiled and pulled out Charlie's gutiar. He had wondered where that thing had gone off to. "In normal weddings, the bride and groom are suppose to dance together. So, behind your backs, Sayid and I thought that you two should get your dance." Sayid started to strum the strings and a soft melody followed.

"You rock!" Charlie cried out to his friends. He laughed. Then he stood up, and turned to Claire. He reached out his hand and asked her: "Care to dance?"

"I would love to." she answered as she took his hand.

Charlie let her out to an open area. He put his hands around her and the two started to sway to the music. Hurley sat back down. His job was done.

A few inchs away, Jack sat with Sun. He could see that she was nervous. Sun kept looking behind her shoulder. Jin was no where to be found. Jack stood up and reached his hand out to her. Sun turned back at him and smiled. She took his hand and Jack and Sun joined Charlie and Claire. A few gasps escaped from the guests lips but Jack and Sun payed them no mind. As they danced, their friends started to fade away. Pretty soon they were in a world all their own.

Sawyer couldn't believe it. The good ol' doctor had Sun in his arms. He smiled. He guessed that Jack no longer went after Kate. He had won. Sawyer went to find Kate. He found her sitting alone, in a corner.

"Want a dance Freckles?" Sawyer asked her.

"No, thats okay." replied Kate.

"Aw, what's wrong Katie, don't dance?"

"Pretty much." she answered with a laugh. "I have two left feet."

"Well, can't blame a guy for tryin'." Sawyer said. "Then I guess I'll just seat next to ya then."

Kate smiled and moved over. "Fine by me."

The two let their eyes gaze out towards the dancing couples, other islanders had joined them. Kate noticed that Hurley had taken over the gutiar so Sayid could dance with Shannon.

Locke stood a few feet away from the celebration. He smiled. Locke smiled up at the Heavens. Fate did indeed work in mysterious ways. Love and friendship and brought this interesting group of people together. He was so glad he was able to wittness such a beautiful thing. However, he had a feeling that he would be able to wittness many more of these events in the future. Only time would tell.

TBC...

Author's Notes: (continued): As stated. Not done yet, but I hoped you all liked this chapter. Please keep a look out for the finale chapter of "Getting Hitched", coming soon.