Chapter 19

Double Wedding in Hawaii

2 months later…

"Aah…Wonderful Hawaii…sun…sand…pretty water…" Riki was major happy with being away from the snow. "I think I have learned how to hate snow."

Riki was sitting on the front steps of her seaside apartment. Riki, Hal, Meryl, Dave, and Nikita all lived together. Well, not lived together, per se. They have been staying at a hotel for the last two months. Hal pulled his savings to help pay for it. He was very keen on the idea of escaping Alaska.

Meryl ran in behind Riki. "Hey, you're gonna miss your own wedding. Our wedding."

"Oh, right, sorry." Riki stood up in her bright yellow flower dress. Meryl was wearing a red one. They had both agreed to wear colors because it was a double wedding and neither of them could wear white…The things that happened on the last mission kinda kept them from that.

"Let's go…"

Riki and Meryl headed down to the beach. A beautiful tent was set up with just a few people under it. Roy, Mei, Naomi, Riki's mom and dad and Nikita. They walked closer to the tent. The music started and Riki went to Hal and Meryl went to Dave. The minister asked if they were ready. They all nodded.

The normal wedding procession occurred with just a tinge of oddness. When the vows were exchanged, Nikita walked down the isle with two sets of rings. He had that Do I really have to wear this stupid thing? look. Riki told him he would look cute, so he agreed.

After the rings were given the grooms were told to kiss the brides. Both couples were aglow with love. The wedding ended and they all talked for a while before the guests had to leave. Naomi personally went up to Dave and talked to him, but no one could figure out what was being said. Dave walked away with a smile on his face and Meryl asked him what was going on. He wouldn't tell her. "You'll find out."

After, they all went back to the hotel. They could stay for one more week before their money ran out. They got dressed in normal comfortable clothes and set down to have a relaxing last week in Hawaii.

Chapter 20

The End

"Dammit!" Riki yelled.

"What's your problem?" Dave asked, his face glued to the TV. "Move…You're daddy wasn't a glass maker."

"Well, yours might have been…my problem is that there is no food in this damned refrigerator."

"Hey," Meryl said. "Good chance to go shopping."

"Okay." Hal agreed. "Let's go."

"But…I've never seen this movie. I like it…" Dave protested.

Meryl grabbed him by the collar and drug him out of the room. "Fine…I'll go."

"Looks like you don't have much of a choice." Hal started laughing.

"What are you laughing at? You like to go shopping."

"Come on, Nikita." Riki called. The puppy had grown exceptionally in the last two months. He really didn't look all that much like a puppy anymore.

The perfect friends were walking down the street to the grocery store. The nearest one was just around the corner, so it's not like it was excruciatingly painful to actually get there.

As soon as they walked in, Meryl headed in her own direction. Dave went with Riki, Hal, and Nikita. Riki put Nikita in the cart and asked him what kind of dog food was his favorite. Fake food…hmmm…I hate to admit it…but I love Kibbles.

Really? Doesn't seem like you.

Yeah, I know. They're good, though.

Riki lead them to the pet aisle and got the stuff that Nikita wanted. Next, they went to the can foods. Dave pretty much grabbed one of every can. "David! Hungry?"

"A little."

Hal rolled his eyes. Riki walked by the chips and couldn't help herself. She grabbed a huge bag of Cheetos and opened it.

"Riki! Isn't that illegal?"

"Not if you're gonna pay for it anyway."

Hal rolled his eyes again.

When they were walking out of the store, Meryl slipped a small bag into the large one. No one noticed.

"Hey, where did you go?" Riki asked her.

"Nowhere really. Just looking."

They made it back to the hotel room. Riki placed the grocery bag on the table. Nikita smelled something good. He jumped on the table and knocked over the grocery bag looking for the owner of that smell. All the food, the Cheetos, and…

"A pregnancy test?" Hal asked picking up the small bag. "Riki?"

Riki shook her head slowly. "Not mine…I'm not late…"

Everyone's eyes turned to Meryl. "What?" she asked. "I don't know yet." She grabbed the baggie from Hal. "Gimme…I gotta pee, anyway."

Meryl left to the bathroom and Dave looked at Riki. "I'll say this loud so you can hear it, too!" Dave was almost shouting. "Naomi came up to me at the wedding and told me she got the test results back from after Shadow Moses. She said that it seemed that the side affect of FoxDie was that my ability to reproduce has come back, if you know what I mean."

Riki said, "Do you mean before you weren't able to…"

"No. I was cloned that way. But apparently the FoxDie fixed that little problem."

Meryl came bursting out of the bathroom. "Apparently you're right." She showed it to everyone. The EPT said "Pregnant".

Mmm…these Cheetos are really good!