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A/n ok this is the second to last chapter in this story :( I know that is sad. But I thought that I would write a sequel! Thanks to all my lovely reviwers: epobbp, Jules, Perfect lunacy, Elfsquire90, anonymous girl, Lady Knight, Lanni and Lady Shannon of RosePeak.

Chapter 11: wedding preparations

True to their word, Gary and Cythera arrived back after a week, and announced their marriage to the whole court, later that night at the ball. After the announcement, Cythera walked over to Alanna.

"Well how did it go? Do you think they will all hate me?" she asked quietly. Alanna looked at her shocked.

"You did well and why would they hate you?" she asked.

"Well I'm married to Gary, he was voted second in bachelor of the year after Jon. I thought some of the girls would hate me for that. Also it wasn't a proper wedding." Cythera told her. Alanna laughed.

"Look who you're talking to. I'm engaged to the bachelor of the year. And they don't hate me, well most don't. As to it want a proper wedding as long as you have a prist and someone to witness it, it was a proper wedding." Cythera laughed. After all Alanna did have a point. Gary and Jon walked over to the two girls.

"May I have this dance?" they asked Cythera and Alanna. The two girls laughed and quickly accepted, slow music struck up. Alanna wrapped her arms around Jon's neck and gently rested her head on his shoulder. She sighed happily.

"Now why cant life be at this pace?" she asked referring to their hectic lives. Jon chucked.

"I know things have been rather busy with all the plans with the wedding, but it will all be over soon." He told her, pulling her closer if that was possible.

"I know. Only two months two weeks and three days, but who's counting?" she asked with mock seriousness. "But seriously I feel as though we don't have any 'us' time."

"We had 'us' time last night." He told her, with a playful smile playing across his lips. She smacked his arm lightly.

"That's not what I ment. I mean we don't get to go on walks, or horse rides, just the two of us for a day, or even a few hours. There is always something that we have to do." She told him.

"I know, I know. But once we are married we have two gorgeous weeks in Port Legann just the two of us and we can do all that then. How does that sound?" he asked.

"wonderful." Alanna whispered, already off in a daydream about long walks on the beach at sunset.

A month later Julia opened the door to Alanna's rooms to find Alanna asleep at her desk, quill still in her hand. Julia walked over and gently pulled the quill out of Alanna's hand before waking her up. Alanna looked up at her groggily her eyes slowly focusing on Julia.

"Julia? What are you doing hear?" she murmured. Julia smiled, Alanna reminded her of Kieran in some ways.

"You have a meeting with Clare the seamstress. That was about half an hour ago. When you didn't show I when looking for you. I found you asleep at your desk." She told Alanna kindly. Alanna sat up.

"I missed the meeting? Crap. Its just I had to finish this letter and I have been so tired lately I must have dozed off. I go see Clare right now and apologise. I feel so bad." Alanna said. Julia nodded in an understanding way and followed Alanna out of the room.

Alanna and Julia found Cythera, Louisa and Clare entertaining Jessiker when they arrived. When they entered, Jessiker looked up from the game she was playing and ran over to Alanna.

"Untie Lanna! Untie Lanna! You came." The little girl cried before giving her a hug. Alanna smiled. Both Kieran and Jessiker called Alanna and Jon Untie Lanna and Uncle Jon it was a kind of nickname Kieran and Jessiker had given them. Alanna hugged the girl back.

"Yes I am final here." She told the girl. "Sorry in late I'll pay you extra." she told Clare. Clare shock her head.

"There is no need. Right now, I need you all to try these on to see if they need any agistments." She handed Jessiker her dress first. "Let's see what this looks like." Jessiker picked up the dress and followed her mother to the next room. Her dress fitted perfectly. It was a little long in the hem but Clare assured that the small girl would grow in a month's time. Julia agreed. Then Louisa, Julia and Cythera tried on their dresses next. They where fine, Cythera's dress had been altered slightly after she had explained her situation to Clare, so her growing stomach would have enough room. Alanna was last. She when and tried on her dress. It fitted like a dream. When she stepped out all the girls gasped.

"Untie Lanna you look like a princess!" Jessiker squealed. Alanna smiled, at her.

"Do you really think so?" she asked. Her question was replied by four heads nodding.

"If Jon didn't think you were the most beautiful thing on earth before he will now." Clare assured. Alanna beamed and went to take her dress off.

Later that night she was still smiling, Jon looked up from his letter he was writing.

"Ok tell me, because I have to know. Why have you been smiling all day?" he asked. Alanna just looked at him a sweet smile on her face.

"Something good happened." She told him. He put this quill down.

"Such as?" he asked. Alanna's smile grew bigger.

"I saw my dress today. It's perfect." She said dreamily. Jon raised an eyebrow.

"Oh? And are you going to tell me what this dress looks like?"

"You know as well as I don't that I can't tell you." She said playfully. "You'll find out on our wedding day, just like everyone else." He gave her a sad face.

"Cant you tell me a little something?" he asked pouting like a small child. Alanna shock her head.

"no." she told him, crossing her arms across her chest. Jon stood up and walked over to the bed, where she was sitting reading her book, and started to tickle her.

"Well I guess I'll just have to find another way of getting the information out of you." He said, pulling her down onto the bed.

Meanwhile in another part of the palace, Cythera was sitting on her bed thinking, while Gary sat in a near by chair reading a rather dull book.

"I wonder if we will have a boy or a girl." Cythera mused to herself. Gary looked up from his book.

"I hope for either one. I don't really mind." He said. Cythera looked over at him and patted the sheets next to her.

"Put that boring book down and come talk to me." she told him.

"With pleasure." He replied, setting the book on a table. "so what do you want to talk about?"

"Names of children." She said, staring off in space. "I rather like the name Robin for a boy or Danielle for a girl. What do you think?" she asked him. Gary thought for a moment

"I quiet like it." He said finally. Cythera smiled at him.

"You really mean it?" she asked.

"Of course I do. I don't mind what we call them just as long as we love them." He told her. She whipped a tear from her eyes.

"Oh Gary that's the sweetest thing anyone has ever said to me." she sobbed, into his shoulder. He hugged her back.

"I know it is, but it's true. Now come lets us go to sleep." He said.

a/n ok I really didn't know how to end this so I ended it on a sweet note. Next up is the wedding YAY! Finally. And then it will be the end of the story but I promise you I will write a sequel. Now please REVIEW!