Chapter 21: Carpe Diem

I was right, that night, neither of us got much sleep. But I didn't regret what did happen.

Now, I was worried about something other then sleep though. Tomorrow, I was getting married. Tonight was my party. And I had never been more scared in my life. It wasn't a bad scared, just more of an 'I can't see what is lying ahead' scared. But I was excited. I was in my car, driving to the Talon, I was staying in the apartment with Lana, Chloe and Lois tonight. Yes that is right, Lois. I guess you could say I was more scared of that then anything. I know that she said that there was nothing there between her and Clark anymore and she had no regrets. But I still almost felt bad. I got to the Talon, grabbed my bag and walked up to the apartment.

"Hey, I'm here!" I said as I walked in. Lana and Lois were sitting inside.

"Hey! We were starting to wonder if you were going to make it." Lana said.

"Yea well last night the electricity went out and I was scared to death so I didn't get much sleep." I lied, but I didn't want Lois to feel uncomfortable. Lana seemed to get the lie though and smiled some.

"Uh huh, well I am sure being at Clark's helped that some." She said. I looked at her in astonishment; sometimes I have no clue where she gets this stuff. My face must have been quizzical.

"He called me a couple minutes ago to see if you made it here. When I said no, he kind of revealed the secret." Lana told me. I sighed. Ever since the wreck he refused to call me when he knew I was driving. I wish he would get over it.

"Oh I see." Luckily at that moment Chloe walked through the door.

"Hey guys, sorry I am late! Traffic was awful and I had to do some shopping." She said.

"Chloe! Hey!" I said. It was quickly followed by hellos from Lana and Lois to.

"So, are we here to sit around and talk or are we here to have one last night of fun before one of us decides to throw away being single!" Lois joked. I looked at her, but she seemed serious and not upset at all, that made me relax a lot.

"Alright, let's do it." I said.

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"Ok, ok, ok" Lana said laughing, the four of us had all had a little bit to much to drink and were laughing hysterically, but I couldn't remember why. We were playing some question game and it was hilarious.

"Jules, your turn." She said. "When you were in New York, were you ever umm I guess I could say unfaithful, to Clark."

"No!" I said laughing, the word 'unfaithful' sounded really funny. "In fact after I met him I haven't been with anyone else to be honest. I fell in love once and never fell out."

"Ok Lois your turn" I said. "Do you resent me? At all?" I asked.

"No, because it wasn't right with me and Clark. And you two are happier then we would ever be." She said, almost to honestly for being drunk. "K Chloe, I have a question for you."

"Ok, shoot Lo." She said.

"Ok, who is this guy that is in New York with you that you aren't telling anyone about?" She asked. Lana and I looked at Chloe in amusement. She turned bright red and smiled.

"Ok, I have been dating him for a while, his name is Ryan and he it totally gorgeous and… okay I feel like really bad for saying this but he is freaking loaded!" She exclaimed. We all laughed and some of us even high-fived her. This was definitely a night that we would never forget. We were having so much fun, just like old times. Sure, in the morning we were going to have the worst hang-over ever! But it would be worth it.

Later that night, I couldn't sleep. I walked out on the balcony with my cell phone and called Clark.

"Hello," He answered sleepily.

"Hey you." I said.

"Jules hey, I haven't heard from you since you left this morning." He said, waking up some.

"Yea, once I got into town I kind of got thrown into the whole bachelorette thing." I said.

"Oh no, they didn't corrupt you to much did they?" He joked.

"No, not to badly. But I have a headache from hell and to top it all off, I want to see you." I said.

"Well maybe you will get your wish." But his voice didn't come from the phone; it came from the ground below. There he was. I laughed and hung up.

"Jump down!" He said.

"What?" I replied.

"Jump down! I will catch you I swear." He said. I was still drunk enough to do it. So I did. And he caught me.

"Told you so." He said. I laughed. "I could hold you like this forever." He said as he nuzzled his head into my neck.

"I am not complaining." I said. We sat outside for a while talking and holding each other. Time flew by before I looked at my watch.

"Oh my gosh it is four a.m. I need to get back upstairs." I said.

"Let me take you." He said. Before I could say anything, he had lifted me up in his arms and we were floating above the ground. I loved flying. He sat me down on the balcony, kissed me goodnight and left. I walked back inside and went straight to sleep.

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"There, done." Martha said as she removed the last curler from my hair. I turned around and looked at myself. I couldn't believe my eyes. Was this really me?

Lex had hired a professional make-up artist to come in and do my make up but I had insisted that Martha do my hair. Partly because she wanted to, and partly because I needed some one to talk to about the whole marriage thing. We had talked and I was sure now more then ever that I wanted to do this.

"Wow. Is this really me?" I said. I touched my face lightly, then my hair.

"You look beautiful sweetheart." She said. I smiled and turned to face her.

"Thank you for everything!" I said. We embraced for a moment then Chloe came in.

"They are ready to start whenever you are." I nodded and walked out the door.

"This is it." I said, right before I walked out of the mansion and into my new life.

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The wedding was beautiful, the ceremony was incredible. Everything felt right.

"I love you." I said to Clark as we danced.

"Not as much as I love you." He said. Yes it was cheesy but it was so incredibly cute.

"Ok, you win." I said. We laughed and I laid my head on his chest.

"I don't think anything has ever felt this right in my life." I said.

"I know. I am sure more then ever that we are meant to be together forever." He said. I smiled and we kissed. Forgetting everything else in the world accept us.

"Umm excuse me you two love birds but some one wants to see you." Lana said holding Ellyna.

Clark smiled, as did I.

"Hey Ellie, what are you doing?" Clark said, holding out his arms out to get her. She reached out and she grabbed her. She kissed Clark on the cheek. I smiled at the two of them together.

"I wanted to say I am happy for you and Juliet, and since you are my big brother does that mean Juliet is my big sister?" She asked. Clark and I were both surprised at the three year olds intelligence.

"Yea it does." Clark said smiling. Ellyna smiled back and then reached down to me. I grabbed her from Clark and held her. She kissed me on the cheek as well.

"I love you guys." She said. We all laughed.

"Well we love you to." I said. We all smiled.

"Come on Elle; let's go see some other people." Lana said. Ellyna nodded and I sat her down.

"She is something else." I said.

"Yea she is, I am glad my parents adopted her." Clark said.

"Your parents and not you?" I questioned.

"Like you said, we aren't ready to be parents." He replied. I smiled. Then we kissed, again.