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Chapter 11: The Rush Hour
Weeks have passed and Lenne and Vidina's wedding was fast approaching. They were always in hurry, all day and all night, making preparations for their wedding. But then again, they still haven't finalized their preparations. Like what food to choose, the design for the cake and the wedding outfits, the guest list and most especially the venue. Of course, they couldn't decide on which to temple to get married due to the conflicts between the temples.
It was early in the morning and this time, Lenne was at their house. She was sitting on the dining table across Vidina. She was staring at the papers of the preparations of the wedding. Some papers were scattered all over the table and the floor. Suddenly, someone knocks on their door. "I'll get it" Lenne said as she puts the paper down, stood up and opened the door. "Hey Lenne, how's the preparation coming?" Pace asked as Lenne opened the door. "Not well. Wanna come in?" Lenne asked. "No thanks. I'm just here to give you this letter. It's from the temple monks in Bevelle." Pace hands the letter to Lenne and she accepts it. "Well, see ya!" Pace waves goodbye and walks away as Lenne closes the door. Lenne slowly opens the letter and reads it as she walks towards the table. "What's that?" Vidina asked as Lenne sat down. "That's it! I have had it!" Lenne shouted out, banging the paper on the table. She stands up and walks out of the house. "Lenne! What's wrong!" Vidina shouted out, not knowing what Lenne was furious about. Vidina then grabs the letter and reads it. "Another invitation" Vidina sighed and rushed towards Lenne. "I can't take this anymore!" Lenne shouted out, stomping her feet, walking away from the town. Then, Vidina catches up on her. "Would you calm down?" Vidina asked, panting heavily as he tries to catch his breath. "I have had it Vidina" Lenne said with a grunt. "So what do you want to do now Lenne? Do you wanna cancel the wedding? Is that it!" Vidina asked in a high tone. "What!" Lenne asked, confused. "Fine! If that's how it is then the wedding is off!" Vidina shouted out as he walks to his house. Then, he slams the door leaving Lenne outside. Lenne didn't realize what was happening. It took her a few seconds to finally realize what happened. As she did, she rushed to her house in tears. "Lenne?" Yuna asked as Lenne passes by her and locks herself up in her room. Yuna knocked on her door as Lenne hides her face on her bed. "Lenne? What's wrong?" Yuna asked, worried. "Go away mom. Please, just leave me alone" Lenne replied. "I'm your mother Lenne. I'm not leaving until I know what's wrong" Yuna stated. Then, Lenne wiped her tears, stood up and opened the door. Then as Yuna looks at her with teary eyes, Lenne hugs her tightly. "Oh mom, what have I done?" Lenne asked in tears. "Honey, what happened? Did you and Vidina had a fight?" Yuna asked as she hugged her daughter tightly. Lenne sighs, "We broke up mom. The wedding is off" she said as she cried even more. "What! Why!" Yuna asked in shock. It was unbelievable that the two would come to a fight since they had never been in a fight since they became friends. "I don't wanna talk about it" Lenne said as Yuna understood her. "That's okay Lenne. You don't have to" Yuna said as she brushes Lenne's hair off her face.
Meanwhile, at Vidina's house, Vidina also locked himself up in his room. He was furious and he wanted to cry. But he won't all because of what Wakka used to tell him about men who cry really aren't men. He was left with no choice but to release all his rage. He began to throw his things around. Wakka walks in, worried as he sees Vidina in teary eyes. "Hey! Hey!" Wakka called out. Vidina fell but luckily Wakka caught him. "Dad, I feel so stupid" Vidina said as tears started to run down his cheeks. "Lu!" Wakka called out, knowing that this kind of problem wasn't his specialty. As Lulu heard Wakka call out, she hurriedly ran towards him and saw the two of them on the ground with Vidina in tears. "Vidina?" Lulu asked, worried. "Mom, I broke up with Lenne. I don't even know why! It just happened all of a sudden!" Vidina shouted out in tears. "I don't know how to help you. I've never been in this kind of problem. But all I know is, Vidina, if you truly love her, you can't live without her and you'll do anything to get her back" Lulu replied. "And you better do it fast son. Before the people start to know about this" Wakka interrupted. Vidina then wiped his tears and stood up. "Anyway, it's time for supper" Lulu informed them. Vidina nodded as well as Wakka, but before he could step out of his room, Wakka stopped Vidina. "Dad, please. I'm not in the mood" Vidina sighed. "You clean your room first. You don't want your mom to get all upset, ya?" Wakka told Vidina. "Fine" Vidina replied and started cleaning his room.
Moments later, Vidina joined his parents at the table for dinner. "You look happy" Wakka said as he noticed Vidina with a smile on his face. "Well, that's because I thought of a plan to apologize to Lenne." Vidina declared. "What's your plan?" Lulu asked as she takes a seat on her table. "I'm gonna go straight to her door next morning with flowers and chocolates. Then, I'm gonna kneel in front of her and ask her to marry me again" Vidina replied. "That's sweet" Lulu sighed as Wakka gives out a grin. "Your father never did anything like that for me. I'm sure Lenne will forgive you right away after she sees your face" Lulu informed him as Wakka grunts. "Well, can we start eating now? I'm hungry ya?" Wakka asked as Lulu shakes her head while Vidina chuckles.
The next day, Vidina stepped out of his house and walked right in front of Lenne's house with a boquet of red roses and a heart shaped box full of chocalates. "Here goes nothing" Vidina said as he gulped and knocked on the door. Suddenly, the door opened and to his surprise it was Tidus. "What do you want Vidina?" Tidus asked with a grunt. Vidina sighed, "Is Lenne there?" he asked with a smile. "She's not here. You know, you got some guts to make my daughter cry and here you are acting like nothing happened." Tidus said in a high tone. Vidina's eyes widened after hearing what Tidus just said. "Tidus, calm down" Yuna called out as she approached the hot blooded Tidus and walks up to Vidina. "Vidina, Reine and Garren came by here today and picked her up. I'm sure she's at the Bikanel Desert with them. Why don't you go there and sort things out? I'm sure this plainly a misunderstanding, right?" Yuna asked in a soft tone as Vidina's face brigthened. "Thank you Lady Yuna" Vidina said as he bows his head to her and rushes, leaving for Bikanel Desert.
In Bikanel Desert, Reine, Garren, Pace and Quill were gathering at the twin's pad ath the garden with Lenne. "Okay, I know this might sound weird but I just finished baking some cookies. Anyone wanna try?" Pace asked curiously as thefour shrug. "Uh..are you sure that won't kill us?" Reine asked worriedly as Pace sighed and gave her a glared look. "I'm positive. I already tried one myself" Pace replied with a grunt as Reine gives out a fake laugh while scratching her head. "Okay, then I guess I'll have one"Lenne stated as Pace's face brightened. "I guess I'm gonna try one too"Garren sighed as he reaches in and takes a cookie. "I'll try one as well" Quill stated, reaching in for a cookie. "What about you Reine? Don't you wanna try one?" Pace asked curiously as Reine shrug. "Uh, I'll pass" Reine replied as Pace gave out a deep sigh. "Alright" Pace sighed as she then turned around and stepped back inside the house.
Suddenly, as the gang shared jokes and continued to talk, Reine and Garren stopped as they heard the sound of an airship slowing down as if it was landing. "Hmm, is it just me or Did I just hear an airship landing?" Garren whispered to Reine as she nodded. "Let's go. Maybe it's one of those Al Bhed Separitists again" Reine sighed as she and Garren stood up. "What's wrong you two?" Lenne asked worriedly. "We're just gonna go up front. We're just gonna take a look who arrived" Garren replied as Reine cheerfully nodded. "Alright then. We'll just stay here" Lenne stated as the two nodded and walked towards the gates.
As they opened the gates and stepped out, the two were shocked to see Vidina right in front of them. "The nerve! Who do you think you are Vidina! How dare you show your face here after what letting Lenne cry!" Reine shouted out as Vidina gave out a deep sigh. "It's just a misunderstanding. I swear. Please just let me talk to Lenne. I really need to sort things out with her" Vidina explained as Reine shook her head as well as Garren. "Don't even think about it" Garren said in a stern voice as he blocks Vidina's path. "Reine, Garren, leave him alone" a voice demanded as the two turned to see who it was. "Pace? Are you defending him?" Reine asked curiously as Pace sighed. "It's not that I'm defending him, it's just that I believe him" Pace replied as the two shrug. "What do you mean!" Garren asked in shock. "We've known Vidina since we were still kids. Both of you know that Vidina is not the type of person who likes to make people cry as well as I do. What's more, he doesn't even like to have any enemies" Pace explained as the two looked down. "I don't think Vidina made Lenne cry on purpose I'm sure it's just a misunderstanding" Pace continued. "So, Reine, Garren, let's give Vidina another chance and let him talk to Lenne" Pace suggested. But to Pace's dismay, Reine shook her head. "No way!" Reine shouted out as Pace gave out a deep sigh. "Then you leave me with no choice" Pace grunted as she instantly grabbed her blade attached on her back and pointed it at Reine. "Pace stop!" Garren shouted out as Vidina's eyes widened in shock. "Vidina, go now. Lenne is at the back yard" Pace informed him. "Stop!" a voice shouted out as the three shrug and turned to see who it was. There, they saw Lenne with tears streaming down her face. "Pace, put your blade down. You don't need to do this" Lenne said as Pace looked down and lowered her blade. "Thanks Lenne" Reine said with a smile as Lenne looked down. "Would you three please excuse us?" Lenne asked the three as she walks up to Vidina. "But" Reine sighed. But then, Garren held her arm and shook his head at Reine. Seeing this, Reine gave out a deep sigh and nodded.
As soon as the three of them were out of sight, Lenne then turned to Vidina as she still continued to cry. "Lenne, I'm so sorry" Vidina said as he looked down. "I'm so sorry for bursting at you. I never should have been so hot-headed that time. It's just thatI was so annoyed with how the temple priests acted. They kept on giving letters to us. Worst, they visited us to wed at their temple. I couldn't help it. I was getting annoyed" Vidina explained as Lenne shook her head. "Stop" she said before Vidina could continue to talk. "Vidina, after we had that fight, I thought I could never continue to live. I wanted my life to end because I never want to continue living without you. But then, my mom told me something. She told me that she was positive that you'd come back and sort things out with me. I believed in her Vidina. That's why I waited for you. I waited for you to find me" Lenne explained. In that instant, Vidina hugged Lenne tightly as the two smiled with joy. "Lenne" Vidina said as he then kneeled on his right knee in front of Lenne. "I know we've already gone through this, but will you marry me?" Vidina asked as Lenne's face brightened. "Yes" she replied. With that, Vidina hugged her tightly once more.
A few weeks later, Lenne and Vidina got married in a place that would make no temple jealous, aboard the Celsius. During that same day, Garren and Pace got engaged as well as Quill and Reine. With that, Vidina and Lenne's story has ended yet another story begins.