…Pompeii…

I dress quickly after our shower. I put my hair into a bun. Blaise was in the kitchen. I take some of Blaise's shirts, jackets, glasses, boxers, and a few bottles of his cologne and put them with my luggage. I put on my sneakers and walk calmly into the living room.

I poke my head inside the kitchen. Blaise was making note of something. I hug him. "Aww. Love. You can't do this.", he groaned. "I don't want to let go until we get to the airport." I tell him the sound of tears evident in my voice. He sigh in defeat.

I cling to him all the way to the airport. We kiss goodbye outside the airport. I hear someone clear their throat. Blaise breaks the kiss much to my disappointment. Izzy and Juliet were standing behind us. Blaise nods for me to join them. I kiss him one last time. Blaise shakes his head smiling as I join them.

I refused to answer their smirks. We meet up with the others. Izzy throws her arm over my shoulder. "Naughty, naughty children." she giggles. "It's time to go." I tell her. Izzy laughs at me. "My fiancé and I are grown. Oh, just you wait. I can't wait until you and Charlie start having sex." I whisper as we enter the presence of the others. She flushes and gapes. I close her mouth.

"Are you two teasing each other again?" Landon asks with a smile. I nod. He shakes his head. He gives us our tickets. He turns to the others explaining where our first stop was. Izzy was still flustered when we board the plane.

"I don't think just imagining 'it' will do. I mean honestly. What are you imagining? Him in the garage working on his motorbike?" I whisper. She smacks my hand which was poking her. I leave her alone to her thoughts.

We land in Italy. Juliet, Landon, and I begin stretching. The others watch us. "Last trip we didn't get much sleep." Juliet explains to the others. We get our bags. We drop them off at the hotel, change, and grab travel backpacks. I walk to the market with another team. I help them get food for the trip. "Charlotte!" I hear a familiar voice calls. I turn around.

Rochelle was waving at me. I wave and she runs over. "Blaise told me you'd be here." she grins. I let out a small laugh. I pull her into a hug. We talk all the way back to the hotel. Izzy and Juliet were talking. I whistle at them. They look up. Rochelle waves politely. "This is Isabella Black and Juliet Rossi." I wave at them. Rochelle introduces herself. Brigid appears. She peers at the new people and I chirp at her. She chirps back and flies over to them to survey them.

"I don't think I'll ever get used to you talking to them." Rochelle says with a smile. "Aww! Thanks!" I grin. Rochelle turns to Izzy and Juliet. "I hope you two enjoy Italy while you're here." she smiles at them ignoring me. I mock pout. "Oh, I heard from auntie Cianna that you and Blaise agreed to get married in Miami. Is it true?!" she rounds on me.

Juliet and Izzy stare at me. "That's true. It's the only thing she requested be done for the wedding.", I answered, "That reminds me. I want to have a girl's trip before the big day so all my family and friends can meet Blaise's family." Rochelle nods as she takes in the information. "As long as we don't do anything to reckless right." Rochelle winks at me. "Ah, yes. No jumping into raging rapids and falling off an 800-meter-high waterfall." I joke.

"Blaise won't even let Charlotte drink anymore.", Izzy muttered. Rochelle's mouth dropped open and I shrugged like it wasn't a big deal. "That's not an issue. My main worry now is he won't let me shop. 'Window shopping only'. We're not even married yet." I mock Blaise's words.

Rochelle and Juliet burst into laughter. We chat a bit as Juliet, Rochelle, and Izzy get to know each other. "I'll see you guys when you return to London. I'll be staying with auntie Cianna for a bit." she says looking at the time. We said good-bye and she walks into an empty alley way. She chirped at Brigid and the disappear in a whirl of flames.

We join the other teams. We find an empty alley and disapparated. We land at the foot of Mount Vesuvius. "Everyone ready?!" Landon calls. Everyone nods and the hike begins. The only thing I was glad of was that I had done some extra exercise to help with stamina. We made it to the top by nightfall. We camp out for the night.

In the early morning we make our way to the opening. We take a potion that one of the teams had brought. We climb down into the volcano.

We hear a low growl. Izzy gasps quietly. There was a young Chinese Fireball sleeping on a ledge below us. We descend slower. We land on some ledges above the dragon. Landon's eyes glow. We follow silently as Izzy's team and another group with Dragonologists descend to the dragon below. Then follow Landon to a vent. He freeze. There were more sleeping dragons inside. We creep out.

We went back to the others and notify them. "What should we do?" Juliet asks. I chirp slightly and Aithne appears. Izzy scribbles a note and gave it to Aithne. "Go find Charlie." she informs Aithne who nods and disappears. She reappears 20 minutes later with a response. "They're on their way now." she told the group. I barely listen. I sensed something. I start towards it. I slide into a crack in the wall. I call to Juliet. She follow me. She gasps and calls Landon. All of our eyes glow with Juliet's amber eyes glowing the brightest. The room was filled with the skeletons of other artists.

We hear the Dragonologist arrive. We leave the crack in the wall and we sit on the ledge making notes. Charlie was talking animatedly to Izzy. Landon leads him and the others to the other dragons. Juliet and I sit back to back.

"What's wrong?" Izzy asked. Juliet's eyes glow again. She points to the crack in the wall. Izzy peers inside eyes growing wide. I take a deep breath. "They've been dead for at least a hundred years." I tell her. We sit there for a while. Juliet gets up and went to notify the others about what I had found. I get up and went to find Landon. The dragon below stirs. Everyone froze. It raised its head. Its growls filled the air. It swung its tail menacingly.

It glared at everyone. The Dragonologists came back into the room. The dragon glared at the newcomers and growled again. It raised its head fire issued forth from its nostrils.

It flapped its wings. "Can you distract it while we try to calm it down?" Charlie asks me. I nod. He motions for the others to get back. I start humming. The dragon swings its head towards me. I make eye contact with it. I begin to sing in Chinese. The dragon growls but not as fierce as before. I see the Dragonologist with their wands out. I raise the volume of the song just as they stun the dragon. I feel something nudge me.

One of the dragons from the vent was nudging me. I turn to it. It growls lightly. I whistle a note of a song. It went back to the vent. Juliet shakes her head and mouthed "I'm telling Blaise."

I silently plead for her not to. Landon grabs the two of us and we went to search for the works. We find them eventually, but we also found a multitude of young and unhatched dragons. I take pictures of the works and when I was done Juliet and Landon shrank them and put them into bags.

We went back to the others. Izzy was watching Charlie when she thought no one was watching. "And I'm the naughty child. What are you thinking dear sister of mine? Ah there is Charlie. Wearing a very form fitting shirt. What thoughts are rattling in your brain?" I whisper to her in Chinese. She blushes and runs over to Juliet.

Juliet gives me a look as Izzy joins her, and I pretend to be checking my camera. We finish our search at nightfall. More Dragonologists appear to take the dragons and dragon eggs to Romania.

Izzy came over and joined me while I was read through my files. Our next volcano was Mount Etna. "Do you think there might be more dragons in the next volcano?" she asked. I shrug. "There may be a number of creatures that we encounter. Unless there is another reason why you want to know if there may be more dragons? Could it be that Charlie is closer to be my brother-in-law than I think?" I tease her.

She pulled me over to the side. "You can tease me all you want. I know you have some of Blaise's clothes in your luggage.", she whispered. It was my turn to flush. I show her the file and turn from Juliet who was eyeing the two of us with a sly smirk.

I hum lightly. Agni appears and I groan. I grab the note and slide down the rocky wall as I read. Agni chirps at the dragons and flies around nervously and I tsked. I scan over the page. I scribble a quick response and give it back to Agni who disappears gratefully. I put my head in my hands. I groan again as I reread the note. I was in trouble when I got back. We leave the volcano and went to the place where we made camp. Izzy and Juliet stay up to watch the Dragonologists take the final dragons to Romania.

The next day we hike down the mountain. We disapparate to Mount Etna. We hike up that mountain until we reach a cave that led inside the mountain. I watch the night sky. I take a quick nap and we entered the mountain.

A Chimaera awaits us inside. It growls and prowls in front of us. I walk to the side. It watches me carefully. The others slip around it on the other side. I whistle a note of a song. It growls back and starts towards me. I leap out of its way as it bounds forward. It skids past me. I tsk at it. It lets out a irritated roar. I begin to sing a song. It sways and drops to the ground asleep and I join the others. We continue further into the volcano.

Izzy gasps. A heliopath was galloping ahead of us. I take a photo. "For Luna." I mutter to Izzy and Juliet. We keep going and find the works after passing more chimaeras and heliopaths. The other teams helped and the Magizoologists went to study the Chimaeras. We take quick photos and make notes while the other teams put the works into bags.

We travel to Mount Stromboli next. There we encountered more dragons, chimaeras, and heliopaths. We notify the Dragonologists again.

It took a lot longer because the dragons this time were much older and wiser. A Chinese Fireball staggers from a cave below. I duck as a fireball hurtles my way. It keeps shooting fireballs my way. I was losing my temper with the dragon. I growl at it and gives me a stern look before shooting another fireball my way.

I begin to sing a Chinese lullaby and it drops to the ground with a thud. I stretch and look around. Juliet was giving me a look that said that the song would've been useful earlier. I shrug and duck out of the way as a heliopath crashed into the sleeping dragon.

A very tired looking Charlie stumbles into sight. "40 dragons in a volcano. Please tell me you don't have that many more volcanoes to search." he begs looking at me. I held up two fingers. He sags tiredly against a wall. Izzy laughs until she catches his eye. "We'll be taking a few days break in between though so everyone can rest and enjoy Italy. It'll probably give your mum's heart a break. Your hand on her clock is probably pointed straight at mortal peril." I try to get him to smile.

He sighs. He then caught sight of the heliopath and Fireball. He looks around. He pointed at it. Izzy and Juliet pointed at me. I take pictures ignoring them as they tell Charlie what happened.

I turn to take more pictures and run into Charlie. "You sang and it fell asleep. I nod. "It's not the first time I've done it. I normally have to try a few tunes before I can get any creature to collapse into sleep." I explain.

…A Break…

Just as I'd said we took a small break in between volcanoes. I shower at the hotel and visit Rochelle. We have lunch and she updates me about everything that had happened since I'd left.

We join Izzy and Juliet and take them around Italy. "Why Miami?" Rochelle asks as we tour the countryside. "I never got a chance to ask. Blaise got up and said it was time for us to go. I might ask when we're done with this assignment." I respond taking photos of the scenery.

"What about the honeymoon?" Juliet teases. I flush and turn away. "I've had this feeling that ever since they graduated, they've been on their honeymoon." Rochelle sighs. I huff and turn to Izzy. "Are you going to tease me too?" I ask. Izzy looks thoughtful for a moment. Then shakes her head.

"I was only going to ask about our girls' trip." Rochelle ponders. I turn my head skyward. "It depends. I may plan it for the winter so everyone can join." I mumble. I see Juliet nod.

We continue touring Italy. We were enjoying some gelato on a hillside when Agni appeared. He flits around our group as I read Blaise's note. I scribble a response and give it back to Agni.

"What was that all about?" Juliet asks returning to her gelato. "Just some questions." I answer. Izzy scoffs and Rochelle looks highly confused. Izzy and Juliet launch into the story of the mountains.

"You took some of his clothes?", Rochelle asked with an amused smile. I nodded. "It's not like it's the first time I've done it. He didn't even get mad. And just now. He wanted to know why he was getting complaints about me from Charlie." I ramble. The others look stunned.

I turn to look at Izzy. I pout. "Why is Charlie telling on me? Did you tell him I was teasing you?" I whine dramatically. Izzy shrugs. "That's as helpful as having to look after a Blast-Ended Skrewt." Juliet mocks.

"I thought she'd be in trouble from the first letter Blaise sent. However, I didn't tell Charlie to tell Blaise anything.", Izzy mutters. I give her a side hug and she smiles. "Do you guys have any idea of where you might want to go? I have some ideas myself, but I'd like to include everyone." I look at the others.

They think all day on the topic. We eat dinner with the other teams. We have to take a late-night flight to Ecuador. We hug Juliet good-bye at the airport. She went to London to drop off the works we'd found and promises to catch up soon and the rest of us continue to Texas so we could get a flight to Ecuador.

We say nothing as we got a quick nap in before we went to Mount Sangay. We take our time hiking up the mountain. We keep running into Mountain Trolls. "You don't have a song to knock them out!" Juliet yells at me as another troll comes crashing towards us.

I duck and roll. "No! I normally make them crash into each other and knock each other out." I yell back. Izzy sends me a look. I nod back at her. We wave for the others to fall back. Izzy pulls a long rope from her bag. I pull a similar rope from my bag.

We form lassoes and wrap them around the Mountain Trolls pulling them to the ground. The other trolls fall over them and knock themselves out on boulders. We untie the ropes as the others come back up the mountain.

"Where in the hell did you two learn these things?!" Landon gawks at the knocked-out trolls. We put the ropes back in our bags. "Our grandparents work as spies. We traveled the world when we were younger learning non-magical ways of defense and getting out of sticky situations." Izzy beckons the others back to the trail we were on.

We headed up into the mountain. "I think after this assignment we should take a break from all volcano hidden artwork assignments. I think we should take a desert or tropical assignment!" Juliet rants to Landon.

Landon smiles at her and shakes his head. She follows after him still ranting. I stop walking. I point at a crack in the side of the mountain. I stop a Magizoologist. I wave them at the crack. An Occamy pops in and out of the crack watching us.

The Magizoologists walk over to it. They study it for a bit. Landon was still listening to Juliet's ranting. They motioned him over. He put his hands on her shoulders and steps around her. She sits on a boulder visibly upset. I slide over to her.

"Your rant didn't work? Shame! I thought it would. Did you try flirting?" I tease. She bats me away. I pull her up and we joined the others. I poke at her face until she smiles. We follow the Occamies to a separate entrance and found the works without much hinderance. We stay over night so the Magizoologists could study the Occamies.

Our last destination was Santa Maria in Guatemala. We walk up the volcano hesitantly. We knew not of what awaited us inside. We notify the Dragonologists ahead of time. They meet us halfway up the volcano.

We camp out overnight so we can plan everything out. I hear something. I shake my head. I hear it again. "What's wrong?" Charlie asks. "She's heard something. You know she inherited dad's hearing. Give her a moment." Izzy speaks in a hushed tone.

Everyone had gone silent watching me. "68 hatched dragons, some heliopaths, 12 chimaeras, 20 trolls, and 34 ogres. Sounds like fun right." I inform the others sarcastically. "68 hatched dragons?! How many are unhatched?" Charlie scoffs. I shrug "Approximately 68."

The group furiously prepares for the journey inside the volcano. I turn to Landon and Juliet. "Maybe our next assignment should be underwater or waterfalls. You know. A bit lighter than lava, volcanoes, and dragons." I scoff. Juliet and I turn to Landon. Knowing this was a losing battle he sighs and nods.

In the early morning light, we head into the volcano. What I'd heard the night before was true with the addition of 92 unhatched dragon eggs. I take photos of the artworks. Juliet and Landon shrink them when I'm done with them.

We went out of the cavern to find the others. I slide down the wall of the volcano. I was dog tired. Izzy had her head on my left shoulder and Juliet on my right. I was beginning to drift off when Aithne and Agni fly into the volcano.

They fly over and drop off notes to me. I felt like I was in trouble for something. Agni went over to Charlie. Aithne sits in my lap as I pet her. She'd grown so much. "What now? Are you in trouble?" Juliet peered at the notes. I shrugged.

The first one was from Mrs. Zabini who notified me of Rochelle's arrival. The second was Rochelle telling me about Blaise and Cianna's conversations. The third was Blaise telling me that when I got back, he needed my help talking his mum out of something. I show the notes to the others. "I can't believe it. I leave on a short trip and they need my help. What can I do to help? I mean honestly. What on earth do I have to contribute?" I pout at the note.

"Could it be something about the wedding?" Izzy asks. I freeze. "Did you really forget that you left your fiancé to deal with all this and you did not put a leash on his mum and our parents?" she asks hitting my shoulder. I think back. I scrawl hurried notes to them and sent Aithne off in a hurry.

"Oh, that poor boy. Trying to get used to work and then having to deal with his mum and his future in laws." Juliet teases. Charlie comes over and collapses next to Izzy. They'd called for backup. There were too many to transport.

He looks very tired. "And then this poor boy. Coming and dealing with these dragons. You poor boy." Juliet teases. Charlie looks temporarily confused. Izzy quickly explained. Charlie shakes his head.

By the time we get back to London it's almost October. Everyone went their separate ways at the airport. Landon's parents caused such a scene that Juliet had to help him escort them out of the airport. Charlie and Izzy went to visit his parents.

I sigh as I collect my bags. I feel a familiar presence. I turn around and shriek. Blaise was leaning on a wall watching me. He strides over to me and I drop my bags jumping into his arms. I bury my face in his neck.

He laughs "I guess you really missed me!" I nod. Blaise puts me down and grabs my abandoned bags. He wraps his arm around me as we leave the airport. "I do believe something about you has changed.", he murmured into my ear. My face went blank. I stared at him as if I did not understand.

He tsked and kissed my forehead as we continued to walk. I wrapped my arm around his waist. We turned into a park and sat on a bench. My head was on his shoulder. "There is something different about you!" he smiles gleefully. I frown at him.

We sit in the park enjoying each other's company for a bit. We get up for a walk. I tell him all about the trip. He gasped. "Charlie had told me some parts, but I didn't think you went that far." he gapes. We'd stopped on a somewhat empty street.

"I'm in trouble, aren't I?" I asked him. He looks down at me. He shakes his head. "I think if you can help with mum, I'll let you off the hook." he mutters and I put my head on his chest. We continue walking to his flat.

"I'm home!" I call. Aithne and Agni fly into the room. They sit on my shoulders. I chirp with them until they fly off. Blaise was staring at my bags. He points at them. "What'd you take?" he asks looking me in the eye. I walk over to the bag. "Do I have to?" I ask looking at him.

…Wedding Planning…

Blaise nods. I take out Blaise's things I'd taken. He smiled at me. He pulls me into a hug. I was stunned. "You knew you were going to miss me that much?" he mumbles. He kisses me gently. I smile and nod.

We lie on the couch talking about his work as the sun begins to set. "Oh, what did I need to talk to your mum about?" I ask as I rest my head on his chest. He runs his hands up and down my arms. "Oh! That. She wants to help with the dress. She said she wants to make a dress that showed the unity and harmony of the families. I was obviously in no position to offer an answer." he informs me. I stare at him.

"Wow! I've been stressing over nothing. I'll talk to her tomorrow. I'll need to talk my parents and grandparents too. I might just hold a lunch meeting so I can talk to everyone at the same time." I notify Blaise.

He lets out a relaxed sigh. I kiss him. "I should not have left without dealing with these things first. I'm sorry. You must've been stressed." I look down where he was playing with my hand. "There's some stuff I can handle, but mum started pulling out binders on binders of wedding stuff and I got confused and Rochelle just sat there laughing at me. Ugh, it was a nightmare!" he groans. I kiss him again.

He lets me kiss him. He puts his hands on my neck pulling me closer into the kiss. I smile into the kiss. His hands travel down to my hips. My arms were around his neck and my legs were around his waist.

I gasp as he kisses my neck. He nips lightly at my neck. I press up against him and let my hands travel down his chest. He groans against my neck. I work his shirt over him. I smile in glee at the sight.

Blaise works my shirt over my head. I captur his mouth in a passionate kiss. Blaise slides on top of me. I undid the buttons on his pants. He kisses a trail down my body. My breath catches as he takes my shorts off and slides his pants off.

I watch as he kisses the inside of my thighs. His fingers sweep teasingly over my folds and my breath caught every time they did. He smirks. He slides my panties to the side and slams into me.

I shudder as he slides into me further. I nuzzle his neck and kiss it. He pistons away into me. I moan into his ear and he groans. He lifts my hips higher getting a better angle. I nip his neck as he hit my g spot. I rolled my hips into his.

I gaze into his eyes lovingly. His eyes darken several shades upon recieving my gaze. "Love don't look at me like that." he groans. I pout and kiss him deeply. He moan insto the kiss and I giggle. He tilt my head back and kisses the sensitive spot on my neck. I shiver. My body was pressed very close to his. I was shaking and he holds my hips still.

I purr as he purposely hits my g spot repeatedly. I orgasm and he smirks slyly. He sits up pulling me with him. I now sit on his lap. He watches me with interest. His gaze travels over my body. His gaze falters. "So, this is what was different about you." Blaise mumbles. I look to where he's looking. Along my left side were numbers I'd gotten tattooed on my body. "Love. What'd you do?" he asks with a trace of a smile in his voice.

"They're the dates most important to me. When we officially started dating, the first time you saw me, the first time you showed your true emotions to me, the day you said you love me for the first time, the day you comforted me after the Triwizard Tournament, the day you proposed, the day we made love the first time, and the day you told me about when you saw me for the first time." I whisper to him. Blaise turns my head to him.

His eyes gaze into mine with a look of utmost admiration. "That's beautiful love." he mumble. "You have been by my side all these years watching over me. Even when I didn't realize it you loved me. You give me the most perfect love I could have ever asked for or wanted. Should I ever forget I can look at the dates." I continue.

Blaise pulls me into a gentle kiss. He rolls my hips down. I gasp. His thumbs flits across my nipples. I arch my back. I roll my hips down faster clenching my walls around him. He groans and our kiss grows more passionate. I moan into the kiss and feel him twitch inside me. He holds me down by my hips as we climax together. My head was buried in his neck as we caught our breath. I kiss his neck and trail my way up to his lips.

He kisses me back as the last of our orgasms rolled over us. He picks me up and we take a shower. Sometimes I catch him staring lovingly at my tattoo. I pull him under the water. He kisses me gently. "You know we could plan our honeymoon. I can think of a few secluded locations for us to enjoy our time." he murmurs against my lips. I smile. "Ah, so, you like the idea of planning our honeymoon. How about we plan our first night as husband and wife?" he continues. I gasp as his hands trace circles on my skin.

"That's like asking me what I'm going to wear on our wedding night." I tsk. He looks at me hopefully. I stand on tiptoe and whisper in his ear "Maybe I'll wear nothing at all that night…" He's stunned into silence and I continue my shower. I step out of the shower and wrap myself in a towel. I hum lightly as I wash my face. I hear Blaise step out of the shower. He wraps a towel around his waist.

I hop onto the counter. I watch him carefully. He was still in shock. "Or you can be my taste tester and come with me for wedding cake tasting." I offer. He looks at me. I raise my eyebrows. He thinks it over. "Of course, I'll be your taste tester. But I'd prefer if you didn't tease me like that." he mutters. I nudge him with my foot "Who said I was teasing. I thought I sounded quite serious."

I hop off the counter. I let my fingers graze his shoulders as I pass him on the way out of the bathroom. I pull one of Blaise's long shirts over my body. I pull my hair back into a low ponytail.

I walk to the kitchen. I was sipping on some water when Blaise emerges from the room wearing only some sweatpants. I have a notepad in front of me. "What are you doing love?" Blaise asks leaning over my shoulder. I was listing all the countries we both had family in.

"I kind of wanted to make sure everyone was well represented. If I could get some flavors that everyone loves I think it'd be fun and bring everyone together faster. And on the second page well that can wait." I ramble. Blaise turns his face into my neck.

"What's on the second page?" he mumbles. I turn to him. "You know I met Rochelle again in Italy, right?", I started and he nods, "I thought it might be nice to on a girl's trip so they all could get to know each other. Both sides. My friends and cousins and your cousins."

He stares at me and a smile breaks across his face. "If your planning a girl's trip, can I plan a guy's trip?" he asks slyly. I nod. He gapes at me. "You're not going to plan anything to reckless, are you? And that's why you'll let me plan a guy's trip." he looks into my eyes searching for an answer.

I sigh. "Our trip is mainly meeting, relaxation, getting to know each other, and maybe some shopping and eating." I tell him. He doesn't look convinced. "All the girls have decided they want to go to France this winter." I mumble looking at the floor. He lifts my face back to his.

"Did I hear you say France? You want me to allow you and this illegal body of yours to go to France?" he scoffs. I look at him pleadingly and whine. He falters for a second. "Fine. Fine. Fine, but you my dear. You have to promise me not to go running off to French guy." he looks at me as if I might disappear.

"Why would I runoff with some rando when I have you. However, I do promise. Okay?" I kiss him gently and turn back to the notepad. "I think I might plan a ski trip. It'll be wintertime when you go on your trip.", he was muttering and mumbling to himself.

We spend the day planning a few things and we fall asleep in each other's arms. I sigh contentedly in his arms, nuzzle my head into his chest, and sink into a deeper sleep.

He wakes me the next morning. I groaned and put a pillow over my head. He does not like this reaction. I hear a low growl emanate from where he stands. I feel a sting on my ass. "I'm going to give you to the count of three before I hit your bum again." he growls.

I smile and tuck myself further into the bed. I hear him countdown. I feel him smack ass again harder this time. I whine beneath the pillow. I feel the bed dip as he crawls onto the bed. "Charlotte Black! Get your ass out of bed right now!" he growls. I do not move.

He picks me up and throws me over his shoulder. I squeal. He spanks me a few more times before placing me in his lap. I glare at him. He scans over me quickly. Nodding he picks me up and carries me to the bathroom and places me on the counter.

I sigh in exasperation. He glares at me. I straighten up and look at him apologetically. He turns the shower on. I throw the shirt I'm wearing off. I begin humming a song. I saw him smile. I shower and dress. Blaise joins me at the front door dressed and ready to go. I grab my bag and we leave for my parents' house.

I knock on the door. Mum throws the door open and pulls me into a bone crushing hug. "Izzy and Charlie already told us about your trip." she cries out. I look at Blaise for help. He walks to the kitchen ignoring my silent pleas.

He comes back a few seconds later with dad. Dad peels mum off of me and I stand by Blaise catching my breath. Blaise and dad were grinning. "Geez mum! I missed you too, but you don't see me almost crushing you to death.", I gasp.

We went into the kitchen. Grandma and grandpa Rowell, Grandma Black, and Mrs. Zabini are already there. Izzy and Charlie were in the backyard. I sit at the kitchen island. Blaise hugs his mum then joins me. "I heard your questioning made Blaise a bit flustered." I turn to Mrs. Zabini. She nods. I chuckle until I catch Blaise's eye. "I can answer your questions. However, we're both going on trips this winter." I tell her.

She sits in her seat mouth agape. "What do you mean a trip?" grandpa Rowell asks. Blaise explains quickly. The adults sit back taking in the information. I take out my notepad. "I think these are all the countries we both have family in, but I did want to check." I tell them. They come over and check the notepad.

I pull Mrs. Zabini to the side. "Blaise told me about the binders and dress. Do you have the binders with you?" I whisper. She nods. She retrieves them from her bag. I begin to pour over them. Grandma Black watches the scene with rapt interest.

I pick out a few things I wanted her to work on. Mum comes over and I begin giving everyone something to do. Mum, grandma Black, grandma Rowell, and Mrs. Zabini went off to plan. Dad and grandpa Rowell sat down drinking coffee. "You gave them something to do so they wouldn't make Blaise flustered, again didn't you?" dad asks with a smirk.

I gasp and shoot him a wink. Grandpa Rowell laughs at us as Charlie and Izzy walk in. "How cute you two are! My darling sister and my brother-in-law!" I squeal in Chinese as they walk further in. Izzy smacks my arm. Dad tsks at us. "You girls haven't changed much since you were younger, have you?" grandpa Rowell jokingly scolds us in Chinese. I chuckle and Izzy went to give him a hug.

"What've you guys been up to?" Izzy asks. Dad explained while I busied myself with the notepad. "So, we're going to France! Blaise gave you permission?" she gasps. I nod. "France…", dad murmured, "I remember when your mum went to France for the first time…" Already knowing where the story was going, having heard it before, Izzy and I throw bits of bread at him.

"What was that for?" dad asks feigning innocence. I push Blaise over to the table with dad then pulled Izzy from the room. We went up to my room. I pull a binder from my bag. She sat at my desk. "Help me pick a wedding invites.", I poked her lightly.

We scan the invites and name cards for 3 hours. We hear a knock and see Rochelle. We squeal and rush to hug her. She joins us in our search. I flip through a binder. I let out a gasp. There were 8 beautiful frost white bridesmaids dresses with jeweled bodices on the page. I point at them.

Rochelle and Izzy look at the dresses. "Ooh, they're gorgeous!" Izzy gasps. Rochelle nods gazing down at the dresses. I pick up the binder and hurry down the stairs to the study where the women were with Rochelle and Izzy hot on my heels.

I knock and enter without waiting for an answer. They look up. I mutter nonsensically as I point at the page. They understand and make note. Rochelle and Izzy show them the page of invites we'd chosen.

"Does this mean you've chosen your bridesmaids?", grandma Black asks. I nod. "Rochelle, Luna, Izzy, Elda, and Ginny." I rattle off the names. I look up. Rochelle and Izzy have grateful tears in their eyes. I roll my eyes playfully. Rochelle and Izzy cling to one another and jump around in glee.

I walk over to mum. "In a couple of weeks Blaise and I are going to go to Miami to try out some cakes from different bakers." I tell her and she writes down the dates and spend the day there planning. I sent the bridesmaids notices out with Aithne. Mum begins cooking dinner. I went through a few cookbooks with Mrs. Zabini. "Charlotte has already chosen her bridesmaids. Have you started on your groomsmen list Blaise?" grandma Black asks slyly.

I lift the cookbook, so it's blocking me. I peek over the cookbook in time to see him shake his head. I tsk quietly. Aithne reappears. She pecks at the book in my hands. I put the book down and read the responses. "They've all agreed." I smile at Mrs. Zabini. We eat dinner and chat until late in the night.