AN: AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH! THE END IS NEAR! I will be sad when it comes. OK more story time!
We had set the date for the almost exactly one year later, give or take a day. We planned it so that once it came around, we were both twenty one. Kitty, Marie and Raven (who came back when we told her John and I were getting married) helped me pick out my dress, the church, and practically everything else. I told John not to worry, with the four of us on the job everything would be done within six months but we could still wait so we each plan our different parties before we were married. That took us girls two days and it took John, Bobby, Logan, Jimmy, and a new friend of ours code named Gambit two months to figure everything out. Mostly they argued on where to go. Finally, it was the rehearsal dinner. That went perfect. I went to sleep that night happy and maybe a little tipsy from the drinks I had.
I woke up around eleven at night from a nightmare. It was the same one that had haunted me for so long. The night Magneto made me blow up the building. I woke up in a sweat, terrified until I remembered that I had only been dreaming. I decided to get some fresh air, so I opened the window to leave. My room, next to Marie's, over-looked the memorials. I was about to go down there when I saw someone else standing there. I decided to see who was up this late. I went invisible, floated down and stayed invisible when I saw that it was John standing in front of Xavier's memorial. I had arrived in time to hear the end of his goodbye.
"I'm sorry I didn't turn out how you expected me to. Or maybe you did know that I would turn sides. Guess I'll never know. I'm sorry for everything I did that was screwed up, which was a lot. And I'm sorry I couldn't say this in person." I knew he was done once I saw his head bow. I became visible and walked up to him. I put my hand on his shoulder to show him that I knew how he felt. "It's bad luck to see the bride on the night before."
"I'm sure superstition will make an exception this time," I said somewhat sarcastically. I didn't believe that stuff.
"Liz, I can't stay when we're married. I want to leave."
"Ok." He seemed surprised I had said that. "It would be hard to live in a school when we're married. But let's not go too far. I still want to be in driving distance."
"It's a deal. Come on. Get back to bed. We have a big day tomorrow."
"Alright, alright. You coming too? I can give you a ride."
"No. I'll stay here a bit. Good night."
"Good night." I went invisible and floated back to my room. I couldn't get to sleep right away, so I brought out my dress and put it on, just to see how I looked. The dress was white, strapless, and very long in the back. It had been my dream dress since I could remember. And finally it was mine. I loved it. And, personally, I thought I looked beautiful in it. I took it off, tucked myself back into bed and fell asleep, anticipating tomorrow afternoon.