More wedding stuff is getting planned out! Yeeee. Heart finally goes dress shopping.

Ch 41: Dress Hunting

(Heart's POV)

After three more months I tried my best, with help from my friends, to plan out the wedding. I still had two more months and had almost everything planned out. A lot of it was thanks to Charlie, I honestly don't know what I'd do if she wasn't helping me. I did ask Alastor for help with a few things though. I asked minor things, but he would tell me that he wouldn't mind no matter what I chose. It was my day just as much as it was his. He did voice his opinions at least. I always had a hard time deciding on things.

He would tell me how he wanted to cook, I kept telling him no. I forbid him from cooking anything for this wedding. I know he can be a foodie about things, but I told him he shouldn't be picky.

As for the guests it was no surprise to me that he wanted to invite all of hell. I told him no and to keep the guests under 150, I told him I didn't want anything big. He seemed down about that, but he understood that I didn't want many people there. Who knows if I would even get that many. I know Alastor knew a lot of people, so I just told him to write some down and I'd send the invitations to them anyway. The man would be the death of me already just because he wanted to show me off. Which I understood as well because he just wanted everyone to know that I belonged to him.

Alastor did eventually ask one last guy to be a groomsman and to my surprise he asked Kato. I'm sure he didn't mind but Alastor probably wanted to have someone else that I knew and trusted. If he trusted Kota, then I knew I could trust him with Lizzy. Thankfully, the deer demon was taking care of everything on the guys side so I knew I wouldn't worry about that at least.

As of today, though, it was time for dress shopping for the girls as well as myself.

Angel knew of this amazing place in town. It was a little uppity part of town, but he said they were good. He said that someone always got him outfits from there a long time ago, but they've been around for a while.

I was excited that morning when I woke up. Of course, I woke up the best way possible when Alastor started kissing my back since I was laying on my stomach and he decided to crawl onto me halfway and lay kisses onto my back. I had my wings folded up at my sides so that they wouldn't be in his way. It was a nice way to wake up. I felt my tail wag against him.

"Morning my great buck." I greeted him when I looked over my shoulder at him.

"Morning my little wolf." Alastor was muffled by his lips on my back.

He was kissing me in between my wings and he brought his one hand up to glide his fingers across the membrane of my one wing. It twitched a moment from the touch.

I giggled, "You're going to put me back to sleep honey if you keep it up." I whispered to him.

All he did was chuckle and continue his movements. I just relaxed under his touches, putting my face back in the pillow.

"You know I have to get ready." I muffled into the pillow.

Alastor took a pause as he continued, "Just a few more moments with you dear. That's all I need." Alastor answered me.

"No funny business." I told him sternly.

I heard him let out a breath through his nose. "Darling would I do that?" I heard him ask innocently.

"Yes." I quickly answered with a laugh.

He laughed. "Ok you caught me."

Alastor rolled off me and laid his head down close to mine on the pillow and I looked at me. I moved over to my side to face him. We were silent as all we heard was the birds outside. We just looked at each other, enjoying the moment. Alastor put his hand against my check and ran his thumb against my chin and lips. I let out a sigh of content as I leaned against his touch.

"I love you." I whispered as I closed my eyes.

Alastor leaned forward to place a kiss on my forehead and then leaned his forehead against mine. "I love you too."

We stayed like that for a little while longer until I finally started to get up. I took his hand off my face and just held it, "Ok, I need to get ready to leave. I don't want everyone to wait and we don't know if they will be busy or not."

Alastor let out a small groan, "Ok, I understand dear. I know it's an important day for you."

I nodded as I wagged my tail with excitement, "We're all getting our dresses today." I smiled.

Alastor smiled as well.

I looked at him sternly, "No sending your shadows to look either. I want to keep it a surprise."

Alastor chuckled, "Don't worry darling, I promise I won't peak." He gave me a small smile.

"Good because I'll make sure to punish you instead if you do." I said jokingly.

Alastor said nothing and just put a small kiss on my lips.

I gave Alastor a kiss on his nose and rolled out of bed. I stood up and stretched and was greeted by Rufio who got up from his dog bed. He went up to me and wagged his tail.

I leaned down to pet the hound, "Such a good boy." I looked over to Alastor who was still in bed. "Can you feed him while I get a shower?"

Alastor gave me a look of concern. I understood that even after a few months of having Rufio around, he was still afraid. I almost wanted to sigh but I held it back since Alastor didn't answer me and just looked from me to the hound at my feet. I'll take that as a no then since he didn't answer me after a few seconds.

I gave the deer demon a small smile, "Don't worry about it Al, he can wait for me to be done. I won't force you."

I walked into the bathroom and Rufio followed. He laid at the entrance of the bathroom as usual. I turned on the water and got into the shower. As I got washed, I just sighed and put my ears against my head. I just wished Alastor wasn't so off and on with Rufio. Even just asking him to feed the hound was hard. Some days he was ok with him and some days he wasn't. It was kind of frustrating. I understand that he has his fears but Rufio was ok with Alastor, I could tell and I sure Alastor could tell. I knew he would protect Alastor if he could, even if the deer demon could take care of himself. I know I shouldn't make a big deal about it but sometimes it got to me. I sighed again.

I then heard a paw tap on the shower door that took me out of my thoughts. My ears went up.

Lately I found out that Rufio was ok with water, mainly because I tried to give him a bath after he got covered in mud. He behaved nicely for me and enjoyed the water. He kept wanting to paly in it.

I opened the shower door and to my surprise Rufio stepped in with me. He played in the water a moment before walking up to me and rubbing my leg with his nose. I sat down in the shower and Rufio walked up to me and put his muzzle on my shoulder. I gave a small chuckle. He must have felt my moods being upset and he wanted to comfort me. The hound always seemed to know my moods and wanted to comfort me when I was upset, even though it was something small.

I wrapped my arms around him and put my face in his short fur. "Thanks, Rufio." I whispered.

I pulled away a moment and he laid kisses on my face. I chuckled at him. He was too cute. I stood up and turned the water off in the shower.

I looked down at Rufio, "Now you are all wet too." I laughed and he shook himself as water went everywhere. I laughed at him and got out of the shower. I wrapped myself in a towel and then took another to try and get Rufio somewhat dry. We both walked out of the bathroom and I noticed that Alastor was not in the room anymore. Hopefully, he didn't leave without saying goodbye. I hope I didn't make him upset because of me getting upset. My ears went to the side slightly.

I dried myself off a little more and then got dressed. I headed down into the kitchen and looked to see Alastor in there. He was sitting at the table drinking his coffee while reading the paper. I also noticed that Rufio went straight to his bowl and he started eating, did Alastor actually put food in the hound's bowl? My ears went up, I was honestly surprised if he did. I also noticed that Alastor had a bowl of cereal waiting for me at the table. I always enjoyed when he did nice stuff like that for me.

I walked over to the table and sat in the chair, "Did you put the food in Rufio's bowl?"

"I did." Was all Alastor answered as he continued to look at the paper.

"Thank you." I told him with a smile.

"I was totally ok putting the food in the bowl while the hound WASN'T here by me. Other than that, I have no issues." He explained as he took another sip of his coffee.

I nodded, "I appreciate it either way." I smiled softly and I felt my tail wag a little.

Alastor said nothing as he was lost in his paper. I sighed mentally and went to eating my cereal. As I ate my mind was lost. Did I do something wrong? Alastor didn't seem himself today. Was he nervous about something? Something on his mind? I was just worried about him.

I don't know what his plans were today but maybe it had something to do with the wedding? Did the guys have something planned for him today? Was he just worried? I didn't want to think it was something bad. I didn't want to ask in case it was a surprise. Plus, I didn't want to push him. I guess I shouldn't ask so many questions right now since I know he was probably stressed about stuff to. He just didn't show it.

We ate in silence for a moment. I then felt Rufio come to my side next to the chair. I looked down at him and smiled.

"Alastor, will you be ok looking over Rufio while I'm out?" I asked the deer demon as I reached down to pet the hound.

"I'll be about to handle him sweetheart." Alastor answered me as he looked over at me. "He'll be in good hands."

I smiled, "Ok, thanks Al. I appreciate it." I stood up with my empty bowl. "I don't know how long we will be but if you need anything you let me know." I started to clean my bowl in the sink.

"I know dear, don't you worry." Rufio went over to Alastor and sat next to his chair. The deer demon looked down at the hound and reached a clawed hand down to pet him on the head. Rufio wagged his tail.

These are the moments that I enjoyed seeing with the two. He didn't really notice it most of the time, but they were bonding.

I just smiled and finished cleaning my bowl. I put it in the dry rack. I went over to Alastor and he put his paper down on the table as I went up to him.

He pat his lap and I smiled more as I decided to accept his offer and sat down sideways in the deer demon's lap and wrapped my arms around his shoulders as he put his hands on my hips.

He leaned in and kissed my cheek, "I can sense your upset mon amour. What's bothering you?" Alastor asked me softly.

I looked away from him a moment as I put my ears down slighlty, "Its nothing to worry about honey. I just have a lot on my mind is all." It was true but also partially a lie. I saw Alastor was looking at me like he didn't believe me. "I promise it's nothing my buck." I gave him a smile.

He wrapped his arms around me more and brought me closer. "If you say so, but if you want to talk to me later let me know. You know I'm all ears." Alastor flicked his ears at me.

I gave a chuckle at that. "Thanks, Alastor." I gave him a kiss on the lips. "I have to get going if I want to meet everyone at the hotel on time."

Alastor kissed me again. "I can't have you for a few more minutes?"

I gave a chuckle. "Few more minutes." I answered and gave him another kiss.

He put one hand on the back of my head and pulled me in for another kiss, but he kept him there for a few moments. He decided to lick my bottom lip and I happily let him in to kiss me deeper. I took my arms that were around his shoulders and put my hands up into his hair. I let him explore a minute and I was enjoying the moment. My one hand found his ear and I started to play with it. Alastor pulled his tongue away and chuckled against our lips.

"My dear if you keep doing what you're doing then you will be very late." He said as he chuckled.

I chuckled as well and pulled away. "Ok you have a point."

I kissed him one last time before standing up. "I'll be going ok. I'll see you when I get back." I looked to Rufio and kneeled down to him. "Now you behave for Alastor ok?"

Rufio barked in understanding. Be nice for the second master.

I nodded and stood up. I gave Alastor one last kiss. "Now remember, no peeking." I told him sternly.

"You have my honor my love." Alastor said as he put his hand over his heart. "Can my shadow at least follow you to the hotel?"

"Of course." I answered.

I saw Alastor's shadow lift from the floor crawl over to me. I smiled and said goodbye and headed out to head to the hotel. I was meeting Charlie and everyone there and we were taking her car to the dress shop.

I walked down the dirt road out of the forests and into the concrete jungle of the city to make my way to the hotel. I could feel the presence of Alastor's shadow attached to me as I walked. I only knew because I had the chill of it and I almost felt heavier. It was a hard feeling to try and explain but I always felt safe. Its like it was attached to my own shadow in a way.

I got to the hotel and stood at the door for a moment to knock. Once I did, I saw Alastor's shadow lift off me. It gave me a big smile and I saw it zoom off as it went back to Alastor. Soon the door opened, and I saw Charlie in the doorway.

"Heart you're here!" She exclaimed as she greeted me with a hug. "We were all waiting for you to arrive." She got out of the hug and pulled my inside. "Everyone is here, we were just waiting on you."

When I got inside the lobby, I noticed everyone by the bar. Angel, Vaggie and Lizzy were all sitting at the bar talking.

"Sorry for running a little behind." I apologized. "I wanted to make sure Alastor was ok with Rufio before I left. You know how he can be around the hound."

"Don't worry, we know. It's all ok. We won't be late." Charlie told me as we got to everyone. "Time to go everyone, the bride to be has finally arrived."

I blushed at her words, that's something I would not get used to at the moment. Being called a bride. Man, it just felt so nervous and excited at the same time.

Everyone stood up from the bar and walked up to me.

"This is so exciting." Lizzy said as she put an arm around me. "My big sister is getting married. Who would have thought?"

"We are only dress shopping today. Don't get me even more nervous than I already am." I said to her.

"Don't worry toots, I'm sure everyone gets the jitters thinking about that." Angel told me with a reassuring wink.

I let out a breath, "Yea you're probably right."

"Well come on everyone, the car is outside for us." Charlie announced.

We all headed outside and into the car that was in front of the hotel. We all piled into the back and the car drove off. On the drive into town, Angel talked about how amazing this place was and that they had dresses for about anything you could think of. I kind of had an idea on what I was looking for but who knows how my thoughts will change when I get there. I was going to have them do Vaggie's dress first, then the bridesmaid dresses before I went to try dresses on myself. Today was going to be a long one and I feel I would be exhausted afterwards.

We arrived at the shop and we all stepped out of the car and onto the sidewalk outside. The car pulled away after everyone was out and Charlie closed the door.

Angel wrapped an arm around me, "You'll like it in here babe. Alice's Daredevil Dresses are the best around. Trust me." The spider demon gave me a wink.

Charlie looked at me. "Now don't force yourself to pick something from here if you don't like anything, ok? I know there are other places around. So, if there is nothing here, we have other options."

I saw Angel give the princess a face, but I let out a breath. "Right, I know." I looked up at the dress shop. "Let's get started then."

We all walked into the shop and we were automatically greeted by a tall bird looking demon. She almost looked like a cardinal with a red haired mohawk sticking up from her head. HE had feathers sticking out of har arms that looked like tiny wings, "Welcome to Alice's, I am Gruda. How can I help you?" She had a strong Russian accent to her.

I was still so nervous. I had words that I wanted to say but nothing came out. I looked like a fish. God, I was already embarrassing myself.

Angel must have noticed because he put one of his lower arms around my waist and spoke up for me. "This dime right here is gettin' married." Angel gestured to the others in the group and pointed at himself. "We're her weddin' party."

Gruda seemed to get excited after Angel said that. "Ah a wedding! That's so exciting. Congratulations dear." The bird demon explained as she patted my head.

I gave a small giggle. "T-Thank you."

Gruda waived for us to follow her. "Come on, I'll take care of you and we can get all this underway." She said.

We followed her back to a corner room of the building, they had dresses for everything. All seemed to be arranged for an occasion. All the wedding dresses were in this back room. When we got to the back, I was so surprised by how amazing everything looked. So many different colors and styles, I feel I would have a hard time. I knew what I wanted though so I was sticking to it. The hard part would be finding the right one.

Gruda had chairs brought in for everyone as we all walked up to the corner of the room with a big mirror. The bird demon turned around to face us. "Now, what are we doing first?"

I looked over to Vaggie. "She should go first. She's going to be the flower girl." I told Gruda as I pointed to Vaggie.

"Wonderful!" Gruda made a chirp. "Do you have any idea on a theme or something like that?" She asked me.

"Purple." I answered her right away. "I'm thinking something very dark purple for her."

"Splendid!" Gruda walked up to Vaggie, "Come with me dear." The bird demon put one of her small feathered arms around Vaggie and they walked out of the room.

"Let's take a look at this stuff, yea?" Angel said as he walked up to me.

I nodded. "Let's see what we can find for you guys. I feel if I can at least find three of something I like then you each can try it on and I can see what I like." I explained to him.

Charlie walked up next to Angel, "That's a wonderful idea. Let's get started then."

We started looking around the one side of the room that had dresses that could be considered bridesmaid dresses and to be honest I already had a hard time trying to choose three. With help from Lizzy, Charlie, and Angel they definitely helped me out and gave me their thoughts on some of the dresses. I didn't get a change to choose any once Gruda came back with Vaggie.

We all went back to the chairs and Gruda showed us the first dress she put on her. It was dark purple and was trimmed with a lighter purple in the shape of flowers.

I told Gruda that I wanted to look at two other ones before I made a decision. While Gruda was taking care of Vaggie I was still looking around and managed to find three of the dresses I wanted to see the others wear.

When it came to make a decision on Vaggie's dress I went with the second one that was shown to me. The was a plum color and it was ruffled at the bottom and the top half was a lighter purple with lace with a bow around the middle. I also think it looked pretty on her and I know Charlie thought so too because she was quickly to agree with me on the second choice.

Now that Vaggie was out of the way, I gave Gruda the three dresses I picked for the others and she took all three of them back to put a dress on each of them.

While she did that I went around and finally looked at the wedding dresses for myself. Vaggie was there to give me her option but she kept telling me to just pick the ones that just screamed to me. Find one I wanted to see myself in. In my mind I was also thinking of what Alastor would want to see but I knew that it wouldn't really matter. I managed to find two by the time Gruda came back.

I looked at each of them as they looked at themselves in the mirror as well. I already knew Angel was digging the dress he was in. The one Angel was wearing was dark wine purple and had one shoulder exposed. It had a slit in the one side to show the leg. Lizzy had on one that is more of a lavender purple and faded down into a darker eggplant purple towards the bottom and it was a spaghetti strapped. Last was the one Charlie had on, it was a shorter dress that went to about the knees and was a dark grape purple with a V-neck and exposed shoulders but had sleeves on the upper arms.

"What do you guys think?" I asked them.

Angel of course went first. "I think this one is sexy because ya can pull it up to show off ya legs." Angel then went and put his one leg out to show off his boots.

I shook my head with a chuckle.

Lizzy then said, "I like this one more because it isn't as revealing, plus the colors are neat with the fade."

Oh boy they weren't making this easy.

Then Charlie told me, "Well to be honest I am not a fan of this one because it feels short and isn't comfortable. If I would choose one, I'd say the one Lizzy was wearing." Charlie said as she pointed next to her at the wolf demon.

I looked at the moth demon girl next to me. "What do you think, Vaggie? I just want to hear all the opinions."

Vaggie took another look at them and then turned back to me. "I like the one Lizzy is wearing as well."

"As do I." I finally gave my answer. I looked at Gruda. "I think I'm going to go with that one."

"Chudesno! Wonderful!" Gruda said excitedly. "I will take them back to get them out of these dresses and then we can move onto the bride."

I laughed at her excitement. I will admit that Gruda was very nice and enjoyed her job very much. She definitely had a positive energy.

Vaggie looked at me. "Want to keep looking for a third dress?" She asked me once we were alone.

I nodded. "I'll look one more time to see if anything speaks to me." I answered and stood up.

I went through the dresses one last time and I go to a rack that was on the end in the other corner and way tucked in the back was another dress, I pulled it out and it was purple like the others but it seemed that this was different to me. I shrugged off the feeling and just took it over with the other two I had sitting on the chair.

It wasn't long till the three came back out and Gruda waved for me to come back with her. I grabbed the three dresses I picked out and followed her back to the dressing room. Again, I became nervous, why I was not sure. I was excited yea, but I guess everyone goes through this when doing all this wedding stuff.

When we got into the dressing room, I hung up the dresses and Gruda was there to help me put on the first dress.

"So, do you mind me asking who the lucky guy is?" Gruda asked as she went to unzip the first dress from its plastic covering.

"Well I kind of want to keep that private, Gruda. I hope that's ok. I've already had enough problems before all the wedding planning happened." I told her with a small chuckle of embarrassment.

"Don't worry dear. I can understand." The bird demon answered as she pulled out the first dress.

It was a slim fitting dress at the top and then went out wide at the bottom. It was a dark purple with a black design all along it with a bow around the waist. I wasn't sure what I thought about it being so fitting, but I went out to show the others.

They seemed to like it, but they also agreed that it definitely wasn't me. Even Gruda agreed and she didn't know me that well. So, we toasted that one as a no and went to the next.

The second was a lighter purple that had sleeves on the top parts of my arms, but my shoulders were still exposed. It was frilled a little at the bottom that went sideways down the dress and the rest was long. I did like this one. When I showed the other, they agreed that it was pretty. They said I should try on the last one before making any decisions. I said that it was a good idea, so I got out of the second dress and put on the last one.

The last one I found tucked away in the corner on a rack.

As soon as Gruda unzipped it from its plastic covering and pulled it out I was amazed at how it looked. It was something different. I actually couldn't wait to get it on. As soon as I got it on, I was so excited to show everyone. My tail was just wagging with so much excitement.

"Ok I have the last one on." I announced to everyone as I walked in.

Everyone turned to look at me and they all had wide eyes. I noticed they followed me until I stood in front of them. I finally looked at myself in the mirror and was actually blown away by how amazing the dress looked on me.

The dress was a royal purple, it showed off my shoulders but had small sleeves around the upper arms and sleeves that went down past my elbow slightly. It had a frilly neckline and had small purple flower designs just put randomly over the top and down into the bottom. Attached to the sleeves was a see thru fabric that went down and matched the bottom of the dress. When I lifted my arms, the fabric went with them.

I did a small spin and watched as it all moved. I turned around to look at my friends who were all still sitting down and looked at me with wide eyes. Lizzy almost looked to be in tears.

Gruda walked up to me, "Here, let's see what it looks like with this on to." She had a veil in her feathered fingers. I looked to see it was the same color purple and had the flower design on it and it went into the veil as well. She placed it on my head.

"Heart, that dress is definitely you." Charlie breathed out.

"I second this action." Vaggie said with a smile.

"I agree babe, I think ya should go with that one." Angel added.

"You look beautiful." Lizzy told me.

I was so touched by their kind words to me. It was obvious that they like this one over the second for sure. I turned back around to look at myself in the mirror. With the veil on my head it definitely tied everything together. I was blown away by how it looked. I smiled so wide and gave a small chuckle.

I couldn't wait to see Alastor's face.

I turned to look at Gruda. "This is definitely the one." I looked back at my reflection. "I can see myself in this dress."

The red bird demon clapped her feathered hands together. "Oh splendid! This is exciting. Deciding on a dress is the best feeling."

I nodded in agreement. I turned back around and followed Gruda out of the room and back into the changing room to take off the dress. I honestly didn't want to, but I knew I had to. My day would come soon, and I knew I would be weaning it all day, so all in good time. Plus, I had a feeling Alastor would want it to stay on my long once were we're alone. That thought of that made me chuckle.

Once I was out of the dress, I met back up with everyone and they all hugged me. I was surprised. I sure they were just as excited as I was. I was so happy and I my tail just wagging a mile a minute.

Gruda came up next to us. "Now when do you need these dresses by?" She asked us. "I want to make sure they are ready in time for your big day."

"In two months. November 16th." I answered her.

"No problem dear, we should definitely have it ready for you by then. We will hold onto them and you can come pick them up any time before." Gruda let us know.

"Thank you Gruda. You were really helpful today." I let her know.

The bird demon gave a small bow. "It was a pleasure. It is my job to make people happy." She wrote a few things down on a paper notebook she had. She handed it to me then pointed to the front of the building. "Just go see our cashier before you leave. Remember to tell people about us. We hope you have a nice day."

We all nodded and said goodbye to Gruda. As I got closer to the register, I noticed the demon that was there. It was one person I thought I would never have to interact with. Let alone here of all places. Of course, I don't even know if she would realize it was me. I didn't look that familiar. She didn't know I even existed down here, plus I have a different name. Even so, I was still afraid. Lizzy seemed to notice as well because she stopped.

I stopped and everyone looked back at me.

"Heart?" Charlie wondered out loud.

"What's wrong hun?" Vaggie asked.

"That's my mom." I breathed out, pointing to the cashier who was busy with another customer.

"Your mum? Are ya sure?" Angel asked.

I nodded. Everyone looked back to the cashier.

She was a dragon looking demon. She had humanoid features but had light grey skin that shined like dragon scales, a pair of black wings on her back, horns on her head that curled forward at the end, clawed hands, pulse the way her shirt was you could see a dragon like dark grey underbelly.

"It's her." Lizzy confirmed.

I felt like I was going to evaporate, I didn't want to face my mother. Not here, not now. Of all places. I was starting to breath heavily and I tried to look anywhere but there. I felt like I was going to have a panic attack right there in the back of the store.

Charlie walked up to me and put her hands on my arms. "Heart calm down. Take deep breaths." I looked at the demon princess and did as she said to calm myself. "Now, answer me this; does she know what you look like?"

I took a breath, "I don't know, I've never show myself to her before. I've seen her but only from afar."

"Does she know your name?" Charlie asked.

I shook my head. "I want to say no because I changed it once I came down here."

"Does she know you are even down here?" Charlie wondered

"I don't know that either." I told her.

"Then you should be fine. Plus, we are here for you. We can help you ok. There is no reason to be afraid." Charlie rubbed my arms in reassurance. "You can do this alright? You just pay and we can leave as fast as possible."

I took another deep breath then nodded. "I can do this." I looked shyly at the princess. "I hope it's not weird to ask, but can you hold my hand?"

Charlie smiled and slid her one hand down to hold onto mine. "Of course, I can."

I smiled. I took another deep breath and started to walk again up to the front of the store. We got up to her and I just looked at her a moment. I saw her name tag on her shirt, 'Dorothy,' she still kept the same name I see.

She greeted us once we got to the register. "Hello, thank you for coming to Alice's. I hope you have a good time and found what you need?"

All I did was nod but Charlie managed to say, "We did, thank you so much."

I put my hand out and handed her the piece of paper. She looked at it me for a split moment then took the paper from my hand. She took out a pair of glasses and put them on her face. She started to type out everything on the computer.

"Aw, a wedding. That's so sweet. Congrats, who is the lucky one?" Dorothy asked our group.

Everyone pointed to me.

I gulped as her yellow eyes looked to me again. I gripped onto Charlie's hand a moment. All Dorothy did was smile. "Well I hope you have a good day dear. Weddings are always a special day."

"Thank you." I managed to say.

I almost let a sigh of relief escape my lips. As soon as she was done typing everything in. I pay for what was needed and we quickly left the store. Saying bye to Dorothy and heading out the door.

As soon as I got out front of the store, I let out my sigh of relief. "Oh god I hope she didn't recognize me." I whispered.

"You did ok Heart. It's fine." Charlie told me with a big smile. "She didn't look like she knew you. I feel she would have said something if she did."

I nodded. "I guess you're right."

Lizzy wrapped an arm around me, "Don't worry sis, if she finds out just know that we are here for you. Besides it's not like she knows where you live." She laughed.

I laughed at that, "Yea I guess that's true."

Soon the car pulled back up to the curb.

"Come on guys, let's go grab a bite to eat." Charlie announced.

"Great, I'm starvin'." Angel said and got into the car.

We all laughed at him and we all go into the car and went off.

When we got back to the hotel, I was surprised to see Alastor was there waiting for me. Rufio was roaming around the lobby while Alastor talked to Husk.

Russ was even there, much to Angel's surprise. Angel ran over to the demon cheering, 'Russie!' As he ran. The snake demon was hugged and crushed on the couch from the hug by his boyfriend who was happy to see him.

Kota was there as well, which surprised Lizzy but she didn't question it as she sat next to him at the bar.

When I got into the lobby Rufio spotted me and ran up to greet me. I let him give me a few kisses and told him to go back off and explore. I went up to Alastor and wrapped my arms around him from behind.

"What are you doing here Al?" I asked him.

"Darling, I feel hurt." He put his hand to his chest. "I was out as well with Rufio and I figured I'd wait for your return here at the hotel so we could walk home." Alastor told me.

I laughed a little at him, "That's sweet of you my buck. I don't mind at all."

He turned around in the bar stool so that he was facing me. "You ready to go home? Or you want to be here a little longer?"

"We can head home." I told him with a small smile.

Alastor nodded and stood up.

I said goodbye to everyone, thanked them for the awesome day and we got Rufio back on his leash before he headed out of the hotel.

We walked down the road back home: Rufio on my left side as I held his leash while Alastor was in my right holding my hand. If was such a nice time and was content as we headed home.

"So, what did you and Rufio do today?" I asked Alastor as we walked.

"We were honestly lazy today. He didn't bug me, but he was excited when we decided to go for a walk." The deer demon told me.

"Well I am glad he wasn't a problem for you then." I smiled. "I had a nice day out. Was pretty fun trying out all the dresses."

"I am glad you enjoyed your day today." Alastor said as he leaned closer to me. "Did you get everything you need?"

I nodded excited, "Yep, everyone is taken care of."

Alastor gave a chuckle, "Soon you'll be all mine, little wolf." Alastor leaned his head down to kiss the top of my head.

I blushed and gave a giggle.

Alastor stood back up straight but looked down at me. "Anything else interesting happen today?"

I was nervous, should I tell him about my mom? That I saw her today? Maybe. Although he knows how I am about my mom. What she did to me as a kid. I guess I should. That way he knew just in case. I knew my mom wouldn't cause trouble, but you never know.

"I…I saw my mom today." I saw out of the corner of my eye that Alastor seemed annoyed after I said that and flicked an ear. "She worked at the dress shop we were at. I was honestly surprised to see her. I almost panicked." I took a breath to calm myself. "Luckily Charlie and they kept me in the right place of mind, so I was able to talk somewhat to her. She didn't seem to know me. I'll be honest to say I am glad she didn't. The last thing I want to do is deal with my parents."

Alastor let out a hum, he must have been thinking. "Well hopefully she didn't realize it's you. They might cause trouble."

"I highly doubt it." I said taking my hand out of his and waving him off. "I don't look that much alike from my human self. That and my name isn't my human one. I don't think she would make the connection."

"Hopefully not. Even so. I'll keep an eye out for you just in case." He told me. "Besides if she knows me, then she will know better than to mess with you."

"Thanks Al." I smiled up at him.

He leaned down to kiss my ear again, "Anything for you mon amour."

I leaned into the Radio Demon more and gave a sigh of relief. "I love you Alastor."

Alastor put his arm around me and held me close to his side. "I love you too."

Ahhh, I had so many good ideas for the dress but found one I really liked the design of. More wedding stuff happening.