Lily and Liz were currently trying to get all of the wedding details in order in Lily's room at the BPRD. It was plain, but she wouldn't be here long so it was okay with her. Liz was sitting cross-legged with pillows supporting her lower back near the head of Lily's bed and shifting through some papers in front of her. Lily was putting finishing touches on the sketch of her custom-made wedding dress(marrying a prince had it's perks) while sitting cross-legged closer to the foot of her bed with papers surrounding her on all sides. Deedee was singing softly in her cage by the wall near the bed.
"August will be perfect for the wedding since it's already June and I'm definitely having a summer wedding. You'll be around 6 months pregnant then, so I don't have to worry about any sudden deliveries during or screaming kids setting anything on fire. And it'll be close enough so we can get this treaty over with and far away enough so we have enough time to plan this." Lily explained to Liz.
Liz nodded and turned over the piece of paper she was looking at with one hand and holding her bulging stomach with the other.
"Is this guest list for your side done?" Liz asked.
"Almost. I have to reread it, but it should be almost done." Lily said. She redrew a line on her dress.
Then Nuala came in holding a couple pieces of paper. Unlike the papers on Lily's bed, these were neat and organized.
"I have gotten the fae guest list and the list of important humans that Manning said must attend." Nuala explained as she handed the papers to Lily to look over.
"That's great. Did you ask Nuada how many groomsmen he would have?" Lily said as she read over the list. "Oh! Prince William and Kate are coming! Awesome."
"Yes. Manning thought it would be good to invite all royal humans and leaders of nations to attend since this wedding was so important. And yes I did ask him. He said he would have three; Hellboy, Abraham, and an old friend from before he went into exile." Nuala told her.
"Okay. Who's his best man?" Lily said, putting the papers Nuala had given her down.
Nuala looked slightly confused.
"You didn't ask him, did you?" Lily said. Before Nuala could respond she said, "That's okay. You've been busy. I'll just have my step-brother do it and then you can be my maid of honor. Here. I finished my wedding dress and my dress for the reception." She handed Nuala two papers.
Nuala scanned them before commenting.
"These are beautiful. Nuada will not be able to keep his hands off of you by the end of the night." Nuala smiled.
"And here's my guest list for my friends and family." Lily said. Liz passed the paper to Lily, who passed it to Nuala after skimming it quickly.
"Great. I'll take these designs to the royal seamstress and these lists to Manning to handle." Nuala said and rushed out of the room again.
"Okay, flower arrangements." Liz said, picking up another paper.
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Nuada was talking to members of the royal council about getting everything ready in Ireland for all of the fae to move back in. Since Lily's move into the BPRD a week ago, the area given to the fae had been evacuated(there was a rush because of the closeness of the signing of the treaty) of any humans and construction via fae on the royal castle and surrounding houses had been started.
"Things are going quite well with the reconstruction of the fae nation. With all this new land, we will be able to rebuild above ground. You will be periodically updated on the progress and any and all problems we face. You may focus on your marriage to the human now if you wish, your highness." Meldiron, an old friend of Nuada's and also one of his groomsmen, told Nuada.
"Excellent. And I may instead strengthen my future wife so she is not weak when she becomes queen. She will have may hardships to face in the times to come." Nuada said and exited the conference room of the BPRD they had been planning in. Manning still didn't trust him outside of the BPRD without supervision.
He made a right and walked to Lily's room. After many turns and hallways later, he finally came to the door of her room. He took a deep breath before pushing the doors open. Lily and Liz were still in their same positions on the bed as before, and now were discussing the reception.
"That part at least needs to be inside." Lily explained to Liz.
"I thought I was clear on the wedding being outside, human." Nuada said sternly. Five seconds into the room and already he was annoyed with her.
"But a reception is always inside! We need a dance floor so people can dance! Do you know how hard that is to do outside?" Lily told him.
"I said no. I have given you little rules, do not break them." Nuada said.
"What do you want? I thought you didn't care about this wedding stuff." Liz said.
"I came here so I may take Lillian to the training rooms to train her. Many people will try to kill her ad she deserves to have a fighting chance." Nuada said smugly.
"I'll be right there. I have to put these papers away then change into something better." She gestured to her jeans and jewelry.
"Very well. No more than ten minutes." Nuada said and walked out.
"He walks like he's a prince." Liz observed. Both girls giggled at the comment.
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"I told you, I'm tired!" Lily said as Nuada managed to hit her again with a staff he was holding. Lily also had one in her hand. They had been training for half an hour.
"An enemy does not care if you are tired. They will kill you easier than." He swept her feet out from under her and then put the end of the staff on her chest after she fell to hold her down. She had dropped her staff on the way down. "You would be dead now if I were an enemy."
"Then it's a good thing you're not." Lily said.
She moved the staff away from her and stood up. Nuada held the staff at her neck to stop her from walking away.
"You need to learn this, human. Do not try to weasel your way out of this." Nuada told her.
"And I will. But right now I have a wedding to plan." She moved his staff again and walked out of the training room.
"We will be back her everyday until you are ready!" Nuada yelled after her. She waved her hand in recognition.
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Liz and Lily were in Liz and Hellboy's room watching the local news while Liz brushed Lily's hair. Lily was petting one of the many cats that lives in the room.
"Your hair is so beauutiful. Promise me you'll never cut it." Liz said.
"I promise. I don't think I could with Nuada and his long hair. I would feel awkward married to a man with longer hair than me." Lily said. They shared a quick laugh.
"I can't believe he made you train with him. He's just looking for more ways to hurt you, I just know it." Liz said.
"Well he does have a good reason, though. I do need to learn how to fight. All of those angry people and fae that want to kill me. It'll be good to be able to defend myself." Lily said.
"Shh! They're talking about you!" Liz said.
"And in other news, Prince Nuada has chosen his queen. Her name is Lillian Golden and she's 23 years old. Her last known residence is New York City, but it's suspected that she's currently living with the BPRD for safety." The newscaster said.
It then switched to a video of a news reporter interviewing Mr. Peterson, her old landlord.
"She said she had a new job and that she was leaving soon. Never mentioned anything about this queen nonsense." He said, seeming disappointed.
"He's probably just sad he never gets to look at my ass or boobs again." Lily commented. Liz laughed.
"Some people support the decision for Lillian, a human, to marry Prince Nuada, while others don't." The news reporter said.
"I don't understand what's so good about this Lillian girl, my daughter's beautiful and smart. Why wasn't she picked?" A middle-aged woman said into the microphone.
"It's good that we're making such good relations with the fae. They've been mistreated for so long, they deserve friendship from us." A woman said.
"Why should we be marrying those fairies? What have they done for us? Nothing, that's what." A clearly fae-hating man said.
"Ignorant asshole." Lily muttered.
"Let's turn this off." Liz said and she went up to the TV and turned it off.