"What's this credit card doing under my pillow?" Katherine asked, holding it up when she opened her eyes on the morning of Charlie and Elizabeth's wedding. "Gregory, you haven't trusted me with a credit card since forever! May I remind you that that's why you forced me to work with your sister? Cause you didn't want to give me money anymore?"

"Well in this case, I'll make an exception," Gregory replied. "There's a big shoe sale going on today, and I don't think you should miss it. You can buy all the shoes you want, my treat."

Katherine's eyes narrowed. "You think you can bribe me into not going to my own daughter's wedding? I'm not a sucker, Gregory. Your mother might fall for crap like this when your father does it, but not me! Now take your card back and help me get in my dress, damn it!"

"Well, all right," Gregory sighed and helped her get into her red dress, zipping up the back, and then telling her she could turn around. "I can't believe you'd be so heartless as to deny me access to my own daughter's wedding!" She cried.

"But you do understand my side of things, right?" Gregory asked. "Why I'm nervous about having you there?"

"Oh, I'll behave around your sister," Katherine huffed. "I know this is Elizabeth's special day and I wouldn't ruin it for her."

"Good," Gregory nodded. "That really puts me at ease. Now we should probably go to the hotel. I bet she's waiting for you there."

"Fine," Katherine replied. "But I'm not sitting next to you. I'm gonna sit in the backseat."

"Fine with me," Gregory replied. "Whatever."

Elizabeth was sitting in her dressing room with her dress unzipped when she heard a knock at the door. Hoping that it was her mother, she opened the door and smiled as she ushered Katherine into the room. "Will you zip me up?" She asked. "I'm so relieved you're here!"

"You know, your father tried to bribe me into not coming," Katherine told her. "But don't worry, I'll behave myself."

"Just out of curiosity, what was the bribe?" Elizabeth asked after Katherine zipped her up.

Katherine smiled. "His credit card and unlimited shoes. I'm gonna take advantage of it when he's not looking. Cause I mean, what's so wrong with wanting shoes and seeing my daughter get married?"

"You will be nice to Aunt Laura and Grandma, right?" Elizabeth asked. "It's only for a few hours."

"I will," Katherine nodded and gave her daughter a hug. "But only cause you asked."

"Good," Elizabeth replied. "Thank you." She gave her mother a hug, Katherine curled her hair, and then, after that, they heard a knock on the door of the dressing room. "Who is it?" Elizabeth called.

"It's me!" Charlie called back. "I wanna see how pretty you look. Unless you think it will be bad luck. Then I can wait."

"No, you can see," Elizabeth answered and strode over to the door with Katherine following. "I'm not worried about bad luck. If we got through turning me into a vampire, we can get through anything."

"Oh, that reminds me," Katherine took a small thermos of blood out of her purse, along with a cup. (It was a big purse), and handed it to Elizabeth. "Have some of this," she said. "Have you fed today?"

"Not yet," Elizabeth replied and took both things her mother offered her, pouring some blood into the cup. "Thanks. I would have forgotten if not for this."

"I thought you might," Katherine nodded. "Good thing I went with my gut."

"What do you think of my dress?" Elizabeth asked Charlie. It was a two layer gown, with the bottom layer above the bodice being satin with a layer of lace over it that made up the neckline and sleeves. The sleeves were long and the gown itself was floor length, with the skirt being made of alternating sections of white tulle and lace. Elizabeth's hair was up, and Charlie was glad cause it allowed him to see her beautiful eyes.

"You look beautiful," he said, being sure not to touch her so the picture she made wouldn't be messed up.

"Thank you," Elizabeth replied. "You look very spiffy as well."

"Thanks," Charlie replied. "I wasn't worried. Between Dad and Grandpa, I knew I was gonna get a well- fitting tux."

"Have people started arriving yet?" Elizabeth asked. "I know we didn't invite many, but..."

"Yeah," Charlie nodded. "And I'm sure my dad has had another talk with my mom about proper behavior, but just to make sure, I'm gonna go see."

"All right," Elizabeth called. "See you in a bit!"

While she and Katherine finished up their preparations, Charlie went to meet with his parents who were chatting with his grandparents. "How is everyone?" He asked, getting in the middle of their conversation.

"Wonderful," Edward replied. "Are you nervous about getting married?"

"I was nervous about turning Elizabeth into a vampire," Charlie replied. "After that, getting married is a piece of cake!"

"Good," Laura smiled. "Cause there's really no reason to be nervous."

Charlie stared at his mother. "Is it just me, or do you not have any streaks in your hair?" He asked her, his jaw dropping a little. "I don't think I've ever seen your hair purely its natural color my whole life!"

"Well, I decided that today I wasn't gonna make a spectacle of myself," Laura replied. "And don't worry. That includes not picking fights with your future mother in law."

Elijah then gave Selina a little nudge. "And I promise that too," she said. "I won't pick any fights either."

"Thanks," Charlie told them, sighing in relief. "That takes a great deal off our minds." He then turned to see Ethan and Lisa enter the room. "Nice to see that Ethan could make it," Charlie said. "Any more of your kids coming?" He asked his grandparents.

"I don't think so," Selina replied. "Everyone has different schedules so it's hard to get them all together in one place. But you have three of them here." Then she looked over in amazement to see Roxie come in.

"What are you doing here?" She asked, going over to her daughter who was dressed very nicely for Roxie in a knee-length blue dress, her hair pulled back with a hair pin shaped like a flower. "I mean, not that you're not welcome, but usually my kids with Klaus and my kids with Elijah don't mix that much."

"Yes, and I feel odd, but Charlie's brought Elizabeth to the bar a couple of times, and that led to Elizabeth asking me to be her bridesmaid, so how could I say no?" Roxie shrugged.

"Well, I'm just glad you're here," Selina replied. "You could be my distraction so I won't go after Katherine. I promised your uncle and Charlie I wouldn't cause a scene and I just really want to stick to that."

"Unlike you and Dad, who usually just slipped away from weddings and did your own thing entirely," Roxie smiled.

"Every wedding we slipped away from had nothing to do with us!" Selina defended herself. "If it was our kids who were getting married, we paid attention perfectly well."

"Sure," Roxie nodded. "I really believe you."

Eventually, it was time for the wedding to start. Everyone got in their places and Roxie headed down the aisle first and then Charlie came after her. Then they waited with bated breaths as Elizabeth strolled down the aisle to "oohs" and "ahhhs" from either side of her until she was standing next to Charlie and the vows were being recited. Meanwhile, Edward, Gregory, and Elijah kept tight holds on their wives and prayed nothing bad would happen. Thankfully, the ceremony passed without incident, the women putting their differences aside to support their children and grandchildren. It was something their husbands were thankful for, but weren't foolish enough to see as a permanent change.

At the reception, Katherine strode up to Gregory as another song began. "Lovely wedding, wasn't it?"

"Well, yes," Gregory nodded. "It was lovely. Would you like to dance?"

"Sure," Katherine smiled. As they danced, she reached and cupped her hands around his bottom and began nibbling on his ear. Then, she discreetly slipped his wallet out of his back pocket and stuck it in her purse. Miraculously, he didn't see. Then, after the dance was over, she smiled and excused herself. It was then that Gregory noticed his credit cards were missing, and when he arrived home, he found a note on his pillow.

I've had enough, Gregory. I thought I could live with how difficult you were, but you bribing me to stay away from our daughter's wedding was the last straw. But I'm still taking you up on your offer of paying for my shoes. I'll try not to spend too much of your money. Ha ha, yeah right!

I won't miss you at all.

Katherine.

Gregory read the note over a couple of times, swore, and then took it to his parents'. "She took all my credit cards and I have no idea where she is!" He cried. "What am I going to do?"

"You'll stay here with us until we get this mess figured out," Elijah replied. "What did you do to make her act this way?"

"I was worried about her misbehaving, so I might have tried to bribe her to stay away," Gregory replied. "You know, like you do with Mom when you want her out of the way? Unfortunately, it didn't work with Katherine, and now I'm paying the piper.

Selina looked at Elijah. "Do you really think she'd be so petty as to spend every cent he has?" She asked.

"Could be," Elijah replied. "I guess, if anything, we can be grateful that she chose to do this after Charlie and Elizabeth's wedding, so they're not troubled by it and can have a nice honeymoon."

"I suppose that is good," Selina agreed, going to hug their son. "If anything is."

Meanwhile, with no knowledge of what her mother had done, Elizabeth strode into the hotel in Jamaica on Charlie's arm, feeling a lot lighter, since the ceremony had happened without incident.

"I'm so happy we got through the ceremony and our parents behaved themselves," Elizabeth told Charlie as they got the key to the honeymoon suite from the desk clerk. They then went up and got inside, and Elizabeth's jaw dropped at the large room. "This is way more than I thought we were gonna get," she said.

"Do you think it's too much?" Charlie asked. "I mean, it wouldn't be difficult for them to get us a simpler room."

"No," Elizabeth replied as she jumped on the bed a few times. "It's fine." She then opened the suitcase and pulled out her bathing suit. "Wanna go swimming now?" She asked. "It could be fun!"

"Not now!" Charlie shook his head. "It's the middle of the day. We won't have a moment's peace. So let's get in comfy clothes, enjoy some champagne on the deck and just revel in the quiet."

"Sounds like a good idea to me," Elizabeth replied. So they drank from the bottle of champagne the hotel had provided, and Charlie let Elizabeth have all the chocolate strawberries. Then they went to play tennis on the hotel courts until nightfall when they went back to their room, got on their bathing suits, and sneaked into the empty pool. They then stripped down, leaving their suits in a gym bag Charlie had brought before doing a few laps and dives and then cuddling up to each other in the hot tub.

"This is the most relaxing thing we've done since we got married," Elizabeth said as she leaned against Charlie's chest her arms around his neck as he pushed into her. She was breathing heavily. "It's nice."

"Yes," Charlie agreed and kissed her deep. "I'm glad you're so happy. You know what? I am too. And I'm glad that you seem to be okay. I didn't mean to take you to a place where there was so much water."

"I'm good," Elizabeth promised. "Thanks for coming in with me, though."

"Oh, no problem," Charlie smiled. "I wouldn't leave you alone for anything. Not anymore. Well, unless you want me to, of course," he muttered. "Cause I don't want you to think I don't value your independence and-"

"Stop talking," Elizabeth ordered and kissed him. "I get the point. And I'm not worried about that. If I was, I wouldn't have married you, okay? I love you, Charlie."

He nodded. "I love you too, Elizabeth."