Chapter Two

A few days later Tifa, Marlene, Yuffie and Shera went to Wall Market to try on dresses. The owner was very happy to see them and showed Tifa her wedding gown. It was a strapless gown with a flowing train and the designer had also made some gloves to go with it. "It's beautiful Tifa. Are you going to wear your hair up or down?", Marlene asked.

Tifa smiled and looked in the mirror. "I won't know until I try it on." Shera looked at Tifa and asked,"What are you waiting for?"

"Of course if Cloud has all those spikes in his hair he'll have enough up for the both of you.", Yuffie added.

They all shared a laugh and Tifa went into the dressing room. She came out a few seconds later with her hair in a bun which none of them really liked. Shera took that moment to say,"If you wear a veil you won't really need to focus on your hair being up." Tifa took that to heart and took out the bun. She played with her hair for a while and then had some of it in a ponytail with two strands on both side of her face. Marlene liked it but Yuffie and Shera didn't. Tifa then straightened her hair and pushed some of it to the front so that it was over her shoulders. Shera smiled and said,"Perfect for if you wear a veil." Tifa stared at the girls and said,"Alright. Who's next?"

Yuffie went next and chose a short yellow gown that stopped just above her knees. Yuffie didn't have a whole lot of hair to work with so they all agreed that she should just go as is.

Shera went next and chose a baby blue gown that stopped about an inch above her ankles. Shera decided that she would style her hair in a bun since she wasn't wearing a veil.

Marlene looked at over a dozen dresses before finally choosing a red gown that flowed past her ankles. They all went back and forth with how Marlene should wear her hair but finally agreed that she should wear her hair with a high ponytail with the strands of hair on both sides.

They paid for the dresses and decided that Shera would be in charge of keeping them all safe.

A few minutes later Shera decided to ask Tifa who she would like to play at her wedding. "I really like that new Angela Aki song. What's it called?"

"Kiss Me Good-Bye.", Marlene said without having to think.

Yuffie smiled and said,"That would be the perfect song for you and Cloud's first dance."

Shera shook her head. "We also need someone to play the rest of the reception."

Tifa thought for a moment and then asked,"How about the Black Mages? There supposed to be a really cool group."

Shera smiled and added,"Perfect. Now we should focus on the food we'll be serving."

Tifa laughed while Yuffie and Marlene let out moans of exhaustion. "I think that Marlene and Yuffie are a little tired of all the wedding stuff. We should take a break for a few days and then I will be happy to discuss the food with you." Shera gave up knowing that she was outnumbered.

Cloud had managed to arrive at Tifa's house a few hours after she got back and had a bouquet of flowers for her. "Just thought these would make it easier for you to choose which flowers you want at the wedding."

Tifa smiled and let him come in. "Have you decided on a best man yet?"

"Yeah. I asked Denzel. I makes sense seeing as how he and Marlene are friends and all. Probably won't be awkward walking down the aisle together."

"There more than friends Cloud. They remind me of us at their age."

Cloud smiled and kissed Tifa before taking a seat on the couch. Tifa took her shoes off and sat down next to Cloud and rested her head on his shoulder. "I finally feel like everythings coming together nicely."

"I know. We only have about two more months before we get married."

Tifa smiled and fell asleep in Clouds arms as he watched tv.

The next day Tifa awoke to find herself in bed and wondered where Cloud was. She heard someone downstairs singing and was suprised to see Cloud there making breakfast. "We didn't did we?"

"No. I know you want to wait until our wedding night. After you fell asleep I carried you upstairs and I slept on the couch."

Tifa smiled but that faded when she got a closer look at the disaster area that was now her kitchen. "Really Cloud. You didn't have to go to all this trouble."

Cloud realized that he had burned pretty much everything and looked at Tifa. "Maybe we should go out for breakfast?"

"I'll say. Let me get ready though."

About an hour later that arrived at the diner in Wall Market and Tifa settled into talking about the wedding again. "What are you going to do about your hair?"

Cloud looked at her and asked,"What do you mean?"

"Well, Shera said that you should either gel it back or shave most of it off."

"And what do you think?"

"Sorry Cloud but I have to agree with her."

"Alright Tifa. I'll gel it back."

Tifa laughed and kissed him. "I knew you wouldn't shave your head."

Cloud smiled and they ate their breakfast.

After breakfast Tifa went back to her house and Cloud went with Cid, Vincent, Barret and Reeve to get fitted for their tuxes. Cloud had gone with a traditional black tux with a bow-tie and the others had gone with the same. "Thank god most of our clothes look the same."

Reeve laughed and added,"Yeah. And thank god we don't really need to worry about our hair."

"You guys don't but I do."

Barret looked Cloud over and laughed. "What are you doing with all those spikes anyway? Trying to build a railroad?"

They all laughed and Cloud said,"No. I'm going to gel it back. Maybe you should get a haircut Vincent."

"I'm not the one getting married but I'll think about it. Get it back to how it used to look when I was in the Turks."

They only took about thirty minutes each to try on their tuxes and spent the rest of the day watching tv.