Chapter Four
Tifa felt as if she was going to be sick. Shera had insisted on trying ten different wedding cakes. Vanilla with buttercreme frosting, chocolate with buttercreme icing, a multi-tiered red velvet cake, a strawberry cake, a mix of the vanilla and chocolate among others. "I guess I'll go with the red velvet."
Shera looked please with herself. She had saved that for last knowing full well that whatever Tifa tasted last would be the one she would choose. "Why aren't you more into this?"
"I don't know. I've been having nightmares for over a month now, Cloud is moving in and the wedding is in a week."
"This should be an exiting time."
Tifa looked as if she would throw a piece of cake at Shera for saying that. "I know but I can't help but feel like something will go wrong."
"Just wedding jitters. Don't look too much into them."
"I guess your right. Can we go now?"
"Yes. I'll put the order into the bakery."
Tifa got up and began walking out the door when Shera called to her. "We've still got to settle the matter of you bachelorette party!"
Tifa turned and smiled. "Suprise me."
Cloud had decided to write his own vows which was not going well. Barret and Reeve looked at him with an amused look on their faces. "Having trouble Cloud?"
"This should be easier right? I'm going to spend the rest of my life with her. This should come naturally."
Barret smiled and said,"I loved my wife just as much as you loved Tifa but vows come harder for a guy I guess."
"Yeah Cloud. Don't beat yourself up."
Cloud looked down at his vows and ripped them up. "Back to the drawing board."
Vincent arrived and took a seat next to Cloud. "Have you decided about what your doing for you bachelor party?"
"No. Not yet. Me and Tifa agreed that they would be the night before the wedding though."
Tifa arrived home to find Cloud sprawled out on the couch and with a smile covered him up. "Your back late."
"I just had a few things to take care of. Shera shoved wedding cake after wedding cake down my throat and then we had to work on my bachelorette party."
"Anything I should know about?"
Tifa smiled and gave him a quick kiss. "No."
The next day Shera had called Tifa early in the morning and asked her to come to the church. Tifa obliged and was pleasantly suprised at how good it looked. "You get major points for this Shera."
Shera looked as if she had just been given a medal and said,"I told you you'd like it."
The church had looked the same but the flowers that had grown in the center were now placed in baskets on either side of the aisle. White carpet now filled the church instead of the hardwood floors. Their was also a red strip heading down from the arch all the way to the entrance. An altar had been placed in the center with two candles that Cloud and Tifa would light. There was a table near the entrance that had different photos of Cloud and Tifa through the course of their relationship. Shera had arranged for a piano to be brought in last night and Tifa could see the pianist was hard at work tuning it. "I really love it Shera."
"So about your bachelorette party."
"I told you to do whatever you want."
Marlene and Yuffie walked in and both were carrying their dresses. "The owner said that we could pick them up now since he completed the alterations."
Shera smiled and asked,"Where's Tifa's wedding dress?"
"We dropped it off at you house since were all gathering their for the bachelorette party."
"Good job you two. Only four more days until your big day Tifa."
Tifa smiled at the idea of becoming Cloud's wife when a thought occured to her. "I got to talk to Cloud about something."
Cloud had finally moved the rest of his stuff into Tifa's house and sat down to relax when Tifa burst in. "What's up?"
"I'm keeping my name."
"What?"
"Sorry Cloud but Tifa Strife doesn't exactly have a nice ring to it."
"Your just now realizing that?"
Tifa smiled. "Now that I know that nothing can go wrong yes."
"I don't need you to take my last name Tifa."
"So your not mad?"
"No. The only thing I want is for you to be my wife. Doesn't matter what our last names are."