Blech! Late chapter! Very sorry for that. Writer's block sucks big time.

This chapter is hereby dedicated to:

Katyann

ALSO: NazgulQueen, Princess Amberly, Charmed Angel, and Kyrani Firfalcon

Merci

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"Full house." Jon laid his cards down on the table with a smile. Everyone playing groaned.

"How do you keep bloody beating us?" Henry slid his money over across the table.

"Fool's luck is what it is." Another player quipped.

"Is it luck to win four games in a row?" Jon shrugged, pulling in the coins. Kate grabbed them and slipped them in a bag.

"Maybe, maybe not."

"I think I'd feel better if it was luck…" Sydney mumbled. Kate looked around from her spot next to Jon. Everyone had gotten along well with him, fortunately. She had no idea what would happen if they hadn't.

She happened to glance out the window. It was brighter outside then when they had come.

"Shoot, what time is it?"

"Near noon I suppose…" Henry said as he shuffled the cards.

"We gotta get home before my dad freaks out. Again." She stood up, Jon following behind her.

"Good. Now at least we have a chance at winning." The others all agreed, and the cards were dealt again.

"Well at least he got some money to buy Kate something nice." Sydney pointed out.

"Ooh I like the sound of that." She smirked and gave him a nudge.

"Yeah, yeah. Let's go before I inadvertently spend more money."

"Bye everyone!" There was a chorus of byes as they left.

The two walked down the street slowly, his arm around her shoulders.

"So we're getting married." She said quietly. He nodded slowly. "I never thought I'd get married."

"Really."

"It just always seemed like something that… tied you down. So uptight and formal."

"It doesn't need to be formal."

"I know, it just seems that way." She leaned on him.

"Well if it isn't the lovebirds!" Ana came up along side them. Kate felt herself blush profusely. "Where have you been all morning? You know your dad's gonna get the wrong idea."

"Trust me, I know. That's the only reason we're going back."

"Mhm. So what were you two up to?" She nudged Kate in the arm. She shot her a glare.

"Nothing like that. Just some card playing and talking."

"Did you win?" Jon pulled a large pouch out of his pocket and tossed it over to her. She opened it carefully. Ana smiled and gave a slight nod. "I guess you did."

They soon got to the house, and stopped outside the door.

"You know there's going to be a lot of people in there." Ana quipped from behind them. The two nodded. "Lots of noise and congratulations." There was a pause. "You want me to go in first?"

"Yeah."

"Please do." They stepped aside to let her pass. She rolled her eyes and walked in. Kate and Jon leaned on the door to hear what was happening.

There was a bunch of noise from inside, and it abruptly went quiet.

Will opened the door suddenly, sending the two sprawling into the front hallway. He looked down at them with a raised eyebrow.

"Thought so. You two get in here!" He grabbed them both by the collar and dragged them into the room, where her brothers, Charlotte, James, Jack and a few others sat. "I found them."

"Actually, I found them." Ana pointed out, raising a finger.

"But you also left them out there." He turned his attention to the two teens. "Well? What have you got to say for yourselves?" There was a short, very tense silence as everyone waited for an answer.

"Um, we're getting married?" Jon said with a shrug. There were a few cheers and congratulations. Some got up and shook hands with the couple.

"Rum! We need rum!" Jack called over, waving his hands around.

"Jack, we don't have any rum…"

"Um, I do." Kate said quietly. Will turned to look at her.

"You do?" She nodded and blushed at the silence.

"Well go get it girl!" Jack said, breaking the silence. She went upstairs, and came back carrying an armload. "Aha! Rum! Good girl." Jack grabbed one of the bottles and had emptied it in seconds.

"You had all that in your room?"

"I have a lot of things in my room." She shrugged and went over to the other side of the parlor.

"Remind me again why I let my daughter live on your ship."

"I think it was something about happiness or love. I wasn't really listening at the time." Jack grabbed another bottle, taking a large swig.

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There we go. I really hope that that wasn't too bad. It was a very hard chapter to write, and I tried to make it as good as I can in my current state of writer's block (grrrr).

Review please!

Chicaga