Title: The Kendal Chronicles - Year 7

Chapter: Four

Author: Cyn

Summary: Wedding bells! Ring bearers! And Tuxes! Oh My!

Catergory: UA

Disclaimer: Not real. Lies, I tell you. Complete and utter lies. ;)

Author's Notes: Constructive criticism always welcome. Flame on if you must, but I tend to be fire retardant. Besides, I don't offend easily and I usually just delete what I don't like anyway, so why waste time and energy.

And now, on with the story. . .

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The night before 'The Big Day', Mommy and Daddy decided that they needed to stay away from DF and DB for the night. Something about not seeing each other before the wedding. I don't know why, but Mommy said it was a tradition and she wanted to start their marriage off the right way and Daddy agreed with her.

So, that's how Daddy ended up staying at our house while DF ended up at Daddy's house with DB. I don't know why they were staying apart. I mean, Mommy must have called DF a dozen times during the movie she and Daddy were watching and Daddy always talked to DB at the same time.

And, then, Mommy sent me to bed early which I didn't like. I always get to stay up late on Friday night, but Mommy said that we all needed to be well rested for the wedding. I just shrugged and went to my room. Stupid wedding.

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The "Big Day" was crazy. Mommy was running around like she had a hundred things to do all at once. And, Daddy, well, Daddy looked like he was about to cry. I asked him if he was all right and he just smiled and pulled me into a hug.

Then Mommy and Daddy started getting dressed. Daddy told me to sit still while and and Mommy got ready and he'd help me get into my tux once they were done. I never thought they would ever get done, though.

The zipper on Mommy's dress got stuck and Daddy had to call Papaw to get a pair of pliers out of his truck to fix it. Daddy's shoes were the wrong size. He said he must have picked up DB's the night before by mistake. So, he called Papaw again. Papaw brought Daddy's shoes to him and took DB's. Mommy's hair wouldn't do what she wanted it to do. The clasp on Daddy's cummerbund broke and Mommy had to use a paper clip to fix it.

Then, finally, they were both done and Daddy helped me get dressed. It was about time. I was getting tired of sitting around in my underwear, t-shirt, and socks. DF called the tuxes 'monkey suits' the night before, but I knew that wasn't right. Mommy wouldn't let me be a bear, so she really wasn't going to let me be a monkey. Duh.

So there we all were, standing in front of the mirror. Mommy and Daddy both looked like they were going to cry.

"Ready?" Daddy said.

"We're getting married." Mommy squealed. Mommy never sounded like that before. "Let's do this."

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