chapter 16, wedding celebrations
For the next week or so, Kit and Allen had been making preperations for a proper wedding. It was to be a big wedding. There had even been word from General Cross that he would be attending the wedding as well. And naturaly, Kit's parents and younger sister would be there. As for bride's maids and the best man, and such, that decision would be quite easy. The main problem was chosing a dress for the bride and bride's maids. You see, since Kit's stomach had grown to the size of a water melon, it would be a little difficult to find a dress that she would like that would fit her. And the bride's maids couldn't agree on a dress in common for them to all wear. But they eventualy agreed on lilac colored sun dresses.
But pretty soon, just three days before the American holliday of Thanks Giving, was the planned day of the wedding. This was a day of rushing to get last minute things finnished, including the feast after the main ceremony cooked by Jerry.
Kit's mother was in the bride's dressing room with her daughter, helping the bride with her dress and such. Emoen and Lenalee had also been helping out too, but they weren't as good with helping as Kit's mother. The woman was crying for her daughter, making it seem more like it was Kit's funeral rather than her wedding.
"I had always hoped that you wouldn't follow in my footsteps," the mother said, sniffing. "This is exactly what happened between your father and I."
"Yes, Mom. You've told me this many times."
"Yes, well, I had hoped that it would have been hammered in that thick skull of yours and you not have to go through something like this." Kit's mother gave a final fluff of the skirt of the dress before leaving Kit to look in the mirror and going out into the pews.
The bride's maids, who consisted of Emoen as best lady, Lenalee, Knives, and Miranda, went out to their position in the main room of the church. The music started and the flower girl, who was Celeste, started waking down the isle, placing handfulls of flower petals on the floor ans she went, then not long after Celeste had entered, Kit, being led by her father, walked down the isle, taking slow steps like she did in the practices a few days before. Kit looked up at her destination and took a look at the line of men standing next to Allen. It was basicaly Lavi as best man, then standing next to him was Komui, Ryumaru, and Kanda. Kit was almost supprised to see Lavi in a tuxedo, but there was deffanitaly something strange about Kanda and Ryumaru in tuxes as well, rather than in formal Japanese clothing. And Allen was absolutely dashing in his tuxedo with lons coat tails reaching to his knees.
She came to a stop infront of the preist who was to marry the two exorcists. This was the part where they were to recite their vows, starting with the groom.
"With this hand, I shall lift you from your sorrows." Allen lifted his right hand. "Your cup shall never empty, for I shall be your wine." Allen poured wine from a glass bottle into a small wine glass that was infront of Kit. "With this candle, I shall light your way through darkness." Allen lit the candle he had been holding and placed it in a candle-holder infront of Kit. "With this ring, I ask you to be mine." Allen took the ring meant to be for Kit from the table, and placed in on her left ring finger. Now it was the bride's turn to recite the vows.
"With this hand, I shall lift you from your sorrows." Kit lifted her right hand. "Your cup shall never empty, for I shall be your wine." Kit poured wine into Allen's wine glass. "With this candle, I shall light your way through darkness." Kit lit her candle and placed it in the candle holder. "With this ring, I ask you to be mine." Kit placed Allen's ring on his left ring finger. It was at this point that the couple grabbed their glasses of wine, and allowed the other to drink a sip from them, and the ceremony was over.
Afterwards, everyone was ti stick around for the banquet of the newly weds. As soon as every one had gotten their food, it was time for the toast.
"Okay, friends, and family of all ages," Lavi announced to all of the guests. "I would like to raise a toast to the bride and groom! May you live long and find many happinesses in this life!" At this point everyone, including Kit and Allen, raised their glasses of whatever beverage they were drinking. since Kit was expecting, she stayed away from the alcohol, so instead she had a virgin pina colada, while all of the other adults had alcoholic drinks of a large veriety, ranging from wine to sake.
Cross, as he had said, did come to the wedding. He came to sit next to Allen, holding a plate of food in one hand, and a glass of wine in the other. Allen had a strong feeling that his master would be drunk before the banquet was over.
"Congradulations, Allen! You deffanitaly got a good one in her! Nice and pretty, and I bet she'd be a great cook too! We already know how much you love food!" Cross said. Well, okay, so he more of slurred it.
Scratch Allen's feeling, Cross was already drunk.
"So, Kit, how long have you and Emoen been friends?" Lenalee asked.
"Well, I guess it's been so long, I don't remember," Kit answered, sweatdropping.
Emoen slung her arm around Kit's shoulders, her face splotched with red from having too many drinks, dspite the fact that she was under aged. "We've been best buds since pre-school...or sooner...I can't seem to remember...oh well, the point is we've been friends for a really long time."
"Okay, Emoen, I think that's enough alcohol for you," Kit said, attampting to take the drink from her friends hand.
"What are you talking about? I'm fine! If anything, I need more!" and with that, Emoen downed the last of her drink and asked for another one, only going for different beverages each time. "Yo ho, yo ho. A pirate's life for me..."
"NO! BAD EMOEN! YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAVE RUM!" Kit was now getting embaressed by her friend, just as Allen was by his master.
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As the party started calming down, people had rearenged themselves to places they liked. Such as an extremly drunk Emoen was leaning on the shoulder of a half drunk Kanda. And the strange part was that the Japanese man didn't shoo her away, he was actualy playing with her hair fondly. Kit had retired to leaning on Allen, who had made sure that the bride was comfortable for her little nap.
"She's always been so adorable when she sleeps," Kit's mother said to Allen. "Even when she was a tiny little tot." She wiped tears from her eyes. "Why must they grow up so fast?"
"I don't know," Allen answered, looking at Kit's face and smiling. "But it seems like only yesterday that I met Kit for the first time...although that all started with an akuma attack, but, hey!"
Kit's father seemed angry at Allen for not doing what he had said to do. He had told Allen to NOT do any thing to his daughter, and yet, the silver haired boy did it anyway. Allen tried to protest, saying that Kit had dragged him into doing it, which was the truth. If you need a reminder, go back to chapter four. But despite this, Kit's dad still looked as if he would kill Allen if he touched Kit in any wrong way.
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Kit was still asleep when the banquet was over, so Allen caried her bridal-style ((A/N: how appropriate!)) to their now shared room, and gently set her on their bed. He moved some of her hair out of her face. The girl had such a tiring day, that she stayed in that sleeping state until the next morning.
-end chapter 16-
And that's all she wrote! No! SHE didn't write it! I did! Me! It was me! yes, I am well aware of my goofyness. I have been this way since the day I was born! Now, I know that in the first few chapters, I had A/Ns the size of Texas, but now, they've shrunk! I told my step-mother not to wash them! I blame her for it...oh \/\/3ll. I C4N'7 b 2 /\/\4 -3R...again with the l33t. I thought it left my system. well, Ja ne!