A/N: Me? Updated a fanfic three days after I posted the last chapter? What?! I swear this is a new sensation. It's never happened before. Anyway. here's the rest of the engagement party as promised! Enjoy!

Cassandra was happily chatting away with Eve and Flynn when someone tapped her shoulder from behind. She turned around to find Samantha standing there with wide open arms. She practically jumped from her seat to hug her friend. It had been over 24 hours, and she still couldn't believe Samantha was back in her life.

"I'm so glad you could make it!" she exclaimed.

"Well I'm happy to be here!" Sam replied. "And my god don't you look gorgeous"

"Thank you" It was then that Cassandra noticed the man standing shyly nearby.

"Is this…?"

"Oh yes!" Samantha answered "Cassandra, I'd like you to meet my husband Nate. Nate this is my dearest friend Cassie"

Cassandra shook his hand. He offered his congratulations, and introduced himself to Jake as well.

"There're more seats at our table" Cassandra said. "Please sit with us"

Sam and Nate sat down and introduced themselves to Flynn and Eve. The waiter arrived and began to take their drink orders.

"I'll have an iced tea" Eve said.

Cassandra was surprised. By now they had all been out to dinner countless times, and Colonel Baird always ordered the same glass of wine. The sudden change in appetite didn't seem to add up, but Cassie decided to ignore it, and ordered her own drink.


Half an hour later, all of invited guests chatted away at their tables, munching on various appetizers. Danny had arrived a while ago, and now sat next to his brother in-law. Cassandra was going on about some old date she and Jake had had, when another familiar face appeared from behind her.

"Hi sorry I'm late" Melody said. "Traffic was a bitch!"

Cassandra got up to hug her sister, and indicated to her the empty seat left at the table, which was next to Danny.

Melody sat down, introducing herself to everybody who didn't already know her.

"Hi" Danny said.

Cassandra was almost sure she saw him smiling a little more widely than he had before. She immediately turned her attention back to the breadsticks. She was noticing way too many things for her liking during this dinner.

The clinging of a spoon against glass sounded from a few tables over. All heads turned to Harper, who was now standing up.

"If I could get yawl's attention for just a moment please" she announced. "I'd like to make a quick toast"

Cassandra eyed Jake, questioning if he knew about this previously. Judging by the confused look on his face, she could tell that this was a surprise to them both.

"I consider myself to be a very fortunate woman, because I have literally known Jacob Stone for my entire life. Ever since I was one day old, my brother Jake has been a part of it. There're only two people on this earth that can say that: me, and my little Sister Sophia. However, I am older than little Sophie over here, so I have known Jake longer.

My big brothers were always my favorite people in the whole world, but Jake and I were only three years apart. I remember being little and considering him to be my best friend. I mean he would play with me if everyone else was too busy. And god bless my other brothers, they were wonderful, but they never thought it cool to sit down with me and play dollies, but Jake always made the time.

Then, when I was five, Sophie was born and I had a new obsession. Jake got older, and I went to school, and Sophie got older, and then there were other girls, other friends to play with. I remember though, every night, Jake would come in to my room before Sophie and I went to sleep, and he would read us a story. I still felt a special bond between us. Before Soph came along, it was the two of us against the world.

Jake was always right there for me, never faltering to be the best big brother any girl could ask for. To this day, he's still like my best friend. I think a best friend is really the best judge on whether or not someone is happy.

As we got older, Jake always told me he was happy. Maybe I believed him too, cause I had nothing to compare him to. Then, one day, he called me up and told me about this girl that he met. When I heard his voice, I knew how stupid I was. He had never really been happy, at least not until that moment."

Cassandra smiled warmly. Despite how well she knew Jake, she had never heard the stories of him playing with Harper. Her sister-in-law's words were beautiful. She placed her hand on Jake's arm. She turned to look at him and thought she saw a tear in his eye, but decided to ignore it. She knew how he felt about his pride. Harper continued.

"The first time I met Cassie, it was the fourth of July. I was havin' a barbeque, and Jake brought her over to meet everyone. The second he stepped in the door, I knew just how stupid I had been all those years. When Jake came into my house that day, I saw the brother I forgot I had. I saw my best friend who ran around the backyard playing rodeo with me. I saw my brother happy.

His smile was gigantic. He held himself up all high and tall. When he said hello, there was a new quality to his voice, and it wasn't just his country accent slightly changing. The truest test was when he looked at Cassie to introduce her. There was a twinkle in his eye that I'd never saw, not from him at least. Actually, I recognized the look, cause it was the look my husband gives me."

She looked down to smile at Ethan.

"What I'm getting at here in all my ramblin', is that there is no one, and nothin' on this Earth that makes my brother happier than his lovely fiancée. As his sister, and his best friend, I could not be more thrilled that them two found each other. She makes his life brighter, and watching them together I see why. They just fit. They're so perfect together. Just lookin' at them, even if they're complete strangers to ya', you can tell how in love they are. I mean Lord I don't think I've ever seen them stand more than two inches apart."

This won a few laughs, as everyone knew how true it was. Cassandra found herself crying now too. Everything Harper said of Jake was true of her two. Her life as bright and beautiful and it was all because of him.

"So, I'd like to ask y'all now to raise your glasses, and join me in congratulatin' the happy couple. May this new part of their journey be just as bright and full of love as they have always been together."

Everyone raised their glasses and cheered. Cassandra cried and kissed Jake, who was most definitely also crying.

The lounge singer, who had been quietly crooning all night, tapped his microphone. All heads turned to the stage.

"I'd like to dedicate this next song to the happy couple" he said "Congratulations, and I wish you both a lifetime of happiness."

The band behind him began to plat a jazzy tune. That had been the trend so far. In New York especially, no one could escape the sounds of Sinatra.

Someday, when I'm awfully low

Cassandra smiled. She had always liked this song. She was about to turn back to her appetizer when she saw Jake stand up next to her. He was holding out his hand.

"May I have this dance ?" he asked

"Jake there's no dance floor" she retorted.

"Oh come on!" he exclaimed. "They just dedicated a song to us and we're not gonna dance?!"

Cassandra burst out laughing at his goofiness. He had her. She took his hand and stood up from the chair. There was a slight gap in between their table and the one behind them, big enough for them to dance.

They started to sway back and forth, Cassandra giggling the whole time.

Yes you're lovely, with your smile so warm

The couple knew that every eye in the room was on them at the moment. Cassandra laughed again, and buried her head in Jake's shoulder, embarrassed and delighted all at once.

There is nothing for me, but to love you, and the way you look tonight

The music picked up, and Jake started to bounce more, making a complete and total fool of himself. Cassandra continued to sway and looked away from him.

And that laugh wrinkles your nose, touches my foolish heart

As Cassandra's laughter died down, Jake stopped. The music steadied again, and he began to dance with her for real. There were no corny faces or stupid dance moves. As they slowed down, all of the other guests slowly began to disappear from the room

Lovely, never never change

Cassandra thought about everything Harper had said. She thought about everything she had told Melody, and her parents, she thought about every word Jake had ever said to her. She couldn't ever remember being happier than this. She didn't know where her life would be if she had never found the library, met him.

As the music reached its end, the singer grew quieter. She suddenly became aware of a sweet voice whispering in her ear. Jake started to sing to her

Lovely, don't you ever change

When she was younger she always wondered what it felt like to be blissfully in love, like they talked about in all the stories. Now she knew. This was it. This was love and it really was the most wonderful feeling in the world.

Keep that breathless charm, won't you please arrange it, cause I love you, just the way you look tonight.

The music reached its final bars. Jake stopped moving, and slowly dipped Cassandra down. He looked right into her eyes now, those wonderful blue eyes that were the most beautiful things he had ever seen

Just the way you look tonight

As Jake brought Cassandra back up to standing, she kissed him, soft and sweet. Then they just stood there, frozen, their foreheads touching. Despite the surprise of it all, this party turned out to be the loveliest night they had had since getting engaged.

"I love you" Cassandra whispered.

"I love you too" Jake whispered back.

They stood still, continuing to hold each other, not even hearing the band finishing the music, or all of their family and friends cheering around them.

A/N: Ah I just love classic jazz. I realized this about a month ago. I thought I enjoyed listening to the music because it reminded me of going to family parties when I was little, but then it dawned on me that I just really love the genre of music. So yes, Cassandra and Jake danced to Frank Sinatra. All of those songs are so romantic, I just couldn't resist. Expect more as the fic goes on. By the way, if you haven't heard "The Way You Look Tonight" it'll be posted on the tag.

Anyway, I don't know how quickly the next chapter will be out. I'll be writing a lot of one-shots in the next two weeks for the season 2 countdown. I will try my best, especially because this next chapter is what inspired the whole fic! I'm really enjoying writing this story, and I hope you're all enjoying reading it! Thanks to everyone leaving such kind reviews. They mean so much to me. Until next time my little LITs!