The rest of the night was a lot of fun for the Rangers after the wedding. Although they had all checked out of the hotel, the Goodall house, while a little small for all of them, was essentially going to be empty for the next couple of weeks while they went on honeymoon.

It wasn't as though they weren't used to squeezing into a small residence. By comparison to the Red Galleon, the house was reasonably large, and since they knew it wouldn't be long until they all went their separate ways. Noah and Quinn were due to head off to Anton's island in a couple of days, Troy and Allison were heading back to their apartment the following day, and Orion was bound to be taking Cass back to the reservation soon, so they all appreciated that this was probably one of the last times they would all be in one place at the same time and fully intended to take advantage of it.

Right now, they were in the middle of a spirited game of Pictionary. They had gone for the most obvious split, putting the boys and the girls on separate teams. Right now, Noah was up on the floor, drawing, while his team tried to guess.

"Paper, page, uh...menu?" Jake rattled off as Noah scribbled down a rough sketch. He kept shaking his head as he started to draw something else.

"Bracelet, circle, necklace?" Troy added. Noah let out a groan of frustration as they continued to throw out guesses.

"There's a chain...handcuffs!" Orion suggested. Noah indicated he was on the right lines. "Uh..."

"Bondage?" Jake suggested. "Wait...a book, bondage...50 Shades of Grey!"

"NO!" Noah cried out as the timer sounded, indicating their time was up. The girls were celebrating as this put them firmly in the lead.

"Well...what the hell was it?" Troy asked. Cat put her hand up.

"Go ahead, Cat for the steal." Noah groaned.

"Well, there's a book, and handcuffs...and a plus sign." Cat explained. "Book Arrest...It's Bucharest!"

"See, she got it!" Noah said, throwing the marker over his shoulder.

"Oh, come on, how is that fair?" Troy asked. "There are six of you and only four of us!"

"Well, you chose the teams remember?" Gia chuckled. "Besides, you have Noah."

"Yeah, and the girls have Quinn AND Gia!" Jake protested, before turning to the other guys with a smile. "Maybe we should have thought twice about the team choices."

"Well, I think fifteen behind is about my limit." Troy stated, pouring himself another drink, calling an end to the game. "The girls win, I don't mind admitting it."

"I've got to admit; even my optimism is stretched to the limit." Jake replied. "How about we just chill for a little while."

"Well, I guess now would be as good a time as any to order in dinner." Noah answered, going to the drawer in the table next to him. He pulled out some menus. "So, what's everyone looking for? Chinese? Indian? Thai?"

"Thai sounds pretty good." Gia commented.

"I could go for Thai." Jake agreed. Everyone else just nodded along in agreement. Cat grabbed the phone.

"I can make the call." She volunteered. "I know what everyone likes. Cass, I have a feeling you'll like the green chicken curry."

A she left the room, Gia just smiled.

"Wow, you really landed on your feet there." Emma complimented her. "She knows not just your order, but all your friends' as well? Now THAT'S love."

"Yeah, she's pretty amazing." Gia told them. "I still can't believe my luck."

"It's very clear the two of you really care for each other." Cass added. "I know we didn't really get off on the right foot, but seeing the two of you together...I can't imagine how anyone would think that's wrong."

"Thank you." Gia replied. "I guess you did learn a lot since you left the reservation."

"Oh, believe me, we did." Orion answered.

"I guess you're looking forward to getting back there and sharing with everyone some of the stuff you learned." Troy added. Orion and Cass just kind of looked at each. "What? Did I just say something?"

"There's...um...there's some stuff we really have to sort out there." Orion replied.

"What kind of stuff?" Troy asked. "Is there anything we can do to help?"

"It's all kind of...complicated." Orion told them. "When we both get back there..."

"Wait, you're going back alone?" Emma asked him. "Orion!"

"Emma, I'm just trying to think of..."

"Orion, this isn't something you need to deal with alone." Emma assured him.

"Emma, I know that but I don't want to drag you into this if I don't have to." Orion told her. "I doubt everyone's going to be happy about this, and I wanted to avoid anyone saying anything to you or..."

"Orion, do you really think I can't deal with this?" Emma asked.

"Um...we're all a few paces behind here." Gia said, looking a little irritated. "What's going on?"

"Orion and Cass were arranged." Jake told her. They all just glared at Jake. "What?"

"Jake, this isn't funny!" Orion replied grumpily.

"Come on, it's KIND of funny." Jake replied with a little smirk.

"Alright...arranged?" Noah asked. "You've been arranged? What exactly do you mean by arranged?"

"We've been arranged to be married." Cass told them. Everyone just stared at them.

"OK, what?" Gia blurted out. "You've been arranged to be married?"

"It's...it's an old custom from Andresia." Orion told them. "Centuri and Cass' father have gotten together and they've got the idea in their heads that Cass and I would be a good couple."

"And they've decided this because...?" Noah asked, waiting for an answer. Orion just shook his head.

"Look, this is a mess we have to deal with." He told them. "They're going on the way things were back home, it's...it's the only way they know."

"And did anyone explain to them about Emma?" Gia asked, staring at him defiantly. "What's she in all of this?"

"To be fair, I don't think any of them actually knew the nature of my relationship with Emma." Orion told them. "We always kept the couple stuff on the down low at the reservation, I don't think any of them knew. Also, romance wasn't really a consideration in the way things were in my village."

"They arranged people based on who they thought would make strong offspring, or to bring together families or..." Cass said, before seeing the way they were looking at her. "The point is, it wasn't all that common for people to choose their own partner. In some of the bigger cities they had abandoned the practice but a lot of our people thought that was them abandoning their faith."

"And...the two of you are meant to be alright with this?" Troy asked. Cass just nodded.

"They already knew Orion and I got on well." She told them. "They figured that we would be happy together."

"So that makes everything alright?" Gia said, throwing up her hands. "This is unbelievable!"

"Our ways are backward, I know that." Orion told her. "I have no intention of marrying Cass...and now that we've talked, she doesn't want to marry me either. We were just going to go back to the reservation and talk things through with Centuri and Cass' family and hope they understand our decision."

"Orion, I'm a part of this whether you like it or not." Emma told him. "There are going to be people who will blame me regardless of if I'm there or not. At least if I go, then I can be there to support you in this."

"Hey guys, I ordered the meal!" Cat told them, coming into the room with a bottle of champagne. She had a huge smile on her face. "And since I've got all your attention, there's something I really wanted to..."

"Emma, I really appreciate this, but..."

"There's no buts here Orion, I'm going!" Emma told him flatly.

"We all are." Troy added. "You're one of us, and we want to help if we can."

"OK, so apparently I don't have everyone's attention." Cat replied. "What happened?"

"It seems Orion's Preacher and Cass' father think that Orion and Cass should get married." Gia answered abruptly.

"They do?" Cat asked. "But isn't Orion dating Emma?"

"Apparently that doesn't matter much in their culture." Gia added.

"Gia please, this is difficult enough." Emma pleaded with her. She took Orion's hand gently. We'll all go to the reservation. It's emotional support. We'll still let you take the lead talking to Centuri."

"We'll let you take the lead all the way." Troy assured him. "But you don't have to face everyone alone."

"Thanks guys." Orion told them. "I really appreciate it."

"Me too." Cass answered. "I really am sorry for all the trouble this has caused."

"It's alright; we know it wasn't really your fault." Emma assured Cass. "I guess we just have to hope for the best."

"Well, the food's been ordered, it should be here soon." Cat told them, sitting down. Gia noticed the bottle of champagne.

"Hey, Cat, what's with the champagne?" Gia asked. Cat realised she was still holding the bottle and had to think for a moment, before she handed it over.

"Oh..um...I figured we didn't really have a chance to toast Eric and Louise." She rushed out. "I figured we could all do that now."

"Now that sounds like the perfect thing to take our minds off this road trip." Troy said with a smile, gathering some glasses. Gia popped the cork on the champagne bottle and started pouring.

"So Cat, sorry we were in the middle of something." Gia told her. "Wasn't there something you wanted to say?"

"Oh...um..." Cat stammered, trying to regain her composure. She had been all set to make her move. As happy as she was for Eric and Louise, the champagne hadn't been intended for that. After hearing what had been going on in the room, she had a feeling that now wasn't the time. She was sure that she and Gia had all the time in the world, and there would be other opportunities to ask her to spend the rest of her life with her. "It's...it's not important. There'll be other times."