Chapter Three

"Amu,

This wasn't supposed to be!"

"What's not supposed to be?"

I woke with a surprise… I heard my door knock, and Tadase's voice…

I went over and opened the hotel door. I'm staying at a hotel because I don't want to be around with my parents.

"Amu," Tadase started after I opened the door and he barged in, not even saying 'Hi! How's life?' "This wasn't supposed to be!"

"What's not supposed to be?" I asked, confused.

"You and Ikuto…!" His face wasn't boyish anymore-- more like a man. But… he still had boyish eyes, the eyes I love.

"Of course it's meant to be! Tadase, leave! I have to go shopping for my wedding dress." I said, and pushed him out the door.

"No, Amu, do--" and the door was closed. I heard footsteps… good.

I made my own footsteps over to the phone and dialed Utau's number.

"Hello?" Utau asked. She didn't know the number because I was at a hotel.

"Hey, ready to go?" I asked.

I could almost hear her smile a huge, enormous smile. "It's shoppin' time."

At the store, I told the lady helping us I wanted a… 'spunky' dress. But still pretty elegant and beautiful. I saw five dresses that I fell in love with. Dress one and three didn't look right on me, though.

"Try this one," Ms. Hatake said as she handed me dress four. I put it on. It was layered, had a pink rose at the shoulder, and I thought, 'colored roses…'

I turned and asked, "Do you have any with, like, roses along the waist?"

She thought for a second, and said, "Yeah, I think we do. White?"

"Um, yeah… and I was wondering if I could, like, in any way… color the roses?" I asked.

"Um, yeah, maybe…" She mused. "Yeah, that would be a possibility."

"Because Ikuto and I have this thing… He always brings me colored roses. Red, pink, white, lavender, coral, and blue." I told her.

"Aw, that's cute." She said. "When did you guys start that?"

"When he was sixteen…" I started, "…and when I was twelve."

Her eyes got wide, but she tried not to show it. She coughed. "Um, okay, well… that's cute." She said.

She left to go find the dress. Utau was there. I had barely noticed her. "Do you think that would be a good idea?" I asked.

"Yeah!" She said. "It would be great… He'd love it…!"

I smiled. Ms. Hatake showed me a dress. I changed, and came out. It was perfect and spunky, too.

The roses were lined up, going around my middle, from hip to hip. From there up to under my breasts was lace--not see-through. Then it had a square-neck, see-through straps. Under the roses, it was nice; the silk slid and looked like a river the way it was flowing… except white. It was layered with lace, and the very spunky think about it… there was a split. It came up about eight inches above my knee, and under the split all the way down was see-through lace. The dress had a tiny train; not too big, not to small.

"Oh, my gosh…" Utau said, "that totally fits you… like, totally."

"Um, Utau… you're acting like a… girly-girl." I commented.

"Because that's the most awesome dress and that's the one that fits you best!!" She said excitedly. I laughed a little bit.

Ms. Hatake smiled. "So what's your fiancé's name?" She asked.

"Ikuto Tsukiyomi." I told her.

"Ah. So, do you think he'll like it?" She asked.

I smiled… huge. "A lot." I said.

Utau then said, "I know my brother! He'll love that dress… probably hold on to it more than Amu!"

I hit her--not hard, but enough to get my point through--jokingly. "Utau!" I said with a gasp and a smile.

She laughed. "Okay, maybe that's not true… It'll be laying on the floor."

I blushed… a lot. Another smack to her head ought to do it… so I did.

"Ah, Amu! Stop hitting me!" She complained. "I mean, you know it is!"

Ms. Hatake laughed along with Utau. I didn't. I was blushing… a lot.

"Aright, the next time you come in, it should be fitted and colored." She said. "Can you write down the colors?"

She handed me a pad and pen and I wrote the colors. "Alright, thank you." She said.

I smiled. "Yep." I got dressed into my normal clothes, and we left.

I got back to the hotel. I walked into the room and saw Ikuto sitting on the bed, watching T.V. I turned to him with a genuine smile on my face.

"What?" He asked.

"I just got the perfect dress." I said, still smiling, and sitting next to him, curling up into a ball by his side. He moved his arm from the top of the pillows to my back.

"And what does it look like?" He asked.

"I can't tell you!" I said, and slapped his abs like I slapped Utau's head.

He laughed. "Fine… I'll wait until our wedding."

Something sank in just then. "Ikuto…" I said. "We're getting married…" I felt giddy. "Married! Together… forever." I said.

He laughed, too. I could tell he was also giddy. "And we can start a family…" He said.

I blushed, but I kept going. "And never have the fear… of breaking up again." I said, applying to when my mom made us break up. Other than that, we'd been inseparable.

"Even if we weren't getting married, I'd still spend the rest of my life with you. I'd never break up with you." He told me.

I smiled up at him. "Me, either… wait… me, too. Ah, heck with it. Me either, too." I said, combining them.

He laughed… pretty hard. I just smiled, happy I made him laugh without him teasing me.

"Utau said something today…" I said, blushing again.

"What did she say?" He asked.

"E-eto… Sh-she said… you'd hang on to the dress more than me."

He chuckled. "Are you worried that-"

"I'm not done. Then I smacked her… playfully. Then she said, these exact words, 'Okay, maybe that's not true… It'll be laying on the floor.'" I told him. I don't know why I did. And I blushed harder than I did then.

He was silent for a second. I looked up at his face-- deep in thought. Without a perverted smile. Then said, "I never thought about that… Amu, with me…"

I blushed and whipped out of his grasp. He laughed. "But don't you… you know… want to make love?" He asked, serious now.

"Wh-what?!" I asked.

"Amu, we're getting married… you don't want to? I mean, I'll wait when you're ready, but…"

I paused for a second. …I didn't want to tell him that I wanted to… because it was embarrassing… me, only being eighteen and all.

"E-Eto…" I stuttered again.

"Amu, honey…" he said. That was the first time he actually called me, 'honey', wasn't it?

"I-I… I'm ready… when we're married… I have a question to ask you." I said.

"Alright, ask it."

"Are you a virgin?"

He smiled-- not like he was going to laugh, but like he got my question. It was a soft smile-- from the mouth to the eyes. Nice and warm. "Yes, Strawberry, I am."

I smiled.

He tried to hide a laugh. "What?!" I asked, now blushing… I thought he understood what I said!

"Sorry, I'm laughing at my own stupidity. I was about to ask you the same thing… but we got together when you were twelve… and been together ever since. Well, unless you cheated on me." He said.

I smiled, and said, "No, I did not cheat on you. There would be no way in Hell I would cheat on you. I would rather… Tadase die then cheat on you."

"Wow, big words…"

"But I meant every last drop."

He smiled.

Knock, knock, knock!

I walked over to the door. And there were two people I wouldn't expect in a million years…

They stood tall, one looked familiar in a way I could point out. One looked familiar… in a way I can't point out.

(For those who don't know: Eto means, 'um'.)

And I'm sorry for those who I made feel uncomfortable...

I never end in a cliff hanger.... SO NOW I AM!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And only I know who the two men are! I know you don't know! Because my brain is AWESOMENESS like that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry... I just had a Twix...... XD XD

But the next chapter will probably be up pretty soon... Like, January.... maybe tenth? You know me, I'm not that good at updating... Anywho, if you're wondering:

THIS WILL NOT BE A LEMON! THERE WILL NOT BE A LEMON CHAPTER!!!!!

........perverts......

Perverts: aaaw.... 3:

Me: GO TO YOUR LITTLE CORNER NOW!!

Perverts: -Go to little corner-

Anywho, yeah... you don't know what to expect, do 'ya?! XD WOOOHOO!!!! GO ME!!!

Gaara: Grace, time to calm down....

Me: I WANT ICE-CREAM GAARA-KUUN!!! -hugs and hearts go up-

Ikuto: AW I WUNNA DO THAT TO AMU!!!! -does the same thing-

Amu: ............................ *////*

Me: LOL! Okay, so, anyway, please REVIEW!!!!!!!! I LOVE long comments! Like, LONG! PLEEAASE make it LONG! Because I enjoy reading LONG ones, not one-liners. I mean, I love the one-liners, too, but, PLEASE! LONG REVEIWS!!!!

Ikuto: -smirk- hit it hard...

Me: Seriously? You're still on that?

Amu: ...... .

Me: LOL! Hit it hard!!!!! xD

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