Chapter 4: Away From the Sun
Thanks to all my readers and reviewers. It took me long enough to finally get a chapter for this story up. I haven't updated since March, just waiting for a time when I would be able to keep up with the story. I hope that you enjoy the new chapter. Please keep reading and reviewing. I do not own Death Note or its characters. I do own Ellie, but that is about all.
Ellie had the yard perfect for the wedding. She sat back to admire it. Laurent was up in his office once again. Ellie hadn't seen him since she had gotten back from surgery. It seemed that all the playfulness that they had was now fading.
"I guess I just need to go to the hospital more often," she thought to herself.
She heard a doorbell in the distance. "Early," she thought to herself as she got up. She walked through the house to the front door noting that Laurent hadn't moved and inch.
"Misa," Ellie said surprised. She was surprised to see Misa early. Ellie had been expecting Matsuda to be early because Misa was always fashionably late.
"Oh!" Misa said. "I brought Matsu with me!" she said stepping aside and Ellie saw a very bashful Matsuda waving at her.
Ellie smiled and hugged them both. "You aren't dressed Ellie-chan!" Misa said noting Ellie's camisole and running shorts.
"I've been working on getting everything ready," Ellie said.
"We came to help," Matsuda said quietly.
"Oh," Ellie said. "Well, I could use help with the dress Misa, but uh Matsuda I'm sorry you can talk to Laurent if you want he's up in the office. I'll take you up if you want or you could wait in the living room."
"I'll just wait, if that's ok with you," Matsuda said trying not to be rude.
"That's ok," Ellie said feeling bad for putting Matsuda in such an awkward situation.
Misa and Ellie walked up the stairs.
"Wow, its so sunny in here Ellie-chan," Misa said walking into Ellie's room. "Why do you have your own room?" Misa asked. "Why doesn't he want to sleep with you?"
"He doesn't think its proper until we are married," Ellie said lying. She was proud that this had been one of her better lies.
"Oh!" Misa exclaimed. "I understand now, what a gentleman!"
Trying to change the subject Ellie opened her wardrobe so Misa could see her dress.
Misa exclaimed with glee. "It's so beautiful Ellie-chan!" "What are you going to wear under it?"
Ellie blushed. She hadn't even thought that far ahead. "I don't know," Ellie said quietly.
This of course sent Misa in an undergarment raid digging through the dresser on the other side of the room.
"Here finally something promising," Misa said pulling out a lacy pair.
Ellie blushed even more brightly. That underwear and bra set had been a gift. A disgusting gift of course, from Josh Barker. They were in a bag so it was no wonder that Ellie hadn't gotten rid of them yet she had honestly forgotten that she had gotten them.
"I don't know Misa," Ellie said.
Misa gave her a strange look. Ellie answered by saying. "I got those as a gift from someone I would rather not think about."
Misa seemed to not understand so Ellie took the underwear and bra from her. The underwear and bra were both black and had a sky blue lacing on the outer edges. "What the hell," she thought to herself. "Might as well actually wear them once."
Ellie dashed into the bathroom attached to her room and put on the underwear under her clothes.
"I guess I had better get the dress on," Ellie said and Misa jumped up from the bed she had been sitting on while she was waiting for Ellie to get out of the bathroom.
It took several minutes, but Misa and Ellie finally got the complicated dress zipped up. "For such a simple looking dress it was sure hard to get on," Ellie thought to herself.
Ellie put in the hairpiece and then put on the necklace. "I guess I can't come downstairs for a while now," Ellie said. "Is there any way you can get me when the ceremony is about to begin?" Ellie asked.
"Wait," Misa said. "Isn't there some kind of traditional clothing for a wedding, something old, new, and something else?" Misa asked thinking hard.
"Something borrowed and something blue," Ellie said finishing Misa's thought. "This isn't a traditional wedding though."
"Hmm," Misa thought again. "Well the underwear were blue," Misa said. "And that dress looks new."
Ellie blushed about the underwear comment. Misa continued speaking. "Well, all we need is something borrowed and something old," Misa said.
Ellie slipped on a white pair of dress shoes that she had worn with her blue prom dress. "These are old," Ellie said.
Misa clapped her hands together. "So now that all is left is something borrowed," Misa said. Misa looked at what she was wearing that day and then plucked three silver bracelets from her wrist and placed them on Ellie's wrist.
"I expect to get those back!" Misa said laughing.
"Well that is everything I guess," Ellie said. "I will see you before the ceremony."
"Of course Ellie-chan," Misa said leaving the room.
Ellie looked at herself in the mirror. She didn't even recognize herself. She was glad the bra had been strapless. It wasn't that the dress wasn't already built in with a bra, but she always felt naked walking around like that.
Misa came down the stairs and sat with Matsuda.
"I wish Light-kun were here," Misa said to Matsuda.
Matsuda nodded. He sat silently trying to be happy for Ellie and her husband, and well their child that no one was going to know about.
Soon the doorbell rang again and when there was a long pause where no one was getting up to answer the door Laurent finally emerged from his office. He ignored Matsuda and Misa and walked down the entranceway toward the front door.
"Ah," Laurent said as his muscles relaxed. "Please make yourself comfortable, we have decided to keep the wedding outdoor as planned."
The preacher walked in the room and said, "Well you picked the perfect day for it. This is the best weather that we will have for another month or so."
"It seems that things have worked out in our favor," Laurent said leading him into the living room.
"These are our witnesses," Laurent said. "Misa and Matsuda, both friends of the bride."
Misa and Matsuda looked up and finally got a good look at Ellie's fiancé. Matsuda chocked on his breath and Misa tilted her head to the side.
"Well I must get ready for the occasion, but please make yourselves at home and we will be starting the ceremony in a half an hour," Laurent said before disappearing in the kitchen and walking up the stairs.
The preacher left soon after Laurent did to set up his things in the backyard. Matsuda looked at Misa and asked, "Didn't he look familiar to you?"
"No," Misa said. "He was very good-looking though. Quite the catch."
Matsuda looked away. Just because he had moved didn't mean that he hadn't gotten over feeling inferior to Laurent and jealous of him to an extent. Laurent seemed to have everything, wealth, good looks, culture, and of course there was Ellie. He had gotten a nice girl pregnant and they were getting married to try to cover everything up in hopes that no one would notice that Ellie had gotten pregnant out of wedlock. He gripped his fists at his sides. He just hoped that Ellie would be happy with this Laurent fellow. That was all he could hope for her now except maybe a safe pregnancy, but he still had a few months to congratulate her on that.
Laurent walked up into his room put the suit on his body. He remembered Watarai suggesting he get a suit and he had gotten one to humor Watarai mostly, but now he would be wearing said suit to his wedding.
He waited in the backyard standing on one side of the preacher. He waited for Misa to go upstairs and escort Ellie in, but in the last minute Matsuda volunteered saying something about tradition calling for the father to give the bride away. "It might as well be a male friend," he had said.
He walked up the stairs his heart beating in his ears. He knocked on the door and heard Ellie unlatch the door from the other side and throw it open.
He gaped at Ellie and she gaped at him. "I thought Misa was supposed to come up and get me," she said trying not to hurt Matsuda's feelings.
"Change of plans," Matsuda said. "I'm.. giving you way," Matsuda said.
"Oh, well I'm glad you volunteered then. Everything will feel more complete when I know you are happy too," Ellie said. "I mean, I already know Misa is ecstatic, but I want you to be happy too. I know you're not happy with me, and you don't agree with this. Maybe its just how fast things went, I don't know. I… I am glad you came up here Matsuda."
Matsuda gulped. She gave him her arm and he took it. He walked her down the stairs and into the backyard trying to ignore how lovely she looked.
Laurent almost gasped when he saw Ellie come out of the house. He had been the one to decide on her dress, but he had never guessed how she would look in it.
Matsuda released Ellie's arm and she kissed him on the cheek. She turned to face her fiancé and the wedding began.
After the binding kiss of man and wife Ellie looked up into Laurent's eyes. She smiled brightly at him.
Matsuda and Misa took a flight back to Japan soon after the ceremony was over and Ellie said that she would also be back in Japan by Friday to start her classes the next week.
Ellie and Laurent cleaned up and paid the preacher. After all was said and done it was sunset and Ellie hadn't yet changed out of the dress and Laurent hadn't change out of his suit.
"You look great," Ellie said to him.
"You too," Laurent said nervously not sure what to say to her.
"So did you want to get changed and board a flight tonight or did you want to wait until the morning?" he asked.
"I'll wait until the morning," Ellie said. She was hoping that something would happen on the night of their wedding. It was a foolish thing to think, and selfish as well, but it seemed like the closure she needed after all this. She wanted to feel his arms around her just one night and she would be content.
"It's customary for the groom to take the garter off the bride," Ellie said blushing.
Laurent looked at her oddly and then lifted the skirt portion of her dress up.
"Not with your hands," she said blushing even more. "With your teeth."
She half expected him to just say no and leave the room without looking at her, but his trembling hands sat her on the couch in the living room and his head disappeared under her dress.
Ellie at first felt nothing, but then she felt hot breath on her thigh, which made her jump. Laurent's teeth touched her skin and Ellie starting breathing heavily. She felt the garter leave her leg as it was pulled down to her ankles. She saw Laurent's head emerge from under the dress with the lacy garter in his mouth and his face red with embarrassment.
"The blue looks really nice against your skin," was all he could get out before their lips collided. She tasted as good as he remembered.
Ellie laid herself back to stretch on the couch and Laurent lay on top of her. They were still fully clothed, but the kissing hadn't ceased.
"Marshmallows?" he asked in between breaths.
"No," Ellie said gasping for breath.
"You taste sweet," he said to her.
Ellie blushed and pushed her lips up against his again. Laurent fidgeted with the zipper on her dress. He finally got it between his fingers and unzipped it fully. He sat up on the couch and Ellie did as well. The dress slipped down to her waist showing off the bra she was wearing.
Laurent buried his face in between her breasts. Ellie began taking off his layers until she reached his bare chest. She touched his skin and he bolted up.
"Ellie, we have to catch a flight early in the morning," he said buttoning his undershirt.
Ellie sat on the couch alone with her dress halfway down. She could feel his kisses still on her lips, but it seemed that now she was alone.
She walked up the stairs after sitting there for a long period of time. She walked into her room and lay on her bed watching the last of the sun slip past the horizon.