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"Yue are you ready yet?" Amelia shouted just below the stairs. Mathilda and Yekaterina were with Yue, helping to get ready for the Hen party that Yekaterina insisted. Though Amelia would never missed a party, and she happy approved of the union of that Russian and Yue that she was so eager to start.

The wedding was arranged for tomorrow at Southwark Cathedral and so it was normal that the whole household was in frantic to get everything right. Ivan had somehow, went out with Arthur and the German prince four nights before and never had come home yet. The uneasy feeling was growing inside of Yue.

"Relax dear. I know my brother. He will not do anything to harm Arthur and sir Beilschmidt." Yekaterina said as she fixed her hair into a bun. She examined her work and had a smile across her face.

"Perfect." She then took Mathilda's hand and had her sit down while she fixed the shy twin's hair. Yue walked around in circles.

"I know. But I'm just a little nervous. Tomorrow is the wedding and they aren't even here." She thrown both her hands up in the air as a sign of surrender. Both her companion took pity on her. It was after all still an arranged marriage wherever they both love each other was a bonus for them. Then Mathilda asked.

"Yue, mind if I ask you frankly?" Yue looked at her dear friend that had turned out wasn't going to be her maid-of-honour but the Russian called them as 'witness'. Yue looked at her and nodded her head.

"Do you really love Ivan?" Yekaterina then took that time to stop her brushing and just turned too looked at Yue as well. Both blue eyes were once beautiful to Yue now were mocking her as they hold such interest like a child. Like Ivan's, she thought.

"I-I. well." She turned around, her face was growing a little warm and in a soft whisper. She said.

"I do." Both shrieked of giggles came from behind her and she was pulled to a hug that knocked her breath away.

"Oh Yue. You're lucky to be in a love match." Mathilda said in delight and Yekaterina was jumping so hard that Yue swore she heard something from the blessed chest lady.

"But I don't know if Ivan does." Both raised an eyebrow as to say she was jesting.

"You can't be serious? He practically never left his eyes on you whenever your in the room." The sister of the said man said in shocked.

"He even took a sword for you." Mathilda said and both eyes were on her.

"Well. That's what Amelia said who she heard from Arthur. That Ivan won you fair and square." Yue sighed.

"It's not that I don't believe you guys. It's just that. The way he looked at me it's just like." A blushed came to her face.

"Like he just wanted to go to bed with me." A quick in takeoff breath can be heard.

"But that maybe because I'm just nervous." She covered her face with her palm. A hand had touch her shoulder then. Yekaterina was smiling to her.

"You are worried about the marriage bed." When she nodded. Mathilda took the time to walk out of the room with a blushed on her face.

"You know. Your mother is supposed to tell you about it." When the door had been closed.

"She already did." Yue said as she gripped her skirt quite roughly.

"So what's the problem?" Yue sighed at how relax Yekaterina was.

"It's just that. It seem quite impossible to able to fit. . "Blood rush quickly to her face that made her quite lightheaded. Yekaterina patted her hand on hers to let the poor skirt go.

"It's alright. I will have a talk with Ivan to be gentle to his new wife then." Yue jerked out of the sit and stand her full height, which is nothing compared when Yekaterina stood as well.

"Please don't tell Ivan that I'm scared." She pleaded. But her companion just shocked her head.

"I will not tell him anything but to be gentle. Of course, you're the one should tell him that since you're his wife." Yue gulped but the looked on her Russian friend that she would not appreciate any argument.

That moment, Amelia came in with a displeasing look on her.

"Are you guys ready yet?" Mathilda was behind her with a little blush on for her embarrassment. Yue turned to Yekaterina who had nodded her head as they headed down stairs for the carriage.

YueMei was waiting for them at the other side of the Thames River, where a much bigger and suitable house for a party which was of course owned by the Kirkland family.

As they round the city, Yue looked out the window where a bridge with two towers was being built. She smiled where the next time she came here. They would just go straight to the other side using the bridge without using the ferry anymore. Though, they had to make dew for the old London Bridge.

"Oh this is going to be so much fun." The hyper American twin said as they rode through the bridge. Yue looked at her companion who was sited across from her.

"Have both of you been to London before?" Yue said. Mathilda shocked her head as Amelia nodded her head.

"Well that's understandable." Natalia said in sarcastic.

"I had been here a few times while Maddie had been to Paris." Amelia explained.

"Our uncle would only take one niece at a time to England and Uncle Francis is just too creepy for me to go with him." Amelia explained. What they had learned from the twins. Is that their father's father came from England to start a new life in America while their mother, a French descendant that has a younger brother, which is 'Uncle' Francis. Whom they also found out was only in his late twenties. He had dotted his nieces since he hadn't met the right girl to marry yet. And had a few one night stands in London that had YueMei frustrated for the gossips she heard at the town.

"Uncle Francis is not creepy." Mathilda opposed her twin.

"Is so. He is also a pervert. Which is why, he and Gilbert got along well last week." Amelia concluded that had the rest of the passengers raised their brows.

"What? Can't you all tell that Gilbert is also a rake?" Amelia asked with an innocent looked. Mathilda looked a little offended but stayed unvoiced.

The rest of the ride had more of them smiling and laughing at one another. As they arrived to their destination. Most of the guests their where waiting for them and half of them where new to Yue's eyes. Though her mother assured her that they were the daughters and nieces of their family friends. The only other person, besides the ones she rode with, was Eily Kirkland, Arthur's red headed, hot tempered cousin from Ireland. She smiled at her as she walked past by while holding a bottle of whiskey on her hand. Maybe she's happy now? Yue thought before she was waltz in by the rest of the females enjoying a round of drinks and of course talking about the future groom. But Yue can hear whispers as to why they had this so called 'Hen party'. She herself didn't know the real reason why but knows that it was a Russian tradition and she was actually enjoying herself.

"So Yue are you really going through this Russian tradition stuff?" Amelia asked as they sat on the couch for the party was cooling down to a stop.

"Of course. I would want to support my husband. But of course I'm going a few of my own traditions." Amelia's eyes shinned with excitement and curiosity.

"You just had to wait until tomorrow. I want to surprise Ivan." As she took her drink.

As the sun was setting. The party was ordered finished by a little drunk YueMei.

"Now, time for us to head back to Southwark." YueMei said as they ridded home.

Yue was writing in her diary after dinner and everyone was put to sleep did she saw two horses pulled over at their front door as she looked out of the window. She lowers her light and looked outside. True enough with her intuition. Ivan and Arthur had arrived. Though they seemed to be walking quite normally but she wasn't so sure if everything was alright.

Though she went to bed and not feeling any sleep coming to her so she kept on rolling on her bed. Just what she thought was about to dozed off. Her mother had arrived declaring that she needs to be up and get to a bath. With a sleepy growl. She went down stairs where the bath had been made. She took her time as the water was warm to her skin and the smell of grapefruit was pleasing to her nose.

She went up stairs to her room as Yekaterina came to do her hair. This time, her hair has been done half bun so half of her silky brown hair flows to her backside. The gown was then next and Yue scanned the mirror and had a smile was plastered on her face.

"Where are your shoes Yue?" Yekaterina said. Yue turned to her chest to take out red Chinese shoes. Yekaterina was puzzled but when Yue explains that it was in her tradition to wear red shoes for a wedding. So she smiled and helped the twins, while YueMei did her makeup. This was simple no foundation, no rogue but a pinched on her cheeks that Yue complained.

"Sorry dear, your father insisted to go as natural as possible, but this I have to add."

YueMei painted her lips bright red like hers.

"Every Chinese girl must have a rosy cheeks and bright lips on her wedding day." She was then escorted with Mathilda that was wearing a pale yellow gown that made her blue eyes shinned violet like Ivan's, And Amelia that was wearing a pale pink.

They walked her down the stairs where the rest of the males where waiting. Yue raised her eyes to scan for Ivan and there he was. Standing beside his father in his elegant suit still wearing his signature scarf, rapped loosely on his neck. Platinum blond hair was combed neatly and he was staring at her with an agape mouth. Nicholas sighed and pushed up his son's chin closed.

"Just like her mother." Henry said as Arthur was shyly watching her on the doorway to the saloon, Hong was holding his leg and he stared around with interest as to why everybody was. Ivan walked to the stairs to meet his bride halfway. He bowed to her and took her hand from her mother's and kissed it softly and sweetly.

"You look beautiful, Yue-Yue." Ivan said with a smiled on his face, but what Yue had notice was that, that smile was genuine and not his usual childish smile.

"Shall we go?" Arthur said with a grunted but smiled sweetly at Yue as she walked passed by him. He stole a whisper to her before anyone notice. "I wish you happiness, Yue." Yue turned to Arthur but he was already escorting Amelia and Mathilda to the couch.

The short ride to the church had Yue's nerved flipped her stomach. YueMei gripped her daughter's hand in assurance.

"Try to relax Yue. Everything would be fine." Yue rested her head on her mother's shoulder. Henry and Arthur was sited across from them and tried giving them privacy by changing their stares with the window and Hong was playing with the bouquet, which half of it was already thrown to the carriage grown.

A tear had fallen from her eye and her mother wiped it away.

"Are you scared that he will not treat you well?" a sniffed was heard but the movement of her head said otherwise.

"No. is just that it just sink in to me that I would not be a Kirkland anymore." Arthur and Henry turned too looked at Yue as she said that. Her eyes were a bit puffy and YueMei was gland that she followed her husband's wishes on the makeup part.

"No you're not Yue." Arthur said in a bit grunt. Yue looked up at him.

"Even if you married to that bloody Russian."

"Arthur, watch your tongue." Henry said as he took Michael away from his son's lap.

"You will always be a Kirkland to us." He said sincerely. YueMei smiled but frowned when Arthur took her daughter's hands in his and stared in deeply into her swollen eyes.

"When you came into our life, my life had never been so bright and I never had known so much joy until I had met you. Since you and your mother had brought happiness to our once gloomy home." He kissed her palm and looked up at her in the cramped carriage. Both parents were speechless as to why Arthur was saying this and had an uneasy feeling that he might suggest a proposal to her.

"You will always be my . . . sister even if your name has change. You and your husband," he had said it with disgusted.

"Are always welcome to the Kirkland manor." A sad smile had creep into his face and he let go of her hands. YueMei and Henry heave a sigh of relief and YueMei kissed her daughter's red cheeks.

"You will always be my daughter." YueMei said in their mother tongue that brought a blanked looked on Arthur, Henry kindly translated to him.

Yue cleared her tears away and smiled to her family. Truth to be told, they also brought sunshine and butterflies to her mother and her.

As the cathedral arrived to a full view, Yue hold her mother's hand for support as she breath in and out to relax her nerves.

A/N: this was a little hard to write since I never saw anyone (live) nervous for a wedding. But I hope you guys felt it. And can note me for anything wrong with this fic. Where did Ivan, Arthur and Gilbert went? Will find out at next chapter or so. Thank you for reviewing.

Note side, makeup in England in the 17th to 18th century was frown upon and the Parliament had made a law that a marriage must be annual if the bride had worn makeup the day before the wedding. And the 19th century women in high ranking were discourage to wear any cosmetic for it was associated to actress and prostitute.

And about the Hen party. In Russian tradition, the bride but had a Hen party( it is like a stag party for males but it just came to the Russian in the 19th to 20th century from the Western adaptation.) to show how many friends will support her new life as a wife and mother.

And the bath in grapefruit is in the Chinese tradition. The bride must bath in grapefruit or pumelo for cleanse her evil influences. And of course, red shoes were encouraged to wear for a wedding or anything red, like a red silk veil. Red symbolizes joy.

Chinese prefer girls with rosy cheeks since indicate healthy and red lips with the same reason. Of course there are different traditions for preparation to a wedding. Though I can't really type in details, but the real importance is that, the bride and groom must not see each other before the day of the wedding and that the female must do something she usually doesn't do. And how Yekaterina was helping her is because in the Chinese tradition for the oldest sister-in-law or mother-in-law to help her prepare for the wedding like her own mother would.

Commets? Review?

Thank you for reading and have a fun day!