Serena joined the girls for their dress shopping after school let out. Between changes for Mia, Serena tried on the dress picked out for her that matched Lauren's and Emily's and found it to be a perfect fit. It made Mia happy, and as she had stated: the fact that the dresses fit and looked great on all three girls meant it had to be the dress for the wedding. It was a sign that they had found perfection.

Mia didn't want to go over the top for her wedding dress, but insisted on keeping as close to tradition as she could, which meant many of her dresses required two people. Mia squeezed inside each dress with help from her maid of honour. It wasn't an easy task, especially with such a small room to get changed in, but they managed. Mia emerged from the change room once the dress was on to get Lauren and Serena's opinions.

"Poof!" Riley voiced her thoughts when she saw her mother come out, "You look fluffy!"

"Seconded," Serena nodded her head, "It's a great dress, but I don't think it's the look you're going for."

Mia turned to the mirror to get a proper look for herself and sighed. She had been certain this would finally be the one. It had looked perfect on the rack, but now that she was wearing it, Riley and Serena did have a point. The dress made her look like she had been eaten by a cotton ball.

"You should try something a little simpler," Lauren suggested and handed Mia the dress she had chosen, "From what I've gathered, you want all eyes on you. The dress can't be a distraction, right?"

"I'll try anything. I'll stay here all night if I have to," Mia said and walked back into the change room with a reluctant Emily following behind. She turned to her sister and her cousin and gave them an angry stare.

"We've been at this for two hours. You couldn't have just said she looked beautiful?"

"Just help her out of the dress, Monster," Serena laughed. Emily closed the door to the change room, but not before sticking out her tongue.

-Samurai-

Jayden dropped his pencil down on the counter and sighed. He had spent his entire day in the dojo filling out forms, reading over documents and talking over the phone to various people who worked for the city. His head was pounding and the words from the paper were starting to spin around him. He took a much needed break and massaged his forehead when he heard a knock at the door. He turned around and recognized Troy – Lauren's first unofficial student. He waved the boy in.

"Sorry, Lauren's not working today," he said, "And the dojo's not technically open."

"Oh… okay," Troy stuck his hands in his pockets, "I just thought I would…"

"She'll be in tomorrow," Jayden assured him. "She's dress shopping with a friend who is getting married. It's a pretty big deal. Trust me."

"That's cool," Troy grabbed the door and started to pull it open, "I thought I would get a little more practice in. I don't really want to head home until later. I guess I'll find somewhere else to go."

Jayden sighed and shrugged his shoulders. He was done with the paperwork for the day, and Antonio wouldn't stop by for another half an hour. He had nothing to lose by taking a break and teaching Troy. "Let's see what you've got, kid."

"Really?" Troy asked with a curious frown, "Sensei Lauren told me you were more of the business man."

"Sensei Lauren may be able to kick my butt," Jayden openly admitted because it was true. His older sister was a much better fighter than him in every way – mainly due to her experience and her extensive training. However, when it came to teaching, Jayden had an edge. He had been the leader of the Samurai Rangers for far longer than Lauren, and had picked up on a few different skills when it came to teaching that Lauren still had to learn. He didn't have as much skill as Lauren, but he definitely knew how to pass on what he knew to his students.

He grabbed a training dummy and brought it to the center of the room, "Five minutes, show me what you've got. Give my friend the biggest ass-kicking of his life, and we'll go from there."

"You want me to fight a dummy?" Troy asked. "I'm used to sparing and…"

"I want to see what kind of fighter you are before I get started on lessons," Jayden said, "before my sister and I opened this dojo, I helped train five of my friends. Each of them had a different style and needed to be trained differently. If I'm going to train you to be the best warrior you can be, I need to know what type of warrior you are. Five minutes on the dummy. Give it all you've got."

Troy dropped his bag and nodded his head. He approached the dummy, bowed before it, and then started his attack while Jayden crossed his arms over his chest and watched.

-Samurai-

Mia had been in the change room for half an hour, and Lauren and Serena were starting to get worried something had happened. They hadn't heard a sound from Mia in all that time, and all they heard from Emily were soft whispers.

Nervously, Serena got up and knocked on the change room door, "Mia? Emy? You two okay in there? No one's suffocated in wedding dress fluff?"

The door opened just a few inches as Emily squeezed her way out. She closed the door once she was passed and looked up at her sister.

"Mia won't stop crying."

"Crying?" Lauren asked as she and Riley came over, holding hands. "Why is Mia crying?"

"I don't know. I tried asking her, but she can't get it out. I thought I was supposed to be the hormonal one."

Finally, the door opened behind Emily and Mia walked out. Her face was stained with her tears but the girls didn't notice that at all when they saw the dress she was wearing. Mia turned to the mirror, wiped her eyes with the back of her wrist and smiled brightly, "It's perfect."

"You cry like that when it's perfect?" Emily rolled her eyes, "This is going to be a long wedding…"

"Mommy, it's okay!" Riley wrapped her arms around Mia's legs. She hated to see her mother so upset. "You no have to marry Kevin!"

Mia picked up her daughter and hugged her, "I want to, sweetie. I'm crying because I'm so happy. This dress is perfect. This dress just feels… it feels like everything's going to be so perfect."

"You're getting that from a dress?" Lauren muttered and she was nudged in the ribs by Serena. The white Ranger glared at the red before she looked to Mia in the mirror and gave her a bright smile.

"The dress looks amazing. Kevin is… one amazingly lucky man, Mia."

"Now you just have to pick," Emily said as she came over with a veil in one hand and a tiara in the other, "Which do you want?"

"Tiara," Mia insisted and reached without hesitation for the tiara, "This is my fairy tale wedding. The princess always wears a tiara to her wedding."

Mia put the tiara on her head and looked in the mirror. Riley gasped when she finally saw her mother dressed up completely as the bride.

"Mommy, you're so pretty!"

"Thank you, sweetheart," Mia gave her daughter a kiss before setting her down. She then took the tiara off, "I think it's decided. This is the dress. These are our dresses. We're officially done dress shopping!"

"Ahem!" Riley cleared her throat and held up her bear, "You said she was allowed to come to the wedding!"

"Right," Mia nodded. "Let me just get out of this dress, then we're going to pay for our dresses and then we'll buy your teddy her wedding dress."

Riley smiled and hugged her bear.

Mia told Emily she wouldn't need help slipping out of this dress (another sign it was the perfect dress), so Emily was free to pay for her dress with Serena and Lauren while Mia got changed. Just as she was about to pick up her dress, though, Mia put her hand on it. Emily looked up.

"I've got to take it to the cash, Mia. You don't want me in sweats at the wedding…"

"I've got this dress," Mia smiled. "I know you and Mike are saving up, and since Serena already bought you everything you needed for the baby, it's the least I can do."

"Really?"

Mia nodded, "In fact, I think you're saving me money. I'd have probably spent more on the twins to compensate for the fact that I'll never be able to splurge on my own baby."

"Riley might like having a brother or sister," Emily shrugged. "Are you sure, Mia? It's your wedding and Mike and I took this into account when we were…"

"I insist. Now, how about you and Riley get a head start on finding teddy bear wedding dresses. We'll catch up."

Emily gave Mia a quick hug, thanking her for the generous gift. Then she took Riley by the hand and started to walk out of the store. Riley looked up at her aunt and noticed she had started crying as well.

"You too? Dress shopping was a bad idea."

"I'm really happy, Riley."

"When I'm really happy, I smile. Grown-ups are weird."

Emily nodded her head and dropped down to her knees before Riley. She gently grabbed Riley's arms and looked straight at her, "You landed on your feet, kid."

"Sometimes I land on my face and it hurts," Riley shook her head, "But mommy puts ice on my head and I feel better."

Emily chuckled, "I meant… this family is an amazing family. You're so lucky to grow up with so many people who are just… nice people. Very nice people."

"I know," Riley smiled, "Mommy's nice, and even Kevin is nice. I used to think he was a meanie, but he teached me to swim and we have lots of fun together. So he's nice now."

"I really mean it, Riley. You're so lucky," Emily got back to her feet and took her niece's hand, "Let's go get your teddy bear a dress. And, I hear someone's birthday is coming up. How about we get you something yellow?"

"Yellow? Yuck! Yellow's a stupid colour. I want a blue Ranger Teddy!"

"A blue Ranger?"

"And can he wear a fuxedo?"

"A… a what?"

"A fuxedo," Riley said. "Kevin said he was going to buy one for the wedding."

"A… A tuxedo?"

"Pink Teddy is going to have to get married too. She needs a husband. If they get married, blue Teddy will need a fuxedo."

"I'll buy you a blue Ranger Teddy and he'll wear a tuxedo. How does that sound?"

"Yay!" Riley skipped as they walked to the store.