Chapter 28 Vane

We were all waiting patiently for Nightingale and Kook to come out from the king's quarters, we were all sure that they were going to get the sack, or worse, execution from lying to the king. Ballista was stood pacing up and down impatiently, she was starting to get on my nerves but I didn't want to mention it, after 10 minutes of waiting the eventually walked out, they seemed very down and depressed, it can't be good news.

"So what did the king say?" I asked.

Nightingale and Kook looked at each other before looking back to the ground, Kook wrapped his arm around Nightingale's shoulders before they answered my question.

"He just wanted to tell us that…that…" Kook started before his facial expression suddenly changed, the frown on his face suddenly melted away and transformed into a beaming smile. "That he wanted to apologize for the problems he's caused us and how upset he's made us feel and how difficult this has been for us both, so he's decided to abolish the rule about defenders being unable to be in relationships, so we're free to be together."

"That's fantastic." Said Faetal.

Everyone was really happy with the news and also relieved, we were all worried about what was going to happen to Nightingale and Kook, we thought that they might just loose their jobs first of all, but when we were informed that Kook may be executed for lying to the king, that was the end of the line and we had to stop the king somehow, it was good to see that he'd taken on the information that we'd given him and the number if reasons why Nightingale and Kook should keep their jobs and why Kook shouldn't be executed.

Now that this problem has been solved we could all focus on the king's wedding, but that was going to be after the king's birthday which was now three days away, while Nightingale and Kook had been locked up in jail we'd been getting the great hall ready for the party, there was still a few things to get done, such as a couple of banners, some streamers and everything will be ready, that afternoon, me, Faetal, Shaiden and Gildar were putting the finishing touches to the party decorations.

Me and Faetal were putting up the last banner when my thoughts changed from the party to Nightingale and Kookaburra.

"What do you think Nightingale and Kook are going to do now they're free to be together?" I asked Faetal.

"I don't know, I guess they can do whatever they want to do now."

The final touches to the great hall were now full completed and we were now ready for the upcoming party.

It's the day of the king's birthday, and everyone was on their way to the great hall, the party was about to start and we had to get there before the king did, by the time that I got there nearly everyone was already there except for Kook, I looked down the corridor and he was just walking over, he seemed nervous about something, he had his hands in his pockets and he was looking down at his feet.

"You alright Kook buddy?" I asked.

"Erm, yeah. I'm fine." He replied.

"It's just that you looked a bit nervous, is there something bothering you?"

"No, no I told you, I'm fine."

Kook walked over to Nightingale and held her hand the second he walked into the room, Kook had timed his arrival just right as the king also walked into the room no less than ten seconds after Kook walked in.

"Surprise!" we all said simultaneously. "Happy birthday your highness."

The king was very surprised, he was expecting a surprise of some sort as we did the same every year for him, but he wasn't expecting something like this, we all settled down so that the king could make his speech.

"Thank you everyone, this is a bit unexpected, when you all said that you had a surprise for me I wasn't expecting this. Before I got here today, Kookaburra came over to talk to me and was wondering if he could make a little announcement." He said.

Kook stood up and walked into the middle of the room.

"Thank you sire, Nightingale could you come up here for a minute?" said Kook.

Rather timidly, Nightingale also stood up and walked over to Kook, Kook got a nearby chair, sat Nightingale down and held her hand.

"Nightingale, we've been through a lot over this year so far, but we've both got through everything that has occurred, and I just wanted to say something." Slowly, Kook got down on one knee. "Nightingale, you are my best friend, my shoulder to lean on, the one person I know I can count on, you're the love of my life, you're my one and only, you're my everything, and I was wondering…" He then reached into his pocket and brought out a small box, opening that box he revealed a ring. "Will you marry me?"

There was a gasp in the room when Kook asked that question, my mouth dropped open in shock, I really wasn't expecting that announcement, there was a second's silence before Nightingale gave her answer, please be yes.

"Oh my God, Kook I don't know what to say." She said.

"Just say yes." Faetal replied.

"You'll make me the happiest guy alive if you do." Said Kook.

"Yes, yes of course I will."

Everyone applauded as Kook placed the ring on Nightingale's finger, so it was now a double celebration, we were all congratulating Nightingale and Kook throughout the party, this may mean that this king's wedding may have to be held back a bit longer for Nightingale and Kook's wedding.

It has been decided that Nightingale and Kook are going to be married in a couple of months, just a few weeks before the king's wedding, we were going to be organising the two weddings at the same time, this way we could get more done in much less time.

On week two there was still another two weeks until Nightingale and Kook's wedding, Nightingale and the girls were busy with the dresses, while us guys were going through some of the things that we were going to be needing for the venue, Nightingale and Kook had gone through the guests, most of their families were going to be there and our families could also come too if they could make it, this was really exciting, I've not been to a wedding in years.

One morning we were waiting for the girls outside the king's quarters waiting for the girls, Kook has already asked Gildar to be his best man, Gildar was happy to and is already working on his best man speech, I think that Kook's starting to feel the pressure as it's getting closer and closer to the day, he'd become much more nervous than he was when we first started planning everything, he cheered up though when Nightingale walked up the corridor with the last of the girls, when they got closer Kook took Nightingale's hand and spun her around romantically, I couldn't help but smile.

"Have you decided who's going to be your best man yet Kook?" she asked.

"Yep, I've asked Gildar and he's agreed to do it." Kook replied.

"Fantastic."

She then threw her arms around Kook's neck kissing him on the cheek.

Nightingale and Kook had the day off so they could plan a bit more of their wedding, such as the style, what they were going to do with the decorations, the king was also with the king of Splazzer City and was planning out his own wedding.