The Arranged Marriage

Chapter 13

45 days until the wedding
The countdown to the wedding begins as they started to make early preparations,
"No! The theme of the wedding is a midnight fairytale! People, do you have no imagination!" yelled the royal wedding planner Jemma, as she ran around the castle, as it was being repainted, redectored, and refurbished.
"To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love" said Stephen who was holding a hand out to me, i blushed,
"Pride and Prejudice? Your quoting pride and prejudice?'' i asked him as he pulled me into the ballroom, laughing as he spins me around,
"You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you. -Mr. Darcy" Stephan said as i laughed in his arms as we danced around the ballroom, shaking my head, stephan kissed my cheek,
"You look beautiful today my darling.'' i looked at him strangely,
"Darling? What no baby girl?" he chuckled deeply sending shivers down my spine,
"I'm sorry baby girl.'i smiled up at him,
"That's much better!" we laughed and continued to dance until Jemma came running into the ballroom,
"There you are Raven! I've been looking for you everywhere!" Sighing I escaped Stephen's arms and turned with a little smile on my face,
"If you were looking for me everywhere, then you would have known that I was in here." And crossed my arms and walked out of the room, leaving her gasping like a fish in dry land. Stephen burst out laughing, sighing as I left the doorway.

"Now That was totally uncalled for baby girl." Called Stephen as I was cutting up apples,
"I thought it was funny." Stephen went to reach for an apple, but I smacked his hand, bringing his hand up to his chest cradling it,
"What was that for!" He cried and I smiled softly at him,
"Darling don't eat my apples." He nodded as I continued to cut the apple slices smaller, looking around the kitchen, Stephen asked,
"Where's the chefs? Aren't they supposed to be working today?" I chuckled and said,
"No, I gave them the day off with the permission of the queen and king." He looked at me confuse,
"Why?" I put the apples into a pan with butter and cinnamon,
"It's my mom's birthday and we are throwing her a party here." He ah and said,
"That explains the redecorating, and everything." Nodded my head I continued to stir the bubbling carmel apples, raging it off the heat, Stephen asked,
"Then why are you making fruit pies? Instead of a birthday cake?" I grimaced at the thought of cake, chuckling softly Stephen asked,
"What? You don't like cake?" Shaking my head no, I filled the pie crust with the apple filling, before working on a lattice for the top of the pie,
"No, it's not the fact that I hate cake, it's just, um." I chuckled nervously staring at the apple pie, working on the lattice work before continuing what I was saying,
"It's a texture thing. I hate brownies, cakes, even cupcakes! I don't like the texture of them, which is why I am making my own wedding 'cake'." I laid the lattice work on top of the pie and put it in the oven, setting a timer for 15 minutes,
"Okay, well that's um." Trailed off Stephen as he looked for the words to say,
"Moving on, when is your family getting here?" I looked at my watch and said,
"Any minute now, okay, can you watch the pie while I go change? Dinner is already done and just waiting for dessert." I then rushed to my room and hopped into the shower.

After drying off and getting into my light blue tulle dress, and doing my hair, I walked downstairs hearing laughter come from the dining room, hearing my heels click against the cobblestone floor, the doors open and I walked into the room, mom looked at me with her shining olive green eyes, a smile on her aging face, I smiled at the sight of her and smiled,
"Birdie!" Shouted Rubella as she rushed up to me, her bright yellow dress swaying around her legs as she did, bringing my little sister into a hug,
"Hi baby girl. How are you?" I asked as she clanged onto me,
"I've missed you." She mumbled as she hid her face into my shoulder, picking her up, I walked over towards the dining table and sat her down, before hugging our momma,
"Hi momma, happy birthday!" I said to her,
"Thank you for this weekend Raven. You didn't have to do this." I sighed as said,
"After everything you've done for me? Of course I had to momma! Plus you know you and dad need a break, so after tonight, you and dad will be leaving to go on a vacation for two months, and Elijah will take over pack duties and being alpha, Leah will step in as Luna. And Desmond will, well, Desmond will be Desmond." She laughed and said,
"Of course he will!" We both then sat down and dug into the food.