Elise asked, “Why do you have the board then?” Paige snickered. I glared at her warning, “Don’t you dare.” Sierra held her hands up while Abigail bit her lip. Paige smiled saying, “Drunk Melanie is such fun, Elise.” Elise raised an eyebrow.
Abigail admitted, “I’ll say that I don’t know all that they do, but I do know Drunk Melanie is the best.” I groaned. Paige chuckled saying, “We were drinking, and we asked Mel here what her wedding would look likeifshe and her Xander worked out.”
Sierra chimed in, “Addison convinced her to have a Pinterest board. Then once she sobered up, she locked down so no one could see it. Even though she’d already shown us everything she pinned.” I stuck my tongue out at her then Paige.
Elise laughed, “We will have to get drinks sometime, Ladybug.” I raised an eyebrow muttering, “Because that went SO well last time.” Haley clapped her hands and pointed at me saying, “She was being sarcastic, I got that one. At least I fucking hope I did. You girl’s last outing did NOT go well.”
I laughed, “I was being sarcastic.” Haley smiled triumphantly, “I knew it. You girls can have drinks here. There are treehouses all over the damn territory. Or Faerie or the Hackura realm.” Elise smiled saying, “Exactly!”
Paige snorted, “Drunk Melanie does not appear often, but when she does BOY is it fun.” I rolled my eyes saying, “And we are moving on now, Paige.” Paige smirked, “But it’s so fun and we all love it.” I huffed, “Of course you do.” My mom was trying not to laugh.
Elise circled back to my ideas, “Alright Ladybug, show us this Pinterest board.” I sighed, “I’ll have to go get my computer.” Haley held out her hands and my laptop appeared in her hands. I gaped as she handed it to me. Elise asked, “Why can’t you just show us on your phone? You can see your own hidden boards on your login.”
Paige snorted, “Because our little crazy techy girl hid it through like several coding thing-y ma jigs. She’s VERY weird about it.” I glared at her. Sierra offered, “She’s protective of it.” Paige smiled innocently at me. I muttered, “You are unable to keep a single secret… you are actually singing like a canary.”
I pulled up my computer and used my commands to make the board viewable to them. Elise stared over my shoulder asking, “Where on earth did you learn how to do any of that?” I shrugged, “A few classes and books…papers….piecemealed together… and sessions with people and stuff.”
Paige and Sierra busted up laugh. Elise asked, “What people?” Paige snickered, “Secretive hacking people.” I gasped, “Micah too!” Abigail questioned, “There’s more than him? Oh dear.” Paige practically sang, “Micah helped once you met him. You had skills LONG before you met him.”
I sighed, “This isn’t a tell all about Melanie hour.” Paige linked me, “Oh no, later we will chat about why you freaked out about having your Luna Ceremony on Monday.” I sighed, “It doesn’t have to be later, I can just tell you now.”
Paige prodded over link, “Then tell me.” I answered, “Becoming the official Luna here changes things. I keep myResistance things secret, but it can never come out that I’m in it… let alone that I run it. It would put everyone here in danger.”
Paige pursed her lips, but she knew I was right. Which just added to the layer of complexity that surrounded me and them. I realized everyone noticed we were linking. I quickly turned my computer around.
I told Haley, “I was hoping for red… mostly red, with sparkly gold accents. I really like red roses… and gosh this is a lot of candles and crystals… there’s like a wall of roses behind the main table… that’s probably too much… we could change it.”
Haley snorted, “Melanie McAlister, I can do this with a simple snap. I think this is very classic and timeless theme. Where do you have to have the ceremony? And when?” I thought about it before saying, “Friday seems like a lot for the pack… maybe a breather in between ceremonies? So… Saturday?” Freya purred, “Yes, I like it.” Thank goodness.
Haley replied, “Saturday it is.” I whispered, “I’d like to have our mating ceremony in the glass chapel. I’d actually really love to see it... everyone talks about it... and...” Before I could continue Haley grabbed my hands and we popped to the glass chapel.
I gasped, “Wow… and you did this before you really accepted your Fairy side? That’s just … so … you’re… amazing and…” Haley grabbed my hands and popped us back. Haley told me, “I would be honored if you had your mating ceremony there, but you don’t have to.”
I shook my head, “No! I mean I know that….I’d love to have it there... I love it! I was thinking ummm the decorations I showed you are for a reception… but these would look good in the chapel.” Sierra offered, “She absolutely wants to get married in that chapel. She talked about it a lot.”
Abigail whispered, “I even knew that one.” Ugh! They were such tattletales. Freya chuckled in my head. Haley studied thepictures. I sighed knowing drunk Melanie had ideas of grandeur. I told my future mother in law, “It just matched the reception but it’s a lot and…” Haley laughed and conjured an album to my lap.
Haley urged, “Open that and tell me what you want is afuckinglot one more time.” I quickly opened the album. It was pictures from her and Eric’s Mating Ceremony. I told her, “Your dress is beautiful.” My future mother in law smiled saying, “Thank you.”
Their ceremony pictures were beautiful. My jaw dropped when I saw their reception. Haley told me, “That is not even a lot to most Fairies. Yours will be simple, elegant and really fucking beautiful.” I smiled and looked at the pictures.
There were tall crystal vases on stands lining the aisles. Then there was a larger arch, covered with flowers. There were pink flower petals lining the aisle too. I shivered when Alexander’s fury lit into me. Holy crap.
My mom touched my shoulder asking, “Are you alright?” I nodded, “Yeah… Alexander is just really upset.” Haley snorted, “Several connections I have are really fucking angry.” I asked Elise, “What are they doing today?”
Elise frowned answering, “They were just going to do paperwork, but they clearly ended up doing something else.” Haley offered, “They aren’t here, wherever they are.” I had a pretty good idea where they were then, so I nodded.
Elise surmised, “You know where they are, Mel.” It wasn’t a question. I shrugged, “I have a good idea. I’d imagine they went to see Trevor and Francis.” Haley coughed, “Trevogre.” I laughed, “It fits him.”
Paige scoffed, “Afuckingmen.” Sierra agreed, “It does.” Abigail growled, “I never even met him, and I agree.” Haley shrugged, “I agree that Melanie is likely correct. That meansthey will get out some of their anger and we will take care of them in the fucking fun ways after.” I choked on my own spit.
Paige laughed, “I’m so in.” Haley winked, “I do like you so damn much. It’s fucking weird, but I’ve learned to accept things for what they are.” Elise linked me, “Can you hear me?” I answered, “Yes.” Elise smiled saying, “You think you get used to how open Haley is about sex, but you kind of don’t. It does get to the point where you find it funny.”
Haley was blunt, but I liked it. I did better with blunt than subtle. We went over some details, but Haley popped out for a second then was right. So, they men were definitely in the Hackura realm or she’d have been gone longer.
After a while EJ popped into the room and kissed Elise deeply. When he pulled back, he greeted, “Hello, Ladies. How did the planning sessions go?” Haley glanced at her son before saying, “Great! The Luna Ceremony is Thursday, and the mating Ceremony is Saturday. I have pictures of what I need to see to get the decorations fucking perfect.” Haley smiled brightly.
EJ’s eyes twitched before he sighed. Was he going to say Thursday was too late? Freya replied, “Brutus wanted it sooner, but he’s not going to try and change the date.” Eventually EJ nodded. Xander walked into the room, and everyone else kind of faded for me.
