A Good Thing

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A/N Happy Hump Day! Chapter 2 of 3 this week! Wedding day! See notes at the bottom for my explanation of how it goes. So I haven't mentioned but Hannah is me. She is a self inserted author character and my cast for her husband BoJan the beautiful Idris Elba. He just has the bearing I imagine. 

Chapter 18

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Omera rose early on the day she was to marry Din. They would say the Mandalorian vows, but after the fashion of the people of their village. Knowing that she wouldn't see him again until just before dusk, she relished the time in his arms that morning. The air was chill but wrapped together under the thick blankets she wasn't cold.

When she kissed lightly up the column of his neck, watching him from the corner of her eye, he smiled and tightened his arms around her.

"Good morning, ner ka'ra. How did you sleep?"

She nuzzled her nose into the soft underside of his chin. "I'll sleep better tonight."

"Me too. We still have a while before they bother us, right?"

Laughing quietly, Omera shifted to rest against his chest. "Yes. At least an hour. Although I doubt Winta will sleep that long. She is excited."

When he spoke she could hear the smile in his voice. "I know she is." He kissed the top of her head. "Can we stay like this for a while?"

Humming her agreement, she closed her eyes and drifted off.

Omera wasn't sure how long they'd slept like that. Winta must have decided to let them rest because it was Cara's voice that woke her some time later. She was in their main room, talking to Winta much louder than necessary.

"So why are they going on a hike?"

Winta laughed at her. "It's not a hike, Cara, it's tradition. Because the first man to live here loved the first woman but they lived so far apart and their families were enemies. They only saw each other when they met in secret in the forest. When he asked her to be his wife, they met again in the woods. Setting off alone and saying their vows only to themselves and the trees.

"Well, the forest was so amazed by their love, it made this clearing for them to live in and opened up the first ponds full of krill so they could eat. Their families saw how the forrest had blessed their marriage and they realized they were being dumb and all moved here together.

"So now, when anyone gets married they set off alone and meet in the forest. They make their vows to themselves and the trees and then they come back together and we celebrate and eat krill and dance and stuff."

Omera bit back her chuckle at the skeptical tone of Cara's reply and looked up to see Din watching her with a sleepy half smile.

"Is that why we're doing this?"

Sitting up, she gave him a quick peck and nodded. "That's the story and why everyone here does it this way. We should probably get up though before they come and drag us from the bed."

At his immediate alarm, Omera laughed out loud and stood from the bed. "Come on." She reached for his hands and pulled him up too. "The men will be here first. Better dress warmly."

Wrapping her in his arms, he wasn't ready to let her go yet. "Do you have any idea what it is they're going to make me do?"

She reached up to kiss him. "Sorry. Whatever manly things they do on days like this are a closely guarded secret. Not even Hannah knows for sure and her husband, Bojan is in charge of these things. All I can tell you is to try to have fun."