THE RAVEN . | eric draven

s2 e3

we immediately went to tell everyone the good news. everyone was happy for us. everyone except for chris and veronica. eric noticed this because they were both sitting in silence.

"why can't you two be happy for me? just once?" he said as he scratched the back of his neck. veronica sighed like she was preparing to say something while chris was still silent.

she stood up from the couch. "you already know good and well how mom and dad are gonna feel about this .." eric furrowed his eyebrows at what she said.

"no , i don't actually. enlighten me , nica." he sat down next to me. veronica crossed her arms. "i'm surprised you didn't learn from the experience with shelly .."

eric stood up from the couch. "what is that supposed to mean?" veronica threw her hands up. "they barely even know kat , eric!" eric scoffed. "why is it every time i get happy you or chris has to ruin it?"

veronica groaned in frustration. "you should know by now that mom would rather see you with a vietnamese girl." eric wasn't having what she was saying.

"I'M NOT EVEN FULLY VIETNAMESE , NICA!" he was started to get really frustrated. "eric .. baby , it's okay .." i said as i put my hand on his shoulder but he just moved my hand away.

"oh so when we were in vietnam while dad was fighting for his life while me and you were only three and mom was heavily pregnant with chris doesn't mean anything to you?" she said to him.

eric shook his head in disbelief. "what does that have to do with me getting engaged?"

"you're vietnamese , eric! act like it!"

the conversation was making me too mad not to step in. i walked closer towards vernonica. "you or your parents don't have a say in who eric marries."

she got in my face. "stay out of this." eric separated us. "y'know what .. let's just go to south haven to see what mom and dad actually think about me and katrina getting married."

anastasia stood up from the couch and started walking towards the kitchen. "i can dial their number instead." she said. "that'll work." said eric.

veronica gave anastasia the number and she dialed it. she handed eric the phone. eventually , nicky picked up the phone.

"hey , mom." said eric , trying to change his mood by smiling. eric took the phone with him and stepped outside. i waited patiently for the phone call to be over.

finally , he came back inside. veronica stood up from the couch almost immediately when he came back. "so? what did they say?" she asked. "she's happy for me .. dad wasn't able to talk though. he's napping in the hospital."

i could tell that veronica was a bit shocked by her mother's reaction. "did she say how he was doing?" she asked. "she thinks he's getting worse .."

veronica sighed , trying not to cry. "well .. i'm glad she's happy for you two."

4 months later

me , loretta , anastasia , eliza , and veronica are all going to look for a wedding dress for me and bridesmaids dresses for them. i get married in 3 months so i have to pick a dress out soon.

i told the bridal stylist what i wanted and she went to go pick out a few dresses for me. after trying some on , i ended up choosing a dress and a veil for me and dresses for my maid of honor and my bridesmaids.

kat's dress and veil

eliza's maid of honor dress

bridesmaids' dress (loretta , anastasia , and veronica)

i didn't want to take the dress off. i felt like i was on top of the world. i could feel myself getting emotional. "it's beautiful .."

the bridal stylist smiled. "i'm glad you like it." i left the dresses with her so she could get them altered and we would have them back in a week.

i couldn't wait to get married and start my new life with eric.