Chapter 20

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A/N: How's everyone's week been??? Mine was crazy and tiring and I don't ever want to do it again. At least I had time to write though, so I present chapter 20. Fluff, fluff, and more fluff. Enjoy!

The wedding was set for Saturday at the end of the week, meaning they had four days to prepare. Luckily they had gnomes that could build a wedding venue quickly and friends determined to help run the show.

The first day they went shopping, Sophie went with Biana and the rest of her bridesmaids and Keefe went with Dex and surprisingly Tam. Fitz didn't want any part of anything, and it wasn't surprising.

After hours of trying on dresses with Biana and Linh, they found two beautiful pale blue bridesmaid dresses. And after a couple of stores, Sophie finally found a dress she liked. It was an off-white color, with a long flowy bottom, not too much fabric that she would trip, but enough to flow beautifully in the wind. The top was simple, a deep v-neck with inch-wide straps.

It was perfect.

The second day, Keefe and Sophie picked food, the gnomes served things that tasted like steak, salmon, pizza, etc. They also tasted many cakes made by Edaline, and to no one's surprise they chose the thing that tasted the most like mallowmelt.

It was perfect.

The third day, they picked songs and practiced dancing. They picked a lot of human songs that Sophie and Keefe really liked and her friends were learning that they really liked them too. The whole thing ended with all of them dancing and singing along to Belong Together by Mark Ambor.

(If you haven't heard of that song listen to it, I promise it's really good)

It was perfect.

The fourth day, they had their bachelor and bachelorette parties. Biana gave everyone makeovers and dressed them up and then they went to the forbidden cities. Next on their itinerary was a famous singer's concert. They had then gone to an ice cream shop and got a giant bowl of ice cream.

It was perfect.

Finally, it was Saturday, Biana burst into her room after she woke up. Keefe was long gone, off to do wedding preparations she assumed.

"Today's the day! We need to get you ready!" Biana exclaimed as she swung open her door.

Sophie pulled the covers over her face and groaned, "It's 5:00 in the morning,"

"Yep, we're already behind!" Biana said as she pulled the sheets off of her head and threw them on the floor.

She was dragged out of bed, and the preparations began. By 10:00, Linh and Marella showed up with some treats and Sophie considered them her savior. Biana relented to a break and for the next half hour they talked and laughed about the upcoming wedding and any of the girl's problems with boys. Biana was stressing about asking Tam to be her date and everyone was giving her ways to do it.

The wedding was happening in the afternoon in a forest close to Havenfield. After hours of preparation, Sophie walked over to the location. The music began to play and Grady appeared at her side.

"Are you ready?" He asked, his fingers tapping against his leg.

"Are you ready?" She countered, glancing down at his nervous tic.

Grady grinned sheepishly, "I guess I'm just a little shocked that this is actually happening,"

Sophie smiled, "Well, this is the second time for me so..." Grady smiled and pulled her in for a hug.

"I love you so much, kiddo,"

"I love you too," Dad. But was he really?

They began to walk down the aisle and as soon as Sophie saw Keefe standing at the end of the path, she smiled. He was wearing a sleek black suit, with a golden tie, matching the golden accents in Sophie's jewelry.

When she got to the front, across from Keefe, he asked in a low tone "How are you feeling?"

"About the wedding that Biana woke me up at 5:00 for, or for the other thing?" She said, clearly implying that the other thing is about her real father.

"Both."

"Tired, and not well, but I have a plan so that I am," Sophie said with a tentative smile.

Keefe opened his mouth to question her, but the ceremony began. It was as beautiful as their first wedding and she was fully grinning as they walked down the aisle together.

The father-daughter dance almost made Sophie cry, for so many reasons, but she couldn't stop picturing Gethen standing across from her. Grady's smile morphed into Gethen's evil one. Grady's warm hands began to feel cold, making Sophie's blood turn to ice as the man she saw as her father morphed into the man who was truly her father.

A/N: I said this chapter was fluff, fluff, and more fluff, but I might have forgotten to mention the dark cloud settling over Sophie's head that's definitely going to lead to problems; sometimes it's nice to live in blissful ignorance, though.

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