Chapter 70

"Good. Because I'm nowhere near done with you,"

"I guess it works," Barrett laughed, tilting her head to the side as Danielle presented her now painted cast. It was finally the day of Brett and Barrett's wedding, Danielle and Jaina were with Barrett who had just finished getting her hair and make up done and was about to get fitted in her dress. "Have you seen Brett?"

"Not yet. We arrived and came straight here," Jaina replied, an excited smile on her face. "I wish I waited to do my make up because I think I'm going to cry when I see you with everything on,"

"Me too!" Danielle laughed, bringing a hand up to cover her mouth. "I could probably cry now,"

"Oh, stop it!" Barrett laughed, clasping her hands together. "Otherwise you'll make me cry,"

"We all know you'll be crying anyway. Remember when you wanted us to hear the vows you'd written and could barely get past two sentences without bursting into tears?" Jaina teased but the memory just made Barrett smile.

"Change the topic otherwise I will actually break down,"

"Oh! Royal Central offered me another term working with them," Jaina said, a proud look on her face.

"Oh my gosh, that's amazing! Actually, I meant to ask, is Stefania okay with, you know not really being in the wedding?"

"Yeah, she's fine," Danielle dismissed. "You've basically had every aspect of your wedding planned before your engagement, she didn't expect to be a bridesmaid or anything. She just arrived actually,"

"Okay good. I was a little uneasy," Barrett sighed. "Has she seen you in your dress?" Danielle shook her head in reply as she looked down at herself. "You both should go now anyway because my mother is about to get here any minute," For as long as Barrett could remember, her mother always told her that she would help her put on her wedding dress, just the two of them, which is exactly what they were about to do.

"Of course, B," Jaina hugged Barrett and placed a kiss to her cheek, Danielle doing the same. "We'll see you soon," Danielle and Jaina walked out of the room and headed through the venue of the wedding. A grand hall with flowers everywhere and large stone pillars and renaissance style paintings hanging on the walls. It was truly beautiful.

"Danielle!" The blonde started smiling  before she turned, knowing exactly who's voice that belonged to.

"There you are," Danielle smiled as soon as her eyes landed on Stefania. "Oh, you look beautiful,"

"I'm just going to find, Boris," Jaina announced before quickly walking off.

"Thank you, bambina," Stefania smiled as she gently kissed Danielle. "You look beautiful, too," Danielle pulled away and very blatantly checked Stefania out. She wore a dark blue and purple dress, fitted around the waist, flowy around her knees. "Stop with the eyes,"

"What do you mean?" Danielle asked playfully, even though she knew exactly what her girlfriend meant. "Is it really such a crime for me to look at my absolutely stunning girlfriend?"

"Of course not. But you look at me like that and I want to get naked," Stefania said, tilting her head to the side.

"So I should always look at you like this?" Danielle teased, a bright smile plastered on her face as she reached down to loosely hold Stefania's hand.

"Stop it!" Stefania laughed, knocking into her girlfriend then swinging their hands back and forth. "Save it for later when we're both drunk on the dance floor,"

"Yes ma'am," Danielle grinned as they began to walk through the venue. The seats where the ceremony would be taking place were slowly beginning to fill up and according to the schedule, there was still about twenty minutes until it begun. "You know how there's twenty minutes..."

"Don't even," Stefania warned, knowing exactly what Danielle was about to suggest. "You just agreed, later when we're both drunk and on the dance floor,"

"But what are we meant to do for twenty minutes?" Danielle pouted as they walked through the large double doors onto a vast green area where there were a few children running around and people talking to the sides.

"Be social," Stefania replied. "Try and go twenty minutes without thinking about sex for once,"

"That's boring," Danielle sighed. "And stupid. Why would I not think about sex when you're my girlfriend? That's like... I can't think of a comparison but that's silly," Stefania squinted her eyes at her girlfriend, then caught sight of Jaina and Boris standing a few feet away.

"Come on," Stefania dragged Danielle over, greeting Boris with a smile.

"Your cast looks... great!" Boris laughed as he looked down at Danielle's arm. The blonde glanced down at it and couldn't help but burst out laughing as well.

"We tried," She shrugged, looking up at Jaina who happily agreed. "It was the closest we could get to the actual colour of our dresses," They continued talking for a little bit longer, then someone came to find Jaina and Danielle to tell them to go the brides room where Barrett was ready.

"See you later," Jaina smiled, leaning up to give Boris a kiss, Danielle doing the same to Stefania.

"Don't trip when you're walking down the carpet!" He called out as they walked off.

"You've jinxed them now," Stefania laughed as her and Boris made their way into the venue to sit down.

"Hopefully someone gets it on camera,"

***

The hall was quiet apart from the sound of Barrett's shaky voice as she read her vows to Brett. Both Danielle and Jaina were trying to hold back their tears as they stood together with the other bridesmaids, soft smiles on their faces. It didn't help that Barrett sounded like she was about to burst into tears every other word.

"I will love you until the end of time, Brett Tucker, and forever after that," Barrett smiled at her soon to be husband, her heart pounding hard against her chest as she knew what was about to come next. The I do's.

Danielle turned her head slightly to look at all the guests, eyes almost immediately landing on Stefania who was already looking at her and dabbing underneath her eye with a tissue. Perhaps it was just the heightened emotions of the occasion, but Danielle could picture herself getting married to Stefania. And perhaps it was too soon to think that, but everything in their relationship seemed to happen quicker than expected anyway.

Danielle's mind briefly slipped into a daydream of what it would look like if they were to get married. Who would wear the dress and who would wear the suit? Stefania did look really good in suits. Maybe they'd both wear dresses. Or both wear suits. She could picture them having a grand venue with flowers everywhere and they would fly out Stefania's family from Italy and follow all the traditions. And then they would honeymoon somewhere hot.

"I do," Danielle turned back to Barrett and Brett. She could think about marrying Stefania some other time.

"You may now kiss the bride," Everyone cheered as the bride and groom kissed, not a dry eye in the room. Music started to play as they walked through the middle of the aisles and out to the front where their wedding photographer was waiting for them along with a bunch of confetti canons. Everyone began to get out of their seats and head towards the exit, Stefania and Boris waiting around for their girlfriends to make their way down from the front.

"You didn't trip!" Boris grinned as he wrapped an arm around Jaina, pulling her into his side.

"Stop it," Jaina sniffled, looking up at the ceiling to try and prevent any tears from accidentally smudging her make up.

"I gave up trying not to cry," Stefania laughed as she wiped her eyes again. "Hi beautiful," She smiled, directing it to Danielle.

"Hey, that's what I always say," Danielle pouted as she reached down for Stefania's hand, squeezing gently once she had laced their fingers together.

"You know, I think I know exactly what you were thinking when you were stood up there," Stefania said as the two couples made their way towards the exit.

"You do?" The blonde questioned quietly, a small smile gracing her face.

"Mhm. It was a dreamy look. We'll talk about it later,"

"Okay,"

***

The wedding reception was well under way. The dance floor was packed, colourful lights illuminating the space as the sounds of voices were almost completely drowned out by the music.

"I don't remember the last time we were this drunk together," Danielle laughed as she danced with Stefania.

"We should do it more often!" Stefania shouted over the music as she leant in close to Danielle's face. Blue eyes lit up at the suggestion as she quickly nodded. "Another shot?"

"Yes!" Stefania dragged them over to the bar, holding onto Danielle's waist from behind as she ordered two more shots.

"Wait, one for me as well!" Jaina shouted as she ran over, stopping herself before she collided with the couple. The bartender smiled as he poured out three shots and placed them in front of the three women. "Thank youuuu!" Jaina smiled as she happily grabbed her shot and enthusiastically cheered it with Danielle and Stefania.

"To Barrett!"

"To Barrett!" They all swallowed the clear liquid, Stefania grimacing at the burning sensation while Danielle and Jaina proudly slapped their glasses back on the bar.

"How are you doing a shot about me when I'm not even present?" Barrett laughed as she approached her friends and put in an order for another four shots.

"Another one?" Stefania exclaimed as she allowed more of her body weight to relax on Danielle.

"Yes!" Barrett clapped her hands together, bouncing from one foot to the other. "Gosh, I'm so happy!" She squealed, wrapping her arms around Jaina who happily reciprocated the hug.

"Ladies," The bartender smiled as four shots were now placed in front of them along with a little dish of salt and four lime wedges. Jaina, Barret and Danielle all dampened the back of their hand and sprinkled some salt on the area whereas Stefania tilted Danielle's head to the side, licked her neck and put the salt on there.

"Horny fuckers," Jaina laughed while Danielle just pushed herself against Stefania, making sure to keep her head at an angle.

"To Barrett!"

"To me!" The bride cheered as she licked the salt off of her hand, followed by Jaina and Danielle and then Stefania who licked it off of Danielle's neck. They all then took their shot of tequila, but before Danielle could put her lime wedge in her mouth, Stefania turned her around and pressed their lips together as she pushed the lime she had in her mouth, into Danielle's.

"Like I said, horny fuckers," Jaina repeated, shaking her head.

"Oh my gosh, have you two done it in the bathrooms?" Barrett asked as they pulled away from each other.

"We're about to," Danielle mumbled as she watched Stefania place the lime on the counter then use her index finger to wipe her lip.

"No! You're not!" Barrett shouted. "We're dancing. Come on!" The four of them headed into the middle of the dance floor and danced and sung and posed for the wedding photographer. All of them had ended up taking off their heels at some point during the night and they all knew they would remember this day forever.

"Time to throw the bouquet!" Everyone cheered as Barrett danced up to the front of the venue and grabbed her bouquet. Danielle and Jaina looked at each other smiling.

"Do you want it?" Danielle asked, bouncing around on the balls of her feet.

"Yes," Jaina replied quickly, her eyes briefly seeking Boris who was talking to Brett. "Do you?" Danielle smiled and looked down at the ground. "You want to get married to Stefania?" Jaina poked her best friends arm teasingly. "Oh my gosh! Joint weddings!"

"You're definitely more drunk than me," Danielle laughed as she grabbed Jaina's wrist to finally stop her insistent poking. "But yes. I would marry Stefania,"

"I feel like I need to get this on video!" Jaina exclaimed, over the moon for her best friend. "My little Danielle Savre wants to get married to-" Jaina was cut off by the guests cheering and they looked up just as the bouquet flew over the heads and was caught by... Stefania.

"Shut up," Danielle gasped as she stared at her girlfriend who proudly smiled at her.

"I caught it!"

A/N: Apologies for lack of updates on this story. The motivation has been non-existent, however my two other books The Assistant and Stefanielle/Marina One Shots are a bit more regular with updates. Hope you're all safe and well.

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