Because I have received so much happy input, and requests for the
wedding of Serena and Darien, I have it here in a nice shortish epilogue.
Thank you for reading!
Love, Luck, and Luna,
Crystal Heart
I don’t own the characters, but I own the story. Thank you.
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Eternally Yours - Epilogue
By Crystal Heart
Serena’s heart was going more going at an unhealthy pounding
pace. *I guess it’s convenient that my husband-to-be is a doctor!*
She looked out the window of her bedroom of her childhood home.
It was so romantic that Darien wanted their wedding to take place
in the Rose Garden of Tokyo Park! *Where we’ll be surrounded by our
roses.*
This morning, he had sent up a hundred red roses, and Serena was
a puddle of happiness.
She smiled as the sun filtered down through the window, and
caught her golden hair and white filmy veil.
Serena had chosen a gown of silk and satin, with golden
embroidery at the edges and pretty intricate gold roses embroidered all
over the skirt. Her hair was in meatballs, with pearls sprinkling each bun,
and her long tails of her ponytails were looped up, and strings of small
pearls were wound around them. Her face was pale white because she was
feeling nervous. She did have a little bit of healthy pink though, and her
eyes were shining with happiness. It was perfect.
She hoped it was. She was having all kinds of fears. She didn’t
even sleep the night before, didn’t eat dinner last night or breakfast this
morning. She was afraid she’d throw up during the wedding.
She hoped Darien was better than her right now. Last night, he
seemed fine at dinner with her parents. So she knew he had to be okay.
She hoped. *I hope he isn’t sick or anything like that! Or that a dog
didn’t come and bite him in the ankle so that he had rabies and couldn’t
come!*
Thinking that she blushed, knowing now that she was really
reaching.
She looked down at the ground to find her black cat at her feet.
“Mixy! I’m so ridiculously nervous! I want everything to be perfect,
because I love him so much! Look at me, talking to my cat and holding
her when I should be worried about cat hairs on my dress! Oh, who cares?
I know you’ll love Darien, Mixy. I’m just afraid that something will
happen to make this stop happening.”
“Serena, you really shouldn’t worry. You love each other very
much, more than you’ll ever know.”
Serena felt slightly dizzy. “Hm. I just thought my cat just talked
to me,” she put Mixy down. “It’s okay Mixy, I think it’s my own mind
talking to me.”
“The name’s Luna.”
Serena looked at the cat carefully and said quietly. “Luna?”
The cat meowed and nodded its head slowly, as if comprehending
her. “Well, all right, your name is now officially Luna,” Serena said
faintly. *Where did I get that from?*
“Serena!” Serena rushed to the hallway and carefully down the
stairs willing herself not to trip, and meeting her mother and father at the
foot of the stairs. She nodded and they went to the car, where Sammy
awaited them, having volunteered to drive his family to the park.
As they stood at the entrance to the rose gardens, Serena smiled
happily to find that today, indeed, as a GREAT day to get married. The
roses were blooming everywhere, and the sun was shining. The clouds
were a gentle white, and smattered occasionally in the sky. Birds were
singing and everything was perfect.
Serena nodded as she heard from the priest that the guests had all
arrived, and the groom was waiting. She hugged her crying mother and
her brother. She then looked to her father. Her eyes were all shining with
tears, and her father smiled gently and touched her cheek. “My little girl.
I know you’ll be fine.”
She threaded her arm in his and they heard the wedding march.
Serena did not have a bridesmaid. All her friends were already
married. She smiled as she caught their eyes, which were shining with
pride and love. Serena smiled back, crying a little with happiness. She
then turned to rest her eyes on her future husband. He was smiling, so
happily, and he was so handsome and wonderful, kindness and everything
that was perfect in those blue eyes.
His eyes told it all. *You are perfect. This is perfect. And I love
you so much!*
Serena’s eyes brightened and reflected this, only she felt some
tears threatening her. She then realized that she had not anticipated her
crying. Her friends had all gotten married without the tears of happiness
and joy she was feeling right now, and she failed to realize that she’d cry
at her own wedding, though she had received plenty of warning from all
her friends’.
She all of a sudden didn’t even need to think. Instinctively, she
reached to the side of her dress elegantly, inconspicuously, and clutched at
a silky piece of cloth. She held it tightly and felt her tears ebb away. She
focused on him. And he understood.
She smiled and slightly shook her head. *You know me too well.*
her eyes smiled to him.
*Which is why I love you!* his eyes told her back.
As they drew up to the front, and her father left her, she didn’t
notice, but only saw Darien, who was only aware of her presence.
*Please don’t let this be a dream.*
*Honey, the dream has just begun.*
The tears started to come to her face in her rush of happiness and
he gripped her lace-gloved hands tightly, securely.
The ceremony was wonderful, though Serena and Darien never
heard a word of it. They were telling each other vows in their eyes, and
Serena was content to say an “I do!” when the priest looked to her. And
the ring, a gold ring with roses engraved on the surface, was placed on her
finger. Darien said words which she knew he’d already said in his eyes
earlier, but heard them with the excitement of hearing them as if they were
said for the first time. A simple gold band was placed on his. She
stammered out a vow of eternal love and happiness to him, which she
knew she hadn’t written weeks before, but was content with what she had
said anyway. They then leaned in and kissed each other, and Serena felt
relief.
She was Serena Tsukino Chiba. Darien’s wife. Darien was her
husband! She was thrilled. She held his hand tightly, securely, thinking
of all the wonderful years that were to follow.
As they got into their limo, on the way to the reception at Darien’s
Chinese food place, Serena remembered that she had felt some peculiar
bumps on the handkerchief that was stuffed in the pocket of her gown. As
she sat in the limo, leaning on Darien’s arm, she reached into the pocket
and took it out, looking at him puzzlingly at first. “You didn’t actually see
my gown before the wedding did you? I don’t think I let you, since I was
so superstitious.”
“No, but your father had some strict instructions.”
Serena laughed lightly, and unfolded the handkerchief.
It was white, with some a pretty gold rose in the center. In the
corner, there were the words, stitched in gold thread. “Eternally Yours”
The End
And so, I conclude my story. I hope you liked it!
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