Anastasia

The wedding

"The wedding cannot take place" Thomas announced, Mike winced

"And why not?" I asked ignoring Mike for the time being

"Mike's family are upset, Anastasia,..."

"Let's me stop you right there, number one, I don't care what Mike's parents say, number two I don't care what you say, number three the only people I care about are Mike and Maya, if they want a wedding they will get a wedding, and no one and I mean no one," I looked around the room, and everyone nodded at me except Thomas "will stop it"

"Anastasia with all due respect"

"RESPECT?? DONT TALK TO ME ABOUT RESPECT, I'M THE BLOODY QUEEN" Damon came and held my hand which instantly calmed me down "the wedding will take place, and precautions will be taken to make sure nothing goes wrong, and if anything does go wrong, Thomas, you will be held accountable" Thomas audibly gasped "now do us all a favour and leave" I turned and walked towards the stairs, I needed to see if Maya was okay, I used my ears to guide me

".....neither were his parents, only our friends, our closest friends were there, yes we were upset, very upset, but look at us now" I could hear Dylan laugh

"What about your family?" Maya sniffed as she asked, her voice cracking due to crying

"I don't know, haven't spoken to them in years, but we are happier without them in our lives, Maya, and you will be too, sometimes family think they know what's best for us, but they have no idea, I hope that one day your respective families will come to terms with your relationship, and if they don't, well, that's their loss, isn't it" there was a pause

"Are you going to come in, your majesty, or are you wondering weather or not we're decent" Dylan chuckled at his own joke whilst Maya gasped, I opened the door with tears running down my face, "Oh your majesty" Dylan came to me and wrapped his arms around me "it's okay" he held me at arms length "we're okay, Charlie and I, we're okay"

"No" I sniffed "you're not okay, you're amazing" I laughed as I sniffed, Dylan pulled a handkerchief out of his pocket and handed it to me I took it gratefully and cleaned my nose

"I hope you told Thomas where he can shove his announcement?" Dylan asked

"not those exact words, but the wedding will happen" I looked at Maya as I said that, then back at Dylan "I know you're not the most fierce person but I do need your help in making sure nothing goes wrong"

"say no more your majesty nothing in this universe can stop the wedding" I breathed a sigh of relief and so did Maya.

the three of us went downstairs ten minutes later to see Thomas gone and the guys looking happier than before, Mike gave me a nod as if to say thankyou, I nodded back as if to say you're welcome,

"Well, I don't know about the rest of you but I could do with a drink" Damon stood and rubbed his hands, "What do you have Dylan?"

"Ahh, come with me" Dylan moved from me and started walking towards the kitchen, Damon followed, the rest of us sat on the floor around the table, I noticed there were some snacks on the table, a bowl of assorted nuts, some biscuits and pretzels I took an almond, and put it in my mouth,

"So what's the plan for the wedding?" Maya asked looking a lot happier than she did upstairs

"Oh no, that's a secret, you aren't allowed to know" I told her with a wink towards Charlie who just smiled

"Hey we didn't agree to that we have a right to know, it's our wedding, right Mike?"

"Oh no, I'm not arguing with the queen, you didn't hear the way she spoke to Thomas, if she wants to keep it a secret let her, please" Mike looked serious, and scared

"Mike I would never..."

"Relax your majesty I was joking, but really, I want to know what the plan is"

"I would've told you, but because of your joke I won't tell you anymore" I turned up my nose and crossed my arms across my chest, just then Damon came back with Dylan right behind him holding a barrel on top of his shoulder like it weighed nothing, I stood up ready to help but Dylan shook his head

"I got it" he said as he lowered it down onto the ground, he opened the barel and pulled out a bottle of bourbon, some bears and a bottle of champagne, I raised an eyebrow at that, Dylan just winked at me. He produced some glasses from inside the barrel, he then proceeded to open the champagne,  when the cork came off all of us screamed as it flew and fell to the ground next to Maya with a thud, Dylan looked at her apologetically,  to which Maya just laughed.

"To friendship" Dylan said as he raised his glass

"To Maya and Mike" Charlie said as he raised his glass

"To unions made in heaven" I said as I  raised my glass

"To happiness" Damon said as he raised his glass. We all took a sip from our glasses.

We spent the whole day and most of the night talking, and reminiscing,

"So tell me, what'd the story between you and Aaron?" Damon asked me as I was taking a sip of wine, I nearly choked as it went down the wrong pipe, I looked towards Damon,

"Aaron? Wh? Nothing" I told him probably sounding as guilty as hell

"Well there must be something, you had to explain things privately to him when you told him you were leaving" Damon seemed to be accusing me of something,  but I didn't know what. I took a deep breath  I knew I had to be very careful with what I said next

"Damon, Aaron was my friend, my best friend my trusted friend, he was like the brother I never had" I told him, Damon raised an eyebrow at me, I looked down and spoke at the table

"Aaron confessed his love to my dad whilst I was visiting India, when I came back from visiting India my dad told me he was happy about Aaron and I being together, I had, had no idea  he had felt that way, but when my dad told me I went to Aaron and explained I didn't feel that way about him, Damon I even stopped working at the cafe, but Aaron assured he would never mention it again, and he never did, I don't know how he feels about me, but I don't feel like that about him" the room was silent, when I looked up, all eyes were on Damon, Damon nodded, smiled and kissed me, a small kiss that put a smile on my face.

"I love you Damon, only you"

"I love you too, I'm sorry, I was just thinking about the way Aaron was looking at you that day, when you told him you were never going back, he looked as though he was in love with you, and I was worried, I'm sorry"

"Mr Salvatore, were you jealous?" I smiled

"We'll talk later?" Damon promised, reminding me we had company, I looked around apologetically, we all talked easily after that.