In Between The Alphas
Chapter 76

Logan and I agreed to have the ceremony in a week and I have spent the last four days looking at fabrics and furniture, getting lessons about the pack, reading and basically running around like a crazy person and honestly I'm ready to drop. "How are you feeling?" Diana asked as we drove to our next destination, cake tasting.

"If one more person tries to tell me the difference between two practically identical shades of white I will go crazy."

She let out a bark of laughter, "You're obviously not having fun,"

"I am," I defended, "I'm just tired and obviously not fashion inclined. Are you sure you can't make all the choices for me?"

"Even if I could I wouldn't," she said simply, "We just want to see your unique style in everything."

"Well my unique style is letting someone else do the work."

"Not happening," she finished, "Speaking of choices; are you sure about the flower choice?"

"Yes," I said without even looking at her, "I love them so they're staying,"

"It wouldn't have anything to do with the fact that a certain someone has been sending them to you, would it?"

"Oh shut up," I grumbled but she had already gotten the reaction she wanted.

Ever since that day Logan has been groveling- a little too well in my opinion. He sends me a bouquet of lilies every single day. I didn't even know how much I loved them until he started sending them.

He also always has breakfast ready before I wake up and dinner by the time I come back. And as if that isn't enough he knows how tired I am so he has a warm bath drawn and massages my feet until I sleep. I think we both know that he is already forgiven. "Lilies are beautiful flowers," I said, "And I think they'll look pretty with the decorations."

"Of course they will," she teased, "But honestly I thought he would go with white roses; that's almost always most people's choice."

"Well it's a good thing he's not most people,"

"True that," she admitted as she pulled up in front of a cake shop.

I made it clear that I wanted to support an upcoming business for the ceremony. There's no use in supporting an already flourishing business while the starting ones suffer.

Diana ended up getting me the contact of an old family friend of hers who is in the business and he was more than happy to host me.

"Hi, you must be Luke," I said as we walked into the store, "It's really nice to meet you."

Luke is around my height with a lanky frame and flour covering his face that I'm sure he doesn't even know is there.

"It's an honor to meet you too Luna,"

"Oh please no; it's just Charlie," I said with an awkward laugh

"It's nice to meet you Charlie," he said finally, "Diana told me you didn't want to spend a lot of time here so would it be okay if I just got my top flavors." "That would be awesome yes,"

He led us into the back where he had six dishes laid out and I read the placement tags on them: chocolate, red velvet, lemon, banana, cheesecake and coffee. "I'm a huge fan of banana bread so I have high expectations for the cake." I said finally

"I assure you that you will not be let down." He said and I let out a small laugh.

"Where do you suggest I start?"

"Probably with chocolate or red velvet," he brought out tiny forks, "They are the most common and therefore the safest."

"Alright then; let's go."

It was so hard to choose a cake because they all tasted amazing. I ended up getting the lemon, cheesecake and coffee. I didn't want something too common. "Your Luna ceremony is going to be one for the history books," Diana said as we got into the car. "It is so different from the others."

"Is that a bad thing?"

"Not at all; I think normal is boring an overrated. It's about time we had a little spice in here." She said with a smile, "So are you ready for the last thing on our list?" "Kill me now," I groaned, "I can count a million things I would rather do than go dress shopping."

"This is actually the most fun part in my opinion,"

"Yeah well you would never leave the mall if you had your way,"

"You do have a point there."

Just as with my other choices this is a medium scale business also recommended by Diana because she just so happens to shop here a lot.

"I am so glad you chose my store," the girl Diana introduced as Kiara said; "It is such an honor to help you get your dress."

"The honor is all mine," I smiled, "Your store is so beautiful."

The walls weren't the same sickly pink or blue I saw everywhere. It was a soft beige color and it had such a homely vibe.

"Diana tried to explain your style to us so we could narrow down our search."

"You're a life saver," I whispered to Diana and she sent me a wink.

"We have a few dresses we think you might like," she began, "But feel free to give us any pointers in case we can narrow down the search a little more."

"I just want something that is not over the top."

"I think we can manage that," she said with a short chuckle, "Follow me,"

I stopped counting after the twentieth dress and it took a few hours but we found the dress I was looking for.

It's white as tradition states and it stops at my upper thighs and has a lace hem that falls to mid-thigh. The sleeves are simple straps and I'm grateful that the ceremony takes place near a bon fire so I won't get cold. "I can't believe we're officially done," I sighed as Diana pulled up in the driveway, "It just feels surreal."

"We're not done yet; we still have to make sure that all the arrangement go perfectly," she said, "Then we also have to give you a manicure, your nails look like shit."

"You could have just stopped at manicure,"

"Bye Charlie," she said and I flipped her off but got out of the car anyway. "I'll see you tomorrow."

Her voice was a bit muffled because she was already driving off and I shook my head at her antics before making my way into the house.

"How was shopping?" Logan asked and I shrugged.

"I think Diana is going to max out your credit card pretty soon."

"It's worth it," he said simply and I couldn't take it anymore.

"I forgive you," I blurted out and he didn't even turn before replying.

"I know,"

"If you knew I wasn't upset then why did you keep doing those things?"

"I didn't do them so you could forgive me," he finally turned, "I did them because I wanted to, because you deserved it and because I messed up and I wanted to make it up to you." "That is-," I cleared my throat, "The sweetest thing anyone has ever done for me."

"I know you've forgiven me but I will spend the rest of my life doing these things for you because you deserve it."

"I don't know what to say,"

"Then don't," he shrugged as he kissed me.