Kay and Aaron's Wedding

Kay and Aaron's wedding was about to begin. In the garden everything was set to receive their guests.

The groom was the first to be ready, and so was Dakota. Aaron wasn't nervous, but he was eager, some of the most important guests, like his father, still hadn't arrived. Time was running, perhaps they weren't attending?

Minutes after Aaron, Kay was ready too and, she was indeed nervous, but talking to her father seemed to calm her down.

Nabila, Aaron's mother was very nervous too for her husband's delay, so, in order to calm down, she sat down and had a snack.

Kay's grandmother Myra, was one of the first to arrive. Nobody knew why the others were taking so long, maybe it was because of work.

 While they waited, the great-grandparents spent time cuddling - so many grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and they're still in love like the first day! Kay and Aaron look so much like them, we hope their marriage will be as sweet and lasting.

The bride made it first to the wedding arch.

Aaron hurried to keep her company. The ceremony should start now, but it was about three hours late because of untimely guests. 

At that moment Kay's sister Gwyneth appeared, she was one of the honor guests that was late due to work reasons. Anyway, she was already here, but Aaron's father was still missing. Apparently he had also run into some work problems. The bride and groom were very nervous - they couldn't start without him! They would have to wait a little longer.

Sitting in their seats were Mortimer Goth, Farid Kamel; the bride's parents Gan and Elisa Huan; and Catarina Vanderburg, a distinguished Hidden Springs neighbor who had not missed any of this family's weddings even though she had not been invited.

Those who were certainly invited and were there early in the morning were Shantel Langerak and her boyfriend Shark Racket. 

 

Gwyneth took a seat next to her husband Calvin, who breathed with relief when he saw her arrive. To him, the ceremony could right away.

A few minutes later, the groom's father, professor Khaled Wassem, arrived. They all turned to look at him, except Elisa, who couldn't help but feeling nervous with his arrival. Her husband Gan was also worried about the inevitable encounter, but he kept his cool.

 Aaron and Kay looked at each other with emotion.  Khaled was already here, they could start with the ceremony right now!

Khaled went to sit in the only unoccupied seat: right next to Elisa. They greeted each other  discreetly and politely.

There was nothing left of what had once been in their hearts, except for a beautiful memory. The years had gone by and now their respective children were going to get married...

 Gan held his breath, grandfather Farid rushed to comfort him.

"Easy, son, all is now water under the bridge".

"I know, and I'm fine. Thank's, Mr. Kamel".

 It was now, under a sky full of stars, Kay and Aaron were ready to to vow eternal love.

Elisa and Khaled watched from their seats, proud of their children.

What followed was the ring exchange, but before it began, Kay turned to look at her mother.

"Everything's going to be fine, mom. You'll see".

Then they proceeded to exchange rings. It was Kay's turn first.

"Aaron, receive this ring as symbol of my love".

"Kay, receive this ring as symbol of my love..."

Finally, Kay and Aaron were married. What a joy!

Of course, a kiss sealed their vows.

And so the ceremony ended. The guests applauded with all their strenght, they look all very happy. Mortimer even cried with emotion.

Nabila looked proudly at her son. She didn't have doubts he would be happy with Kay. She did not hold a grudge against Elisa. Her relationship with Khaled had happened before she and Khaled met so...

Elisa, completely oblivous to Nabila's thoughts, forgot the tension and started to throw rice joyfully.

According to tradition, the bride and groom had to cut the wedding cake, but since the ceremony had started late and it was already past 3 am, most of the guests had already left.

They cut the cake anyway, to comply with the custom and because they were both starving. 

The banquet was already being served, but in the meantime a slice of cake wouldn't fall badly at all.

  It was a pity that not all the guests could be present for the cake cutting, but still the bride and groom looked happy. For them it had been the perfect wedding, with all their family and friends accompanying them even for a short time.

The last to retire were Kay's grandparents, Mortimer and Myra Goth. Kay had a long and interesting conversation with her grandfather about logic, robotics, genetics, inventions, potions, in short scientist stuff. She even told him about her experiment with the Forbidden Fruit. Mortimer was impressed. "No doubt about it, she's a real Goth, just like her mother." He thought to himself.

 Aaron and Myra chatted about gardening, cooking, art and other topics of interest to both of them. The talk was so good that the grandparents stayed until dawn before retiring exhausted, but very proud of their granddaughter and new grandson-in-law.

Kay had a moment alone while Aaron went out to walk the grandparents to their car. She couldn't take her eyes off her wedding ring and barely managed to hold back tears of emotion. 

Then she remembered her conversation with her grandfather and the Forbidden Fruit that was growing at the lab. HIt had been almost 24 hours since she had last been in to see it. How would it be now?

Wedding dress and all, Kay  rushed to the lab to tend the plant. Her present status: Mature.

The Forbidden Plant looked a bit weird, and from that aspect, it seemed like she would give its fruit very soon.

 por su aspecto, parecía que muy pronto, al fin, daría su fruto. 

The Good News

 

Arriving at the party Kay broke the big news to her sister. 

 

Gwyneth certainly gave her approval.

"I knew it sister, despite what they say, Aaron is the perfect guy for you."

 Aaron and Calvin had just met and apparently hit it off. It was to be expected, the two have some things in common, such as being caring, hardworking and also very ambitious. Now the two sisters are in very good hands.

Among the guests was none other than Amin Kamel, the mayor of Hidden Springs and Aaron's nephew. He was invited by Calvin, cause he is his boss. As he is not only a politician but also a musician, he delighted the audience with some melodies on the piano. Fun Fact: Amin is twice Aaron's age, he looks more like his uncle than his nephew. Typical of the huge and tangled Kamel family tree. 

 

Anyway, at the party was also -of course- Elisa Goth. She didn't want to miss seeing her two daughters together and happy!

An Eveninig with the Huans

Kay's parents had just moved into their new home and wanted Kay to come to see it. Kay decided to take this opportunity to tell them about her relationship with Aaron and their wedding plans. When they arrived, it was Gan, her father, who met them at the door, somewhat surprised to see Aaron there, but he was polite as always. 

Kay wasn't worried so much about her dad's reaction as he was about her mother's. What would she say when she found out that she was Aaron Wassem's girlfriend? Elisa didn't even imagined it, she was in the kitchen, quietly making a delicious dish of Teppanyaki vegetables for dinner.

 

Kay told her mother that she had something to tell her first, and then she'd introduce her mysterious boyfriend to her. Kay was a bit nervous but she confident, cause even if Elisa didn't agree, she could not prohibit her from marrying Aaron. First, first, because the family relationship between them was not that close; second, because Kay was of legal age and had the right to make her own decisions; third, and most importan, Elisa would surely understand she felt, because, well, she had once been in a similar situation. So, before they all sat at the table to have dinner, Kay told her mother told her who the young man was who was waiting outside with his father.

 Elisa was shocked. Her daughter's boyfriend was no less than Aaron Wassem, the son of Khaled the impossible love of her youth, who, in addition, her grand uncle. Khaled and Elisa's love couldn't be due to the opposition of their families, so they both had to settle for something more platonic cause they had been afraid to confront them. A rather painful episode of her life, and now her daughter was in the exact same situation? She couldn't help but get angry for the moment. 

 "Tell me, Kay, why Aaron? I thought I especifically asked you not to fall in love with him. It could be anyone but him, remember?"

"Yes, mom, I remember well, and I'm sorry, but I couldn't help it".

Gan didn't ignore the story of his wife and Khaled Wassem and had always been understanding with her in this regard. He remembered that old saying 'what's not in your year is not in your damage"; or better said, that romance, in addition to being impossible, was already in the past. Elisa's heart belonged to him now for sure. As for Aaron, you could tell he was a good guy. And he had immediately sympathized with him.

  When Elisa was able to look closer at Aaron, she wasn't surprised with of his handsomeness; his father was hansome too. But the resemblance between the two was not much, Aaron looked more like granfather Farid, his half-uncle. Elisa had seen Aaron once or twice from afar as akid. How quickly life and time had passed! Kay held her breath while her mother stared at Aaron. For a few instants she seemed speechless, but the she finally reacted: 

"Nice to meet you, Aaron, and welcome our family".

"Thank you Mrs. Huan", Aaron answered; Kay breat with relief,

 

And so did Gan.

"Okay now we all can have dinner, what a joy".

After dinner, Gan noticed Elisa's concern. Surely the memories had taken her by surprise, but as always he gave her his unconditional support. He figured she would need it, especially on the day of the wedding when they would have to meet Aaron's parents. 

 I wasn't going to be easy for Elisa to meet again with Khaled. For Gan wouldn't be a problem since he and  Khaled worked together at the Hidden Springs Elementary School In fact Gan was Khaled's boss! They had never had a conflict, or any kind of dispute, much less for something from the past.

Elisa, in contrast, while she was very sure of her love for Gan, and of their more than 20 years of marriage, she had avoided as far as possible to meet face to face with Khaled during all those years. But not even herself knew how she would react if she had him near.

One thing was sure, she had to support her daughter no matter what, so she and Gan offered her new house to celebrate the wedding there. Elisa and Kay said goodnight to each other with a big hug.

"May you two be very happy, dear".

"Thank you, mom".

 Gan also said goodby to her in a very loving manner.

 "Just be happy, dear, and don't worry about anything else".

"Thanks, dad. I love you both".

"And we love you".

 

Elisa also gave Aaron a goodbye hug.

  Gan also said goodbye to him very politely. It was a fact, Aaron had been accepted in the family as well as Kay had been accepted in his. Now all that remained was for the wedding to take place. They would have to start with the invitations, which would many, cause Elisa and Gan had friends all around Hidden Springs, not to mention her massive family consisting of the Goths, the Kamels and the Langeraks. Anyway, it would be a celebration in style. The second daughter of the Huans was getting married, which was a great joy for them, but it also meant thay they would be left alone.

 

Gan and Elisa wished their daughters would be inmensely happy in their marriages and that, in the future, both Kay and Gwyneth would visit them often. And filled their house with grandchildren!"