Sirus just flipped through some of the books on the coffee table in the waiting room. He was acting calm and collective with the news of his death but inside he was anything but. Nothing would stop the vision from coming to pass, so he needed to just go on with what little life he had left right? He believed that Daylen was a powerful sorcerer, the strongest he knew but no matter how hard or powerful he got. Daylen was never able to stop them from coming to true. Sirus just tossed the book onto the table, he wanted to curl up and hide but he needed to be strong. He needed too.

Saria just smiled at Contessa. "Oh darling, you're going to look smashing. Now down to your skivvies. Only us girls are allowed back here so you're safe from perverts like Sirus." She told her playfully but slightly seriously. He could be a bit on the perverted side. Both her and her assistant went to get the dress ready for her to slip into. Saria's female assistant left to get the clips just in case alterations was needed. "Don't forget the pins, sugar cube." Saria called out to her assistant. However she was pretty good at not having to do alterations.

Contessa did as she was told and slipped out of Daylen's old clothes, feeling very exposed. She hoped Saria was right, but most importantly she hoped that everyone liked the way that it looked. She chuckled at what Saria said, even Daylen had called Sirus a pervert so it didn't surprise her anymore to hear him get called one. "Do you think it will need any alterations?" Contessa asked Saria while she ran her fingers patiently through her hair, trying not to think about the sad truth that was bound to come true sometime soon. Even though she really didn't want to bother Daylen, she knew right now was when he needed her the most and she was going to try to cheer him up however she could.

With her assistant back, Saria helped Contessa into her wedding dress. She just lightly lace up back of the corset before fanning the bottom out. "Hmm, everything in the corset area seems to be perfect." She told her circling her. She was eyeing the bottom of the dress as she did. A smile came to her face. "It's absolutely perfect, darling. Needs one minor touch up. Less than five minutes." She told Contessa happily. Saria just sat on the floor while her assistant gave for the small sewing basket. She matched the threads before snipping away a small snag. With the threaded needle in hand, she began to fit the tiny mistake. She montion for Contessa to look in the mirror as her sewed the bottom.

Contessa stood like a statue as the dress was put on her. The fit was perfect, it allowed her to breathe without wincing which was obviously very important. "Oh my...it's beautiful..!" she breathed and looked over at Saria. "Oh, okay then." Contessa replied softly and watched as Saria took a seat on the floor and began to work on whatever it was that needed to be fixed. Her eyes moved back to look at the mirror as Saria had motioned for her to do. Her mother was going to love the outcome of the dress and would probably cry. I hope mum doesn't cry...I don't want to end up crying too.she thought to herself while looking at her reflection, it really made her feel and look beautiful.

A small snip from the tiny scissors ended the alteration. Saria just stood up after placing everything in the basket. "There we are, sweetie. All fixed." She told Contessa smiling at the bride to be. "So, is the dress as lovely as you envisioned?" She asked her curiously. She motioned for her assistant to get the veil so she could see the full effect of the whole attire. "Personally I find it absolutely breath taking. I'm positive Daylen will nearly have an heart attack in admiration of your beauty." She chirped happily with the results. Saria couldn't help but play with Contessa hair, she combing her fingers through it lightly to rid of the knocks. She did a simple fishtail to the left side then twisted it into a messy bun before adding the veil to her hair. "I'm sure you have a better hair style planned darling, it's just for added effect." Saria was always prepared. She kept a belt on her with anything a woman would need. Rather it be hairpins or anything else.

"It's even better than how I imagined it would be. You did an amazing job Saria, thank you so much for doing this!" Contessa answered happily. She loved her dress, it was everything she looked for in a dress. Not too simple and not too flashy, it was just the right amount of both and she was sure her parents would approve of the outcome. "You really think he's going to like it?" Contessa asked curiously, she would be very happy if he did even though the most important thing was that she herself liked it. Her eyes never left the mirror as she spoke and listened to Saria, "I don't know what my mum has planned to do with my hair but I'm sure I'll like it." she answered honestly. She and her mother never really talked about her hairstyle for her wedding, so she was going to end up being surprised.

Saria and her assistant just smiled listening to Contessa. "Well just in case I'll be there. Hair always fights on important days it seems; at least mine does." Saria just chuckled at her own words. "Also Miss Rosa wants me to attention. Not just becauses I'm seamstress. But from your request and Daylen's. Their like like family after all, watched those two grow up." She said fondly of her memories for the two little toddlers making a mess in her shop. "As for Daylen's reaction, I bet it will be better then Sirus'. Would you like him to see?" She questioned Contessa. She was sure Sirus would be speechless for once. And she wasn't even fully dressed up.

"Thank-you, I'm sure my mum would really appreciate the help." Contessa commented and smiled, she was happy to know that Saria would be at the wedding, she had to be after all she had done for her. It must have been interesting to watch them both grow up. She wondered what they were like as toddlers, did they goof around together before the incident with Daylen and his pyro powers? Contessa snapped out her thoughts and looked at Saria as she spoke. "Oh...yes I would. It's important to me that he sees it." Contessa answered honestly.

Saria just smiled softly at Contessa. She didn't mind helping out the young bride after all she was marrying into a family she classed as her own. Sirus just jumped lightly hearing Saria's voice through the silence of the waiting room. He was just looking around boredly when she called him to come and see what he thought of dress. He just stood up questioning why she wanted him. "Just get in here love." Saria told him. He was wondering if something was wrong with the dress but stopped in his tracks upon seeing Contessa. "Wow..." Was all the words that came from his lips. A smile unlike any of his boyish one came to his face, it was actually charming in a way. His eyes looked at her in awe, he never seen a more beautiful woman. He folded his arms over his chest, looking at Contessa. Not even fully made up and she was gorgeous. "Breath taking." He simply added after gaining back his ability to speak. "My brother might have a heart attack at seeing your true beauty." He told her playfully. Daylen wouldn't really but it was still a funny image to give her.

Contessa grinned seeing Sirus, "You like it?" she asked him curiously but his reaction really answered the question better than anything he could say. She was relieved that he liked the way the dress had turned out and laughed softly at his comment about Daylen having a heart attack. "Saria said the same thing actually. I really hope he likes it, I love it." Contessa commented softly and smiled warmly. "I think the one to get a heart attack will be my mum really, she will probably be in tears when she sees it." she quickly added while lightly running her fingertips along the dress' fabric. It was fascinating to see something that started out as a mental image and as a messy sketch could turn into something as perfect as this in less than a week, that was really magic. "I'm guessing my brother approves?" Contessa asked Sirus and chuckled softly.

Sirus just playfully nodded. He really loved the dress. He couldn't think of better wedding dress for Contessa to walk down the aisle in. "He'll be a fool not too." Saria just nodded in agreement with Sirus, he would. "Well yeah, her baby is getting married. Who wouldn't have a heart attack seeing how beautiful their daughter is on the wedding day." He said reassuring her it would only natural. Sirus just placed on his boyish goofy smile. "Of course I approve. Now I would be the fool if I didn't. There is only one thing missing however." He said but Saria just looked at him. "Nothing is missing darling. Everything is absolutely gorgeous." She was a little offended by his words. Sirus just chuckled at her before waving his hand to conjure a jewelry set to match the dress. He had summoned them in a large jewelry box. "You can't open this until the wedding day." He told the girls. Saria just pouted, she wanted to see the set.

Contessa grinned as she thought about everyone's reaction when they saw her walk down the isle. Oh, many tears would be shed that was for sure. "I just hope everyone likes it." Contessa commented softly and sighed happily, she was overjoyed with the result of her dress. It was a shame she would only wear it for one day. Contessa was glad that she had gotten Sirus' approval, it was a very important detail. "I'm glad you approve Sirus, I wouldn't be happy if you didn't." she admitted and looked at the large box. She really wanted to open it now, but Sirus had made it clear that she was not to open it until the wedding day. At least she wouldn't have to wait such a long time since the wedding was just around the corner. "This is going to be a nice surprise." she commented as she looked at the large box.

Sirus just chuckled. "It don't matter if they like it as long as you love it." He told her playfully. "And I know that Daylen will love it, so boo on the people they don't." He told her happily. He just held the box in his hands. "Okay, now out you go." Saria shooshed out Sirus from the dressing room and closed the door behind him. "We have to get the dress off and packed up for the wedding." She told him through the closed doors. She then went to Contessa and smiled. "Shall we darling, I'm sure you have allot of things still left to do." She said smiling at her.

Sirus was right, and she knew that. "Well I do love it. I love it a lot more now that it's actually real, instead of just an image in my head." Contessa answered and looked back at Saria who had gotten Sirus out of the room and the door closed so that he wouldn't see her. "Yes we shall." she answered simply and carefully removed the veil, handing it to Saria. "Does this mean I will be taking the dress home with me today?" she asked curiously. She did have a few things left to do, like come up with her wedding vows.

Saria just gently folded the veil and handed it to her assistant before going to unlace the corset for Contessa. "Well yes darling. You can take home the dress as soon as my assistant packs it up for you." She told her sweetly. Her assistant was getting everything ready for Contessa to take her dress home. There was a extra box under the one for Contessa's wedding dress. "That is a wedding gift from my assistant. Markus designed and crafted it just from you. It's a evening dress for the wedding night. It's not provocative or anything. A simple sleeping dress so you won't feel uncomfortable around Daylen, well too much." She told Contessa just in case if she was curious about the extra box. "That one you don't have to wait to see if you want to peek." She told her joking about Sirus' wedding gift.

Contessa nodded as she listened to what Saria had to say. "A gift?" she repeated and smiled, she didn't think she'd be getting gifts this early. "Thank-you Markus, you didn't have to get me anything but I appreciate it. I'll take a peak at it once I'm home, I'm sure it's very lovely." Contessa replied softly and couldn't help but chuckle. Nothing could possibly make her feel less uncomfortable or nervous about being around Daylen on their wedding night, she knew what that meant and she really wasn't ready for that. She didn't even know Daylen that well or love him for that matter. Sure she liked him, but when you like someone you don't really do that.

Saria just smiled seeing the looked on Contessa's face. "Oh darling, you'll be fine." She spoke to her in a caring tone. "Daylen is actually planning on using his illusionary magic on you to help you relax. So you won't even notice that the Elders will be there." Saria had told the twin's secret without even knowing that they never told her. She just assumed they did, especially Sirus. He told everyone's secret. She helped Contessa out of the dress and went to her assistant. They both folded the dress and placed it neatly in the box. "I'll tell Markus you gave him your thanks when he returns, he is a fabulous designer so I'm positive you'll love the night dress." Saria just softly spoke without paying much attention other than packing the dresses and veil, making sure they were ready to return with Contessa.

Contessa's smile quickly faded when she was told that the elders would be there. "What?! The elders are going to be in the room while...while that?! I don't...I-I can't even..!" Contessa stammered, obviously panicking at the new bit of information. This had to be some sort of joke right? Did the elders actually think she would be okay with this? Why didn't Daylen tell her this? It was important, so why keep it from her? Yes she didn't like the idea but it would still have been nice to hear about this from her fiance. Contessa decided to focus on that bit later and nodded at what Saria said, "I'm sure I will." she said quietly and decided she'd have to talk to Daylen about this, maybe another day since today wasn't the best day to bring up her problems when he had other things to do that were much more important.

Saria's assistant just tapped her boss on the shoulder. "I think she didn't know about the Elders." She said softly. Saria's eyes went wide, she looked at Contessa when her hand instantly covered her mouth. "Oh dear. I thought you knew." She just tried to think of how to fix this. "Oh darling, I'm sorry you found out this way. I'm sure Daylen was just trying to protect you from this, he wasn't fond of the news either. Sirus literally had to carry him out of the room upon hearing that request." She spoke with a sad face. She couldn't believe she told their secret, and here she thought Sirus was bad for that. "It's just that this marriage is very important. They need to make sure that it is..." She wasn't sure how to say this. "Consummated." Her face was slightly red from having to explain what she accidently brought to light.

"I know, I still wish that he would have told me about it though." Contessa started and sighed sadly. "I'll talk to him about it another day, I'm sure he has more important things to do than hearing me complain about this, and it's not like it's not going to happen." she added and pouted softly. "I'm not upset with you Saria, it's not your fault that you didn't know." she reassured and offered a small smile. Contessa just wanted to go home now and tell her parents this new piece of information, they probably didn't know about this either.

Saria just looked at Contessa. "Talk to him about it today. I'm sure he needs the distraction from Sirus' little problem. Knowing that sweetheart, he is digging through his grimoire." Her assistant just nodded softly. "Daylen came here earlier asking if he could have some of Saria's blood." Saria just weakly smiled, of course she gave him some. "Poor darling loses everyone dear to him. First his father at a young age, his mother's illness and now poor Sirus. Not to mention his family hates him." The topic was getting to be sad now. Saria felt sorry for Daylen actually but he'll have Contessa and her at least, right? She looked at her assistant who finished packaging everything. "You should hurry and get dress deary." Saria told her softly. She hoped that she would have a better day after she spilt the beans.

"I really don't want to bother him though." Contessa replied sadly. She knew that Daylen lost his father and that his family hated him but she possibly couldn't cheer him up. The cupcakes had worked for a little while, but she couldn't make cupcakes every single day either. Without another word, Contessa got dressed and smiled sadly as she took the boxes. "Thank-you for the dress and the gift. I will see you all at the wedding." Contessa said quietly before excusing herself and walking out to where Sirus was waiting. "We should go home now." she said simply, holding the boxes in her arms.

Sirus just frown seeing Contessa's face. "Why are you so sad? I thought you loved the dress." He said standing up and taking the boxes from her. He had placed the jewelry box on top of the boxes. He had to stick out his elbow for her grab so he could teleport her back home. Once she did, he just took her back home. It didn't bother him if she never answered his questions. He was sure she wanted to talk to her parents. He set the boxes on the tabled waiting for her to tell him to leave , though he hoped she would talk to him.

Contessa just shook her head and held onto his elbow so that he could take her home. When they arrived at her house she just sighed, "That's not why I'm sad Sirus. Saria just told me about the elders wanting to watch Daylen and I on our wedding night. I'm upset that he didn't tell me about this. I thought he was opening up to me but I guess he still doesn't wish to tell me important information concerning our wedding. I don't approve of what they want to do but there's nothing to be done about it...I just wish he could have told me." Contessa explained and crossed her arms. "So if he asks you were I am, just tell him that I'm at home somewhat upset because of that and trying on some dresses." she added easily.

Sirus just burst out laughing. "I told him not to tell you." He told her plainly. "Daylen was debating on it. I told him no. You'll have allot of pressure as it is. You're marrying someone you don't know, he losing his entire family. Our mother has some incurable disease, who hows how long she has. He'll probably see it before she kicks it." He said smiling sweetly so he spoke. "He was trying to spare you some pain by blocking out the perverted old guys with his magic. So you could have a little peace, after all they ain't going to be telling anyone about what they see. Its same thing with all important marriages." He chuckled lightly. He could see why she was upset but Daylen was really just trying to spare her from at least something.