#auroraolsen

The moment the two arrived they couldn’t stop staring at each other. Dylan’s mouth dropped to the ground. 

“You - I....How....” 

He started stuttering while Aurora was giggling to his cuteness. 

“Surprise?” 

She just smiled and pecked his cheek. He just gave her a very tight hug. 

After that, they went into the restaurant where they waited for everyone invited to show up before the ceremony was to begin. 

While waiting there, Dylan took this picture of Aurora while she walking towards a table to take a seat. 

Pretty soon everyone invited gathered. The time had come for the two to get married officially. They went one after the other outside the restaurant towards the wedding arch. The guests followed closely behind. 

( excuse the fact that this image is taken at night, it was actually taken after the wedding but yea xD ) 

They were now at the arch. The piano player announced the arrival of the bride, and Dylan was already in position to await her arrival to the arch. Everyone was on their feet as she took her place across from him. He took both her hands and was near tearing up,

“I can’t believe we’re doing this...” 

She was redder than an apple, because neither could she. She felt overjoyed but again very nauseous and she had no idea why. 

“Dearly beloved...” 

A voice could be heard. The priest was at the side, as to not get in the way of the two and had started citing the famous wedding ceremony speech. 

The two had their eyes on each other the whole time, it was as If they were there completely alone, like time had stopped for everyone but them. 

The priest had finished the first part of his speech. He approached the two. 

“Alright, now it’s your turn. Exchange the rings and your vows to one another.” 

Dylan became nervous. He’d been up the previous night just to figure something out for this exact moment but it was useless because he couldn’t come up with a single thing. Aurora had the same problem. Nevertheless, Aurora took her turn first. 

“I...In all honesty I didn’t prepare for this moment even though I tried but..when I think about it I don’t even need to. I’ve been running from this my whole life because I feared....I feared a heartbreak, I feared defeat. But... with you, there is never fear, never a reason to think twice for things...I know what my heart is telling me to do right now is right, so Dylan Huston, I here by take you to be my husband for better or for worse, in sickness or in health until death brings us apart....”

Dylan’s eyes were full of tears. He accepted the ring, and took out the one for her next. 

“Auri....I....I’m going to be honest here, I as well had no luck in writing out a speech but when I look into those bluish-greenish eyes of yours and that little smile that’s breaking out all over your face I know I never needed one to begin with. All I have to say, will never be enough to show how I feel. I know you’ve been running away and I know we’ve been chasing each other for a while but we finally caught each other and .... Now that we have, I don’t wanna let go...So, Aurora Olsen I here by take you as my wife, to love and to protect in good and bad, in sickness and in health until death brings us apart...” 

The guests started crying by this point as well, as with any wedding. Aurora’s makeup was beginning to get ruined, but she couldn’t care less. The priest approached again. 

“Lovely, now .... by the power give to me by the Lord above and the city council of San Myshuno down here...I pronounce you husband and wife. Everyone, greet Mr. and Mrs. Huston! Oh, and of course - you may kiss your bride now son.” 

Everyone started applauding. The two kissed and then they started walking back to the restaurant with the guests, where the cook had prepared snacks. On the way back through the aisle, Aurora tipped the piano player for a job well-done. 

Back at the restaurant, the two saw the wedding cake had arrived as well. Aurora took a piece out while everyone else was in the kitchen going through the servings of food. She approached Dylan who was also there, and offered him the first bite - they shared it together in front of everyone which left awes all around. 

By the end of the wedding everyone had a slice of the cake and a piece of every main course meal prepared. Hope and Isabelle congratulated the two and accepted their wedding bracelets that signified that they had roles in their life - those of a maid of honor and godmother. 

After a long fun night and morning hours , people slowly started to leave. Aurora and Dylan had stayed alone and they too decided to go home. On their way out they took a selfie to remember the day by, along with the rest of the pictures that were taken by them and of them.

Now, on to new adventures as Mr. and Mrs.Huston! 

Soon after, the trio met up in front of the store in Magnolia Promenade. They couldn’t believe how big the whole complex actually was. 

Hope went straight into the flower shop, while Isa and Aurora went up in the bridal shop. 

Aurora told the shopkeeper what she was there for and the lady told her to head upstairs and try out dresses until she finds ‘the one’. 

Before she headed up, she called both Isabelle and Hope to come with, because for this she’d need all the help she could possibly get. 

She saw a mannequin with a dress on it. She decided to give it a try, but didn’t particularly like it. 

The first one she tried on - the one from the mannequin looked good on her, and Isabelle was there to see it on her. 

“Oh, honey you look gorgeous. I like it.” 

Aurora took a single look in the mirror and she didn’t feel like it was the dress for her. 

“I don’t know Isa...This just doesn’t scream me y’know...” 

She took it off and put it back on the mannequin. She turned around and she noticed another mannequin with another dress on it. She went to try that one on next. She liked this one slightly more than the first, but no sleeves never looked that good on her - at least that’s what she thought. 

At first she though she might not fit in it, since it looked too tight. But, she was pleasantly surprised to find that she was wrong - it actually fit her perfectly and for that she was overjoyed. 

The other two heard her squeal and ran over to see her. Hope had another dress in her hands, and handed it over to her. 

“Sis, I love this one that’s on you right now, but do me a favor - try this.” 

Aurora took the dress from Hope and put it down on the chair next to her. 

Hope helped her take the tight dress off and then to put the one she got her on. All three were left speechless. 

Aurora even took her hair up in a curly ponytail and then took a look at herself. Her heart was pounding so hard that she felt like it would leave her chest. Isabelle and Hope teared up and spoke: 

“This is ‘the one’.” 

Hope hugged Aurora with tears in her eyes. 

“Hope..don’t...don’t...”

She was trying to tell her not to cry, but too little too late. 

“I can’t...I get emotional when I’m happy and right now, I am overjoyed.” 

The two hugged her once again and left her to take the dress off so she could purchase it. Before she took it off though, she took one last look at herself.

“This is it then Olsen, you’re now fully ready for this marriage business. All that’s left is to say the word and...be a good wife...oh God give me strength...” 

She took the dress off and bought it. Now, she is more than ready for her wedding - all that’s left is to plan out at which venue it would take place and make a guest list. But that, she will do another day. For now, she’s off to stuff her face with cupcakes and juice with her best friends. 

They went to “The Diving Pelican”, and got a table for two. A very romantic one. 

Dylan was unable to get his eyes off of her, shining bright under the lantern lights, fireflies floating around her as she blinked shyly and twirled a strain of her hair around. He was going through a volcanic eruption inside. 

Pretty soon they got their hands on a menu and started going through it. They noticed notes on some of the drinks and meals which were marked as meals and drinks that were “the chef’s choice”. They chose the chef choice wine and main course. ( excuse the fact that the image above and below are taken at different times of day - thank you.). 

While waiting for their orders, the two started chatting. They’ve been together for a while and yet there were so many things that they didn’t know about each other like favorite colors, foods, animals and zodiac signs. 

But, since both of them are jokers, the conversation quickly shifted to inside jokes and jokes about ducks. In no time at all the dinner arrived. 

They each took a bite of the food.

“Why are you laughing?” 

Dylan suddenly spoke up, after nearly an entire date of silence or awkward laughter and jokes. 

“Taste the food, you’ll see...” 

Dylan rolled his eyes, and took a better bite. His eyes teared up. 

“Okay, why didn’t the ingredients table mention lava spice?”

Aurora burst into laughs. They both took a sip of their wines to cool off their mouths. Despite the lava hot spice, they ate the entire meals and Aurora even sent compliments to the chef - at least the wine was good. 

After they finished eating, a weird girl came up to their table and started to randomly talk to them. She was eating right next to Aurora. They introduced themselves in a friendly manner, but wanted alone time because after all, a date is meant for two right? 

So, the moment the weird lady moved away for a bit, Dylan took Aurora’s hand and got up with her. 

“What are you doing?” 

Aurora stopped, taking her hand back. 

“You seriously want her to continue her banter? Isn’t this supposed to be an ‘us’ night?”

Dylan asked with a smirk. Aurora just nodded in agreement and they both sneaked out through the bushy flowers and went to the riverside across from the restaurant. 

They sat down on a bench, and stared at the fish jumping out from the river. It wasn’t as dark anymore, it was the early morning hours. They spent an hour giggling for all kinds of things, nudging each other when whispering dirty jokes to one another and just generally having a blast.

“Next time, forget the restaurant -we’re ordering a big box of pizza and we’re gonna have it right here.” 

Aurora shook her head and smiled. She just scooted closer to Dylan on the bench. 

She stared at him staring at the fish in the river. She was still trying to wrap her head around the fact that they’re now officially an item and that her loner days have ended. She kept asking herself what’d be next for them, what after all this - where will all this lead them to. 

For the moment, she knew the only place this situation was leading them to was a sleepless night and an early sleepless morning on a bench, like two homeless people.

Before they knew it, the Sun was up and nature was waking up. Aurora stood up from the bench, leaned back and kissed his cheek and thanked him for the beautiful and fun night. She told him the next date was on her and that she’d plan it - with no restaurants involved. 

After that, she just started to slowly walk home. Her house is right across from the restaurant so she was in no hurry. Dylan was staring at her walking away. He got up and for a second froze, but then spoke up. 

“Aurora?” 

She stopped from the distance and turned around. 

“Yeah?” 

She yelled back. 

“I...”  She smiled and nodded at his attempt to say something , because she knew exactly what he wanted to say. 

“I know, I do too.” 

She waved bye to him, and left him alone in the middle of the walking path with his heart about to throw itself out of his chest and into the river next to him. 

He and she are both head over heels in love with each other. That, we can all be certain of. 

“We’ll find a way boy, I know we will.” 

Obi barked happily, and licked his face. 

Pretty soon, Aurora had about enough of being cooped in for days and headed outside on her own. This was the perfect moment for Dylan to get searching for ideas. 

While Aurora was sightseeing and playing basketball later on with the neighborhood’s youth, Dylan was busy going through websites on his tablet.

“This is so hopeless...” 

He was about to exit the browser, when an ad showed up. Normally he’d ignore ads like any sane person who’d like to have a clean computer or tablet or phone, but this wasn’t a spam-ad, in fact it was exactly what he needed. It was an ad about a restaurant called “Villa Bovine” - apparently a fancy new place that has recently been opened up in Newcrest, Aurora’s hometown. 

When Aurora returned from outside, Dylan stood up from the couch and spoke. 

“Hey, so uh...y’know how tomorrow marks about 6 months of us being...a thing?” 

She just smirked. Of course she knew, she had a present for him planned. 

“Yes, why?” 

He shyly looked into her sky-blue eyes that were blinking and staring into his. 

“Well, I got us a reservation...for “Villa Bovine”.” 

Aurora froze up. She didn’t see that coming. 

“You what now? Honey I don’t know if I should love you even more for this or freak out first...” 

He was confused. 

“Why would you freak out?”

She shook her head, giggling. 

“Well, because I think you’re a mind reader....No, seriously though I’ve been dying to go ever since it opened - I never had a proper excuse to use for it though, until now...” 

She ran into the bedroom and started going through the closet. She needed her finest outfit for the date. 

After a barely sleepless night, the following day came. In the afternoon, after a morning of doing absolutely nothing the two got ready and headed to Newcrest and the restaurant. 

After an hour of a trip, they were there and got a table. 

Dylan seemed even more nervous than before now. Aurora thought him being all worked up was because of the date, but then she started to recall all the secrecy going on in the past week and she was suspecting something was up, but she didn’t know what. 

They ordered what the chef recommended for the day again - a drink and the main course which was ‘Italian Meatballs’. While waiting for the waitress to come by with their order, they were talking. Aurora was trying to get to the bottom of Dylan’s tenseness. 

“So, I can see you’re all worked up for something still...What’s the matter?” 

She reached out for his hand, but he slid it back to his end and into his pants’ pocket. He was sweating, and Aurora noticed. 

“N..nothing..Really...” 

She just smiled mildly and let it be. Then, the waitress came by and they got their meal. When they were done, Dylan was again reaching into his pocket, only this time he took whatever he had in there out and got up .

“Aurora...” 

Aurora turned around and saw him standing next to her. She stood up, unaware of what was about to occur. 

“These past six months were a blessing for me. I’d been looking at you from afar for half a year before we first met...and, I never got the courage to walk up and introduce myself. But, I don’t know if it was dumb luck or something else that made us meet and...and now we live together....I guess what I’m trying to say is that I love the way you sing our song in the shower at 6am, I love how you run around with the pets and I love to hear your laughter echo around the house and...I don’t ever want to not have that in my life...I .....I want .... I can’t imagine life without you in it...heck I can’t even imagine our new place without you in it....So, what I was trying to ask is....would you marry an idiot like me?” 

Aurora stood in one spot, like she was cemented there and was speechless.The entire restaurant was staring at them and awaiting for her response. Even her best friend Isabelle was there and overheard the proposal. 

“Dylan..I...My God, I don’t even...Look at me I am literally in tears I...Yes, of course I’ll sing our song in the shower for you every morning at 6, yes I’ll cook the breakfast and I’ll laugh all the time, because...because you make me laugh and you make me inspired to cook and to sing in the shower....And...Yes, I will marry you, because I’d be the idiot if I rejected a sweet, kind and good man like you.” 

He was sobbing. He’d been planning this for so long and now it was finally happening. He had played all the possible scenarios over and over and one was where she says ‘no’. He  feared that one the most. But, when she said yes, his heart stopped for a few seconds. She took the ring, and started showing it off. 

Dylan stared at her, wondering how he got so lucky and while he was caught up with his thoughts, she jumped into his arms out of nowhere, leaving everyone in awes. 

They were both laughing so hard at what she did, and after a few seconds, Dylan felt a small cracking in his back so he put Aurora down before he could break an actual bone. 

Everyone applauded and congratulated the two. Aurora just looked at him with a smile. 

“We’re really doing this, aren’t we?” 

Dylan took her hand into his. 

“As long as you have that ring on, hell yes we are.” 

She burst into laughs. He went to the table afterwards and they took another pair of drinks to toast. Pretty soon, that drink made Dylan rush to the toilet, and Aurora stood up and went outside, to get some air.

She was thinking of everything that’s happened and about what was to come next...their wedding. She feared that they might argue over who wants what for the big day, but she figured that they’d have plenty of time to figure everything out. For now, she was staring at her engagement ring, smiling and still shocked.

“And at last I see the light....and it’s like the fog has lifted...”

Aurora was humming parts of their song, from their favorite movie and she realized that as the lyrics were correct, a fog did lift - and it showed a bright future ahead for both of them.

Aurora sat down and gave it all a long hard thought. She knew that bringing her best friend Isabelle and her sister Hope in one place together might trigger a war, but she also felt that she could end up fixing things for them. 

So, the person she called was exactly the one Hope disliked the most - Isabelle. 

“You want me to what?” 

Isabelle was sitting with Loreen in her lap at home, when Aurora called. She nearly dropped Loreen out of her lap when Aurora told her her idea. 

“It’s just a weekend Isa, you’ll be fine I promise. You two literally fought over a cake recipe....I mean, that’s a very ridiculous thing to fall out over, right?” 

Isabelle rolled her eyes from the other side of the line. 

“Not when the person you’re talking to insults your grandmother’s 60-year old cake recipe, in front of your child who adores it!” 

Aurora facepalmed and giggled. It’s just like Isa to overheat for nothing. Ever since she’s become a parent her nerves have become so touchy that the slightest thing would irritate her to no end. But, this not only irritated her, but it hurt the one thing she’s been building up her entire life - her family and the memory of her relatives who are no longer with them. 

In any case, she managed to persuade Isabelle to join them, saying that she could use a couple of days away from all the noise and the family home and her job. Isabelle accepted, but only because Aurora would be there, and because they had a lot of catching up to do. 

The following morning, Aurora dialed the number for booking a vacation in Granite Falls. She chose the campsite there as their lodging facility and told the person on the phone that they have all the gear needed for camping. 

Hope was already up and running around the house, picking up after the pets when Aurora peeked from their bedroom. 

“What the heck are you so excited about? And why do you look like you’ve had ten cups of coffee??” 

Aurora giggled and jumped half-way onto Hope’s back like a little kid. 

“Well, you, me and your new friend Isabelle are going on a getaway tomorrow morning - just the three of us girls and of course the dogs and Zoey.” 

Hope dropped the pet ball she had in her hand.

“With her?! But...but...Auri, she hates me!”

Aurora smirked and took Hope’s hands into hers. 

“No, she doesn’t. She told me so. Promise.” 

The rest of the Friday was spent in convincing Hope that things would go well and in picking up after the dogs and the cat. 

Early Saturday morning. Hope and Aurora were at the entrance of the campsite, waiting for Isabelle to show up. The dogs were running around and the cat was climbing every branch and picnic table she could find. 

“Where is she? She didn’t chicken out did she?” 

Hope was looking into her watch, thinking maybe Isabelle had given up. But, just as she raised her head and looked in front of her, she saw a woman dragging a bag of food with her - it was Isabelle. 

“See, she made it!” 

Aurora ran up to her and squeezed the living life out of her. She nearly made her drop her grocery bag. 

After helping Isa with her things, they set up camp on a spot a bit further up, where they found a sandy clearing with a picnic table, a barbecue and a fire pit. 

They put up their tents, their campfire chairs and a table for their reading materials and other stuff. They also had a portable cooler with, to keep the water nice and cold. Inside they later found some frozen yogurt too. 

They sat down and started talking on various subjects, but it was mostly three girls catching up. Hope and Isa had fun talking to each other and Aurora was just in awes from the side, because a.) she was glad the two were getting along  and b.) she couldn’t believe the two were actually getting along, and that her plan about them reconciling was actually starting to work.

Then, she got the crazy idea to start the fire in the middle of the day, just for the fun of it. 

They were keeping warm even though it wasn’t that cold a northern breeze could still be felt. They couldn’t stop talking about everything, and the two kept congratulating Aurora on her ‘catch’.

Pretty soon, night came. And with that, Hope’s favorite part of any camping trip - scary ghost story time. And of course, she had the honor of scaring everyone half to death. 

She chose to tell them a scary gremlin story and she went so far as to demonstrate how scary he was exactly. Isa and Aurora loved the way she told the story and weren’t scared of her and her visuals at all. 

After the scary story, they went in their tents to relax and read for a bit, but then Aurora walked out and noticed a hoof next to a wooden box of sand. She realized that what she was looking at was actually the hoof throwing game and called out the other two so they could play and compete. More points for friendship please!

They each took turns, and had a blast! Even Zoey the cat joined in on the fun as an up-close spectator. 

After all that, they all decided it was bed time since it was probably 1 or 2am and they had a busy day of hiking and mountaineering ahead of them. 

All in all, the girls’ getaway camping trip was an excellent idea and thanks to her sister, Hope is now really close to patching up things with Isabelle and potentially calling her a friend. 

Here’s a keepsake from the weekend that they all share: 

                         ~ My two favorite people, always and forever ~

She continued walking around and she came across four skeletons surrounding the room. They were all so cool that she asked Dylan to take a picture of her with one of them, though he seemed relatively scared because he thought it might come to life. 

While Aurora was quietly studying the skeleton, Dylan decided to get all the attention back on him. She started telling a joke related to the current situation to which Aurora paid attention but she was more interested in the skeleton at that moment. 

After they checked out the room again, they decided to go back to the first arch, pick up Obi and go to their lodging. 

When they got there, Dylan got the idea to ask Aurora out, while on vacation. He remembered the nice cantina near the marketplace. He went up to her room and asked her - and of course she accepted. 

The Selvadorada Date

That night was the most beautiful one they’ve had in a while. Butterflies were surrounding the Cantina and the hanging lights made the atmosphere that much more romantic. 

They arrived at the Cantina and walked in slowly. There was quite a crowd there, as per usual so their date wasn’t going to be a quiet romantic one. 

Aurora found a seat for herself at the bar, and Dylan was left standing on the side of it. He kept looking at her, wondering how he could be so lucky to have met her and was trying to man up and tell her how he actually felt. That, was easier said than done. 

Aurora was focused on getting her turn for a drink. He was still staring at her, gathering air and trying to speak, but he’d only end up losing the gathered oxygen and get trapped, unable to say a word. 

After a couple drinks and a few talks with the locals, Aurora felt like moving. The bartender turned up the music volume, and she got up to dance to a Latino song. She saw Dylan standing alone, so she dragged him to the dance floor with her too. 

His dancing attempts were hilarious but she seemed to enjoy them. She laughed on the side as she moved to the beats coming out of the speaker on the wall. Then, suddenly she stopped. She gazed at him for a bit and decided it was time. She’d been denying it for far too long, but every time he was around she would get all mushy and blush and stutter. But now, after a long while she finally got used to him, to his weird jokes and loud speaking, and the laughter - the one thing that made her heart skip a beat. She slowly approached him and asked him something she thought she was unable to do for a long time. She asked him what he felt. 

He took her hand into his and started pouring it all out. She just grabbed his waist and pulled him into an embrace and a kiss. This kiss meant something, it was a seal of their feelings for each other. 

After the long kissing, they let go of each other and started laughing awkwardly. But then they stopped. He just took a look at her, and pulled her in closer. He just wanted to be able to remember that moment right then forever. 

They decided right then that there truly was something special between them, and they didn’t let it go to waste. They had a few more drinks and afterwards left for their lodging where they continued goofing off by playing video games and watching funny Simtube videos. All in all, a perfect holiday date.