How Green Becomes Wood

"Thank you, I'll need it." Cooger chuckled, giving a fist bump to both boys before heading out.

That night, Dark and Daizi crawled into bed, separated by by a carefully built pillow wall, but found it difficult to actually sleep. It was such a big day, and they stayed up too late just talking. Even so, when Daizi woke that morning, it was to Dark carving more designs into their bed post, just as he had every anniversary.

Because Dark and Daizi needed to get ready at the venue, they suggested they take different cars so the twins didn't need to wait around at the venue doing nothing. It'd be easier for Ivy, too. Overall, her presence at the event caused minor stress, but since Amty Zeinab had stayed just long enough to see the renewal, when Ivy got too tired, she's take her home.

The twins would need to arrive an hour before the ceremony began, and as they got ready to leave, Dark asked, "Would you need help to tie your ties?"
 
"I think we'll be okay," Xander assured him. "I'm pretty sure we'll manage. We've practiced a couple of times, and if we get it wrong, I bet someone will fix it for us."

"Are you sure you have everything?" Alec fretted. "If not, text us and we can bring it."
 
"I am quite sure," Dark replied, having made a list and checked it about a hundred times. "But if something is missing, I can assure you I will send frantic, panicked texts, and then a phone call three minutes later."

"It'll be great, we have everything," Daizi replied, "Remember, we're staying the night at a hotel so we don't need to drive all the way home."
 
Alec caught Daizi's hands and squeezed them lightly. "It's going to be so wonderful! You should get going."

"They are trying to. You're the one holding on," Xander reminded him.

"Right." Alec let go so they could make it out the door.
 
"We'll only be parted for a few hours," Daizi said, pulling him into a hug before releasing him.

"The dress we bought for Ivy is hung on the side of the changing table," Dark told them, "We have packed her diaper bag with everything she will need."

Then, after making their goodbyes to all of them, they drove to the venue.
 
"Well, now we have an awkward amount of time to spend while waiting to show up at a super special event," Xander commented.

"Let's play with Ivy and try to get some of her energy out before she has to be quiet a bunch," Alec suggested.

At the venue, Tristan was already there with his rented van filled with flowers. He'd hired three people with functioning legs to help him decorate the space, and they were hard at work. When Dark and Daizi arrived, he came over to congratulate them and then showed them a computer-generated picture of what flowers went where and asked them to confirm that this layout was, indeed, the one agreed upon. That only took a second, and then he was back at work.
 
Dark and Daizi thanked Tristan and Dark looked over the image carefully before confirming it was correct. There were a few things they needed to set up themselves, specifically in the ceremony room itself, including the wine, goblet, and various other instruments of witchcraft, but then they went into the backroom set aside for them to dress themselves in and began to get ready.
 
Tristan finished first with the help of his workers, and he left to drop off the rental van (driven by one of his helpers) and change into his proper suit for the ceremony.

Alec and Xander arrived later with Ivy dressed and brushed and primped to her absolute best.
 
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