ULTIMATE DECADES CHALLENGE -1309 - FRI - ISABELLE'S NEEDLEWORK - WEEK 6 - DAY 41 - UPDATED DEC 7

With the Handfasting Ceremonies over, it was time to cut the cakes. Thaddeus and Isabelle's cake was set up, so they went first. It was a beautiful cake decorated with yellow icing roses and topped with a wedding topper of two hearts entwined. William and Colette had made a wonderful choice.

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Taking Isabelle's hand in his, together they cut the cake...

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...and then fed each other a slice...

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They headed over to a table and Isabelle nearly drops her piece...but all is well and she sits down and enjoys the cake.

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Ian and Gwendolyn sit together and eat a slice of cake. It is such a happy day for everyone. Their sons are now married to three lovely young women.

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Some of the neighbors show up and it was now time for William and Francesca to cut their cake. And soon, they are feeding each other a piece.

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Oh my! Everyone was so hungry that their wedding cake is nearly gone. But it was a beautiful cake with blue icing roses, topped as well with two hearts entwined.

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Francesca takes a moment to sit and talk with Agatha and Gwendolyn.

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Thaddeus, Reginald, William, Colette, Isabelle and Ian sit down together enjoying the cake and chatting. Apparently, Parson Bernard prefers to sit on the ground and eat his cake.

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More neighbors arrive and it's time to cut Reginald and Colette's cake. A beautiful cake decorated with pink icing roses. Okay, who took the wedding topper?

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And Reginald and Colette share a piece together. Oh yum! It has strawberry jam layers.

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And Thaddeus takes the next piece of cake. The guy must be hungry! And Parson Bernard is still sitting on the ground. I think he is just sitting there to be near the cake.

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It was getting dark, and Francesca spies a tree hollow with a flock of birds. She goes over to talk to them, and, in the distance, William is watching her smiling.

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Ian heads to the barkeep and orders a round of strawberry nectar for everyone. Oh my gosh! Everyone gets the flirty mood, as if they weren't already flirty enough!

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After enjoying a glass of sweet nectar, it was time for the first dance, and all the newly married couples take to the floor to do "The Carole" together.

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Oh gosh, and Thaddeus suddenly dips Isabelle. Who knew he could dance so well?

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Not to be outdone by Thaddeus, William twirls Francesca around.

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The music suddenly changes, and Reginald leads the next dance. What type of dance is this? Some dance that Reginald learned at the Knights' Stronghold?

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Even though they were uncertain of the steps, they looked good.

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Off behind the dancefloor, Ian and Gwendolyn were dancing together.

Ian: "Gwendolyn, you know how I said you looked so beautiful on our wedding day? Well, you look even more beautiful now..."

Gwendolyn blushed: "Oh Ian, you're such a charmer..."

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When the dancing was over, the guests threw rice at the married couples. The carriage was waiting, and the newlyweds waved goodbye to everyone and left for home. Ian, Gwendolyn and Parson Bernard were staying a bit longer to chat with the guests and would take the second carriage home together.

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William and Francesca were dropped off first. They stood there for a moment in the darkness and then William took Francesca's hands in his.

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William: "It has grown a bit chilly. Did you want to go inside and sit by the fire and talk? We could talk all night if you want..."

They suddenly heard a loud moo.

Francesca: "Oh, is that Eda? Could we go and see her? I want to introduce myself as the new Mrs. William Fletcher..."

William: "You want to go and see our cow now? On our wedding night?"

Francesca: "Of course! Unless...unless you think that's strange..."

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William: "Oh no...it's fine. In fact, I will introduce you to her...."

They ran towards the barn and William tried to call Eda out, "I guess she's sleeping. We might have better luck in the morning..."

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Francesca: "Could we maybe just peak in on her?"

William smiled, "Of course, but first I need to give my wife a kiss...part of my duties as your husband, you know..."

Francesca batted her eyes at him, "And what other duties do you have as my husband?" she asked giggling.

William: "Well, come with me and you'll find out!" he said and pulled her into the barn with him.

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And let's just say that things heated up in that cowshed! Woot!

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Thaddeus and Isabelle were dropped off next.

Thaddeus kissed her and when they broke apart, Isabelle gazed into his eyes.

Thaddeus: "Our new home, Isabelle. In the morning, I will show you everything..."

Isabelle smiled, "And I will finally be able to see your workshop..."

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Thaddeus: "Yes, yes you will... You know, Isabelle, when we first met and you asked me to show my workshop to you. I could have. It is an easy walk here from the Fletcher Farm...but I...well, I didn't trust myself to be alone with you. I felt...I felt something might happen if we went there alone..."

Isabelle: "Really? Like what?"

Thaddeus: "That I might have kissed you. And that would not have been honorable of me. I don't know how it was possible to have such feelings for someone in such a short time, but I did, Isabelle...I did. And I have even stronger feelings now..."

Isabelle: "I know it was wrong to think the way I did, but maybe I wanted to be alone with you, and maybe I wanted you to kiss me..."

Thaddeus: "You did?"

Isabelle: "Yes, I did...and all last night I was having "thoughts" of what would happen tonight..."

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Thaddeus: "Oh Isabelle...do not worry...if you're nervous...nothing has to happen tonight if you don't want it to..."

Isabelle lowered her eyes, "But that's the thing...I want to be with you...it's just...it's just...I'm not sure of what to do..."

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Thaddeus: "My dear, Isabelle, come here",: he said as he embraced her, "...we will take it slow...and I've only heard of what happens...I haven't. actually...um...myself..."

Isabelle: "You haven't either? Oh Thaddeus, that makes me feel so much better..."

Thaddeus smiled at her, "We shall discover everything together then..."

Isabelle: "Yes...we shall...so...um...since it's our wedding night..."

Thaddeus gazed at her and suddenly kissed her passionately, and when they parted they looked at each other, and no other words were needed. They held hands and walked to the house together...and when they entered, Thaddeus kissed her again.

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And this time, Isabelle took his hand in hers and led him into the bedroom.

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Reginald and Colette were the last ones to be dropped off before the carriage headed back to the Knights' Stronghold.

Reginald: "My darling Colette, how beautiful you look in the moonlight. I feel I am the luckiest man to be with you here tonight..."

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Colette: "Oh Thaddeus, you are so handsome...and such a gentleman. I wanted to tell you that when I ran from you that night at the Ancient Ruins, I was just scared...scared of how I was feeling for you, because I had never felt that way about anyone before..."

Reginald: "I know...I felt it when we kissed. And in that moment, I knew you were the one I was destined to be with..."

Colette: "Yes...I know now that you were always my destiny..."

Reginald: "And I will be the husband that you want me to be. And tonight...I will be the most caring, loving husband to you..."

Colette smiled: "I know you will be, and I trust you, Reginald...I gave you my heart...and I...I want to start a family with you..."

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Reginald: "And I want to start a family with you, too, Colette. So, let us not waste a moment more, and let us "be" together..."

Colette nodded and Reginald kissed her...and the heat of his kiss was almost too much for her to bear. And they somehow stumbled forward clinging to each other and ended up in front of a bush.

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And, well...you can only guess what happened next....

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Notes:

Since this lot was a lounge, several townies showed up autonomously...aka, the neighbors. lol

There were wedding toppers for all the cakes that were entwined hearts. However, the animation to "cut the cake" could only be done with the first cake, which happened to be Thaddeus & Isabelle's cake. I also could not put the wedding toppers on the other cakes, so that is why Reginald & Colette's cake had no wedding topper. When William and Francesca were standing by their cake ready to share a piece, a guest came over and grabbed a piece of cake, and then suddenly the hordes came, surrounded the cake. and boom, had taken most of the cake. It just happened so fast, and so that is why there is no screenie of William and Francesca standing in front of their cake.

Thaddeus & Isabelle had the most wild "moves" during their slow dance, where William only twirled Francesca and Reginald didn't do any of this, but just held Colette to him. Maybe it's because Thaddeus has the party animal trait that he had all those dance moves, but Isabelle seemed to enjoy it. The dance that Reginald leads is the "wedding group dance", which seemed rather funny with all the confused expressions on everyone's faces.

All woohoo was "try for baby" as per the rules.

You can't do woohoo in a cowshed if the cow is in there. Eda, the cow, doesn't exist yet, and will be purchased tomorrow, so, the cowshed was, in fact, empty.