Cassie listened very closely to all that he had to say. A lot of what he said made sense in terms of his people. They had so few of them left that of course becoming mates with someone was pushed so much, and even more so having children with said mates. That brought her mind to other things. Were she and Serix going to have children? If not after their marriage, later? Would it be okay for them to have children living in hiding as they were? Cassie would have loved to live life as if things were normal, and to have kids of her own someday. But, would it me safe, if not for them, for the children? She wasn't sure what to think about all this in question, but there was always plenty of time in the future to discuss those possibilities with Serix.

When he was done speaking of all the different traditions, she smiled, "Those are really good traditions. In fact, some of them are similar to human traditions." She sat back, thinking a moment, "I only went to one wedding when I was a child, and I've seen a few pictures and read some books that involved weddings, so I can tell what I can remember at the least." She brushed her hair back and moved to snuggle up against him as they sat there, "In human society, weddings weren't really something important necessarily, but it was something we all wanted. It was mainly a symbol of two humans' love for one another, rather than keeping our species going. There were people who even went their whole live without getting married because they didn't find someone they loved."

Sh shrugged and continued, "The two humans would start off with dating. Humans were more open to physical relationships than your people are and so things like holding hands, kissing, and other things were considered to be normal as well. It was considered romantic and the way of wooing a female. They would date for anywhere from months to years until finally the male would ask the female to marry her. He would get down on on knee and essentially say 'will you marry me?' Most of the time the female would say yes, and unfortunately sometimes she would say no. Getting married wasn't something meant to be forced, but something that was just natural between two people." She smiled at him, thinking how it was like that with them. So natural.

"If she said yes, he would put an engagement ring on her finger and the two would plan the wedding. This usually took a few months to a year. The families and friends of the bride and groom were invited and close friends and immediate family members woudl even participate in the wedding as well. The woman would have her close friends stand next to her as bride's maids and the groom would have his close friends stand next to him as grooms men. They are just basically there for support as typically the big decision to marry someone was nerve wrecking for both the bride and groom."

She laughed at that thought. Surely she wouldn't be like that when she and Serix got married, "Well, at the beginning of the ceremony, all the guests are seated and the groom stands at the end of a aisle with a priest or pastor, a religious figure in human society who will run the ceremony, and they wait for the bride. The bride is supposed to look beautiful. Absolutely stunning. She wear make up, and wears a gorgeous white wedding dress. She's walked down the aisle by her father and her father gives her over to the husband. The pastor will say a few words, go through some passages, and then, if they want, the couple can tell each other their own personal vows before the official vow given by the pastor. It was always the same. For instance if it was us getting married he would ask you , 'Do you take Castiel to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poor, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, till death do you part?' and you would say 'I do'. Then he would ask me the same them and I would say 'I do'. After that, he would say, 'Then by the power vested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife. You may now kiss the bride.' We would share our first kiss as a married couple in front of everyone. Then after words, the couple has a big party called a reception. Everyone comes and first the couple has their first dance together by themselves while everyone watches. Then there is the wedding cake, dancing, games, food, speeches. It's just a really fun experience."

She smiled and continued "After everyone has their fun and its time to end the reception, the newly weds leave and go someone special for their honeymoon where they have, as you put it, some privacy. The honeymoon is usually somewhere fun too, so they can go on trips and explore new places and enjoy their time together as newly weds for a while."

She looked up to him, "Some things were the same in our two people's ways. But a lot of things were different. What should we keep for our wedding you think?"