A/N: Aw, hello, all! Tangled Ever After? Yep, it's close enough I could count the hours :) Aaand it's also my birthday...just so you know ;) But it is, the day before TEA. Anyway...so, pretty obviously, this won't be down before the short is out. But that's okay, as long as yall still enjoy reading it!

I don't own Tangled or Tangled Ever After...but it IS my birthday! Does that count for anything? ;)

Warm sunshine had long been filtering into the bride-to-be's bedroom when she awoke blissfully the next morning. Little birds were chirping an early summer song as they hopped and fluttered around, happy and free. Faintly, music could be heard from the village.

Even through Rapunzel's bleary eyes as she blinked them open, today looked like a perfect day for a wedding.

She could tell by the way that the sun was shining that she'd woken up quite a bit later than usual, but she was in no hurry – the wedding wasn't until near sunset tonight. As she stretched under the covers, she wondered how she could wait or contain her excitement until then. Or how she could not see Eugene. As excited as she was, she couldn't imagine not being able to see him all day until then. Maybe he could close his eyes and they could be together, and he just wouldn't be able to see her! That was allowed, wasn't it? It was the dress he really wasn't supposed to see, wasn't it?

She supposed if it just wasn't possible tobe with him, it would be okay. And after all, she really didn't want him to see her before the wedding. It was tradition!

Her reasonings were interrupted when her bedroom door cracked open and a set of blue eyes peeked through. The door then was swung open wide and her sister emerged into the room.

"Oh, Rapunz-ie-sissy-poo! Guess what today is!" Rose called in a singsong voice, sitting on Rapunzel's bed with a jump.

Rapunzel muttered a sound and pulled the sheets over her head playfully, though she was already awake and didn't mind.

"It's your wedding day!" Rose answered excitedly, tugging on Rapunzel's light pink sheets.

Peeking out from under her sheets, Rapunzel grinned.

"You're getting married to Eugene-ie-poo today!" Rose cooed.

Rapunzel smiled.

"He'd kill you if he heard you calling him that." She said.

Rose shrugged.

"I know. There's a reason he's not in the room."

Rapunzel laughed.

"Goodness, what has having a baby done to you? Everything's gotta have a cutesy name."

Rose shrugged.

"I always did like having a nickname for everyone. I guess the baby talk just made it worse. Do you realize it's already ten o'clock, miss sleepy-head?"

"No," Rapunzel giggled, "but that just means it's not as long until I can see Eugene!"

Rose teasingly tried to throw the covers back over her sister's head. "Oh, you so hopelessly in love bride-to-be. I'm not even gonna try."

"Oh, and just how long have you been up?" Rapunzel asked challengingly, pulling the sheets back down.

"Six." Rose replied, proud but displeased about the time, as she wasn't a morning person, unlike her sister. "Just wait until you and Eugene have babies that wake up early and all through the night."

"I won't mind." Rapunzel giggled. "Eugene, however, I'm not so sure about."

"No, he definitely isn't a morning person."

Rapunzel cocked her head. "Is he up yet?"

"No, I don't think so." Answered Rose as she shook her head and adjusted her position on the bed.

"Rose, would you close the door? It's a groom-might-see-me hazard!" Rapunzel asked

"Of course!" was Rose's reply as she got up and closed the door. "We can't have him seeing you!"

As a maid came in and left a breakfast tray for her, Rapunzel's curiosity began sparking with wonder if Eugene had gotten her letter to him yet. She hoped he had. Truth be told, she thought this whole not seeing each other thing could be fun. In a way, she liked wondering what he was doing at the moment in preparation for the wedding. He could be reading her letter, or he could still be in bed, or maybe he was trying on his outfit one last time before the real thing. Her thoughts were interrupted again when there was a knock at the door and Rose got up to answer it. She opened to door to find Eugene on the other side wearing what he would call a devilishly handsome grin, intended for his fiancé.

Rapunzel, immediately seeing him, squealed, ducked under the sheets and quickly wrapped herself up in them, and in her enthusiasm and zeal not to let Eugene see her, she accidentally rolled off the side of her bed, falling to the ground with a loud thud.

Eugene made a strange face and tried to look past Rose into the room.

"Um…hi…what are you doing?"

Eugene almost didn't ask, because by this time, he was used to Rose and Rapunzel's strange endeavors - for the most part. Many a time he'd caught them doing things that he, quite honestly, didn't even want to know about. But this being the morning of their wedding, he was somewhat suspicious of whatever it was they were doing.

Giggles erupted from behind the bed and Rose tried to suppress a laugh as she peeked into the room.

"Nothing! Nothing!" Rose exclaimed, snapping her head back to Eugene.

"Right…is Rapunzel in here?"

"No!" Rose hastily lied.

Eugene's face showed a look of disbelief.

"Besides, why would you want to know? You can't see her, anyway!"

"Why?" He asked, confused.

"Because it's your wedding day, stupid! You can't see the bride all day until the wedding!"

"Why not?"

"Because! You just can't!"

"But why?"

"I don't know, go look it up in the library, I'm sure there's a book on it. It's considered bad luck. So be on your way!" Rose instructed, shooing him away with her hand. She abruptly closed the door in his face and hurried to the other side of the bed to Rapunzel, who was still laying in the floor and bubbling over with laughter.

"What did you do?" Rose laughed, though she could tell to some extent what had happened.

"I didn't want him to see me, so I rolled up in my sheets – " she gasped for air and another giggle escaped, "and I fell off!"

And now Eugene was even more suspicious. There he was, still standing outside of Rapunzel's closed door, hearing the sisters laugh hysterically, without a clue what they were laughing at. Maybe he'd taught her too well. They weren't planning to do something at the wedding, were they? Or playing some trick on him? You never knew with those two. But…Rapunzel wouldn't try anything on their wedding day, would she?

The girl's laughter had almost subsided and they had preformed several reenactments when Rose patted Rapunzel's leg and said, "You calm yourself down, missy, and start to get ready to get ready for tonight, okay?"

"Okay!" Rapunzel agreed.

As Rose began getting up and walking to the door, she tripped on the skirt of her dress and fell to her knees, throwing both back into fits of laughter.

"Don't laugh!" she reprimanded Rapunzel, even though she was laughing along with her.

"Just don't trip when you're walking down the aisle!" Rapunzel called as Rose remained on her knees and crawled out the door with a pitiful expression.

"You're the one who shouldn't trip when you're walking down the aisle!" Rose answered with a grin.

Rapunzel wasn't at all worried about tripping, however, because she was convinced that she had the best balance in the world – regardless of the incident that occurred a few minutes ago. She picked up the befuddled chameleon beside her who had been quite displeased and disgruntled about his wakeup call.

"Oh, Pascal," she began excitedly, "today is a very big today!"

oOo

After a long and relaxing bath, she was wrapped in a lavender colored robe, inhaling its sweet, clean scent. Her wrinkled little bare feet padded across the carpet as she leisurely walked about her room. She caught sight of something lying on the ground in front of her door, as if it had been slipped under the door. She carefully treaded to the door and kneeled to pick up the folded piece of paper, as it turned out to be. Seeing Eugene's handwriting on the front, she quickly and eagerly began to unfold it.

Future Bride Rapunzel,

Aha. Hello, gorgeous. How's your day goin', huh? The name's Future Husband Eugene (apparently).

Really, Blondie. I can't wait either. It sounds so cliché, but I honestly can't even begin to tell you how much I love you. I never would've guessed it years ago, but now…when we saw those lights on your eighteenth birthday, I knew had fallen so desperately hard for you, and it's become so clear that as long as you're here, I'm where I'm meant to go. Nothing will make me happier than spending the rest of my life with you, starting today. (And yes, Rapunzel, we can have lots of babies, and I'll read stories to them. When d'ya wanna start?) Honestly, I never would've even dreamed this would happen years ago. But now, there's nothing else I want to do.

….and what were you two doing in there this morning?

Eugene, your husband-to-be

P.S. I love you too, darlin. And you were mine.

Rapunzel's smile widened even more with every word she read, and soon a giggle bubbled up within her and she couldn't help but let it escape. Sighing dreamily and clasping the letter to her chest, she twirled around the room. She couldn't imagine how her husband-to-be could be any more perfect.

"I'm marrying him today!" she squeaked, skipping across the room and collapsing on her bed.

A/N: Aww. This was pretty short too :) Next chappie is getting ready for the wedding! I'm quite excited about writing that, I have two sisters, so believe me when I tell you that I know getting dressed up to go somewhere is no small thing, but it's quite fun and I'd imagine entertaining!

Anyway. Reviews would be lovely!