Blood and Water

Chapter 131: Church On Time

Modern Love (Church on Time) - David Bowie

Chibs POV

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Tig came bursting into my room, startling me awake. "What the hell are you doing, man?" he yelled. "We have to be ready for pictures in twenty minutes and you're still in fucking bed?" He was taking the job of best man too seriously for me. I had to threaten to take it away from him because he annoyed me too much. "Let's go!" He walked over and pushed me off the bed and I hit the floor hard. "Sh*t, you better not have a bruise."

Laying on my stomach on the wood floor, I groaned, "Calm down, Tiggy. It'll be fine."

"No!" he roared, walking around the bed to where I was laying. "It won't be fine! Mina told me to get you there on time or she'd cut my balls off. I would like to keep them so please do me a favor and get ready for your own wedding." He reached down, grabbing my hand, and helped me up off of the floor. "Shower. Now."

I chuckled, putting my hands up, showing my surrender, "Okay, okay. Anythin' for your balls."

"You're lucky you're getting married today or I'd beat you for that." He pointed at me and then the bathroom.

"Not supposed to treat your president like that, VP," I laughed as I walked into the bathroom.

As I started getting ready, I couldn't believe the day was finally there; our wedding day. It was about a year since we spilled coffee. We had come so far in a year; so much had happened. But, I didn't have time to reminisce and unpack it all. I stood in the shower, the water hitting my face.

After ten minutes, I heard Tig banging on the door to hurry up. I yelled to him that I was almost done. Getting out, I dried myself off and pulled on my dark grey slacks and a lighter grey shirt with a vest that matched the pants, then my cut over top. Mina was not happy about me wearing my cut but we made a deal: half of the pictures I could wear it and the other half I wouldn't. Slicking my hair back, Tig walked in wearing the same thing that I had on, just no vest.

He stood in the doorway, crossing his arms. Glancing in the mirror, he fixed a piece of his hair, he chuckled, "You sure you want to do this? She's already got you whipped."

"Aye," I laughed, "I do."

"No, not yet," Tig chuckled, clapping me on the back and pulling me into a hug. "Congrats, brother."

We walked out and saw Happy, Ratboy, Quinn, and Montez wearing their light grey shirts and cuts as Mina instructed. It hurt that more of our brothers weren't there; Juice, Opie, Bobby, Jax. I told Mina how hard it was to think about that, but she assured me that they were all watching. I wish I could've believed her.

The six of us left the hotel suite and went to meet with the photographer who was at a park up in the mountains. It overlooked Charming on one side and had the forest on the other side. It was up higher than where Mina and I had our first kiss. After the wedding, I wanted to go down and get a picture with her there. She loved the idea.

The guys and I were meeting with the photographer first and then Mina and the girls were going down an hour or so later. Mina was hell-bent on not letting me see her until she walked down the aisle. I had no idea what the dress looked like or how beautiful she would look in it.

It took twice as long to get the pictures done. Had to take every picture twice, with cut and then without it. After an hour, the bridesmaids came down. Jessica came down wearing a slightly different dress than the girls, differentiating her as the maid of honor. She wore a dark olive green dress while the rest of the girls wore a lighter shade. Their dresses were long, hitting the ground with a slit up the leg. The straps that hung off of the shoulder wrapping around the middle of their arms and a semi-sweetheart style front. Mina did a great job picking them out and I hoped she did just as well with her own, but she would look great in a potato sack.