Fly By Night | Sons of Anarchy Fanfiction | Jax Teller x OC

Chapter Thirty-Three

"How about this one?" Gemma asked, as she held up a particularly expensive bottle of champagne for Allie to see.

Allie bit down on her bottom lip, but finally just decided to go with it, and just shrugged. There was only one chance to get this right anyway and, come hell or high water, she was going to get this right. Her best friend was getting married in three days, and despite the fact that she was still very, very much in shock from that particular development, there also wasn't much she could do about it. Trying to talk Dan out of marrying the love of his life wasn't going to yield the desired results - for any of them. Besides, she'd learned a long time ago that she just needed to shut up when he had his mind made up about something.

"Uh, I think it's fine. He'll probably appreciate that we sprung for some top shelf choices, rather than the alternative."

Gemma just shrugged and put a few bottles in their cart. They still had a few more things to get on their shopping list for tonight's bachelor party festivities, and then they still had to go to the clubhouse and start setting up for the party. All this wedding stuff was just a nightmare and a whirlwind all at the same time. Why anyone would actually want to do it, when you could just skip all this time and work and money, and just focus on being happy with your partner...that was just beyond her.

And, as if Gemma could read her thoughts, she lifted a wary eyebrow at her as she set another bottle of champagne in their cart.

"You look like you're really enjoying all this wedding planning," Gemma told her wryly.

"Oh, you know, besides the fact that my best friend is rushing into something he might seriously regret later, I'm having the time of my life."

"Well," Gemma just lifted a shoulder. "Not much you can do about it anyway. Might as well try to act happy for them though, right?"

That gave Allie some pause, and her lips pulled apart in a grimace. "Do I not seem happy for them?"

Gemma's eyebrows lifted in amusement, but she just shook her head. "Honey, you look a little bit like you're prepping for a funeral right now."

"I'm trying to be happy. I'm trying to look excited, at least around them. I guess I'm not doing a very good job."

"I think you did pretty well in front of Dan today when he was firing off all his assignments. You do have a pretty good poker face and always have, so I think if you just keep leaning into that, and try not to think about anything else, you'll be fine."

Allie ran a hand over her face, still grimacing. "Ugh. That's not a very strong vote of confidence, Gemma."

"Hey," she just laughed. "You're the one who has to figure out how to get through officiating, not me."

"I'm working on it. I really am."

She'd walk through fire for Dan if he asked her to, so becoming an ordained minister online for him yesterday was a piece of cake. And she really was taking the actual job he'd assigned her seriously - she'd spent the better part of last night scouring website after website after website of wedding ceremony templates for ideas on how to even begin to start writing the ceremony script, much to Jax's chagrin. He'd had other ideas for how to spend their time in bed together, but he'd also, somewhat patiently, waited long enough for her to feel like she'd made some headway with the whole thing before promptly shutting her laptop and jumping on top of her.

"Dan also might've mentioned that he and Adrian have an appointment with you tomorrow to sign some paperwork?"

Allie huffed out a laugh, and the best she could do was shrug. "What do you want me to say? If anyone really thought I'd let Dan get married without signing a prenup first, then they don't know me very well. At least he just shut up and agreed to it without much of a fight."