The Good Old Days

December 1st, 1999 (To Have and to Hold)

Adam's fingers tapped nervously on the steering wheel of his car while his mind raced. It was only a couple hours away now, and the closer it got, the more his nerves made him feel like he was gonna be sick.

"Adam!" Jed yelled from the passenger seat, "You good?"

"Oh uh, yeah," Adam said, "I'm fine."

"Your bouncing leg and your fidgety fingers say otherwise," Jed quipped, "Just relax, it's gonna be fine."

"I know," Adam replied, "but I'm still nervous as hell."

"Why?" Jed asked, "You've been with her how long now? This is basically a formality at this point."

"Way to water down my marriage," Adam said sarcastically.

"Anything to get you in the zone," Jed told him, "Once it's over, you can chill, head back to your place and..."

Jed gave him a wink and a little nudge, causing Adam to roll his eyes.

"You ever think it's funny that her name is about to be Daisy Busch?" Jed asked.

Adam just kind of glanced at him, "I...Never really thought about that..."

"At least her name isn't Rose," Jed replied, "That'd be even more corny."

Adam didn't respond and just kept driving, doing all he could to not throw up in the car.

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"Ohhh, your dress is just so pretty!" Melissa said to Daisy while she and Cathy were getting into their bridesmaid dresses.

"Thanksss," Daisy said, her fingers jittered every so slightly as she clasped a necklace she was putting on herself.

"How are you feeling, Daiz?" Cathy asked as she zipped up Melissa's back.

 "Honestly the whole signing of the ketubah was the worst part of this... Just having everyone gathered around to watch us sign a piece of paper... It even had me second guessing the way I hold a pen."

"Now's just the part where you are bound to each other for the rest of your lives," Cathy added.

Daisy scoffed playfully, "No pressure then, right?"

"It'll be okay, my dear cousin," Daisy's maid of honor, Esti said, "The rehearsal went well."

"I know, I know, and I'm fine," Daisy replied, "Despite my stomach feeling like it wants to jump out of my body."

"Look at it this way," Melissa said, "When today is done, you two get to leave for the honeymoon!"

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Adam parked in the lot at the synagogue, where his parents and his little brother were all waiting already.

"Still can't believe you picked him over me to be the best man..." Jed whispered.

"He's my brother," Adam said, "And he wouldn't shut up about it."

"Yeah but he's like ten, so much for a toast," Jed said.

"He'll have apple juice, now shush before he hears you," Adam said before stepping out of the car.

"There's my little Peanut," Adam's mom, Ann said, as she hopped over to the car door to embrace her son.

"Really Mom? I'm getting married today and you broke that one out?" Adam said with a smirk.

"Some things never change," Ann told him, "And you being my Peanut is one of them."