The four of them walk out of the church, Em hands Soren his bouquet of black flowers.
"You look like shit." Jack says.
"I know, honey, I don't care." Em smiles back.
Mitchell looks at the two of them says "Well I guess this is it, I have a reservation for a restaurant nearby."
"Thank you Mitchell." Jack sighs. "Let's go there."
The four of them hop in a black Cadillac SUV with a sign hanging from the back that reads "Just Married"
The SUV drops them off at a fancy restaurant, although since it's at night. It's nearly empty.
The waiter comes up to offer drinks and notices Jack and Em crying, Emerson especially looking strange.
"C-can I offer you four anything to drink?"
"Hard liquor." Jack replies. "I'll have a cocktail." Em orders, despite the fact he never drinks.
"We will just take a coke." Soren answers for himself and Mitchell. They both realize they might need to be sober.
"Em you never drink." Mitchell says.
"I need it." Em turns away.
"So what are your plans for a honey moon?" Soren attempts to lighten to mood.
The waiter returns with the drinks and asks if they want anything to eat, Mitchell simple states that they're going to need a minute.
"We probably will just have a honeymoon in town, we don't have enough money to afford for a lavish one." Jack sighs.
"Hey I can pay-"
"Mitchell, dont." Emerson barks.
The waiter comes back and the four of them order their food and he leaves with their order.
"I feel cold in this dress." Em complains.
"I'm sure you do." Soren adds. It is awfully cold in here.
"I mean, I wasn't wrong wearing this. I am a woman." Em chuckled, which made the two cringe. Jack had no reply.
"Look. You two I support your marriage but I know this is not good for the two of you. So I have a therapist that I know that I think you should check out." Mitchell tried to help.
"I think we'll be fine, won't we darling?" Jack smiled but only half way.
"Yes honey, we will." Emerson smiles. The mascara still dripping, despite the fact Mitchell offered several times to help clean his face.
The waiter returned with their food, the four ate in silence. None of them were in the mood to talk, especially Jack and Em.
They ate in silence until Jack looked up because he heard something, but it just turned out to be a woman walking by the restaurant. He could see her since it was a place that had windows for exterior walls.
"Cheating on me already, aren't we, Jack?" Emerson gritted his teeth, noticed that Jack had glanced at the woman.
"No I- I just wanted to hear where the noise was coming from." He defended himself.
Em held a steak knife to his throat and stated "You sure about that?"
"Emerson! Calmly please put the knife down, Jack was just keeping watch." Mitchell tried to reason with Em.
He put the knife down and whispered "He better be telling the truth."
Mitchell knew Em had issues but he was never this toxic, in the back of his head he knew it was because his lie of life was in full effect.
Jack, usually the fighter himself just felt scared. He didn't expect this and began to wonder what else Em might do.
"Emerson if that dress is making you uncomfortable we can go ahead and buy you some better clothes." Mitchell offered.
"Y-yeah you m-must be uncomfortable." Jack replied, feeling on edge.
"I like it! It makes me feel pretty!" Em smiled really hard.
They didn't like how aggressively he was using the steak knife on his food. Soren took a sip of her Coke while Jack just chugged his liquor.
Every Bite Em took he would take a sip of his cocktail. Almost choking on it because he hated the taste of alcohol but would aggressively keep trying to drink it.
Eventually their dinner was over and the left the restaurant. Not wanting to cause any more drama, Mitchell and Soren decided to leave in a separate car while the Cadillac would drive Em and Jack to their hotel for their honeymoon.
A cheap motel.
How romantic.
But Jack requested the driver to stop at the liquor store to get more alcohol before they arrived.
So after that stop, the black Cadillac SUV dropped them off at the motel and drove off after Em signed the check for the driver's time.
Jack unlocked the door for their hotel and they both entered in, with Em locking the door behind them.
Jack sat on the bed, pulling out a bottle of liquor and began to drink it.
Em turned on the TV and found a weird TV station that played romantic music, he too helped himself to some alcohol.
They both sat there, just trying to waste themselves. While uncomfortably holding hands.
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Black Wedding - A Tale of Unhappiness
RomanceTwo straight friends decide that they are done dating and can't take much longer. One of them has the bright idea to marry each other and they agree, however this would turn to be a terrible mistake. They turn on each other, both becoming more viole...
