Close to Me

Chapter 23: James' Wedding (Finale)

About a year has passed since Brianna had turned heel and the trio of her, Carla and Sydney had been split up on tv but behind the scenes, they of course remained the best of friends.

A lot of things have happened in everyone's lives, like Shaun's best friends have all had tings going for themselves, Tyler has proposed to his girlfriend Kylie, Matt had moved in with his girlfriend called Gina and Jess had been dating a guy that she met at a car meet.
All had been going well for them... well all except for Shaun that is.
His mother had become very ill which turned out to be cancer which she is in her final stages of chemotherapy.
And her house had been damaged by a freak accident that he decided to sell his Supra to help pay for the repairs which his mother doesn't yet know about.
And he had been rethinking his relationship with Brianna as since his brother's wedding was near, he had been thinking more and more about what he wanted in his future and that was to get married.

Shaun also knew that Brianna didn't want to get married as they had several conversations about it and after a few small arguments, they both met up on neutral grounds and parted ways amicably.

His friends had been regularly checking up on him as they knew that everything that was happening was potentially going to take it's toll on him if he didn't have a support system around him and that's exactly what they did.

There was no hostility towards Brianna from Shaun's friends as he made it clear to them that the split was mutual.

His brothers and sisters had been checking in him too as Sydney is still and always will be best friends with Brianna as well as Carla who is still dating Jack but Sydney was also Shaun's little sister.

One good thing though was happening in Shaun's life and that was his boss Hector had decided to retire and he handed the auto shop over to him, Matt, Tyler and Jess which was giving him a welcome distraction from all the things happening in his life.

However, today the auto shop was closed for the day as Shaun's brother was getting married to his girlfriend, Kayleigh.

Shaun's friends had been invited to the wedding and they all bright their significant others with them as their plus one.

Shaun was in the hotel room with his brother and his brother's friends as Shaun was his brother's best man and James' friends were his groomsmen.

Shaun was looking in the mirror at himself while he checked to see that he had put the tie on properly when his brother came up to him and patted him on his back.

James: hey mate, how are you doing ?

Shaun: I'm good.

James: are you sure ? It's just me here, the guys aren't going to be here just yet so you can tell me if you want.

Shaun turned around and smiled at his brother.

Shaun: seriously bro, I'm good.

James: you're a tough dude, from dealing with ending your relationship with Brianna to having to see mum go through what she's going through and everything in between, that says a lot about you mate.

Shaun: (chuckles) thanks mate, but today is yours and Kay's day, we're all here to see you marry your lady okay ? Today will be a day to remember for the rest of your life, and that's in a good way.

Shaun and James hugged and then they heard a knock at the door and Shaun went over to answer it and when he opened the door, he saw that it was his mother who had no hair on her head due to the chemotherapy she had been going through.

Shaun smiled at his mother who smiled back at him and she hugged him and he hugged her back.

Evelyn: hey son, how are you feeling ?