Russell Howard Fanfiction - Love At First Laugh

Chapter 23 - The Stag & Hen

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3rd Person POV

It was nearly 2 weeks until the wedding and it was time for the Hen and Stag do. (Apparantly only the UK has these. If you don't know what they are, they are separate celebrations for the bride and groom before the wedding - hen for the bride and stag for the groom.)
They were both going to separate clubs in London. Russell was going with his brother and his other mates and Y/N was going with Kerry, Hannah and some of her other friends. They both said goodbye to eachover and the boys took two taxis to Russell's favourite club. While the girls waited outside on the pavement, Y/N was expecting two taxis aswell. She was very surprised when a black limo turned up instead.
"What the hell?! Did you girls plan this?" She asked the group of laughing girls.
"Nope Russell wanted to surprise you and we went along with it" Kerry responded.

Y/Ns POV

The inside of the limo was amazing! There were black leather seats and blue, pink and purple lights in the ceiling which lit up the whole space. The charts were playing on the speakers and we were drinking champagne from the machine installed in the car.
Of course as common hen do tradition, I had to wear a sash saying "bride to be" and a fancy dress veil and tiara.
When we arrived, we all staggered in our heels to a club called 'Heaven' and luckily got let in.
I looked around at the masses of people and suddenly got pulled into the crowd by my friends.

Russell's POV

While travelling in one of the taxis I wondered if the limo had arrived. I also hoped that Y/N got there safe. I started thinking, what if something happened to her?
I was drawn out of my thoughts by a sharp nudge from my brother and the words, "Lighten up you bollock!" from my brother as the others laughed. I joined in with the laughter, trying to forget my thoughts that were in the back of my head.

When we arrived at my favourite club, The Nest, we lined up until we reached the front where two bouncers stood. "Sorry no stags tonight" one of them said. A series of groans and complains came from the group. He must have guessed from the matching t-shirts that Dan had made. Just as we were about to leave, the other bouncer said "Wait!". We turned round to him. "Aren't you Russell Howard? The comedian?"
"Yes?"
"Awh you're well funny mate! Let him in".
We all cheered as we strode into the club that was bursting full of people.

***
Later that night

Cerys' POV (ohhh)

I was in the club Heaven with some of my friends and my brother. In the corner of my eye I saw something that filled me with rage. Y/N. Not only that, she was wearing a veil and sash. It suddenly dawned on me ..... she was getting married to Russell.
I tapped my brother on the arm and he turned to me. "That's her" I said, pointing in Y/Ns direction. My brother knew all about what happened and he swore that if he ever saw Russell he would teach him a lesson he would never forget. "The one with the veil". He looked around, saw her, and it hit him too.
"They're getting Married?!"
I nodded, making him go red with rage. "Where the fuck is he then? He must be out here on his stag too."
I knew exactly where he was. "The Nest, it's his favourite club around here."

Y/Ns POV

I was talking to Kerry when Hannah tapped me on the shoulder. "Slight problem"
"Oh god what?"
"Cerys was just here, I saw her notice you. She talked to this man who I don't know and they both stared at you really angrily and then both left".
"Shit! Do you think they're off to find Russell?" Kerry said.
"Probably to start a fight" Hannah said.
"We've got to go after them" I said.
Once we grabbed the attention of the other girls and told them about what happened, we all set off to The Nest.

Russell's POV

We were all enjoying ourselves when I saw someone who I definately did not want to see tonight. Cerys. She was with some other man who was a bit taller than me but much more scrawnier and thin.
I quickly alerted Dan and Jon. Jon then froze and said "mate I think they've spotted you". We all turned around to Cerys and the man who were storming their way over to us. Jon and Dan stayed put beside me.
When they reached us, Cerys said "Hey Russell"
"Hello Cerys" I replied completely uninterested.
"I see that you're getting married to a right bitch, congratulations"
"I see that you're still leading on 20 different men" Dan interrupted. Jon and I burst out into laughter as Cerys' face burned with rage.
"Cerys do us a favour and fuck off" I said. I really did not want to have to cope with her.
The man came closer to me and said "You fucking what mate?"
"Who are you?"
"I'm her brother, Jordan"
"Right, why are you involved then?" Jon interrupted.
"Because that prick fucking hurt my sister. He just left her for no reason and suddenly doesn't give a shit about her!"
"Oh for God's sake" I said rolling my eyes

I felt a sharp pain across my eye and cheek. He had punched me across the face. The room went a bit blurry but I could just about stay on my feet. I heard a voice scream "RUSSELL" from a small distance away. It was Y/N. She ran over to me and tried to help but I tried keeping her away, there was no chance I would let her get hurt.

"Oh look it's the bride to be" Cerys said while eyeing up Y/N.
"Oh look it's a slag" Y/N replied back.
Jordan went to punch Y/N but luckily Dan and Jon held him back as I pushed Y/N out the way quickly.
"What the fuck is wrong with you?!" I shouted at him, shielding Y/N.
"She fucking deserves it, treating Cerys like shit. Cerys is a lot better than that whore."
I went to punch him but Y/N grabbed me and pulled me away. "Russell stop!"
"He won't talk about you like that Y/N"
"I'll talk how I like!" Jordan said. Y/N turned around to him.
"Who are you anyway?" Y/N asked.
"I'm her brother"
"Ah that makes sense"
"You what?"
"You are both disgusting people"
"Come at me 'en!"
Just as I was about to drag her away from Jordan, she punched him right in the jaw leaving him sprawled on the floor.
Holy shit ... I never knew she was such a bad ass.

She gestured at everyone to walk away. We all left the club and stood outside wondering what to do next. As we were all ok we decided to go to a different club and carry on the Stag and Hen do together. We weren't going to let Cerys and Jordan ruin our night.

***

After the eventful night, we all went out separate ways home.
When Y/N and I got in, she noticed my eye that was swelling up. It looked like a black eye was going to form on my face. I hadn't mentioned anything after leaving the club as I didn't want to ruin my Stag by leaving early. But to be honest, it hurt so bad.
She sat me down on the sofa and dabbed the swollen area with cold, damp flannel. I hissed at the pain on my eye.
"Sorry" She said
"I'm ok"
"Obviously not, you took quite a punch"
"I'm glad you didnt"
"Well I'm tough"
"I'm saw that! I never knew you were such a badass"
"I have many talents" She said smirking.
"I hope my eye clears up by the wedding"
"Hey, there is one good thing about having a black eye"
"What's that?"
"It will distract everyone from your lazy eye!"
She burst out laughing at her joke, and I couldn't help laughing with her.
I was so excited to marry this girl.

A/N
Next chapter is the wedding! I'll probably write it in two different parts. I don't think it will be done tomorrow because I'm going out but it should be ready the day after.