We Are Free

Weddings And A Night Out

Monday we go to work. We are just doing what we have to do. We have everything for the wedding. Tomorrow Zac and I are having a bachelor party. Halo is having a bachelorette party with Chloe and Anna is taking the kids.
We are taking off of work Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday we will work and Friday we will leave. We will go to a hotel by the wedding place. We will all meet up Saturday and separate. The girls will go one way and the boys another.
We will all get ready and then there will be a wedding. When work is over we go home. We pack the bags for the kids. Halo and I start packing the bags for the trip but we need to get laundry done.
We plan on doing it Wednesday. Tuesday afternoon the kids are picked up. Halo and I get ready. I shave and scruff my hair with gel. Halo wears a crop top and short shorts with some Jordan's. I wear jeans and a red flannel with the first three buttons undone.
I put on cologne and she puts on perfume. She does her hair and puts on make up. When we are ready we wait outside.
      "Do you trust me?" I ask her.
      "Of course."
      "I can get into the club I just can't drink."
      "I trust you."
      "I trust you to." Zac pulls up in a van. He honks the horn and I kiss Halo. I run down and hop in. I high five him then give him knuckles. I sit in a seat and buckle up. There was buddies from high school and I do the same thing to them that I did to Zac.
      "How's it going man haven't seen you in forever?" Aaron says.
     "It's going good."
     "I saw a picture of the kids. They have gotten big."
     "I know Emily is growing into a very smart and beautiful young lady. Andrew is turning out to be a very nice young gentleman and me I got lucky."
     "I see you and Halo are a thing."
     "Next month is 2 years."
     "Holy crap man."
     "I know I can't believe it either we are engaged." He gets a look on his face.
      "Engaged?"
      "Since the 4th of July." They all congratulate me and we get really crazy. We end up at the club. I can't drink but I can get in. I just have to wear a wrist band. I show them my drivers license and they give me my band.
We all get through and it was dark and loud. Music playing and girls dancing. Lights shining all over in different colors. Most of the guys were from when Zac was in school.
I met them a because of him so some could drink. I know Halo can if she wants to. I don't know what she is doing and I don't care. We are out as single people tonight. We will have a line though and it won't be crossed.
If I have to I will tell people that I am engaged. I'm not afraid to say it. We walk down the stairs and split up.
      "Meet back here around 10:00 and go from there." Zac says.
      "Hell yeah!" We all yell. We all split up Aaron goes with me. Zac goes with some other boys. Some girls walk by us they barely had anything on.
      "Dude I think we died and this is heaven." I say.
      "No kidding."  A couple girls come up to us. One puts her arms around me and starts dancing. She turns around and dances on me. Aaron's girl does the same. It was only 8:00.
We let lose and have a good time. We dance and many girls comes up to us. We meet up with Zac and his trio a couple times. I go outback for a second. It was smoky in the club.
It was dark out now and breezy. A girl comes out. I can tell she was a dancer by her choice of clothing. She starts smoking a cigarette.
      "Want one?" She asks me.
      "No, I don't smoke." I say.
      "Suit yourself." She shoves the pack back in her purse and I look at the sky.
      "What's your name?" She asks me.
      "Its Jace and yours."
      "Which one?"
      "Your real one."
      "Julia."
      "Nice to meet you."
      "You here with anyone?"
      "Yeah a bunch of buddies of mine. My brother is getting married on Saturday it is his bachelor party."
      "You under 21?"
      "Yeah I'm 18."
      "Yeah we are taught to look for wrist bands."
      "I can see why." She puts her cigarette out and tosses it.  She comes close to me. She puts her hand on my shoulder.
       "I have to say you are adorable." She says.
       "Um thanks."
       "It's hard to believe you are only 18."
       "I am just kinda tall for my age."
       "Obviously." She gets closer and I back up just a little.
       "Okay, I have been in this situation before and I'm going to tell you I know where this is going." I say.
      "And?" She pulls away.
      "I can't."
      "Why not?"
       "I have a fiancé and she is trusting me tonight. She is the world to me and I won't mess it up." She backs up.
      "Oh okay."
      "Your not mad?"
      "No I understand."
      "Okay plus it would take a really special person to put up with me." I say trying to make the situation better.
     "What do you mean?"
      "Lets just say due to some unfortunate events I raise my brother and sister. My fiancé has known me for 7 years so she knew what she was getting into."
      "You are very brave to do that."
      "I guess so." She goes back inside and Zac comes out. She puts his hand on my shoulder and I looks at me. 
      "You okay?" He asks me.
      "Yeah."
      "The guys are done." He has had a couple drinks.
      "Me to let's get the hell out of here." We leave the club and go to a fast food joint. We get chili dogs, pizza, soda, and fries. We stay there until about 11:00 and eat and talk.
We tell each other about our lives and what we are doing. Everyone was shocked when they found out Zac had two kids. Then they got over it knowing him.
      "Dude you did nearly every girl in high school."  Aaron says.
      "I have not herd these details." I say.
      "It's true. I am actually the reason they got rid of the same sex bathroom." We start laughing and Zac bows his head. "Thank you."
       "That explains the caution tape on the door in 9th grade." We all start laughing some of us tipsy and most just tried. We leave the place and all get dropped off. Halo wasn't home yet. 
She comes in at about 11:30. I can tell she has had something to drink. I go to her and she leans against the door her hair was disassemble and her makeup smudged.
She hangs on me and kisses me. She kisses all over my face and lips. She kisses my neck  and sucks on it.
      "How much did you drink?" I ask her.
      "I don't remember." She starts laughing. She will regret this in the morning she is a lightweight. She has only had a couple drinks before. I pick her up and take her to the bathroom. I set her in the bathroom and she gets handy.
     "Can I do this first?" I ask her.
     "Hurry up."
     "Okay." I was standing in between her legs and she was sitting on the counter. I grab her make up wipes and wipe her makeup off. I take her hair out and pull her shoes off. I pull her shirt off and her shorts. I start the shower.
      "Can we shower together?" She giggles.
      "Well I guess so." I take my shirt off and she takes her socks off. She hops off the counter and unbuckles my belt. She takes it off and puts it over her shoulders.
      "This will be fun telling you in the morning." I laugh at her.
      "Come on."
      "Take your bra and panties off."
      "You do it."
      "Fine." She turns around and I move her hair. I unclasp her bra and pull her panties down. She unbuttons my jeans and I take them off. I take the rest of my clothes off and we get in the shower.
I wash her hair. I wash up and so does she. We get out and I wrap a towel around my waist and one around her. She grabs my towel.
      "Can I have that?" I ask.
      "No!"
      "Yes." I take my towel back and put it on. Oh boy I'm going to laugh so hard tomorrow telling her about this. I pick her up and set her in bed. I grab one of her bed shirts and shorts.
       "No clothes." She giggles. "You said a shower first." I look at her. She was right. To be honest I was in the mood I just was pretending not to be. "I know you want to come on Jace please." She takes her towel off and grabs mine. She kisses me.
      "Okay but after you get dressed and go to bed."
      "Yes sir." She starts laughing. I can't help but laugh at her. I have never seen her act this way. I rather her act this way drunk then the way my dad did that's for sure.
*After*
She lays on me.
      "Okay time to get dressed."
      "Okay." I grab her clothes and put some boxers on. I get her dressed and laid down. I put on some shorts and lay down. She was asleep before I could lay down though. I shake my head a smile at her. She is really something.
*Morning*
I am woken up by a sudden movement and her running to the bathroom. I get up and go after her. I hold her hair and rub her back as she throws up whatever she ate and drank last night. When she finishes her sickness. She leans against the counter.
       "My head hurts." She groans.
      "I will get you some headache medicine.
Halo: What the hell happened I remember we had sex but that's it."
      "You were wasted."
      "Was I?"
      "Yeah you had nothing to do with anything all you wanted was sex."
      "Crap."
      "I got you undressed and we showered. Then we had sex and you fell asleep."
     "Oh my gosh." She takes the medicine. "I just want to lay down." I pick her up and carry her to bed. I lay her down and she covers up. I kiss her sweaty forehead and leave the room. I make something to eat.
I don't know where Zac is but I do know that I had fun. I can't wait until my bachelor party. I clean up the kitchen and start packing for this weekend.
We will go back to work Wednesday of next week. We are so excited. Zac calls me around noon. I tell him about Halo and he laughs. I can't believe that we will be together for 2 years next month.
The weekend after the wedding the kids, Halo, and I are going school supply shopping. I can't believe school is starting up again. We have to go to the fair yet to. That will be after they get back from their honeymoon which will be the last week in August. 
We will go to the fair and the kids will get ready for school. It is going to be a long rest of the month and then a long school year. They kids are excited for school no doubt. I am to. Anna won't have to watch the kids.
With school, the kids sports, the house, the kids, work, their schooling, and the rest of the month are scheduling is going to be pure hell for a while. We will do it though we always do. I finish packing with out realizing it. Halo gets up and comes to me.
     "Feel better?" I ask her.
     "Yeah now I am hungry."
      "I am not looking forward to the first time I get waisted."
      "Oh I will help you out."
      "I know that." She starts eating cake.
      "I am not going to ask."
      "Good."
      "I am done packing everything."
      "Really, how long did I sleep?"
      "Well it is 1:00." I get up and grab pizza rolls out of the freezer.
      "Can you make me some of those to?" Halo asks me.
      "Yeah."
      "I bet you had fun last night."
      "Yeah I did. Did you?"
      "Yeah I did."
      "Okay." I start the microwave and she puts her plate in the sink. The microwave beeps and I pull the plate out. I put half of them on a new plate and hand it to her. It is going to be a long day.
*Friday*
I wake the kids up and get them dressed. Halo and I get dressed. We load the car and put Andrew's car seat in it. We eat breakfast and leave. Anna will be attending the wedding to.
Bowser has a doggie door and it attached to a leash so she won't leave. It is really long so she has some wiggle room. We left plenty of food and water for her. We leave and go to the hotel. It was an hour drive just to get there.
We get to the hotel. Anna has a room next to ours. Ours was conjoined with Zac's and Chloe's. The kids run in kick their shoes off and start at jumping from bed to bed. The beds weren't that far apart so what ever.
All the boys are spending the night in one room and the girls in another. Just for tonight though. Zac brings his crap and Zane's in the room. The girls take their stuff to Zac's room and Anna is going by herself.
     "Can we go swimming?!!!" Emily asks.
     "Of course." Everyone was in our room. We all get up and put our swimming clothes on. We go down to the pool and the water was warm. Zac brings Blake into the water.
I hang onto Zane and we go out. Halo takes Andrew. We brought their life jackets. We splash and play until all the kids complain they are hungry.
We get out and go get dressed. We leave and go out for lunch. When lunch is over we go back to the hotel room.
*Morning*
We wake up and get ready. We put everything we need to in the car. I give Halo a quick kiss and Zane, Andrew, Zac, and I head out. We go to our dressing place. I get Andrew dressed in his tux. Zac gets Zane dressed then we get dressed.
     "Jace." Andrew tugs on my clothes.
     "What?"
     "Can I have some cologne?"
     "Yeah." I spray some on him and he laughs. I spray a small amount on Zane and he laughs to. Zac and I finish getting ready.
      "Are you sure you want to do this?" I ask Zac.
      "Of course I am." He says.
      "It's not to late."
      "Shut up I am doing this."
     "Okay." We finish getting ready. Zane comes to me and I pick him up.
     "You look very handsome."  I say to him. He laughs. "As do you Andrew."
     "This tie sucks."
     "Join the club kid." We leave the dressing room and go out to the alter. We stand there. Zane stays in my arm on my waist and Andrew runs around. Soon Zane gets angry and I set him down. The boys play tag. Zane, Andrew, and I go to the bridesmaids area.
     "Chloe is almost ready." Halo says. I was walking down the isle with Halo, Andrew with Anna, and Zane with Chloe's mom. Chloe was doing it with her dad. Zac will just stand there
      "Oh my gosh you look drop dead gorgeous." I tell her.
      "You look very handsome yourself." She had on a dress that was maroon from the waist down and it was like a ice skaters dress. From the waist up it was white. It had a lace pattern and was strapless.
The music starts and I hook my arm with Halo's. We all do the same and line up. We walk down the isle. We split up. I stand next to Zac and Halo where Chloe will be standing. Andrew and Anna come out. 
Andrew stands next to me. Zane and Chloe's mom come out. She passes him to me. They stand next to Anna. Next comes Chloe and her dad. Zac starts crying when he sees her.
      "Mommy!" Zane says.
      "Yeah that's mommy." He laughs and she reaches the alter. Her dad hands her off. Zac and Chloe look at each other and hold hands. She was beautiful.
       "We are gathered here today to witness the love of Zac And Chloe. This love has been strong since the two met. It has only grown stronger since. They say it isn't how long you have known the person rather its how much they mean to you. These two mean the world to each other. I understand that they have written there own vows. Chloe you may say yours." The priest says.
      "Okay." She was shaking and we could all tell. "The second I saw you in the grocery store I told myself it would never happen. Yet here we are. The second I found out you had a son I wanted nothing more then to meet him. I thought my parents would never approve of you with your past, but here we are.
Every event I told myself would never happen led my to you. It led me to this moment. It's going to be hard but I couldn't want more." We all clap.
      "Zac you may go." The priest says to him.
     "3 years ago if you would ask me were I though I would be I wouldn't say here. I wouldn't tell you I would have 2 kids and be getting married. I wouldn't tell you I would have bought a house with the woman I love.
I never thought I could love a girl like I love you. I was so wrong. I saw you in the store and I couldn't lay my eyes off you. I thought you would reject me when you found out I had a son but you did just the opposite.
  It was not longer about me I had to find someone for my son as well. You are the best mom ever to Zane and you treat him just as your own. To you he is your son just as Blake is your daughter.
Even though 3 years ago I wouldn't tell you I would be here I wouldn't change it for the world. I love being a dad and I love being your man." We all clap.
      "Do you Chloe Ann Summers take Zachariah Edward Jones to be you husband? In sickness and in health? For better or for worse? For richer or for poor?" The priest asks her.
      "I do" She says.
      "Do you Zachariah Edward Jones take Chloe Ann Summers to be your wife? In sickness and health? For better or for worse? For richer or for poor?" He asks Zac.
      "I do." He says.
      "I know pronounce you husband and wife you may kiss your bride." The kiss and we all clap. They run down the isle.
      "MOMMY! DADDY!" Zane yells.
      "Yeah they got married." I say.
      "MARRIED!"
      "Yeah married." We all split up and have a good time. We dance and have a good time. Chloe stands on the stage and throws her bouquet. They all jump to catch it but they lose it. Emily comes running to me.
      "I caught it Jace! I caught it!" She says.
      "Awesome! Hey girls I found it."
      "Okay guys lets slow it down. It is time for the father daughter dance." The Dj says. We all back up and Emily hangs on to the bouquet. When they finish their dance we all clap. Zac comes to Emily. He bows down.
      "May I have this dance miss?" She hands me the flowers and dances with Zac. He really is a gentleman. I remember that he took her to the father daughter dance when I was in the hospital.
He told me he wouldn't let her miss it. He went to her first dance recital with all of us. Now as she is on his waist and they are doing a slow dance she has a huge smile on her face. Halo comes up to me. I take her hand and we start dancing.
     "I am looking forward to our wedding day." I say.
     "Me to."
     "I can't believe she caught that though."
     "Me either."
     "Oh well."
     "Yeah she had fun." She was wearing a dress similar to Halo's and all the other girls but hers wasn't strapless it was like a short sleeve shirt. She was wearing white flats while the other girls where wearing white heels.
They all had a corsage on their wrists and they all had a wire of flowers in their hair. Their hair was just stunning. Soon we all get food. Chloe changes into a dress like the bridesmaids.
She feeds Blake and we sit a different tables enjoying ourselves. While we are eating we stand up and say somethings.
     "Okay I just want to say that today was one of the hardest days of my life. I let my baby girl go. Zac if you even think about hurting her I will hunt you down." Chloe's dad says. We all start laughing. "I don't think that will happen though you are a very fine young man who knows how to treat a girl right." We all clap and he steps down from the stage I go up next.
      "Zac where to start with you. I have known Zac since I was 12 years old. He has always been there for me when I needed him. He isn't my friend he is my brother.
Many say he is the love em and leave em type. He isn't that way though. He is a very nice gentleman. He took my sister to a dance at school because I was in the hospital. I didn't ask him he took it upon himself.
These past two years have really changed him. He became a dad at 18 he took the challenge and made it work. He was a single dad then he met Chloe. He wasn't looking for love it found him.
He was focused on him and his son. Chloe came into his life. For him she wasn't just another girl it was she is his girl. They deserve everything that they have coming in the future and I wish them the best.
I want them to know that if they ever need anything we are here for them. They really deserve this night and all the ones like this that is yet to come." Everyone claps and I step down.
     "Did you mean that?" He asks me.
     "Of course I did."
     "Awww."
     "Don't make it weird." The guest leave and we all change back into our regular clothes. We clean up and stack chairs. The kids all had on pjs and were dancing. There was music playing.
We finish cleaning up everything and leave. We go back to the hotel and go to the rooms we are suppose to be in. When everything is done and said it is very late. We get all the kids into bed and they fall asleep instantly. Halo and I lay down with the lamp next to us for light.
      "You know I am really looking forward to are wedding night." She Halo says.
      "Me to." She falls asleep on me and I shut the light off. I go to sleep. Now I am 100% sure I want nothing more than to marry her. I want her to be mine forever and I will do nothing to mess it up. I just hope that she feels the same way.