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A Wedding¿

Luke sat in the room with his brothers, staring at the floor with a distant expression. Ashton stood, looking at himself in the mirror as he mentally freaked out about getting married. A soft knock sounded at the door before it pushed open.

"Knock knock," Anne said, pushing the door open. "Oh my goodness. Look at my sweet boy," she said, admiring Ashton. "You look great, my love."

"Thanks mum," he said, messing with his sleeves.

"Jack, Ben... can I borrow you for just a tick?" She asked. The two older brothers stood and followed their stepmother out of the room. "We'll be back in a moment, darlings."

"What do you think they're talking about?" Harry asked, sitting next to Luke. He looked up quickly at his baby brother and took in a deep breath. He was still in awe at his the young boy had grown into a teenager already.

"She probably is having them help set something up," Luke said, returning his gaze to the floor.

~

"What's wrong, mum?" Jack asked as they stood in an empty room with both of their mums, their father, and Noah. Lauren walked into the room and stopped in her place.

"What are you doing?" She asked.

"You come in here as well," Liz said.

"Are you sure?" Anne asked.

"She isn't a child anymore... she's old enough." Liz took in a deep breath and looked at her children. "Three years ago, as I'm sure you all know, our troubles with Luke finally ended. Michael, that horrible, horrible Michael, died after they were in that car crash. Right?"

"Right..." Ben replied.

"Wrong..." Anne said softly. She wiped a tear away from her eye. "A detective, I won't say who, came to us and told us she could make him disappear. Get him out of our lives and make sure Luke was safe from him, we just had to say yes and she's handle the rest..."

"So we said yes..." Andrew said as Anne started breaking down in Liz's arms. "Later that day, Michael's doctor came to us and told us he was dead. We were never told what had really happened to him, but we did know he was alive... but he was out of Luke's life, so how could we have done anything else?"

"Why are you telling us this?" Lauren asked.

"Because, it didn't work," Noah said, his jaw clenched in anger. "Michael was sent to a prison in America with some false name and now he's escaped and coming for Luke... it was on the news this morning... he saw the mugshot and he just broke down. He didn't see the picture of Michael's cell though..."

"What are we supposed to do?" Jack asked.

"Calum and Ashton are getting married today. You keep them away from finding this out. There's already dozens of online conspiracies about Garrett being Michael... last time this all happened, no one was effected like Ashton was. So do what you have to to make sure they don't see it before the wedding. Take their phones... we cut the wifi off for the building, and the TVs have all somehow misplaced their cables..." the door opened suddenly and every looked over quickly to see Calum.

"I was just getting messages like crazy from people about the wedding and now they've stopped," he said. "What's going on?"

"The internet went down..." Lauren said. "Here, I'll take care of your messages." She took his phone and walked out of the room quickly.

"Come on, you need to finish getting ready," Ben said, leading him out of the room as Jack hurried over to Ashton's.

"Noah," Liz said, before he could walk out. "Don't let Luke find out..."

"Don't worry... once this wedding us over, we're moving to Italy..." without another word, he turned and walked out.

~~

Luke stood next to Ashton, staring blankly into space once again.

"Luke, I think I'm supposed to be the one distracted on my wedding day," Ashton laughed. Luke looked over at him quickly and smiled sympathetically.

"Sorry," he muttered.

"What's wrong?" Ashton asked as Luke adjusted his brother's collar.

"I've just had a bit too much of a reminder of Michael recently..." he brushed a piece of flint off of Ashton's shoulder and sighed softly. "I'll be okay though... today is about you. You're getting married, Ash." Ashton smiled and hugged his younger brother.

"I'm so nervous," he whispered.

"It's only natural." He pulled away and looked over at the doors as Calum's mum gestured for them to get ready. "Only good things are left to come." Ashton smiled and nodded his head as the music cued. He looked over as the door opened and Calum stood in his sparkling silver suit coat. Ashton felt a smile spread across his face as his fiance began walking slowly down the isle.

"I can't wait," Ashton muttered, running down the isle and meeting his soon to be husband. They intertwined their fingers and smiled as they walked up together. The ceremony was absolutely beautiful. Everyone tears up as they exchanged their vows, and finally, the two boys were married.

~~~

Luke sat next to Noah, listening as Jack and Ben gave a speech together. He laughed lightly as his phone buzzed in his pocket. He pulled it out and looked down to see a text from a blocked number. Three simple words were enough to send him into a fit of anxiety.

"I'm coming, Luke."

"Now let's give it up to the best man, Luke Hemmings!" the DJ said, pulling him out of his daze. Luke put his phone down quickly, feeling his chest tighten as he stood and made his way to the microphone. He coughed and cleared his throat before smiling nervously at everyone staring up at him.

"Hey there," he said awkwardly. "As you just heard, I'm the best man for both Calum and Ashton because they can't seem to make any other damn friends." Everyone chuckled lightly. "I remember, my first memory of Ashton was when I was three years old. My mum was having her best friend over and she was bringing her son that was around my age. When Anne and Ashton walked in, I remember just looking at him and thinking "what the actual hell is going on with this kid?"" Ashton laughed as he thought of their memory. "He was wearing this yellow raincoat, deep purple pants, and bright red rainboots... in the middle of the drought summer." Luke smiled and looked over at his brother. "I didn't even know what to do woth him, but almost instantly, we became best friends. A few years later, our mums told us that we were going to be brothers... that was the best news that I had ever recieved until Calum and Ashton told me they were engaged. These two guys are my best friends in the entire world. They're soulmates through and through, and better yet tehy have a love that most people can't even dream up. So I'd like to make a toast to the newlyweds," he said as everyone raised their glasses. "I wish you guys a long and happy life, and Calum... welcome to the Hemmings-Irwin crew. Cheers, mate." Everyone took a drink as Ashton and Calum tackled him in a hug. Luke looked over at Noah who was staring at Luke's phone on the table. He knew what was going to happen. Everything was about to go wrong.