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Chapter 16.

Marriage. A day where two people who love one another get together and take a big step in their relationship.

Today is Tommy and Heather's wedding day and I'm currently sitting in a room with Vince, Mick and Nikki, who seem really out of it, waiting for Tommy to walk in. "She's really gonna marry me, huh?" Tommy asks, bursting into the room with a smile on his face. "This isn't some kind of a sick joke, is it?"

"Life's a sick joke," Mick says with a laugh, then takes a sip of vodka right out of the bottle.

"Hey, what time is it? I think we should get out there" Tommy says, fiddling with his bow tie in the mirror. "Aye, Nikki, lets hit it. You guys ready?" Nikki lays again the back off the couch, sunglasses on and he seems to be asleep. "Yo, best man. Let's go. I got a wife waiting for me. Come on!" Tommy yells at Nikki. "You fucking kidding me? Hey, Niki. Wake up, asshole." Tommy takes off Nikki's sunglasses and slaps his cheek a couple of times, waking him up.

"What the fuck, dude?" Nikki asks, trying to sit up.

"Jesus!" Tommy shouts.

"I'm good," Nikki says, but I can tell he's lying. "It's all good."

"You're most definitely not all good, man. But, whatever, just clean-hey!" Tommy cuts himself off due to Nikki nearly falling on the table as he stands up. "Get your shit together. I don't want Heather to be embarrassed, ok?"

"I'm embarrassing?" Nikki slurs. "Cool. Let's go marry your fancy-ass TV chick in this fancy-ass hotel."

"Nikki" I mutter.

"Hey, are you gonna do this on the happiest day of my life, asshole?" Tommy asks, anger clear in his voice.

"The happiest day of your life?" Nikki questions. "The happiest day of your life was when I let you join my band."

"Should I get someone else to stand up there with me or what?" Tommy asks, walking away from Nikki.

"Don't look at me, man" Vince says.

"I do it, Drummer," Mick says and get up from the couch with a groan.

"I've already got the fucking rings. Let's just go" Nikki says.

Tommy storms out of the room with Vince and Mick following behind him and Nikki start putting on his black jacket, which ends up with him falling onto the glass coffee table beside him. I sigh and stand up from the couch, walking towards the door, leaving Nikki to help himself up since he's being such a dick.

"You what, Nikki?" I say. "You're really acting like a fucking dick, this is Tommy's special day and you're ruining it for all of us, not just Tommy. So get yourself together or don't come out at all." I walk out of the room, slamming the door behind me and make my way out back to where the ceremony is being held. I sit down next to Mick in the front and put my head in my hands.

"You ok?" Mick asks and I feel his hand my back.

"Could be better, but gotta stay happy for Tommy."

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