The Wedding In Miami

Faster than a fat kid chasing an ice cream truck

Chapter five: Faster than a fat kid chasing an ice cream truck (Emma's POV)

"Okay, can you breathe now?" I laughed while leaning against the wall in the bathroom. 

"No," she gasped. "Landon! Landon is coming to the wedding! Landon!" she shrieked. 

"Yeah, I know, I was there too. It's not such a big deal," I shrugged, "Just how Nick being here isn't, right?" I smirked. 

Now she knows how I feel. Kinda. 

"How is this the same? The whole point for you is to avoid Nick," she huffed. 

"Which is why this is worse for me. Maybe you'll finally get the chance to make something happen between you two, last time it almost happened Nick and I broke up and you two stopped talking because I cut him off but you don't have to do that now," I shrugged. 

When I was dating Nick, Zoey finally managed to get herself to flirt with Landon, but Nick and I broke up before he could ask her out and they never spoke after that. 

"Look, you'll be fine. If we don't get back to dinner, people will genuinely think you're losing your mind, let's just go, come on," I pulled her out and led her back to the restaurant. 

She sighed as we entered and took our seats. 

"You okay?" William chuckled while looking at Zoey. 

"William, don't even," she huffed. 

I bit my lip to stop from laughing and focused on my plate. I think this is the most entertained I've been at dinner in a while. 

After a while, dinner was done and us youngsters if you will, Mr. Johnson's words, not mine, were sent to the bar to enjoy. Finn and his wife Allison went to put Elijah to bed, deciding to join us later and Madeline was becoming her true form. A mom. 

"They can't drink, Will, they're underage," she sighed at Zoey, Liam, Nick, and me. 

"Well, they won't get in trouble because they won't do anything stupid, right kids?" He gave us all pointed looks. 

"Sure thing, grandpa," I mumbled. 

Everyone laughed and turned to the entrance when someone was let in. Landon. Zoey was already falling off her stool, I managed to sit her ass down before seating myself down while Nick went to meet Landon. He brought him over, introduced him to some of the cousins here he was unfamiliar with, there were a few more girls and guys our age here. Landon met everyone nicely. 

"Hey, Emma," he nodded, hugging me briefly. 

"Hey," I smiled. He then turned to Zoey and was speechless. I rolled my eyes. "Hi," I nudged Zoey. "Hi," then Landon. "How are you, Zoey? I'm great Landon, what about you?" I talked for them until they both chuckled and then actually talked for themselves. 

William and Madeline had disappeared somewhere and I was sitting at the bar with Liam. 

"Do you drink?" he asked. 

"Occasionally," I shrugged. 

He nodded, "Can we get four shots, please?" he asked. The bartender hesitated because clearly, we were underage but then gave in and served us all drinks. I clinked my glass with Liam's before we both downed two shots. "Four more," he nodded. 

"Oh, I shouldn't. I get drunk really fast," I laughed, my head already feeling woozy. "Faster than a fat kid chasing an ice cream truck," I mumbled while he handed me two shots. 

"Then drink up," he nudged. 

I shrugged and downed the shots, feeling the burn of the straight-up vodka as it poured down my throat. I haven't been drunk in a while, I forgot how freeing it is.