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Chapter 31

*C H A R L O T T E*

"Guys! There is a photo booth!" Killian suddenly comes rushing towards us.

"We should totally go!" Hero's enthusiasm makes me laugh. He's trying to lighten the mood for which I'm grateful.

"Come on, Char!" Killian says. "Let's make a good old Charlotte sandwich."

"Oh god," I groan but I have to laugh at the same time. Sometimes boys will just be boys and right now their enthusiasm is too good not to obey.

Hero sits down and tugs at my arm to sit on his lap. I sit down on his lap with an awkward smile. Silly me, like an hour ago we had sex and now sitting on his lap makes me shy. He puts his hands on my waist and pulls me closer. I can feel he's excited about this position. I try to hide a smile. Killian sits on top of me and I have to wiggle around a bit to be able to look at the camera. For the first photo we all smile like the little angels we are. For the second photo we pull a funny face. For the third photo they both give me a kiss on the cheek (which makes me blush as hell!). The booth allows us to make three copies so we each have a memory of today.

"Guys, we should totally ask Jack and Lizzie to join us," I tell them.

"Ha! Look who's excited now!" Hero teases.

"I'll go get them!" Killian says. He jumps off my lap and rushes off to find Jack and Lizzie.

"Should we take some more?" Hero slowly asks with a low voice. When he talks like this his accent is so thick and sexy.

It gives me goosebumps.

"Sure." That's all I manage to say. I'm afraid that my voice will give away my excitement if I talk too much. Hurt or not, broken up or not, Hero can still make me feel like that girl who went to the cinema to see After. He also used this voice on me first time we met. At the time I tried so hard to look cool. I didn't want to let him know how much that voice and accent affected me but after I went back to my room I was light headed and I had to sit down. The memory makes me smile. The camera snaps a photo at that moment.

"God, you look so cute in that first photo," Hero says.

I look at the photo and I'm looking straight at the camera. Hero's gaze is directed at me.

"What were you thinking about?"

"Oh, nothing!"

"Come on!" He urges and he tickles me.

"Just how much that voice just now reminded me of the first time we met."

The memory makes Hero smile too and the camera snaps a second time so in the second photo we both look very happy. We're looking at each other and smiling. For the third photo he pulls me closer to his chest and he puts his head on my shoulder. We both look at the camera. For a second all the bad blood between us is gone. I'm glad we got to do this.

"Look who I found!" Killian yells.

He pushes Jack an Lizzie inside the booth and tries to squeeze himself in as well. It takes a while to find comfortable positions for all of us but we manage and we take a series of funny photos. This wedding is one we can all cherish forever. We made some great memories with each other. In that moment I'm grateful for my group of friends.

Killian, Hero and me are the last ones to leave at five am. Lizzie and Jack went to bed at three but some of us continued the party. Since there are no more cars around we have to walk to the castle. I don't mind though. It's not terribly cold and the sun is starting to rise so the sky is full of beautiful colors. Bright pink and deep orange. We're all a bit drunk so we're walking very slow. Suddenly Killian starts singing a song.

"Shhh, Kill, you're going to wake people up!" I say in a loud voice. So far for whispering and not waking people up.

"Oh come on, Char, the castle is ages away and we just had the best night ever!"

Hero is laughing and he can't seem to stop. I try very hard to be responsible and to have a serious look on my face. Both Hero and Killian burst out laughing as soon as they see me. They both wrap their arms around my shoulders and they both start singing. After a while I join them.

And so we walk to the castle.