"Is it straight?"

"As a circle…"

"James please…" He got up from his chair and walked over to me. He straightened the tie and sighed.

"Happy?" I nodded and he went back to his seat. I stared at myself in the mirror and shook my head.

"I'd rather be in the middle of gun fire right now than do this."

"That bad?" I turned to him and raised my right hand. It was shaking uncontrollably. He laughed and got up fixing his own tie. "Let me tell you a secret. It's just a wedding. With a girl you love, who happens to be 8 months pregnant, who at any moment could probably go into labor, but no biggie." I swallowed hard and he rolled his eyes getting in front of the mirror.

She found out she was pregnant in December. Apparently if you have sex with someone with no condom and can't control yourself, you make a baby. I found out I was in no way shape or form ready for a kid. But I couldn't tell her that, she was too damn excited. I had always wanted a fall wedding but she was convinced of being married before she gave birth. So I sat through grueling hours of pink flowers here, this person sitting here, and worst of all, who my best man would be.

It was a tough choice. I had no siblings, and three best friends. What it came down to was the one guy who took a bullet for me…a couple times. Carlos would be the best man while Logan and James walked her down the aisle. I honestly felt better if she had two people walking her, especially because she was as big as a house

I think the worst part of this whole situation…was the over dramatic mood swings. One minute I'm cooking her grilled cheese and the next I'm driving to the store for Salmon. One night she even made me change my pajamas. I was wearing a plain white shirt, and a pair of boxers. She wanted no shirt, and sweats. The things i do for this girl.

"Dude what's wrong with you?" I snapped out of my thoughts and saw James looking at me eye brows raised. I shook my head and looked at my watch.

"Where the hell is Carlos?" He shook his head and walked to the door. At the same time it opened and Carlos and Logan walked in, both wide eyed. "What's wrong?" Logan walked to the seat James was just sitting in and sat down.

"She scares me…" He looked at the floor and I laughed.

"What did she do?"

"She told us if it rained…we were losing balls. I can't control the weather!" I looked at Carlos and then out the window and laughed at the rain clouds forming.

"Looks like you guys are going to be ball less."

"Dude!" Logan stood up and James laughed with me.

"See this is why I stayed in here, besides, I prepared for this. I am having the staff set up tents and covers over the ceremony area. This is why you guys do weddings at my house." I smiled and nodded. "Lets get you married dude." He grabbed my shoulder and led me to the door. I walked out and made my way down the stairs. Carlos followed, while James and Logan went into his master bedroom where she was.

"Why do you pick the worst weekends to do things?"

"Shut up." I stepped off the last step and peeked around the corner looking in the back yard. I swallowed hard and leaned against the wall. "I can't believe I'm going to do this." Carlos laughed and straightened the flower on his tux, looking in the hall mirror.

"I couldn't either. Of course Missy wasn't pregnant…." He looked over at me and laughed. "I'm not helping am I?" I shook my head and he put his hands in his pockets. "It's really easy. Honestly, I don't really remember doing a lot of talking. I bet you will get up there, cry when you see her, and then black everything out. I mean don't really black out. But I guarantee, you won't remember doing too much." He turned me to the double doors and gently pushed me out. I walked down the aisle casually waving at people, I honestly didn't know. I made it to the alter and the Minister shook my hand. I smiled at him and turned to the doors. Out came Carlos and Missy. Missy was wearing a knee length light blue dress, with little spaghetti straps. She had a bouquet of yellow, blue and pink flowers. They walked to us and she quickly gave me a kiss on the cheek and stood opposite me while Carlos got behind me. I sighed and her two other bridesmaids, Missy's sister, and James's girlfriend walked out, by themselves and smiled at me, getting next to Missy. And then I watched everyone stand up and my breathing picked up speed. I saw Logan, and her arm wrapped around his, and then I saw her.

She was huge; there was just no way around it. But by God she was beautiful. Her hair was pulled back by clips and curled. Her white dress was strapless. It was long and flowly and I could barely see her white flats. Her belly was outlined beautifully by the white flowing fabric of the dress she was always complaining about. I couldn't help it, and reminded myself to kick Carlos in the balls later…I cried. The thought of her walking towards me, clinging to James and Logan like she was seconds away from falling, made my knees weak. And then when I actually saw her walking towards me, I let out a shaky breath. She was smiling ear to ear and I quickly wiped away a tear, smiling back at her. When she made it to me, James and Logan helped her up the stairs and when our bodies were inches away I grabbed her hand and pulled her into me. She smelt like a field of flowers sprinkled with vanilla cupcakes. I leaned down and quickly kissed her cheek and the minister cleared his throat.

"Ladies and gentlemen, family and friends of…"

Again I reminded myself to kick Carlos in the balls. I zoned out. I was completely gone. I heard him, and I saw her, and I even realized I was talking at one point, saying my vows, but that was it. I watched Missy and Carlos's son walk down the aisle with the help of Missy and I took the rings form him and put it on her finger and heard myself say I do. I heard her say I do, and then we kissed, and just like that, I was snapped back into reality. I grabbed behind her back and shoved my tongue down her throat. She smiled into the kiss and ran her hands through my hair. She slowly pulled away and looked up at me.

"Hi!" I smiled and bent down kissing her again.

The next couple of minutes I couldn't stop smiling. We walked back down the aisle saying hi and thanking everyone, and we quickly walked in the house squeezing each other's hands. I gently pushed her into a wall and our lips were together again. We were making out, and I heard people walking in so I pulled away. I tucked loose hair behind her ear and smiled at her. My other hand gently rubbed her belly and she she looked down, letting my hand cup her face.

"How are you feeling?"

"Fine…although I should apologize to Carlos and Logan…I was kind of bitchy." I laughed and she looked up.

"It's okay, they know you mean well." She smiled and sighed.

"I can't believe I'm Mrs. Schmidt now. That's so exciting!"

"Yeah and our kids not a bastard. Yay marriage!" She hit my stomach and I giggled leaning back into her kissing her lips softly.

"Hey we can't really have a reception without the couple." We both turned and James was staring at us, tapping his foot shaking his head. "That's how you kids got pregnant, now knock it off." She laughed and pulled away grabbing my hand and walking into James who led us out into his backyard which on one side had the alter being taken down, and the other with many tables, and a long one in the back. We walked out and we stopped saying hi to some people, her talking to girlfriends from work. I held her hand the whole way and pulled her chair out when we got to the table. I sat her down and took my seat. Carlos and missy were on my side, with Missy's sister, while Logan James and James girlfriend sat on her side. I looked out at everyone and smiled, feeling proud of myself for taking this huge step.

The night went by fast, with a lot of laughter, memories and dancing. It was the last dance, a song she chose, The Right Man, and we slow danced, with people dancing around us. I held onto her waist while she rested her arms around my neck, her fingers weaving through my short hair. We were staring at each other, both of us smiling.

"I love you." She nodded and yawned.

"I love you too husband." I smiled and raised a hand to push her hair off her face.

"You look exhausted." She laughed and again nodded.

"I am. My feet are killing me, and my back hurts. Oh and yeah, I have a 10 pound kid kicking around inside me." She laughed and leaned forward resting her head on my shoulder, sighing out.

"Let's get you home so…" Before I had time to finish there was an ear shattering scream and a gun shot. I quickly and carefully pulled her down and looked around at the people doing the same. I saw Carlos running to the house quick, with James following. I looked to her and she looked terrified. "I'll be right back. Stay down." She nodded and I got up quick, running and weaving through the crowd. I made it to the house and ran through it hearing movement out front. I ran to the front door and saw it open. I ran through it and stopped seeing Carlos and James panting looking down the street. "What the hell's going on?" Carlos shook his head and pointed to the house across the street.

"My neighbor's daughter. She screamed seeing her boyfriend's car, excited I guess, and when he drove off his car back fired. No worries." I bent down resting my hands on my knees and chuckled.

"Holy fuck." I felt a hand on my back and I straightened out. "Scared the shit out of me. I didn't bring my gun."

"Me neither." Carlos and I laughed and James pushed us back in. I walked through the house with them, all of us laughing and I stopped seeing people running around frantically. I walked out and felt weak.

Logan was setting Jamie in a chair and she was holding her belly, He took off his jacket, and put it around her shoulders. I ran over to them and she looked up at me breathing hard.

"What's wrong?" Logan pulled out his phone and dialed a number.

"My water broke!" She put her head back and groaned. I reached for her hand, but regretted it. I heard a small crack and got down to my knees, feeling her squeeze so hard.

"Okay…it's going to be okay…"

"No its not! I'm not giving birth in this back yard! Kendall!" She screamed my name, and usually that was a good thing, but something seemed wrong.

"This is Henderson. I need a vehicle to Maslow's place. I have a women going into labor…yeah that one…okay." He hung up and looked down at her. "Remember your breathing sweetheart." She looked up at him with a crazy look in her eyes and my hand was squeezed tighter.

"You remember your breathing!" She threw her head back again and squeezed harder. I stifled my yell and Logan started helping James and Carlos move tables, chairs, and people out of the way of the gate so when the gurney came through they would have room.

"Baby,…" She looked over at me and sighed.

"I'm sorry I'm breaking your hand." She let go and I sighed out hard. "Oh I'm sorry was I being too rough!? Well maybe you'd like to switch me spots and let this giant head come out of your pee hole!"

My eyes widened and Missy and some of her girlfriends came on her other side. They started saying things to her and she grabbed my hand again, this time not squeezing. I looked around and I heard the siren, and then saw the lights. James ran over quick and led them over. I stood up still holding her hand and the paramedics pushed the girls and me away. They both wrapped an arm around her waist and she put her arms around their necks. They lifted her up easily and set her on the gurney.

"You coming dad?" They looked at me and I slowly nodded my head following them pushing her. They pushed her in the back of the ambulance and i climbed in with one. The doors shit and she groaned out. "Are you feeling any pain Jamie?" She nodded her head and closed her eyes. "Okay I'm going to put an IV in your arm and give you some pain killers alright? Do you have any allergies?"

"Peanuts…Kendall?"

"Right here babe…" The paramedic let me sit up close to her head and she opened her eyes. "Sorry I snapped…it just hurts." I turned to the paramedic.

"Is this amount of pain normal?" He nodded his head and readied the IV.

"Yes. Most times, smaller women tend to have a harder time giving birth. It's a hell of a lot more painful for a women with small hips." I nodded and looked back at her. Her eyes were closed and she was biting her bottom lip. "Also if she's been on her feet for a while today, doing a lot of standing, dancing…the pain can multiply…you might feel a small pinch here." He put the needle in her arm and she moaned out putting her head to face me and I leaned down kissing her temple.

"Just get it out of me…" I smiled and brushed hair out of her face. I looked over at the paramedic and watched him put in a clear liquid into the IV.

"Give it about a minute and you should start to feel better." For the first time I realized we were moving and cringed at the long drive to the hospital. James lived out on the other side of town, far away from everything. I looked down at her and wanted nothing more than to take the pain away. She opened her eyes and smiled.

"What a honeymoon huh?" I smiled and shook my head.

"Well make it up." She chuckled and closed her eyes. We sat in silence for a couple of minutes until I heard him moving. I turned and watched him grab a black bag and lifted out a clipboard with papers. He smiled at me and looked at Jamie.

"How's the pain?"

"Not so bad…" It was barely a whisper and knew how exhausted she was.

"Good. Okay Kendall I need to ask some questions." I nodded and sat back gently holding her hand.

When we got to the hospital, she was asleep, and I was emotionally drained. She was rolled away from me and into a room where they told me to wait while they checked her and changed her into a gown. I walked into the waiting room and sat down, leaning back and resting my head on the wall behind me. I closed my eyes and let out a hard sigh.

Interesting wedding to say the least.