Megakat City was bustling with excitement, for there was a wedding about to take place in a little while... A wedding that would make Callie Briggs and Carl Lockman be husband and wife.
People were already gathering in Megakat Park. There were kats coming from all over the city, even some from out of town were coming. One of these kats was the wealthy, Mr. Young. He was a proud, but polite kat, who always kept to his moral code. Mr. Young was here because he was Carl's godfather and wanted to see him get married.
In the hotel across from the park was where the bride and groom were getting ready for their big day. Callie was in her room as her hairdresser and makeup artists finished getting her ready for the wedding. Callie looked at herself in the mirror, smiled and turned to the three she-kats.
"Thanks for everything girls, but I need to be alone for a bit," she said. The three she-kats nodded and left the room. Now that Callie was alone, her smile faded and a frown took its place.
It was now thirty minutes before the big event. And Callie was nervously pacing the floor. Soon she would be called downstairs and out into the park where her handsome groom was waiting for her. Callie would then marry her fiancé - the love of her life.
Callie walked over to the window to see the view. She saw the park, and there were over a hundred guests. Most of them had already been seated in one of the rows of white folding chairs on the lawn.
Then there was the minister and 4 handsome kats in black tuxedos standing up at the front of the crowd. Callie couldn't have ask for a more beautiful sunny day to get married on.
Stepping away from the window the Deputy Mayor looked at herself in the tall mirror again. Callie admired her beautiful wedding dress. It was pure white, with hundreds of tiny sequins and trimmed with delicate lace. Then she pulled the veil down over her face and admired herself through the mesh fabric. Callie smiled again, when suddenly there was a knock at the door.
"Who is it?" Callie asked turning around. The door opened and to her surprise in walked Callie's ex-boyfriend, Jake.
"Holy smokes," he said with a smile, "Callie, you look breath-taking!"
Callie's heart began to beat faster. Jake was a last minute addition to the guest list. Their short love-affair had been so powerful, but it ended without any reason. Callie knew her fiancé hated Jake, so he had decided not to invite him even though Jake and Callie were still friends. It was only at Callie's insistence that Jake had gotten an invitation.
"Hello, Jake," Callie replied uncomfortably. "You look quite handsome yourself in your tux." she looked him up and down again. Just the sight of him was beginning to stir up feelings that she really didn't need right now.
But as the two former lovers talked, Carl Lockman was busy getting ready for his wedding, but he wasn't alone. "And you are sure you're fiancé doesn't know anything about us being together?" A necked she-kat asked, as Carl put his pants back on.
"Jessica," Carl smiled and turned to his secret lover. "What Callie doesn't know, won't hurt her."
"But do you love her, Carl?" she asked him.
"Yeah, but can I love any woman who can suck my dick without gagging."
Jessica blushed. It was no secret that Carl had other lovers before her, but the thought of him sleeping with every other girl he met, made her wonder if he had used a condom. She didn't want to get HIV or anything that could ruin her life.
Carl saw the concern on Jessica's face. "Don't worry," he soothed, giving her a reassuring smile. "I used a condom whenever I got laid. So, I'm clean." Then Carl finished getting dressed and headed out to the park to await the arrival of his bride.
Meanwhile, Callie and Jake's talk was drawing to an end.
"Jake, I still love you, but only as a very close friend." Callie said with a smile. "But you need to go now and find a seat. My wedding is about to start."
"Of course. But first let me give the bride a hug," Jake said stretching his arms out. Callie paused for a moment, then gave a sigh and stepped into his arms. Jake wrapped his arms around Callie and held her tight. She rested her face against his shoulder. They stood there for what seemed like hours, and Callie would certainly miss their intimacy, but she knew in her heart that she was making the right decision.
Callie lifted her head. She and Jake looked into each others eyes. Then Callie stepped back, breaking their embrace.
"I'll always have feelings for you, Jake," she said, "but right now you have to leave. I can't get caught talking with my ex-boyfriend before my wedding."
"I understand," he said. Then without saying another word, Jake left and headed out to the park.
Callie closed the door behind him and took a deep breath. She slowly walked back to the mirror, feeling somewhat alone for reasons unknown. Her heart was pounding but Callie knew she had done the right thing.
"Why didn't I tell Jake the true reason for our breakup?" Callie asked herself out loud.
There was another knock at the door. "Callie, it's time," came her father's voice. "Coming, daddy," Callie replied, then joined her father.
When Callie and her father reached the park, the music was already playing. The two of them slowly marched down the aisle. Everyone was standing with smiles, watching her. Callie met her fiancé at the end of the aisle. Carl was beaming.
"You look beautiful," he said.
Then everyone sat down as the minister began to speak. Callie looked out of the corner of her eye and saw Jake sitting beside Chance in the crowd. He wasn't smiling. There was nothing but sadness coming from his eyes, but it was to late to change how he felt, Callie was now getting hitched to another tom.
When it came to part where Callie and Carl were to kiss, Carl threw Jake a dirty smile as he kissed Callie. And at the reception, thing just got worse. When Jake came to offer Callie her wedding gift, Carl took it from him and threw it to one of his friends.
"See if it is something worth keeping," Carl laughed. "If not, toss it in the trash."
Callie couldn't believe how her husband was treating Jake. But Carl was far from being done. He quickly made is way over to the band he hired for the reception, took the mike away from the lead singer and called everyone attention to him.
"I would like to thank everyone for coming to my wedding. But I don't know why we would let a looser like Jake Clawson come here. I mean, how can a guy like Jake ever hope to be a winner when he couldn't even keep his job of being an Enforcer?" The guests all started to laugh, Carl then went even further. "Then Jake ended up working in a scarp yard to pay off his debt. No doubt his life has turned crap."
The guests burst out laughing, as Jake hung his head in shame. Callie knew she had to put a stop to Carl's speech before he really hurt Jake's feelings. But...
"And the best part is, Jake's cousin Max, is gay. No doubt Jake and Max like hanging out with other assholes like themselves."
Jake could no longer take it, and stormed off. The laughter he heard sent shivers running down his back. He felt so angry, so sad and confused that there was only one place he could think of to go. His cousin's bar-a gay bar that he never liked to be around. But Max and him were very close. Maybe Max could help him out of this fog he was in.
The bar was filled with many gay and lesbian kat couples, some were married, some were not. But here, everyone got along, that was until Jake walked in. The whole bar suddenly went quiet. Jake looked around and saw his cousin Max working the bar.
"That's just disgraceful. This bar has just gone to hell. What with this straight guy coming in here? No wonder gay bars are being burned down or shut down." a drunk gay kat snapped.
Max frowned at the kat. "Get out of my bar!" he hissed, pointing to the door. And the drunk kat did. Jake smiled and took the empty seat where the other kat had been sitting. "So, Jake, what brings you here tonight?" Max asked, trying to sound as friendly as he could.
Jake said nothing. He was too upset at moment to speak. And all he wanted to do was drink a few beers. It seemed like time was speeding by and before Jake could count how many drinks he had, he was being dragged into the bathroom by Max. "Take it easy Jake. You had one too many beers."
Jake felt his stomach roll, and with a loud groan, threw up all over the floor. "I hate him!" he sobbed, throwing up again. "He insulted me and you for just being gay."
"Jake, that man is a jerk, don't let him get to you."
"But he called me out an-" Jake threw up again, this time all over his shirt.
Max had heard enough. With a gentle tug, he helped Jake stand up and got him cleaned up. Then they left the bathroom less than ten minutes after they went in. They headed to the bar where Max ran into a friend. "Josh!" They kissed each other on the cheek. "Josh, this is Jake. Jake, Josh. Play nice while I get us some cold milk."
"Nice to meet you, Josh," Jake smiled as he shook hands when the other kat.
Josh smiled back at Jake. "Pleasure. Max has talked a lot about you."
"Really? And what did he say?"
"He said you were the best cousin in the world. You didn't let the fact that Max was gay ruin your relationship with him." Josh stated. Max then walked up with three glasses of milk.
"Drink up," he said kindly. Both Jake and Josh took a glass and drank the milk down. The milk helped settle Jake's stomach and he felt much better.
And for the rest of the day, Jake spent most of his time either drinking or just talking to the other kats in the bar. But as he did this, two kats, a male and female watched him. The female smiled as she slipped a few crushed pills into Jake's drink. It was around five in the afternoon when Jake left the club. He was now feeling so dizzy from the drinks he had that he passed out on the sidewalk, and when he awoke he found himself sitting in a soft recliner staring at the ceiling. That was when he felt it...
"Tie it nice and tight!" a masked she-kat said as her partner tied a piece of soft rubber tube tightly around Jake's upper arm.
"What're you doin'?" Jake slurred.
"Just following our orders," she-kat smiled, pulling out a syringe that had liquefied heroine in it. "Callie's husband doesn't want you to around her any more." Then she stuck the needle in Jake's arm and plunged the drug into his blood stream.
"Now for the final touch," the she-kat's partner smiled. Picking up a near by phone, he dialed 911. "Yeah, I got what looks like three kats passed out from overdosing on drugs! Two of them are not breathing, the other looks like he is about to die! Send help!"
Jake then turned his head and saw his cousin Max and his boyfriend Josh laying on the floor in their own vomit, both of them were not breathing and there where empty syringes on the floor next to their bodies.
"M-Max? J-J-Josh?" Jake slurred weakly, then he passed out again.
"Goodnight Jake Clawson," the she-kat laughed.
"When you reach the gates of hell, give our regards to your gay cousin and his boyfriend for us," the other kat said as he hung up the phone.