One year Later, At the Wedding Reception
Have said their "I dos" and their vows and rings. They sit at a table in a small reception hall with family and friends. Kyle's best friend, Larry, isthe best man and he is getting ready for his speech. He also is a survivor. He hasa
prosthetic arm and a kind face. The light of the sun shines on his perspired face. It is very warm outside. It is humid also, and Abigail is happy that she decided to have an indoor wedding. She has a beautiful white dress on with lace and a short
/train.
Because of the heat, her cheeks are rosier than usual, but they still look amazing. Clink!
"Hello everyone! I'm Larry!" Larry says as he starts his speech and all the talking come to silence in exception of a few little ones playing and laughing. "I am the best man for Kyle. I would like to say he is a complete jerk sometimes." Larry laughs
/and everyone joins him. "No, he can be a little 'jerky' sometimes, but he is an amazing guy. I remember the first time I met him. It was the night before we had the huge mission. I remember us practicing for a while and he handed me a gun saying
/'don't
/get us blown up or something.' And then when all of us were captured the next day he decided to blame me and say he would get back at me. So one night I was sleeping on the cold hard ground in the cell all of us were in and I have been trying to
sleep
/for a while. We made pillows out of make shift things like cloth and bags. I used my bag that night for a pillow but it was harder than I remember it being. So I woke up to play around with it, trying to figure out what made it so hard. So I picked
/up mybag and realized it was heavy, so I opened it up and sure enough there were rocks and branches in it. And that was my third night with Kyle." He laughs and looks at Kyle and everyone laughs with him. "I am lucky to have seen their relationship
/begin and grow. Man, he was in love right when he laid eyes on her. She was in command for the mission and she just came in and took charge with confidence right away. At first their relationship was complicated, she kinda thought he was dumb." Everyone
/laughs at this wonderful anecdote of the two spouses' love. "And then when we escaped, again, she led but someone was hurt and we made a pact that no man is left behind. It was actually maid of honor, Emma." He points over to Emma and she waves around
/to indicate that it was her. "So her arm was shot and Abby ran back to her to help her keep running. Then Emma started to run with them but Abby was a little behind us so if anyone got hurt it would be easy for her to get to us. Then the blast
/happened. The enemy found that we had escaped and tried to hit us with grenades. One got really close to us and it injured only Abby, blowing off her leg. She couldn't walk but the beast that she is, she tried to army crawl the way. When we found
/that her leg was blown off, Kyle came to her and carried her all the way to home where she got a prosthetic leg and therapy to help her walk with it and Kyle was there the whole time. Now we're here, at their wedding. I'm so happy for the both of
/them, they both found love in each other. So if everyone would raise their glasses." Everyone stands and raises their glasses.
"Cheers!" Everyone says in unison and they clink their glasses together. Laughs are made now and then and everyone talks.
Later that night
Music plays and Kyle and Abby dance. Eventually everyone dances the night away. Eventually goes home.
In 221B
John takes his tie off as fast as he can and Sherlock does the same with his bow tie.
"I still don't like him." John says, a worried look on his face.
"It's not like you can do anything, John, they're married." Mary says, trying to calm him.
"I know, I just don't like him."
"In his defense, Kyle does seem a bit, odd." Sherlock says. With being best friends with John, he feels like Abby's brother also.
"Oh no not you too!" Mary kids and laughs. "Well, we better be going home!"
"Alright bye!" Sherlock calls as they leave.
2 weeksLater
"This is nice." Abby says smiling.
"Yes it is." John says smiling back. Then his face becomes serious. "What. Are. Those. Bruises?!" John says seeing her wrists are bruised.
"Oh- Nothing!" Abby says, quickly covering her wrists with her sweat sleeves. "I was... getting books from our shelves and they all fell on my wrists." She is sad now because she had to lie to her brother. She has been arguing recently with Kyle.
And he has a temper. They have been arguing over many things. Especially, bills. He starts all of the fights while Abby just wants to be in peace. Lately he has been hurting her physically even more than mentally. Today she just found out that
/she's pregnant and Kyle doesn't know yet. She is thinking about telling John now, but she thinks it might be wierd telling her brother before she tells Kyle. But then she thinks, "He is my best friend, I'll tell him now.""Um John?
Can I tell you something?"
"Yes of course. All you alright?" He says with a concerned look on his face.
"Yes I'm fine. Actually I'm more than fine! John... I'm pregnant." She says smiling. She thinks to herself that it's funny that right after he becomes a father, she will become a mother. She loves how they grow together. She just wishes they could've
/not been away from each other for so long.
"That's amazing Abby! I am so happy for you!" He hugs her and is so excited for her. They both sit back down and they sip their tea. "You'll be a great mother. Did you tell Kyle yet?" He still doesn't trust Kyle and has suspicions that the bruises
/are from Kyle. He has a feeling that Kyle will leave her but he tries to not think about it and be happy for his sister. He doesn't want to see her hurt. She was always bullied for being smart and semi anti social. They bullied her mentally and physically
/by almost everyone in her school. She ended up learning how to fight for herself so that John didn't have to for her. He is so worried that it will happen to her again. She went into depression when she was 15. She attempted suicide twice and John
/tried all he could to help her and eventually she went to therapy, became homeschooled, and was happy again. When she was depressed, she took drugs but went to rehab and stopped. Now he looks at her, happy again, and he doesn't want to take that away
from her because of a feeling.
"Umm No." Abby says, laughing and thinking of how good John is to her. He helped her whenever she was feeling down. She feels that she owes everything to him. Especially since he was the one who stopped her from commiting suicide both times she tried.
After he saved her twice she realized he was worth living for. He laughs too and they eat for a while and talk.
"Well, I better get going. Oh and if you want mother advice, ask Mary." John says, standing up.
"Ok I will." Abby says, hugging him then sitting back down to have some more tea. John leaves and she's left alone with her thoughts. "What will John do if he finds out? He can't find out. What am I going to do about Kyle? How will he treat our baby? I still love him even though he hurts me. How do I get him to love me back?"
