After the dinner party and Henry's speech thanking Wellington for Trish, did Danny and I slipped out of the dinning hall and to my room. We did nothing, but sit around and got to know each other better. It was 5 o'clock in the morning before we finally decided to go to sleep.
I woke up about 4 hours later to someone trying to break my door in.
"Go away." I yelled.
"Have you seen Danny? He isn't in his room." Henry asked. I rolled over and shook Danny awake.
"We lost track of time last night talking so he crashed here." I got out of bed and walked to the door. I opened it and Henry rushed in, "I told you he was here. You don't have to be in such a hurry." I rolled my eyes at him.
"Sully was looking for you."
"Sorry man." Danny said. He kissed me and walked out of my room. Henry laughed at us and followed him out. I smiled and shut my door. I changed clothes, choosing to wear a black button down shirt with an emerald green strapless shirt underneath and a pair of dark wash jeans. I pulled my hair up into a ponytail and pulled on a pair of black converse. I put my phone and knife in my back pocket and my wallet in the other pocket. I walked down to the dinning hall and ate a light breakfast with Sully, Danny and Booth.
"SO what were you two doing last night?" Sully asked. I flicked a piece of my cereal at him, and laughed when it stuck to his cheek.
"We were up all night talking." Danny said, tracing my scars on my exposed back. I took my black shirt off before I started eating. Soon we were joined by Henry and Malcolm. Henry opened his mouth to say something, but I glared at him.
"If you bring up last night, you will get more than a few pieces of cereal thrown at you." I said threateningly.
"Are you working my bachelor party at the Cannery?" He asked. Danny and Sully exchanged glances before looking at me.
"If Nikki needs the help, then I'll be there. If not, I'll be here. I should actually head over there now and see if she needs any help." I stood up and kissed Danny's cheek. Left the inn and walked to the Cannery. Jimmy was walking in with a basket of crabs. I slipped in behind him and kissed his cheek.
"I could use some help." He said, interrupting Nikki and Abby. They looked at him like he was insane, "What? Is it because I have crabs?" I turned around and bit back a fit laughter. Jimmy looked back at me and grinned mischievously at me. I shoved him into the bar and walked to Nikki.
"Do you need help tonight?"
"Of course. Are you willing to put up with a bunch of drunk men all night." Nikki asked, leaning closer to me.
"She should be. She gets to go back to the inn with one." Abby said, earning herself a glare.
"Really?" Jimmy said, motioning for me to go outside.
"Yes, Jimmy. And it's not the blonde." Suddenly his face got brighter.
"Alright. I'm cool with that." He took the blue bin from the cook and walked with Abby outside.
"What was that about?" Nikki asked.
"My relationships with people." I rolled my eyes and began to help her set up for the party. It would be a while, so after everything was in order, we sat around the bar talking.
"So who is this relationship with?"
"Danny Brooks. One of Henry's groomsmen." I took a sip of my drink, "He'll be the short, skinny one." I took another sip and pulled my black shirt off and brushed my shirt off. I then let my hair out of its prison and combed my fingers through it to smooth it out.
"Alright, it's almost time for the guys to show up." Nikki lifted the gate up and we took our places behind the bar. I bent down and picked up a small bag I asked Jimmy to bring to me and I pulled out my makeup bag. I put a semi thick line of eye liner on, followed by mascara and a light coat of emerald green eye shadow. A few seconds later, and the guys walked through the door. Nikki was at my side as Henry and his groomsmen walked in the door, "Which one?" She whispered in my ear.
"Tristan!" Danny said, walking over to the bar and placing a gentle kiss on my lips, "You are the last person I was expecting here."
"Nikki said she needed some help with Henry's party, so I offered to stay." Sully made a gagging face and walked away, carrying a blow up doll, "And who is Sully's new friend?"
"Muffin."
"So has Muffin had a good day today?" I leaned closer to him.
"I think so. We've a great day so far." He kissed me again, "And hopefully a great night as well."
"Oh, I think you'll have a wonderful evening if you keep this up." I winked at him, then walked off to serve a costumer. Sully came and wrapped his arm around Danny's shoulders.
"You are a very lucky bastard." He said. I giggled at them and pour three rounds of shots for the fishermen at the bar. They took them and asked for another round.
"Now I don't want you to pass out on the bar tonight. Little me can't drag your asses out of here at closing." I said as I poured the second around.
"No worries, miss. We are just looking to catch up with Mance's little sister." The one closest to me said.
"It's good to see yall again. You still driving that piece of shit boat you were when I left?"
"That pos boat saved your ass." The guy to my left said.
"Shove it, Adam." The first guy said, "Don't listen to him."
"Now I'm curious. What did he mean?"
"It's nothing. We just cornered Rhett one night before you left him and had him cool off. He was talking about slitting your throat while you slept."
"Aw, you guys are too sweet. Another round on me." They cheered and tossed the shot back.
"Well, I had better get home. Stacy isn't too happy when I come home too late." Adam said. I smiled at him as he left. Soon Eric, the guy to my right said he good byes and walked out.
"It is good to see you come home, Brooklyn."
"It's good to be home. I'll see you soon right?"
"Of course you will. Good night Brooklyn."
"Good night, David." David stood up and left.
"Tristan! Your phone is ringing!" Nikki yelled. She threw my phone at me and I caught it.
"You have reached Tristan while she is at work, how may I help you?"
"Get over here. We miss you!" Trish said.
"How much have you had to drink, Trish?" I rolled my eyes at her.
"We're playing this game that every time one of us say Henry" Her voice was lost to the loud chant of 'drink, drink' "The person has to drink."
"Aw, so you want me to come over to play this game with you?" I leaned against the bar.
"Yes!"
"I'll be there in a minute."
"Thank you Tristan!" Then the line went dead. I walked over to Nikki and sighed.
"The Bride wants me at her party. So I'm going to duck out of here for a few minutes and see how everything is going over there. I'll be back." I slipped out from behind the bar and was attacked by Henry who wrapped his arms around me.
"Where are you going?" He asked.
"Your fiancée wants me at her party for a little while. I'm going to walk over there, then come back." Danny walked over to us, "I'm going to Trish's bachaolette party for a while, the I will be back."
"Take your time." Henry let go of me and walked off to talk to Richard. I smiled at Danny and kissed him.
"Have fun. And tell Sully to share Muffin with the others." I walked out of the bar and walked quickly to the Candlewick. It wasn't too hard to find Trish and the others, seeing as they were very loud.
"Tristan!" Trish said. I smiled at her, "SO they let you go."
"More or less. So what are you drinking?"
"Nothing you'd like. I had them bring up a bottle of rum and coke for you."
"Thank you Trish."
"Tristan, here." Katherine said, throwing a pink jacket at me. I looked at it and pulled it on.
"I know what game you are playing, and I have to go back to work in an hour. So please don't make me drink too much."
"No promises, my friend." Trish lead me to a table where Karena, the local physic sat.
"Hello Karena." I said, sitting down in front of her.
"Brooklyn. You know the drill." I pulled off a thick ring off my middle finger and handed it to her, "Your brother's?" I nodded. She closed her eyes for a few seconds before opening them, "Don't go back to the Cannery tonight. Rhett is prowling the streets looking for you. And you are going to be a very lucky girl tonight." I rolled my eyes.
"I wonder with who?" Chloe said. I threw an ice cube at her.
"You're still connected to fire, and the stars. Shuffle the deck, please." I did and she drew the cards, and began telling me my fortune, "Be careful at night, Rhett is not going to stop hunting you. Stick close you're your friends, they will be the guide you will need. And love is in the air for you. Just be careful with how fast it goes." She flipped another card over and I jumped, "Watch your brother's back. He'll need you." I nodded, knowing the positions of the cards and their meaning. I touched the deck and pulled out The Star.
"This card seems to haunt me." I turned it around to show Karena.
"It means you are a tranquil person. You have no inner conflict and are at peace with your true self." I then pulled a second card from the deck and showed her.
"And this means hopelessness and pessimism. To opposing forces with my soul."
"You are learning."
"I've been reading." I set the card down next to the Eight of Swords, "And this one means confusion and restriction. These four cards appear in every one of my readings. The only one I didn't pull this time was the Tower, which I am grateful for." I leaned back.
"You know how to read cards?" Trish asked.
"Karena taught me last time I was on the island. And I have a deck of my own in my suitcase upstairs."
"Alright, my turn." Trish moved to take my spot. I stood up and walked over to Abby.
"So they guys were having fun when I left. I think I heard mentions of a stripper." I whispered to her.
"Are you going back?" She looked up at me. I shook my saying no.
"If Karena says it's not safe to go, I trust her. She hasn't been wrong yet." I leaned against a table, "I should call Danny and tell him to tell the guys that I'm not going to make it back." I reached in my pocket and pulled my phone out. I dialed Danny's number and waited for him to pick up.
"-Hello Brooklyn.-" Henry said, "-Danny is a little busy fighting with Sully over Muffin, what can I do for you?-"
"I have a bad feeling. I think I'm going to stay here."
"-What are you doing?-"
"Listening to Karena read Trish's tarot cards. And playing this amazing drinking game where if we say your name, we have to take a drink. So far, I think I'm the only one that has managed not to say your name at all."
"-You'll say my name eventually. You have to.-"
"And Jimmy calls Sully a pompous ass."
"-All the more you love me.-"
"I guess so. Well you have fun, tell Danny I said I'm sorry and I will be in the lobby waiting for him. And punch Sully for me. Poor Muffin is going to die with all the love he's been giving her." Henry laughed.
"-Will do, Brooklyn. You have fun.-"
"I will. Bye." He said bye and hung up. I shook my head and watched Trish and Karena. Somewhere long the way, Trish said Henry, so she had to take a drink, closely followed by Shea who was trying to defend her drunk sister.
"Who were you on the phone with?" Beth asked.
"The person who's name I will not say cause I'm the last person in the room who has not said his name." I took a sip of by drink and sat down in a chair behind Karena.
"You'll have to say his name eventually." Trish said.
"That's what he told me. But I have plenty of names I can call him without using he actual name." I smiled at my drunk friends, "And plus, even if I say his name, it's not like I can't hold my liquor better than all of you." I took another drink.
"Your turn Abby." Trish said, calling all attention to Abby.
"I'll pass."
"Come on, it's all in fun." Chloe said.
"If you don't want to give into peer pressure, I'll read your cards if you stop by my room." I offered. Trish glared at me. Abby sighed in defeat and took Trish's seat. She took off her necklace and handed it to Karena.
"It was your mother's." The physic said. Abby nodded. Karena closed her eyes for a second before dropping the necklace and packing her stuff up and running out the door. I arched and eyebrow at her sudden exit, but didn't question it.
"I'm so sorry." Trish said.
"It's okay. I don't really believe in this stuff anyways."
"I know what I do believe in!" Trish said raising her glass.
"Henry!" Her and a bunch of the other girls said. I laughed at them and took a drink with them.
"Well on that note, I'm going to get my deck and see what I can dig up in you know who's future." I said. I stood up and walked to my room. I pulled out a cherry wood deck case and walked back down to the party. I pulled off a necklace of mine and set it on the table in front of me.
"That's Henry's" Trish took a drink, "necklace his uncle brought back form New Zealand."
"And he sent it to me with the wedding invite." I closed my eyes and shuffled the deck. Then slowly I pulled out a two cards. I opened my eyes and looked down at the cards. I dropped the cards and snapped my eyes shut, "That can't be right." I shuffled the deck again and drew the same cards, "The energy in here is weird." I put my cards up and looked at Trish.
"What did they mean?"
"In the order I drew them they mean Henry will betray me to a greater evil, and this will lead to my death." I picked up my drink and took a huge drink, "It must be talking about Danny." I finished my drink and leaned back in my chair.
"I think this is enough for the evening." Trish said, "I'll see you all later." Then she stumbled out of the room and outside. Slowly everyone began to disappear, leaving me alone.
"Hello beautiful." Danny said. I smiled at him and then picked up Henry's necklace. I put it on and stood up, "So how did it go?"
"Lots of fun. Until I pulled two cards regarding me and Henry. It said he will betray me and this betrayal will be my death."
"Sounds like someone is stressed." He picked me up from my chair and lead me to my room. I unlocked the door and let him in. I put my deck away and turned to him. I walked up to him and kissed him lightly.
"Someone needs a wonderful ending to this long night." He smiled at me and wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling me flush against his body.
"I think I can help you with that."
