Chapter 6 – A Party to Forget

LILLY

I had to admit, I was still pretty flabbergasted by Butch's actions at the alter, that kiss felt so passionate, but so unwanted at the same time, leaving me confused to this very point in time. However, I wasn't the only one set in a perplexed state of mind, it was practically everyone in the vault. Whilst Christine and Ellen were astonished by his actions, Susie was completely disgusted by Butch and it was very obvious why she was so angry. It wasn't her at the alter kissing Butch and vowing to spend the rest of her life with him.

After the tremendously cringeworthy wedding ceremony, people stuck around to eat, get drunk, get into their regular fights and try to give me words of wisdom, which of course I appreciated. I didn't pay attention to Butch too much, but I didn't want him to get awfully drunk and cause a massive brawl between him and the officers. Alphonse had told me that the security guards and himself would keep a close eye on Butch and his gang of delinquents, to avoid any embarrassment they could cause me, or themselves.

I sat by myself on the table nearest the banquet, to be closest to the food and drinks I would occasionally pick up on. Christine had left to hang out with Paul for a bit, while Ellen had sat down with my father to discuss… something, I guess. So, that left me on my own. This wasn't the wedding I had imagined for myself, but living in a vault meant that you wouldn't get to live a long wanted dream. As I said, that would be almost a miracle. However, I wasn't alone for a long time, no, no, no, Susie Mack decided to give me her words of wisdom.

I grunted as she sat down in front of me, with a horrible smug look on her face – her and Wally do hold some sort of resemblance. I could've never noticed. "You might be married to Butch, but he'll never love you as much as he loves me. Got that?" She spat.

"Of course. It's not like I care." I groaned in reply. Susie gave me a smiled before getting up off the chair and leaving me to myself. There were too many witty comebacks I had for that bimbo, but I couldn't afford to start a brawl with her, which would only level me down to Butch's immaturity level. And for what?

Whilst I sat, carefully thinking to myself. I saw Butch and Wally approach the banquet table, I tried to pay little attention, but their sneering laughs and snickers made my head snap their direction. As I though, Wally pulled out a flask and began pouring out the content into the fruit punch, and no doubt he had the strong shit like vodka or whiskey. He was one of the more wealthy people in this vault, so when the time came, Butch and Paul would look to him for the best alcohol and cigarettes in the vault.

I grumbled before turning back to state at the blank table before I heard Christine's voice taking over the whole area as she scolded Wally and Butch. I could've sworn I heard a few perverted comments thrown her way by Butch, at least Wally had the decency not to say anything inappropriate to his cousin, otherwise I would definitely think Wally is mentally retarded.

Christine took pulled up a seat beside me before sitting down, mumbling some words that were unclear to me. She glanced back Butch and Wally for a few second before finally speaking in an understandable tone. "Those jerks manage to ruin everything, I can't believe them."

"I can. I mean, it's Butch and Wally, what more could you expect?" I scoffed.

"Yeah, you're right. But, don't they ever feel ashamed of the things they do?"

"Maybe. But they hate me, remember? They'll never feel any shame when they ruin something for me."

AUTHOR

As manipulative and persuasive Susie was, she had managed to get Butch out of the party – although she didn't have to persuade him in any way. Butch wasn't going to turn his back on Susie, despite their current situation and how much trouble their promiscuous behavior could get them into.

The two stood outside the cafeteria, making out for the past ten minutes, not wary of their surroundings and the people who could stumble across their 'unacceptable' behavior. Susie was persuasive and very manipulative, while Butch was aggressive and violent, so getting someone off their backs wasn't going to be difficult, as long as they were the same age as them.

Susie hastily pushed Butch away before opening her mouth to speak, and not to do the many things she did with her mouth. "I hope you never fall in love with that spaz, and you remember me all day, every day."

"Aw. You worry? I don't know why, but I guess you have your reasons." Butch let out a laugh. He vowed to himself that Lilly wouldn't be the love of his life, despite how much he thought about her, despite the fact that today, out of all the others, he saw how beautiful Lilly truly was and how he was as blind the whole time.

"Well, yeah. I mean, she doesn't look like shit today, does she? She looks..." Susie flustered, glancing around the hallway as if looking for words to describe Lilly. "Decent."

"Yeah, she looks decent today. Who said she'll try to look decent any other days aside today?" Butch inquired.

"I guess you're right. Should we go somewhere more private? I mean… that party blows, and I think you and I could have a little more fun." Susie offered, entangling her fingers with Butch's as she glared up at him with her puppy eyes.

"You realize how much trouble we'll get in, right?"

"Butch, you don't actually care, do you?" Susie scoffed.

"Pfft. No. Let's go then."

As Butch and Susie turned the corner, hand in hand. Amata left the spot she had been basically guarding during the whole charade, she knew where she stood with Lilly and how their relationship had been doing for the past few weeks, but Amata felt the need to tell Lilly about this. However, instead of doing what'll cause less trouble, Princess 101 went to her father instead. She knew that Butch wasn't allowed to do anything out of line, but if he did, it'd be Lilly who'd suffer as well. For every bad thing Butch and Lilly did, an extra day was added to their 'honeymoon'. Which was already going to be unpleasant enough, they just didn't know that yet.

As soon as Alphonse was informed about Butch and Susie's promiscuous behavior, he had sent his guards to search for them, with the exception of Stevie as the last thing he wanted was a family drama to break out in the middle of a wedding, although drama was going to break out. Alphonse may have never like James and Lilly, he still felt a certain sympathy for the young woman, that was exactly why he had ordered the guards to keep a closer eye on Butch when they wed, especially after hearing what Butch had to say to Lilly and him forcing himself on her. Alphonse didn't want a child to be conceived by physical force in this vault, it'd be shameful.

The party was over sooner than it was meant to be due to Butch's inappropriate behavior, Alphonse wanted to send the two 'lovebirds' to spend extra time together, or that was what he said when he shut the whole party down. Not many people did complain though, many were quite relieved to be able to go home after a tedious wedding ceremony that dragged on way too long. Lilly went to her father for guidance, she wasn't looking forward to the end of the wedding because she was now to live with Butch.

Alphonse led the four down to the newlyweds' apartment, where Ellen and James would eventually say their farewells and warn Butch about the consequences his abusive actions could lead to, so for his, and everyone else's, sake he shouldn't do something he'd regret later on. Lilly felt her heart shatter into a million little pieces the moment the two were left alone, and despite the fact that Butch hadn't said a word to her, his very presence had terrified the girl. His words would constantly ring in her ears, reminding her that Butch would never love her the way a husband should love his wife.

The fact that this wedding was in a vault, there wasn't any wedding gifts apart from an extra room for newlyweds – a nursery. Yes, Christine and their parents had given them gifts, but in everyone else's eyes, turning up was a gift itself.

Lilly felt herself get more nauseous by the second as she glared into the empty nursery, once again, Butch's words taunted her and her very soul. It scared her even more because she was completely vulnerable to him – he was stronger, faster and they were completely alone, shut out from the rest of the vault. Who would she run to?

"Nosebleed, why'd you keep staring into that fucking room? It's gettin' creepy." Butch inquired, lighting up a cigarette before putting the death stick between his lips.

Lilly glanced at him for a slit second before averting her eyes away, afraid of his very sight. "Did you mean what you said? You know, when you said you'll force yourself on me when no one's there to stop you?" Lilly asked, very meekly.

Butch scoffed, mockingly. "What, you think I'd fuck you? No, thanks." He glared at Lilly, who was still standing as still as a statue, as if she was frozen in that very place. "Look, I'm a jerk towards you, but I ain't gonna rape you or some shit. When the time comes, we'll do whatever the fuck we have to do. Stop fussin'."

"How can I believe that? When, not long ago you were stuffing me into lockers, punching me straight in the face, pushing me down to the ground and let's no forget how you almost pushed me down the stairs. How can I believe you?" Lilly questioned, blinded by the tears in her eyes.

"Well, for one, if I actually would've wanted to rape you, I would've by now. Two, I ain't that big of an asshole. And three, it's different now - I'm not just your childhood bully, I'm your husband. Remember that, nosebleed." Butch explained. Before another words flew out of their mouths, Lilly stumbled over to the couch, where she took a seat and began wiping the tears off her cheeks. Was what he was saying true? Was he willing to give her a chance?

"It's nice to hear you say that without you pushing me against a wall, and pointing a knife at my throat." Lilly spoke, meekly. Butch immediately sighed as he remembered what had caused her to be this petrified in the first place, and it hit him like a thousand knifes.

"I was pissed. What could you expect from me? I didn't mean what I said, apart from the 'I don't love you' part."

"Thanks, you made my day so much better." Lilly sneered, looking at him from her tissue. Butch was left speechless, not really understanding where Lilly's attitude had all the sudden come from. She wasn't normally rude, nor did she ever raise her voice at others, especially Butch. Yes, she had stuck up for Amata before and yelled at Butch and his group of delinquents, but that was the only time she really did yell at someone.

LILLY

A few hours had passed since we were locked in our apartment together, and Butch was already driving me insane – his loud chewing when he ate food, his constant blabbing about what a jerk the overseer was, the amount of alcohol he managed to drink in only two hours, his loud rummaging through the box of his things, basically everything. I was vulnerable and couldn't say anything, I was too scared and too nervous.

Alphonse came to speak to us about our sleeping arrangements and how our bed had some special alarm attached to it, so if we weren't in bed together for more than two hours after nine, it would be set off and would turn off until the sensors detect the both of us. It was complete crap, this was like dictatorship and none of us a say in this. Butch was already pissed off enough, so when Alphonse had informed us about the sleeping arrangement, he almost killed someone with his violent outburst.

When evening came, I wanted to prepare myself for bed. However, I still had my dress on and I was still suffering inside, I also couldn't reach the zip. I couldn't ask Butch, he's just laugh and call me fat or something like that. That was in his nature. I attempted to reach for the zip, moving my fingers up to the zip, but instead I just let out a groan.

"Come here." Butch ordered. I huffed before walking towards him, he grabbed my arms and turned me around, pulling my zip down quickly. A very awkward silence followed by as I could only assume, Butch was staring at me. I quickly turned around to look at him before thanking him. "See, I ain't that bad. I can be helpful."

"Yes, when you're gonna get something out of it."

I smiled before walking into the bathroom, where I had prepared myself for bed. Knowing Butch would take forever in the bathroom, I had taken it upon myself to go first. The last thing I wanted to do was sleep in the same bed as Butch, but I didn't have a choice. I could've slept on the couch, but that would set off an alarm the whole block could hear, that wouldn't be a good start to an unwanted marriage.

I climbed into the quite serene bed with a huff, but I couldn't complain too much as the bed was actually very cozy and it made me feel soothed for some moments. I grabbed the book off my nightstand before slipping on my reading glasses, I began memorizing each and every word written on the pages. The composed serenity of the room was very relaxing and calming, I felt relaxed for the first time in so long. So very long.

However, my peace was crushed the moment Butch stomped into the bedroom. I must've spaced out while I was reading, but Butch was already changed and ready to hit the hay. I felt the mattress shift slightly as she climbed into bed, grunting to himself as he began fixing his pillows up. I glanced at him quickly before looking back at my book.

"Nerd." I heard him slightly scoff. I let out an exasperated sigh as I glared at him. I honestly thought that he was done with insulting me for being me, but who was I kidding?

"Excuse me? I'm trying to read a book, why has that got to be a problem?" I asked. Once again, Butch scoffed as he put his head down on the pillow, turning away to face the wall.

"Turn the fucking light off, I wanna sleep." Butch growled, growing more irritated by the moment. I obeyed, silently muttering to myself as I did so.

"So, about what you said -"

"Can it, nosebleed. Some people are tryin' to sleep here."

I canned it.

Despite my best efforts to make myself a little more likable for Butch, I found it difficult to try and change myself tor someone I didn't love. But what would I do? I couldn't live my life letting Butch have the satisfaction of making my life a living hell, a life I didn't want to live anymore. Night by night, I prayed that I'd see the light, I prayed that the Lord would take my soul. I was already dead inside for many years, all those years of being bullied, stuffed into lockers, pushed around, beat to the ground, and it all led to this.

I was laying in the same bed as my childhood bully.

Author's Note – So I know this update took a little while, but I still got it out to you guys and I hope it was good. Massive thanks to all of the support I've gotten, and also thanks to LillaLu for helping me with this story;

However, I will not be able to update so frequently because of school and exams, when I come back from school I do usually have spare time, so that's when I write. But with the exams coming up it may be a bit more difficult to fit that in as well.

I promise I'll try though. Thanks again for all of you support, guys!

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