Sorry peeps, I know some of that last chapter wasnt my best work, will try to do better. Hope you are still enjoying this. E ;) xx.
Chapter 16:
The next few days leading up to the wedding were a hive of activity, clothes being collected from shops, the final touches being made to the seating at the reception, and all of the other million little jobs that go into making one big occasion. Luc began to wonder what all the fuss was about, its only a small wedding he kept telling people. Eddie kept having to remind him that small weddings have all of the same parts as a big wedding but still have the same amount of parts all the same. Lucas looked on in awe at all the frenzied activities that were going on and you knew by the look on his face that he was glad he wasnt able to walk and talk as otherwise we would have gotten a job to do. As it was he was going to be bringing up the rings at the start of the ceremony with Sasha the best man.
The hen night and stag night had been the night before this so some of the people involved were suffering from hangovers today and didn't appreciate a sober Eddie barking orders at them. Not surprisingly, the bride and groom were the most sober of the lot as Eddie couldnt drink as she was pregnant and Luc just didnt drink anyway. Chantelle and Liam made up for the fact that the bride and groom didnt drink and were suffering for it today. Finally, at about 8 pm on the eve of the wedding all of the preparations were done, there was nothing more to do today. Luc and Eddie left the reception hall with Jane and Liam and returned to their flat. Luc was only going back to collect his bags for the wedding day as he was going over to stay with Sacha and Chrissie the night before the wedding as tradition and Jane had dictated. He was in the bedroom with Eddie packing his bags for the wedding day.
"Remember to bring some spare socks, your ties, and the rings" encouraged Eddie.
"You're loving this aren't you?" replied Luc.
"Whatever do you mean?" replied Eddie.
"I can see that glint in your eye you used to have when we worked together on AAU and we were manic busy. Being manic busy is you favourite sate to be in isn't it?" he replied laughing. "It's a good job I like my women bossy or we'd never be getting married tomorrow" he continued with a smirk.
"Oi, I am Not bossy! Take that back!" she exclaimed coming towards Luc ready for a fight.
"Oh, yes you are but you're my bossy woman!" exclaimed Luc while pulling her towards him and kissing her passionately. They soon pulled away from each other slightly and stood there arms wrapped around each other gazing into one another's eyes. A doubt crept into Eddie's mind. "Are you sure you want to marry me tomorrow? We can just go on as we are you know, I dont mind" she said.
"Eddie, I've never been more sure of anything in my life. I want to be able to call you my wife. It's about time I grew up and became committed to someone and something instead of dodging any sort of commitment like I have done in the past. Unfortunately, from tomorrow you'll be stuck with me" he continued with a smirk.
"Are you sure? I mean, most people who have met me would probably think that anyone who wants to marry me should be committed alright, committed to an insane asylum!" she exclaimed.
"Funny, people say that about me too!" exclaimed Luc with a big grin. "I guess that means we're meant to be. Just call us Mr and Mrs Adams, dum-da-da-dum, click click" he continued laughing.
Eddie giggled. "My husband-to-be is insane. I wonder how long after the wedding I have to wait to have him committed?" she asked. Luc pulled her close again and gave her a lingering kiss. "I guess its time for me to leave, I'm all packed for tomorrow. The next time we are together it will be for the ceremony. Will you be ok?" he asked seriously.
"I guess I can survive without you until about 3pm tomorrow afternoon" she replied sadly. "One last kiss as my boyfriend?" she asked. They had one long last lingering kiss as boyfriend and girlfriend. Luc went over to Lucas who was in his cot. "Goodnight, my little man, see you tomorrow" he said and kissed him on the forehead. He grabbed Eddie's hand on the way out of the room with his bag and squeezed her fingers. "See you tomorrow. I love you" he said before walking out the door.
Eddie collapsed onto the bed, tears of joy, relief, and sadness mixed together pouring down her face. Why did she still think when he left that he might not come back?
Chapter 17:
It was the wedding day and just after 1.30pm in the afternoon when Luc left Sacha and Chrissie's house to head for the hospital. All of the excitement and noise in the house had become too much for him. Luc had decided to head to his lab in the hospital to check on the last of his experiments before the wedding and to give his head a rest. The closer he got to the hospital, the more people stopped him to congratulate him and wish him good luck. The Holby City grapevine really was strong and powerful he thought to himself. The more good wishes he got the more anxious he felt. Finally, he got to his lab and was able to check on his expriments but the anxiety stayed with him. When he was finished with the experiments, he decided to head to the roof for one last breather.
Climbing the stairs, he met more people who congratulated him. The anxiety built. He opened the roof door and a blast of cold air hit his face. He began to relax slightly. Suddenly, something large moved over to his right. He looked over to see a man in a hospital gown, dressing gown, and slippers standing leaning over the edge of the roof wall about to throw himself off the building. "Stop, dont do it" Luc cried. The man turned around with a start, obviously unaware that there was anyone else on the roof. "Why shouldn't I?" asked the man.
"Well, if you fall at that exact spot where you are you will land on someone's car and that will mean a long, drawn out agonising death. But if you move about 2 foot to your right you will land on solid concrete which at this height will mean instant death" replied Luc calmly.
"That's disgusting. What kind of mind thinks like that? You're evil" replied the man disgusted.
"I'm not evil. I'm a trauma surgeon and I've seen alot of people from every walk of life try to kill themselves, get it wrong, and just cause themselves months and months of agony." replied Luc matter-of-factly.
Both men were silent for what seemed to be ages as they considered what the other had said and what to say next. Eventually Luc cried out "What's your name?" to the man.
"My name's John" the other man replied reluctantly.
"And why are you here John? I mean other than to you-know" asked Luc.
"I was brought in with pains in my stomach this morning and they found cancer, alot of it" replied John.
"I'm sorry to hear that John" replied Luc in a heartfelt tone.
"If you think that's bad, my wife who I thought was the love of my life decided to run off with my best friend last night too, said she couldnt put up with another year of my miserable face!" exclaimed John. "The funny thing is, the bloke she ran off with is urglier than me!" continued John laughing.
Luc didn't know whether to laugh at this or not. He wished Sacha or Eddie was up here with him, one of them would know what to do. They'd know how to talk to John and get him to come back from the edge. Luc formed a plan, he got out his mobile phone and texted the words "Roof, help now" to Sacha who he knew would be coming to the hospital shortly to pick him up.
John had gone quiet but as Luc inched closer he could hear low sobs coming from him. "John, talk to me. Tell me what happened with your wife? I'm supposed to be getting married today. Do you have any advice for me?" asked Luc thinking that this might distract John.
"Yeah, dont do it. Run as far away as you can" replied John.
"The thing is I did that already and she ended up nearly destroying herself" replied Luc honestly. "When I came back I tried to help her and I did for a while but then she left me to get herself cleaned up. That nearly destroyed me. The only thing that pulled me through was our son" continued Luc.
"Then she came back to me too and we started living together and were happy. But today, our wedding day, I had to come up here for some space because everyone wishing me good luck around the hospital was making me anxious, I couldn't breathe" said Luc.
"It sounds to me like you need to stop listening to other people and decide for yourself what you want" replied John.
"But I want her. I couldn't lose her again, I need her." said Luc puzzled.
"Yes, but do you actually need her to be your wife? It sounds to me like you are happy the way you are. Getting married is just a piece of paper these days. It's being committed to each other that counts not whats on a piece of paper" replied John wisely. "Take it from me, I thought I was married faithfully until I found out my wife was shagging my best friend, the piece of paper didn't stop her cheating on me, didnt keep her committed to me" continued John.
"Why would you need it?" he asked Luc.
"I guess you're right. We do have a beautiful son together and another baby on the way. How much more committed to her does she need me to be? We can always make it official some day, it doesnt have to be today." replied Luc.
John went quiet for a few minutes while Luc thought about what he said. Eventually, John climbed down off the side of the wall and got back down on the roof. He walked over to Luc.
"Thank you mate, you made me realise what's important. I have a beautiful grandson that I never get to see because my wife stopped me seeing him. She didnt approve of my daughter's boyfriend and threw her out when she was pregnant so I've never seen him. Now there's nothing stopping me seeing them is there. My daughter always let me know where she was secretly" replied John with a smile.
"What about the cancer?" asked Luc.
"I'll fight it as long as I can for my grandson's sake" replied John.
"I'll have a look at your chart when we get down and see if I can recommend a good oncologist for your type of cancer, its the least I can do" replied Luc.
"Thanks mate" replied John. "But dont you have somewhere to be?" asked John.
"Luc, there you are. I've been looking all over for you" shouted Sacha coming out of the roof door. "Hurry we're already late" he continued hurrying Luc along.
Chapter 18:
Luc and Sacha hurried to the wedding venue but were about 30 mins late. They were greeted by Jane and Chrissie who were angry. They made their apologies and explained that Luc was talking down a suicidal man on the roof of the hospital. "Where's Eddie? I need to speak to her" asked Luc anxioulsy.
"She's in the side room here beside me and she wants to talk to you" replied Chantelle coming out of the room. Luc walked in.
"Where were you? I thought you'd ran away again. They couldn't find you" Eddie cried tears streaming down her face.
"I'm sorry sweetheart, I got stuck on the roof with a suicidal man. I had to keep him calm and talking until Sacha found us" explained Luc pulling her close.
"what happened? Is he ok?" she asked.
"Yes, he's fine. We talked about a few things and he realised he had a reason to live after all, his grandson" Luc explained.
"Oh, thank god!" Eddie exclaimed.
"Eddie, there's something else I need to speak to you about" said Luc.
"Yes me too" replied Eddie anxiously. "You first" she continued.
"No, ladies first" replied Luc.
"Luc, sweetheart. I dont want to get married today" she said shyly.
"Oh thank god for that, neither do I" replied Luc relieved.
"We're not breaking up, just not getting married right?" asked Eddie.
"Yes, of course sweetheart" replied Luc. Luc lifted her up off the ground in one swoop and kissed her passionately.
After a few minutes of kissing they came up for air. "What'll we tell the guests?" Eddie asked.
"We'll just have to tell them that the wedding has been postponed until some future date but the leaving party is still on and we are still together and one big family. And I supposed we can tell them about junior here too" he said while patting Eddie's stomach.
"Sounds like a plan. My mother's not going to like this, we'll be expelled from church!" Eddie exclaimed.
"Oh, well" replied Luc.
"By the way Miss KcKee, you look beautiful today" said Luc.
"You look very handsome yourself Mr Hemingway" Eddie said before giving her not-husband a lingering kiss on the lips.
"Lets go have some fun, the first dance is mine!" she exclaimed pulling Luc out the door behind her.