Chapter 21: Let's Do This

Sammy's POV

"Are you guys going on a honeymoon?"

I looked up from my cereal with a blank look at Alex across from me on the bar stool. "I dunno." I poured milk into my bowl.

He grinned. "Want some help buying slutty clothes?"

"I don't even think lingerie counts as clothing." Capping the milk, I shook my head. "You know, I don't really understand the point in that stuff," I said as I put the milk back in the fridge.

"Why not?" Alex tilted his head to the left a little.

"It's just gonna get torn off anyways."

"Whoa, whoa," he chuckled, "I don't know about torn...though, I don't know how Jack..." he made air quotes, "'is', but I am a guy who has known Jack since high school, so I would be a good person to ask for help." He paused and squinted his eyes in thought. "That being said, it is Jack, and he'll get turned on by anything..."

Now there are several things I can say to this. 1) I can say something about him just wanting to see me in lingerie, 2) I can accept his help that I don't know if I'll need, or 3) I can add to my reasoning.

I decided to go with number three. "Let me ask you this," I started. "Wouldn't you rather see a girl naked anyways?"

He thought, hesitating. "Most of the time."

"I rest my case." I took a bite of cereal.

"It's really cool that you trust me enough to talk about this kinda thing with me. I admire that." Alex smiled.

I half smiled. "And I admire that you don't feel awkward when I'm blunt with you."

"That's friendship." We high-fived. "Where is Jack?" Alex asked.

"Sleeping," I said through a bite of cereal.

"Can I ask you two questions?"

"There's one."

"What?"

"Op, there's two. Looks like you can't." I smirked at a now shocked looking Alex.

"Wha- What did you jus- Whoa!" He blinked. "Mindfuck."

I laughed. "What was your questions?"

He shook his head, composing his thoughts. "Well, first one was are you excited?"

"Mmhmm," I nodded, failing at preventing my smile, "of course I am. Question two?"

"Who's your bridesmaids?"

"Kaylee's the maid of honor, the flower girl is their little cousin Stephanie, Cassadee, Katie, and Aria are the bridesmaids," I listed. "You're the best man," I said.

He smiled. "I am." I felt my phone vibrate in my pocket. Alex looked at me quizzically.

"See, you're thinking something dirty, but that was my cell phone." I smirked, reading my text message.

"Oh. You had me confused for a moment."

I looked up at Alex. "I gotta go wake up Jack."

"Can I come with you?"

I shrugged. "I suppose."

I walked around the counter, Alex getting down from the stool as I did so. He started following me back to Jack's room. "Wait, wait," Alex said once we got to the door. I looked at him. "What if he's, like, naked, or something?"

"Are you asking discreetly if we did it last night?" I crossed my arms.

"What?" He shook his head. "No, Sammy. But that would be a good reason why he'd be naked."

"Come on." I rolled my eyes, opening the door to find a sound asleep Jack laying down on his stomach.

"You wake him up. I don't wanna get yelled at," Alex whispered.

I walked over to the bed and sat down next to Jack. Alex stayed by the door. "Jack. Jaaaack." I shook his shoulder. "Jaaack," I sang, shaking his shoulder again.

He groaned a bit and mumbled, "Mmm, Sammy?"

"You need to wake up, babe."

"I don't..." he trailed off and started breathing steadily again, telling me he was back to sleep.

I sighed and looked at Alex, who shrugged. Shifting my gaze back to Jack, I shook his shoulder again. When I got nothing, I kissed him. Still nothing. "Is he dreaming about you, or something? Because I feel like if I would've gotten kissed while asleep, I'd wake up," Alex said.

I shrugged. "I don't know what to do."

Just then Jack rolled over onto his side. "I'm gonna go eat something," Alex said before turning and walking back to the kitchen.

I laid down next to Jack and began kissing his neck. This always wakes him up. He stirred and breathed in deeply, telling me he was waking up. When his arms wrapped around me, I stopped kissing him. "You make it hard to think clearly," he said, kissing my forehead.

I smirked. "You need to wake up. It's ten and Aria is coming to get me."

"Sorry, I can't allow that due to the fact that I need you here for something."

I gave him a confused look. "What is that?"

He pressed his lips to mine in a kiss that had a bit of an edge to it. When he started pulling up my shirt, it clicked in my head. I stopped his hand and broke the kiss. "Alex is here."

He pouted. "So?" Then his face relaxed. "Never mind, I understand where you're coming from. Besides, we can do that tonight." He kissed my nose then winked at me.

Shaking my head while smiling a little, I curled into him, almost as a reflex. "Pervert."

"You love it, baby."

"I know."

"Hey, I probably should've asked this a long time ago, but are we going on a honeymoon?"

I shrugged a little. "I dunno. Do you want to?"

He shrugged also, but said, "Honestly?"

"Yes, please."

"Yeah. I guess it'd be kinda cool, wouldn't it?" Jack shrugged again. "I dunno. We can figure that out later. We don't have to go right after the wedding."

"True," I agreed right before Alex called from somewhere throughout the house.

"Are you guys fucking each other?"

Jack and I chuckled together and he called back, "No. I'm getting up!"

"Okay then! I just wanted to know if I needed to put in ear buds and blare the music."

Jack let go of me and slowly sat up. I followed suit, standing up with him. "Do you need to get dressed?" he asked.

I shook my head. "I'm gonna have to change into my dress...so, I wasn't going to."

"That's cool," he yawned.

I am going to freak the fuck out from the nerves in my stomach right now.

The Wedding

Cassadee was currently putting some light make-up on me. She got me white earrings to match my dress and even got me white studs for my lip rings. My dress wasn't your typical wedding dress. It went just past my knees, was only sort of poofy, and had a ribbon under the bust line that tied in the back. There was two straps that tied around my neck to keep it up as well, and was glittery...very glittery.

"And...done!" Cassadee said. "It's dress time."

My hair was mostly straight, a few curls here and there, and it was a fight to get it that way. My compromise was wearing make-up. It was a fight to get the short dress, too. That compromise was four inch heels. But I'm changing into flats at the reception whether people protest or not. I don't want my feet to despise me by the end of today.

The bridesmaids dresses were red, went just past the knees as well, and had a flower on the waist. They were strapless, too The skirt was flowy, like mine, and all of the girls pulled it off well.

Once I changed into my dress, Aria zipped it up and tied where things needed to be tied. I let my hair fall to my shoulders and turned around to face her. She stared at me a moment then said, "Dude, I'd be all over you right now if I was a lesbian." She crossed her arms and smirked.

Katie walked up and stood next to her. "Damn. If I looked half as good as you right now, I could walk on the red carpet and get noticed despite not being famous."

"Nice comparison," Kaylee said with a smirk. "You look hot, Sam." She smiled.

I took a deep, shaky breath and there was a knock on the door before I could reply. "Boobies or not, I'm coming in," Alex said, cracking the door before opening it completely. "Well, don't you ladies in red look stunning?" He smiled and the girls stepped aside for me. He cocked his head to the side. "You guys sure this is Sammy?" He walked over to me. "It looks like Sam," he sniffed my hair, "smells like Sam."

"Yes, Alex, it's me."

"And, talks like Sam." He smiled and hugged me. "You look good, sister- in-law."

"You, too, Gaskank," I said, hugging him back. He was wearing a suit with a blue tie. He let me go and I took another shaky, deep breath. "You wouldn't happen to have a shot of whiskey, or Jaeger, or tequila, or vodka, or something would you?"

"Noooo, but I can get you one."

"Mmhmm," I said, my voice going almost three octaves higher, and nodded. "Please."

Alex grinned. "Sam, calm down. You'll be fine. Jeez, I figured Jack would be the nervous one."

"Alex, just get me something before I back out of this."

"On it." He walked out of the room, only to be replaced by Kyle.

"Jesus Christ, you guys look awesome." He kissed Katie's cheek and I looked at him.

"Jack okay?"

"Yes. He's got a grin on his face so big I think it will break his jaw if he's not careful."

"Not on the wedding day," Cassadee said. She was all about making this perfect.

Alex came back with four shot glasses in his hands. "So, since I remembered you were a partier, I figured one shot of whiskey wouldn't work. How's two?"

"Smart dude," Kyle mumbled.

I took both shots then hugged Alex. "Thank you."

"No problem," he said before downing his two shots. I internally rolled my eyes. Any chance Alex gets to drink.

"And Jack's not having a break down?" Cassadee asked, an eyebrow raised.

Alex shook his head. "Who knew, right? He's grinning like a fool, though."

"That's what Kyle said," Kaylee threw in, pointing to Kyle.

"Okay, so," Cassadee started. "It's me and Rian, Aiden and Aria, Kyle and Katie, Zack's walking Kaylee, your guys' little cousin," she pointed to Kaylee and Kyle, "then Sam and your guys' dad, right?"

"I believe so," I said.

"Alright then. You ready?"

I nodded, hoping I sounded more convincing than I really was. "Let's do this."

Ten minutes later, I was about to walk down the aisle. I took Aiden, Kyle, and Kaylee's dad, Rick's, arm and waited as Little Stephanie threw flowers down the aisle. I didn't have a veil, so I would have a clear view of everything. My breath was shaking and caught in my throat more than once. This was it.

There are things you wish for before big moments. I wish more than anything my parents and sister were here. I wish I didn't fuck over so many people. And I wish someone could tell me I wasn't losing my mind for marrying at age twenty, and that my real family could tell me, "Hey, despite everything that happened, I'm proud of you."

I took another deep breath, pissed off that those thoughts popped into my mind now. Just when I was almost going to cry, Rick nudged me. "Hey."

I looked up at him. "Yeah?"

"I don't know if I can really tell you this, but I see you as one of my own children," he whispered. "Samantha Carter, I'm proud of you for never giving up on anything and holding on this far, for pushing through all of the hard times you went through. You got a hard head and can handle anything. And someday, you'll be doing this for your kids and you'll tell them the same thing, but, hopefully, for different reasons behind it."

I was totally taken aback and tears formed in my eyes. It wasn't my parents, but it was the next best thing to it. I hugged him, blinking back the tears and took his arm again after stepping back. "Thank you so much."

"It's nothing. Now let's do this mother."

I was having trouble stifling a laugh, but calmed down once the wedding march played, people stood up, and I started walking down the aisle, cursing myself and former partier ways because the whiskey shots didn't work.

Then I saw the look on Jack's face. When his eyes met mine, all feeling of nerves left and I knew I really wanted this. I smiled a little and he grinned in return. I got to the head of the aisle and stood in front of Jack. No turning back now, I thought. And I was completely okay with that.

The rings were put on our fingers and it was down to the considerably most important part. The words came easy and I smiled as I said them. "I do."

"Then by the power vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."

Jack dropped my hands that were in his and took my face in his hands, planting a sweet and gentle kiss on my lips that left me wanting more. I was twenty years old, almost twenty-one, and married.

Holy crap.

When we broke the kiss we were both smiling and Jack took my hand, lacing his fingers through my own. I looked around and saw Cindy bawling her eyes out, the bridesmaids grinning, Jack's mom crying, Alex smirking, and Rian and Zack high-fived. Mike, Patrick, and Alex L all had grins on their faces. I looked up at Jack to see him smiling down at me. He kissed my temple and then we walked down the aisle.

Holy fucking crap, I'm married.