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The Best Man
Basil swallowed. He was so nervous. As he looked in the mirror, Lee and Cam both looked at him from both sides.
"Okay, it's going to be alright." Lee placed a hand on Basil's shoulder. The nervous look on Basil's face was still there.
"Yeah, it's going to okay!" Lee turned to look at Cam. He started to shake his head to tell Cam to stop talking. He didn't stop. "I mean so what if your grandpa and dad had diabetes, so what if they both died of a heart attack, so what if your grandpa had a broken nose, so what if your dad once broke his leg, so what if your dad had only one kidney and had to be on dialysis, so what if your dad had to have a toe removed, so what if your dad was overweight-"
"Cam, this is why Lee's the best man!" Basil kept looking into the mirror.
"I'm just saying you don't have any health problems, you have both of your kidneys, you're not overweight, you won't die early." Strangely what Cam was saying was helpful. Basil's nerves calmed.
Basil was healthy. He was physically fit. He was not physically handicapped. He was fine.
"Yeah, I've got nothing to worry about." Basil smiled. Unfortunately, the smile vanished as quickly as it had appeared. Basil turned to look at Lee. "What if a bird attacks me?" Lee shook his head. Basil was just being ridiculous.
"We're indoors, Basil, no birds are going to attack you." Basil smiled again. Once again it vanished. He looked at Lee with nervous eyes.
"What if I get tongue tied?"
"I'll put a spoon against your back and say it's a knife." Basil turned his head to look at Cam. The deadpan look on Cam's face caused Basil to stare with humorless eyes. "Just relax!" Basil walked over to a chair and sat down.
"My mind is full or scorpions!" Basil turned his head and looked out a window. There was a cemetery out there. Here Basil was in a place that held funerals and other things. He was so nervous. What if the chandelier was to come falling down? What if a rabid bear was to show up? What if everything was to go completely, horribly, terribly wrong?
Cherie breathed. This was her big day. As she looked in the mirror, Cherie could only feel nervous. She might have had a fear of commitments due to the only example she had failing but she was happy. She knew that theirs wouldn't fail. What she was nervous about was something going wrong.
"What if they lose them?" Cherie looked over at Tina. Tina just smiled at Cherie.
"They won't be lost." Cherie looked back into the mirror.
"What if Basil gets cold feet and runs off?" Basil wasn't one to usually get cold feet but there were times when he. It was rare but it did happen.
"Then Lee will go talk him and calm him down." Tina looked out a window. "Besides I don't think Basil will get cold feet today."
"But if he does what are we going to do until Basil calms down? How are we going to stall for time?"
"Then Brandy will start playing 'Row your Boat' on the piano." Cherie and Tina both laughed. The sheer idea of Brandy playing 'Row your Boat' on the piano was hilarious.
"So who got the chair with three legs?" There was a chair with three legs. Whoever got that seat better have had good balance otherwise Basil and Cherie would have a lawsuit on their hands.
"Peter. He isn't too happy about it either." Again Cherie and Tina laughed. This wasn't really Peter's lucky day.
"How is he feeling about Brandy's piano playing?"
"He became bored after the first song she played."
"I can only wonder if Basil will feel embarrassed about having invited him." Cherie looked at a picture of Basil. "I'm already starting to." Cherie picked up the picture and took a closer look at it. "But I don't think he'll ruin this day for us, attending the university of Outer Mongolia can do wonders for a person." Cherie smiled and put the picture down. "Today is ours, mine and Basil's." She turned to look at Tina. "Nothing can ruin this for us."
"We'll see about that."
"I know nothing can ruin this day for me or him." Cherie walked towards the door. Tina placed a hand on her shoulder and shook her head.
"Just a few more minutes."
