Edd waited a couple of songs before he'd built up the nerve to dance. Judging by the song, it was older than the previous selection; about a man watching his lover sleep talk. To him, it was a tad creepy, but it was better than the relatively recent music that had played earlier.

He followed Matthew's lead as they danced to the music, stumbling a bit as he tried to keep up with the man in his drunken stupor. He at least managed to avoid stepping on Matthew's feet somehow, but he couldn't help but notice that it was basically the awkwardness of his junior high dances all over again. He could briefly make out the figures of Seth and Nancy dancing beside them. Nancy whispering in Seth's ear that she got something to tell him after the wedding. That, however, didn't hold his attention for long.

Suddenly Edd caught a whiff of Matthew's cologne, which made him dizzy. It smelled spicy with a hint of mint. Matthew leaned a little closer.

"You're my Nancy Spungen, Princess, and I'm your Sid Vicious," he whispered.

Edd had no idea of the 70s punk scene or who Nancy Spungen was. The fact that Sid and Nancy were a sad tragic case of codependency and domestic violence probably flew past Edd's young head. Not that Matthew cared about that. Edd was eating his words up. His little princess. Oh how he wanted to grind into Edd and dry hump him right there on the dance floor.

It was a delicious torture.

He glanced next to him to see Seth dancing with his redheaded wife and finally noticed their attire. Seth wore a studded jacket over a formal green button-up shirt. He also wore traditional black trousers and motorcycle boots. Nancy was wearing an emerald green, thigh-length dress with a black leather girdle over it. She adorned her arms and neck with black gothic accessories. He could even hear her black leather pumps tapping on the cement as they danced. Smugly, Matthew decided to throw a comment at her about how she looked like a leprechaun and she flipped him the bird in response.

He then focused his attention back on his little princess, only to find that his face was almost close enough to kiss. He leaned in and dipped his head down to capture Edd's lips against his own. Edd's eyes widened, but then relaxed a moment later.

Suddenly there was a sound of shock from someone in the crowd, followed by murmurs all around them, expressing shock and distaste through hissing like vicious snakes. Edd hid his head under his sock hat to avoid the crowd's stare. Matthew just gave a cocky grin and shrugged nonchalantly.

Seth got in front of them and stretched his arms out.

"Move along people, nothing to see here! Enjoy the rest of the wedding!" He then turned to Nancy, "I'll go find Raven and Hien and you can start the car. Mom came with Cynthia, so I don't have to worry about driving her home, but I'm going to have to drive these two. They're in no condition to be behind the wheel." Seth then gave his wife directions to Edd's and Matthew's house. "I'll meet you there and then we can go home."

Edd and Matthew followed Seth while the twenty-eight year old said his goodbyes to Hien and his own mother. He exchanged numbers with Hien and even hugged him as if they had always known each other. After that, Seth gave his mother a farewell kiss on the cheek and promised to call her in a couple of days.

While all of this was going on, Edd found Ed and gave him a farewell hug. Thankfully Ed didn't see the kiss between him and Matthew. The big lug replied how the hug made him feel all toasty inside like hugging a chicken. After the two Eds parted, Edd left to find his way back to Matthew and Seth.

Seth, meanwhile had located his daughter with a stray, scraggly Himalayan kitten that looked old enough to be weaned from its mother.

"C'mon Raven, put the cat down. It's time for us to leave, sweetie."

"But this kittie doesn't have a home!" Raven protested, holding said kitten up a little, "It needs a home where it can be loved. Can I keep her, Daddy? Please?"

"We already have an animal at the house," Seth insisted, "Did you forget we have a beardie at home?"

"Thor is your pet!" Raven replied as she stuck out her lower lip. "I want a kitty — this kitty. Please, Daddy, please. I'll take good care of it. I'll brush it and feed it. Please Daddy!"

"Alright fine," Seth relented, hoping to just get on with it, "You can keep it on the condition that you feed and water it everyday and clean its litter box. Also, you can put the cat in the pet carrier in the back of the car that we use to take Thor to the vet. When we get to the house, you can get it out of the pet carrier and let it roam around a bit. But it stays in the carrier for the drive — got it?"

"Yes! Thank you, Daddy!" Raven replied eagerly.

Once their group met up with Nancy, Raven and the Himalayan kitten got in the minivan with her mom, and Edd and Matthew stumbled into Edd's car with Seth. Seth managed to grab his black leather CD case from the minivan and stowed it in Edd's car before taking off.

After driving for a short while, Seth pointed out a gas station in a bad neighborhood in Peach Creek to Matthew; "Never use the bathroom in that piece of shit gas station. Last time I was there, there were syringes near the urinal." Seth shuddered. "Almost made me want to shoot up again, but I managed to suppress it."

"What did you do about it?" Matthew asked.

"I brought it up to the manager," Seth retorted. Matthew snorted at that, which drove Seth to snap back; "Hey, it's not like I'm Lucas, who complains to managers when the wind blows the wrong way! Stuff like that is dangerous, especially when there are neighborhood kids that visit that place to get pop and snacks. But you know what that fucking manager did? Blow me off. The fucker's probably been letting junkies shoot up in the bathrooms. Fuck that place!"

"Shoulda called the health department," Matthew suggested.

Seth reached for his CD case and popped a CD into the player.

"I did, but I'm not sure what happened," he explained, "I just don't get it. To keep up with health standards, tattoo parlors like mine need to have a restroom with a working toilet and a sink. The restroom in my parlor needs to stay clean or I could lose my business, so a few times a day me or one of the two guys working under me needs to clean the bathroom. If there was something like used syringes lying around, I'd dispose of 'em straight away. Apparently this guy can't be fucked to do that."

"Some businesses don't give a shit," Matthew grimaced when he heard the music coming from the car's speakers, "Jesus Christ, Seth. That Goth shit you listen to is especially depressing right now. S'the kind of shit people kill themselves to."

"It takes more than music to make someone want to commit suicide." Seth stated morosely, not shutting off the music.

Matthew's eyes narrowed suspiciously at Seth, before falling uncharacteristically quiet throughout the remainder of the trip home.

When they reached the house, they waited in the car for Nancy and Raven to arrive. After about three minutes, the minivan pulled up in Edd's driveway.

Seth, Matthew, and Edd stepped out of the car and, moments later, Nancy and Raven got out of the minivan. Edd stumbled into the house wordlessly, most likely too drunk to even speak.

Seth kissed Nancy on the mouth and went over to the minivan to return his CD case. Shutting the door of the minivan, Seth walked over to his wife.

"So, what did you need to tell me?" Seth asked, "What had to wait until after the wedding?"

"Do you remember when you went out with your friends?" she asked in return.

"Yeah?" Seth replied, his tone a bit suspicious.

"Well, I noticed that my period was late that day and took two tests," Nancy explained, fidgeting in her purse to pull out two pregnancy tests to give to Seth.

Matthew started laughing hysterically as Seth grabbed them from his wife.

Looking them over, Seth then asked in shock. "You're pregnant again?"

"I won't know until I see the doctor, but I'm pretty sure I am," Nancy confirmed, "I didn't want to ruin your cousin's wedding, so I'm going to wait until my doctor's appointment before I tell anyone else."

Matthew could tell that Seth was panicking over the news. He could hear Raven's excited noises as she tackled both of her parents ankles, almost knocking them off balance as she exclaimed that she was going to be a big sister. Seth gave his wife a hug and reassured her that everything would be fine. Matthew didn't know if Seth was trying to reassure Nancy or himself.

When Seth then ushered his wife and daughter into the car.

Matthew decided to add in his own thoughts to Seth's situation; "Haha, Seth, you fucking douchebag!"

"What's so funny?" Seth asked his obnoxious friend. "Shouldn't you be tending to your drunk lover or something?"

Matthew wiped the tears from his eyes; "In a minute, first I gotta congratulate you on your weak pullout game. Congratulations. You'll be paying out the ass for two ankle-biters now."

"I know your ass ain't talking shit about a weak pullout game," Seth huffed, "At least my kids have the same parents."

"Whatever," Matthew scoffed, "Try to that to tell yourself when your ankle-biters both want expensive shit and won't take no for an answer."

Seth gave a curt wave and got into his car. Matthew laughed hysterically when Seth began to pull out of the driveway.

Then he heard Nancy say loud enough for him to hear; "It's too bad we can't hit him for points like a video game."

That fucking pregnant bitch!

Oh well, he's got bigger fish to fry. Once inside, he discovered that his princess was nowhere to be found. Not on the bottom floor, at least. Ascending the stairs, he headed straight for his room. Sure enough, Edd was passed out on his bed, snuggling with one of Matthew's pillows.

Matthew felt a swell of pride, knowing that said pillow probably smelled like him and that Edd chose that one in particular since Matthew used it a lot. Fuck, he wanted to rail Edd like there was no tomorrow.

However, Edd was unconscious, which made it a bit harder for him to fuck his princess properly. But with Edd's bold actions at the wedding, he wanted to show his princess exactly who was in charge.

Licking his lips, he stripped himself down to his boxers. He was horny as fuck and it didn't matter to him if Edd was passed out or not. He wanted that twenty year old minx. He first removed Edd's purple dress shoes and the dress socks underneath. Next came Edd's white trousers, leaving Edd almost naked from the waist down.

Lucas once joked that Matthew would be right at home in Ancient Greece where he could fuck women and weaker men without discretion. Man, he would have been considered a love god in those times. He could almost imagine it.

He crawled onto bed and positioned Edd where he was on his back and Matthew was between his legs. He rested his forehead upon Edd's clothed chest.

He rubbed his clothed crotch into Edd's to get a bit of friction between them. He frotted against Edd, trying to get an erection. However, he soon noticed that he wasn't keeping his own erection for very long.

"Fucking whiskey dick," he diagnosed the problem to his malady, "Goddammit, I'm so horny too."

After trying a few more times, he gave up and collapsed near Edd, holding the passed-out male against him.

"Fuck it," Matthew relented, "I'll get him tomorrow."