NEW CHAPTER JULY 2020.

Hi everyone. I just want to let you know that I am aware that this thing with Mikey and Tyler is getting dragged out but there is a reason and hopefully when you finally get to the important chapter you will appreciate why and hopefully love it. Much love. xxx

*Song playing as everyone walks down the Aisle: Come Away with Me by Norah Jones.

*Song playing for Casey and Aprils first dance: Calm After the Storm by The Common Linnets.

*Song playing while Donny goes crazy on the dance floor: Rebel Yell by Billy Idol.

*Song playing while Tyler and Mikey dance: 18 by One Direction.

*Song playing while Mikey and Tyler are at the lake: Just Luv Me by Brittney Spears.

*Other song that are playing while everyone is dancing: Green Light by Roll Deep, Shake It by Metro Station, Starstrukk by 3OH!3 feat Katy Perry, Beautiful People by Ed Sheeran, Blah Blah Blah by Kesha feat 3OH!3, All the Small Things by Blink-182, and whatever else you want to add.

Chapter 23. The Wedding, Part 2.

"God Casey, will you chill out?!" snapped Raph who was making sure his tie was straight, "…you've been pacing like crazy for the past 30 minutes!"

Casey was back and forth at the alter biting his nails as he kept looking up at the guests arriving and taking their seats.

"Why is this bothering me so much?" he said nervously, "…we're practically married already."

Raph sighed, "It's because this means something, you're making a bigger commitment and doing it properly rather than half assed, like everything else you do."

"Hey guys!" Mikey came running up the steps to the alter where Casey and Raph were, He was dressed in smart black trousers, a suit jacket that matched and a fresh crisp white shirt and an orange tie. The others were wearing the same but personalized them with their signature color of tie, Raph red, Leo blue, Donny purple. The suits were tailor made to fit around their backs but avoid covering their shells. None of them were wearing shoes, just black jikatabi which fitted their feet better. "…I've got to go to more weddings, I just made 150 bucks doing nothin, people were just pushing the money in my hand!"

"They think your part of the entertainment…" said Donny as he and Leo joined them all, "…I made $50 by handing an old lady her drink at the bar."

"People are very generous at these kind of things…" said Leo looking out to the guests, "…but let's not take advantage guys."

"Mr. Jones…" Marius ran up the step to where they all were. "…your beautiful bride is ready and waiting, all the guests are seated, I just need to give the nod for everything to start. Are you ready?"

Casey put his hands to his mouth and breathed deeply into them then rubbed them together.

"C'mon Case…" said Raph as he put his hand on his friends' shoulder, "…you got this."

Raph was Casey's best man, Leo, Mike and Donny were his groomsmen. They all got in their positions. Casey took one more deep breath and nodded at Marius to start.

Marius indicated to Ed, who was officiating the wedding, to take his place. He then clapped his hands above his head for the music to start.

Everyone turned and watched as three little flower girls wondered down the aisle, scattering flower petals on the floor as they went. The petals matched the white, pink and peach flowers that were all around. Their little dresses matching the colors.

Next down was Irma. She was wearing a knee length, pink satin halter neck dress. Her long dark hair was pinned up and she carried a small bouquet in her hands.

Leo turned to Donny who was behind him as he heard a deep breathy sigh leave his brothers lungs.

"Down boy," Leo smiled as he turned back. Mikey gave a little chuckle.

She made her way down the aisle and up the steps. She nodded to Casey and gave Donny a little waive as she took her place.

They all looked back to the other end of the aisle and saw Tyler as she started to make her way down towards them all.

Mikey's mouth dropped open. He had obviously died because he was in heaven.

She also had on a satin dress. It came down to her ankles, it was a light peach color, it was loose and low cut with thin straps. The material clung to her body as she moved. She also had her hair pinned up with stray pieces hanging down, pieces that failed to stay pinned. Her bouquet was the same as Irma's.

"Holy fuckin shit," said Mikey. He had never seen her this way. It was like they were in a fairy tale.

"Right there with you, bro," said Raph quietly. Raph had never smiled so much in his life!

She approached the alter and she signaled to Casey to come help. He walked to the bottom of the steps, held his arm out and helped her up them.

"You doing' ok?" she whispered, looking at him to see if he was panicking.

"I wasn't…" he said, "…but, you're here now, I'm feeling calmer." He gave her a smile.

She smiled back and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "You'll be fine…dad." She moved to her place and Casey gave a little proud smile as he positioned himself back to where he needed to be.

He looked up as everyone gasped. April was standing at the end of the aisle. Casey let out a huge sigh of happiness as he saw his bride smiling at him. He smiled back.

She made her way slowly towards him, smiling all the way. Her dress was beautiful and elegant, perfectly April, no vail just gemstones and flowers that dripped from her hair down on to her dress and bouquet.

Without hesitation this time, Casey rushed down the steps to help her up.

"You look, you are…" he couldn't find the words as they reached their standing point, he just looked at her and smiled, "…you are perfectly perfect."

She smiled back with a little blush. "You're not too bad yourself."

"Shall we begin?" said Ed after giving them a little time to complement one another. They both nodded and held hands.

The ceremony was beautiful, jokes were cracked by Ed and both Casey and April said a little something special to one another…

Falling in love with you is only half of what I want. Staying in love and being with you until the end of forever is the other – Casey to April.

I love you so much that even spending eternity with you would still leave me craving more - April to Casey

They kissed and everyone cheered as they were now, finally, husband and wife.

The wedding meal was filled with jokes and laughter. Emotions surfaced as splinter gave a toast. Spirits were lifted when Raph gave his speech, reminiscing on times when he and Casey got up to mischief and caused riots on the streets when they first started hanging out.

On the top table next to April was Tyler and Irma and next to Casey was Raph and Splinter.

The rest of the guys were on the nearest round table along with some of the people they had met the night before.

Mikey was sat in a position where he could watch Tyler and they could exchange glances. Tyler was amused by the fact that he had no idea which knife and fork he was supposed to use and for which course. To make sure he didn't embarrass himself, he took to eating the bread rolls that were in baskets in different areas of the table, that way he was able to use his hands.

Later, after pictures had been taken of them all they all went back to the reception area, there they would find their new seats now that the tables had been moved. A sparkly colorful disco floor had been placed.

Mikey hadn't had chance to talk to Tyler properly so as they all walked back, he caught up with her ahead of the rest of the guys.

"Hey!" He said as he tapped her on the shoulder opposite to the side of her, he was on. She looked to see no one so she automatically knew it was Mikey and smiled as she turned to him.

"Hey to you too!" she smiled as he shot a huge grin back at her.

"Are you having a good time?"

She smiled bashfully back at him, "oh yes, the wedding, everything, has turned out so nice for April and Casey. But I am ready to have a few drinks and dance around a bit. How about you? Are you enjoying it?"

"Definitely!" he said as they reached the tables and dance floor, "…I'm looking forward to seeing what moves Ed's gonna bust out later…" they both looked over to Ed whose face was flushed due to one too many drinks already, "…isn't that his fifth whisky?"

Tyler laughed as everyone took their seats for the final part of the wedding before the evening party.

Mikey looked back at her and she looked back at him. There was a pause between them both as Mikey rubbed the back of his head.

"You know, later do you want to maybe, um, I don't know, um, maybe, um…"

Tyler smiled at him, the way he was struggling was endearing. After the hiccup they had at April and Casey's engagement party Mikey tried a lot harder to say what he meant and in a better way, instead of blurting stuff out without thinking and causing upset, when all he really wanted to do was say what he was feeling.

"…what I'm trying to say is,"

"Hey, Tyler…" Irma shouted as her and Donny walked over to the head table, "…we have to sit back down, come on."

Mikey looked over to them and then looked back at her. "um, I guess I'll catch up with you later?" he rubbed the back of his head again, feeling defeated.

Tyler smiled at him. "Yeah, you will, definitely." She walked towards the top table passing Donny who was making his way to the table next to Mikey. She quickly turned back and looked toward him, their eyes catching once again, "By the way Michelangelo, you look good in that suit!" she turned back an made her way around the table, sitting down between April and Irma.

Mikey felt a huge uncontrollable smile form on his face as he felt for his chair and sat down.

"Yup, I know that feeling." Said Donny as he sat down next to his brother.

Marius appeared in the center of the dance floor with a microphone and coughed into it grabbing everyone's attention.

"May I have everyone's attention please. It is now time for the bride and groom to take their place on the dance floor and share their first dance!"

April and Casey made their way onto the dance floor as a song that they classed as theirs started to play.

After a little while and a few shaky moved from Casey, him and April indicated for their guests to join them. Donny and Irma made a beeline for one another, Leo was unwittingly dragged from his seat by an older lady whilst the three little flower girls cornered Mikey.

Tyler laughed as she watched mike. He looked over to her giving her a look of sheer glee, he picked one of the girls up and started to gently throw her about, the other two were jumping around wanting a turn.

Tyler picked up her glass and took a sip of her wine. She looked over to Raph who knocked back his whisky. Apart from his speech he had not said much to anybody today. It was probably nerves. He had his speech; he was around people and he had witnessed his best friend lose his freedom.

Tyler put her glass back down, pulled at her dress so she did not step on the hem with her heels and walked over to him.

Raph saw her in the corner of his eye and watched as she approached.

"Come on," she said tapping him on the shoulder.

"What?" he said looking up at her.

"Dance floor, you, me, now," she pointed to him and then to the floor.

"No chance!" he said with a laugh.

She pushed at his shoulder a little, "Raph, its compulsory for the best man and maid of honor to share a dance, we might as well do it now."

Raph looked at her then at Splinter who was sat next to him. Splinter nodded.

"See…" she said, "…I'm right!"

Raph sighed and stood up from his chair. Tyler made her way to the floor and he reluctantly followed.

When they got to a space big enough for Raph to maneuver Tyler turned to him. He just stood there looking confused and uncomfortable.

"Now what?" he said shrugging his shoulder.

Tyler took a deep sigh and grabbed his arms. She put one of his hands on her hip and held his other. She then placed her other hand on his bicep.

"Now…" she said swaying a little and pressing herself against him, "…just move from side to side a bit. I'll lead."

Raph awkwardly did as she said, scared that his big turtle feet would crush hers.

"There you go…" she said smiling up at him, "…This isn't so bad, is it?"

He looked down at her as she beamed up at him. A curl began to form on his face enjoying the closeness.

"Are you ok?" she asked as they looked at one another. Raph curl started to fade a little.

"I suppose…" he said, his eyes flicking between hers, "…I just got a lot on my mind I guess."

"Anything I can help you with?" she narrowed her eyes trying to look into him.

Those eyes of hers, it was like they were eating away at his soul, a soul he would gladly give to her as well as his heart. All she had to do was ask.

After speaking to Splinter is head was a wash of things. He was trying not to be selfish. He was trying to do right by Mikey and his family and right by Tyler, he didn't want to burden her with his own feelings when she was still trying to deal with her own after everything that had transpired in recent weeks. His feelings for Tyler had far from gone but he was trying to learn to control them, he would have his father's help this time.

"No," he said with a little sigh and another curl of his lips. "…just something I have to deal with myself. It's nothing, really. A turtle thing."

Tyler nodded. She rested the side of her face on his chest and gave him a squeeze and he inhaled the smell of her hair and perfume.

Suddenly the people on the dance floor started clapping as April and Casey's first dance was over. Raph and Tyler gently pulled away from one another.

"Is that it?" said Raph, he had just got into the swing of this dancing stuff and was annoyed that it had ended.

"Yup," said Tyler as she joined in with the clapping and a more upbeat song came on. "…hey, we can have another dance later if you want?"

He smiled at her as she gave his arm a rub, "That would be…"

Before he could finish Leo grabbed Tyler and he sheepishly looked around, "Ty, you need to help me!"

Raph and Tyler looked at Leo worriedly as they saw the panic in his eyes.

"You need to dance with me…" he continued, "…that lady, that, that…"

Raph noticed something red on Leos cheek and shirt collar, "What the hell is that Leo?"

Tyler looked at the red smudges, "Is that, lipstick?"

Leo nodded frantically "She tried to kiss me and grab my, my…"

Raph snorted trying to keep in a fit of laughing.

"…she won't stop! I managed to lose her, but she is adamant that I'm going home with her tonight!"

Tyler shook her head and giggled. "I'll sort it." Tyler spotted the said lady and made her way over to her.

Raph and Leo looked at one another then over at Tyler. She started talking to the woman who seemed to smile and nod at Tyler. The two then looked over to Leo as the lady waived and blew him a kiss. She then turned and walked away, and Tyler made her way back over.

"It's sorted," Said Tyler as she stood back with them.

"What did you say?" asked Leo, stunned that it seemed to be over so easily.

"Leo, don't worry, it's a woman thing."

Leo grabbed her and scooped her up squeezing her tight, "Thank you!"

He placed her down and clapped his hands together. "…Let me get you a drink for that Ty! Any drink, name it!"

She sniggered "Ok, I guess I'll have a strawberry daiquiri please."

Leo put his thumbs up and ran off to the bar.

"You think he knows that the drinks are free?" asked Raph as he grinned at Tyler.

She laughed "I don't think he got that memo."

"so, what did you say to that broad?" Raph continued as he walked Tyler over to the new table that they were going to be sat at.

"well, I kind of told her that Leo was holding out for someone else, which isn't a lie, he's into Karai and hopefully that will work out…"

Raph cocked an eyebrow "But Karai aint here, so, who did you say it was…"

Tyler looked at Raph sheepishly, she then looked over to Marius who was stood talking to Leo at the bar.

Raph followed her gaze and then started to chuckle, "You didn't, Tyler, that's hilarious!"

"What?" she said, "Marius is a good looking, talented and educated gentleman, Leo would be lucky to have him."

Raph put his hand to his face and let out a laugh.

"Look, it has done the trick…" she continued, "…besides, I promised Marius that I would hook him up with Ed. Those too have been making eyes at one another all day, so really, everyone's happy."

"Hey guys!" said Mikey as he snuck up behind Tyler, "…are we having a good time?"

Raph smiled at his little brother and the two knuckled.

"Where are your little lady friends?" said Tyler as she gave him an adoring look.

He smirked and gave a little chuckle, "I know, how cute were they?" he started to fidget as he looked at her, "They're back with their mum and dad now, eating cake and all sorts of goodies. I miss being a kid when cake was all that mattered."

"Mike," sniffed Raph, "…you're an adult, and you class cake as one of your main food groups!"

Mikey chuckled.

"Yo, Raph," Casey appeared next to him, "…master Splinter has asked me to come get you, he's ready to call it a night."

Raph looked over to his father then back at his friends, "Duty calls, I'll be back soon."

As Raph turned Tyler suddenly grabbed him, "Just a second guys…" Tyler drew Casey, Raph and Mikey in, then she pointed out to the dance floor. There was Donny, he had his jacket off, his shirt wide open dancing like crazy with Irma, she was rubbing her hands all over him. He was having the best time ever!

"Holy shit!" said Casey as they all continued to watch as Irma pulled him closer and stuck her tongue down his throat.

"Oh, dude!" said Mikey grossed out by what he was seeing.

"It's always the quiet ones," said Tyler as she straightened up.

"And on that note…" said Raph, "…in a bit," he walked off through the crowd of dancing people towards his father.

"Here you go Ty," said Leo as he returned with her drink. "…all the drinks are free, so I'll have to think of another way to repay you." Him, Tyler and Leo sat down at the table facing the dance floor.

"don't worry about it Leo," she said with a smirk, "…I'm sure we'll be even in one way or another."

Suddenly Donny slumped down into the chair at the opposite side of the table. He had the biggest loved up smile on his face and gave a big deep sigh. Tyler looked at him and smiled.

"Have I told you guys how much I love you?" he said dreamily.

"You drunk?" said Mike with an eyebrow lifted.

"He's loved up," said Tyler taking a sip from her drink, passing it to Mikey to try, "…isn't that right Donny?"

Donny smiled again and nodded.

"Where is Irma?" asked Leo looking around.

"She's just gone to powder her nose."

They all watched him for a moment.

Tyler glanced at the guys one by one for a second then fidgeted in her seat a little. "I have a confession…" the guys all looked at her, this did not sound good. "…I told Irma that you are all real turtles, not costumes…", Leo turned his body to her, and Donny sat up, Mikey just smiled, he loved that she was not ashamed of them.

"…she already had an idea, I just, I filled in the blanks."

"How did she already know?" asked Leo panicking a little.

"…she was asking questions and she asked me about something that happened between Donny and her last night…" she looked up at Donny knowingly. His eyes widened.

Both Leo and Mikey looked at him. "what happened last night brah?" Mikey looked intrigued.

Donny suddenly panicked and fidgeted frantically as he looked around.

"Look Donny, its fine, there's nothing to worry about…" Tyler continued, trying to calm him down in the process, "…she is really into you, more so after, you know…" Tyler stopped as Donny's eyes pleaded with her not to let slip what he and Irma had done, "…all you need to know is that you been a real mutant turtle is fine with her, she likes you, a lot."

Just as Tyler finished what she was saying Irma appeared from the crowd and walked to Donny's side. He jumped a bit as he felt her put her hand on his shoulder.

"Hey everyone," she said smiling, they all smiled back at her, "…Donny, you wanna go back to the dance floor?" she pressed her thumb against his lips, wiping a little wetness away from the corner of his mouth then proceeded to suck it off her thumb.

Leo and Mikey looked at the two, both of their mouths nearly on the table in front of them. Tyler watched their reactions and chuckled.

Donny scrambled to his feet looking at Irma with the hungriest of eyes. "definitely, let's go!" He grabbed her hand and started off to the floor, but he stopped and turned back to them all, "…you gonna come dance with us?"

Tyler, Leo and Mikey exchanged glances then smiled as they got up from their chairs and followed Donny and Irma on to the dance floor.

They all danced around with each other, April and Casey joined in every now and again between speaking to their guests. Raph came back from getting Splinter comfortable in his room and attempted to join in with the antics but it wasn't his thing, he then wondered off to the bar with Casey for a catch up and some drunken brotherly bonding.

Eventually, one by one they dwindled from the dance floor and back to the table. They were all sat down chatting merrily and drinking their drinks while tucking into the buffet food that Mikey had piled up on the center. Irma was perched on Donny's lap, feeding him and kissing him. It was safe to say that these two were now an item. Tyler smiled at them and Mike leaned into her.

"So," he whispered, trying not to get the attention of any of the others, "…what did Don and Irma do last night that got him so worked up earlier?"

Tyler grinned and looked at him, "Mike, Its kind of a private thing."

He looked at her with doe eyes, he hated not knowing stuff. She looked at him for a moment and rolled her eyes. She reached out and picked up one of the many plates that were out in front of them and placed the one with corn dogs in front of them. Mikey immediately picked one up and started to eat it while Tyler nudged him to watch her. She put it to her lips and began to lick the end of it, slowly taking it into her mouth while looking at Mikey. He swallowed hard as he watched her perform an oral act on the corn dog. She continued to take it into her mouth, taking it deeper. Mikey thought he was going to explode! Suddenly she bit off the end with a growl. Mikey jumped in his seat and snapped his legs together, grabbing his groin area.

"She did that?! To Donny?! To his, his thing?!" he looked at her with wide eyes.

Tyler had to stop herself from choking as she struggled to swallow the piece of corn dog she had in her mouth; Mikey's face was hilarious.

"No, not the biting part," she took a napkin and wiped her mouth, "…but the other stuff, yeah!"

Mikey looked at her then over to Donny and Irma who were in another embrace. He then looked at the corn dog that he had half eaten and put it back down on his plate feeling grossed out. Tyler giggled.

The music changed and a slow song came on.

"To all you love birds out there, why not grab a partner and make your way on to the dance floor," said the DJ on the mic, "…it's time to feel the love again with a few slow jams."

Donny and Irma stood up and slowly made their way over to the floor, neither of them taking their eyes from one another. They reached a spot on the dance floor and wrapped their arms around one another and began to slow dance.

Mike side glanced and watched Tyler for a moment as she talked to Leo. He looked around at all the people leaving their seats and going to dance.

He turned to her as she continued chatting away. He tapped his finger on the table, itching to ask her to dance but wracked with nerves he couldn't bring himself to ask. Leo glanced past Tyler and saw his brother struggling.

"Hey, Tyler, do you want to have a dance with me?" said Leo as he looked back at her, Mikey's brow furrowed.

She looked out to the dance floor, "Yeah, why not?" she said as she stood up. Mikey had no idea what was going on and sat there with his mouth open.

Leo got part way up from his chair the made a groaning noise, sitting back down and holding his stomach.

"Are you ok Leo?" asked Tyler with concern, putting her hand on his shoulder.

"Man, its either the food or the drink that's got me…" he said as he winked at Mikey. Mikey's brows lifted. "…sorry Tyler, I'm not gonna be able to dance after all…"

She rubbed his shoulder, "its ok, don't worry."

"Why don't you and Mikey have a dance together," he pointed to his little brother, "…your up, go and have a little fun."

Tyler looked at Mike who hurried to his feet.

"Ok, sounds good," she shrugged her shoulders, pretending that it wasn't a big deal but inside her heart was thumping against her rib cage. She walked past Mikey as he placed his hand on the small of her back. He quickly turned to Leo, putting his thumb up and giving him a wink. Leo smiled as they wandered off.

As Mike and Tyler reached a spot near Donny and Irma, the two stood looking at one another, both nervous. Awkwardly they reached out trying to get into the right position until eventually they were holding each other. At this point Mikey and the others had decided to lose their jackets, they had all loosened their shirt buttons, removed their ties and rolled up their sleeves. This helped Mikey get a better hold of Tyler. They danced slowly with one another. Tyler's eyes were closed, her head resting on Mikes shoulder, she was taking this all in and savoring every second of their bodies close together. Mikey on the other hand was petrified. Was he expected to do anything else? Was he meant to kiss her or squeeze her? He had been watching Donny and Irma who were lovingly petting, Donny's hands were constantly up and down Irma's spine, he would reach down every now and then and gently squeeze on her behind. Who would have thought that Donny was such a kinky character deep down?

Tyler opened her eyes and saw Leo and Casey sat laughing and chatting at the table. A little further away April was having a slow dance with Raph, they were chatting away too. She saw Marius dart towards April and start talking to her.

"Here we go," she said as Mikey moved to look at Tyler, he then looked in the direction she was looking and watched with her.

"What's going on?" he asked as he saw April walk off with Marius, Raph made his way to the bar which was close to their table.

"April and Casey will probably have to do some other wedding stuff," she said with a sigh, "…thing is me and Irma get roped in too, that's the downside of being bridesmaids."

Mike looked at her. The question that was now going round in his head was one he had never thought to ask her, not once in all the time he had known her and probably one of the only things he didn't know about her.

"Do you ever want to get married?"

Tyler's head spun to look at him. His blue eyes penetrated hers so deeply.

"Um, I don't know…" her eyes left his and darted around a bit, she was taken back by the question, she had never really given it much thought. Now the only thing going through her head was how his lips would feel against hers. "…I suppose if I was with the right guy…" she looked to his eyes again, "…I've never really thought about it, not since I was a little girl."

Mikey looked deep into her again, "please don't say you do, please don't say you do," he thought to himself. As a mutant he could not give her a normal life. There was no way that he could give her a wedding like this or children. Fair enough, Tyler was far from normal but if they were to ever get together and they got older would she regret not doing things that were expected of a young woman? Mikey was unaware of her feelings towards him and that her future, the one that she saw for herself, only featured him as her partner. She had not looked any further ahead. She had no intention of meeting or being with anyone else.

They continued to look at each other, their eyes darting between eyes and lips. Their carefree swaying slowed to a stop, as their eyes continued to stare.

"Why did you want to know?" she asked, now blinking out of her hypnotized state. "…you going to propose to me Mikey?" she chuckled a little nervously. He stared at her more, "would that be such a bad idea?" he thought, "…she would be his, and he would protect her and support her and look after her, all those things that were said in Casey and Aprils vows, he could do all of it and more if she'd let him. He opened his mouth to speak, not sure what to say. Suddenly the two were separated by Marius, he needed Tyler to gather all the ladies, and a few guys, together, so that April could throw the bouquet.

"Come on Miss Tyler, you do not want to miss the bouquet!" Marius smiled as she let go of Mikey and got dragged away. Mikey watched as she disappeared.

All the women at the wedding now gathered on the dance floor, the men looking nervously from the side lines, hoping to god that their lady would not be the one to catch the flying flowers. April kept turning and teasing them all by pretending to throw the bouquet but not actually doing so.

Raph, Leo and Mikey started to nudge at Donny as Irma was one of the ladies on the front row, looking eager to catch it. Tyler had moved herself to the side, out of harm's way.

April threw the flowers, the front row of women scuffled with one another. In what seemed like slow motion Irma's arm reached up higher than everyone else's, but out of nowhere a male hand reached up further and snatched the bouquet from her reach. It was Ed.

Donny let out a sharp shallow breath as he watched Irma congratulate Ed then shrug her shoulders at Donny. She was defeated but perfectly ok with it.

As people started to disperse back to their seats and dance floor, Mikey looked about for Tyler. As he glanced about, he spotted her leaving the party area, heading towards the trees just off from the orchard. He looked about and followed her. When he reached the edge of the orchard, he noticed something glisten in the tall grass. It was Tyler's shoes. He continued through the trees for a while longer. He could see Tyler in the distance and followed her to a familiar place. There was a clearing up ahead that he believed she was headed for.

"You following me Mike?" Tyler walked out from behind a tree. Mikey swore using a multitude of colorful word, expressing his fright. He put his hands on his knees and took a couple of deep breaths.

"I just wanted to make sure you were ok; I saw you leave the party, so I thought you were bummed that you didn't catch the bouquet."

She squinted her eyes and pulled a face, "hardly, I was looking forward to seeing Donny's face if Irma caught it," she smiled at him as she waded through the grass, passing him.

"What are you doing down here then?" he asked, he straightened himself up looking around. His eyesight was exceptional in the dark, he could pretty much see all the colors around him as if it were daytime. They were just stood in a field of trees. To him, there was no real reason to be out here.

"I'm sure I remember a small lake around here; I was looking for that?" she said as she continued to walk.

"Now?" he said as he watched her, "…there's a party, it's the middle of the night and you decide, out of the blue, to go search for a lake?" he laughed as she turned and smiled at him. "ok," he continued and started to walk in the same direction, "…let's look for this lake."

The two carried on walking for another few minutes until they reached what they were looking for. They came to a clearing; the lake was lit by the moon. A huge rock was to their side and the grass was tall with flowers scattered throughout.

Mikey stood back looking around in awe, as Tyler carefully walked further into the clearing.

"Man, I forgot about this place…" he said as he looked around, "…we all used to dive off that rock when it was hot in the summer. We haven't been here since before…"

He stopped as Tyler turned to look at him. He did not want to bring up her leaving again and by the look in her eyes she didn't either. She turned away again, and Mikey walked over to her.

Now side by side they looked up at the moon. The size of it and the brightness was unreal.

Mike looked at her then back to the moon, she looked at him then back also. Then, in sync they looked at one another at the same time and smiled.

"What are you looking at?" Mikey chuckled, "…you see something you like?"

Tyler burst out laughing, she could not take him serious sometimes. She took a step to turn to him when a little light wisped up from the grass. They both froze and looked at it as it flew about. Mikey took a step also and suddenly thousands of fireflies rose from the long grass surrounding them. Mikey and Tyler were in awe, they started running around childishly as the flies scattered. The two were laughing so hard at one another that their stomachs hurt. Eventually the flies moved on, settling at the other side of the lake. Mikey and Tyler decided it was time that they started to make their way back to the party.

They were being flirtatious with each other again, prodding and pushing one another gently. Dancing around and being playful. They got to where Tyler had left her shoes and Mikey picked them up for her, but then he saw another exact same pair and him and Tyler looked at one another in confusion. As they looked around, they heard rustling and groaning in the long grass beside them. Mikey poised himself to protect Tyler and she stumbled in his efforts to do so.

"Who's there!" snapped Mikey. He was ready to do damage to anything that might jump out at them. Suddenly Donny's head popped up from the grass. He was covered in lipstick. He had love bites on his neck and his glasses hanging from his face.

"Donny!" Mikey straightened up, letting Tyler move forward from behind the protection of his armored body.

Tyler noticed that Donny's clothes were on the floor to the side of him and a pink dress, like hers, was strewn over the branch of a tree. As Donny lifted himself there were arms wrapped around his neck, then Irma's head popped up also. Her hair was all over, lipstick was smudged all around her mouth and she was naked. She was held on to Donny so that Mikey and Tyler could not see just how naked she was.

"Guys!" he squealed, "…it's not what it looks like!"

"Dude!" said Mikey stunned, "…are you guys like, doing it?!"

Donny's face was that of utter embarrassment and despair.

Tyler grinned. Not wanting to embarrass Donny any further she grabbed Mikey's arm and started to drag him away.

"It doesn't matter what it looks like," she said, pulling at the giant turtle, "…Its nothing to do with us, we didn't see anything, we are leaving and you two just carry on,"

Mikey continued to look at the two with a huge grin on his face as Tyler eventually managed to pull him away.

"Dude!" he said as he got man handled by Tyler, "…you are the man! You hear me Donny?! You are tha man brah!"