Banksiebabe99 - I don't think over a month is what you had in mind as real
quick but I finally got the chapter up. The last chapter I might add. I
wasn't sure I was going to end it here but it just seemed like a good spot.
(Sorry but I didn't kill Alex.)
C-Chan96 - It's the real wedding I promise. I'm not messing with people's minds this time. I'm glad you enjoyed the last chapter (I hope even more that you remember the last chapter). Hope you enjoy.
Charlie's POV:
I ended up riding over to the church with Shane and Adam. Guy and Jesse were also in the back seat with me. None of the guys looked particularly happy with me. Of course waking them up at five thirty in the morning is probably what had caused that. What can I say? I was excited.
As Shane pulled into the church parking lot I saw that Gordon's car was already there and Alex, Connie and Julie were just getting out of Alex's car. We hadn't seen any of the girls all morning and I have to say that all three of them looked great although Alex looked a little funny in her dress with sneakers on her feet.
"Nice fashion statement, Julie," Jesse called out as he opened the car door.
I looked over at Julie trying to figure out what he meant by the comment. It didn't take me long. Julie was also wearing a pair of tennis shoes although hers were kind of ratty.
"I'm not the only one," Julie said defensively.
"Yeah but I have a reason. I had to drive," Alex told her. "Believe me you don't want to be in the car if I attempt to drive in heels. You just don't like the shoes."
"How can anyone expect me to actually walk in these things?" Julie said holding up her high heels that matched the dress. The heels were only about a half inch but evidently Julie still didn't like them.
"Ah, usually you put one foot in front of the other," Jesse told her.
"Shut up Hall," was Julie's reply.
"Okay can we save the arguing for after the ceremony," I told them, even though I really wanted to laugh at Jesse's comment. I was trying to be a little diplomatic for a change though as I knew I was already walking on thin ice with the guys and I wanted everything to go well today.
"Fine, but if I hear one more comment from him," Julie said casting a glance in Jesse's direction.
"Ah come on Cat Lady. Its just a little friendly ribbing," Jesse told her.
"How would you like it if I told you were two short for a basket ball player. That you look like a dwarf out there with everyone else."
I saw Jesse elbow Adam in the ribs who was laughing. Even I couldn't keep the smile off my face. Compared to some of the other players Jesse was kind of short.
"Okay, truce," Jesse told her. "Just don't trip walking down the aisle," he added with a huge grin.
He immediately started running for the church and Julie started after him. I was actually waiting for Julie to trip over her dress as she didn't think to hold the long skirt of the dress up.
"If this is any indication of how the day is going to go it could be a long day," Alex commented as the rest of us started heading toward the church.
As I slipped my hand into Connie's I noticed Adam and Alex do the same thing. I hadn't thought about it before but as I saw the two of them together I wondered how their relationship was going to weather living in the same house. At least with us going to Eden Academy it would only be on holidays and summer vacations.
As we walked into the church, my Mom's friend Cindy from the dinner was standing into the foyer. She immediately started telling us where we needed to go. I saw that she already had Jesse sitting in a pew toward the front of the church and Julie was no where to be seen.
"Charlie, your Mom wants to see before you go join Gordon," Cindy told me pointing in the direction of a room which I took to mean that my mom was in that room.
"Okay," I told her.
I gave Connie a quick kiss as she and Alex headed toward another room. Afterwards I walked over to the door that Cindy had indicated and knocked on the door.
"Come in," I heard my mom call from inside.
I opened the door and headed inside. My Mom was already in her wedding dress although her hair wasn't done yet. She looked beautiful. I don't even remember her looking that pretty the last time that she got married.
"Oh good Charlie, its you," my Mom said as she saw me come in.
"Is everything okay Mom," I asked her immediately thinking that something was wrong.
"No, no," she said quickly giving me a quick smile. "Well, nothing except a little case of the nerves. I just wanted to see you before the ceremony," she told me.
She walked over to me holding out her arms for a hug. I took a few steps toward her and we embraced.
"You look beautiful Mom," I told her as I hugged her tight.
"Thank-you," she said as she let me go. There was still something in her voice though that I couldn't quite place. I looked at her questionly and she didn't miss the look.
"I never could fool you could I," she said with a sigh.
"Mom what's wrong?" I asked her.
I thought for a moment that she wasn't going to answer me but then she did.
"Charlie what if this is a mistake. I mean I've already been married twice and look how those turned out. I keep asking myself if its fair to put you through this again. What if this doesn't work out?"
"Mom this time will be different," I told her.
"You seem so sure of that," she told me looking at me.
"I am. This just feels right. Its something that we all really want and look at what we've already gotten through together."
"I hope you're right," she said. I could still hear the uncertainty in her voice. I gave her another hug.
"We all belong together," I told her. "I just feel it." She hugged me back, tighter than the last time.
"Thanks Charlie," she told me finally letting me go.
I heard the door open and saw Cindy come into the room.
"Okay Charlie, time to leave. I need to do your mother's hair," she told me.
"Okay, bye Mom," I said giving her another quick hug.
I left the room and found Adam waiting outside in the hallway.
"Everyone else is already with Gordon. I figured I'd wait for you," Adam told me.
"Thanks," I said. I started to walk toward the room where Cindy had told me that Gordon was but I noticed that Adam wasn't moving. I stopped and looked back at my best friend.
"Adam what's wrong?" I asked. I didn't have to ask if something was wrong because I knew that. I had been friends with Adam long enough now to tell when something was bothering him even when he didn't come out and say it.
"Charlie are you sure you're okay with this?" Adam asked me.
I tried to figure out exactly what he was talking about. I had wanted my Mom and Coach Bombay to get married for years. Adam knew that so I knew that couldn't be what he was talking about but for the life of me I couldn't think of anything else.
"Okay with what?" I asked taking the safe route.
"With me being around," he told me. "I mean I know you've wanted Bombay to marry your mom since you first meant him and now that its happening I'm in the picture. When Gordon first took me in, you're mom was still married so I didn't even think that this could happen but it is and I know that what you wanted was for the three of you to be a family but now I'm around." Adam paused. I didn't say anything as I was still trying to grasp just what it was he was getting at. I was about to say something when he started talking again.
"Charlie, I don't want to lose our friendship. If my being around is going to cause problems for you I'll go home," Adam told me.
I wasn't sure how to react. I didn't know if Adam was really worried about how the upcoming wedding was going to affect our friendship or if maybe he was just looking for a reason to go home. I knew that his fall out with his father hadn't been easy on him even though he hadn't talked about it much since he had gone to live with Gordon after Thanksgiving. It made me realize even more that I hadn't been that great of a friend lately.
"Adam, I think that all five of us can make this work together but if going home is something that you really wanted I'd understand and I'm sure the others would too. But don't go home just because you think that you being around is going to make things harder because that wouldn't be fair to anyone, especially not you. Do you really want to go back home?"
"I don't know. Maybe," he told me. I could tell he had been thinking about it some but I could also see the uncertainty.
I knew this was something that he needed to talk about and not just with me. Unfortunately now wasn't the best time.
"Adam, you can't rush into a decision like that," I told him. "You need to talk this through with everyone, make sure its what you really want."
I saw him nod slightly even though he didn't say anything. I walked back to him and threw my arms around his shoulders.
"Come one, they're probably wondering where we got too," I said hoping to get him to forget about it for a little while.
Adam just nodded and the two of us heading in the direction of the room we were suppose to be in and where Bombay and Guy were waiting for us. This day wasn't turning out like I had planned so far but with any luck it wouldn't turn out to be a diasater.
Alex's POV:
The ceremony was just about to begin. I looked around the room one more time before we left the room. Connie was checking herself in the mirror one last time. Julie just looked plain uncomfortable in her fancy clothes. I had a feeling the high heels weren't going to last to long into the reception. My Mom was fiddling with her bouquet. She looked as nervous as I felt.
This all seemed too good to be true for me. At the beginning of this year I had thought I was all alone. I hadn't even really considered seriously looking for my real mother and yet I had found her without really looking. I had not only found her but also found out that I had a younger brother and was soon to have a step father. Everything had just happened so fast and there were times I thought it was all just a dream but it was really happening.
There was a knock on the door and then Coach Ted Orion stuck his head into the room.
"They're ready to begin," he told us. Being a long time friend of Coach Bombay's Coach Orion had come back for the wedding. With Charlie being the best man my Mom didn't have any family member to walk her down the aisle so Coach Orion was going to do that.
"Okay, I think we're ready," my Mom told him.
Coach Orion held the door open as first Connie, Julie, me and my Mom filed out of the room. As the organist saw us she began playing. I watched as Connie slowly made her way down the aisle.
Julie was next. As she made her way down the aisle I could tell, and I think everyone there could too, that she wasn't use to wearing high heels as she was a little unsteady in them. I just hoped she didn't trip or anything.
And then it was my turn. I took a deep breath and started walking down the aisle. I looked toward the front of the church and tried to forget about everyone else in the church watching me. I don't know why it was bothering me as I played hockey in front of more people than was in the church.
When I was halfway down the aisle I heard the music change to "Here Comes the Bride" and I knew that my Mom had started down the aisle. At least people would be watching her now and not me.
I finished the walk to the front of the church and took my place on the steps next to Julie. I glanced over at the other side of the church. The guys were standing there watching my Mom come down the aisle.
Guy was actually only paying half attention to what was going on. I caught he glancing around a couple of times and more than once he looked in Debbie's direction who was sitting with Shane and Scooter. Next to him Adam was standing there watching but I couldn't read any emotion on his face. I knew what was going on with him. We had talked about it a few times over the past week. I wasn't quite sure how to help him. I kept telling him to talk to Gordon or his mother but he kept refusing. I tried to forget about it. There would be time to deal with that after today.
Next to Adam, was Charlie. The smile on his face could've definitely made up for the lack of one on Adam's face. I could tell that he was happy. I knew this was something that he had wanted for years. I also knew this wasn't going to work out smoothly. There was going to be an adjustment period for all of us. Hopefully, Charlie handled that better than he had been handling all the changes the past couple of weeks.
Next to Charlie, Coach Bombay stood with a smile on his face equal to Charlie's. I could also see the love he had for my mom in his eyes. It was the same thing I had seen growing up when my Dad had looked at my Mom and vice versa. I knew he was special and that he loved my Mom. After all, it wasn't everybody who would be willing to get married and suddenly have two teenage kids, or if Adam chose to stay with us three.
As my Mom started walking up the steps I could see that look of love in her eyes too. I was couldn't believe how lucky I was. I knew that there were more difficult times ahead of us but I also knew that no matter what happened I was a part of a family. A family that loved each other.
-I realize that there are going to be unhappy with the ending but I liked this ending. I do eventually plan on making another story to the series which I sort of set up at least part of the story line with this story as part of it will deal with Adam and whether or not he goes home but as they say that's another story. I hoped you all enjoyed this one. Thanks for reading everyone and I would love to her your opinions even if you are mad at me.
C-Chan96 - It's the real wedding I promise. I'm not messing with people's minds this time. I'm glad you enjoyed the last chapter (I hope even more that you remember the last chapter). Hope you enjoy.
Charlie's POV:
I ended up riding over to the church with Shane and Adam. Guy and Jesse were also in the back seat with me. None of the guys looked particularly happy with me. Of course waking them up at five thirty in the morning is probably what had caused that. What can I say? I was excited.
As Shane pulled into the church parking lot I saw that Gordon's car was already there and Alex, Connie and Julie were just getting out of Alex's car. We hadn't seen any of the girls all morning and I have to say that all three of them looked great although Alex looked a little funny in her dress with sneakers on her feet.
"Nice fashion statement, Julie," Jesse called out as he opened the car door.
I looked over at Julie trying to figure out what he meant by the comment. It didn't take me long. Julie was also wearing a pair of tennis shoes although hers were kind of ratty.
"I'm not the only one," Julie said defensively.
"Yeah but I have a reason. I had to drive," Alex told her. "Believe me you don't want to be in the car if I attempt to drive in heels. You just don't like the shoes."
"How can anyone expect me to actually walk in these things?" Julie said holding up her high heels that matched the dress. The heels were only about a half inch but evidently Julie still didn't like them.
"Ah, usually you put one foot in front of the other," Jesse told her.
"Shut up Hall," was Julie's reply.
"Okay can we save the arguing for after the ceremony," I told them, even though I really wanted to laugh at Jesse's comment. I was trying to be a little diplomatic for a change though as I knew I was already walking on thin ice with the guys and I wanted everything to go well today.
"Fine, but if I hear one more comment from him," Julie said casting a glance in Jesse's direction.
"Ah come on Cat Lady. Its just a little friendly ribbing," Jesse told her.
"How would you like it if I told you were two short for a basket ball player. That you look like a dwarf out there with everyone else."
I saw Jesse elbow Adam in the ribs who was laughing. Even I couldn't keep the smile off my face. Compared to some of the other players Jesse was kind of short.
"Okay, truce," Jesse told her. "Just don't trip walking down the aisle," he added with a huge grin.
He immediately started running for the church and Julie started after him. I was actually waiting for Julie to trip over her dress as she didn't think to hold the long skirt of the dress up.
"If this is any indication of how the day is going to go it could be a long day," Alex commented as the rest of us started heading toward the church.
As I slipped my hand into Connie's I noticed Adam and Alex do the same thing. I hadn't thought about it before but as I saw the two of them together I wondered how their relationship was going to weather living in the same house. At least with us going to Eden Academy it would only be on holidays and summer vacations.
As we walked into the church, my Mom's friend Cindy from the dinner was standing into the foyer. She immediately started telling us where we needed to go. I saw that she already had Jesse sitting in a pew toward the front of the church and Julie was no where to be seen.
"Charlie, your Mom wants to see before you go join Gordon," Cindy told me pointing in the direction of a room which I took to mean that my mom was in that room.
"Okay," I told her.
I gave Connie a quick kiss as she and Alex headed toward another room. Afterwards I walked over to the door that Cindy had indicated and knocked on the door.
"Come in," I heard my mom call from inside.
I opened the door and headed inside. My Mom was already in her wedding dress although her hair wasn't done yet. She looked beautiful. I don't even remember her looking that pretty the last time that she got married.
"Oh good Charlie, its you," my Mom said as she saw me come in.
"Is everything okay Mom," I asked her immediately thinking that something was wrong.
"No, no," she said quickly giving me a quick smile. "Well, nothing except a little case of the nerves. I just wanted to see you before the ceremony," she told me.
She walked over to me holding out her arms for a hug. I took a few steps toward her and we embraced.
"You look beautiful Mom," I told her as I hugged her tight.
"Thank-you," she said as she let me go. There was still something in her voice though that I couldn't quite place. I looked at her questionly and she didn't miss the look.
"I never could fool you could I," she said with a sigh.
"Mom what's wrong?" I asked her.
I thought for a moment that she wasn't going to answer me but then she did.
"Charlie what if this is a mistake. I mean I've already been married twice and look how those turned out. I keep asking myself if its fair to put you through this again. What if this doesn't work out?"
"Mom this time will be different," I told her.
"You seem so sure of that," she told me looking at me.
"I am. This just feels right. Its something that we all really want and look at what we've already gotten through together."
"I hope you're right," she said. I could still hear the uncertainty in her voice. I gave her another hug.
"We all belong together," I told her. "I just feel it." She hugged me back, tighter than the last time.
"Thanks Charlie," she told me finally letting me go.
I heard the door open and saw Cindy come into the room.
"Okay Charlie, time to leave. I need to do your mother's hair," she told me.
"Okay, bye Mom," I said giving her another quick hug.
I left the room and found Adam waiting outside in the hallway.
"Everyone else is already with Gordon. I figured I'd wait for you," Adam told me.
"Thanks," I said. I started to walk toward the room where Cindy had told me that Gordon was but I noticed that Adam wasn't moving. I stopped and looked back at my best friend.
"Adam what's wrong?" I asked. I didn't have to ask if something was wrong because I knew that. I had been friends with Adam long enough now to tell when something was bothering him even when he didn't come out and say it.
"Charlie are you sure you're okay with this?" Adam asked me.
I tried to figure out exactly what he was talking about. I had wanted my Mom and Coach Bombay to get married for years. Adam knew that so I knew that couldn't be what he was talking about but for the life of me I couldn't think of anything else.
"Okay with what?" I asked taking the safe route.
"With me being around," he told me. "I mean I know you've wanted Bombay to marry your mom since you first meant him and now that its happening I'm in the picture. When Gordon first took me in, you're mom was still married so I didn't even think that this could happen but it is and I know that what you wanted was for the three of you to be a family but now I'm around." Adam paused. I didn't say anything as I was still trying to grasp just what it was he was getting at. I was about to say something when he started talking again.
"Charlie, I don't want to lose our friendship. If my being around is going to cause problems for you I'll go home," Adam told me.
I wasn't sure how to react. I didn't know if Adam was really worried about how the upcoming wedding was going to affect our friendship or if maybe he was just looking for a reason to go home. I knew that his fall out with his father hadn't been easy on him even though he hadn't talked about it much since he had gone to live with Gordon after Thanksgiving. It made me realize even more that I hadn't been that great of a friend lately.
"Adam, I think that all five of us can make this work together but if going home is something that you really wanted I'd understand and I'm sure the others would too. But don't go home just because you think that you being around is going to make things harder because that wouldn't be fair to anyone, especially not you. Do you really want to go back home?"
"I don't know. Maybe," he told me. I could tell he had been thinking about it some but I could also see the uncertainty.
I knew this was something that he needed to talk about and not just with me. Unfortunately now wasn't the best time.
"Adam, you can't rush into a decision like that," I told him. "You need to talk this through with everyone, make sure its what you really want."
I saw him nod slightly even though he didn't say anything. I walked back to him and threw my arms around his shoulders.
"Come one, they're probably wondering where we got too," I said hoping to get him to forget about it for a little while.
Adam just nodded and the two of us heading in the direction of the room we were suppose to be in and where Bombay and Guy were waiting for us. This day wasn't turning out like I had planned so far but with any luck it wouldn't turn out to be a diasater.
Alex's POV:
The ceremony was just about to begin. I looked around the room one more time before we left the room. Connie was checking herself in the mirror one last time. Julie just looked plain uncomfortable in her fancy clothes. I had a feeling the high heels weren't going to last to long into the reception. My Mom was fiddling with her bouquet. She looked as nervous as I felt.
This all seemed too good to be true for me. At the beginning of this year I had thought I was all alone. I hadn't even really considered seriously looking for my real mother and yet I had found her without really looking. I had not only found her but also found out that I had a younger brother and was soon to have a step father. Everything had just happened so fast and there were times I thought it was all just a dream but it was really happening.
There was a knock on the door and then Coach Ted Orion stuck his head into the room.
"They're ready to begin," he told us. Being a long time friend of Coach Bombay's Coach Orion had come back for the wedding. With Charlie being the best man my Mom didn't have any family member to walk her down the aisle so Coach Orion was going to do that.
"Okay, I think we're ready," my Mom told him.
Coach Orion held the door open as first Connie, Julie, me and my Mom filed out of the room. As the organist saw us she began playing. I watched as Connie slowly made her way down the aisle.
Julie was next. As she made her way down the aisle I could tell, and I think everyone there could too, that she wasn't use to wearing high heels as she was a little unsteady in them. I just hoped she didn't trip or anything.
And then it was my turn. I took a deep breath and started walking down the aisle. I looked toward the front of the church and tried to forget about everyone else in the church watching me. I don't know why it was bothering me as I played hockey in front of more people than was in the church.
When I was halfway down the aisle I heard the music change to "Here Comes the Bride" and I knew that my Mom had started down the aisle. At least people would be watching her now and not me.
I finished the walk to the front of the church and took my place on the steps next to Julie. I glanced over at the other side of the church. The guys were standing there watching my Mom come down the aisle.
Guy was actually only paying half attention to what was going on. I caught he glancing around a couple of times and more than once he looked in Debbie's direction who was sitting with Shane and Scooter. Next to him Adam was standing there watching but I couldn't read any emotion on his face. I knew what was going on with him. We had talked about it a few times over the past week. I wasn't quite sure how to help him. I kept telling him to talk to Gordon or his mother but he kept refusing. I tried to forget about it. There would be time to deal with that after today.
Next to Adam, was Charlie. The smile on his face could've definitely made up for the lack of one on Adam's face. I could tell that he was happy. I knew this was something that he had wanted for years. I also knew this wasn't going to work out smoothly. There was going to be an adjustment period for all of us. Hopefully, Charlie handled that better than he had been handling all the changes the past couple of weeks.
Next to Charlie, Coach Bombay stood with a smile on his face equal to Charlie's. I could also see the love he had for my mom in his eyes. It was the same thing I had seen growing up when my Dad had looked at my Mom and vice versa. I knew he was special and that he loved my Mom. After all, it wasn't everybody who would be willing to get married and suddenly have two teenage kids, or if Adam chose to stay with us three.
As my Mom started walking up the steps I could see that look of love in her eyes too. I was couldn't believe how lucky I was. I knew that there were more difficult times ahead of us but I also knew that no matter what happened I was a part of a family. A family that loved each other.
-I realize that there are going to be unhappy with the ending but I liked this ending. I do eventually plan on making another story to the series which I sort of set up at least part of the story line with this story as part of it will deal with Adam and whether or not he goes home but as they say that's another story. I hoped you all enjoyed this one. Thanks for reading everyone and I would love to her your opinions even if you are mad at me.