Unzipped: The Epilogue

Author's Note: I hadn't been planning on writing one of these for Unzipped, but Colleen wanted one, so this is for her. I hope it lives up to what she was expecting.


Sami had been to many weddings in the past. Some of them had been for her, some of them had been for others. She knew from experience that weddings, especially her own, could get out of hand and turn into events she would rather forget than hold in her memory forever. However, Sami had never dreamed of attending a wedding, much less having her own wedding, in such an unconventional setting.

Lucas had sworn the idea was his and his alone, but Sami suspected that the club's new owners had more to do with the situation than they let on. Brady, Nicole, Crystal and Jan hadn't hesitated or seemed even the slightest bit surprised upon hearing Lucas and Sami's request to get married at Unzipped. Not only had they immediately agreed to host the wedding, but all four of them had quickly went to work making preparations.

Sami's bridesmaids were now flocked around her in one of the club's back rooms, helping her get ready. The fact that they were in the same room Lucas had given her a lap dance in was doing nothing to soothe the fluttering sensations in Sami's stomach. She couldn't believe she had let Lucas talk her into this.


"You've got to be kidding me!" Sami exclaimed before Lucas had even finished his sentence. "You want us to get married there? Why?"

Lucas' dark eyes bore into Sami's pleadingly. "Come on, honey, it'll be fun. I bet we'll be the first people to get married in a strip club. Besides, the club comes with a lot of... interesting memories for us."

"Yeah, well, they weren't all good ones," Sami mumbled.

"Oh, I can point out a few exceptionally good ones, though," Lucas said, a little smirk playing around the edges of his mouth. "Like the time you spanked me. Or the time you licked me all over in front of everyone in the club for that contest. Or the time we-"

Sami slugged him in the shoulder, her face colouring at the memories his words evoked. "Fine, you've made your point. But we'll never find someone to marry us off at a strip club."

"Of course we will," Lucas assured her confidently. "There's all kinds of people here in Salem. There has to be at least one priest that won't mind. Plus, Jan and Brady and them own the club now. They're our friends. I'm sure they'll go out of their way to make the wedding fantastic. Think about how wonderful it would be."

"But..." Sami bit her lip, searching for another argument. Arguing was becoming difficult with the case Lucas was presenting. She was actually beginning to think that the two of them getting married at Unzipped would be a nice experience. It would definitely be an interesting one at any rate. She finally found a decent argument and voiced it right away.

"Lucas, what about Will? He'll want to be part of the wedding. Think about how bad he'll feel if we get married while he's off at camp." Sami pointed out.

"It can be a surprise for him once he gets back from camp." Lucas nuzzled her neck, knowing that touching her in the right ways could help him get his way with her. "I'm sure he'll understand once we explain the circumstances, and I think he'll just be glad that we're all going to be a family."

"That's another thing." Sami's eyes threatened to flutter closed as Lucas kissed a path along her throat. "We only made up a few days ago. Don't you think we're going too fast?"

Lucas shook his head earnestly. "Sami, I have dreamed about marrying you for months now. I know you're the woman I want to spend the rest of my life with." He reached for her hand and squeezed it gently. "Do you feel the same way about me?"

Sami nodded silently, and Lucas' face lit up with a relieved smile. "Then why should we wait? I can't think of a better way to end this summer." Sensing that he had almost won, Lucas leaned forward and pressed a lingering kiss into Sami's mouth for the finishing touch. Sami drank in the warmth of his lips despite knowing she was seconds away from giving in. It was impossible to be resentful about Lucas winning her over when she enjoyed kissing him this much.


Sami smoothed down the thin silk of her dress nervously while Nicole, Jan and Crystal continued their excited conversation about the wedding.

"This is going to be so perfect!" Crystal squealed excitedly. "Could our bridesmaids' outfits be any sexier? They're so much better than the standard, prissy dresses most bridesmaids wear."

There certainly wasn't anything standard about the bridesmaids outfits for these bridesmaids. Their pale pink teddies were trimmed with black while black garters held up matching pink stockings. The outfits they wore would do a great job of complimenting the revealing outfits Lucas' groomsmen would be wearing.

Jan and Nicole looked just as pleased with the clothing as Crystal did. "Don't we look awesome, Sami?" Jan asked.

"Oh, very," Sami replied with a touch of sarcasm, "I'm just glad that everyone will be too busy staring at you three to notice what I'm wearing."

Jan seemed slightly offended by Sami's last comment. "Sami, stop worrying. You look very hot. Lucas will want your body so much that he may not be able to wait until the honeymoon."

Sami stared down at the dress her bridesmaids had helped her pick out. It wasn't a standard, traditional wedding dress either, but at least it was white. Tiny straps led down to a semi low-cut neckline, and the bottom of the dress reached to about mid-thigh on her. It wasn't anywhere near as provocative as what Jan, Nicole and Crystal were wearing, but it really wasn't the type of thing she was used to wearing for her weddings. Then again, maybe this drastic change was exactly what she and Lucas needed. It was something completely different, and maybe that difference would be what would help Sami make it to her honeymoon for a change.

"Well, I hope he likes it," Sami said anxiously. "I can't believe I'm actually getting married to Lucas and that I'm doing it here. It's amazing."

"Yeah," Jan said in a dreamy voice, "I wish I could get married, but then I would have to choose between Shawn and Philip. Hey, maybe I could marry them both. I could make it work, I just know it!"

Sami rolled her eyes, "Jan Spears the wannabe bigamist. Why am I not surprised?"

Before Jan could reply, the door to the room opened. Philip, Shawn, Rex, Patrick and Brady all filed into the room. Since Brady was one of the club's owners and didn't want to wear a g-string in public, he was going to be walking Sami down the aisle. Sami had briefly considered letting John do it, but had decided against it in the end. Rex and Philip had fought over the position of the best man, so Lucas had made both of them, along with Shawn and Patrick, groomsmen.

"Are you ladies ready?" Philip asked, his eyes immediately taking in Jan's skimpy outfit. "We have to walk down the aisle soon."

A slow smile spread across Jan's face as she looked each man over very thoroughly. Sami, on the other hand, gave the men a much hastier look. Each of them wore a white bow-tie around their neck, and all of the groomsmen wore black g-strings. Brady was wearing a pair of dress pants instead of a g-string. It was nice to see that someone besides her still had some reservations about taking off their clothes in this place.

"We're ready," Nicole answered for Jan, looping her arm through Rex's. The groomsmen and bridesmaids were going to walk down the aisle in pairs, except for Jan, Shawn and Philip, who would walk down the aisle together at the end. Crystal linked arms with Patrick, and Jan was more than happy to do the same with Shawn and Philip. They all left the back room and headed towards the main part of the club.

Sami peeked into the main room of the club, making sure she wasn't seen by Lucas or anyone else. The 'altar' had been set up right in front of the stage and several of the tables had been moved to the side to make room for the aisle. The club had been decorated elegantly with ribbons and white roses. Instead of looking like a wild party center, the main room of Unzipped had been transformed into a place beautiful and romantic enough to hold a wedding in. Nicole, Crystal and everyone else who had worked on getting the club ready had done a fantastic job.

Crystal had already started walking down the aisle with Patrick, and Nicole and Rex were preparing to take their walk down, so Sami turned to Jan. "Thank you so much for all of this. Everything looks incredible. It must have cost a lot of money."

Jan beamed at Sami. "Hey, we're friends. I was happy to do it. Besides, it's not like me, Nicole and Brady are poor or anything. Oh, and the fact that we're getting a lot of publicity from this doesn't hurt either."

"You are?" Sami whispered, surprised.

"Yeah. There's a reporter doing a story on your wedding. I can already see the headline: 'Dreams really do come true at Unzipped'." Jan let out a contented sigh just thinking about it.

Shawn nudged Jan, "It's our turn to walk." Jan nodded, threw Sami a parting wink, then began the slow walk down the aisle.


Kate sank lower in her seat, her face reddening with anger and embarrassment when Philip emerged with Jan and Shawn at his side. Kate looked away from the trio walking down the aisle, very unhappy about her sons dressing so indecently. This wedding was a joke, and she was going to make sure she let everyone know it when the time came for her to voice her objections. Lucas was not going to marry Sami. Sami was a worthless whore. She was holding her wedding at a male strip bar for Christ's sake. Didn't she have any morals?

Kate turned to the man sitting next to her and almost smiled. At least John was with her to make this more tolerable. She and John had been getting closer lately, and she was sure John was interested in her. She was very flattered, but had already decided to keep John waiting for another month or so, just to honour Roman for a little while longer.

John hadn't seemed happy about all the men in g-strings either. He was currently looking up at the altar, but he wasn't looking at any of the men. Kate followed his gaze and realized he was eyeing Crystal rather lustfully. Crystal was smiling seductively at him in return, which seemed to be annoying Nicole. Kate watched as Crystal blew John a kiss that made John's eyebrow shoot up.

Kate was offended. Now John was paying more attention to a skimpily-dressed slut than her. To make matters worse, everyone turned to watch Sami and Brady walk down the aisle. Kate gaped at Sami's short dress, even more disgusted with Sami than she had been moments before. There was no way she was going to let Lucas marry Sami. No way in hell.


Sami slowly made her way towards the altar, barely remembering to breathe. She had forced herself not to look at Lucas moments earlier when she had surveyed the club's decorations, but now that she was walking towards him, her eyes refused to look at anything but Lucas. His bow-tie was black instead of white and he was wearing a g-string. He had promised it would be the last time he would ever wear one in public, and Sami found herself not even minding that he was wearing the tiny article of clothing in front of so many people. She was using Jan's strategy; all she had to do was remember that every other woman in the room would only be able to look at what they couldn't have, what Sami was going to have for the rest her life.

Lucas was looking back at her, taking in her dress appreciatively. Sami mirrored his gaze, admiring the muscular plain of his chest, the slope of his shoulders and the toned lines of his legs. No matter how much time she spent looking at him, she never grew tired of doing it. When she reached Lucas, the two of them exchanged a soft, affectionate smile.

The minister began the ceremony. Sami still couldn't believe there had been someone willing to marry them off at a strip club. It just proved that there really were all kinds of people in Salem.


Belle had seated herself at the table closest to the altar before the wedding had began. Mimi sat across from her, wishing there was some way she could cheer Belle up. Belle had been very upset that Sami hadn't asked her to be the Maid of Honour. Sami didn't even have a Maid of Honour! Belle was sad she wasn't a part of the wedding because now no one was paying attention to her. Actually, Mimi was, but Mimi always paid attention to her. Belle had only come to the wedding so she could pout and look unhappy to make Sami feel guilty. Unfortunately, Sami hadn't looked her way once.

Sighing dramatically, Belle pulled her eyes away from Sami and looked at Brady. Belle still didn't understand why her brother had walked Sami down the aisle. Brady hadn't seemed unhappy about carrying out the task, though. In fact, he looked quite content standing across from Lucas. If Belle wasn't mistaken, Brady seemed a little too content as he ogled Lucas' barely concealed body.

Belle leaned across the table to whisper to Mimi, "Is it just me, or does Brady seem to be staring at Lucas in very gay ways?"

Mimi looked at Brady for a moment, then turned back to Belle, "I don't think it's just you."

Belle frowned and shook her head. "Well, that's stupid. My brother is so gay."

"He is," Mimi said loyally, her foot nudging Belle's under the table as she gave her friend a knowing smile. "I guess it runs in the family."

Belle had no choice but to agree with her. Before losing Shawn and Philip to that bitch, Jan Spears, Belle had believed that she would be the last person to do anything 'gay'. Then she had lost the two men in her life because they hadn't been dedicated enough to her. That had made her realize that gender was something she would have to overlook if she wanted the perfect boyfriend or girlfriend. Mimi was that perfect girlfriend. Mimi was completely dedicated and loyal to Belle. She hung onto Belle's every word. Belle smiled back at Mimi, deciding that her life wasn't so bad after all.


Sami and Lucas both finished saying their vows and exchanged rings. They stood several feet apart, blue eyes boring into brown while they anxiously awaited the minister's next words. The minister looked up from the impatient but happy couple and did a visual sweep of the wedding guests.

"If there is anyone who knows of any reason why these two should not be joined in Holy Matrimony, speak now or forever hold your peace." the minister said.

Kate practically jumped out of her chair. "It's about time! I object!"

"Really?" The minister stared at Kate expectantly while Sami and Lucas exchanged annoyed looks. "Why?"

"Because that is my son!" Kate pointed to Lucas, who scowled back at her defiantly. "I don't want him anywhere near that piece of trash. Look at her! Look at what she's made my son wear! Look at this whole pathetic excuse of a wedding! Sami is ruining my son and I won't stand for it!"

"Mom, how many times do I have to tell you to leave me and Sami alone?" Lucas jumped in to defend his soon-to-be wife. "This wasn't even Sami's idea. It was mine. Stop calling the most amazing woman in my life a piece of trash. I'm sick of it!"

A chorus of 'aws' sounded through the room, particularly from the bridesmaids. Sami gave Lucas a grateful smile while Kate sputtered incoherently with rage.

"Thank you, Lucas," Sami said before turning to the minister. "I think we can get on with the ceremony since Kate is just being an idiot as usual. I really don't want to wait any longer to become Mrs. Lucas Roberts." Unable to stop herself, Sami flung a victorious smirk in Kate's direction, who looked ready to race up to the altar and tear Sami apart. Before Kate could move, John snagged her arm and tugged her back into her seat.

"Let it go, Katie," John told her firmly. "There's nothing you can do to stop it. Just let them enjoy their wedding."

Kate's eyes stung with fury. Kate knew what was coming next and knew it would be too much for her to handle, so she turned away from the altar, unable to watch the next part of the ceremony.

The minster gave Kate another wary look, then proceeded, "I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."

The minster's last words rang through the club as Sami and Lucas' cue to share their first kiss as husband and wife. Cameras flashed, recording the moment Lucas and Sami brought their lips together in a deep, searching kiss. As usual, heat flowed between their mouths as they took in the feel of each other, and there was nothing new about the electricity and need that zinged through their bodies as they kissed. But this time it felt like there was an even stronger force holding them together. Sami wound her arms around her husband's neck, realizing in a daze that this was the real thing. She and Lucas were married. They were bound together by not only their love, but by the law. Sami knew that nothing, not even Kate, could pull her away from the man in front of her now.

Sami didn't want the kiss to end, and Lucas seemed to share her opinion. His jaw worked slowly and sensually against hers. Their bodies were close, so close that Sami could feel the warmth of Lucas' bare skin through her thin dress.

Lucas and Sami's prolonged kiss amused most of the wedding guests. The bridesmaids and groomsmen were also amused, but were more impatient about starting the reception than anything else. Jan, Nicole, Philip and Rex began coughing pointedly, and it wasn't long before Shawn, Crystal, Brady and Patrick had all joined in, too. Finally Sami and Lucas broke apart and the wedding guests cheered.

After the marriage license was signed and pictures of the wedding party had been taken, Sami prepared to throw her bouquet so the reception party could officially start. She tossed it over her shoulder, then spun around to see the bouquet land in the hands of Jan Spears. Jan grinned and quickly wiped the nervous expressions off Shawn and Philip's faces with her next words.

"Don't worry, neither one of you will be left out," Jan assured them. "I couldn't possibly marry one of you and not the other. That would be mean."

"Oh, God," Sami muttered to Lucas. "She probably thinks I threw the bouquet at her on purpose because I support her bigamist ways."

Lucas let out a low chuckle. "The sad thing is that the only way I can picture Jan getting married is if I picture her taking both Shawn and Philip away to some obscure little country where group marriages are legal."

The wedding bouquet was soon forgotten by Sami and Lucas as music began playing from the speakers. Sami saw that most of the people from her wedding party were on the stage dancing to the music. Crystal saw Sami watching them and gestured at Sami to join them.

"Come dance with us!" Crystal called over the music.

Sami and Lucas did join the others on the stage, but made plans to escape the reception to start their honeymoon early while they danced.

"So, we're going to gradually dance closer to the back of the stage, then we're going to go backstage, then we're going to split." Lucas summarized their escape plan in Sami's ear while their hips moved languidly to the music.

"Mm, sounds wonderful," Sami leaned into Lucas a little bit more, feeling his hold on her tighten. She looked up at everyone else on the stage. All of them looked very preoccupied with their own dance partners. "I'm sure it'll be a while before anyone from our wedding party notices we're gone."

Lucas looked at the others and nodded agreeably. "Besides, I'm sure they'll understand." His thumbs rubbed little circles on her hips, the silk of her dress shifting slightly under his touch. "Thank you for letting us do this. It's been incredible. I can't believe you're really my wife."

"I should be the one thanking you," Sami responded, her fingers stroking the nape of his neck. "I can't remember the last time I've been so happy. So, thank you."

Lucas dropped his mouth onto hers in return. They continued kissing as they subtlety inched towards the backstage door, preparing to escape the reception so they could spend as much time as possible alone together on their honeymoon.