chapter 2
Freddy,Marie,Michael,Rose,Maria,Andres,and Nick all sat down in the dining room. Dinner was sushi, teriyaki beef, and coke. It looked really good. Freddy dug in right away as soon as everyone sat down.
"So, the wedding," Nick said. "Marie and I have got most planned-"
"Except the bridesmaids,flower girl, stuff like that," Marie interrupted. "Nick and I wanted to get your opinion."
"I think Rachel would be a good flowergirl,"Freddy suggested. Rachel was his 8 year old cousin.
"Good idea, Freddy,"Marie agreed. "And the bridesmaids?"
"I'll be one,"Maria volunteered. "With Katie, Lana, and Amber."
"What about Marie's family, Maria?" Nick asked. "Freddy has eight cousins on her side."
"Wow,"Maria said, "well, okay. What do you think, Freddy?"
"How about Jenna?"Freddy suggested. "And Michelle."
"We can have more than four bridesmaids,"Marie added. "We could have six bridesmaids."
"Yeah,"Maria agreed. "It could be me, Katie, Vanessa, Amber, Michelle, and.."
"Olga,"Freddy added. "My aunt Anna's daughter."
"Okay,"Marie said. "So, it's Maria, Katie, Vanessa, Amber, Michelle, and Olga."
"And the flowergirl?"
"Freddy's cousin Rachel," Marie said. "Sounds like a good plan so far. What about the ring bearer?"
"My 7 year old cousin Josh,"Maria said, "my dad's sister Emma's son."
"Okay, we can do that,"Marie agreed. "I should get some paper to write this down."
As she left, they talked about the food.
"What kind of food are we going to have?"Maria asked.
"Just American food," Nick answered. Maria nodded. "Okay, I'm back,"Marie said. She sat down again and wrote the names.
"What if they don't want to be?"Michael asked.
"Then we'll ask Freddy's and your other cousins,"Marie answered.
After 10:30 pm, Freddy and Marie left.
"So, do you like them?"Marie asked.
"They're okay so far,"Freddy answered. He had forgotten about Zack and Katie, and Katie being related to Nick.
The next day, Freddy got ready for school. It was going to be a band practice day. They had a new bassist named Amanda, and some new backup singers as well as Alicia, Tomika, and Marta.
Freddy entered his homeroom and met with his friends, Lawrence and Marco. "How was last night?"Marco asked.
"It was okay,"Freddy answered, "the 'kids' are nice."
"Who are they?"Lawrence asked.
"Michael and Maria,"Freddy answered, "they're some of Nick's neices and nephews."
"Cool,"Marco said. "Is Maria hot?"
Freddy laughed. "Hot?"He said, "I don't know. She's in between pretty and cute."
"Oh sweet,"Marco said, "you should introduce me."
"You?" Lawrence said with a chuckle, "I doubt it."
"Hey!"Marco said, "I've changed since grade four! I'm not the fatty I used to be."
"Suuure,"Lawrence said sarcastically. "I bet you'd take half an hour just to run around the field."
"Shut up! It's not THAT long,"Marco said, frowning at him.
"I'm only joking,"Lawrence told him, "don't take everything so seriously!"
"I don't!"Marco argued back.
"Guys, guys,"Freddy said. "The teacher's here."
After classes, Freddy and the rest of the band met at Dewey's house to practice.
"Hi Spazz,"Zack said, "sup? Anything new?"
"Nothing except your girlfriend's uncle is marrying my mom,"Freddy answered.
"What? No way! That's amazing."
"Easy for you to say,"Freddy muttered.
"Why?"
"Katie's with you, right? When she finds out her uncle's fiance is my mom, she's gonna go insane."
"Aw come on, it's not that bad, look on the bright side."
"WHAT bright side? We had a fight,"Freddy said, "there's no bright side about THAT. Plus, we haven't spoken since."
"Oh yeah,"Zack said, as if he just remembered. "I guess."
Freddy sighed. "What do you know? I'll be hanging out with her cousins and all-"
"Ohh,"Zack said, "that IS a problem. She won't like that."
"See?"
"I get what you mean. But if you two ignore each other it'll be fine, right?"
Freddy snorted. "Hell, no! You don't understand any of it. We had the worst fight I've ever had in my life."
"About what?"
"She was accusing me of-"
"Okay everyone! Instruments out, no more chatting! Lawrence, book away, come on people, hurry it up, let's go!"Dewey shouted.
"I'll tell you later,"Freddy told Zack.
At home, Freddy came back to see Marie talking to his cousins and aunts and uncles.
"Mom? Why's everyone here? What're you doing?"He asked.
"Talking about the wedding,"Marie answered, "we've got the bridesmaids! And the flowergirl, and ring bearer."
"Good for you,"Freddy said, "sorry, I can't join in, I have to go to my room."
Freddy ran upstairs and closed the door after him.
He sat on his bed and noticed a photo album. It was photos of him and Katie, and the school of rock band. He picked it up, and carefully looked through it.
There was Katie and himself...him,Katie, Zack and Summer..Summer and Marta...Katie,Eleni,Summer and Tomika...Alicia,Lawrence,Zack,and Marco...Marco and Lawrence...Katie and Freddy again..
Freddy closed the album and decided to go online.
He noticed that Katie, Marco, Lawrence, Alicia,and Zack were online. Zack and Katie were probably chatting to each other. He decided to let them be until Zack instant messaged him.
ZaCkAttAcK says:
Hey Spazz, how's it going?
SpazzyDrummer says:
Ugh,moms' got all her relatives over!
ZaCkAttAcK says:
Oh, aren't u gonna go talk with them?
SpazzyDrummer says:
hell no! I don't wanna talk about a wedding.
ZaCkAttAcK says:
oh, I c. what were u gonna tell me earlier on?
SpazzyDrummer says:
Oh yea. well remember when i told u that katie was accusing me?
ZaCkAttAcK says:
yea, what happened? why was she accusing u?
SpazzyDrummer says:
she was accusing me because one evening on a date i wasn't talking as much as i normally do, because i was upset-i had just found out about my mom's boyfriend and she didn't know that yet herself.so she kept on asking me, 'why r u so quiet?'and i was like 'just thinking' and she went 'suuuure u are. i'm your girlfriend u can tell me what's wrong.'
ZaCkAttAck says:
so, did u?
SpazzyDrummer says:
no. i just said it was fine, not a big deal. but she kept on going. 'if it isnt a big deal then why are u not telling me?' god, it was annoying. so i said, 'i dunno.'
she said i looked a little funny. 'are u seeing other girls?'she asked. i was like what do u think? and she got all upset because she took it the wrong way. she made me go outside with her to 'talk' and we ended up having this huuuge fight.
ZaCkAttAck says:
whoa. that's crazy! i know katie's really hot,but now that i know she can scream at a guy, it's even hotter.
SpazzyDrummer says:
no it's not. it's not all about hotness. it's about how she acts. it fucking pisses me off! maybe it's a good thing i broke up with her after all.
ZaCkAttAck says:
yea your smart. at least i got my girl! oooh,she just messaged me.
SpazzyDrummer says:
what?i thought u 2 were already talking.
ZaCkAttAck says:
no. she was 2 busy talking 2 some of her new friends. she says she's popular.
SpazzyDrummer says:
figures.
ZaCkAttAck says:
c'mon, dont be lame.be happy 4 her.
SpazzyDrummer says:
you're only saying that because U love her.hello,don't u remember i dont?
ZaCkAttAck says:
oh rite. sorry.
SpazzyDrummer says:
heh. i gotta go..mom's probably gonna call me downstairs 4 somethin. bye.
Freddy went offline, and went downstairs.
"Ah, Freddy!"Marie said. "There you are, I was going to call you."
"For what?"
"We need help organizing,"Marie said.
"You've already got enough people."
"Come on, don't be like that! It's my wedding, and I'm your mother! Don't you want to help me?"
"Ugh..I guess, sure."
"Thanks honey,"Marie said with a smile. "Now, we've got all the details figured out, we just need the..."
Freddy wasn't really listening. He was thinking more about how Katie would act when she found out her uncle's fiance was his mom. Would there be a huge fight between them again? Would Katie hate him for life? Would she never talk to him again, and during all those family events? What would happen? He wasn't sure if he wanted to find out.