The ceremony was held on a clear Saturday morning in the park. Cindy adjusted her veil and tiara while Libby carefully looked her over from head to toe, making sure everything was perfect.
"I almost forgot," Cindy said, pulling a necklace from her jewelry case. "Something old."
"It's beautiful," Libby whispered in awe as she helped Cindy put on her diamond necklace with a single, very special pearl in the center.
"Hey Cindy!" Jimmy shouted from a distance.
Cindy jumped behind Libby and tried to stay hidden. "It's bad luck for Jimmy to see me before the ceremony," she hissed.
Libby squinted across the clearing where rows of chairs had been set up for the ceremony. She saw Jimmy, Carl and Sheen all looking a bit tired as they made their way across the park in their tuxedos. As the boys got closer, Libby could see all of Sheen's piercings and a tattoo on his neck that his white collared shirt didn't cover. With all the electric shocks Sheen had received as a kid, none of his body art surprised her. He had always been into pain.
"Sweet bachelor party Jim," Carl said as he tried to keep up with his friends.
"Thanks Carl," Jimmy replied.
"Dang!" Sheen said loudly as he rubbed his eyes. "Jimmy, I thought you would've invented the cure for a freakin' hangover by now!"
The guys made their way to where Libby was standing with Cindy leaning behind her..
"Great to see you again Libby," Jimmy said with a smile.
"Congratulations Jimmy," she replied just as she made eye contact with the person standing behind him. "Carl!" she squealed.
"Hi Libby," he said softly right before she jumped up and hugged him, causing Cindy to tumble to the ground
"Liberty," Sheen said coldly with a nod when he and Libby first made eye contact.
"Sheen," Libby replied, sounding just as frigid.
It hurt Libby to look at Sheen. He was even more good looking than she remembered. The spastic little kid with the cute accent was now a smooth rebel with a cute accent. Sheen spent the whole morning pretending Libby wasn't there, even though she watched her from the corner of his eye every chance he had.
Sheen lit a cigarette and sat on a park bench next to Carl. "Look at her over there," Sheen said, pointing to a group of women from the bridal party huddled around Cindy. "Just as sexy as I remember her."
"Yeah, Jimmy's mom still looks good for her age," Carl happily sighed.
"For crying out loud, not her!" Sheen shouted. "Libby!"
"She's pretty too I guess," Carl mumbled.
"I woke up next to a lot of girls these past few years," he said, blowing smoke in Carl's face. "but she was all I could ever think about."
"Then tell her that," Carl replied. "Okay, well maybe not the part about waking up next to a lot of girls, but you could tell Libby you still like her."
"No way," he said, angrily flicking the butt of his lit cigarette on the path. "I'm not any more worthy of her now than I was before," he sighed.
The guests started arriving shortly after and the ceremony went on without a problem, aside from Carl accidentally swallowing the ring and Sheen desperately trying to get him to cough it up. During the vows they wrote themselves, Jimmy promised never to lock himself up in his lab and ignore Cindy; while she promised never to call him "Nerdtron" again.
