Yo ;) Sorry 'bout how long it took :)
You are formally invited to the wedding of:
Howard Moon
And
Vince Noir,
C'mon Howard, this is well boring, can't I write the invites?
Vince! Don't write on them, we'll have to start them again!
You'll have to start again, I haven't been able to write anything yet!
You're writing now! I'm going to have to start again
I'm gonna send this one though.
Do with it what you will little man
Cool, photocopier here I come,
Below this was a scribbled part about the place and time, but that was about it. Vince had obviously done what he'd threatened in the invite and photocopied the graffitied one, sending them all out before Howard could get round to writing new ones. Naboo grinned at it, a typical Vince invitation, with glitter glue used to write his name and address on the envelope and for some reason when the shaman had opened it up, some sugar sprinkles used to decorate cakes had fallen out along with the invite.
He was so happy Vince was awake. Ok, he didn't like showing that he sometimes liked Howard (Or Vince for that matter) but it was horrible seeing how upset Howard was, how depressed he had become. He had watched open mouthed at the hospital, day after day as Howard just sat and watched the smaller man, never moving and occasionally talking to him. And then that day when Vince woke up, Naboo felt a bubble-like presence in his chest, feeling so happy he might have burst.
He never thought his friends would have made it this far. Of course he knew they'd be together for... well, ever, but he just could never have imagined them finally tying the knot. He grinned as Bollo walked over,
"Finally got the invite" Naboo lisped, and passed it up to the gorilla. He studied it for a moment and smiled, nodding happily,
"I got a good feeling about this"
--
Vince fidgeted awkwardly on the sofa as Howard was sat beside him, writing out new invites. He'd not had a very good day so far, his legs had kept twinging and he'd had a huge headache that started at around 9 in the morning and hadn't finished until lunchtime. What he didn't need was for Howard to start shouting because he'd sent out the ruined invitations. He'd cursed himself as soon as he'd posted them all, trying to wedge his hand back into the post box to get them out. He'd wanted a perfect white wedding, and now he'd ruined it himself, sending out stupid invites. He sighed heavily, something Howard picked up on,
"What's wrong? Is it your head?" Vince shook it and mumbled,
"Sorry" Perplexed, Howard asked,
"Why?" Vince glanced up sorrowfully and said
"I sent out those invitations that we scribbled on, so now everyone's been invited, but with one of them" He rushed it, and started to nervously twist his hands together. Howard didn't say anything, and when Vince looked up, he saw he was laughing,
"What?" Vince said, quite defensively. Howard shook his head and beamed fondly at Vince,
"Vince, did you honestly think I'd mind that you sent out different invitations? It saves me writing them out! I love you, and this is you, so why should I expect anything less from you?" He leant forward and lightly kissed Vince on the lips, and stood up, stretching,
"Well, since I don't have anything else to do, I think I might get a book out" Vince stood up as well and argued,
"But that's boring! Let's do something fun! How about... how about we have a party? It'll be fun! We could..." he stopped at the look on Howard's face, "Fine... Oh! I know! We should plan our bachelor parties! That'll be fun, I can think of loads of people to invite, and the place..."
"Vince, two parties will be way too expensive"
"C'mon Howard, I know yours won't be expensive at all! You'll just invite Lestor and that old guy, Horace then settle down for ten hours of that freak with the big face" Howard couldn't argue with any of this so shrugged,
"I'm not paying for yours Vince, I think I've already paid more than my fair share for the wedding itself" Vince smiled beguilingly and said,
"And that's why I love you" Howard smiled back,
"Oh really? Because I'm the only one you know will pay for anything you want?" Vince nodded and winked,
"I'm gonna go, I'll call everyone I know and tell them to get a wriggle on, we'll meet at a club and see what happens"
"Vince, there's no point having it now, you're supposed to have it the night before the wedding, your 'last night of freedom'" Howard reprimanded. Vince grinned,
"It's not as if it's that far away! It's on Sunday! That's in like... 5 days..." He trailed off, horror-struck, "Oh my god, five days! There's so much to do! I need to get my suit sorted out, and yours, I need to check with the caterers and make sure they're ready, the car, the rings, the seating..."
Howard closed his eyes for a second and opened them when he was slightly more calm. Striding over, he took Vince's shoulders firmly and led him over to the sofa,
"Vince, calm down. I can't do this on my own, so you need to be completely with me to keep me on track"
"I'm second-in-command" Vince murmured, in a nostalgic tone. Howard grinned and patted him on the head,
"We're together on this, we're both second-in-command... or... first, whichever. Now, deep breath, and sit down on the sofa, and we can arrange the seating" Vince gave him a small smile and a hug, and sat down.
-- 4 days to go --
"Howard!!! Have you seen the form I had for the caterers? I was supposed to take it down to today and I can't find it!" Vince ended this with a childish whine, and was frantically throwing carious peices of paper in the air from the table. Howard sighed and ran in from where he had been in the bedroom, nervously running his hands up and down his suit and took Vince's hands,
"Sweetheart, it's exactly where you left it, on the kitchen bench. And you're meeting them in an hour, so just relax, everything will be fine" Vince moaned,
"Stop saying that! You'll jinx it! I need to make sure nothing can go wrong, I'm not having anything going wrong at my wedding!" He pouted, but coughed slightly as Howard raised an eyeborw, "I... I meant our wedding"
"Sure you did"
-- 3 days to go --
Naboo rang the doorbell and entered, his mouth gaping as he saw how harrassed Howard (But especially Vince) looked.
"Why did you call me?" He asked, having recieved a phone call half an hour before, getting Vince sqwauking down the phone, telling him to hurry.
"I've lost the receipt for the flowers" Vince choked out, looking as though he was about to burst into tears. Naboo raised an eyebrow and looked over at Howard, surprised that he didn't have the same look on his face,
"Oh," Was all he could say, "And you wanted me here because?..." Vince leapt over to him and clung onto his arm,
"You can magic up another one can't you?" He begged, blue eyes staring deep into the shaman's own, "Because they won't let us have the flowers without the receipt, and then we won't have time to order new ones, and then the whole wedding'll look horrible, and then..." Naboo held up a hand, allowing Vince to draw breath,
"Is this what you were looking for?" Naboo asked, whipping a reciept out of nowhere and handing it to him, his eyes widening as Vince shrieked and threw his arms round the small man, squeezing him tightly.
"I love you Naboo! Maybe you can magic up some more money next? To help pay for everything?" Vince asked, grinning at the small peice of paper he had in his hand. Naboo shook his head, walking out the door,
"Sorry Vince, I made an oath, to only use my powers for good. Besides," he added, closing the door, "You left the reciept at mine you tit"
-- 2 days to go --
"What are we having to take us from the church to the reception?" Vince asked, clinging to Howard's hand and swinging it, "You told me not to bother booking another car" Howard looked up, grinning widely,
"That I did little man," He said, "I booked us something else" Vince beamed,
"What is it? Come on... you can tell me" Howard laughed, but said,
"Well... it's not much, just a little carriage to drive us there... pulled by a white horse. And I might have asked Naboo to loan Gary out of his cupboard for the day, to drive the carriage" He smiled at Vince, who had a shocked look on his face.
"Vince?" Howard said, quite nervous as the smaller man wasn't speaking, but gazing at him with his mouth wide open. Suddenly, Howard jumped two feet in the air as Vince yelled,
"Oh my god!!! You're joking! Seriously?" He shrieked loudly, "I love you! I..." He started giggling in shock, and dragged Howard towards the bedroom, the door swinging shut in their wake.
-- 1 day to go --
"Is everything ready? My suit, my hair, my make-up, the flowers, the cake, the rings, the car, the food, the drinks, your suit, the place, the time..." Vince sat hunched over the table, scribbling down everything on a long sheet of paper. Howard had muttered the other night that Vince was quite possibly obsessed, but Vince himself thought he could have been alot worse.
"Vince, come on, you've scrawled over that paper for most of the day, it's going to be fine." Howard had come into the room with a small suitcase and his suit carefully wrapped over his arm in a bag. This seemed to bring Vince to his senses. He leapt up and went over to his almost-husband, who was going to stay at Naboo's until the wedding,
"God, can you belive it's already here?" Vince asked, croakily. Several tears were threatening to spill over his lids, "I'm going to miss you" He whispered, scared of hugging Howard in case he messed the suit in the bag up. Howard seemed to sense his fear and gave Vince a one armed hug, before kissing him softly on the nose,
"We'll see each other before you know," He said, "And we'll be married when we do" He grinned, glad to get a smile out of the smaller man. After one last kiss he rubbed Vince's arm and stepped out the door, not hearing the small sob that issued from within the flat when he closed the door.
I've got so many things wrong with me at the moment lol, a review would really help me feel better :( The heatings broken, my toes broken, I think my computers breaking :( Ah well. Oh yeah! Has anyone ever read a series of books called 'The Shapeshifter' by Ali Sparkes? 'Cause I asked for a section for that, bu you can only see it if you publish a story in it, but it is there! So if you like those books and wanna do a fanfic on them, theres a section now ^^ xx