Lie Tonight – Chapter 16

By MyNameIsCAL

There was no need for an extravagant wedding. Max had tired herself out with planning anyway, even though the wedding had never happened. Not to mention all the money that had went to waste, we thought we'd save the trouble for however many people it took to make a fancy wedding happen, especially since there wouldn't be that many people.

We drove out to the courthouse, Ari in a new car seat, strapped in and crying as Nudge continued to ramble over him. This wasn't going to take long, but the entire flock was going to come out and see us anyway. We were finally going to be officially married. Now that Ari had been born, it almost seemed like all the commotion was for nothing really, that Ari had already made us feel more together than ever.

"So since you two are getting married, dinner's on me tonight," Iggy joked.

In the mirror I could see Nudge elbow him.

We parked the car and I took Ari out of the back. I cradled him in my arms as we walked towards the courthouse and he stopped crying.

"Your mom and I did this backwards," I said to him. "But you know, that's alright."

He stared up at me as always.

"Why is it that you're the only one that can talk to him without him crying?" Nudge questioned, annoyed.

"Max can talk to him too," I corrected. "Or maybe it's just you."

She rolled her eyes.

"Nah, Ari likes you best, Fang," Max said.

We made our way up the courthouse steps. Gazzy and Angel were already here, waiting at the top. Max was walking next to me and as we made it to the top, Ari grabbed her hair.

"Ouch!" Max exclaimed.

She gently took his hand away and then Ari put his hand on my nose, squeezing it. I stuck my tongue out at Ari and he laughed. He did it again and I gave him the same response.

"Now every time he squeezes someone's nose, he's going to expect that to happen," Max sighed.

"I could teach him worse things," I told her.

We entered the courthouse, taking our seats quietly, waiting for things to proceed. There was another couple here, but their crowd of people seemed like only their parents. Halfway through the judge speaking to them, I thought Ari might start to fuss, but he didn't, sitting in my lap, grasping at the buttons on my shirt. Then he put my tie in his mouth. When Max tried to stop him, that's when he started to make that face, the one where you knew he was just going to start wailing at any moment.

"Ah, nevermind, just let him have it," I insisted to Max. "It'll keep him quiet."

She frowned, but made no attempt to stop Ari again. Eventually Ari got bored and started grab at other things, including Iggy's watch. I had no idea why he was wearing one because he couldn't see it. He took it off, giving it to Ari who surveyed it with awe.

"Nudge thought it looked nice," Iggy said under his breath. "Please take it."

The other couple had finished exchanging their rings. We clapped and the judge waved Max and I over. I gave Ari to Iggy. Some people might question me giving it to the blind guy, but I had the feeling giving him to Nudge would be disastrous and Gazzy and Angel hadn't really been around Ari enough for him to be used to them.

The judge checked our paperwork. After we identified ourselves, confirmed a few things, he finally cut to the chase.

"Fang, do you take Max to be your lawfully wedded wife?" the judge asked.

"Well, I've been waiting for this for my whole life," I said, breathing out. "I do."

Max gave me a smile.

"And do you, Max, take Fang to be your lawfully wedded husband?"

"I do," she answered.

I slipped Max's wedding band onto her finger and she slid my ring onto mine. There was a polite applause from the others in the room, a louder applause from the flock. I looked over at them, Iggy grinning, holding Ari who looked a little bewildered by all the noise.

Max took my hand as we headed towards all of them. Things finally felt complete. I couldn't help smiling.

Well, you know, I'm actually quite sick of writing wedding scenes. You can only write vows for Max and Fang so many times. I figured this was something a little different, hopefully still seeming a little nice.

I've been busy this week, so lots of stuff to get to: I posted a new story called Meant to Be, so check that out if you get the chance. It takes places after FANG. Check out my new poll to vote on what new story I'll post next too. And if you're really bored, check out my new tumblr website I made for my fanfictions, get some insight into everything. I'll be working on adding more later.

Thanks for reading! New chapter will be up during the week sometime.