Being a Son
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Author's Note: Merry Christmas! I wanted to get this chapter out as a present. It's a little shorter than other chapters but the wedding is finally here! Next chapter: the honeymoon! I mentioned in the last chapter that I would be taking liberties with the timeline. I had forgotten that Donna died the night Abel came home. So, as with almost all the fanfictions on here, I am going to exercise my artistic license and revive her as I love her! So, just a fair warning, there is no Lyla and Tig does not kill Donna, yet. But that doesn't mean the other old ladies are safe either!
Chapter 9: Domesticating the Killer
This was it. They were getting married today. All the guests were settling into their seats and talking amongst each other. Tig looked around to see all of his family and friends gathered. Colleen had refused to let Fawn and Dawn come to the ceremony, screaming at him and calling him a sick bastard over the phone, yelling all the same reasons the wedding shouldn't happen that he had already gone over in his head. Edie was too young... She was too young for him... He was over twenty years older than her... His lifestyle could kill him any second... She deserves better, a guy that wasn't a criminal and could take her out of the country for a honeymoon. Okay, so he had added the last two, but Colleen had voiced the rest. He still believed all those things. But he also knew that he was a selfish man, an imperfect man, and he knew he loved Edie with everything in him. So he put all those reasons aside and was keeping her to himself.
Gemma had taken custody of Edie the previous night and had brought her that morning to the back door of the cabin, refusing to let him see her at all. Cassidy and Donna were in there too. Why it took three women to get her dressed he would never understand. Donna came out in a light yellow sundress and went over to Piney. Edie had refused to be a "bridezilla" (her word, not his) and had told Donna, Cass, and Gemma that as long as they wore something that wasn't too crazy she was fine with it. Piney pulled out a bottle of pills and handed them to Donna. She thanked him and turned away, heading back into the cabin. Now Tig was concerned.
"Hey old man, what'd you just give Donna?" Tig asked with a furrowed brow.
"Nausea pills. Don't worry Tig, everything's gonna be perfect. She'll come out, you two will get married, then we'll all clear out so you can get down to filling the world with demon babies," Piney replied.
"Hey, they're gonna be half Edie's. That should redeem them some."
"You're kidding right? This is your girl we're talking about here Tig. I've seen that girl decapitate barbies when she was a kid and hunt flies as if they were deer. Face it, your kids are gonna get a double dose."
"Yeah, but they'll look like her, so they'll be cute and cuddly little devils," Tig said with a sadistic smile.
"God help us all." Piney took another swig out of whatever bottle he had chosen for the special day.
Tig looked at the watch Edie had given him as a wedding present. He hadn't known that the bride and groom got presents for each other. He had just happened to see a hair pin when he was picking up the wedding rings that was blue and matched her engagement ring perfectly. Tig bought it to surprise her and was glad he did. He was able to give that to Edie as his wedding gift to her. He was taken back to the afternoon before, a few hours before Gemma took Edie to stay with her and Clay.
They were laying in bed. They hadn't done anything as Tig wanted to make their wedding night very special by refraining from anything sexual for a few days before the wedding. Tig was holding Edie close and she was resting her head on his chest, looking at her engagement ring in the light cast from the bedside lamp. She had drawn the curtains, saying that she wanted to hide them away from the world. Edie looked up at him with a sly smile. He returned her smile and asked, "What's rattling around in that head of yours?"
"I got you a present," she said in a sing-song voice. She crawled over him to the bedside table and opened the drawer to pull out a blue box. Edie sat back and handed it to him, "A little wedding gift." Tig opened it and saw a beautiful Bulova watch with a black, opalescent face. It had a calendar and a military time clock inset into the face. He watched her pull it out of the box and open the clasp. He was still in shock, never expecting something like that, so Edie had to grab his wrist and put the watch on for him. He managed a quiet "Thank you Edie" while he stared at his wedding present. After a few minutes he managed to look up at her joyful and hopeful face and he remembered the small box he had hidden at the back of his underwear drawer, behind the old boxers Edie constantly threatened to use as dust rags.
Tig jumped off the bed, rifled through the drawer, and pulled out a small cream, hinged box. He settled on the bed again and handed it to her, "I saw these the other day and knew they'd be perfect." Edie opened the box and her smiled grew to the point that it almost split her face. "Tig, they are perfect. Thank you so much!" She threw her arms around his neck and planted a wet kiss on his lips. "Plus, now I'll have something new and blue for the wedding! Now I just need something old and something borrowed." Edie crawled off the bed to the shorter chest of drawers that sat opposite the bed. It had a large mirror that she used to get ready in the morning so they didn't fight over the small single sink in the bathroom and Tig loved it because he knew that soon he could watch them have sex in it. He watched her as she pinned her dark hair back on one side with both pins and she turned to look at him, smiling radiantly. "Well? What do you think?" Tig returned her smile, "Gorgeous. Absolutely beautiful."
"Tig?" Tig was brought back to the present where he was standing at the end of the aisle, staring down at his watch. "You ready for this?" Clay asked him, not really believing that the man who swore he would never have another Old Lady after Colleen was actually getting married to his new Old Lady. "Yeah, brother," Tig replied, smiling wide, "Never more ready."
Bobby was picking out a tune on his guitar as Clay led Tig up the aisle. Happy followed as the best man and Chibs came next. After everyone was seated and in their places, Bobby started playing Canon in D Major by Pachelbel and Donna and Opie's niece, Violet, led the bridal procession as flower girl. Donna was next, followed by Cass in a light olive green dress. When all the flower petals had been dropped and both bridesmaids were in position Gemma appeared in ruby mother-of-the-bride dress and was escorting Edie down the aisle. Tig was captured in her eyes. He could see the joy in them and felt her love for him that radiated from them. It didn't take long for Edie and Gemma to reach the altar. Gemma gave Edie a hug and took her bouquet from her. Edie turned to Tig and placed her hands in his.
"First I would like to welcome you all, friends and family, to this joyous occasion. Edie and Tig have elected to for-go the traditional vows in favor of their own. Edie," Clay said smiling down at her, "you first."
Edie turned to Gemma who gave her Tig's wedding band with the inscription "Για πάντα και πάντα ~Your Edie" and then turned to Tig, sliding the band on his finger and then she held tight to his hand. "Alex, I can't remember a time in my life when you weren't there. You were always just Tig, the guy who would sneak me beers when my old man wasn't looking. The man who would put his arm around me and let me cry when a boy treated me wrong. Someone who would offer to mess up a thirteen year old boy just because he hurt me. You've always been my protector, my best friend, and now my lover and the other half of my heart. I can't imagine a world without you in it. So I promise to love you with all my heart, forever. To be your shelter when life is too cruel, to have open arms when you ever need comfort. I promise to protect you should you ever need it, to kill for you if you should ever ask me, because God knows you've killed plenty for me. I promise to be a good mother to our children and to always kiss you at the end of the night- even when you royally piss me off."
Everyone chuckled and Tig's smile grew wider. He turned to Happy who handed him Edie's wedding band inscribed with "Deo agus i gcónaí ~Alex" and then turned back to Edie, sliding the ring on her finger and tugged her a little closer. His voice was quiet as he said "Edie, I knew you as a little girl. I watched you toddle around the clubhouse. I've seen you experience your first crush and your first heartbreak. And back then you were always just Trace's kid. The little girl that would stick her head under the cars in the shop and scare the shit outta me. But all of a sudden, there you were, definitely not a little girl anymore. And it felt wrong for me to feel something different for you. But you never gave up, no matter how hard I tried to avoid you. You got your way into me and now you're stuck. I never wanted to feel this way again, but you had me wrapped around your finger when you were a baby and now I love the woman you've become. So I promise to protect you always, even when I'm pissed as hell at you. To love you always, and show you whenever I can. To comfort you any time you need me, and to help you through the rest of our lives together. I promise to be a great father to our children and protect them with my life. I will always be the last person you see when you go to sleep and first when you wake up. I love you Edie." He wanted to leave it there at a heartfelt end but Happy gave him a rough nudge and everyone joined in on his next vows, "And to treat you as good as my leather and ride you as much as my Harley."
Tig stared into Edie's eyes and reached up to wipe a happy tear from her cheek. He took a deep breath as he could feel the tears behind his eyes that threatened to fall.
"By the power vested in me by the state of California, and the idiots on the internet that actually ordained me, I now pronounce you husband and wife. Kiss the lady!"
Tig pulled Edie close and held her head gently while she wrapped her arms around his waist. The kiss was the sweetest either had ever had. When they pulled away they couldn't hear their friends cheering and clapping and the tune Bobby was playing was non-existent. They were consumed by each other.
End A/N: The first inscription is "Forever and Always" in Greek while the second says the same but in Irish. I picture Tig's heritage as having some Greek while Edie's as having some Irish. Just a little more background info for you!