Charlotte and Johnny walked over to the rest of their family who were stood talking at the bar. They were discussing room placements.
"Charley! Your dad's making us share a room!" Tina groaned
"Why can't we just have a room each, and she can go in with Johnny!" Shirley protested. Charlotte and Johnny looked disgusted.
"What?!" Johnny yelled
"That's not fair! I'm not going in with him. No offence." Charlotte shouted
"Non taken!"
"But seriously. I'm 24 soon, I can't share a room with my brother..."
"In all fairness I don't see why I'm that bad!"
"Right, that's settled!" Mick butted in, immediately stopping the argument that had started between his children "Shirley and Tina will share Nancy's room, if she comes back she'll go in with Charlotte..."
Everyone (apart from Shirley and Tina) seemed happy with this, but for some reason, Charlotte was unsure.
"What about Lee?" She said
"Let's face it!" Shirley started "Lee ain't coming home, he's a cadet. If he comes home on his own will, it'll probably be in coffin!" Shirley didn't realise how hurtful that was. She spoke before she thought.
The noise level in the family dropped.
Linda looked like she was about to cry. Mick put his arm around her, he himself hurt by this comment.
Johnny was unsettled by this, but he was more worried about his sister.
Charlotte wasn't sure whether to burst into tears or slap Shirley round the mouth!
"Is that what you really think?" Charlotte asked Shirley
"Shirley answer it carefully or you'll be out that door and Tina will get the room to herself..." Mick threatened
"No...No of course not!" Shirley stumbled "I'm sorry."
There was an awkward silence.
"Tina. I'll help you unpack." Charlotte stated leading her Auntie up the stairs.
The next day...
"Johnny! Wake the hell up!" the yell thundered through the Vic. Everyone Tried to sleep through it, but it boomed so loud, it rattled through the walls.
"What?!" Johnny moaned as he covered his head with his bed sheets.
"It's the fourth today!" Charlotte shouted. She was sat at her dressing table, brushing her hair. She had a pair of tight leather shorts on with black tights on, accompanied by a white tube top and a white and black striped hoodie.
Johnny ran out to find her, but stopped when he saw her.
"You're not wearing that, are you?!" he asked, eyeing her outfit
"I know my little sister better then anyone... And I know Wayne! She's not exactly one for fancy white dresses now is she?" Charlotte retorted whilst putting her hair into a bun.
"Good point!"
Later on, Johnny trudged downstairs in a suit, with Charlotte trying to tread on the back of his shoes
"Charley! For gods sake. You're such a big kid!" He laughed as they walked into the kitchen... They stopped when their mum saw them...
"Why are you wearing that?!" Linda interrogated them
"It's... Umm... Nancy's wedding today!" Johnny mumbled
"Mick! Did you know about this... Why the hell didn't you tell me!" Linda yelled at her husband
"She's marrying Wayne!" Mick said quietly. At this point, Johnny ushered Charlotte out of the room as his instincts told him that an argument was about to arise.
They slumped down on the seats in the living room, and some time later, Shirley, Mick, and Linda appeared, dressed and ready to go.
"Come on then. What are we waiting for!" Linda said nervously
Johnny and Charlotte smiled at each other, jumped up and followed their family.
As they reached the Range Rover That was parked outside, they all jumped in and drove of. As they arrived at the place where the wedding was being held, quite a sight met their eyes.
The walls were crumbling and the building was derelict.
Linda and Shirley were arguing about the look of it whilst Charlotte and Mick were having their own conversation. Poor Johnny was caught in the middle of a row between his mum and his auntie.
"It's a shit tip." Charlotte said "Hey dad. It reminds me of when you took me and Nance to that footy match and we had to sit in the stand that hadn't been used for 16 years."
"It's not my fault. It was the league final, obviously it would be full!" Mick stated. He tried to sound convincing but he couldn't help laughing.
"Mick. Lady Di's doing that thing with her leg again!"Shirley groaned
"Let her do it, then scoop it up. And don't get it under your nails, it's a devil to get out!" Mick joked handing Shirley a plastic dog bag
Linda laughed and Shirley shot her 'the look'. They all jumped out the car. Mick, Linda, Johnny and Charlotte all walked towards the wedding whilst Shirley yelled at Lady Di. Johnny and Charlotte couldn't help smiling as they heard Shirley have a breakdown over the dog!
As the family entered the location, the service was already in full swing. Nancy smiled even more when she saw her family enter the room. Things happened, Charlotte wasn't really paying any attention. Suddenly during Wayne's vows, he slapped Nancy's ass, making Mick furious. He stood and walked to the front of the room.
"Nancy..." He said at the top of his voice, the next few things he said showed how angry he was. Then he scooped Nancy up on his shoulder and carried her to the car. Linda, Johnny and Charlotte had a job to catch up with them as they had to barricade the community room doors to ensure Wayne and his friends couldn't follow. They legged it to the car, jumped in and drove off. Nancy shouting at Mick. Johnny and Charlotte laughing at the previous events, Linda complaining that her head hurt. And Shirley running behind the car...