"We need a beer over here" Danny called to the bar where Adam and Sheldon were stood and Mac just chuckled as he watched the detective shake his head and down the beer which he was currently drinking;
"No" Don protested but it was too late. Adam placed a beer in front of him and Don rolled his eyes as Messer slapped him on the back;
"It is your last night of freedom my man" he roared "you need to celebrate"
"It's a bit odd though, right?" Adam piped up and the four sets of eyes turned onto him "well...like saying it's your last night of freedom...you could do this anyway, even when you're married"
"Adam" Danny said and took a sip of his beer "you're not grasping the whole stag do...it is just what we males do...we don't question it...we just go with the flow"
"And end up getting completely drunk anyway" Don chuckled and the men raised their glasses to that
"So what is Jess doing tonight?" Mac asked and Don shrugged and checked his watch;
"She said she wasn't planning on doing much...what with the baby and all that..." Don said and Mac shook his head slightly;
"We miss her presence at the crime lab...how is the desk job suiting her?" Mac managed to ask and Don just looked at Danny and the two of them burst out into laughter whilst the other three watched them wipe their tears away;
"She hates it" Danny yelled above the music of the small club
"She really does...she's a field girl Mac, know what I mean? Desks aren't her thing" Don said and he shrugged "but until she has had the child then she is remaining there for as long as it takes"
"Only the one?" Danny raised a brow and Don shrugged;
"Who knows what the future holds?" Don pondered slightly at thinking of starting a family with Jess and he did smile a little.
"So do you want a boy or girl?" Sheldon piped up
"Not fussed" Don shrugged "a boy would be nice..."
"Then he wouldn't have to shoot him when he managed to bring a girl home" Danny laughed and the other's chuckled along with him. Don rolled his eyes and drank more of his beer;
"Please" he waved a hand "I didn't shoot Mark when Hannah brought him home"
"Jess said you had your gun on you" Adam raised a point
"Well...when you have a little girl of your own one day then you'll know how it feels" Don told Adam and Sheldon. Mac remained to the back of the conversation whilst Danny couldn't stop grinning like a Cheshire Cat "to hold her in your arms for the first time...to promise never to let her go...to want to kill anyone who has ever hurt her...to be the only man she loves" Don shook his head "it hurt when she told me she loved Mark". The men just looked at each other after Don's interesting analogy and then they raised their glasses; Danny leading the toast;
"To Flack and Angell...may there life never be dull" he smiled and Don just nodded once at his friend.
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"I'm getting married" Jess shrieked as she woke up and walked down the hallway. She knocked on the door to Hannah's room before allowing herself in. Sure enough, her and Mark were entwined in each other's arms as Hannah's eyes opened up slowly and she nudged Mark in the ribs before sitting up and looking at Jess.
"I can't believe it" Jess smiled and walked over to Hannah's wardrobe where her bridesmaid dress hung and she unzipped the bag it was in.
"It's come so fast" Hannah climbed from her bed whilst Mark remained laid there and still half asleep.
"I know...anyway...we'd best get ready. Wouldn't want to keep your father waiting" Jess said and she skipped off into her own room. Hannah silently changed into the floor length dress which still managed to fit her slender body and Mark couldn't help but eye her up in appreciation;
"Would be inappropriate to say that your arse looks absolutely wonderful in that?" he said and she giggled softly, hitting him gently on the arm as he did up his tie and wrapped his arms around her waist;
"It may have been a little inappropriate...but I will let you off" she winked and then heard Jess call her for help. Hannah moved down the house into her room and began to lace up the back of the dress, but not too tight for Jess' ever expanding stomach. The elder woman looked herself up and down in the mirror and sighed as she patted her stomach;
"I look fat" she complained. Hannah rolled her eyes and kissed her soon to be stepmother on the cheek;
"You look gorgeous" she assured her. It was true. The white went well on her and the way Jess' hair was hung loose down her shoulders made her look truly stunning and it looked like she did it effortlessly. Hannah on the other hand, had her hair into a scruffy bun as she handed Jess her bouquet of flowers and then called for Mark to bring his camera.
"And there we go" Hannah snapped a photo of Jess out in the back garden whilst they stood and waited for her father to arrive to escort his daughter to the church. Finally, Cliff turned up and he smiled lovingly at Jess as he kissed her on the cheek twice;
"You look beautiful darling" he said and offered his arm, leading her to the car. Jess had said she didn't want any other bridesmaids, but just Hannah as her maid of honour, she had offered Mark the position as deputy maid of honour but he had jokingly declined her offer. Jess and her dad took one car whilst Mark simply drove Hannah to the church. Once there, they saw people stood outside and Hannah and Mark began to usher them in whilst Jess and her father sat in the car nervously. As everyone went it, Hannah sneakily moved to the front of the aisle where her father was stood, jumping around, a white rose in his button hole and his suit looking clean and pristine on him.
"Dad" Hannah nudged him and he turned around, taking in the sight of his little girl.
"You look amazing baby" he said and kissed her on the cheek whilst she held her bouquet of roses down by her side.
"Thanks...I just wanted to say...well...I don't know to be honest...I just wanted to see you before it all began" she shrugged and Don laced his fingers into hers and squeezed her hand;
"I know baby" he assured her and then she noted everyone was sitting down and turning quiet;
"I'd best be off" she said and kissed her dad on the cheek once again "I love you dad"
"I love you too Hannah" and with that he watched as his daughter moved down the church and back to the outside world. Danny was playing with the ring box in his hand as Mark took a seat near the front in the rows of people he didn't know and Hannah winked slowly at him before going back out to Jess who was stood on the small pathway to the church;
"Are we ready?" she asked Hannah who moved to the back of her to pick up her train and hold it into her hands. Cliff kissed his daughter on the cheek softly before they heard the music come from the church, telling them it was time.
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