Disclaimer: I don't own Primeval or its characters.

Chapter Summary: It's finally Abby and Connor's wedding day and Connor is experiencing some pre wedding nerves.

Chapter Length: 2041

Author's Note: I was originally going to make the wedding on chapter but as its turning out to be quite long, I've decided to split it into three chapters. Enjoy X

Open Mic Nights

Chapter 13 – The Wedding part 1: Getting Ready

The day had finally arrived. All their months of tedious planning and hard work were about to pay off. It was October 26th; the day of Connor and Abby's wedding. Though Becker had to admit the planning hadn't been all bad. Spending all that extra time with Jess had made him realise how he felt about her, which had led to some very enjoyable dates. He had been hoping to spend some time with her last night, before the craziness that today would bring overcame them. But before he had a chance to make plans with her, the bride and groom had decided to adhere to one tradition and spend the night before their wedding apart, prompting Jess to call an impromptu girls night.

Which was how Becker ended up spending last night at Matt's with Connor, having the 'boy's night' the girls had decided they were in need of. The three men had spent the night drinking and playing poker until 1 am, when Connor had insisted they call it a night, claiming he needed his beauty sleep.

They had arrived at the hotel where the wedding was taking place around noon and—after checking in—went to get lunch in the hotel's restaurant. The group—deciding that it'd probably be best if none of them had to drive home—had booked three rooms for the wedding; one for Matt and Emily, one for Becker, and one for Jess. The hotel had provided Connor and Abby with the Bridal Suite as part of the wedding package, which was currently being used by the three women as a place to get ready for the ceremony. Meaning the men had to use one of the smaller rooms.

After lunch they went upstairs and played videogames on the gaming system the hotel event coordinator had provided them with. Apparently playing games was a popular way to get grooms to relax. Not that Becker was complaining, he was enjoying beating Connor at the shooting games.

Everything was going well; until it dawned on Connor that it was his wedding day and he started to panic. Matt and Becker tried to get him to calm down, but everything they said just seemed to make the situation worse. It wasn't until Lester came in—with the intention of wishing him luck—and saw what was happening that they made any progress.

"Good God man, stop acting like a child and get dressed," Lester commanded after Matt and Becker explained what had gotten Connor all riled up. "You survived a year in the cretaceous for Christ sake! Surly you can survive getting married."

"Yeah. Yeah. I can do this. How hard could it be?" Connor mumbled as he let Matt and Becker usher him into the adjoining bedroom to change into his suit.

Fifteen minutes later they were dressed and relaxing—or in Connor's case trying to—in the lounge area attached to Becker's suite. There was just under an hour until the ceremony was meant to begin.

Becker, Matt, and Lester were enjoying a drink, while Connor sat, fidgeting in his seat. He wasn't as panicked as he had been earlier, but Becker could tell that he was far from being calm. As the time to begin drew closer, Connor became more and more anxious, and try as they might they just weren't able to put his mind at ease.

"Relax mate, you have nothing to worry about. You know how Abby feels about you, it's not like she's going to run off on you." Matt said, starting to get frustrated at Connor's incessant worrying.

"Oh my God, that's what she's done! That's why she wanted to spend last night apart! So she could make her get away."

Becker shot Matt a death glare. "Why did you put that idea in his head?" He whispered angrily.

"Connor, Abby has not run off. Trust me, I've known you both for a long time and can tell that she loves you. Heaven knows why, but she does."

"Exactly! Why would she be with me? She's gorgeous, smart, and a total badass. She could be with anyone, so why me? Sure it made sense when we were in the cretaceous; we were the only two humans in existence. Then when we got back there was the trauma and re-adjusting to deal with, then we got so busy she didn't have time to leave me. Surly by now she's realised she can do better."

"Now who's saying the wrong thing?" Matt muttered so only Becker would hear.

"Connor, you do remember that Miss Maitland was the one to propose to you, do you not? I doubt she would have done that if she didn't have every intention of marrying you." Lester cut in, seeing if he could calm the man down again.

"She wanted to get me back through the anomaly, and that was the only thing she could think of to convince me to come back." At this point Connor started pacing the room. "She's gone, I know it."

Becker could hear the sadness in his friend's voice. "Would you like me to go and check that the girls are here?"

"Would you?" Connor perked up a bit at the idea of knowing what was going on with the ladies.

"Sure." Becker said.

At least it'll get me away from all of his worrying for a while.

"I'll join you, I should probably be with the bride anyway," said Lester. Becker nodded at his boss, thinking back to the day Lester had agreed to walk Abby down the aisle. Abby had been heartbroken at learning that her brother wouldn't be attending the wedding, though to this day Becker still didn't know the reason why. With their parents gone, Jack was one of the few family members Abby had left, he was also meant to be the person to give Abby away. Abby hadn't known what to do until Jess suggested that she ask Lester to fill in. The team was just as close as—if not closer than—any family, and though he would rarely admit it, Lester was included in that. So Abby asked him, and unsurprisingly, Lester said yes.

Together Becker and Lester made their way down to reception to find out what suite Abby, Jess, and Emily were in.

Arriving at the room reception had directed them to Becker knocked on the door, pushing it open when he heard a voice call 'come in' from the other side.

Entering the room Becker only saw Jess and Emily. For a moment he wondered if Connor was right and Abby had in fact come to her senses and ran off. A truly terrifying thought, as nothing good ever came from Connor being right. He pushed the thought aside as he took in the looks on Jess and Emily's faces.

There's no way either of them would look so happy if Abby had run out on one of their close friends.

After that, the only thoughts that took up Becker's mind were ones of Jess. She looked gorgeous, even more so than she did on their first date. The blue of her dress—which he was happy to see was longer than some of the skirts she wore to work—made her pale skin look luminescent. Her hair was in a lose bun, with curls hanging down to frame her face and the deep blue eyes he loved so much. Her lips were painted a vibrant red, and he wanted nothing more than to march over, pull her close, and kiss her so deeply her lipstick smeared. But he held himself back.

Jess turned towards the entrance way then, her expression changing when she saw who had come in. Her face lit up with the brilliant smile she reserved just for him, the one that he couldn't help but return. That smile had the power to light up his entire day, heck it had the power to light up his life, and Becker didn't know what he would do if it was no longer directed at him.

Jess and her smile had come into his life just when he needed something to remind him why he did what they do. She had been the reminder he needed, and then as they grew closer she had helped lessen the pain he felt at loosing so many of the people he was close to. She had saved him, and the longer they knew each other, the deeper his feelings for the young woman grew.

There were times when he couldn't believe how lucky he was. He couldn't believe this bright, beautiful, intelligent woman returned his feelings. Or that they had been together for an entire month.

The best month of my life.

"What are you doing here?" Jess asked happily, drawing Becker away from his thoughts.

"We're having a little problem with Temple."

"Oh no! He didn't spill something on his suit, did he?"

Becker smiled at her, amused that that was the worst thing she could think of happening. "No Jess, nothing like that. It just dawned on him that it's his wedding day and he started to panic, Lester got him to calm down enough to get dressed. But then he started getting worked up again, and Matt may have inadvertently put the idea into his head that Abby was going to run off."

"Oh my God, why would he do that!"

"I shall have words with him about this later." Emily spoke up upon hearing what Matt had done.

"It wasn't his fault; he was trying to make the point that that's not something she would do. Anyway, I may have made it worse."

"Oh Becker, what did you do?"

"I was joking around, trying to get him to relax, and I may have suggested that I didn't know what Abby sees in him."

"And was that a good idea?"

"No." Becker said sheepishly.

"Alright, well, the damage is done now, but he'll be fine once he sees Abby. Let's just, no body mention it to her okay, I don't want to worry her unnecessarily."

"Agreed," Emily said before shifting her attention back to doing her make-up.

"You look beautiful, by the way." Becker told Jess as she came over to him.

"Thanks. You don't look so bad yourself." Pulling her close Becker gave her a gentle kiss.

Abby came into the room then and everyone's attention shifted to the bride. She looked breath taking, Becker could picture the stunned expression that would overcome Connor's face upon seeing his soon to be wife. The non-traditional, V-neck wedding dress was exactly what Becker would imagine someone like Abby wearing to their wedding. The short A-line skirt flattered her figure and the off white colour allowed it to still look like a wedding dress. Her short hair was done in lose curls and instead of a vail she wore a jewelled headband. All eyes were on her, and Becker could have sworn he saw Jess get teary.

"You look absolutely stunning my dear." Lester said, moving to take one of Abby's hands and giving it a squeeze.

"Thank you." Abby's eyes grew misty; it was clear Lester's words meant a lot to her. Lester looked at her the way any proud father would on their daughter's wedding day. Everyone that bore witness to the moment was glad that Abby had someone who cared so much for her there to fill the role of her father on this important day.

"What are you doing here?" Abby asked when she caught sight of Becker, her words echoing Jess's.

"Hiding from your husband to be." Abby laughed, knowing what Connor could be like when he was excited.

Thankfully the events coordinator came in then, stopping Abby from asking any more questions.

"Ladies and father, you've got ten minutes before it's time to go." He informed them, before turning to Becker and continuing. "You need to get back to the groom. You men only have five minutes." The coordinator then turned on his heels and marched out of the room, expecting Becker to follow.

"See you soon." Becker murmured to Jess. Giving her a quick kiss, Becker left the room to return to Connor.