Broken and Lonely Ch. 10
Clara takes her seat, waiting for the ceremony to start while worried about her girlfriend's absence. The Carmine then feels a nudge beside her.
Velvette smiles.
Returning the smile, Clara whispers. "I was getting worried. Everything all right?"
The Vee nods.
The Carmine then turns back to the front just as everyone else is. The only one's present are Asmodeus with a book that has an image of a Pentagram on the cover and Cherri Bomb and Sir Pentious on either side. "Shouldn't someone be up there? How long would be an appropriate time to wait until you start worrying?"
Velvette just gives her girlfriend a smirk which is recognized being that she knows something that no one else does.
To the confusion of the guests the music starts without either bride present. They all stand regardless.
First out is Razzle hovers through the doors bearing the rings and stops at the altar. The doors open again to reveal Celest tossing black petals across the floor and the guest couldn't help but coo at the Little Hazbin all the way up to the point she finds her place at the altar.
The doors open one more time and this time both brides are standing side by side. Charlie has her arms linked with her father while Vaggie is with the Queen.
Following the pacing of the music, the brides and the parents stride up to the altar and both parents hug the two women before taking their place and Charlie and Vaggie face one another.
Asmodeus smiles at the two before starting. "We are gathered here today in the union of two souls, who I must say are more deserving of each other then anyone I've ever met."
Clara glances at her Velvette, leans in, and whispers. "You knew about this didn't you, Vee?"
The former Influencer just smirks in return.
"Knowing you, it would have been your idea. You're brilliant, you know that?"
I know.
Velvette kisses the Carmine who giggles in return.
"Aw!" Clara whispers. "We just missed the I dos."
Asmodeus then declares. "You may now kiss." And the couple didn't have to be told twice as Charlie pulls her now wife up to her for their first kiss as a married couple and everyone applauses them.
.oOo.
The couple had just finished cutting the cake and presented the first piece to one another. Charlie though, misses Vaggie's mouth and got frosting on the former Exorcist's nose. The Princess seemed horrified at first. But Vaggie just smirks before raising her hands and shoving her now wife face first onto her plate of cake. The two then laughed as the rest of the guests joined in. At one point, Celest had walked up to her mother's, scrapped off some cake from Vaggie to get a taste. The mothers then glance at one another, deciding that their daughter needs some kisses.
Even Velvette got a chuckle from the display. She then turns to find a fork with a piece of cake being held in front of her.
"Care for a bite, Vee?" Clara offers.
The Vee happily accepts it and got an explosion of taste.
Damn! That's good!
"Oh, wow!" the Carmine takes a bite of her own. "I need to find out where they got this. going to need it in the future."
Velvette was about to take another bite Clara was offering when hearing that and her eyes widened.
The puffy haired woman's eyes widened, registering what she said. "Not, not that I'm in a hurry or anything," Clara then reaches for a glass of whine in attempt to calm her nerves, only to spill it on her dress. "Sh(bleep)!" she grabs some napkins and started to dab on her fabric. "I'm just going to go and get cleaned up," with that the woman leaves her plus one.
The Vee watches as her girlfriend departs, wondering whether or not she should follow. After a moment, the former Influencer got up to follow Clara. On her way, she passes a strange imp. The Overlord would have thought nothing of it weren't for the fact that she spotted him tucking a recognizable purse into his coat.
The imp tripped, causing him to drop the hat and purse, spilling out a couple items, including a necklace and an envelope that the Vee eyes. He grabs his hat before turning to point a gun at the Vee.
"Well, what do we have here?" he smirks while snatching up the purse while scooping the belongings back into it. "Velvette. Remember me? Your old pal, Striker. You and your friends hired me for that one job a while back. You were one of my favorite clients," he turns away. "As a sign of good faith, I'll leave you be this time," he quickly ducks and roll as a kick comes from behind.
Striker points his gun at the Sinner only for his eyes to glance to a nearby set of doors where music is heard. He holsters the firearm. "I'll have to do this the old fashion way," and takes out a knife.
The despite only being an imp, the Overlord finds Striker faster than he appears and he manages a cut across her cheek. After a trading a few more blows, Velvette manages a lucky kick at the assassin's hand, causing the knife to be thrown out. Only for him to draw his gun once again.
"So much for a quiet get away," and just as his finger squeezes the trigger a kick comes from the side, forcing the firearm to point up as it went off.
Clara glares at Striker. "Nobody messes with my girl!"
The Vee glances at the Carmine with a smirk.
Your girl?
The doors suddenly opened as the guests walked out of the room, shocked at the sight of the Assassin and the two Overlords.
Someone mumbles the question. "Who's the hot guy?"
Hearing the question, Blitz forces his way to the front. "Striker? Really? You've lowered yourself to petty purse snatching."
"Hey! A job's a job as long as it pays well," the cowboy grins. "You should know that, clown," he turns to make his way to a nearby window. "Later, Blitzo!" he makes a run but is momentarily stopped as something tugs on the purse. "Hey!" Striker turns to find Velvette grabbing the purse with her teeth. "Why you little…" he points his gun once again, only to receive another kick from the Carmine to the face.
The strap of the purse comes undone as Striker falls out the window. The purse is thrown into the air, releasing its contents. Velvette's eyes never left the envelope as somehow it opened, allowing a slip of paper to spill out and start floating to the ground. Thinking quick, the Vee kicks herself off the ground to snatch the paper in her mouth. The demon's around her started to near, causing her to panic.
Damn it, Velvette! Think! Think! Think!
Velvette's eyes then widen for the umpteenth time that day.
I am so going to regret this.
The Vee started pulling the slip into her mouth and then swallowed. Her face then contorts at the taste.
The demons started murmuring trying to figure out what went wrong.
Lilith walks up to pick up her purse, peeks inside and sighs in relief. The Queen then eyes the now empty envelope before picking it up. "You actually ate it?" she turns to Velvette who is now looking down. "I was wrong."
That causes the armless demon to jolt her head up.
"This day, you've earned both my respect and forgiveness."
"Vee," Clara walks up to her girlfriend. "What is she talking about?"
Soon, Charlie, her wife, and her daughter walks up to them along with Lucifer.
"Yeah, Mom. What's going on?" the Princess glances between the two. "And exactly what did she eat?"
Lilith has a small smile as she is joined by her husband with an even brighter smile. While placing a hand over her abdomen, the Queen tells them. "In order to protect something that I requested to be kept a secret, Velvette here ate the ultrasound photo."
"What?" the Hotel Owner blinks.
"Hold on!" Vaggie turns to the tall woman. "Mom. Are you saying—"
"That's right!" Lucifer snaps his fingers and suddenly, all five of them are wearing matching t-shirts over their outfits with different sayings on them. Charlie's has Future Big Sis, Vaggie's Future SIL, and Celest's Future Niece all with arrows pointing up. Lucifer's says I'm with Baby Mama with the arrow pointing at his wife while Lilith's reads Bun in the Oven and the arrow pointing down.
"Oh, my God!" Charlie hugs her mother. "This is so great!"
The Queen happily accepts her daughter's embrace before sharing one with her now daughter-in-law. "I'm sorry to do this on your wedding day," she backs away from them. "Your father and I wanted to wait until the two of you returned from the honeymoon," the tall woman then turns to the Vee. "But with Velvette putting herself on the spot on my behalf, I had to explain."
"Are you kidding?" the Princess beams. "This is the best wedding gift I could've asked for!"
Everyone applauds at the announcement.
Clara and Velvette walk up to the family. "You're majesties," both the Carmine and her girlfriend bows. "Vee and I would just like to be the first to congratulate you. It must be nice becoming parents once again."
"I'm honestly not surprised it happened," the King waves it off. "I mean, I've been giving it to her almost every night."
A small voice then asks. "What did Grandpa give to Grandma?"
Everyone in the room turns to Celest in surprise then immediately glares at Lucifer.
A bead of sweat drops from the King's brow and he chuckles. "Corner of shame?" the group nods. "Do I have to wear the cone?" another round of nods and with a heavy sigh, the Big Boss of Hell slowly walks up to the nearest corner before tapping his hat, turning it into a Dunce Cap.
The Little Hazbin looks up at the adults in the room and asks. "Was this supposed to be a Quiet Time moment?"
At that, the grownups started laughing.
.oOo.
Back in the main hall, the brides started the first dance and soon, the parents stepped in for a dance with them, then the brides shared a dance with their daughter together. It wasn't long before everyone else made it onto the floor.
Velvette was just enjoying watching everyone else when she felt a tug at her ankle.
"Come on, Vee," Clara smirks as she practically drags her girlfriend to the floor. The Carmine then places her arms over the Vee's shoulders. "So, my girlfriend is now in favor of the Queen of Hell. We could totally abuse that you know?"
The former Influencer lets out a chuckle.
Perhaps we could.
Clara then leans her head over her fellow Overlord's shoulder. "You could have done nothing. Not even bother with that Striker guy. Nothing would have come back at you. But you went out of your way not to protect yourself, but another. I'm proud of you, Vee."
Velvette then places her head on Clara's shoulder.
That means a lot coming from you. I just wish I could tell you that.
The Vee settles for a quick kiss.
.oOo.
As everyone is still partying, Lilith walks onto a balcony and takes a necklace out of her purse. "I thought you'd be fine in there for a while. Glad to see you're still safe," she places it back around her neck. "Who knows what would happen if this fell into the wrong hands," she then heads back into the building to celebrate with the rest of her family.
What the woman failed to notice is that one of the gems is lacking its gleam.