Thank you so much for any and all reviews I have received on the last chapter or previously, I did message some of you back and I normally try to remember to answer any reviews I get but if I didn't I must say to you all thank you for all your kind words and thank you for being patient with me although I know it must have been hard after such a long wait. Any way thanks again and here we are at another chapter.
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The sun streamed in through the window as Anna heard her alarm clock ringing beside her on the bed stand, her eyes fluttered open as she turned over to start lashing out at the infernal ringing machine that let her know that it was time to get out of bed.
"oh god what time is it again" Anna groaned as she looked at the small clock in front of her, her mind not really processing information at that point
"Anna are you up?" she heard her brother yelling from the door way
"yeah am up" Anna groaned as she pulled the covers from her legs and moved to stand up with a stretch, her eyes drifting to her dressing table, where her dress and make up had all been laid out for the day, causing a large smile to light up her face
"good well come and help me make sure Ashlyns ready to go" Aaron shouted again as she heard him cross the hall way towards their sisters room, she was unsure what type of mood her sister would be in today as to whether she actually wanted to be the first in to Ashlyns room
"coming" Anna called as she grabbed her robe and headed out to follow Aaron in to the pregnant woman's room, where they found their sister sat up in bed looking at her dress with a small smile plastered on her face
"you don't look like you have any nerves" Anna grinned as she walked across the bedroom and perched herself on the end of her sisters bed
"that's because I don't, I guess I just know what I want and yeah it might not be ideal or the best way to do it but am sure it will all work out in the end" Ashlyn smiled brightly as she moved to the edge of the bed and started to get out of the covers to head down to the kitchen with her siblings, her movements a bit more clumsy, heavy and slower then she used to move
"so all we need to hope is that you manage to keep in your food and that you don't be sick during the ceremony and all will be ok" Anna giggled lightly as she walked with her sister down the stairs, Ashlyn had suffered severe morning sickness throughout the first couple months of her pregnancy and had only just stopped being sick all of the time
"well if he has been cooking it might not be the morning sickness making me ill" Ashlyn laughed as she entered the kitchen and looked around the counter top where her brother had piled up a mountain of breakfast foods, from pancakes to bacon and sausage
"who are we feeding an army?" Ashlyn inquired as she moved towards the island in the middle of the room and started to pour herself and Anna a cup of tea from the large teapot that sat in the middle of a large group of cups he had left out
"yeah I guess you could call them that" Aaron smirked as he heard the front door open and the hall was suddenly filled with sounds of girls laughing and chatting
"what have you done?" Ashlyn asked as she looked between her two siblings the two of them grinning like Cheshire cats as the kitchen suddenly filled with Ashlyn and Anna's closest friends
"well you didn't think we would let you get ready for this all alone did you?" Frenchy smiled brightly as she held up her hair dressing bag that she always used when they got ready for events, Marty stood behind her holding up her bridesmaid dress and alterations kit that she had gotten from her mother and Sandy and Stephanie stood to the side smiling brightly and holding their own dresses
"well then eat up girls because am sure you lot have a lot of primping and prepping to do before we can leave this house and you only have what 4 hours in which to do it all" Aaron joked earning him a light punch in the arm from the younger of his two sisters. He watched the girls place their things down and move in to the kitchen to start eating the mountains of food that he had made earlier that day all of them chatting excitedly and his mind wandered to a similar place that it often did when the girls did something special he started to wish his mum and dad where there to see them
"right girls ill do your hair and make up one at a time, Anna your stuff is laid out in your room so if you want to go and get it all but be quick about it that way I can get you all done and then I can spend more time working on Ash, Stephanie your wearing some powder already so why don't you sit down and ill start with you" Frenchy directed as the girls marched up stairs and started to lay out all of their getting ready paraphernalia, each with make up that Frenchy had carefully selected for each of them so that they would match but it would suit them all individually and then their dresses which Ashlyn had asked Martys mum to make for her when she couldn't find any dresses she liked that all of the girls would suit
"you know am sure if we put our minds to it girls we could rule the world" Ashlyn laughed as she watched the group start running around her bedroom while she took a seat on her bed , each girl fussing over a slightly different task such as checking each others outfits or checking her own
"what do you mean Ash you know as well as we do we only let men think they run things" Stephanie giggled as she sat down in the chair in front of the workstation that Frenchy had set up, her eyes skimming over Ashlyn's slim but curvy form as she noticed a small bump now sticking out from the once very toned stomach
"I don't know about you Steph but I never let Kenickie think he runs anything" Ashlyn laughed
"where did he stay last night Ash?" Sandy asked as she finished running a stiff brush over each of the girls black shoes making sure they all shined
"his mothers but am sure she wasn't happy about it, she told me he always makes to much mess in her house, anyway enough about me and him, the rest of the day is about me and him what about you girls anything to report? And by report I don't mean any gang problems I mean gossip" Ashlyn giggled as she caught Anna's eye with a small wink
"well I heard there was a rumble at the Bowl-a-rama but I must admit I wasn't there" Frenchy commented her eyes watching the two sisters in their reflections in her mirror as she tried to gauge why they wanted to know about gossip
"what happened then?" Anna continued as she tried to hide the small grin she felt when she spotted the small blush appearing on Stephanie's face
"Balmudo got decked by this guy" Stephanie grinned brightly her eyes turning dreamy as she moved away from Frenchys makeshift workstation
"what guy?" Ashlyn asked as she looked towards Sandy who was also watching the two sisters suspiciously
"he was just this guy, he appeared from no where as Balmudo was about to fight Davey but then this guy just rode up on this great bike and well he knocked Balmudo over and then they all started chasing him but he got away" Stephanie explained excitedly, her heart racing and her eyes lit up brightly
"what was he like this guy?" Anna asked as she tried to pretend she knew nothing about the stranger but luckily Steph was that busy remembering the event that she didn't notice how badly her friend was at acting
"he was wearing goggles so I didn't see his face but he had this body well lets just say he wore that leather well" Steph giggled as her cheeks turned as red as her bridesmaid dress
"I wonder who it was" Frenchy asked her eyes watching Anna and Ashlyn who she was sure knew who this mystery rider was
"who knows but I would sure like to find out" Ashlyn grinned at her red haired friend and the younger blonde who was now pulling her dress out of the garment bag
"right Marty come on your next" Frenchy called out as she glanced on the clock on the wall noticing she had spent a little bit more time on Stephanie then she had meant to
"thanks for being my best man" Kenickie smiled nervously at his best friend who was fiddling with his tie next to him in the bench
"not a problem, cant believe your getting married and I cant believe Ashlyn managed to plan a full wedding in such a short amount of time" Danny smirked as he looked at his friends nervous appearance, although Kenickie kept insisting he was fine, Danny knew he had some pre-wedding jitters other then the fact that he kept disappearing for a smoke and that his hands always seemed to be moving around in a nervous fashion
"who's that coming in with Nogerelli?" Danny asked as he watched a familiar looking man strole in to the church with a small woman and two children in tow
"I don't know, it could be Ashlyns other brother" Kenickie shrugged as his eyes drifted to the younger T-bird who had walked in ahead of the stranger, his arms draped around that annoying blonde girlfriend of his
"you know whats going on between them two?" Danny asked his eyes followings his friends glare across the church
"he doesn't seem to know what he wants but if I have to sit with another crying Anna episode in the kitchen again because of him am going to make sure he cant mess around with any woman again for a very long time" Kenickie growled turning back towards the front of the church as the rest of the guests arrived
"you look beautiful" Aaron smiled brightly at his younger sister
"thanks big brother you scrubbed up well yourself" Anna smirked as she turned to the stairs where Frenchy and Ashlyn had started to descend
"wow" Aaron whispered as he looked up at the dark haired bride, her long white dress showing off her curves but hiding the small bump at her front, her arms covered in white lace that continued to above the sweetheart neckline of the which pulled in at the back like a corset with pearl buttons accenting the long line of her spine, the skirt held out slightly by the hoop underskirt but draping enough to trail slightly behind her in a elegant waterfall of white fabric.
"wow isn't the word there, amazing, fantastic, unbelievable, I have ran out of words but wow" Anna smirked as she watched her sister walk towards her
"oh girls the dresses all look fabulous" Ashlyn cooed as she looked over each of the girls quickly, their red cocktail dresses accented by a satin black belt just at the waist and a black satin sash at the top of the red sweetheart neckline, which then became a set of slightly off the shoulder sleeves
"well we should really thank Martys mum for making all of these great dresses so quickly" Sandy suggested as she smiled at the small brunette
"never mind that now look at the time, we need to get in those cars" Frenchy yelled as she came running up the hallway with all of the bouquets in her arms, rushing all of the girls out of the door and in to the first car and then helping Anna, Ash and Aaron in to the second
"it really was a beautiful wedding" Marty smiled as she felt Sonny wrap his arms around her waist from behind
"yeah the ceremony was lovely and her dress was fabulous" Sharon grinned back to the older brunette as they stood in the small line at the door waiting to greet the bride and groom before heading in to the party, some tradition that Ashlyn had wanted to skip but Kenickies Mum had insisted that they carry out .
"have you guys seen all of the people here?" Goose asked as his eyes wandered to further up the queue where his favourite singer was stood talking to Ashlyn with non other Johnny Cash stood to his side
"yeah I have spotted some pretty famous people, I mean there isn't a famous person in the music business that isn't here but then again I wouldn't expect anything less and I did hear from Anna that there are a lot of them going to be performing during the party to give Aaron and the boys a break" Marty smiled as she watched the taller boys eyes light up at the thought of seeing Roy Orbison perform live
"are Anna and Ashlyn going to sing?" Rhonda asked as she covered for her boyfriends now dreamy silence
"I think so but I guess it will just be a matter of seeing whether Ashlyn has the time I mean she has a lot of guests to greet and then there's cutting the cake and all of the other things that brides do at weddings" Marty shrugged as she took a couple of steps forward with the rest of the small crowd of people in front of her
"I don't think Ashlyn will want to do all of those things I mean lets face it she never does anything traditionally" Rhonda giggled as she looked over the older girl in her beautiful white dress, her eyes falling to the small bump showing on her friends once very toned abdomen
"I guess we will just have to wait and see" Marty smiled tightly as she shut the conversation down as she spotted Paulette and Johnny join them, she knew Ashlyn didn't like Paulette and would not want her knowing anything about the reason for the quick wedding
"Aaron said to let you know the bands all set up and everything is ready for when you want them to start playing music" Anna whispered in her sisters ear as her sister continued to greet all of her guests with a small hug or shake of the hand and a quick pleasant conversation which normally was a congratulations and a thank you
"ok well I will speak to Kenickie in a minute and see if he will mind if I run off to get changed and then we can get the party going" Ashlyn smiled as she turned to look at her sister only to be stopped from approaching her husband by a similar voice speaking behind her
"now I hope your not running away from me now"
"Don, Phil" Ashlyn squealed as she turned and pulled the two boys in to a large hug before releasing them for them to embrace Anna who also looked stunned at the two new guests
"surprise, you both look beautiful" Phil smiled brightly as his eyes lingered on Anna a little longer then they should off
"oh you flatterer, how did you two manage to get here I thought you were on tour" Anna asked her cheeks turning pink as she noticed Phils admiring eyes
"we just said we wouldn't perform again for the rest of the tour unless they gave us the weekend off so here we are" Don explained as he moved forward towards Ashlyns now star-struck looking husband
"oh sorry Kenickie this is Don and Phil, the Everly brothers" Ashlyn smiled as she watched his eyes widened a little before his cool calm exterior reappeared and his hand shot out to shake the two men's hands
"nice to meet you, you're a very lucky man" Don smiled as his eyes looked over Ashlyn before going back to her now husband
"I already know that" Kenickie smirked as he wrapped an arm over her shoulders as he spotted the way the older of the two brother had looked at his now wife
"right well I need to run off husband of mine and get changed so I will see you in about 10 minutes if that is ok?" Ashlyn asked trying to defuse the start of a testosterone show down
"sure I will see you when you get back" Kenickie smiled as he placed a small kiss on the top of her head and watched her run off towards the stairs with her sister in tow,
"well we will see you inside" Phil smirked as he pulled his older brother in to the main room
"looks like Phil still has a thing for you" Ashlyn smirked as she stood in the middle of her bedroom as Anna unbuttoned the back of her dress
"I guess but you know with all this stuff with Johnny I don't think it's a good idea to encourage him" Anna frowned as she finished the last button and reach up to help Ashlyn slide the sleeves down from her arms, letting the dress pool at her feet meaning she could step out and in to the smaller white cocktail dress which had been made in the same style as her dress, but less elaborate
"I think it is the perfect time to encourage him love, Johnny is trying to make sure he gets the best of both worlds, he wants you to be his friend, he wants you to be his girl but also wants to be with Paulette and Steph in order to make himself look good and well lets face it the boy is drowning so why not give him a taste of his own medicine and let him see you with someone who does just want you" Ashlyn smiled gently at her younger sister who was busy fiddling with the small sash at the back of her dress
"I don't know do you really think that will help matters I mean wont it make it worse"
"I think he will become insanely jealous and hopefully realize what he is missing and will sweep you off your feet by the end of the night and if not Johnny then Phil certainly will off" Ashlyn giggled as the two girls turned to the sound of the bedroom door opening slightly
"are you two dressed?" Aarons voice called through the small crack in the door
"yeah we are what are you doing up here I thought you where getting ready to go on?" Ashlyn asked as she moved towards the door only to stop as Aaron pushed the door open wide
"you made it" Anna called out as she rushed forward with Ashlyn to wrap their arms around their other brother
"yeah I managed to get a ticket after all" Alan smirked as he held the two girls in his arms, he had missed them a lot since they had moved over to America to stay with their eldest brother
"is Joan here with kids?" Anna grinned up at the tall dark haired man in front of her
"yeah they are down stairs and they cant wait to see their two favorite aunties perform with their uncle on stage like they did when they were little" Alan grinned as the four turned to head towards the stairs
"I cant believe you're here, where are you staying?" Ashlyn smiled brightly as the four walked back in to the main hall where all the other guests had mostly arrived and where now waiting for the band to start playing
"well I was hoping to stay here if that is ok? I couldn't find a hotel with room in the area, guess most of your guests filled up all the local ones" Alan smiled as he looked between his three sibling
"of course you can stay here, its not like we don't have the room" Aaron smiled back as he patted his younger brother on the shoulder before running towards the stage to make sure the band was set up for when the girls got to the stage
"Well we better be going to get this party started but we will catch up later, its so great to see you" Ashlyn grinned from ear to ear as she kissed her brother on the cheek and headed towards the stage, to meet the band.
"you have made her day you know" Anna grinned brightly looking towards a very happy young lady taking the stage
"well she's made mine and seeing you too, but you better get on that stage before that happiness becomes something more like shes going to kick your butt" Alan laughed loudly as he gave his youngest sister a little shove and turned to go and find his wife and children
"Hello everyone, I know my sister has probably greeted most of you and if she hasn't well am sure she will get around to see you tonight but for now we hoped to get this party jumping with a couple of songs you should all know and love and as most of the artists are here today I hope they wont mind us using them" Aaron paused for a small cheer from the crowd as he turned slightly watching his two sisters set up their mic stands and smile and wave at the crowd a little
"so with out any further ado, thanks for coming I hope you all have a great night and lets get this party rocking"
Lalalalalala…
Oooo rock n roll party queen
Little girl do you know who I mean
Pretty soon she'll be 17
They tell me her name is Mary jean
Oooo rock and roll party queen
"look at them don't they look great" Alans wife Joan called out over the music as she looked up at her two younger sister in laws and her brother in law
"yeah they are really rocking up there" Alan called back, he couldn't be more proud of the two girls. He knew they would do well over here but he didn't realize they would do this well, they looked healthy, happy and seemed to have made a lot of friends.
"you should see them later on when the party really gets going" a male voice spoke behind them, causing them to turn and find the groom stood smiling up at the stage
"you must be Kenickie" Alan smiled brightly and reached out his hand to the tall dark haired man, who seemed enraptured by his sister.
"yeah and am guessing by the striking resemblance you are the infamous Alan" Kenickie grinned as he grabbed and shook the mans hand
"that I am, glad to meet you, Aarons told us a lot about you" Alan smiled and turned to his wife to introduce the two "this is Joan and these are my children"
"great to meet you, strange that its like this but am glad anyway" Kenickie smirked as he looked up to his now wife and winked when she caught his eye
"you obviously love her very much" Joan giggled as she watched the two of them
"how can you tell that?" Kenickie turned to her frowning with confusion, his eyes searching the small dark haired woman, she wasn't what you would call traditionally pretty but she wasn't ugly. She seemed to be very plain but her manner and eyes seemed to sparkle with fun and mischief, so he gathered that it may have been that which had attracted the very good looking Alan to her.
"just the way you look at her, your eyes always go back to her no matter what your doing and you get this look, just this look I don know how else to describe it" Joan smiled knowingly as she turned to look at her own husband, she was well aware of how people looked at them as a couple, she had just seen Kenickie make the same assessment, Alan was a handsome man, wavy dark hair, tanned skin, almond eyes that sparkled with mischief and a large smile that always made him look beyond handsome.
However she knew she was a bit of a plain Jayne, her own mother had told her that when she was younger, but Alan had never seen it, he always thought she was beautiful and she guessed that was the reason she sometimes felt it, even though it was hard when she married in to such a beautiful family, the girls and Aaron also didn't see her as the plain Jayne everyone else did, they never judged her badly or acted like she didn't deserve their brother.
"well am not the only one in this room who loves her but I guess am just lucky son of a… you know that she actually picked" Kenickie smirked looking down at the children and then back to their mother
"Ashlyn always did have a following of men after her, she never really paid much attention to them, she never really notices them to be fair" Joan smiled softly as the song finished and they watched as Ashlyn moved forward to the microphone, her eyes shining over at them as she started to speak.
"Hi everybody, thanks again for coming like Aaron said and I would like especially say a big thank you to my other big brother Alan for finally making it over here, we have missed you big brother and my lovely sister in law Joan and your beautiful children, Jacob and Sian. But this songs not for you although am sure we can pull off one of your favourites later on this one however is for my lovely husband… guess your stuck with me now hey baby" Ashlyn laughed as her eyes danced across the crowd to the smiling face of her husband.
He looked so happy and handsome in his formal tuxedo and his usual swagger starting to appear even more so with an opened bow tie hanging loosely around his neck and his jacket opened down the front showing his crisp clean shirt.
Ashlyn turned to the band and smiled before counting them in
They try to tell us we're to young
Too young to really be in love
They say that loves a word
A word we've only heard
But cant begin to know the meaning of
And yet we're not to young to know
This love will last though years may go
And then some day they may recall
We were not to young at all
And yet we're not to young to know
This love will last though years may go
And then some day they may recall
We were not to young at all
Kenickie didn't feel like he could breath, he had never had a song sung to him before but that wasn't just any song it was a song picked and sung to him by his now wife. She was the most beautiful woman on the planet to him and by some luck bloody chance she had crazily picked him over all of the men she could of picked including some very cool and famous people. He felt the need to be pinched just to make sure he wasn't going to wake up back in his mums basement and all of this could have been a dream.
Ashlyn smiled and bowed and as she looked over to her now husband she was stunned by how lucky she was, she knew that men had tried to get her attentions before and she knew that she had a choice of men although she never knew why but Kenickie was the most handsome man she had ever met. Her eyes met his and she could see the love for her shining in the look he was giving her, she winked at him and smiled brightly as she moved to the side of the stage to let her sister take the microphone for a song.
"that was a great song kid"
Ashlyn smiled to herself as she turned to the familiar voice, her eyes looking him over out of habit. He was a very attractive and handsome man and if things had been different she would have been marrying him today but she knew he would never change his ways and she would have been just another woman in a string of others that would probably get left behind with the carnage that was Frank Sinatras life.
"thanks baby, your looking as dashing as ever" Ashlyn smirked at the older man
"and you are looking as beautiful as Aphrodite herself! He is one lucky man" Frank smirked as he looked her over lazily, his eyes drinking her in with the same lust he always felt whenever he was around her.
"always the flatterer Frank, didn't think you would make it today" Ashlyn smiled as she turned back towards where her sister was just starting to sing
"I wouldn't miss it although Dean had to convince me not to stand up when the priest asked does anyone object to this marriage"
"sure he did" Ashlyn laughed loudly as her eyes traveled to the other side of the stage where Phil was stood with his eyes glued to her sister
"oh you know I will always hold out hope that you will one day come to me and we will finished what we started" Frank smirked again as he gazed over her again, his heart aching a little at the thought that she would never be his now. Some other lucky man had stolen her and he knew her well enough to know that she would never break her marriage vows and she didn't believe in divorce,
"well you will be waiting for a long time baby" Ashlyn smirked back at him her eyes a little sad as they looked over his handsome face one more time before she headed back towards the stage
"well ive got the rest of my life" Frank smiled sadly back at her, his usual bravado and charm disappearing for a moment and the real frank slipped through the mask
"ill hold you to that" Ashlyn smiled again as she leaned up on her toes and kissed his cheek quickly before she turned and headed back on to the stage to relieve her sister for the next song
Anna smiled at her sister as she approached her cheeks a little pink from performing and also from the attention she was receiving from Phil.
"am going to do a slow song, couples dance why don't you go and ask Phil to dance" Ashlyn smirked as she altered the microphone to suit her.
"do you think that's a good idea?" Anna asked a little unsure about her sisters plan
"what the worst thing that can happen, you end up with another lovely man instead of the idiot you have been chasing for the best part of nearly two years?" Ashlyn frowned
"suppose your right but I just don't want people to think am a slut or whatever?" Anna blushed again as she noticed Phil walking to the steps of the stage waiting for her
"who is going to think that? You haven't been anywhere near any other men and its not real public knowledge about you and Johnny so just do it and maybe he might suddenly realize what he is missing the absolute idiot that he is" Ashlyn giggled as she turned to the band and started to count them in
"ok am going to do it" Anna smiled brightly as she turned and headed down the stairs
"hey Anna" Phil smiled brightly as he extended his hand to the smaller woman in front of him, he felt his body run hot and then cold when she placed her small hand in his and nodded her head in a small approval of wanting to dance
Ashlyn smiled brightly as she spotted her sister take to the floor as she was about to start singing, her eyes then scanning the room to look for her sisters other admirer, if this didn't make Johnny pull on his big boy pants and do something about the chemistry between them then she didn't know what would.
Someday when am awfully low
When the world is cold
I will feel a glow just thinking of you
And the way you look tonight
"who is that dancing with Anna?" Paulette's grating voice spoke out as the group sat near the edge of the dance floor at their table watching the band on stage and the small group of dancers who had taken to the dance floor,
"is that Phil Everly? From the Everly brothers?" Davey smirked knowing it definitely was, he was aware that the younger of the two brothers had been sweet on Anna for a while after a few late night chats with the two sisters, talking about their touring days with their brother
"I think it is, oh don't they make the cutest couple" Steph pitched in as she knew what Davey was up to in trying to get under a certain leaders skin with his comments.
"she is so lucky, he is dreamy and a great singer" Paulette smiled brightly thinking of how nice it would be to have a famous boyfriend
"Hey Paulette lets dance" Johnny spoke out sternly as he got up and marched his way on to the dance floor leaving the blonde to rush after him in a panic
"why doesn't he just admit he was wrong and that he likes her and give this whole thing a rest" Stephanie whispered to Davey who was sat watching as the leader of the T-birds and his blonde fake girlfriend started dancing around the dance floor following his best friend and her famous partner
"I don't know but I hope she finally forgets all about him and takes Phil up on his offer at a relationship, I mean he has got to be better for her then all of this mess she has with him" Davey groaned as he looked around the room and caught Ashlyn's eye on the stage causing them to both smile sadly at each other
"come on shall we show them how its done" Stephanie asked as she stood up and offered her hand to the smallest of the T-birds
"yeah why not" Davey laughed as he walked on to the dance floor with Steph and they started to dance
Just the way you look tonight
Sorry it took so long to put this chapter out I am a full time mum to a very hyperactive 1 year old and trying to find the time to write when am not so tired that it write down rubbish is a little hard! but I do promise that even if the gaps are longer then they used to be and the chapters may go down hill a little I wont stop writing and I will eventually finish so please just bare with me a little while longer.
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