“He’s on the phone with your mom,” Ness tells him.
That sets Axel off, and he storms into the room.
“I might just check on Axe,” Evan says, following him.
“You dirty bitch, sneaking off and getting married, and not inviting us. You’ve broken my heart,” I tell her.
“Well, if it makes you feel better, I don’t remember inviting myself, either,” she jokes before bursting into tears.
“Hey, hey, hey.” Sienna wraps her arms around her. “It’s going to be okay. You’re not the first couple to get married in Vegas, and I’m sure you won’t be the last, either.”
“I have totally fucked up. This is going to be a PR nightmare for the band and label.” Vanessa continues to cry. I don’t think she should worry about that, it’s not like it’s a secret the two of them are together.
“Are you fucking serious?” Sienna says about to tell our friend that she shouldn’t be worried about work right now, but the sound of shouting grabs our attention.
Oh shit! Axel has Christian by the neck and is screaming in his face. Vanessa breaks free from Sienna’s hold as Evan is pulling Axel off Christian.
“How could you fucking do that to Mom? I had her in tears on the phone this morning. Do you even care that she had to watch you drunkenly get married by some Elvis impersonator onTMZ?” Axel screams at Christian.
“I know, bro, I know I fucked up, okay!” Christian screams back at his twin.
“Axel,” Vanessa says, tugging on his arm. “We’re sorry, okay. But honestly, we don’t remember last night. Do you know how that feels to not remember your wedding?” Vanessa states tearily, this cools Axel’s temper slightly.
“What the fuck were you two thinking?” Axel asks her.
“Honestly, I don’t know, Axe, but I can tell you this. Your brother proposed to me this morning, properly.” Vanessa drops a bombshell on us, stilling Axel. “I said yes because I love him. I love him with all my heart. After everything we have been through over the years, there was never anyone else who could compare to him.”
Tears well in my eyes, my girl deserves her happily ever after.
“You want to be married to this fool?” Axel asks her softly.
“I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with that man,” she says through her tears as she reaches out and squeezes Christian’s hand. The way the two of them are looking at each other now, that is true love. And I hate that in this moment, I realize no one has ever looked at me like that. They may have said the words, but I’ve never seen the action, and right there and then I realize Chance doesn’t love me and I him.
“Fuck, Ness, come ‘ere,” Axel says, breaking down as he hugs his new sister-in-law. “Welcome to the family.” Then Christian wraps himself around them both.
“Don’t worry, we’re going to get married again, and we are going to do it right,” Christian says.
“Oh my god, another fucking wedding.” I squeal as I take my chance and join in on the Taylor family hug.
“Derrick, man, you better not get a boner,” Axel warns me.
“You’re no fun, Axe.”
“You’re getting married, you’re fucking getting married.” Sienna squeals as she hugs Vanessa.
“Wait, does that mean you’re going to have kids as well?” I ask, looking between Chris and Ness, who both give me sly grins.
“Oh shit, you two have already started, haven’t you?” Sienna guesses.
“Damn right, we have,” Christian announces to the room proudly, before Ness scowls at him. “But we wanted to get married first, you know, to make an honest woman out of her,” Christian jokes. Um. Man, read the room, your bestie knocked up Sienna before they got married. “Oh shit, Si, I mean …” Christian says, realizing the error of his words.
Sienna chuckles. “Please, Evan and I hardly knew each other. You two, on the other hand, it’s taken you bloody long enough to get your shit together, we don’t have time to wait anymore,” she tells him.
“I’m sorry we have created a PR nightmare. I promise I’ll sort it all out,” Vanessa tells Axel.
“Fuck that shit, it’s your wedding day … no, post-wedding day. We need to celebrate. Tonight, you will have the wedding reception you missed out on. I’m sure Derrick can whip up a wedding in a couple of hours,” Axel says, changing his tune.
I can do anything, and with their unlimited credit cards, I can whip something up. “We need to get you a dress to wear tonight,your hair done, and we need new clothes. There’s so much we need to do.” Sienna claps her hands excitedly.
