The Last String

Chapter 1

He said the speech and afterwards, they exchanged vows. I bet tears were filling both their eyes.

The ring bearer (Who happened to be a cute little chubby boy. Gaaah I wanted to pinch his cheeks so bad, but when I tried earlier his mother sent me the touch-my-son-and-you-die look. It scared me more than Pennywise ever did.) came forward and presented the rings. Nora placed Alex's ring on first, then he placed on her's.

The priest nodded and asked, "If anyone objects to the marriage speak now or forever hold your peace".

As assumed, no one said a word.

"With the power invested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride."

Soon after they kissed, we cheered and then they did the whole candle symbolising.

And we all left the stage. I was beyond hungry.

"Hey Lilly," said Alex as he was walking towards me with a brown-eyed guy.

"Hey, congrats you big oaf." I smirked and hugged him. "Almost forgot," I whispered in his ears staying silent for a moment then screamed an 'I told you so' loud enough to have him covering his ears and jumping around like a butt-hurt monkey.

He gave me a pointed look then said, "Here, I want you to meet Andrew, a friend of mine." And pointed at the guy standing next to him.

"Good evening sir," I shook his hand, "I'm Lilly, nice to meet you."

He shook my hand replying in a British accent, "Good evening milady. Andrew." He nodded, "What a lovely day meeting a lovely lady."

I snickered. That dude seemed unbelievably corny. Adorable.

"Your pickup lines suck man," Alex commented looking at him in disapproval.

"Would you give me the honour of dancing with your majesty?"

I started laughing like crazy causing him to chuckle and Alex to shake his head in amusement.

..

"NO WAY!" He exclaimed chuckling.

"I swear."

"So your grandma kept chasing Alex with her cane all day long?" He asked.

"Yep. She wanted revenge babe," I said proudly gulping my fifth drink (or seventh, I'm not sure anymore), "He was devil spawn, I tell you! Such a bratty ten-year-old."

He nodded smiling, "He deserves it. He ruined the jumper she has been knitting for what? Two weeks?"

"Three." I corrected him grinning widely as the memory was replaying in my head. Watching Alex get his ears twisted and not being pampered as usual was such a hilariously satisfying sight.

He returned the smile muttering, "Exactly."

The wedding was nearly over, we were all partying and I pretty sure was a drunken mess. I still had to give my speech, though. Ha, a one-way dead street. Great!

Right after Andrew and I started dancing, we've been chatting non-stop. He's quite charming I've got to say. And let's not forget that he stands my lame jokes so that's a plus one!

I was staring at him like some mad woman. But what can I do, the guy's good looking.

I snapped back to reality when someone kept shaking my shoulders. And guess who it was. The one and only, Alexander. Ugh, that guy has to ruin every good moment. Gosh, I was peacefully ogling the guy, slowly melting. I felt as if I was in paradise, floating on a cloud. The silence engulfing me in a soothing embrace. But that moron had to snap me back to reality. I would gladly throw a cactus at his dongalong right now.

No, not cruel.

"What do you want," I slurred frowning.

"You're drunk!"

"I'm not a piece of junk." I retorted defensively, "You are."

'Oh god' was all I heard before he rushed away, coming back with a glass of water moments later.

"Lilly, drink this and wake up a bit you have to say your damned speech now okay."

I frowned again, "How can a speech be a damp you dumbo."

"Oh god." He groaned.

..

"Good evening people," I chuckled scratching my head, "Today, that weirdo standing over there-" I pointed at Alex who had his face hidden in his palms too embarrassed of what I was doing, "-got married. He has been my bestie for as long as I could remember. I recall my mom showing me pictures of us showering together when we were babies. He had a cute bum."

The guests erupted in laughter.

"He deserves the best of the best in every single thing. He is awesome, kind and yeah, I got bribed." That had Alex facepalming but I was one-hundred percent sure he secretly had a smile.

"Honestly, when it comes to Nora, I think she deserves better."

Once I said that the giggles were louder and my buddy was mentally shooting daggers at me.

"Nah I'm kiddin', they both make me cringe -especially when they're all over each other- which is quite disgusting. On the bright side, I say it's a captivating kind of cringe. I bet they'll make beautiful babies. Unless Alex's genes were more of course." And the crowd just lost it. They were all laughing their heads off.

"Will you guys start the baby project today?" I asked winking.

I then stumbled down the stage and headed off to where Alex and Nora were standing.

"Don't kill me." I exclaimed once I was getting nearer, "I love you guys!"

Alexander rolled his eyes, "You're lucky I'm distracted right now."

He was dancing with Nora on a slow song. Andrew was standing beside them chuckling.

"Whateva', I have someone to distract me too," I stuck my tongue out before I pulled the pretty guy's hand and placed it on my waist. I had a hand on his shoulder and another against his chest. He was a bit taller than me. I rested my head on his chest and stayed quiet, listening to his heartbeat as we swayed.

Jeez, I'm so blunt.

Soon my vision started to get more unclear and I could feel my eyelids getting heavier by each second passing.

"Andy," I mumbled.

"Hmm..."

"I like your hair."

He rested his chin on my head, "Thank you."

"Reminds me of Mr Gold," I continued.

"Who's that?"

"My dead cat's old owner. Flufster, I told you about him."

"Yeah..."

"He had herpes."

With that, I was out of consciousness.

Sometimes when you're drunk you can see better.

-Damien Hirst