Lily stepped out of her sedan and I sucked in a breath while Jesse looked redder than a tomato. The groomsmen, AJ and John were by the sycamore tree and so was the officiant, G. There was a narrow cobblestone path leading to the tree, it was decorated with candles and flowers. And the tree glimmered with lace and lights. I could see Jake and tell he was nervous. G looked mostly proud. And AJ and John looked pleased and excited. Lily was the prettiest bride I'd ever seen. She'd changed her dress though, at first it was a tight white but now it was a typical gown styled dress with a hint of baby blue. Her veil was the same. She sparkled with excitement and nerves.
When she saw my expression she smiled.

"Shut your mouth Lilah!" She gushed and I realised my mouth was slightly open.

I blushed.

"You look—" I began but couldn't find words.

"Thanks! This is my mum's dress. I-I thought—this just felt right," she said with a big smile.

"It looks right too."

Jesse was extremely quiet. Lily kissed him and he blushed and took her arm in his.

"You ready Lils?" He asked her sweetly.

She looked back at me and I nodded with encouragement.

"Let's get your brother off the market, shall we?" She screeched with excitement.

The sky was as dyed in colours as I thought it'd be. With golds, pinks, blues and oranges.
I walked in front of them as the bridesmaid with a bouquet of pretty lilies.  I could see all of the boys staring at us. Under the big sycamore tree. This was a fairytale wedding. The only thing missing were talking birds and bunnies lifting up Lily's veil. AJ looked so handsome. I felt my cheeks fill with pink.

When we reached them, Lily was handed over to Jake, who smiled a smile wider than I'd ever seen, while taking her hand into his. They both looked nervous.

G started with his officiating, and I think I blurred out all the noises, all I saw was the look on Jake's face. He looked more terrified and happy than I'd ever seen him.

"To Love and to Cherish......"

AJ was looking at me the whole time, and occasionally cheering on Jake just a bit. Then they began with their vows.

"I promise to love this incredibly ridiculous and extremely cheesy man...."

Lily made her vows a mixture of sass and emotion. I was confused whether I should laugh or cry.  Nevertheless there were tears in both their eyes by the time she ended her vows.

"Till one of his silly trips or death do us part..."

Now it was Jake's turn. Jesse had his baby face on I'd only just noticed Willow by his side. How did I miss Willow?
She was wearing a green dress similar to mine and she looked beautiful. Our eyes locked and she gave me a little nervous smile before looking back at the bride and groom. She must have been back behind the tree setting up the tables. Though it seemed as if she wanted to tell me something.

"I promise to forever love this gorgeous, sexy and hella sassy lady," he gulped. "Because honey you're honestly the only thing that keeps me going...."

Okay now everybody wanted to shed a few tears.

"I love you, now and forever, till your shopping sprees or death do us apart..."

He finished and Lily chuckled. But we all knew he'd pay for that.

The sun was almost down, the skies were sleepy and the day was almost over....

As we heard, G announce, Lily and Jake, Husband and Wife. And the endless chain of golden promises left their mouths with the most important promise of love and commitment of all.

"I do.."

"I do..." 
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"Silly trips?!.... Shopping sprees!?... y'all are one heck of a couple I'll tell you that much!" Blurted out John who was considerably hammered.

We were all seated around a round table, meant usually for picnics, Jake and Lily were married and everyone was indulging in drinks and champagne! Especially John, he'd kind of lost it. Lily was in Jake's lap and the both seemed comfortable, or atleast Lily did. AJ was right beside me. John and G were on our opposite side and Jesse and Willow were beside us. There were chocolate dipped strawberries and pancakes as the after wedding dinner, how perfect.

"No..no wait, it's like this...I friggin love your sassy ass babe....and I..I love your stupid cheesy jokes and your cheesy secret midnight dinners babeee!" G was saying pretty drunk as well.

"WELL NOT SO SECRET IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THEM RIGHT!" John screamed and G and him high fived.

"God you guys are so drunk." AJ said eyeing them with worry.

"So what! You'll drive us back won't you! We're practically your mummy and daddy!" Joked G.

We all laughed. Though AJ looked embarrassed.

"The real question is, who be the mummy and who be the daddy!" Yelled Jesse.

John and G looked at each other and burst into laughter spurting champagne everywhere.
                   
"O-Okay. They're done for." Said Jake.

"Who's driving them home? Not us," Lily said right after.

Everyone looked at them in disbelief.

"What because of your stupid ass heist I can't go for a proper honeymoon. At least give us the damn night off!" She said with sarcasm.

Then she kissed him and little too passionately for baby Jesse.

"Jeez go get a darn room!" Jesse said and Willow chuckled.

Lily showed him a certain finger before plunging back into his brother.

Jake seemed to be having the time of his life.
AJ looked at me and slipped his hand into mine. I didn't know what it meant. And I didn't care. Let this night pass by without any extreme events. I wished.
And interlaced his fingers with mine.
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It was late in the night now, around 10 we should have been heading back but everyone was just so happy and dazed that no one wanted to move. Willow and Jesse were singing under the sycamore tree. The married couple were laying on each other whispering words no one but them could hear. G and John were having a full on serious/drunk conversation by the picnic table. And AJ and I were sitting behind the tree facing the fields and the moon, the Cresent moon.

"Are we good?" He asked looking over the fields.

"I don't know, are we?" I answered truthfully. There was a certain tension between us. But I loved him. I still did more than ever. And I was willing to do anything to prove it to him.

I gestured him to move a bit and I went and settled down between his legs, with my back resting on his chest. Both his arms beside me and his chin on my head.
I heard him chuckle slightly.

"I'll make you trust me Lilah. I know everything has been happening too fast. Us, the crew, the heist, everything. But.....I don't...I don't regret meeting you. Never."

"We'll make it work. It'll take time. But I'm willing to do anything."

"Anything?" He said in his usual playful voice.

I turned back slightly and kissed him,
"Anything," I whispered against his lips.

AJ was playing with my hair which had opened up and I was almost dosing off to sleep in his arms. When a loud noise tore through the silent, drowsy night. AJ perked up with awareness and helped me up. I could see the others getting up and looking around as well. I didn't see it for a minute or two, until I regained my self from the sleepiness.

AJ's convertible was bashed in from the back. A big grey geep had ringed itself with the convertible. Now there were people streaming out from the geep. I saw familiar faces and felt myself seize up. Igor and Dima both with grim faces and taped up wounds. Yelena, in all black, with a look on her face that sent shivers up my spine. She was looking right at AJ.
There were three other Russians too this time. And then finally, the man of the hour himself stepped out. He looked at me with thirst and mock.
There was a slight pause, as we all faced each other across the field, until Sergei and the others charged down towards us.
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"Shit! Shit! AJ man what should we do! I mean I can't even make out whether they're 7 of em or 14!" Jesse yelled with nervous excitement.

"I'm not all that sober myself Jess," AJ said blinking his eyes. Willow and I looked at each other with concern.

"Oh hell nah! What the living hell do you want now! Sergio!" Screamed G.
He was leaning slightly on John, they both were honestly the most hammered of them all.

"It's Sergei, you vermin! And what I want is simple, as simple gets. Chika, (chica) she's what I want." He said pointing right at me.

AJ seized up a bit and put an arm around my waist.

"Not even in your dreams, Sergio." AJ said with confidence.

That made Sergio really mad. Yelena took a step forward, she looked furious too.

"Honestly AJ, what a downgrade. What's wrong with you, you pushed me away? What's so special about her!" Yelena yelled.

"Yelena, get over it. We're over. Long over." He said with a look that could cut.

"And if you want to talk about me. Talk to me. I'm right here." I said and removed AJ's hand from my waist.
"I can take care of myself babe."

He smiled.

"See t-that," Jesse said slurring.

"Okay then, davayte ub'yem ikh vsekh, parni," he spat.
(Let's kill them all guys)

"So long, takers." Yelena muttered as all of them came pounding down on us.
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The three other guys they'd got with them were all huge. All of them with bright red hair. And matching buff physiques. Must be triplets, I thought and laughed on the inside. How the hell was I finding this comical now.....must be all the wine, I thought again.

I knew that we'd not be able to overcome all of them, we could have on a sober day. But certainly not with John hitting the trunk of the sycamore tree thinking it's one of the Russians screaming, "Avidazen suckers!"
(Goodbye suckers)

Did he even realise he was saying that in German? Not Russian.

Then I heard Jesse tell me, "He does that when he's d-drunk. H-He has the soul of a G-German drug lord." 

Jesse was half fighting, half puking on the poor Russians.

He'd got his own self defence.

"German drug lord? All he knows about German is 'Avidazen' and 'Hey Liebling, wie geht es dir?'" AJ sarcastically answered with a not so good German accent. (Goodbye), (Hey darling, how are you?)

He was trying to detach a big red head from himself.

G was strangling Igor and screaming into his ear, "Did you know, that the moon is red and the stars are blue! Cause I sure as hell didn't!"

I kind of felt bad for Igor, I mean even if he was being strangled by a really big man twice his size, even if he didn't have a chance against G, drunk G or not, for that matter. Even if.....wait where was I going with this?
Nevermind, I loathe Igor.

I had just punctured another red head with my heels when I heard Lily.
Mad, like Royally mad.

I turned to look at her. I think everyone did.

She was standing on top of the third red head Russian with her foot on his chest. He looked.......scared?

"How dare you try to tear my wedding dress? Do you know whose dress this was!? Like it's not hard enough to marry a bloody crook! And to have a wedding so fast! But you! You assholes had to crash my wedding! MY WEDDING!" She screamed with anger.

Jake seemed genuinely sorry for the red headed Russian.

"Man, you could have had a nice life, with the possibility of kids. But now..." He said stepping back a bit.

"Screw you!" Lily shouted and stomped him knocking him out. She also kicked him elsewhere.

Poor guy. Bad day for the triplets, I thought yet again.

"Woah, Delilah!" Willow screamed.

And I turned to see Yelena, coming at me.

"You never learn, do you!" I said missing her blow to my head.

I held her arm and squeezed, she cried out.

"Bitch!"

"You have nothing else in your vocabulary, do you? It's getting old."

I punched her in the tummy and she fell. This was our chance.

"Run!" I screamed. And everybody ran for the cars. I caught a glimpse of Jake pulling Lily off of Dima and running towards their sedan.

I was aiming for the convertible until I realised, that's no good.

I heard a whistle behind me and saw Sergei. Then I tensed.

"Little cat, we meet again." He said smiling eerily.

AJ rushed by and hit a blow to his head, he didn't knock out. But it was a distraction.

"Nope sorry not really! Avidazen!" I called and hurried after AJ.

He led me to the car behind the sedan. It was John and G's. A brown XUV, undamaged and calling out to us.
I ran to the other side of the drivers seat when someone plunged onto AJ.
Not someone, two someone's.

Yelena and one of the red heads.
So headcount, one other red head was bickering with Jesse and Willow. While G was trying very hard to pull John off the trunk of the tree. Jake and Lily were almost inside their sedan when Lily decided to hurt Sergei very badly. Igor and Dima were taking a break. And oh right, the last red head was still unconscious.

Don't mess with an angry bride boys, I thought.

I went to help AJ, he had an arm outstretched towards me. Yelena was on his back and the red head was blocking his front. I sneaked and kicked the other man in the butt and he turned towards me, red and angry.

"ty malen'kaya nepriyatnost'!" He muttered and threw himself on me.
(You are a little nuisance)

I felt the air get thrown out of my lungs. I honestly thought this big fat red Russian would be the death of me. But Willow came for the rescue and kicked his face.

He lurched and tumbled away, groaning in pain.

Willow helped me up.

"God! are you okay?" She asked and I'd never missed my friend more.

"I've missed you Willi," I said.

"Me too Leila," she said and hugged me tightly. A little too tightly.

"Ugh—" I let out.

"Shit sorry sorry," she apologized.

"WILLOW!" it was Jesse, he was stuck on Igor's shoulders. Who'd picked him up like a wrestler.

"DELILAH!" I heard and was shaken out of my daze. AJ was still struggling with Yelena, she'd entangled herself with him and was biting his arm. Sheesh!

"You go handle yours, I'll go to mine!" Said Willow before going to Jesse.

"Mine?" Ohh willow and Jesse?

Wait! this was a fight. My mind was on its own holiday of comical awarenesses. Must be the wine.

Nevertheless I went to help my guy. I punched Yelena, or so I wanted. Instead AJ bolted in pain.

"Delilah, that's me!" he said in a whine.

"Oops sorry."

Then I untangled Yelena and pushed her away. She was crazily crying.

"No! No!" She was yelling.

"Oh shut up!" I said and punched her side. She fell crying.

I'm a bad person. My mind said.

"Lilah let's gooo," AJ said and grabbed me taking me to the car.

Willow and Jesse reached too. We all stood there for a second.

"Who's d-driving?" AJ asked which scared me.

"You," I said.

"No way, I can see eight of you right now. We're dead if I drive."

"You don't like eight of me?"

"Oh I do. So much. I-I"

"Who's driving y'all!" Jesse intervened whining.

"Not me," Willow said. "I don't have a licence."

"That doesn't matter!" Jesse and AJ yelled together.

"It does so!" Willow and I said at the same time.

Then they all looked at me. All of them with skeptical and worried looks. They'd all experienced my driving.

"No!" Jesse almost cried.

"Shit!" muttered AJ.

"We're going to die," Willow finished.

"Way to go, guys. You should make a cheer team." I said with all the sarcasm my drunken self could muster.

"Maybe tomorrow," AJ said hauling me into the drivers seat. I noticed then that the three red brothers had regained themselves and were collectively dashing towards us.

"DRIVE!" Yelled my cheer team in unison.

And I pushed the gas with all the nervous excitement I could summon. My tummy was fluttering with butterflies and I felt weirdly happy and..... Dare I say? Alive.

But oh well. Must be the wine.
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I was driving ten times more crazily then usual. It wasn't as if I wasn't drunk. It's just that I wasn't THAT drunk. Jesse was almost asleep in the back. Though he'd have fits of consciousness and he'd yell stupid stuff like, "Pepperoni Pizza" or "Mamma mia!" Or the classic, "We're all going to die". So basically an Italian grandpa stuck in Jesse.

AJ was crying too. I'd never seen him cry. And I felt so bad, because I was laughing.
Willow was confused and overwhelmed, sometimes screaming, sometimes laughing, sometimes crying and sometimes yelling, you guessed it, "We're all going to die."

"They're right behind us!" Willow screamed.

And AJ gulped in his tears.

"Do you think I don't know that!" I screamed back.

AJ sniffled again.

"AJ, why are you crying?" I asked as sweetly as I could.

He just shook his head.

"Don't act like a freaking child! Why are you crying!" Willow yelled and I wanted to give her a medal.

AJ mumbled something.

"What?" I asked and took a turn. Everyone was thrown to the right.

Jesse woke from his nap and yelled, "we're all going to die!" Just as AJ mumbled again.

I lost it then.

"WHAT!?" I screamed back. This time Willow looked impressed.

"I miss my CONVERTIBLE!" AJ finally  audibly answered.

"Oh," all of us said.

He just slumped back down on his seat.

I could see the sedan speeding infront of me. Lily was driving. With the three terrified stooges for moral support.

I could heard a giggle come out of my mouth and they all looked at me.

"She's gone mad." Willow said with big eyes.

"Shut up Willow!" AJ cried.

"Pizza!?" Jesse cried too.

I swerved around a corner and everyone flew with me. A police car was behind us. Well behind the Russians, who were behind us.

I had banged into several cars and had stopped once just to breathe through my laughter. I was going crazy. I had no idea where I was headed too. And was simply just driving. Like a crazy, psycho, maniac.

In conclusion, yes.
We were all going to die.
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I had rushed through several stop signs and broken numerous rules. I'd almost forgotten that I was trying to study law. If I was found as a felon. My career would be over.

But then again, Willow was here to give me company in that.

She was busy typing away on her phone.

"Google maps?" I asked. "That'd be great."

"Oh no! not that," she chuckled.

"THEN WHAT INSTAGRAM?!" I asked exasperated.

"No! I—" she was going to say when we heard a sick groan out of Jesse.

The he hurled forward and vomited. In. The. Car.

AJ roared with disgust and grief.

"Nooooooooo!" he howled.

"Oh shit Jesse!" Willow said looking back at him and trying not to vomit herself.

I just pursed my lips and drove on. We were on the more quiet side of LA now. The sedan was no where in sights.

"Delilah get me out of here!" AJ cried. "I wanna die. I can't—get me out of here!"

"Shush AJ calm down, I'm driving. We're almost— and boom," there was a bang behind us.

The police car was lost but the Russians were very determined. They jammed into the car. Pushing it forward.

Everyone shouted.

I then pushed the gas even harder. We were practically flying now. Willow was shrieking and telling me we'd lost them, to slow down. But I couldn't. I couldn't slow down.

"Um guys!" I quivered.

"What!?" They shouted back.

"You know you don't have to yell, I'm trying to save you here. And all this is not my fault. I mean I know they want me but you see, this is how I see it. I—" AJ cut me off.

"Delilah O'dair, stop rambling and tell us what's happening!"

"But—" I tried to say.

"LEILA!" Willow shrieked again.

"The brakes aren't working!" I wailed and it echoed through the sudden shocked silence.

But not for long because they all started screaming and so did I.

"We're going to die!" AJ moaned

"Stop saying that!" I said with a sliver of hope.

"I wanted to eat burgers before I died." Willow wailed.

"I'm too young. Where's my convertible?" cried AJ. I wanted to smack him.

"Shut the fuck up!" I said

"Helllp!" Willow groaned inside the car.

"The puke is on me now!" AJ screeched.

"Oh my God I can't," said Willow.

"This is not how it was supposed to end!" I said and shut my eyes. Which.....was not a good idea.

Willow yelped up and told me to look ahead.

But I still didn't open my eyes.

Then I heard AJ say, "Irina?"

And my eyes bolted open. "Irene?"

She was standing not to far away and if I didn't hit the breaks, God no. I thought.

Then I hit the breaks with all my strength and Willow and AJ were helping.

The car miraculously came to a holt, and I realised that Irene was standing under a very familiar lamp post.

"Wait is this the penthouse?" Willow asked.

"Yes! God yes! Sweet Jesus! I love you!" AJ cooed and fell out of the car.

Just as Jesse shot up and said, "Pizza?"
               
"Go back to sleep Jess," I said. And he did.

I jumped out of the car and hugged Irene.

"What in the world are you doing here?" I asked.

"Willow called. Well she called me here. But I needed to see you. I know you're in trouble. I want to help!" She said and hugged me back.

"Oh Rene!" I said and felt Willow join the hug.

"You're all together again." I heard a familiar voice say.

"Sam?" I said breaking out of the hug.

"I promised I wouldn't leave her." He said with a proud puppy face.

"Sammy!" I said and hugged him too.

"Hey! Who are you?" AJ said.

Sam put his hands up as if he were being confronted by the police.
AJ calmed down when he recognised Sam.

Then we all helped Jesse out. Just as the sedan arrived. Lily and Jake helped each other out. And John and G were leaning on each other.

I was supporting AJ and walking up towards the house. Tonight was going to be house full.

"You were awesome. And so hot." AJ whispered in my ear.

"Haha trying to redeem yourself from all that you said in the car."

He grinned goofily, still drunk.

"It was hell of a ride through a very very blurry night." He said, and tried to kiss my cheek, but couldn't lift his head enough.

"You're drunk baby." I said, kissing his cheek instead.

Then I heard, G howl in pain.

"My car! My beautiful car! What have they done to you!"

Men and their cars, a never ending saga.

We were all almost inside. When everyone heard Jesse squeal with excitement at what Irene and Sammy had gotten for us.

"PIZZA!"
We all laughed then, the best we possibly could.
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