him.“
“What?“ Damian laughs.
Jesse's laughing. “She tackled him in front
of the fountains.“
Damian throws his head back and laughs.
I throw them a glare. “What? He needed to
hear it to avoid the humiliation.“
Ethan shakes his head. “Anyway, after we help
fat Elvis up, he threatens Lucy with a restraining order and we
head on down the strip where we find skinny Elvis. He sits down
with Lucy as she and Xander tell him the story of how he'll die if
he doesn't stay away from drugs.“
“The guy was cool as hell,“ Kennedy adds. “He
just sat there with them and humored them. Then he asked if we all
wanted to go to breakfast.“
“Hmm,“ I say with narrowed eyes as I lean
into Xander.
“Fuckers. Every one of them,“ he tells me and
I nod. They only snicker louder, including my sister and my
husband. Traitors.
“We get to Denny's,“ Ethan continues, “and we
just get served our breakfast when skinny Elvis asks Lucy if he can
perform hers and Jesse's wedding ceremony. She, of course, says yes
because: 1. It's Lucy, 2. She's hammered, and 3. It's Jesse.“
“Enough said,“ Damian says with a raise of
his hands.
“So we go off in search of wedding bands.
Skinny Elvis had the hookup so it didn't take too long before we
were back at Denny's where these two said their ‘I do's' and were
pronounced man and wife—but not before Lucy licked skinny Elvis's
cheek because he had some syrup on it.“
“Huh,“ I tell Xander. “I think Damian might
piss his pants.“
Xander nods. “If I were closer I'd squeeze
his bladder and make sure he did.“
“What the fuck?“ Damian asks, laughing even
harder.
“There you have it. The story of Luciana and
Jesse Kingston's wedding,“ Ethan finishes with a bow.
“We're going back,“ Xander tells them.
I nod. “Hell yeah, we are. We're going to
find Elvis. He can run but he can't hide.“
Xander nods.
“Maybe you'll find Tupac, too,“ Jace
jokes.
I give him the finger.
“Aww, babe,“ Jesse croons, lifting me into
his lap. “It was a great adventure and now you're my wife.“
I soften immediately. “Yeah, I am!“
“Yeah, you are!“ Sera cheers. “Mrs. Jesse
Kingston.“
I get all gooey inside again and look at
Jesse. His expression is soft and full of love as he leans in to
kiss me softly on my lips.
“I love you, wife.“
“I love you, husband.“
Meggie bounces over and slides in next to me,
resting her head on Jesse's shoulder. “I love my husband, Jesse
Kingston, because he is so very dreamy.“
“Oh my God, Megs. You shit.“
“Why do you always say that?“ Jesse asks with
a chuckle.
Meggie grins and I sigh.
“Go ahead. Tell him,“ I tell her.
“Okay,“ she bounces again. “When we were in
high school, anytime anyone would mention your name, she'd get this
look in her eyes. You could just see her going all squishy. Anyway,
one day she was reading a book—a romance novel, of course.“
“Of course,“ Jesse agrees.
“She told me about one part in the book where
the heroine says the hero is ‘so very dreamy' and Lucy said that's
how she felt every time she saw you.“
Jesse grins. There are a lot of “aww's“ going
around the bus.
“That's cute and very sweet,“ Sera reassures
me.
“Thank you,“ I tell her, feeling
defensive.
“I can already tell there isn't going to be a
single boring minute on this tour,“ Damian muses.
“For sure not,“ Cage agrees. “I mean, it is
the BFD tour, after all.“ Sarcasm. It is his friend.
“Fuckin' A,“ Xander shouts. “Speaking of
that, the logo on the side of the bus is epic. Well done, Cage my
man.“
Cage just nods.
The logo consists of BFD in black slanted
letters, the letters for Blush are hot pink and slightly smaller
but more spread out going down the side of the bus horizontally,
the Falling letters are black, and the Down letters are red,
fitting all of our color schemes. Pretty cool. Then there's the
pinstripes matching the smaller lettering
Frances and Richard Lockridge
David Sherman & Dan Cragg