Well, I don't know if all that's true, 'cause you got me and baby, I got you...

[uberboned]

Who: Gabriel, Jinx, and their friends and family.
When: Friday the 13th, before sirens.
Where: A park that has been shamelessly borrowed for this event.
Summary: JINX AND GABRIEL ARE GETTING MARRIED.
Warnings: Schmoop.

[Friday the 13th is a day of preventing bad luck from finding you- and it will find you, somehow. But for an unlucky little lady who has been a staple of Siren's Port for a few years, it's her luckiest day, so what better day for her wedding?

A small park has been rented for the occasion with a combination of Jinx's charms and her pocketbook and it's really anyone's guess which one won out. Lines of chairs form the aisles, draped in purple, black, green, and offset by red roses everywhere. Rather than a carpet for the bride to walk down, the grass seems to be covered in a blanket of soft rose petals. 

Let's just say if you wanted roses today, you're out of luck.

The reception area stands off to the side, offset by dozens upon dozens of ice swans and... for some reason a living elephant also decked in purple and black. Jinx wanted one. The zoo obliged. The end.

And where there should be an organ, there's a harpist. The groom, standing up at the front of the makeshift altar with the king of Hell on his left and a Prophet of the Lord at his right, looks as smug as the cat who caught the canary- or, more appropriately, the canary who charmed the cat- and despite the few stage whispers of "Yes, Chuck, it's too late to make this a Jewish wedding", all is well.

And when the harpist starts playing "Stairway to Heaven," it begins.]

Comments

[madeinoblivion]

Yeah, by now it should be okay.

[He agrees, shedding his coat and tie eagerly.]

Is there anything to drink that's not alcohol? Like just plain soda?

[pullsheavendown]

Yeah, over that way—[He waves vaguely toward the right direction.]

You want me to get you something? Or can you put on a long song and take a break with me?

[madeinoblivion]

Yeah, [He can put a few songs up on the queue, in fact.] I can take a quick break.

It's...a nice wedding, I guess, right?

[pullsheavendown]

[Cool. Bro time.]

Not like I've been to one. And it's definitely the first time I've been in one. But I think it's nice, yeah. Everyone's having a good time, and they seem really happy. That's the important part, right?

[madeinoblivion]

[Joe seems a little less convinced, and.... slightly unhappy, actually, particularly when he casts a glance over towards Jinx.]

Yeah, it's...just great.

[He sighs lamely, pulling his shirt loose and untucked. It's too hot to be wearing this stuff.]

[pullsheavendown]

[He looks at Joe for a moment, trying to figure out what to say. Something's not right, and he knows there had been a distance between his best friend and Jinx for a while, but he'd thought they'd sorted that out. Maybe not.]

You all right?

[madeinoblivion]

Yeah. I'm okay. It's just... weird, you know? Her being married? I mean, I know she's been attached to Gabriel at the hip practically, since they started dating, but...

Man, I just can't help thinking I messed up that night, big time!

[pullsheavendown]

It is weird. She's not that much older than us—well, kind of—and I definitely wouldn't be ready, but she's her and we're us.

[That last part makes him frown, though.]

What...night? What did you mess up?

[madeinoblivion]

She's her and- And c'mon, really Roxas, have you ever seen here as a married lady? It feels like it's way too soon. What if they get pulled back home? What if her boys from the Hive Five show up here? Gabriel's not going to want her going back to a super-villain team of all boyus!

[Joe sighs roughly, and shoves his hands into his pockets- here's the part he really can't get over, in his stunning wide arc of teenage logic. That Jinx is in a serious relationship all because he'd been a terrible friend.]

Valentine's Day. Year before last. She was upset, I guess because she was lonely. And instead of hanging out with her, I worked that all-night concert at the Stadium, remember?

That's when she hooked up with Gabriel, and they started going out the next night.

[pullsheavendown]

Has that been bothering you all this time?

[He'd known whatever weirdness was between them had existed for a while, but he'd never pinpointed the source. There's a pang of guilt, like he should have been able to tell somehow. And yet...]

Joe...I'm sorry.

But that's really dumb. Jinx didn't just pick Gabriel as a substitute because you weren't around, or—or to show you up or something. It probably would've happened between them anyway, even if you had hung out with her. Not exactly the same way, but in some way.

[madeinoblivion]

...sort of? [Kind of. A restless tiny nagging voice of discomfort, of regret all along.]

Everything changed, after they got together.

[pullsheavendown]

Things change all the time, though. They're still changing.

But change doesn't have to be bad.

[madeinoblivion]

It just...feels like she really doesn't need a friend like me for anything, anymore.

Except maybe DJing for her wedding. I mean, I could hang out at Purgatory now, because at least I'm not working for Sam's place anymore, as a rival club it always felt weird, but...

Gabriel's still sort of a jerk. I guess I just don't see what's so great about him.

[pullsheavendown]

She didn't pick you to DJ for her wedding just cuz she needed music. She could have picked anyone for that, but she trusted you. And trust me, she's been really hands-on with everything.

[Including the bridesmen's ties.]

Look, I don't know Gabriel that well either. But he makes her happy, and that counts for something. But you should really just—talk to her. Or just try to do more stuff with her once she gets back.

[madeinoblivion]

Really? 'Cause she didn't ask me till last minute, and I thought she'd forgotten all about me.

[pullsheavendown]

She probably assumed it was obvious you were gonna do it. Look, that's dumb too, I know. But even if you doubt how she feels about you, do you really doubt she'd forget about the music at her own wedding?

[madeinoblivion]

No I guess not.

It's an honor, and....whatever. [Yeah, that could be said a little less flatlined. Blame buzzed honesty.]

[pullsheavendown]

[He sighs, not sure what to say.]

Look, let's get some dessert. The table looks great.

[madeinoblivion]

Yeah. [Stuffing his face might...fix this funny feeling in his stomach. Somehow.] Let's....just get some cake.

[pullsheavendown]

Right. Come on.

[He leads them over to the table where the cake is and snags a couple plates. Joe gets the one with the biggest piece, because maybe sugar will help.]

So, you didn't think about bringing Namine as a date?

[madeinoblivion]

Nah... It'd be too weird, you know?

[Joe wrinkles his nose, and pokes at the icing with a plastic fork]

Seeing other people who dated get married- I wouldn't want her to feel like we'd have to do something like that too, to count as being serious about each other.

[pullsheavendown]

—oh, right. I didn't think about that.

[Definitely too much too soon. He takes a bite of his own cake. Yum.]

Actually, I never thought about this kind of thing at all before Jinx decided to do it. I can't even imagine it for me.

[madeinoblivion]

Yeah, I can't either.

I still really can't imagine Jinx married.

[pullsheavendown]

I guess she was readier than us.

[madeinoblivion]

I guess.

It's just... it'll be a whole lot different now.