Rehearsal Dinner;;Ella/Jonny;;62

It was December 23 and everyone was in full panic mode. Ally and I ended up buying a condo by school due to the landlords of our old apartment getting into a fight with our insurance agents. The boys were on top of their game, Stephanie had a "hot after pregnancy" body, and Christinas wedding was tomorrow. We were all running around the week before making sure tuxes and dresses still fit, getting our nails done, booking make up and hair stylists, all the fun stuff. 


Stephanies daughter was getting bigger now but was not going to be in attendance to the wedding, so Stephanies Aunt said she'd watch her. The line up for the wedding party was interesting. It consisted of:


Niks little neice Allah and Christinas cousin Nico for the flower girl and ring bear
Alfonso and Niks cousin Kailee
Olympia and Niks brother Nat
Stephanie and Kanner
Sharpie and Ashlynn
Ally and Brent
Jonathan and I


I walk into the church for the rehersal. I take a seat in a pew next to Sharpie and Ashlynn. Ally and Brent join us along with Alfonso, who's sitting on Brent's lap. I really wish he'd get tall, he took after my mom for that. I look up and see Jonathan walk in. I turn away as he sees me. Patrick hits me on the head. "Stop being such a baby Ella," he tells me.


"I'm trying," I say as the rehearsal coordinator walks in with Nik and Christina.
"Alright, everyone in the back, were gonna start this with the groom and his mom then youngest to the oldest, then the flower girl and ring bearter, then the bride and her father. Questions? Lets go!"


We all line up the way she tells us. Nik and his mom go first then everyone else goes. It's mine and Jonny's turn. We walk down without holding hands. This makes the coordinator mad. "STOP STOP STOP! You two look like you hate each other, now link arms!" She yells.


"If you only knew," I murmur linking arms with Jonathan.


I miss this.


My uncle is walking Christina down the isle now. She looks emotionally drained from all the stress of the week before the wedding. The coordinator then goes through what Christina and Nik have to do. We then finish and we all head over to Biaggis Italian Bistro for the rehersal dinner. I walk in with Alfonso and my dad sits with Alfonso, Sharpie, Ashlynn, Brent, Ally, Stephanie, Kanner, and myself. My Thea Helen stands up as a screen comes up. She clings her glass with a spoon.


"Well...with the help of everyone, we've put together this video in honnor of Nik and Christina, so enjoy!"


The video starts out with Christina's baby picture of her and my The Helen. It then rolls to a picture from when Christina and I were two and playing dolls. Then it showed preschool when we made friends with Ally. Then grade school, then a picture at her birthday party of her, Ally, Jon, and I.


I did NOT want to see that.


It keeps going to pictures of us in jr. high, then of her in high school, then pictures of her, Ally, Stephanie, and I in high school. Then her and I when we graduated high school, a picture of her and I drunk at University of Illinois, then it moved on to pictures of Nik from when he was a baby to now. It then it went to pictures of her and Nik together with us all. It showed one of me on Niks back during the Olympic Break when I wasn't moping around about Kris or Jonny where he's sticking his tounge out at the camera and I look terrified in the picture. It then came to one of Christina and I during the Olympics where were hugging and Nik joins the hug.  Then it came up. 


A picture of Jonny and I kissing with Nik jumping on Johnny with a hockey stick and Christina trying to get in the middle before I left for Italy with the song Wonderwall playing. I was about to lose it but contained myself.


I watch Jonny get up as Nik follows him. Nik stops him and their arguing about something. They then turn to look at me and I see a tear roll down his face. Nik hits Jonny and tells him something as Jonny walks away. If Jonny only knew how the hell I still felt...


--Jonny---


"YOU CANT RUN FROM THIS FOREVER!"


Nik whispers to me as he grabs my arm. I turn to look at him and shake my head. I am by far the biggest dick to ever walk the face of the earth and the pictures that came up proved it. "Nik, I can't get her back, I need to let it go already. We all do," I tell him.


"Stop saying that you dumbshit. She loves you, you love her. We all see it," he tells me.
"I'll never win her back."
"Never say never Jonny."


Were both looking at Ella now and it's then I realize I'm balling my eyes out. I quickly look away as Nik hits me on the head. I begin to walk away as I hear Nik say to me, "Win her back before someone beats you to it." I drive back to my condo and lie in my bed, hoping to God that she'd take me back before it was too late.

Oasis -- Wonderwall