The Gentle Giant

Danny and picked up his mom from the airport, dropped her off and then us guys took cabs to a bar in the town square. One hour in and the liquor was flowing. Max was doing body shots off one of the girls from town. Jeff, Danny and I sat back and let Michal, Mike, Max and Geno carry on.

The girls were loving the amount of money being thrown around and were hanging all over the guys. I was getting hammered from all the shots and knew it was gonna be a long night. “Come on man, change of scenery.” They pulled me down the street and the next thing I knew we were in some huge hotel room and bottles of champagne were being opened.

Danny groaned the minute he seen the girls entered the room. “Keep em away from me. I am already in enough trouble after this season. Jeff took a seat at the table and pulled Danny with him.

“Dan, seriously, do not let me carry on. I am so drunk already.” Jeff said and I cracked up.

I was seeing double. “So where is he?” the one girl asked, glancing back in our direction. “Who is losing their freedom.” Geno grinned as he pointed to me and spoke to her in broken Slovakian. I was drunk I couldn’t focus on what he was saying but the next thing I knew I was on a chair and my hands were being held behind my back.

I looked at Danny and pleaded for help. “Come on bro. I am marrying your sister.”

He just grinned. “I won’t let it go too far.”

Max threw him a glare. “Shut up Grandpa.”

The girl ran her barely clothed body all over mine. I felt guilty, as I guessed I should, but I couldn’t help but get excited which made the girl even more touchy feely. Mike was sitting across from me with a champagne bottle in his hand and a girl on his lap. Michal had left the room and was doing god knows what. Geno was lacing money through this girl’s g-string and Max was quite content with the rubdown he was getting in the corner of the room.

I looked at the girl in front of me and she frowned. “You no like to have fun” she asked and I nodded. “Not really” I said and the girl holding my arms behind me came to the front and sat on my lap. The other girl kissed her and I swore I was gonna lose it.

“Up up up” I said and went back to the table with Danny and Jeff.

“Couldn’t handle it could ya?” Jeff asked and I shook my head.

“Why do you think we are back here. You want to go back to the bar?” Danny asked and I nodded. We walked back down the street to the bar and sat down. Almost an hour later the rest of the guys returned, disheveled and smiling. We called cabs after that and everyone went back to their hotels.

Dani was staying with Raina and Danny so Michal and I went back to my mom’s house and crashed. I was sick as heck the next morning and my dad made me eat a huge breakfast swearing it would cure me. It helped and I got a shower and started to feel better.

Danny and Michal were getting dressed and urging me into my tux. Dani was getting dressed with Raina, Pam, Jolie and Andreja at the hotel and from what I understood Max and Geno were picking up Kris and Bella at the airport. They couldn’t get an earlier flight. Apparently Mike and Jeff were on kid duty which was a scary thought. Bella was going to help Mike and Jeff get the kids dressed.

It was all too much to think about and made my head spin. Max looked almost green when he got back to the house. “God I should have never drank that much last night. Bad bad idea. At least no one got arrested.”

My dad just laughed. “You guys are tame. We used to do much worse.”

Max grinned. “Your son didn’t want to get into trouble, big baby.”

My dad patted me on the back. “Good boy, she is good girl” We got dressed and finally got out the door and met up with everyone.

Walking up to the courtyard I started to sweat. The place was packed with people, mostly my parent’s friends. “You are good dude, relax. Don’t this tux look amazing on me. I keep telling Pam how lucky she is.” Jeff said and I laughed.

Since Danny was giving his sister away, Jeff and Michal were in the wedding. We stood at the front of the courtyard and waited for the girls to arrive. Bella came in with Andreja and Jolie. They looked so cute with their little white dresses. Pam and Raina came in next, looking beautiful as usual. I held my breath as the gate opened again and I saw her approaching.

She looked beautiful and nervous. She had poor Danny gripped close to her and I had to smile. She came towards us slowly and smiled as Danny gave her a hug and handed her over to me. “You ok?” I asked and she grinned.

“I’m better now, I was so nervous, these shoes were such a bad idea” she whispered and held out her foot.

I felt better knowing that’s why she looked so scared coming towards me. We exchanged simple vows, the ceremony being held in Slovakian and English. Maman said a blessing in French during it. It lasted about thirty minutes. I counted the seconds until I could kiss her. When they finally let us kiss, the crowd clapped and hollered. Kris handed me Andreja and we exited the courtyard together as a family.

After a million and one pictures by the photographer, we got to the hall. Maman had taken Andreja from us and we entered the reception together. We did all of the traditional stuff. I danced with my mom and she danced with Danny. We danced together. She danced with most of my teammates. We cut the cake and she promptly shoved her piece into my face then licked icing off my cheek and gave the thumbs up sign to Mike.

Michal’s toast, mostly in broken English, highlighted every bad thing I have ever done in my life. The crowd got a kick out of it and I’m sure I will never leave it down. Raina’s was more heartfelt and her and Dani both cried. I held her close through the dinner. I couldn’t tell her enough how much I loved and adored her. Though our ups and downs, I never stopped. I think I may have fallen in love with her at the New Year’s Eve party, and all-star weekend cemented it.

We partied with our friends and family for several hours before kissing Andreja goodbye and hitting the hotel. Our flight to Hawaii was early the next morning and we were both exhausted. I unzipped her dress and she flung it onto a chair. As enticing as she looked, I could barely get undressed myself.

We fell asleep quickly, her head on my chest. The next morning we quickly showered together, finally making love passionately. We had to rush to the airport so we didn’t miss our flight. She buried her head into me as we took off. “Mrs. Meszaros, would you like a drink?” The stewardess asked and she accepted.

“Wow, ok that sounded so weird” she said and I just grinned at her.

“Get used to it baby, it will be like that the rest of your life.”

Notes

The End..... :) Max's story entitled Changes up next.... followed by a Richie story :)