Chapter 313: (Bonus Scene) A Drunken Night
** Tyler **
Emotional as the wedding ceremony might have been for the couple, the highlight of the day for their guests was no doubt the blast of a party. There was lots of drinking, dancing, drinking while dancing, and all the fortunate or unfortunate events that followed after too much of both.
From Tyler’s perspective, the fortunate ones included the overwhelming happiness he felt for his sister when she ended up crying again during First Dance, and the satisfaction over the amazing liquor selection that Eli must’ve put a fortune into for the reception. Both of which increasingly convinced him that this choice of a brother-in-law really wasn’t nearly as bad as he once thought, so even his best man’s speech became more improvisationally heartfelt, earning himself a strong man-hug from the groom that almost dislodged his shoulder.
The unfortunate ones, on the other hand, included getting spilled on twice with wine, getting stepped on three times by pointy heels, and overindulging in a few too many drinks that he could barely remember how he got back to his hotel room at the end of the dizzying night.
That was how he woke up the next morning — groggy, headachy from a hangover, though perfectly comfortable with piecemeal memories of how soft the hotel bed was and how silky smooth the blanket felt. He rubbed his eyes and stretched lazily, reaching for his clothes piled up on top of the other pillow on the king sized bed.
The pillow groaned.
Wait ...
???
Snapping out of his drunken grogginess, Tyler sprang up from under the blanket, and his head whipped to the other side of the bed. His mouth fell open when he saw the top of a blonde head poking out of the covers, buried snugly into the pillow beside him that should have been empty.