i was sitting on the couch with fiona and kev while veronica passed around.

"i'm the maid of honor at your fake wedding and i didn't even know you had a brother." fiona said.

"there's a reason for that." kevin said.

"he busted out of prison?" fiona asked.

"when?" i asked.

"last night." kevin replied.

"what was he in for?" fiona asked.

"aggravated assault, larceny and arson." veronica replied.

"arson? who you talking about?" lip asked walking down the stairs.

"v's brother." fiona said.

as i looked at lip i saw his name written weirdly on his forehead making me chuckle. then something hit me, i told lip i loved him last night. does he remember? do i even love him? of course i do since i said it when i was drunk, a drunk mans words are a sober mans thoughts, right?

"oh, is that, like, a sibling brother, or just a black guy brother?" lip asked as i went over to him and hit his arm.

"remember the fire at curves in the mini mall? that was him. he loves setting fire to things and he hates women. it was the perfect storm." veronica said.

"he's nuts. no, i'm serious, he's nuts. he came at me. i had to fight my ass off. then one time i'm having a brew, he came up to me he's all ass cunt fuck! on me." kevin said as lip went and sat on a chair and i went and sat in the chair beside kevin.

"is he retarded?" fiona asked.

"i wish. tourette's coupled with bipolar disorder and a drinking problem. he's a shrinks wet dream." veronica said.

"well damn." i muttered.

"what are we gonna do?" fiona asked.

"kick his ass back to prison. cause if there is one person you can always count on to really fuck things up, it's marty." veronica said.

"i'll be right back." i said walking over to the kitchen to get some water.

when i turned around i saw lip was behind me and it made me jump.

"jesus, lip." i said holding my hand above my heart.

"sorry, i, uh, just wanted to talk about what you said last night." lip replied.

"look, i was really drunk and i'm sorry if that's not what you wanted to hear and- god i just feel like-" i began but lip cut me off.

"did you mean it?" lip asked me as i stood there not sure what to say.

"lip, it doesn't matter." i told him.

"mel, just tell me if you meant what you said." lip begged.

"i... yes, what i said is true." i replied as he smiled.

"then i fucking love you too melanie wilson." lip said as he pressed his lips on top of mine.

-

we went over to v's house because we heard screaming. when we got there everyone was outside and we saw emma on a latter.

"it's always been like this. nobody else could ever be the center of attention. it's always gotta be about him. you should be in a nuthouse!" veronica shouted.

"what's going on?" lip asked walking over with me and carl beside him.

"veronica's brother locked himself in the bathroom and is threatening to burn the place down." fiona said.

"cool." carl said.

"he's saying that he's going to light both the dress and the shit sack house on fire. what's a shit sack?" emma asked.

after veronica and fiona took care of her brother marty, i went to my grandmas and got my dress for the wedding.

i heard a knock on my door and i saw stuart was there and i let him in.

"you haven't been answering your phone." stuart said as i let out a sigh.

"i'm so sorry, i've just been so busy with my mom and all this shit going on with frank and lip." i explained as he nodded.

"yeah, i heard you and lip are a thing now." stuart told me making me raise my brow.

"ian told me." stuart replied as i nodded.

"fucker can't keep his mouth shut for shit." i said with a laugh.

"mel, i did something bad." stuart told me.

"what?" i asked him with a worried look on my face.

"i can't tell you right now, but i need you to swear to me you don't know who i am. the cops are gonna come here and you're gonna tell them that you don't know me and that i called you but i had the wrong number." stuart said as i looked at him with wide eyes.

"stuart, what did you do?" i asked.

"look, i've gotta go on the run don't try to contact me, okay?" stuart said as i nodded and then he just walked away and he didn't look back.

-

we finally all got to the wedding and veronica looked beautiful. mike was kevs best man and emma went over and sat by debbie leaving me to stand by myself, that was until lip stood beside me.

"you look really beautiful." lip told me as i looked over at him.

"thanks lip." i told him with a smile.

it happened, kevin and veronica were finally married.

it was time to dance and lip pulled me over to dance but no one seemed to ask questions.

everyone stopped dancing when they heard glass breaking and everyone looked over at frank.

"uh... folks, let's face facts. when it comes to good things, most of them come in pairs. like your favorite jeans, new socks, and kevin and veronica. and as it turns out, most people's testicles. so here's to the happy couple. kevin, veronica, may you always only have two testicles between you. l' chaim!" frank said as everyone cheered.

i felt lip grab my hand and pull me to the dance floor when a slow song came on. he put his hands on my waist and i laid my head on his chest.

"this is perfect." i said as i heard lip say something in my ear.

"you wanna go do it in the bathroom?" lip said quietly.

"fuck yes." i said as we went over to the bathroom.

after the wedding lip and i went over to kev and vees house since lip could have it for the night.

lip decided to surprise me with a movie night. we were both laying on the couch watching scarface when i looked up at him, i just admired him, he was beautiful and he was mine.

i never expected to fall for lip gallagher but hell am i glad that i did.

"why are you looking at me like that?" lip asked noticing i was staring at him.

"because i love you." i said.

"i love you too." lip said looking into my eyes then down at my lips.

i reached over and pulled his face closer to mine, pressing my lips to his. the kiss was hard and we both delve deeply into it.

"wow i really do love you." lip said.