A few days before Alex and my engagement party, I called Eric and asked him to be my best man. Alex's maid of honor would be Maya, with Haley, and some of Alex's other friends part of her bridesmaids. My groomsmen would be Carlos and my previous brothers from the Club at Harvard. The party would be held at Jay and Gloria's house because Jay was super excited that his first grandchild would be getting married.
Andy and Haley would wait to get married after the twins, yes I was right she was having twins again, would be born. Haley wanted to be able to drink, party, and enjoy her honeymoon at her wedding. So the two would be waiting until after they were born. Phil and my Dad were the most giddy about the wedding, almost like they were the moms and our moms were the dads.
Finally, the day arrived for our party, with Alex and I driving over to Jay and Gloria's house. We were not the first to arrive, as our parents had arrived first, along with Olivia who was excited to be a part of the wedding, even though she was now in middle school. Our parents along with Jay and Gloria were doing the finishing touches of setting up the party.
"Alex! Gabe!" Phil says running over and grabbing us both in a tight hug while everyone comes over to greet us with a hug too, but waiting for Phil to release us.
"I can't wait to have another son! Then even more grandkids! Life is amazing!" Phil says releasing us as everyone else greets us.
"Did you guys need help with anything else?" I say since we arrived a bit early to help with anything that might not be done.
"NO! This is both of your day!" Gloria says dismissing us with helping with anything.
"Yeah, I got the grilling for the food. Gloria's got the drinks, Claire's got the games, and Phil… well… he's here. Plus your parents have brought the cake and other party supplies," Jay says to us, telling us everyone's role, while dismissing Phil who gives him an offended look.
"Come, come. I will get you both a drink while everyone does the final touches. So what do you guys want?" Gloria says ushering us to the bar set up outside.
"An old fashion for now, thanks," I say as Gloria nods her head and is making the drink, expertly as well.
"A margarita please and thanks," Alex says as Gloria gives her a smile and nods.
"My favorite too," Gloria says making Alex her drink.
"Were you a bartender before?" I say seeing Gloria make these drinks expertly.
"For a bit, though that was some time ago now," Gloria says not elaborating further as I nod my head.
"GABE!! ALEX!!" we hear a very familiar voice of Eric scream our names and run over almost tackling us both in a hug.
"I missed you guys so much! Love you both!! I'm so happy you guys are finally getting married… Also, real quick Maya is bringing her girlfriend as her plus one, she found out Dad is a homophobe and I lied to her for years. But yay, you guys are getting married!" Eric says to us after hugging us, as I stare into the distance thinking now not only is House coming, but apparently Maya is extremely pissed at Eric.
"Uhm… Thanks and ok…" Alex says answering him, seeing me staring into the distance looking very annoyed.
"What do you want to drink Eric?" Gloria says since everyone knows the twins.
"Your strongest drink please!" Eric says as Gloria makes this mixed drink of gin, tequila, bourbon, rum, whiskey, and vodka.
'Wtf is that?' I think as Eric sips it with a smile.
"I call it make me forget today or The mix 'n' match," Gloria says as Eric is very happy with the drink.
"Oh, shit, talk to you later bro!" Eric says seeing Maya show up and run somewhere else.
"Hey guys! Congratulations!" Maya says having not seen Eric it seems and hugging us both. Next to Maya is a very beautiful black woman in her mid-twenties, with black braided hair, and dark brown eyes.
"This is Jasmine, my girlfriend," Maya says introducing us to her girlfriend.
"Nice to meet you," Alex and I both say shaking Jasmine's hand as she smiles and greets us back.
As we catch up with Maya and get to know her girlfriend, the other guests begin to arrive. After an hour everyone is here, mingling after having greeted Alex and me and congratulating us on our engagement. The party is going very well, Alex and I split up as I'm talking with my groomsmen.
'Maybe House forgot or just decided not to come,' I think since the party has started and he would be an hour late.
'Wait… didn't he want to be 'fashionably' late' I think as with my best friends.
"Gabe! House is here!" I heard my Dad shout at me as House walked outside.
"Fuck," I say as my friends look at me confused.
"My hardass boss," I say to them as they all nod their heads in understanding.
"Gabe! And Gabe's gang! How's it going? So, who is with whom, so I know who not to bang?" House says walking over to me and saying it loudly enough for other people to hear, making people stare at him in surprise.
"Greg! What the hell did we talk about before coming here?!" Wilson says giving House a very annoyed look while looking at everyone else with an apologetic one.
"About the women at the wedding?" House says as I let out a heavy sigh.
"Your boss is a douchebag… Damn was I like that in Harvard?" Eric says as I chuckle with House giving Eric a look over. The other guys nod their heads agreeing with Eric, while Wilson is smiling that Eric called House out.
"Who's this?" House says looking at Eric and just asking the question out loud.
"My best man and best friend Eric Anderson," I say to him as Wilson's eyes widen recognizing the name.
"Oh, so you are the son of the rich bitch John Anderson?" House says recognizing the name too.
"Yeah, we met before at the Harvard graduation. Though Doctors were supposed to be smart and remember things," Eric says smirking at House.
"The ones who don't pay their way through school are," House says smirking back at Eric who grunts.
"Thought you wouldn't be coming," I say changing the subject before the fight can escalate further.
"I told you I was coming fashionably late," House says as Wilson just sighs and shakes his head.
"House. Thanks for coming Dr. Wilson," Alex says greeting House with a deadpan look and a happy one to Wilson since she likes him a lot more than House.
"Sure you want to marry her? She doesn't seem the happiest or nicest person," House says with sarcasm while nudging me.
"Even Dr. Johnson hates you," Alex says talking about her psychologist at the Hospital.
"Who… Oh the mental case doctor, yeah most women hate me. Only because they can't have me," House says egging Alex on, trying to annoy her further.
"House–" I start to say wanting to warn him.
"Yeah, yeah, I know I'll be good," House says since we've talked about Alex before and that is a line he is not allowed to cross. Otherwise, I'd leave my position in the team and surprisingly House really wants me to stay so this is our compromise.
"So where are your guys' parents? I can't wait to talk about you guys with someone else," House says looking around and spotting my Dad who was trying to escape from House's view.
"Talk to you later kiddos," House says walking over to my Dad with Wilson quickly following after him.
"Ok, remember don't let him be alone with Gloria, my Mom, or pretty much anyone from my family," Alex says going over the rules of keeping House in check.
"Do we have to? I mean I'd be fine with Gloria or Claire knocking him out," I say watching my Dad and Mom talk with House looking very annoyed but knowing about his behavior already.
"Yeah, but then it will turn into a whole thing," Alex says kissing my cheek and leaving me in charge of keeping House on a leash.
"So what are we doing?" Eric says once Alex leaves.
"I have to make sure House doesn't get himself killed by messing with Gloria or Claire," I say since this is apparently my responsibility.
"Hear that guys, we gotta keep Claire and Gloria busy!" Eric says as everyone nods their heads.
"You guys don't have to–" I start to say.
"Gabe, shut up we are your groomsmen we can do this," Will says, my old club member from Harvard years ago.
"I mean we could spike his drink," James says taking out some pills as everyone gives him a surprised look.
"Hey, I have a prescription!" James says defending why he has them.
"Sure," Josh says doing air quotes.
"Guys, focus! We are on a mission to keep that duchecannu busy for the rest of the party. Plus we will drug him later if it comes to it," Eric says as the others nod their head.
"Never thought I'd be happy that a group of guys would be willing to drug my boss," I say as they smile at me.
"We are brothers for life remember," Will says since we all were in the same club together for years.
For the next few hours, everyone from the group would take one of the three people in conversation to distract them. However, as the night went on with all drinking, eating, and then the cutting the cake. At some point, we forgot about House and the others. Then we all heard a yell and ran over to see House on the ground in a fetal position holding his balls.
"Esta zorra intentó ligar conmigo. Diciendo que era más joven y más rico que Jay. Puta de mierda," we hear Gloria say as I'm trying not to laugh seeing House on the ground holding his balls and groaning.
"Tiene lo que tiene," I say now laughing as all of us guys laugh too.
"Fuck… you… Gabe," House says between breaths while groaning too.
"Next time don't be a douche," I say still laughing and now Wilson comes over laughing at House's situation.
House then stops fucking around the rest of the night after Gloria kicked him in the balls. While everyone else had a good time. Most people had to Uber home as everyone had a lot to drink. I'd come back tomorrow to get my car, since Alex and I had some drinks.
The following weekend Alex and I would be going House shopping with Phil. Then the next weekend would be our bachelor and bachelorette parties. On the weekend after our wedding, then we'd be gone for a month, sightseeing Europe as our honeymoon. Finally, we'd come back home to continue our lives, but then as a married couple.
The next work day came, and I arrived early along with everyone else. Like normal we sat in the office waiting for House to arrive. Then we all see him limp inside the office looking still in pain, more so than usual. He shot me a glare as the others gave him a confused and curious look.
"Is your leg hurting you more than usual?" Thirteen says curious as to why House looks in more pain than usual.
"Yes, now go away! We have no case today and I need to rest my… leg," House says dismissing us, while giving me a side look to keep quiet.
"House got kicked in the balls at my engagement party," I say to the group before leaving and laughing as House gives me a very angry glare.
"Really?!" Kutner says while looking at House, Thirteen laughs leaving too, with Taub holding back a chuckle leaving too.