Chapter 212: Trigg
*If me mon can wear a kilt, yeh can too. – Nessie*
It was an argument that they had for nearly a week. But Toad finally relented and wore the kilt. He stood in the hall waiting for his niece to come out of the office. His wife and her sister stepped out and smiled at him. Siobhan kissed her husband before walking down the hall to the garden.
A moment later, Nessie stepped out wearing the same dress that she wore in Scotland. He looked at his niece and teared up.
“I love you, girl.” Toad said opening his arms and she went into the hug.
“Love yeh, too.” She sighed laying her cheek on his chest.
“He’s a good guy. But I can still make him disappear if you want me to.” He kissed the top of her head as one hand held her head to his chest. She chuckled as his other hand ran up and down her back gently.
“I’ll keep the offer in mind.” Nessie laughed.
“I would just have to make it past a few mafia bosses. I can’t believe that we killed a mafia boss’s son here.”
“Don’t worry. No retribution will be considered. The Sisters of the Dark have ensured that.”
“I… never mind. I better not ask. Let’s just get you married.” They grinned at each other and then both said “Again.”
Toad walked her down the hall and out into the garden. Along with the Saints, there were two mafia bosses, the local Coven and a few of Nessie’s family. Knuckles stood at the end of the aisle wearing his kilt and cut. Trigg stood behind him swaying back and forth in his own kilt.
Nessie murmured something softly and Toad busted out laughing. Just before handing her over to Knuckles he grinned knowingly at the other president.
“What? Like you haven’t noticed how everything is just… there?” Trigg asked.
“What kind of a skirt is yer woman wearing?” Nessie asked him.
“Jeans.” Trigg said confused.
“Poor man.” Knuckles said patting Trigg on the back. “There’s advantages of a kilt and a skirt.”
“Aye.” Nessie grinned at her husband as he pulled her to him. “It’s better when I’m not wearing damned knickers.”
Knuckles pulled his wallet out of his inside cut pocket and handed Trigg a hundred dollar bill. “How quick can you make this?”
“It’s a trick, Trigg!” Siobhan yelled. “Don’t fall for it!”
Papa Dean approached them as he pulled a wad of cash out of his sporran. “I’ll give yeh five hundred and a week at the Manor if yeh take yeh time.”
Papa Dean kissed Nessie’s cheek and then walked towards his seat. Stopping next to his daughters, he looked back at the couple. “When you get around to taking those knickers off, teeth, lad, teeth!”
“Da!” Siobhan and Fiona both squealed.
“What? She asked for a certain book from the hidden library.” He said sitting down and both sisters looked at each other grinning.
“OK, I think I need to check out that book and not the script book that’s somewhere.” Trigg said confused. “Well, sorry brother, but his offer is better.”
“Trigg, I’ll give yeh some more of me tea if yeh speed this oop.” Nessie offered.
“That offer!” his wife yelled. “Sold! He does, she does, get the tea!”
“Am I wrong, or is this the weirdest wedding we’ve had? And I’ve barely done anything!” Trigg exclaimed. “Now, look, you two are already married so this is MY wedding. But I do want some tea. So… you already have your rings, skipping that part, we all know why we’re here. You, witchy woman.”
Ciara chuckled as she walked up to where they stood. She wore a black lace dress over a dark purple shift. She had on black pumps and silver anklets, along with multiple silver rings, bracelets and necklaces. Her straight blonde hair hung down her back and slipped over her shoulders.
Her light brown eyes sparkled as she picked up the multicolored cord that Trigg held out. She looked at it appreciatively.
“We made it, Ness.” Zee said from her seat. “Did we do it right?”
The two women looked at the thirteen different colors and the trinkets that were attached. In the center of cords was a Celtic nine knot that had Siobhan’s luckenbooth and then the Urquhart and Saints emblems on either side of it.
Knuckles wiped away tears from Nessie’s cheeks.
“It’s perfect, lass. Oh, I love me girls.” Nessie said softly.
“You’re a lucky woman, sister.” Ciara said moving Knuckles hand to Nessie’s. “Blessed by the goddess, blessed by love and blessed by me.” She draped the flat knot over their joined left hands and wrapped the remaining cords artfully around their hands and wrists three times. “I bind these two, she to he and he to she. By power of three, so mote it be.”
“You. Only you. From now until my last breath I bind myself to you.” Knuckles told Nessie.
“Yeh. Only yeh. From now until me last breath, I bind meself to yeh.”
“Blessings, sister.” Ciara touched her lips to Nessie’s temple and then repeated the gesture to Knuckles. “Blessings, brother.”
With her part done, she returned to her seat.
“Can I have control back?” Trigg demanded. “Tell her why you want to marry her.”
“You’re the other half of my soul. I’m not complete without you. You center me and ground me. And you’re a wizard in the kitchen. I love you Nessie and I don’t want to know a world without you.” Knuckles said pulling her close with his free hand.
“I love yeh, too. Yeh complete me, yer the other half of me. Yeh give me security and safety, something that I never thought that I’d ever have again.” She took a deep breath. “When I was taken, I knew that yeh'd come for me. Not because me ghosts told me, but because yeh told me. Me heart told me. I love yeh, Thomas.”
Knuckles leaned in and kissed her. It started out light and quickly deepened as she slid her free arm around his neck and moved closer to him. Groaning he wrapped his arm around her waist and picked her up. Instinctively, she wrapped her legs around his waist.
“Your skirt is in my way.” Knuckles complained against her lips.
“Would you not impregnate your wife in front of me?” Trigg objected.
“Would yeh let me get one bairn oot of me before yeh have him putting another one in me? Damn, these knickers are going oop me arse.”
“They’re thongs, dear, they’re supposed to.” Papa Dean rolled his eyes.
“God save me from your family.” Knuckles grumbled causing Nessie to giggle as he sat her back down.
“Hang on.” Trigg said shaking his head. “You already have her knocked up?”
“Yup. For the first time.” Knuckles grinned at her.
“I’m taking Moira's number away from yeh.” Nessie warned.
“She didn’t tell me anything. I just plan on having lots of babies with you.” Knuckles said giving her a light kiss. “How many brothers and sisters do you have?”
She knew he was teasing but she glared at him. “If yeh think that twenty-four bairns will be coming oot of me nether region, yeh will nether go there again.”
“Oh, I’m going there.” He grinned at her.
“Teeth, lad! Teeth!” Papa Dean laughed.
“Can’t wait to see what seanair chose for me.” Knuckles grinned as Trigg huffed. “Problem?”
“I’m supposed to hijack your wedding.” He grumbled.
“Yeh’ll have plenty more to hijack.” Nessie said with a smile. “One yer going to really enjoy.”
Trigg glanced over at Cookie and Karan. “Yeah….” He cleared his throat. “Before you hijack this part, I give you… Thomas and Vanessa Olsen, or Knuckles and Nessie.” He kissed Nessie’s cheek. “Nessie fits you better.”
