Chapter 20
Nick and Reggie decided against a big wedding. They had a small ceremony, just Nick’s dads, Ray, and their friends turned family. Reggie asked Julie to be their best person, and Nick asked Willie. Nick surprised Reggie, buying them both a suit and a dress they had been interested in, so they could decide the day of the ceremony what they wanted to wear. Reggie convinced Nick to have Luke perform the ceremony, because he was the best with words. Luke was ecstatic, writing and rewriting the speech for weeks. Nick asked his fiancé how they wanted to do it, and they really wanted Ray to give them away, which Nick happily agreed to. When they asked Ray, he agreed with a big smile and teary eyes. Nick played a song for Reggie after the ceremony, before their first dance. The two of them decided on a honeymoon to visit New York, during the summer break so Nick could get away from the school for a while. And when they came home, the two of them fell into a happy life. After a few years, Reggie approached Nick about the idea of kids. Neither were for the idea of putting Reggie through a pregnancy after everything they’d endured, so instead they agreed on adoption, since it was how they both found their fathers anyway. They adopted twin baby boys, naming them after Ray and Ryan. And as the boys grew up, they had a very doting system of aunts and uncles. The recording studio Reggie worked at heard the music from their band, and signed them to the label. Reggie edited all the music themself. Nick looked back on their life together when their boys were seniors, laughing that it all started when he tried to tease his spouse about who was better at guitar.