"Good evening everyone. We're here to celebrate the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Jen and Kent Lytle. We're going to start things off right with their wedding song. Kent, Jen...please come on up to the dance floor." I looked at them and motioned to the dance floor and then turned my back to the floor for a moment.

The band wasn’t playing for this one, just me. I softly strummed my guitar as I waited for them to get into position. When Jen's arms went to Kent's shoulders I started crooning “At Last.”

I couldn’t look at the happy couple, arms around each other, it was going to throw me off my gig. The gig I didn’t even really want in the first place. Jen approached me yesterday and asked if I wouldn’t mind playing at the reception because her other band canceled on her. I focused on the lyrics as I ended the song. I set my guitar down.

"And now for the father-daughter dance." Jen's dad came up and took Jen away from Kent and started to dance when I started singing “When The Stars Go Blue.” The rest of the band joined in for this one. I glanced around the room, catching sight of Kent by the bar, Paul’s friendly hand patting him in congratulations.

The song ended, and I waited for the applause before speaking, "And the last dance for the wedding party only. The mother-son dance. I wasn't given a song for this dance so I picked it myself. I hope you like it, Kent and Mrs. Lytle. Please come on out to the dance floor." My eyes stayed mostly on Kent's mom, darting to Kent for a brief second every minute or so.

The beautiful guitar started, the drum cymbals crashed softly and then I started to sing “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face.” I watched Kent and his mother circling slowly around the dance floor, closing my eyes when I got to the second verse. I didn't want Jen to think I was singing it to him, which I totally was.

The applause filled the room as the song ended. After it died down I spoke again, "Now the bride and groom would like to invite everyone else to join them on the dance floor." We started our pop music set, and I was smiling, enjoying watching everyone dance. I was so entranced that I didn’t even notice when Kent and Jen disappeared.

A half an hour and a bottle of water later I took a break from the stage and made my way to the bathroom. I knocked on the door, there was no answer so I knocked on the door again and jiggled the handle impatiently. I really had to pee!

"Be out in.. a minute. The p-p-punch isn't sitting well..."

I sighed softly and leaned against the wall, crossing my ankles to keep the fluids in.