I stared up at the circling ceiling for quite a while before I realized I had made plans. I stretched out my legs and sat up and let them dangle over the edge. "7 AM..."I muttered quietly. Jack rolled over and opened one eye tiredly. He put his hand on one of my hips, closed his eyes and smiled. Affectionately I kissed him and stroked through his brown hair. He smiled and kept his hand in the position on my waist. "Mornin,"he said gruffly sitting up. I looked at his head in disbelief.
"Morning. You know you have lice again?" He opened his eyes and frowned.
"Gonna help me scrub em away again, love?" He smiled and stood up.
"Of course I will Jack." I kissed his cheek lightly and walked out of the room with a phone book. He flopped onto the couch next to me and inspected locks of his hair. "C'mon Pie...Pick up pick up pick up...HI!" I screamed into the receiver at my best friend, Pie.
"HULLO!" She shouted back and laughed.
I smiled widely," Sorry. Caught up in the moment. Anyway. Something biiig happened!" I took the cordless phone into the kitchen and sat on the counter.
"What happened? Tell me! Tell meeee!" She whined happily.
"He..." I looked out the door. Jack was sleeping again but this time on the couch," He proposed last night!" I pulled the phone away from my ear as she began screaming hysterically and laughing.

"DANA?"
"Hi Nikki!"
"Pie whose over at your house?"
"Just Dana..."
"LIER!"
"OKAY OKAY. Its JUST Dana, Josi, Sarah, Willow, and Chelle!"
"Just?"
" I IMed them as soon as you said 'something big' and they rushed right over!"

I smiled as I listened to everyone fighting in the background. "Tell Dana the wedding is Friday," I instructed Pie. She did as she was told and I could hear panicked screams. "Next Friday," I added happy to hear them panic for once.
"TELL NIKKI CHELL ALMOST FAINTE-Ow god damnit Chell that hurt!" I smiled at Dana's words and hopped down.
"I think you woke Jack up. Love you all. Come over in an hour okay?"
I heard all of them at once, loudly ,"BYE!" I hung up and left the phone there to wander back to Jack. He opened one eye slightly and closed it again as I sat on the floor next to him.
"Les go get tha lice outta my hair." Jack sat up and leaned back tiredly. I helped him up and walked him to the bathroom. He yawned and pulled off his robe. He had on his bathing suit and I smiled.
"Nothing I haven't ever seen before Jack." He smiled and got into the tub with his bandana on his head. I pulled it off and walked out of the room to throw it in the washing machine. I returned to see Jack sitting in a tub filled with bubbles from Lice Away shampoo, a flowery bathing cap on his head, and a scrub brush in his hand. He shrieked like a girl and 'concealed' his chest. I smiled and walked over to pull the cap off his head. As I turned to place it on the counter, he pulled me in by the backs of my knees. "JACK!" I screamed angrily and got out. I stormed out of the bathroom and ran in seconds later in my bathing suit. "Nothing I haven't seen before, love." I jumped in and splashed water at him. After ten minutes of fighting I opened a bottle of shampoo and sat on my feet with Jack in front of me and dumped it on his head. "Scrub it in," I said. Jack whined that he couldn't playfully so I did it for him. I dunked him under the water and stuck his head under the foist. "Getting anxious?" He said and smiled pervertedly. He gasped in offence as I dunked him and put him in front of me once again. "Well how rude of me to make a statement!"
I looked at his scalp closely," We may need to cut your hair Jack." He turned around with a worried look. "ARE YOU SERIOUS? CHOP OFF ALL MY HA-"I cut him off by kissing him lightly and suppressing my laughter. "WHY YOU!" He said smiling and dunking me.
"I deserved that eh?" I grinned and got up and helped him. "Lice free!"

We were sitting on the ground in front of the TV after we got dressed. "OW THAT HURTS!" He yelped as I pulled the comb through his hair.
"When was the last time you brushed this rat's nest?" He shrugged and looked back up at cartoons hitting each other with various steel items. Twenty minutes, three combs, and a hair brush later Pie and the gang arrived and I had just finished combing through Jack's hair. Jack made a fake gagging noise as we had a group hug and they began bickering uncontrollably. Sirius ran in looking hurt.
"JACK WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME YOU PROPOSED?" Jack started blankly at Sirius and his eyes darted to me.
"Did you tell the whole bloody world, Nikki?" I went pink.
"Just Sirius, Willow, Dana, Josi, Chelle, Pie, Jessi, Jake, Moon, and Sarah!" He rolled his eyes and looked at Sirius.
"It was just last night and everything and it slipped my mind with the lice and everything..." Sirius began crying like Winky.
"SO MY FEELINGS DON'T MATTER TO YOU AT ALL? YOU COLD HEARTLESS JERK! I THOUGHT WE HAD SOMETHING! Sooo. What's on TV?" He said smiling and clapping Jack on the back. "Congratulations anyway."
Jack shook his head," Thanks Sirius. Will you be the best man?"
Sirius shrugged. "Yeah, sure, why not?"
"You'll be walking with Pie then. She's the Maid Of Honor," I informed Sirius. About three or four people began bickering. Dana Willow and Chell began yelling over whom Sirius 'belonged' to. Pie was trying to tell them she didn't care who she walked with and Sirius charmed popcorn to fly over as he and Jack watched. "EH SHUDDUP. All the rest of you are bride's maids." Complements arose from all of my friends as I kissed Jack and got my purse.
"Were the hell are you all going?" Sirius and Jack asked at the same time.
"DRESS SHOPPING!" We all said at once and began laughing.
"See you boys later."
"Behave!" Willow called at Sirius after kissing him. As we left Jack stared at the TV screen.
"Call up Remus?" Jack suggested.
"Hell ya," Sirius said darting up to look for the phone.

"This one!"
"No Dana I wanted that one!"
"I SAW IT FIRST!"
"Sallz, I want that dress!"

I watched in the up most amusement as Dana and Chelle fought over a pink dress. Dana, or 'Sallz' spotted the dress first and Chell came in saying how she had wanted it. I shook my head and walked to the other side of the store looking at white dressed.
"Nikki I found one!" Pie ran out of a dressing room with the ugliest black-and-white frilly dress I had ever seen. "You didn't give us a theme so I picked Zen! What do you think?"
I smiled, "Its ass ugly Pie." She snorted and looked down at herself.
"You're just jealous!" She smiled happily and ran off to go change. Sarah, or Puppeh, walked up and muttered as she flushed red.
"I look like a clown. I'm not wearing this to your wedding, Nikki." She looked down at the dress and heels she was in but her gaze darted to me in horror. "I'm sorry. It is your wedding, not mine. I'm being really rude and everything… I'll wear this dress it's fine really." I grinned.
"It's alright. Would you settle for a black top and a skirt?" I said hopefully.
"Can it be tye-dye and purple?" She said very excited.
"How's just purple?" She nodded and came out minutes later in a strapless black top and a purple skirt covered in black flower designs.
"I'm still not to happy about wearing heels. All they do is make a woman's legs and butt look good," she laughed. I rolled my eyes and told her she looked great. Willow came out in midnight blue, Dana in rose, Chell in bubble gum pink and Pie in white. Josi had to leave as soon as we reached the shop so I was in charge of getting her a decent looking dress. I frowned at them all.
"Okay new idea, black bride's maids and me and Pie wear white?" Everyone shrugged and agreed to get their dresses in black. I nearly fainted at the sight of the bill, and handed the cashier a check regretfully. I hoped Josi liked her dress. She'd have too because it was non-exchangeable.

I walked down the streets with my friends stopping in various bridal shops. Chell had arranged for orange lilies for me and orange petals for Puppeh the flower girl. Pie had booked a limo to the chapel and the airport. I had arranged for a cake and caterer and got Jack's tuxedo. Everyone left but Chell who stayed with me until nearly midnight.
"Let's call it a night," she complained.
"Alright. Jack will pick us up…" I walked to the nearest bridal shop. "The last one I swear." It had a large assortment of white and pink dresses for proms and weddings. I stopped in front of the perfect dress. It was white and strapless, with pearls sewn in to the dress to make flower designs. Each pearl was as large as a screw's top. It came included with a 24 karat golden chain and a pearl and charm. I smiled, "This is the perfect dress! I have to get it!" I tried it on and needed no alterations, but the price was awfull. It was more than lunch and the bride's maid's dresses bill put together. "Chell look at the price!" She blinked and rubbed her eyes to make sure that she was seeing correctly.
"That's...a lot." I nodded.
"Do you think Jack would be upset if I spent five thousand dollars on my wedding dress alone?"
"Oh yeah."

Jack picked us up in my Dodge and I walked Cheryl to her doorstep. "Thanks for staying with me all night. It really meant a lot." She nodded.
"Don't tell Jack how much the dresses were!" She disappeared inside her house and I got in the passenger seat. "How much would the limit on my wedding dress be?"
"Five dollars," he said kissing me.
"Seriously. How much?" The conversation of "$5.50 is my final offer." And "Exactly how much were the bride's maid's dresses?" Lifted through the car the whole way back to the apartment. I walked into the bedroom the second we arrived back home and stripped off my clothes. I pulled on my pajamas and playfully pounced on Jack, who was lying on the bed. He rolled over and pinned me.
"What do you plan to do with me, Captain Jack Sparrow?" He smiled pervertedly and kissed me deeply. I smiled ,"That all?" He got off and flipped on the TV.
"Yes." He said casually. I punched him lightly in the arm in result of another kiss. I was satisfied and snuggled up to him tiredly.
"G'night Jack."
"Night," he muttered and began stroking my hand. I looked up at him and ran my thumb down his cheek before pulling my hand down and dozing off.

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A/N: Before you explode at me for Jack in the future, read the story "Past Meets Present" to understand this. Please, please, please review.