Shauna's Wedding
Shauna was getting married in New Jersey. Somehow – Mindy wasn't sure how, specifically – she and Danny ended up going together. Mindy couldn't bring herself to refer to their going together as a date. It wasn't. They both got their invitations in the office one morning, both opened them in one another's presence. The gold glitter fell out of each invitation, spreading over both of their laps. Glitter to celebrate love. Danny grumbled at this flamboyancy. Mindy gagged at the wedding being held in New Jersey.
So, in the kitchen of the practice, they drank the espresso that Parker had gone out to get for them and read their invitations. "Please join Shauna Dicanio and Barry Stassen in a celebration of their love…" Mindy skimmed the details. "Saturday May 18, 2013." She grimaced. "New Jersey? Ugh."
Danny was in full agreement. "That means we have to stay overnight?"
"Rule of thumb for a destination wedding: you have to cross at least one major ocean. New York Harbor is immediately disqualified. Whatever happened to like, the barefoot Caribbean weddings you always see on Twinrix commercials?"
Danny groaned. Seamlessly, they planned to take the same train to New Jersey, to book in the same hotel that was suggested in an accommodations leaflet in the invitation, and to go halfsies on whatever gift Mindy chose.
Mindy hadn't felt weird about it until, when she was sifting through racks of clothes at Saks for the perfect springtime a-line wedding attire, she found herself calling Danny to see what color shirt he was wearing with his suit. Mindy was thrilled to learn that he was wearing "his one wedding look: a grey three piece suit and white shirt." Thrilled, Mindy bought an a-line Monique Lhuillier dress to complement Danny's vintage (he would never call it that) ensemble.
She paused at this. Had she just dropped 500 dollars to match Danny Castellano?
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To be continued