Disclaimer: Though it nettles me greatly I still don't own Pushing Daisies
Chapter Nine: What to Wear?
It was Tuesday night at the Pie Hole, that meant that it was girls night out. Maggie, Simone, Olive, and Chuck had all gone out to have some fun. Randy, Emerson, Ned, Maurice, and Ralston were in the Pie Hole looking kind of glum.
Ned didn't deal well with secrets, he couldn't keep them. The only secret he ever kept was his big secret, the fact that he could wake the dead, but now even that was out.
"Iwannaprapostachu," Ned buttered out.
"What the hell did you just say?" Emerson was starring at him. "It sounded like you had a mouthful of rotten apple cobbler in your mouth."
"Iwanttoprapotochuk."
"I can't hear you."
"I want to propose to Chuck!"
"Ohhh," Emerson smiled. "So that's what it is. I think it's a wonderful idea. Even though you two can't touch you are always looking at each with dewy eyes and batting your lashes at each other. It's about time."
"Good," Ned still looked rather flustered. "I'm going to do it at the Fireman ball. Thinking of that, I've got extra tickets. Do you want them Emerson, It's on Saturday."
"Nope sorry," Emerson said. "I can't Penny and Simone haven't been getting along too well, Penny is just so," he smiled. "Well, she's like me. So I'm taking them out to dinner in hopes it will straighten out."
Randy nodded, "I can't either me and Olive are having a Mac n' Cheese eating contest at the Cow and really it's too late to cancel it."
"Well," Ned sighed. "I'll just throw them out then."
"NO!" yelled Maurice. "I.. I.. wanna ask Maggie to go with me." He frowned, "If she would go with me, she's so wonderful. Pretty, smart, and funny," his face filled with horror. "Is she single?"
"Yes," Ned replied. "and I'm sure she'd go with you."
Ralston felt very left out.
"Don't worry Ralston," Ned said. "I didn't have a girl for most of my life."
"I don't know if Olive really loves me," Randy said. "It's just who would love me?"
"Oh hell no," Emerson mumbled. "Our lives are turning into soap operas."
As the men discussed their troubled love lives the girls were out shopping for Chuck's dress.
"Ohhh!" shrieked Olive, who had already bought three dresses. "I love this dress!" She was holding up a long strapless blue dress with sparkles stripped along the top."How bout it Chuck?"
They had been searching through Lacey's Dress Shop for two hours yet she had found nothing that truly was her, even though Olive was making her try on every other dress.
"I'll try it on," she said wearily.
"Uhh," Olive said as Chuck came out. "It doesn't have the effect I was thinking of." The electric blue was definitely not Chuck's color.
"It's hideous on you!" Simone exclaimed. "No offense, your very pretty."
"Maggie!" Olive cried. "It would look fabulous on you!"
"Fine," Maggie said. "But I really don't need a dress."
"Yay!" Olive squealed. "I'll get one in your size!"
When Maggie walked out there was a moment of magic. The magic of knowing something was so right for you you just have to have it.
"OK," sighed Maggie happily. "I'll get it." Olive jumped up and down with excitement.
After 20 more minutes of looking Chuck finally got her perfect dress. It was a nice color of yellow.
Meanwhile in the town of Coeur d' Coeur Vivian was fretting over what she should were.
"Oh Lily," Vivian was on the verge of tears. "I have nothing to wear! We haven't had the need to were anything nice to wear for 20 years almost!" Than she broke out sobbing, her delicate balance between happiness and despair had been perturbed.
"Well," Lily said. "What about that black dress you wore to Charles funeral?"
"Good idea!" Vivian was smiling again. "That's a great idea, it is a nice dress, isn't it?"
Lily nodded, she was still trying to get over the fact that her sister had opened her heart of gold to another filthy man. She took a swig of her vodka and hopped Nathan would be better.
" I'm worried," Vivian said. "What if he leaves like like Dwight." She said the name with disgust. "Or what if he cheats on me." She turned to her sister, "I know you would never do it to me again, you definitely learned your lesson."
Meanwhile the women came back to the Pie Hole giggling and laughing, each of them had a bag, except Olive who had three.
"How many dresses do you need?" questioned Randy. "We aren't even going to the party?"
Olive smiled and shrugged.
"Your going to have a hard time restraining her from shopping," Emerson told Randy.
"Maggie," Maurice said. "You look really beautiful tonight." Both of them blushed and looked really awkward. "I think your an amazing person and I've just met you," he paused. "Would you like to go to the Ball with me?" He pulled out the two tickets.
"Yes!" Maggie cried excitedly. "That would be fun." She jumped up and down, "I've never been to a ball." She giggled and ran off.
"You two are going to be worse than Dead-girl and Pieman," Emerson shook his head. "That's pretty sad."
"Honey," said Simone. "You want to go to your apartment and do a little ruff ruff?"
"Sorry, I have to go check on Penny."
"You know a dog can only have one master!" she said before storming out.
