DW: Okay I know it's been forever since I updated on Bridezillas because it takes forever to write and I am working on it
so never fear and chapter is coming near.
Thanks for all the reviews last chapter!
Dislcamer: nothing belongs to me
Courtney woke up early the next morning and looked out her window for any signs of Gwen. Courtney made sure she was up in time to make a small pitstop to see her boyfriend Leo, she was sure he was worrying about her.
Courtney took a small shower and dressed in her favorite polo and capris, she knew that if Gwen returned she wouldn't have anytime to pack her clothes. Grabbing a small suitcase she began to fill it with all her clothes from her closet and a few other small things. She closed it and went out the room to her twin sister's room.
Both Diamond and Crystal were sound asleep in their beds. Courtney crept in and kissed their heads before leaving to return back to her room. Courtney opened her window slowly so that it wouldn't creek, and then dropped her suitcase down to the gutter where it was stopped by the rail. She lifted herself out and held on to the sides of the house as she slid down a little to the railing.
She hung onto the of the railing and kicked her suitcase down into the grass she then jumped down herself and landed stomach first. "Not smart Courtney" she mumbled to herself getting up and walking across her lawn, "Not smart".
Courtney dragged her and her suitcase down the lawn to her brother's Volvo. Kyle always left the keys under the car and Courtney retrieved them and hopped in the driver's seat. Turning on the car and setting it to her favorite station Courtney drove away from her home to the one she loved the most.
Courtney arrived at Leo's house and noticed his rusty old pickup in the driveway and another unfimilar car parked next to his. Courtney turned off the car and fixed her hair in the mirror. Stepping out she noticed the shades had been drawn but there was some shadows moving around the house. She rapped on the door hard and heard someone shushing and giggling, "Maybe they'll go away" a female voice whispered.
"Leo, it's me Courtney! I need to talk to you" she said through the door.
There was some noise and cursing and finally the locks on the door and it flung open. Leo gave one of his famous white smiles and tossed his dark brown hair out of his face. "Hey, Courtney! I've missed you" he said.
Courtney smiled softly, "I did too, you won't believe what happened to me..." she frowned, "You're not wearing a shirt or pants? Leo is there something wrong?"
Leo looked down at himself, "Yeah, I was lying down and it got kinda of hot in there so I had to you know strip down" he motioned to his body. Courtney noticed a girl crawling in the back trying to reach the couch, her attention went back to Leo. "Who is that?" she asked pointing to the girl.
Leo laughed uneasily, "Um that's my sister".
Courtney stepped closer and put a hand on the door, "Your sister's at college all the way in England" Courtney pushed the door open all the way and barged in. Leo tried to grab her arm but Courtney snatched away and walked into the living room where a blonde girl was sitting in nothing but a bed sheet on the couch.
"Who is she?" Courtney asked, her voice shaky
The girl turned around and gasped, "Uh oh the girlfriend's back. Leo call me when she's gone" the blond got up and walked back to Leo's bedroom. Courtney stood in disbelief, "You've been cheating on me?"
Leo sighed and nodded a little, "You've been gone a lot and I thought you didn't want to see me so I hooked up with someone else".
Courtney almost had tears in her eye but rather than give him the satisfaction of letting them fall she backed away a little. A picture of them at a carnival was sitting on his mantle. Courtney took it slowly and stared down at it, they looked so happy in this. "I guess you just wanted to throw all this away huh?" she asked mostly to herself.
Leo came over and touched her shoulder, "No Court, I'm recycling it" he said.
She grimaced and then threw the picture as hard as she could across the room where it got stuck in the wall. "Good bye Leo" she said and walked out just as briskly as she walked in.
"Oh and by the way I'm getting married in a couple of months, so I guess we're even" she said behind her back.
"Wait, to who?" Leo called after her but Courtney was already outside and almost to her car. She hopped in and drove off into the early morning sun.
"You did what?!" Duncan's mother yelled at Gwen. Gwen shrugged, "I let her stay up there with her family for the day. But I'm going to go get her this morning".
"Ma, just calm down I'm sure it was all in good intentions" Duncan protested.
Mother gaped at her son, "Duncan, who can you defend her when she let your soon to be wife up there by herself? Are you no man at all?"
Duncan threw down a arm he had been playing with and stood up to his mother. "Listen Ma, Gwen did what she thought was right don't forget she is also has say as to what goes down in here. If you're so concerned about the girl why don't you just check on her?"
Mother smiled smugly at her son and patted his head. "Don't underestimate mother's powers dear" she waved her hand over a blank rock and formed a image of Courtney sitting in a parking lot crying.
"She just found out her boyfriend has been cheating on her. She's crushed".
Duncan studied the image and felt sort of a pang where his heart should be beating. This isn't right, he thought I should be there and comfront her. Duncan took off his cloak and fixed his mohawk up, "I'm going to go get her" he said walking to door that would take them to the upperworld.
Duncan used his highly trained ears to focus in on Courtney's heartbeat, it was very easy to find because it was beating faster than normal. He followed the sound to a empty parking lot where Courtney's car was parked way in the back.
Instead of popping up like he would usual do Duncan walked over and looked in the window. Courtney had her head on the steering wheel and the radio turned way up to the point of ear drum knocked on the window but when she didn't look up he sighed and phased his hand through the glass.
When he tapped her should her head jerked up and she gasped at Duncan. She leaned over and turned down the volume, rolling down the window Duncan noticed her puffly red eyes. "Duncan, what are you doing here?" she asked quietly.
"Want to go for coffee?" he asked clearly avoided the question.
"No, I don't want any coffee, I want to be left alone!" Courtney wiped some of the tears from her face.
Duncan phased his arm through the car and pulled Courtney out. "Duncan, what the hell is your problem!" she yelled at him.
"Calm down, we're just getting some coffee. Is that okay princess?" he asked smiling a little.
Courtney sighed and looked at him in his eye, "Why are you being nice all of a sudden?"
"Gwen kinda of gave me a hard punishment last night" he said rubbing his arms. "So you in or not?"
For the first time that day Courtney smiled and nodded. "Coffee would be great, but I can't leave my car".
Duncan snorted and opened the driver's door, "Who said I was going to teleport us there. You're so lazy princess, get in". He turned the ley in the ignition and waited for her to slide in and buckle up. "Wait, how do you know how to drive?" she asked.
Duncan laughed, "Princess, I could drive at the age of twelve, came in handy from running from the cops. Now I'm sensing that the nearest cafe is that way" he pointed to the right.
"Dead right" Courtney said but then caught the little pun she made and laughed at her own joke. "You get it!? The cafe is right and I was confirming the way was right and you're dead!"
"Really funny princess" Duncan's fists tightented around the wheel and Courtney noticed this. "Is something wrong?" she asked quietly. Duncan grimaced a little, "Your laugh is really cute".
"Well, I think your smile is really cute" Courtney looked out the window when she said it but saw Duncan's reflection.
"You don't find my smile or my whole exterior to be utterly revolting or death retching?" he pulled up to a small rock cafe and glanced at her from the side of his eyes as he turned into the drivetru.
"No, I don't find you exterior to be anything horrible, well maybe the green mowak?" she said a little unsure but was still avoiding his eyes. At the window was a young teenage girl with her whole clevage showing and a name tang that read, 'Tammy'
The girl squeezed her chest closer together when she saw Duncan. "Well sir, can I take your order?" she asked sweetly.
It was true Duncan had taken a peep down the girl's shirt but quickly turned his eyes back to her face which wasn't so great. "Yeah can I get a double-whip vanilla frappuccino, two black coffees, and one vanilla latte."
The girl finished writing the last order and smiled sweetly at him, "Is that all?"
"I stopped talking didn't I?"
The girl was taken back by the rudness but kept her smile on. "I love a rough man" she seductively.
Courtney could see this was going way out of hand, "Yeah, my fiance likes it when I'm rough too" she then did the unthinkable. Leaning over swiftly she kissed Duncan right on the mouth for about a good ten seconds.
The girl huffed and Duncan was stunned. "Next window please that'll be sixteen eighty-seven"
Duncan drove hazily to the next window and pulled out his wallet. Again Courtney was confused, "How do you have money?" she asked looking a the twenty Duncan pulled out and handed to a pimple faced teenage boy.
"I rip off people when I go to visit them. You know sort of a fee for dying" he gave her a small smile. The boy handed him the drinks and the change back and they drove off to some disclosed location.
"Why did you buy so many drinks?" Courtney asked once he had pulled over to some park.
"For Gwen and my mother once we get back to the underworld." Duncan got out holding the drinks and went over to the shaded part of the park. Courtney didn't followe just yet, "Wait, I can't leave my brother's car just sitting here!" she shouted after him.
"Don't worry he's going to get it back. Come on before someone sees us" he waited until Courtney was standing near him before transporting them back to the underworld using the darkness of the shadows.
Gwen was sitting on a rock, ignoring Mother's rant about how irresponsible she was. "That girl could have been killed!" she yelled pacing in front of Gwen.
"But I'm not" Courtney said approaching his mother. Mother turned around briskly, "Oh dear, your back!" she walked over to Courtney and gave her a akward hug she released smiling.
"Dear, please forgive Gwen for leaving you like that, she's a little slow" Mother twirled a finger on the side of her head indicating that Gwen was crazy.
Gwen looked up fiercly and was about to say something she'd might regret but was confronted by a black coffee in her face. "Oh, coffee!" she cheerfully and took it out of Duncan's hands.
"Mother, I even got you your favorite" Duncan handed her the vanilla latte.
"Duncan, you didn't have to do this!" his mother gushed but took a long sip of the latte, she motioned for them to sit down on the rocks. Surprisingly, Duncan took a seat next to Courtney and sipped his black coffee.
Mother began to pace, "Courtney, I came to visit you today to show you the way of the underworld. If your going to be married to my son then you have to know the family business and I have to know about you" she stood in front of Courtney with her arms folded, one hand held the coffee.
"Whatever you need to do is fine".
Mother nodded and continued on, "You see I have mother's intuiton, that's how I was able to find you. I know everything that goes on down here without even being here, and since you are to be a future mother you must do the same". Mother set down her coffee on a nearby rock and walked slowly to Courtney.
"Let's get started" she said before placing a hand on Courtney's forehead.
DW: okay so I got this done but I am still working on Bridezillas which should be getting out today-hopefully. Review! Peace and Love darlings, DW
