More REVIEWS and more IDEAS would be very helpful. I've decided that after I finish this story I will publish a drabble series that will be sort of like the deleted scenes from this story. Do you get what I mean? it'll be a combination of things that came to me when I was writing this story, but that never actually went into the story. Ex; the many different ideas I had about how Althy and Zack should get together, etc.

Disclaimer: I do not own Bones after 37 Chapters this should be obvious.

Chapter 38

It's all in the dress

Two weeks before Angela and Jack's wedding the women all went dress shopping. Angela and her maid of Honor Dr. Brennan, the bridesmaid Cam, my maid of honor Jackie, and I all headed to the number one bridal store in D.C. Crestline's. It was owned by a lesbian couple that spent their entire lives making wedding dresses, bridesmaid's dresses, and under garments. Angela had discovered it during one of her art shows. According to Angela who better to design wedding and wedding night attire than those that know and love the female body more than strait women. They know what is attractive in a woman. I did not argue.

(A/N This idea was borrowed from my favorite book. If you can guess what this book is you will be allowed to fight Jonah, regardless of past standing)

It was a cute boutique filled head to toe with amazing dresses and sexy garments for that special night. One of the two owners of the shop, Magdalena came in wearing simple blue jeans and a blouse. She smiled seeing Angela and the rest of us.

"Angela, darling so wonderful to see you." she said, France in her voice. "And who are these lovely ladies?"

"These are my friends, my maid of honor Temperance and my bridesmaid Cam."

"Oh you are getting married…hopefully for good this time, no?" her hair was strawberry colored and held up with clips.

"Yeah, oh this is also Althea, Jack's cousin. She's getting married in April and her maid of honor Jackie."

"Pleasure to meet you ladies." she said. "I will be right back, my Natalie is helping out another customer, and I need to see how she is doing." Natalie was Magdalena's lover. The two had been together since they met in France twenty years ago. They were in their forties and had a real connection. "Our daughter Cristina will help you out. Oi she is almost eighteen years old."

Christine had the same strawberry hair as Magdalena and matching facial features. I figured that Magdalena was most likely Christine's birth-mother. She had on a long skirt and a sweater. She had been standing at the check-out counter when we arrived.

"Hello girls," There was no France in her voice. "We shall do these three girls first. Do you have wedding colors picked out?"

"Soft blue and red." said Angela "We incorporated the winter with Valentine's Day, since that's when the wedding is with a little renaissance theme."

"Do you have your wedding dress, yet?"

"I do, I just need something for the wedding night." She nodded and walked to a rack with a vast amount of different dresses.

"Would you prefer the dresses be a soft blue or red?" asked Christine from behind the rack. There were so many dresses we couldn't even see her slim figure.

"Cam, Brennan? You're the ones that will be wearing them, not me."

"Why don't we try a dress of both colors and we will see where it stands." suggested Dr Brennan.

"An excellent idea." said Magdalena as she walked back. She helped Christine get the dresses and Dr. Brennan and Cam went to try them on.

"You won't make me wear anything hideous will you?" asked Jackie as we all sat down on the soft chairs infront of the platform that had the mirror and the changing rooms.

"I haven't decided, yet." I replied. The first dresses were light blue, lighter than the sky. They were strapless with this ugly flower on the side of a useless sash.

"Please don't make us wear these." begged Cam. Angela nodded and they went back into the changing room.

The other dresses were a maroon color and looked like a strapless top with a curve hugging, open at the bottom, skirt with a thin gold sash.

"These are great." said Angela and had them added to the account. Christine grabbed them and put them on the check out counter.

"What about you dear?" asked Magdalena looking at me.

"My wedding is outside, in April, so maybe some bright colors, like blue, yellow, green, purple, pink," Jackie shuddered at the word pink. Christine vanished again and came back with four dresses, each a different color.

"Remember, Althy, dear. I'm not the only one that will be wearing the bridesmaid dress." called Jackie disappearing into the changing room. I dug into my purse and took out my pad and paper.

The day before I had called my sisters and gotten their measurements for the dresses. Andora proceeded to threaten me that if the dress was ugly she would hurt me.

Jackie came out in this soft lime green, below the knee length dress with a matching sash and a hat to boot.

"Hell no." said Jackie and went back in before anyone else could comment. The second dress was an orange low cut halter that went down a few inches before the ankle. "Althy." she pleaded. I waved her to try on the next. The next was also a soft almost like green color. It was strapped and had an extra frontal layer on it with a flowery design over the top of it.

"This one's nice." said Cam.

"Let's see the last one." I told Jackie. She nodded and went back into the changing room. The last one was a dark blue strapless dress with a shiny silver design on it. It was floor length and flowing out with an under layer. "Ding, ding, ding, we have a winner." I said. I stood up and walked to Magdalena. "Do you have two more of those?" I asked handing her the paper that held my sister's dress sizes. "I also need one for a six year old flower girl,"

She looked down at the paper. "Oh sure, not a problem." she handed it to her daughter who grabbed the dresses and put them on the counter.

"Althy time," sang Angela.

"What about you and the sexy garments?" I asked.

"We'll do those together after we pick out your wedding dress." Many dresses were shoved at me as I was pushed up on the platform and into the changing room. My first dress had too much detail on it and reminded me of a snow covered Christmas tree. The second made me feel like a whale, the third one was strapless and it hugged my curves perfectly, coming out very flowing with a frontal design of swirls. The back was slightly corset like, with the straps coming out at the bottom where my butt started and coming down to the bottom. The veil clipped to the back of my hair, so I would have to put it up with a flower. It was perfect.

"Althy…" said Jackie speechless.

"You look very nice." commented Dr. Brennan.

"I found the dream…d…d…" I looked at the woman that came out with who I guessed was Natalie. Natalie had short slick black hair and glasses. But the other woman, I knew. She had long, perfect blonde hair and what I knew to be fake breasts. It was Victoria Riddling. I hadn't heard that name since…since the security review with Sheila-Mary Jeffrey. "Um…why d…doesn't um…I should go…I really don't need anything for the wedding night…I'll just pay for the dresses and go."

"But Althy," tried Jackie. She followed my gaze and saw Victoria. "Yeah, come on Althy…" The Jeffersonian women looked on in confusion as I hurriedly paid for the four dresses and ran to my car as quickly as possible. Jackie followed soon behind.

"Althy…"

"Don't start Jackie, please." I begged, "I just need to get home." Angela ran up. She had followed us.

"Freeze," she said. "Your not going anywhere until you explain." said Angela. The air was cold and I had turned the heat on.

"Fine, get inside the car and I'll tell you." Angela sat behind me. I took a deep breath,

Psychology says that people never know if their capable off taking someone's life, until they are put in that situation. I can honestly say that I am incapable of taking an innocent person's life.

One of the many places we moved to was this small town in Wisconsin. I don't recall the name of it, but that's hardly an important factor now. This town had a private school where the rich people from around the state sent their kids. I got in on a scholarship because of my IQ tests.

Like in all the other schools I was the geek that no one ever talked to. That's how I met Jackie. She was an outcast too, like I was. OF course at that school anyone who wasn't rich was an outcast. Jackie was well off and although her financial standing was higher than mine her unusual fashion choices put her right down there with me.

It was our sophomore year. The mean girls, led by Victoria had tricked me into embarrassing myself as they often did. Jackie helped me up after they pushed me down and screaming rude mouthfuls at me.

"You shouldn't let someone make fun of you, especially people who aren't as smart as you." said Jackie. I wished I had listened to her and just let it go. But it was so bad.

That same day Victoria and her group of popular girls threw my backpack into the fountain located at the front of the school. I spent my entire study-hall drying my Advanced Biology book as Victoria and her friends laughed in my face.

The next day I ended up in that same fountain because I refused to do Victoria's homework for her. They pulled my hair, they called me names. One person could only take so much. That night I broke into my father's gun cabinet. It wasn't hard too. His combination wasn't hard to figure out, his birthday . Dad never had a lot of imagination when it came to his locks.

When I got to school the following day the gun was in my pocket. I knew that before school everyday the girls hung out in the bathroom on the third floor.

Each girl wore matching pink blouses and pink flats with a variation of skirt and jeans. They all had matching blonde hair and I could have sworn that if their designer labels told them it wasn't cool to breathe they would all die from asphyxiation.

"Well, well." said one of Victoria's friends "The little nerd needs to use the bathroom."

"Let's teach her about this bathroom. Littler nerds love to learn, don't they?" I took out the gun a 357. Magnum and pointed at Victoria and her friends. They laughed. The gun was loaded and ready to shoot. To this day it remains my weapon of choice, I don't know why. (A/N The gun is from a movie, name the movie)

"I'll pull the trigger, I swear I will." I said, shaking. They laughed. I let off one shot to scare them and they screamed with tears already forming on their perfect little faces. The bullet remained lodged in the bulletproof glass of the bathroom window. I tried to pull the trigger again, but I couldn't. I don't know if the gun jammed or if I just didn't have the strength to pull it again. "You made fun of me. You tormented me you demented Barbie dolls. Well who's the one crying now, freaks?"

Jackie had spotted me heading into the bathroom and followed me. She ran in after the shot. She calmed me down and I put the gun away feeling so horrible. I don't remember her exact words, but it was something along the lines of it wasn't right and I was better than that.

I transferred to a public high school after that and Jackie and I had been best friends ever since.

"And that's that." I said looking at Zack. After telling this story to Angela she let me go and I went home and told Zack the truth. He wasn't bed ridden anymore. We were sitting in the kitchen and he just starred.

"So when you…Haley…I am at a lost for words." said Zack pulling me into a hug. "If it makes you feel any better I believe you made the right choice in sparing the lives of those girls." I smiled softly. He put a hand on my shoulder. "Did you at least get a dress?"

"I did and it's amazing." I said smiling brightly at him.

Ok so this was an interesting chapter, it was ok and I know I'm jumping around a little, but I promise after Jack and Angela's wedding I'll slow it down a little. Also if anyone got the two references in this chapter I have decided that you will not simply be allowed to kill...beat up Jonah, but to have one of your ideas used or references used in later chapters. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU GOT ONE OR BOTH OF THEM! One reference was the shop owned by two lesbians and the other is the .