A/N: I apologize about this one chapter per story a week thing. I
obviously didn't follow through with it. That's due to writer's block
syndrome. And the fact that I can't type and sing at the same time. lol
I've recently downloaded like 8 songs that I really like and I have to
listen to music whenever I'm on the computer. So I sing and get caught up
in the music instead of typing. Oops. Lol I'm sure ya'll have noticed
that my author name is now Bade. That's because of the new thing that
ff.net decided to do. I didn't like Donna3. That was just dumb. So I
decided on using Bade. Also, if you look on my profile I changed my AIM
name. So check that out if ya want or need to IM me. Oh, I had the best
Shane dream EVER!! He told Shannon he was falling in love with me.
::Sigh:: lol And I've been having some funky assed dreams involving Ben
and others involving coyotes. Anyways, lol, I got side tracked. Lol On
with the chapter!
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"Oh my God! Your hair!" Jessy yelled after dropping her carry on bag and hugging me, she lifted a chunk of my now deep red Amy colored hair. I smiled as the blonde chunks in the front that framed my face fell over my eyes. I looked her over, realizing that she hadn't changed in the almost year that I hadn't seen her. I helped her with her bags and we climbed into Jeff's pickup to drive home. "This is a nice truck."
"Yeah, it's Jeff's baby," I laughed.
"I never thought I'd ever see you drive one," she said.
"Yeah, well, I kinda grabbed the wrong keys. He'll probably shoot me when he finds out that I took it without asking. But I was running late so I didn't care," I said shaking my head.
"Has Jeff seen your hair?" she asked.
"No, I had it done yesterday before a house show and he's not home this weekend. He won't see it till Monday nite when he watches RAW," I answered. "But he sounds really anxious to see it."
"I'm sure. It looks really good. And speaking of RAW, what's going on with this whole thing with Sean O' Haire?" she asked curiously.
"I'd love to tell ya, but can't. You'll just have to wait like everyone else," I laughed. "It's so good to see you! How's Jesse?"
"Tired," she chuckled. "He's been working a lot at the airport as a mechanic. But he loves it."
"So if something happens to a plane that I get on in Bangor, I can blame it on him?" I questioned.
"Yeah, sure, go for it," she answered shaking her head. She looked over at me and studied my clothes, black cargos and an Amy Brown fairy tank top. She took a deep breath and smiled, looking out the window.
"What?" I asked.
"I just can't believe we're going shopping for your wedding dress today," she said.
"Yeah, that's what Sara said when I talked to her on the phone this morning," I laughed.
"Sara, she's Mark's wife, right?" she said unsure.
"Yeah, that'd be Dad's wife. She flew in last nite and stayed with Matt and Amy. She brought Kalista with her, so that should be interesting," I laughed thinking of my little sister running around the bridal places and being adored by all the customers.
"Ya know, Jesse and I were thinking about having a baby," she said suddenly.
"Really?!" I exclaimed whipping my head around in shock.
"Yeah, I think we may start to try," she smiled shyly.
"That's awesome!"
"Yeah, his mom is really happy about the idea."
"I'm sure."
"How long after you Jeff get married do you think you'll wait to have a baby?"
"Oh wow, I don't know. I mean it'd probably depend on how his music career is going, how my music career is going, and how wrestling is going. I don't think I want to wait too long, cause he is getting up there in years. But I want us both to be ready for it."
"That's understandable." She looked around her as we pulled onto a side road and passed Dad's house. We pulled into the driveway and she looked utterly frightened as she saw the giant statue standing in the middle of it. I shut off the truck and she slowly, cautiously got out of the truck, pulling her bags with her.
"Welcome to the ImagI-Nation," I smiled spreading my arms in welcome.
"The imagi what?" she asked staring at the house and looking by it to the bizarrely graffiti trailer that was the studio. She studied the statues and saw the volcano peeking over the studio.
"The ImagI-Nation," I repeated. "That's what Jeff calls home. That what WE call home. It's like stepping into a whole new country. A whole new world where nothing else matters and you can be whoever you want to be. This is home." I smiled at her before walking ahead of her to the house.
"That's the most bizarre thing I've ever heard of," she said. I laughed at her as Liger and Luna ran out by us into the front yard.
"Excuse the smell of Jeff in the house. The boy doesn't understand how to clean up after himself and I didn't have time to clean up cause I got back really early this morning from a show in South Carolina," I said picking up stray articles of clothing.
"What's with the plants?" she asked pointing into the den as we walked by.
"Jeff never had time to care for real plants so he got fake ones and he got addicted to it. So that's their room," I laughed. "Don't be afraid of all the statues and paintings either. His artwork and some that I've helped him with. Totally harmless."
"So says the woman that lives with them," she muttered moving away from large statue that stood in the hall. "What's in that room?" She pointed to a closed door that had a sign on it saying 'Keep door closed'.
"Oh, that's where our animals live," I answered casually pulling her upstairs with me.
"Animals?" she asked.
"Yeah, Jeff's prairie dog, Witty, his raccoon Imagi, and my sugar glider Misfit. We had an iguana, but Zeus died last year," I said setting her stuff down in a spare room. "Well, this is your room for the weekend. My room is across the hall. Um, well, why don't we go to Matt and Amy's and pick up the other girls and start this dress hunt!"
I led her down the dirt road to Matt's house and we walked in, being bombarded by the other girls. Matt and Shannon were in the living room playing with Shannon's daughter and K. When K saw me in the doorway she ran to me and jumped into my arms.
"Hey K!" I said happily hugging her tightly.
"Oh thank God you're here!" Sara laughed. "She's been asking and bugging me when you're gonna get here. If you had gotten here any later you'd be telling Mark I'd killed myself."
"And all of us," Trish muttered to Nora causing her to snicker.
"Aw, K, were you buggin mommy?" I asked with a smile.
"Uh-huh," she smiled back giving me the biggest smile you could ever imagine. I laughed and walked into the living room, setting her on the floor next to Shannon and Crystal's daughter Jazzylnn Willow. I stood after kissing her cheek and walked into the kitchen where the girls were.
"OH! Jessy, I'm so sorry. Crystal, Sara, this is my friend Jessy. Jessy this Shannon's wife Crystal and Daddy's wife Sara," I said introducing them.
"Well, are we ready to get wedding dress shopping?!" Crystal asked putting a camera in her bag.
"Wait, I was given strict instructions to give this Casey today," Matt said walking out of the living room with a package in his hands.
"For me? From who?" I asked taking it from him and sitting at the table.
"Who else?! Jeff," he smiled crossing his arms as I smiled and opened the package. Inside was a framed picture of Amy Brown's "Always" picture, a girl fairy being purposed to by a boy fairy.
"AWWW," the others chorused as I looked behind me and saw the girls with their arms around each other and smiling.
"Oh my God! I so have to call him!" I exclaimed jumping over the chair with the picture in my hands.
"OH NO!" the girls yelled as one grabbed me.
"No way, if we let you get on the phone with him now, we'll never get out of here!" Nora laughed as Crystal let my arm go.
"Fine, be that way," I pouted. I walked towards the door and noticed no one was behind me. "Are we GOING now?!"
"Figures, she's always the last to be ready to go, and the first out the door!" Trish said shaking her head.
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"Welcome!" a woman called with a bright smile as she walked up to the group of us. Her hair was starting to turn gray and she wore glasses pushed down to the tip of her nose. She had on a smock with pins and measuring tape hanging out of the pockets. This had been the 3rd store we had gone to and we were all very tired. "Well, who's the happy bride?"
"At this moment in time, I'm not sure I'm very happy," I smiled before yawning.
"Ah, we've been out all day and come up empty handed?" she asked.
"Oh yeah," Amy and Crystal said together as they slumped down on a plush love seat.
"Well, I hope we can help with that problem. When's the wedding?" she asked never losing that smile we walked in to.
"May 1st," I answered realizing I was smiling too.
"Now there's the happy bride!" she rejoiced. "Now, are we looking for bridesmaid dresses and wedding dresses?" I nodded at her and she led us to a rack of dresses. "Why don't you start here? If you need any help you let me know." We all nodded politely at her as she walked away.
"Oh, I like this one!" Nora exclaimed holding a peach colored, short sleeved, full length, business looking dress.
"Not on your life!" Jessy laughed. Nora shrugged and put the dress back.
"Case, what about this one?" Amy asked pulling out a black, strapless dress that had knee high slits on both sides.
"Yeah, I like that, go try it on," I smiled. Amy skipped, literally, off to a changing room as we continued to look through the racks.
"Oh Case, this dress is gorgeous," Sara said handing me a pure white wedding gown with off the shoulder sleeves and lots of bead work on the top.
"Yeah, go try that on," Trish ordered pointing the room next to Amy. I changed into it as fast as possible and when I walked out they were all waiting for me, Amy in the dress she tried on.
"This isn't it," I shook my head.
"No, it's not. But what do you not like about it?" Crystal asked fluffing up the skirt as I stepped up onto a short pedestal.
"Um, the sleeves, mostly. They'd bug the hell outta me. I keep wanting to pull them up onto my shoulders," I smiled doing just that, pulling them up.
"Alright, keep looking," Amy sighed as the others went back to the search.
"You don't like the bridesmaid dress either, huh?" I asked with a smile.
"Not even a little bit," Amy laughed as we disappeared into our rooms.
"Casey, do you like this dress?" Jessy asked holding a sleeveless, slim fitting dress up to herself. All I did was point to the room and she walked into it. Trish had followed her into the one next to hers and tried on a spaghetti strap dress. Trish was the first to walk out, Jessy always being a slow dresser, and we all shook our heads at it. She shrugged and walked right back in the room just as Jessy emerged, again all of us shaking our heads at her.
"Wow, I've never hated dress shopping so much," Nora whispered to Crystal.
I grabbed a few dresses off the rack and dragged them into the dressing room with me. I walked out in a spaghetti strapped slim fitting dress. There was no poof to the skirt and it was very plain looking. Everyone shook their heads with me and I went right back into the dressing room as they all continued to look for bridesmaid dresses.
"I think if I try on one more dress I may kill myself," I said walking out in a strapless dress that had a full skirt and bead work going across the front to the back.
"That's a pretty one though. And it does look good on you," Jessy said standing next to me with a dress on.
"Yeah, but I'll be pulling it up all day. And I really don't want to fight with that," I sighed putting my hands on my hips. "I have one more dress in there. If I don't like that one, then we're leaving and I will not be getting married in a wedding dress."
"Oh yes you will be!" they all yelled at me. I rolled my eyes and carefully walked back into the dressing room.
"You guys, this is the bridesmaid dress. Look at it!" Amy smiled as she spun around in a black, full length, slim, spaghetti strapped dresses that had little flowers in white embroidered on it.
"Oh my God," Crystal breathed.
"That's so the one!" Trish exclaimed looking Amy over.
"I know. Casey!! Hurry up, we found the bridesmaid dress!!" Amy called to me.
I slowly walked out of the dressing room and everyone hushed as all eyes were on me. I stepped onto the pedestal and looked at the three mirrors that surrounded me. My eyes started to water as everyone walked over to me.
"This is the one. I just know it," I cried putting my hand up to my face. Sara took my hand in her's and started crying before anyone could think to.
"You're so beautiful," she cried rubbing her thumb over the back of my hand.
"Casey, it's gorgeous," Nora said as they all started crying.
"I don't want any other dress. This is it. I know it!" I smiled happily turning to look at them. "Is this how you four felt when you tried on your dress?"
"I didn't cry, but I was in love with mine," Jessy smiled wiping her cheeks.
"You know immediately. I couldn't have imagined getting married in a different dress," Crystal said.
"Wow. I never thought I was gonna find it," I laughed. I stood there, continuing to stare at myself, not wanting to take my dress off.
"Well, sounds like you found the dress," the woman said with that same smile as she walked up to us.
"Yeah, I have. And the bridesmaid dresses too," I smiled. She nodded and started taking all our measurements as well as the colors and other information.
It was dark before we finally left the boutique. When we got back to the houses the guys had a BBQ all set up and ready to go. I played with K for a while until I saw a car drive up the driveway. It was Shane's black manta and I ran up to it, K following me closely.
"So how was your date with Georgia?" I asked before he even had a chance to get out of the car.
"Hello to you too," he laughed.
"SHANEY!!" K exclaimed. He smiled at her and picked her up.
"So?!" I said.
"We had fun, but she's not my type. So Angel, but it's not gonna happen," he said.
"Oh, sorry," I said sadly was we walked to the back of Matt and Amy's house where the party was.
"Don't be sorry. You tried. Sometimes things just don't work out," he said setting K down to run to her mother. "I think she's gotten cuter."
"Yeah, definitely," I smiled.
"So, did you get a dress?" he asked.
"Yeah, I did. Wanna see pictures?!" I asked excitedly.
"I'd rather be surprised. I'm sure it's beautiful," he kissed my cheek and joined Shannon and Matt by the bucket of beers.
"Did I just hear right? That you set Shane and Georgia up?" Amy asked.
"Yeah, I did, but it didn't work out," I said with a shrug before walking over to the picnic table to sit with Crystal and Jessy.
"Shane and Georgia? They wouldn't work together," Trish said.
"I know. Do you get the feeling that maybe she knew this but did it on purpose so that Shane would be available?" Amy asked.
"I think that may just be the reason for it," Nora sighed.
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"Thank you so much for the picture," I said to Jeff over the phone. I laid down on the bed and sighed.
"Well, you love Amy Brown and I thought you'd like to have this one since we're getting married," he said, I could just see the smile on his face.
"I love it. I love you."
"I love you too. Did you get the dresses?"
"Yep, the dresses are all ordered."
"Good. How long did it take for that to happen?" he laughed.
"All damn day!" I exclaimed.
"I'm not surprised. I'm sure it's perfect."
"My dress is perfect!"
"So, tell me more about your hair. You've been very vague as to what you've done to it."
"No, you'll see tomorrow nite on RAW. You'll get to see the whole new me!"
"THE WHOLE NEW YOU?!" he yelled.
I laughed and replied, "The new clothes and new hair."
"I don't know if I like the sound of all this."
"Tough honey. You'll have to live with it!"
"Where's this relationship with Sean goin on the show anyways?"
"You'll see tomorrow nite."
"Why is everything a big secret with you?"
"Because I want you to be surprised. Although you won't like the Sean surprise. I don't like that surprise. But it's happening so we have to deal with it."
"I'll deal with it, but I don't have to like it."
"I love you Jeff."
"I love you too Case."
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"Oh my God! Your hair!" Jessy yelled after dropping her carry on bag and hugging me, she lifted a chunk of my now deep red Amy colored hair. I smiled as the blonde chunks in the front that framed my face fell over my eyes. I looked her over, realizing that she hadn't changed in the almost year that I hadn't seen her. I helped her with her bags and we climbed into Jeff's pickup to drive home. "This is a nice truck."
"Yeah, it's Jeff's baby," I laughed.
"I never thought I'd ever see you drive one," she said.
"Yeah, well, I kinda grabbed the wrong keys. He'll probably shoot me when he finds out that I took it without asking. But I was running late so I didn't care," I said shaking my head.
"Has Jeff seen your hair?" she asked.
"No, I had it done yesterday before a house show and he's not home this weekend. He won't see it till Monday nite when he watches RAW," I answered. "But he sounds really anxious to see it."
"I'm sure. It looks really good. And speaking of RAW, what's going on with this whole thing with Sean O' Haire?" she asked curiously.
"I'd love to tell ya, but can't. You'll just have to wait like everyone else," I laughed. "It's so good to see you! How's Jesse?"
"Tired," she chuckled. "He's been working a lot at the airport as a mechanic. But he loves it."
"So if something happens to a plane that I get on in Bangor, I can blame it on him?" I questioned.
"Yeah, sure, go for it," she answered shaking her head. She looked over at me and studied my clothes, black cargos and an Amy Brown fairy tank top. She took a deep breath and smiled, looking out the window.
"What?" I asked.
"I just can't believe we're going shopping for your wedding dress today," she said.
"Yeah, that's what Sara said when I talked to her on the phone this morning," I laughed.
"Sara, she's Mark's wife, right?" she said unsure.
"Yeah, that'd be Dad's wife. She flew in last nite and stayed with Matt and Amy. She brought Kalista with her, so that should be interesting," I laughed thinking of my little sister running around the bridal places and being adored by all the customers.
"Ya know, Jesse and I were thinking about having a baby," she said suddenly.
"Really?!" I exclaimed whipping my head around in shock.
"Yeah, I think we may start to try," she smiled shyly.
"That's awesome!"
"Yeah, his mom is really happy about the idea."
"I'm sure."
"How long after you Jeff get married do you think you'll wait to have a baby?"
"Oh wow, I don't know. I mean it'd probably depend on how his music career is going, how my music career is going, and how wrestling is going. I don't think I want to wait too long, cause he is getting up there in years. But I want us both to be ready for it."
"That's understandable." She looked around her as we pulled onto a side road and passed Dad's house. We pulled into the driveway and she looked utterly frightened as she saw the giant statue standing in the middle of it. I shut off the truck and she slowly, cautiously got out of the truck, pulling her bags with her.
"Welcome to the ImagI-Nation," I smiled spreading my arms in welcome.
"The imagi what?" she asked staring at the house and looking by it to the bizarrely graffiti trailer that was the studio. She studied the statues and saw the volcano peeking over the studio.
"The ImagI-Nation," I repeated. "That's what Jeff calls home. That what WE call home. It's like stepping into a whole new country. A whole new world where nothing else matters and you can be whoever you want to be. This is home." I smiled at her before walking ahead of her to the house.
"That's the most bizarre thing I've ever heard of," she said. I laughed at her as Liger and Luna ran out by us into the front yard.
"Excuse the smell of Jeff in the house. The boy doesn't understand how to clean up after himself and I didn't have time to clean up cause I got back really early this morning from a show in South Carolina," I said picking up stray articles of clothing.
"What's with the plants?" she asked pointing into the den as we walked by.
"Jeff never had time to care for real plants so he got fake ones and he got addicted to it. So that's their room," I laughed. "Don't be afraid of all the statues and paintings either. His artwork and some that I've helped him with. Totally harmless."
"So says the woman that lives with them," she muttered moving away from large statue that stood in the hall. "What's in that room?" She pointed to a closed door that had a sign on it saying 'Keep door closed'.
"Oh, that's where our animals live," I answered casually pulling her upstairs with me.
"Animals?" she asked.
"Yeah, Jeff's prairie dog, Witty, his raccoon Imagi, and my sugar glider Misfit. We had an iguana, but Zeus died last year," I said setting her stuff down in a spare room. "Well, this is your room for the weekend. My room is across the hall. Um, well, why don't we go to Matt and Amy's and pick up the other girls and start this dress hunt!"
I led her down the dirt road to Matt's house and we walked in, being bombarded by the other girls. Matt and Shannon were in the living room playing with Shannon's daughter and K. When K saw me in the doorway she ran to me and jumped into my arms.
"Hey K!" I said happily hugging her tightly.
"Oh thank God you're here!" Sara laughed. "She's been asking and bugging me when you're gonna get here. If you had gotten here any later you'd be telling Mark I'd killed myself."
"And all of us," Trish muttered to Nora causing her to snicker.
"Aw, K, were you buggin mommy?" I asked with a smile.
"Uh-huh," she smiled back giving me the biggest smile you could ever imagine. I laughed and walked into the living room, setting her on the floor next to Shannon and Crystal's daughter Jazzylnn Willow. I stood after kissing her cheek and walked into the kitchen where the girls were.
"OH! Jessy, I'm so sorry. Crystal, Sara, this is my friend Jessy. Jessy this Shannon's wife Crystal and Daddy's wife Sara," I said introducing them.
"Well, are we ready to get wedding dress shopping?!" Crystal asked putting a camera in her bag.
"Wait, I was given strict instructions to give this Casey today," Matt said walking out of the living room with a package in his hands.
"For me? From who?" I asked taking it from him and sitting at the table.
"Who else?! Jeff," he smiled crossing his arms as I smiled and opened the package. Inside was a framed picture of Amy Brown's "Always" picture, a girl fairy being purposed to by a boy fairy.
"AWWW," the others chorused as I looked behind me and saw the girls with their arms around each other and smiling.
"Oh my God! I so have to call him!" I exclaimed jumping over the chair with the picture in my hands.
"OH NO!" the girls yelled as one grabbed me.
"No way, if we let you get on the phone with him now, we'll never get out of here!" Nora laughed as Crystal let my arm go.
"Fine, be that way," I pouted. I walked towards the door and noticed no one was behind me. "Are we GOING now?!"
"Figures, she's always the last to be ready to go, and the first out the door!" Trish said shaking her head.
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"Welcome!" a woman called with a bright smile as she walked up to the group of us. Her hair was starting to turn gray and she wore glasses pushed down to the tip of her nose. She had on a smock with pins and measuring tape hanging out of the pockets. This had been the 3rd store we had gone to and we were all very tired. "Well, who's the happy bride?"
"At this moment in time, I'm not sure I'm very happy," I smiled before yawning.
"Ah, we've been out all day and come up empty handed?" she asked.
"Oh yeah," Amy and Crystal said together as they slumped down on a plush love seat.
"Well, I hope we can help with that problem. When's the wedding?" she asked never losing that smile we walked in to.
"May 1st," I answered realizing I was smiling too.
"Now there's the happy bride!" she rejoiced. "Now, are we looking for bridesmaid dresses and wedding dresses?" I nodded at her and she led us to a rack of dresses. "Why don't you start here? If you need any help you let me know." We all nodded politely at her as she walked away.
"Oh, I like this one!" Nora exclaimed holding a peach colored, short sleeved, full length, business looking dress.
"Not on your life!" Jessy laughed. Nora shrugged and put the dress back.
"Case, what about this one?" Amy asked pulling out a black, strapless dress that had knee high slits on both sides.
"Yeah, I like that, go try it on," I smiled. Amy skipped, literally, off to a changing room as we continued to look through the racks.
"Oh Case, this dress is gorgeous," Sara said handing me a pure white wedding gown with off the shoulder sleeves and lots of bead work on the top.
"Yeah, go try that on," Trish ordered pointing the room next to Amy. I changed into it as fast as possible and when I walked out they were all waiting for me, Amy in the dress she tried on.
"This isn't it," I shook my head.
"No, it's not. But what do you not like about it?" Crystal asked fluffing up the skirt as I stepped up onto a short pedestal.
"Um, the sleeves, mostly. They'd bug the hell outta me. I keep wanting to pull them up onto my shoulders," I smiled doing just that, pulling them up.
"Alright, keep looking," Amy sighed as the others went back to the search.
"You don't like the bridesmaid dress either, huh?" I asked with a smile.
"Not even a little bit," Amy laughed as we disappeared into our rooms.
"Casey, do you like this dress?" Jessy asked holding a sleeveless, slim fitting dress up to herself. All I did was point to the room and she walked into it. Trish had followed her into the one next to hers and tried on a spaghetti strap dress. Trish was the first to walk out, Jessy always being a slow dresser, and we all shook our heads at it. She shrugged and walked right back in the room just as Jessy emerged, again all of us shaking our heads at her.
"Wow, I've never hated dress shopping so much," Nora whispered to Crystal.
I grabbed a few dresses off the rack and dragged them into the dressing room with me. I walked out in a spaghetti strapped slim fitting dress. There was no poof to the skirt and it was very plain looking. Everyone shook their heads with me and I went right back into the dressing room as they all continued to look for bridesmaid dresses.
"I think if I try on one more dress I may kill myself," I said walking out in a strapless dress that had a full skirt and bead work going across the front to the back.
"That's a pretty one though. And it does look good on you," Jessy said standing next to me with a dress on.
"Yeah, but I'll be pulling it up all day. And I really don't want to fight with that," I sighed putting my hands on my hips. "I have one more dress in there. If I don't like that one, then we're leaving and I will not be getting married in a wedding dress."
"Oh yes you will be!" they all yelled at me. I rolled my eyes and carefully walked back into the dressing room.
"You guys, this is the bridesmaid dress. Look at it!" Amy smiled as she spun around in a black, full length, slim, spaghetti strapped dresses that had little flowers in white embroidered on it.
"Oh my God," Crystal breathed.
"That's so the one!" Trish exclaimed looking Amy over.
"I know. Casey!! Hurry up, we found the bridesmaid dress!!" Amy called to me.
I slowly walked out of the dressing room and everyone hushed as all eyes were on me. I stepped onto the pedestal and looked at the three mirrors that surrounded me. My eyes started to water as everyone walked over to me.
"This is the one. I just know it," I cried putting my hand up to my face. Sara took my hand in her's and started crying before anyone could think to.
"You're so beautiful," she cried rubbing her thumb over the back of my hand.
"Casey, it's gorgeous," Nora said as they all started crying.
"I don't want any other dress. This is it. I know it!" I smiled happily turning to look at them. "Is this how you four felt when you tried on your dress?"
"I didn't cry, but I was in love with mine," Jessy smiled wiping her cheeks.
"You know immediately. I couldn't have imagined getting married in a different dress," Crystal said.
"Wow. I never thought I was gonna find it," I laughed. I stood there, continuing to stare at myself, not wanting to take my dress off.
"Well, sounds like you found the dress," the woman said with that same smile as she walked up to us.
"Yeah, I have. And the bridesmaid dresses too," I smiled. She nodded and started taking all our measurements as well as the colors and other information.
It was dark before we finally left the boutique. When we got back to the houses the guys had a BBQ all set up and ready to go. I played with K for a while until I saw a car drive up the driveway. It was Shane's black manta and I ran up to it, K following me closely.
"So how was your date with Georgia?" I asked before he even had a chance to get out of the car.
"Hello to you too," he laughed.
"SHANEY!!" K exclaimed. He smiled at her and picked her up.
"So?!" I said.
"We had fun, but she's not my type. So Angel, but it's not gonna happen," he said.
"Oh, sorry," I said sadly was we walked to the back of Matt and Amy's house where the party was.
"Don't be sorry. You tried. Sometimes things just don't work out," he said setting K down to run to her mother. "I think she's gotten cuter."
"Yeah, definitely," I smiled.
"So, did you get a dress?" he asked.
"Yeah, I did. Wanna see pictures?!" I asked excitedly.
"I'd rather be surprised. I'm sure it's beautiful," he kissed my cheek and joined Shannon and Matt by the bucket of beers.
"Did I just hear right? That you set Shane and Georgia up?" Amy asked.
"Yeah, I did, but it didn't work out," I said with a shrug before walking over to the picnic table to sit with Crystal and Jessy.
"Shane and Georgia? They wouldn't work together," Trish said.
"I know. Do you get the feeling that maybe she knew this but did it on purpose so that Shane would be available?" Amy asked.
"I think that may just be the reason for it," Nora sighed.
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"Thank you so much for the picture," I said to Jeff over the phone. I laid down on the bed and sighed.
"Well, you love Amy Brown and I thought you'd like to have this one since we're getting married," he said, I could just see the smile on his face.
"I love it. I love you."
"I love you too. Did you get the dresses?"
"Yep, the dresses are all ordered."
"Good. How long did it take for that to happen?" he laughed.
"All damn day!" I exclaimed.
"I'm not surprised. I'm sure it's perfect."
"My dress is perfect!"
"So, tell me more about your hair. You've been very vague as to what you've done to it."
"No, you'll see tomorrow nite on RAW. You'll get to see the whole new me!"
"THE WHOLE NEW YOU?!" he yelled.
I laughed and replied, "The new clothes and new hair."
"I don't know if I like the sound of all this."
"Tough honey. You'll have to live with it!"
"Where's this relationship with Sean goin on the show anyways?"
"You'll see tomorrow nite."
"Why is everything a big secret with you?"
"Because I want you to be surprised. Although you won't like the Sean surprise. I don't like that surprise. But it's happening so we have to deal with it."
"I'll deal with it, but I don't have to like it."
"I love you Jeff."
"I love you too Case."
