Emma walked into the house and slammed the door shut behind her. It was cold ad she just wanted to go to bed. Walking upstairs, she heard her mom call her name. Emma walked into the kitchen and saw her mother sitting at the table with a plate of cookies in front of her. They were still warm.
"I thought," Spike said. "That maybe tonight would be a bad night, seeing as how the wedding is only a week away. I thought you two might find something to fight over."
"No wonder you are a mom," Emma said. She then burst into tears and slumped into a seat at the table. She then explained everything that had happened at the restaurant to her Mom, while she ate cookies and occasionally blew her nose into a tissue.
"I thought he loved me!" Emma said, biting into a cookie. It was her fourth one, but she was hungry and upset, so Spike didn't tell her that she might not be able to fit into her wedding dress if she kept going on like this. "I really thought he cared for me. But no...as soon as someone that good looking comes along he drops me like a hot potato. I knew this was too good to last. Fairy tales just aren't real."
"Emma," Spike said. "I am sure that J.T. loves you. However, J.T. is a man, and a young one at that. And when Manny came in an outfit like the one you described I don't think anyone could help but be mesmerized. So how about you give him another chance?"
"No," Emma said. "I can't. This proves I can't be with him...he doesn't really care. I'm tired and am going to go to bed. Goodnight."
And with that, Emma stomped up the stairs and slammed her bedroom door behind her.
That night, she dreamed that she was at her wedding. She walked down the aisle to J.T., and right when she got to the altar, Manny came walking down the aisle.
"Oh, poo, J.T." Manny said. "This just makes me so upset. I can't believe you are marrying her!" And then Manny burst into tears.
"Go away, Manny," Emma said.
"Wait Emma," J.T. said. "Manny did say that we are wrong for one another. And Manny is always right. And...it just makes her so upset that we are together. So I think that we should call it off. I love Manny too much to upset here like this."
And then J.T. took Manny's arm and they walked to the reception and ate Emma and J.T.'s cake, and danced their dance, and even opened their presents. Fuming, Emma threw her bouquet in Manny's face. The bouquet then blew up, killing Manny. Emma then ran from the room as J.T. screamed over Manny's body.
"AHHHHH!!!" Emma screamed, waking up. "That was the weirdest and worst dream EVER!"
Emma looked at her clock and saw that it was nine. She finally crawled out of bed and walked to the shower. She stood in the steaming water for a long time, trying to make the water clean up her broken heart. When it didn't, Emma turned the water off and stepped out. She then put on some gym shorts and an oversized shirt and walked downstairs.
"Good morning," Spike said. "Emma, come here. We need to discuss the flowers that are going to be at your wedding."
"I told you, the wedding is off," Emma said. Just then the doorbell rang.
Emma got up to answer it. She opened the door and her eyes widened. There was J.T. on one knee and had a bouquet of roses in his hand. Emma blushed, embarrassed she looked so bad.
"Emma," J.T. said. "I love you more than life itself, and if you left me, my life would be over. Please please please, Emma. I love you so much. And I am so incredibly sorry that I was so stupid and male. Please forgive me."
Emma's eyes welled up with tears. She was about to say no, but she couldn't, because she knew she loved him too much. She also knew that he was sincere.
"Yes, J.T., Emma said. J.T. then let out a whoop of joy and scrambled to his feet. He then gave Emma the purest most amazing kiss she had ever had.
A week later, Emma was exciting the White Chapel. She was now Emma Yorke. And she couldn't have been happier.
Once at the house for the reception, Emma and J.T. were in the receiving line saying hello and thank you for the well wishes to everyone.
"So," J.T. said. "When do we get out of here?"
"J.T.!" Emma said.
"What?" J.T. asked. "Tonight is our wedding night, and I want to start our honeymoon. I can't wait to get to the ship for the cruise. I have never been to Jamaica."
"Well," Emma said. "You have to be polite."
Manny then sauntered up, obviously drunk.
"Hey, J.T.," she slurred. "Wanna ditch this joint and then go somewhere fun?"
"Scram Manny," J.T. said. Snake then guided Manny to the door and led her to the street where he put her in a cab and sent her home.
"How did she get an invitation?" J.T. asked.
"I have no idea," Emma replied.
Finally after a few more hours of dancing and talking, J.T. walked her to the car, and they drove off to start their new life together.
The End of the Story
And the Beginning of a Life
"I thought," Spike said. "That maybe tonight would be a bad night, seeing as how the wedding is only a week away. I thought you two might find something to fight over."
"No wonder you are a mom," Emma said. She then burst into tears and slumped into a seat at the table. She then explained everything that had happened at the restaurant to her Mom, while she ate cookies and occasionally blew her nose into a tissue.
"I thought he loved me!" Emma said, biting into a cookie. It was her fourth one, but she was hungry and upset, so Spike didn't tell her that she might not be able to fit into her wedding dress if she kept going on like this. "I really thought he cared for me. But no...as soon as someone that good looking comes along he drops me like a hot potato. I knew this was too good to last. Fairy tales just aren't real."
"Emma," Spike said. "I am sure that J.T. loves you. However, J.T. is a man, and a young one at that. And when Manny came in an outfit like the one you described I don't think anyone could help but be mesmerized. So how about you give him another chance?"
"No," Emma said. "I can't. This proves I can't be with him...he doesn't really care. I'm tired and am going to go to bed. Goodnight."
And with that, Emma stomped up the stairs and slammed her bedroom door behind her.
That night, she dreamed that she was at her wedding. She walked down the aisle to J.T., and right when she got to the altar, Manny came walking down the aisle.
"Oh, poo, J.T." Manny said. "This just makes me so upset. I can't believe you are marrying her!" And then Manny burst into tears.
"Go away, Manny," Emma said.
"Wait Emma," J.T. said. "Manny did say that we are wrong for one another. And Manny is always right. And...it just makes her so upset that we are together. So I think that we should call it off. I love Manny too much to upset here like this."
And then J.T. took Manny's arm and they walked to the reception and ate Emma and J.T.'s cake, and danced their dance, and even opened their presents. Fuming, Emma threw her bouquet in Manny's face. The bouquet then blew up, killing Manny. Emma then ran from the room as J.T. screamed over Manny's body.
"AHHHHH!!!" Emma screamed, waking up. "That was the weirdest and worst dream EVER!"
Emma looked at her clock and saw that it was nine. She finally crawled out of bed and walked to the shower. She stood in the steaming water for a long time, trying to make the water clean up her broken heart. When it didn't, Emma turned the water off and stepped out. She then put on some gym shorts and an oversized shirt and walked downstairs.
"Good morning," Spike said. "Emma, come here. We need to discuss the flowers that are going to be at your wedding."
"I told you, the wedding is off," Emma said. Just then the doorbell rang.
Emma got up to answer it. She opened the door and her eyes widened. There was J.T. on one knee and had a bouquet of roses in his hand. Emma blushed, embarrassed she looked so bad.
"Emma," J.T. said. "I love you more than life itself, and if you left me, my life would be over. Please please please, Emma. I love you so much. And I am so incredibly sorry that I was so stupid and male. Please forgive me."
Emma's eyes welled up with tears. She was about to say no, but she couldn't, because she knew she loved him too much. She also knew that he was sincere.
"Yes, J.T., Emma said. J.T. then let out a whoop of joy and scrambled to his feet. He then gave Emma the purest most amazing kiss she had ever had.
A week later, Emma was exciting the White Chapel. She was now Emma Yorke. And she couldn't have been happier.
Once at the house for the reception, Emma and J.T. were in the receiving line saying hello and thank you for the well wishes to everyone.
"So," J.T. said. "When do we get out of here?"
"J.T.!" Emma said.
"What?" J.T. asked. "Tonight is our wedding night, and I want to start our honeymoon. I can't wait to get to the ship for the cruise. I have never been to Jamaica."
"Well," Emma said. "You have to be polite."
Manny then sauntered up, obviously drunk.
"Hey, J.T.," she slurred. "Wanna ditch this joint and then go somewhere fun?"
"Scram Manny," J.T. said. Snake then guided Manny to the door and led her to the street where he put her in a cab and sent her home.
"How did she get an invitation?" J.T. asked.
"I have no idea," Emma replied.
Finally after a few more hours of dancing and talking, J.T. walked her to the car, and they drove off to start their new life together.
The End of the Story
And the Beginning of a Life