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Chapter 13
JULIE'S P.O.V
I had an empty feeling in the pit of my stomach. Over the past 8 hours, I'd had information pushed into me, and now it felt as though my whole being was overloaded. Almost as though I was a child at a birthday party, and had eaten one too many slices of birthday cake. Just 12 hours ago, everything was normal, or that's what I was led to believe. My best friend was getting married to her handsome Prince Charming, all our friends were there to watch, with pride as she walked down the aisle. But now, my best friend was getting married to a lying, cheating, dirty scumbag, all our friends there to watch in dread, in the knowledge of his infidelity.
Ok, so we had a plan, but as a duck, I also knew, that plan's don't always go, well to plan. I couldn't count the times we had planned to prank other teams and had it go horribly wrong. But this unlike all those other times, had more at stake, there wouldn't be another chance to stop the wedding after tomorrow.
I watched, as Connie went through her suitcase checking that she had everything she needed, before zipping it closed and dragging it to the side of her door. Next came her carry on bag, that held both hers and Brian's tickets and her passport.
The empty feeling was getting worse with every second, and I knew if I didn't say something now I never would. Leaving it all up to Charlie's plan, which didn't seem 100 reliable as it was. OK I know it didn't seem as though I trusted him, I did, I knew he wasn't about to let Connie marry this guy, but there was only so much he could do, without destroying his friendship with her.
"Connie, I need to ask you something"? I almost whispered, I suppose hoping she wouldn't have heard. "Hypothetically I mean". I continued.
"Shoot". She eyed me carefully, before continuing with doing what she had been, before I spoke.
"What would you do if you found out Adam was cheating on me with one of my close friends"? I asked, hoping and praying she wouldn't add two and two together until I was ready to tell her everything.
"Oh, don't be silly Jules, Adam would never cheat on you. He loves you way too much to do anything like that, plus he knows that if he did, I would kick his ass, then the ducks would kick his ass". She sat beside me, before rubbing my back gently. "Why, do you have reason to believe he is cheating on you"? She asked, her eyes growing thin, in thought.
"NO, oh no, I just thought I'd ask". Her getting suspicious about Adam, was one bridge I didn't want her to cross, nor was there any need to. I knew Adam could never be unfaithful, hell he couldn't even keep good secrets from me for long. "Think of a couple you know, that you're quite close with ok"? She again eyed me suspiciously, before nodding. "If you caught one of them cheating on the other, would you tell the other"?
"Definitely". She replied.
"Would you tell me or Adam if either one of us cheated on each other"?
"I don't know Julie. I suppose it would depend on the situation". She told me. "But I'd never be in that situation, because neither or Adam would cheat on each other". She said with confidence, causing a small smile to drift onto my face.
"Would you want to know if Brian was cheating on you"? I couldn't decide whether I was still trying to make it look hypothetical, or whether I was actually wanting her to click on to what I was saying.
"I don't know. Anyway, he wouldn't cheat on me and if he did, I'd know". She told me. Funny, because he is, and you don't, I thought to myself. "Is there something going on, that you're not telling me"? Connie looked at me, her eyes piercing, as though she was trying to read my thoughts.
Now I thought would be the perfect opportunity to let everything out of the bag, the opportunity to put everyone out of there misery. I opened my mouth to say something, but one look at her innocent worried face stopped me in my tracks. I can't decide whether I was more afraid of telling her and having her not believe me, or having her believe me and break her heart.
"No, there's nothing". I forced a fake smile, watching as she stood up and headed to her closet, pulling our dresses to the front.
"Then why all the questions"? She asked, though there was no suspicion there.
"No reason, I just wanted to know that you know that I'm always here for you". I said the first thing that came to mind, then realized exactly what I had said, and the confused expression on her face, made me realize what I had said didn't really make sense. "Ok, you're the closest thing I've got to a little sister, and well I just feel a bit emotional that's all". I felt tears forming, from what I had just said and because I hated lying to her.
"Oh Julie. You'll always be my big sister". She sat down next to me, wrapping her arms around my neck, and I knew she had tears running down her cheeks.
"I love you, and no matter what ever happens, I'm always gonna be here for you". I said hugging her back.
"Ditto". She laughed, before pulling away, and wiping at her cheeks. "Listen, I'm gonna grab a shower. Do you wanna go see what the guys want to do tonight"? She asked.
"Yeah sure". I stood up, and headed back to the guys.
As soon as I got back to the living room, everyone tuned expectantly to look at me. I shook my head, before slumping into the sofa.
"Go ahead Charlie, say it". I said dejectedly.
"At least you had the nerve to try". He said, surprising me slightly.
"I got so close, but she just looked so happy, I couldn't bring myself to say it".
With that we changed the subject, trying to come up with things to do, that would seem normal to Connie, yet take our minds off everything. We spent the night at the local carnival, and having a few drinks in some clubs, before we all headed back to Connie's where we just hung around. Through all that, my mind was still on Connie, here she was, thinking she had everything going for her, and we were just about to ruin it for her.
Even when we got back to Connie's, we continued to drink, and sure enough, soon most of the guys and Connie were a little worse for wear. It had become a silent decision among us all, that everyone would be staying here tonight, and had brought our things around earlier. So after changing into our night clothes, which in our cases were just sweats, we began having more fun.
Guy, was flicking through Connie's music selection, and after picking out a certain song, put the CD in, and paused it, whilst he and Charlie disappeared in separate direction. A few seconds late, the music started with James Brown's I feel Good.
"WOW, I feel good". Charlie and Guy sang as the skidded toward each other on the smooth hard wood floor, before slamming into each other, the song still playing. The room cracked up laughing, as the two untangled there bodies and got up, before joining in on the laughter.
"No, no, no, you're doing it all wrong". Averman stood up. "If you're going to skid, you have to do it just right".
He went to one side, just in our view, before trying to sprint a few steps before sliding. However he went too fast not giving his feet chance to grip the floor, and ended up falling flat before he'd even started sliding.
"Oh yeah, wonderful skid there Ave's". Goldberg teased.
"I'm ok, by the way". Averman whined from the floor.
"Arr, Ave's did you hurt yourself"? Connie giggled as she climbed to her feet, and helped our friend to his feet.
"No, but thank you for asking". Averman replied playfully.
"Whose for more margaritas"? Connie asked, heading to the kitchen anyway.
5 minutes later, carrying a jug of margaritas, she slid gracefully into the living room, putting everyone's attempts and the perfect slide to shame.
"Ladies and Gentleman, that is how you slide". Connie laughed, putting the jug down on the coffee table.
"How did you manage that without falling over"? Portman asked, shocked that someone had done a better slide than his own, which had been the best up until Connie's.
"Practice, practice and more practice". She laughed.
After a few more smoothies, Connie attempted at teaching us, how to slide properly, and by the end of it, we had only broken 3 glasses, one jug and vase that Connie claimed she'd never liked anyway. It felt as though we were back in high school, just having fun and nothing more mattered. I had even managed to forget about the whole Brian thing, and joined Connie in drinking more than I probably should have.
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