Disclaimer: see Chapter 1

A/N: This chapter has a lot of money stuff that is totally estimated. I have no clue how much this stuff would cost, and it's probably gonna be way off, but I try.

Chapter 8 – Miami or Hawaii?

DJ called Kimmy about her choice for maid of honor.

"I understand," Kimmy said. She didn't sound sad at all. "If I had a sister I'd probably do the same thing."

"I'm so glad you understand!" DJ almost hugged the phone. "I still have room for another brides maid if you'll accept."

"What color is the dress?"

"Same as the other dresses, white with a tint of blue."

"I'm in," Kimmy said, picturing the dress. "When should I be here?"

"The first day of spring break," DJ and Steve had decided they wanted to have the wedding closer to the end.

"I'll mark in on my calendar."

"I need your dress size so we can order the dress,"

"Uh…" Kimmy hadn't worn a dress since the prom. "I'll call you later"

"Sure," DJ answered, "Bye"

Michelle walked into DJ's room as she was hanging up the phone. "DJ! I found two great places for your honeymoon!" She held up two brochures.

"Miami looks really nice," DJ said.

"Uh…" Michelle said

"What?"

"Steve said the same thing about Hawaii,"

"Like we can afford to go to Hawaii!"

"I like Miami better, too," Michelle said.

"How could he even think of Hawaii?" DJ asked, "We hardly have enough for the wedding!"

"I think you really wouldn't mind Hawaii," Michelle said.

"Maybe," DJ said, tossing the brochure for Miami on her pillow. "But it doesn't matter. We'll never be able to pay for something like that,"

Michelle thought about it. She could tell DJ really wanted that honeymoon in Hawaii. She left DJ to stare at the Hawaii brochure and walked into her other sister's room.

Stephanie was lounging on her bed, doodling.

"What's that?" Michelle leaned over to see the pad. It was a bunch of camera lenses.

"I don't know, exactly. I guess I'm just bored." Stephanie said, "What's up?"

"DJ says she wants her honeymoon in Hawaii, but she can't afford it," Michelle answered.

"That stinks,"

"I was thinking maybe we could gather up some of our savings or something,"

"Are you kidding! Our money will buy plane tickets and half a night at a shabby hotel,"

"Point taken," Michelle said, "But she really wants this!"

"I know, Michelle, but it's gonna be pretty tough to pull off."

"But what about all that money you got for your birthday?"

"It was only a hundred dollars, Michelle."

"I have a hundred twenty," Michelle said, "If we can buy her the tickets than she might be able to pay for her honeymoon.

"She'll probably end up exchanging half of the gifts from her bridal shower anyway," Steph remembered when her aunt went to her sister's wedding shower in Nebraska. She said she had gotten six blenders!

"That should buy a night," Michelle said, "And Steve probably has some money saved up. But she does have to buy the dresses…"

"Hey, the bride's parents pay for the wedding, not the bride,"

Michelle hadn't heard that before, but she liked the sound of it. "I bet Aunt Becky and Uncle Jesse will chip in, too."

"It might work!" Stephanie said.

Next door, Nicky and Alex were in the back yard, looking at the sunset and kicking a soccer ball around. "I bet I can get it higher than you!" Alex said.

"Go ahead," Nicky said, passing the ball to his brother. Alex set the ball about two feet away from the fence and walked over to the tool shed. He ran, kicked, and it did go pretty high. It soared over the fence and landed on someone in the other yard. They could tell because they heard an "Ow!" from the other side. Someone tossed the ball back over. "That was weird," the boys thought that was Michelle's voice.

"Should we listen?" Alex whispered.

"You can, I'm going inside," Nicky said, "It's getting a little cold out here,"

Alex pressed his ear against a hole in the fence.

"Hawaii?" Alex thought it was Joey's voice.

"Yeah," Michelle said, "You think you can chip in some money?"

"I do have a lot more since I'm not…paying for dinner with Hailey anymore," Joey sounded really sad.

"So can you?"

"I guess," Joey said, "I'd probably want someone to do the same thing for me."

"Thanks, Joey! How much?"

"I don't know, eighty dollars sound good?"

"Counting the hundred Dad's chipping in, that's four hundred dollars!"

"I'm sure Steve will pay for something."

"Thanks for the help Joey!"

"Hawaii!" Alex thought. "Now that's a honeymoon!"

He went inside and almost ran into his mother. "What's the hurry, Alex?" she asked.

"I heard that Michelle is collecting money so DJ can go on a honeymoon in Hawaii!"

"Really?"

"Yeah," Alex answered, "She already has four hundred dollars but she needs more,"

"We'd better chip something in, huh?"

"I think so,"

Becky went to tell Jesse, and came back smiling. "Tell Michelle she has five hundred,"

"Yay!" Alex ran up to his room to see if he and Nicky had a good amount of money to contribute.

The next day, DJ was leafing through the Hawaii brochure. How pretty those pictures looked. All the palm trees and clear blue water. She could almost feel the sand between her toes, and could picture she and Steve kissing on that beach. As she was daydreaming, Steve walked into her room. "Hi, babe." He kissed her cheek.

"Hi,"

"You like Hawaii, don't you?"

"Yeah, but we could never afford it,"

"Well, I just donated three hundred dollars to the Michelle Fund"

DJ gave Steve a questioning look.

"Your sister's collected nine hundred dollars for our honeymoon,"

"Michelle got eight hundred dollars!"

Steve nodded and DJ ran to find her sister. Michelle was in her room, fixing her hair. "Michelle! You got nine hundred dollars for my honeymoon?"

"Yup! Me, Steph, Dad, Joey, Aunt Becky, and Nicky and Alex donated."

"I love you!" she threw her arms around her sister.

"So you have enough!"

"If I put in a few dollars myself, then yes!"

A/N: I know it's really short, and the rest of the chapters will be longer. please review!