A Dream Come True, Not!

Chapter seven:- All hell breaks loose

"I'm sorry, what?" Cindy stared unbelievingly at her mother. "I don't think I heard you right. What did you say?"

"I've moved the wedding to tomorrow." Mrs. Vortex said calmly. "I think it's for the best."

"But the band won't make it in time! We can't book the river in time! Nothing's ready!" Cindy started yelling.

"No problem. I booked the hill last night and Sweet Candles are in town and have agreed to play with such short notice. I went out and bought almost everything. There's still a bit to do today. For some reason the caterer canceled and refused to cater our wedding at all so we'll just buy a lot of food which turns out to be less expensive than the caterer." She laughed a little. "I think we got scammed by them. Overall it's all going to go well."

"NO!" Cindy slammed her fists down on on the table as she stood up. "This is insane! What are you trying to do? This is my life! MINE! My wedding! My life! My choice!" She took her mother's coffee cup and threw it at the wall. It shattered into many tiny pieces against the wall and rained onto the floor. The coffee that was in it splattered on the wall and would most likely stain it. "Why are you doing this to me? Why are you doing this to Jimmy? Why? I don't get it!" She continued to yell. She put her hands flat on the table and leaned toward her mom.

Just then Jimmy came running into the house.

"What's going on?" He asked as he sut the door. "Cindy what's wrong?" Her face was red and her eyes were filled with hate. He went over and hugged her tight. "Shhhh. What's wrong."

"She moved the wedding date."

"Okay by the look of you I'm going to guess that that's not good."

"We're getting married tomorrow." Jimmy's arms dropped and his eyes widened.

"Yeah umm... Come again?"

"Exactly." Cindy still held Jimmy tight.

"Uhhh... yeah ummm... I... you... It... Wow." Jimmy couldn't manage to find words. "How? I mean why? I mean...Whoa."

"Everything's all set. Sweet Candles will play at the hill at five tomorrow. Food, drinks, guests, and seating has been taken care of." Mrs. Vortex announced proudly.

"Wait? On the hill? Sweet Candles?" Jimmy shook his head. He was getting too much information he didn't want. "But we wanted it by the river and The Aces?"

"Do you really think The Aces would be able to come on such short notice? They wouldn't be able to make it. And we couldn't book the river in time so... We'll have to make small changes."

"What about a wedding dress?" Jimmy asked. Cindy hadn't even thought about that yet. There was so much going on and so little time to swallow all of the information that was being shoved down her throat.

"Oh I'm going to go rent one today?" Mrs. Vortex said standing up to gather all of the pieces of the broken cup.

"Dont' you mean you and I are going to go rent one?" Cindy turned back to face her mother.

"What? Oh no, I wouldn't worry you over a small little detail like that. You're going to be helping pick out food and dishes and things like that. I have a list on the counter of what exactly I want." Cindy's face turned red again. Her blood was boiling and she wanted to slash her mother's throat right about now.

"A SMALL LITTLE DETAIL? THE WEDDING DRESS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART! THAT'S NOT A SMALL LITTLE DETAIL!" Her hands turned to fists and her nuckles turned white from how hard she was clenching her hands.

"Cindy," Jimmy tried to calm her down. "relax it's okay." She raised one of her fists and slammed it into the wall while screaming. The wall was now dented and Cindy's hand bled a little. "Cindy." Jimmy took both her hands and wrapped his arms around her letting her lean back on his chest. They all stayed silent for a minute while Cindy and her mother just stared at one another. Cindy with rage, her mother with shock. Her mother finaly stood up from the ground and walked over to where Cindy was being held by Jimmy.

"It will be tomorrow I will pick out your dress and you will say 'I do'." She said sternly. "Understood?"

"Yes mother." Cindy said reluctantly. Mrs. Vortex went upstairs to get changed. Once she left Cindy started crying in Jimmy's arms again. "This is insane. I can't believe she's doing this. I don't get it." Cindy turned around and buried her face into his shirt. She said a few things but they were to muffled to understand.

The rest of the day went by fairly quickly. Everyone in town was informed about the wedding date being changed. (A/N: sry but I can't think of anything to fill this day with...) Before they knew it, Jimmy and Cindy had to say their good-nights again. They gave a quick kiss and an 'it's alright' then went their seperate ways home.

Cindy fell into her bed wishing this was all a dream. That Jimmy and her were still fighting and denying their love but one day he'd purpose and they'd get married in their own time their own way.

When she woke up, the first thing that came to her mind was 'it's my wedding day' and most women would be thrilled to think that and they would jump up and down but not Cindy. She threw the pillow over her head and screamed. The last thing she wanted to do was get up and get married or see her wedding dress. She had refused to see it yesterday but today she would. She just knew it was going to be ugly.

She walked out of her bedroom once she was dressed and saw it hanging on the bathroom door. It wasn't the dress every girl dreamed of, not at all. It was a white dress, a white poofy dress. No sparkles, no lace, no nothing, not even a vail. It had to have been the cheapest dress there. Cindy ran her hand over the fabric, at least it was soft. She felt a tear tumble down her cheek. This just wasn't fair.

Cindy turned her head to look at the clock. It was noon which ment everyone was over at the hill helping set up. She got into her car and drove the short distance to the hill where her marrige was being set up. As she walked up to the hill she felt like everything looked familiar. It was like she'd been here before. Everything was exactly in the place it had been in... It hit her. What her mother was doing. What was going on. Cindy's hands started shaking as she reached the top the hill where she met Jimmy, Libby, and Sheen.

"Carl's not gonna be here until around three." Jimmy said walking towards Cindy. "Are you okay?" He asked when he noticed the fear mixed with rage in her eyes. She didn't respond. She searched for her mother and finaly found her telling people where to put flowers. Cindy ignored everyone and pushed some people out of the way to get to her.

"Did you think I wouldn't notice?" Cindy yelled at her mother which made her turn around quickly. "You showed me so many pictures of it! Did you think I wouldn't realize you made this the exact same wedding you had! I should have noticed before! The wedding time, the flowers, the place, the band, the, the, the everything!" She shouted. "I can't believe you'd do this! Why?"

"Cindy please calm down." Her mother tried to calm her but it just got Cindy more upset.

"Why would you do this? WHY ARE YOU MAKING MY WEDDING YOURS? WHY DID YOU MAKE THIS AN EXACT COPY OF YOUR WEDDING?" All the pictures of Mrs. Vortex's wedding proved that this was an exact copy. That she had controlled everything to make it the exact same as her own. Cindy's eyes burned with more rage as people gathered around to watch this mother daughter battle go on. Cindy's mom just stayed quiet though. No answer came from her lips. "THIS IS INSANE! I'M NOT GETTING MARRIED HERE! NOT LIKE THIS! KISS YOUR BRIDE AND DAUGHTER GOOD-BYE! I'M LEAVING!" Cindy took off her ring and threw it at her mother. She turned around to face everyone and they all just stood wide eyed. She walked up to Jimmy. "I'm sorry you had to get messed up in this." She kissed him one last time then took off in her car to go get her things then leave.