Sorry for the lack of updates, I had a funeral to attend, and I just finished school last night, so as of September 23, 2005 I will offically be a college graduate! Thanks for your patience and understanding.
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------As Dani sat down on the plane, she was still trying to sort everything out in her head. She knew that at the pay-per-views they're always really busy so she really shouldn't be mad, but did Randy really even watch her sing? And the mention of Candy just really sent her over the edge. She knew that she had a really busy week ahead of her and what she really needed was to calm down and just focus on the week at hand.
When the plane landed, Danielle picked up her luggage and headed outside. There was Jeremy waiting for her. She smiled and he ran over to her to grab her bags. He hugged her, "Welcome home!"
She hugged him back, "Thanks! I can't wait to tell you all about it."
They climbed in his car and took off. She squealed, "Oh my god it was so amazing. There were so many people, and everything just sounded so great. After I hit the last note, there was so much cheering and the pyro went off, and it was just absolutely breath-taking. I had tears in my eyes, and then I got to the backstage area and they were clapping too. It was great."
Jeremy squeezed her hand, "That's great, I'm so happy for you."
She smiled and then bit her bottom lip, "Jeremy…there's something I have to tell you."
"Uh-oh, what's that look for." Jeremy replied cautiously.
"I hope that you don't have plans Saturday night before the show…" Dani started to say.
"No not really, why?"
"Well, I kind of know someone who I think that you would really like and I kind of set you up on a date with." Dani said nervously.
"You're kidding right? You know how much I hate blind dates." Jeremy started to protest but Dani quickly jumped in.
"Yeah, but is it considered a "blind date" if I brought a few pictures and a video to show you so you know a little bit about her before Saturday?"
Jeremy scowled slightly, "Who are you trying to fix me up with?"
"My new friend Nora." Dani said with a smile.
"Ok, and who is Nora? How do you know her?"
"You might know her better as Molly Holly." Dani said with a huge smile.
Jeremy's jaw dropped. He had had a secret crush on her, and no one knew that, so he was shocked to hear that was whom he would be seeing. "You mean Nora Ringwald?"
Dani nodded, "Yeah, her and I have become really good friends, and you guys have a lot in common, so I thought why not introduce the two of you? She has this weekend off, and she wanted to see the band play, so she's going to spend the weekend with me."
"You brought pictures and a video?" Jeremy asked.
"Yup, I had some pictures developed and I brought a "Before They Were Superstars" movie so you can see the real Nora and not just "Molly." Dani said with a proud smile. "So, will you do it?"
"Hell yeah I'll go. I'm not going to believe you until I see her with my own eyes, but yes I'll go."
Dani squealed and hugged him. "Thank you, you guys are so going to hit it off, I just feel it!"
Jeremy dropped Dani off at her apartment. "Alright, good luck tomorrow and let me know how everything goes this week, and I'll see you Thursday morning at the airport."
"Thanks again for the ride, I appreciate it. I'll keep you updated." Dani said waving. He waited till she got inside and then he took off still in shock that he was going to be having a date with Molly Holly.
MONDAYDanielle woke up to her phone ringing, she picked it up groggily. "Hello?"
"I know you're not still sleeping are you?" Becky said playfully.
"Kinda, what time is it?"
"Well, I'm going to be to your house in approximately 5 minutes to go and try your dress on, so I suggest you hop in the shower now." Becky replied.
"Shit, I never set my alarm last night. I'll unlock the door, just come in through the balcony and I'll hurry up." Dani said as she quickly hung up the phone and rushed to the bathroom.
Just as she was about to hop in the shower, her phone rang again. She looked at the caller id and it was Randy. She sighed, "Hello?"
"Hey princess, did I wake you?" Randy asked softly.
"No, your sister did. I forgot to set my alarm last night. I'm just about to get in the shower." Dani said hoping he would hurry up and get off the phone. "How did your match go? I'm borrowing the tape from your parents."
"It went great. Unbelievable! But, why didn't you call me when you landed last night?" Randy asked. "I was worried about you."
"Please, you probably didn't notice till this morning that I didn't call last night, you were at the after-party last night, remember? You were going with Candy and Stacy. Besides, I was so tired, after Jeremy dropped me off I went straight to bed."
"Jeremy picked you up? I thought you were having Becky pick you up." Randy replied. He could feel a slight jealous rage creeping up.
"No, Becky's taking me to the dress shop, Jeremy was picking me up so I could tell him about his date with Nora on Saturday. Remember?" Dani replied knowing he was getting jealous.
"Oh yeah, that's right. So everything's going ok?" Randy asked.
"What's going on? Are you ok?" Dani asked concerned. "You never call like this." Something had to be going on because Randy was talking very soft and he was just not being his normal self. Normally he'd go on forever about the match, but he had almost completely blown her off about it. Now he was double-checking that everything was ok when all she was doing was going to try on her wedding dress? She was confused, not all of the puzzle pieces seemed to fit.
"Everything's fine. But I was wondering, how upset would you be if I didn't come home this week?" Randy asked.
"What do you mean if you didn't come home this week? We have my doctor's appointment and the walk-through of the house. Remember, we were supposed to be choosing the tile and the cabinets and the appliances. And you were going to take Nathan to that car show." Dani started listing things off, "Why don't you want to come home?"
"Well, Ric's birthday is this week, so he's throwing this huge birthday party and he's been such a mentor for me that I really want to go." Randy replied.
Dani shook her head, she tried not to be angry, but she couldn't help herself, "You decide what you want to do, I'm not making the decision for you. If you want to go, then go. But I'm going to be late, your sister's climbing over our balcony now, Just let me know what you're going to do."
"Princess, it's not that I don't want to do these things, it's just that this is something I really want to go to." Randy started to explain when Dani cut him off.
"Do what you want, I'll call you when I get home later." And Dani hung up the phone. She let out a low scream as she finally got into the shower.
Randy hung up his phone frustrated. Dani had not been herself lately. She was always tired or she was always upset and to him it seemed like he couldn't do anything right lately. He grabbed his phone and dialed a phone number, "Hey, what are you doing Tuesday night? Well, Ric's having a party and I would love it if you came with me. No, she's not coming. Nope, I don't even want to talk about her right now. Right now it's about you and me. Great, so I'll pick you up Tuesday afternoon." Randy hung up and headed off to the gym.
Meanwhile…
Dani got out of the shower, through on a sundress and headed out to the living room where Becky was sitting. "Alright, I'm ready."
Becky smiled, "You look so cute and pregnant. I called and told her we were running a little late."
"Good because if I don't have coffee I don't know what I'm going to do." Dani replied as she grabbed her purse. "Can you drive?"
Becky nodded, "No problem. Is everything ok? You seem really stressed."
"I don't want to vent to you because it's not fair." Dani said locking the door.
"Why because he's my brother? Please, vent away. I promise I'll be neutral."
Dani sighed, she hated venting to her, but she was one of her best friends. "Ok, I think it's the hormones, but lately Randy and I haven't been ourselves to each other lately. There are times when he's so sweet and loving and then he does weird shit like today. He called me telling me that he would rather go to Ric's birthday party then do the walk-though of the house and my doctor's appointment."
"Do you think that maybe the stress of the baby, the new house, your new career, his booming career and the wedding that is in 3 weeks is starting to take it's toll?" Becky asked.
Dani looked down, "Maybe…"
"I think that with everything going on, you guys are both just running at full throttle all of the time, and that's not leaving enough room for fun. You're stressed out, he's stressed out and together that's causing a big problem. I say, let him go to the party, you do what you were going to do, then next week when he comes home, go away. The two of you, go somewhere and be alone with each other and enjoy each other." Becky advised. "But that's just my idea."
Dani nodded, "Yeah, you're probably right, but we'll see how thing go."
They pulled into the dress shop and Dani walked in. She went up to the counter, "Hi, I'm here to see Mimi."
"Girl, look at you! We have three weeks left and not that much fabric, what are you growing in there?" Mimi exclaimed when she came out from the back room.
Dani blushed, "Well, I found out that I'm having twins."
Mimi gasped, "Ok, well it's a good thing that I did what I did."
Dani looked puzzled, "What did you do?"
"Well, I didn't want to tell you, but the way that you were gaining weight worried me that we wouldn't be able to get the dress to fit by the time the wedding came. So I rush ordered a dress 2 sizes bigger and decided to down-size it instead of trying to make a dress that is too small as big as we could. I didn't want you to get offended, so I didn't tell you." Mimi explained. "Come try it on."
Dani looked at Becky with a look of relief, "Thank god! I've been doing everything I can to not eat too much."
Mimi handed her the new dress that was two sizes bigger. To Dani it looked huge, but she went and tried it on. It was so nice not to have to hold her breath, or squeeze in.
Dani walked out with a smile, "Mimi, you're a lifesaver!"
Mimi laughed, "I'm just glad that the company was able to fulfill the request." Mimi began pinning. "Ok, it looks like you will have plenty of room to gain some weight yet. Same with your chest."
Dani laughed, "Yeah that would really please Randy."
"Go ahead and take the dress of and we'll lay down a plan of action." Mimi replied.
Dani came back out shortly after with the dress. Mimi took the dress and hung it up. "Ok, you don't have to come back in until the Monday before the wedding. That's when we'll do the last fitting, then the day before the wedding, we'll do the final touch-ups."
Dani smiled, "Ok, sounds good."
"Also, your bridesmaid dresses are here, do you want to inspect them and pick them up now?" Mimi asked.
"Well, I was going to pick them up tomorrow, but if they're here and ready, yeah I'll take them. One less thing to do, the better." Dani replied.
Becky and Dani followed Mimi to the back and they looked at the dresses. They had turned out so beautiful. They were a royal blue with a beautiful beaded design along the neckline. The skirt of the dress was very simple with a small train. They were very unique and exactly what Dani wanted. All of the girls were getting their own alterations done, so all her and Becky had to do was make sure there were no stains, rips, or missing things and then they were ready to go.
Dani thanked Mimi again and the girls carried the dresses out to Becky's car. "Well, maybe I'll just have you guys over for dinner tomorrow night. Then we won't have to be here all night long."
"Sounds good to me." Becky replied. She stopped by Starbucks and the girls both ordered iced mochas. Then she brought Dani home, "Hate to cut the day short, but I have class this afternoon."
"No problem, thanks for coming with and driving and letting me vent. I appreciate it. I'll call you and let you know what's going on tomorrow." Dani said carrying the rest of the bridesmaid dresses. "I left yours in the backseat, so don't forget about it."
"Don't worry, I'm going to stop by home and drop it off before I go to school. Talk to ya later!" Becky said as she waved and drove off.
Dani went up to the apartment and sat down. She just felt exhausted. And to think it was only Monday.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------So, who did Randy invite to Ric's party? Is he going to get himself in trouble? How will the rest of Dani's week go? Has Dani been bitchy lately? Or is Randy making it worse then it really is. The next chapter will start on Friday with a an overview of how the week went.
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