Wedding Dresses, Frills and Spills

By: Princess Erika

Chapter 3:

"Umm hi Kitty here." Said a quirky voice from the other line.

"Kitty? Kitty Pryde? Oh my god this is Jean, Jean Grey!" squealed the excited redhead, clearly happy to her the voice of her childhood friend again.

"Jean, is that you? Like, oh my god, I haven't heard from you in ages! Oh, and by the way, it's not Kitty Pryde anymore, it's Kitty ALVERS" giggled Kitty. "How did you like, get my number? I just moved."

"Oh god you married Lance? Ha, funny, I always knew you two would kick it off." Jean giggled along, while drawing on the corner of the lime green jelly notebook she secretly kept. "Oh, and didn't you know? I work for Carson Agency, it's one of the biggest telephone agencies in America, I can get a hold of anyone's number."

"Are you married?" Kitty asked curiously. "Because I heard that Kurt and Amanda are engaged, Ororo and Logan got married in Vegas and they adopted a child, and I heard Evan and Wanda have been dating for five years now. Lance also told me that Pietro and Tabitha are married with twins. But, whoa, Rogue and Scott, who would've imagined THAT?"

"Umm yeah, who would've, right? Oh, and no, I'm not married." Jean said, trying her best to sound like she was ok and trying to convince herself she was ok, but deep inside she felt like she was shot in the heart. "So, are you going to the wedding?"

"Like, yeah!" Kitty exclaimed. "It'll be like a little reunion, you know, for all of us who once lived in Xavier's. It'll be so totally nice to meet everyone again, and to like, catch up. You are going, right?"

"Yeah, yeah, of course, it'll be good to see everyone. Hey, you know how you live in Jersey? Maybe we can go to San Francisco a bit earlier, together… And maybe you can come here to NYC so we can shop together, you know, like we used to do in high school."

"Yeah, of course we'll go together! Lance can go to California alone, he won't mind. So the wedding's in 8 days… I'll be in NYC in like, three days, ok?"

"Yeah sure!" Jean said happily, trying to forget about the fact that she probably was the only person from her group of high school friends who wasn't seeing anyone.

Kitty and Jean talked for hours, catching up with what they've been doing the 12 years they were apart. They just kept blabbing like there was no tomorrow, until Kitty had to go to a "doctor's appointment".

After the conversation, Jean went to her luxe apartment bathroom and stared at herself in her mirror. She stared at herself for a long time, with a puzzled look on her face. 'When I show up at the wedding, I have to look hip and glamorous, so people would think I enjoy the whole single New-Yorker life style… The thought that I'm a lonely workaholic cannot even cross their minds!"

Jean picked up the phone and speed-dialed Jessica's number. After three rings, a loud voice with a South-American accent picked up the phone. "Ola, Jessica speaking."

Jean smiled to herself and thought hard about what she was gonna say next. She just smiled and chuckled. "Jess, I think it's time I get a makeover."