Summary: Conclusions and Shopping
"And we are all required to be there"
Silence. The creepy king of quiet, almost like calm before the storm. Roger knew what was going to happen.
"WHAT"
"HOW LONG DO WE HAVE"
"WHY"
"I DON'T EVEN LIKE HER"
"SHE ISN'T NICE"
"I HAVE NEVER MET HER"
Great. Yelling best friends and people staring. Roger just laid his head on the table and waited for the arguing to be over. Yes he knew Mark didn't like her, she didn't like Mark. Yes he knew she was a bitch, everyone knew that Maureen. He knew Angel, Mimi and Joanne had never met her, and if the circumstances were different, he would never have brought her up.
"My mother wants us to be there in two weeks," Roger stated after the yelling had quieted.
"Are we gonna have to play 'straight'?" Maureen said, remembering the last get together they had with her own parents, which was a different story all together.
"I don't want to go ANYWHERE in straight drag!" Angel stated. He hated doing that. When he drummed it was different. There was no looking in the mirror before she went out to play on the streets.
"Guys, we are going EXACTLY as we are! They invited us to make the wedding bigger and make a statement, which we are going to do. We need to do this right."
Roger had a happy grin on his face. There was nothing like the thrill of pissing off people who only wanted to use you as a 'good' statement for their own profit.
"Mimi," Roger looked to his left, "Don't tone it down. Go ahead and wear the hottest thing you have. Angel," He looked across the table to Angel, who was sitting in Collins' lap still, "I think you need to go for something really flashy, you and Mimi should go shopping and find new outfits..."
The thought of shopping brought the smiles back to Angel and Mimi's faces, the smiles that they had lost when Maureen brought up the comment of acting normal.
This was going to be fun.
"Collins, Angel, I need you guys to do exactly what you are doing right now" Roger was on a roll. There was no way he was going to let his sister parade him around, pretending to be the best sister in the world.
"What are we doing right now?" Collins asked with his patented confused stare.
"Being yourself." Roger flashed them his blinding smile, the smile he only showed when he was either extremely happy or really, really drunk.
Angel and Mimi were in the local mall, one earphone in their ear, singing to their hearts content. They got a bunch of stares, but nothing could break their mood today.
They were here to shop, and shop with a purpose.
Angel was so happy she got to be herself.
When Maureen's parents came to New York, Angel had to stay away. Not that Maureen was ashamed of her, quite the opposite. Maureen's parents would end up hurting Angel more than anyone would allow. It still took Angel along time to understand that by keeping her away, they were helping. It still hurt to be left out.
But now was not the time for thoughts on not-so-happy topics.
Shopping!
"Kiss me goodbye! I'm defying gravity!" Mimi chorused with Angel as they went from shop to shop, looking for something 'appropriate' for the wedding. Roger had given them money, telling Angel that this outfit was on him because he was the one having everyone come.
They were also supposed to pick stuff out for Roger Mark and Collins. Joanne and Maureen were going to meet them at the mall when they were done with work and practice.
They entered Abercrombie and Fitch. The people in there were all blond and hateful looking, so Angel decided to piss them off. She went up to the 'greeter' and smiled politely.
"Excuse me, can you show me where the women's jeans are?"
The 'greeter' just looked away.
The only other person there was in the store was Mimi, so Angel tried again.
"Excuse me, can you show me where the women's jeans are please?" Angel would have felt offended if she had actually been looking for something to wear, but alas this store was too boring and had no taste what so ever. Everything in there had a stupid moose on it for crying out loud!
Mimi decided to join in on the fun.
"Mr. Please tell her where they are. We are in a hurry to be away from this place as fast as possible." Still the 'greeter' did not tell them anyway. "Hmmm... discriminating... what is it that you hate? We have money like all of the other people you are so pleased to help. Or is it that you are too attracted to my friend and are afraid you will say something stupid?" That comment earned a furious look.
"We don't need you kind in our store!" The 'greeter' spat.
That did offend Angel. How could some people act like that? How could they decide to hate you for something that did not concern them at all?
"Well, I hope your manager likes your attitude, because he will be informed of it shortly" Mimi said in short after seeing the look on Angel's face. "Come on Angel, lets get out of this wannabe trendy lame ass place."
Angel nodded and let Mimi pull her out by the hand.
"Those stupid ass bigots! Angel, lets move on, those people are just assholes, there is no need to bother with them"
"Yah."
"Yah"
"MIMI! ANGEL! OVER HERE!" Maureen's voice rang out over the buzz of the mall.
They both slapped on grins after sharing a look. That incident would just be between them, but Angel would tell Collins once they got home.
"Hey Mo! Hey Joanne! Ready to begin this wonderful day?"
Angel put on a convincing face and started chatting with Maureen about who knows what and Joanne looked questioningly at Mimi.
Joanne was always the perceptive one.
After three and a half hours finding clothes, Angel was over the stupid trendy store and was walking back into the loft, feeling good. After he modeled for Collins and they had a round (or two) of their usual bedroom game, Angel would be ready for the next day and the chaos it promised.
Thank you s to:
Chris (Angel of Chaos): I hope you caught the joke, Defying gravity has been playing over and over and over. (you know the guys at the hair straightening place Oakridge, well they are REALLY cute together! Watching my obsession) And thanks for the review!
a proud geekfreak: Yah, I don't think I could ever write a story where a major element (Angel in this case) is missing. Thanks for the review!
Pissimissi: I try to update as often as I am able, it takes a bit for me to want to write, but I will try to get chapters out every week (don't hold me to that though) Thanks for the Review!