Chapter 15: And a Wedded New Year Part 1
It's early afternoon New Year's eve and Dorian, fresh from the shower, is sitting at her vanity in her robe doing her hair. Desiree is napping in the playpen next to the arm chair. David and Dylan have already left to give the Cramer girls some privacy. Just then Dorian hears Blair's voice from the hall.
Blair: Dorian!
Dorian: In here! (She, Starr, and Adie enter) Please be quiet Desiree is asleep.
Blair: Sorry.
Addie: (Coming over behind Dorian) Are you excited Dori?
Dorian: You bet I am.
Starr goes and sits in the chair next to the play pen. Blair comes over and picks up the family Christmas photo that Dorian has in a frame on her vanity. In the bottom right corner she has added a picture of Melinda.
Blair: This really is great Cramer family photo. Where did the picture of Melinda come from?
Dorian: It was in a Christmas card I got from her the other day. She looks really beautiful doesn't she?
Addie: Very pretty.
Cassie and Adriana come in and join the rest of the Cramer's. Dorian has begun to put on her make-up.
Dorian: Hello girls.
Adriana: Hi mom.
Cassie: Hello mother.
Adriana walks over to the bed to sit down, but notices a photo album and lots of pictures scattered on the bed. She sits down and starts skimming through the photos.
Adriana: Mom, what is all this stuff?
Dorian: (she sets down her compact and looks over) Oh, that? I was going to put together a family photo album for the wedding. I started on it during my last trimester because I wasn't allowed to do much else, but I never finished it.
Cassie: (sitting down next to Adriana) You know what, we have some time, so when Kelly gets here why don't we all chip in and help you finish it?
Blair: That's a great idea. It can be your bachlorette party.
Dorian: Alright then. (she stands up) Kelly should be here any minute so…
She motions toward the bed and all the Cramer's, except Desiree, gather around and start going through the photos. Then Kelly walks in carrying Amber.
Kelly: Hi everybody. Sorry we're late.
Dorian: Hello darling. You're right on time. We're just about to start putting together a Cramer family photo album.
Blair: It's her bachlorette party.
Kelly: Ok, let me put Amber down and I'll be right over.
She puts Amber down next to Desiree in the play pen. She starts over to the bed and notices the family photo on the vanity with Melinda's picture in the corner.
Kelly: (picking up the photo) Mom sent you a Christmas card too?
Dorian: (turning around) Yes, she looks beautiful doesn't she?
Kelly: Yeah.
Cassie: Come join the party Kelly.
She moves over and makes room for Kelly on the bed.
Dorian: Let me show you what I've done already (She picks up the photo album and opens it to the first page).
Addie: That's us when we were little girls!
Dorian: That's right Addie. (pointing to the picture) You, me and Melinda. I think this is the only photo there is of the three of us (she turns to the next page). And here's our family tree.
On the page in the album is a detailed family tree starting with Dorian's parents and ending with the three newest Cramer's. She has even added Todd, Kevin and of course David. Near the bottom under Kelly's name is not only Amber's name but Kevin Jr.'s and little Ace's names too.
Kelly: You added Kevin Jr. and little Ace?
Dorian: You seem surprised.
Kelly: I am, in a good way.
Dorian: They are both Cramer's even if little Ace isn't biologically yours. Brendan and William are on here too.
Kelly: (a little tearful) Thank you.
Dorian: No need to thank me (she turns to the next page) This is as far as I got.
Blair: Whose pictures are these?
Dorian: (Pointing to the top photo) This is my senior picture. (Point to the bottom one) And this is David's.
Adriana: David looks so geeky (everyone laughs).
Cassie: Where did you get that photo? I doubt he gave it to you.
Dorian: I took it out is wallet and had a copy made.
Cassie: That sounds like you.
Blair: He really does look like such a geek.
Dorian: I know, but he turned out good. Now, lets get to work.
They start scanning through the mound of pictures on the bed.
Blair: (picking up a picture from when she and Dorian dressed up like Marilyn Monroe with David tied to the bed) Oh My God. Dorian please tell me you are going to burn this.
Dorian: (taking the photo) Oh my, I didn't know I still had this. Poor David, that could not have been fun for him (She thinks back to court when David told her that was the best sex he'd ever had). Or maybe it was.
Kelly: (glancing over Dorian's shoulder) That was you two? Which one of you actually slept with him?
Dorian: I did.
Blair: Starr shouldn't be hearing this.
Starr: Mom, I'm practically an adult. Stop babying me.
Adriana: What are you talking about?
Dorian: (Handing her the photo) You might as well know it makes no difference now.
Adriana: Mom, are you wearing a wig?
Dorian: Yes.
Adriana: Why?
Addie: What did you and Blair do?
Dorian: Viki's alter, Jean, had forced David and I to get married. I didn't want to lose any of my assets in the divorce so Blair and I decided to make it look as if he'd had an affair.
Blair: I tied him up and blindfolded him. Dorian did the rest.
Adriana: Wow, I have a lot to learn about this family.
Cassie: Oh, you'll hear it all eventually.
Kelly: (picks up a photo of her from when she first came to town) Wow, I sure have changed a lot.
Dorian: Yeah, all good though.
The girls continue looking through the pictures, laughing at this and that. Slowly they start deciding on picturs to put in.
Cassie: Mother you actually kept pictures from my wedding to Andrew, Blair's first wedding to Todd and Kelly's first wedding to Kevin? Kelly and Kevin got remaried before Amber was born (Cassie lays them all side by side)
Dorian: I save a lot of different things. You know my family is very important to me.
Addie: (picking up a photo of Dorian doing a fan dance on the coffee table) Dori what's this?
Dorian: (looking at the photo and blushing) Uh, Addie let's forget about that.
Dorian put's the picture back on the bed and starts looking through the remaining pile of photos. The Cramer girls continue to piece together the album. After a couple of hours pass it is finally finished. Dorian does one final scan of the album starting on the fouth page where the girls started working.
That page consits of picturs of Cassie, Kelly, Blair, and Adriana from the first time they each came to town. The next page is a large photo of David and Dorian. On the next page are baby photos of the twins and amber. The following page consits of three random pictures, one of River, one of Starr, and one of Jack. The next page has pictures of Addie and Melinda. On the nineth paige Dorian snuck in the Marilyn Monroe photo, and on the final paige is the Cramer family photo minus Melinda's picture.
Blair: I can't believe you put that Marilyn Monroe photo in their.
Dorian: Blair, it's funny. It's ancient history. The picture's just for laughs.
Blair: Yeah, yeah.
Adriana: What time is it.
Cassie: (looking at her watch) 6 o'clock.
Dorian: (She gasps) The wedding's in an hour. David is probably wondering where we're all at.
David: (At the Church) Where is Dorian? The wedding starts in an hour.