Chapter 8
Everything had been set up. Everything was ready. Now all that was left to do was lay low and wait. Our wedding day was only one week away, so all I had to concentrate on was getting a dress, Erol's ring, and pretending that I was madly in love with the guy. That was the easy part. The hard part was going to be- well, you know.
I drifted around the city for a while, and occasionally I would stop to admire something in a window and before I knew it, it was dark. Everything was really mellow for a while, at least until I had made my seventh round around the bazaar and things became a bit more… Haven City-ish.
After a bit more drifting, I finally decided to call Dawn and the rest of the family and let them know I was fine. I searched my belt for my communicator, found it and quickly called the hideout.
"What?" Uncle Torn answered gruffly. He obviously wasn't in the mood to be bothered.
"It's me," I replied simply.
"Jakie?" he asked.
"JAKIE!" Dawn screeched in the background. I smiled to myself.
"Yeah. I thought I better let you guys know… about Erol and I, that is." I heard a bit of a struggle over the communicator and a minute later I heard Dawn's voice.
"So! You're gonna turn him down, right? RIGHT?" she asked confidently. Oh boy… how to break it to her…
"I've decided…" I paused and bit my lip, "I've decided to marry." After I finished my sentence there was a brisk silence. "I really don't have much of a choice here, after all." I was lying through my teeth now. I had the choice all right, and I was going to take the chance before it was too late. But they didn't know that, and didn't need to know it either.
"Jakie…" Dawn started, "please, reconsider!"
"Sorry, Dawn. I've made up my mind. I've already given him my answer, and the wedding is next week."
"Jakie!" Dawn whined again. Whenever I made a decision like this she tries to play on my sympathies to get my to change my mind, but it wasn't about to work this time. No, no, no!
"Until then, don't expect to see me. But don't worry. I have something in mind… Over and out." I quickly shut off the communicator so know one would try to call me again and continued on my way.
I must admit, I felt a little bad leaving it at that, but hey, a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do, right? Right. I continued to just walk around, looking at this and that. I almost kicked my own ass when I found the perfect ring for Erol at one of the shops I'd passed about ten times. But unfortunately for me, that was the only luck I had.
By the time I'd finished my fifteenth round, I noticed that it was starting to get light. I stared at the sky, not bothering to hide my irritation with losing another night of sleep. But I quickly blew it off, considering that I was used to staying awake for long periods of time. What can I say? I love putting my mechanic skills to use. …You know what? Screw losing sleep, I'm going to go take a nap.
Kiri: Well... um... since it's been a whie I'll probably be writting this a bit differently now, so be prepared... and also, I'm writting a Pirates of the Caribbean story now, too. Chapter one is almost done, too. Well, until next time!