Chapter 29: Wedding Bells
"What time is it?" I woke up and the room was dark but I could feel Jeremy still holding me.
"Ten to eight." I moved around to face him and winced, "don't do that…you could break your stitches."
I had forgotten that tonight was the guy's night out. Jeremy didn't seem to be moving as quickly as he should to get ready, "I'll be fine...I swear. You deserve to go out and have fun."
He sat down next to me and it seemed like he was going to stay, "Are you sure? Because I don't have to go if you don't want me to."
I yawned, "Yes go…I'm probably just going to sleep anyways; I'm still tired." After he kissed me goodbye he left the room and I was alone again. I cursed realizing that I had missed the fitting for my gown today, but it probably wasn't a big deal 'cause my measurements were about the same. Then within a few minutes I back to sleep.
Dream
I was sitting on the counter in the bathroom facing the door. There were bloody fingers prints on the handle and drops of blood on the floor. Curious I got up and bent down on the ground to smell the blood, it was mine. When I stood back up I caught a sight of my image in the mirror, "Omg." I reached for the towel to put it over my chest wound; it seemed like somehow the stitches must have opened, however, I couldn't grasp the towel, "What the….hell?" I ran out the bathroom and tripped over something. "Woah!" I almost screamed seeing that I had tripped over myself and on the other side of the room Jeremy was sitting on the floor with his legs crossed. "Jeremy? What's going on here?" He didn't respond. "Jeremy? Can you hear me?" I got to my feet and walked over to him. "Jer?" Then I noticed he had the gun in his hand and he raised it up at himself and fired.
"NOOO!" I shouted out loud waking myself up from the nightmare sweating.
"Val? Are you alright?" I heard Shalimar call out from the front door.
Carefully I got up and put on a robe before opening the door, "Hey Shal," I tried to give her a hopeful smile.
"Jeremy said he wanted me to check on you and I heard you yelling, is everything alright?"
I looked around still a little shaken up over that nightmare, "Bad dream…been having a lot of those lately."
Shalimar put her hand on my shoulder, "You're shaking…Mind if I stay a while?" Silently I opened the door for her to come in and she walked in, "Now you need to get back in bed and rest. If I stay with you do think it would help?"
I followed her and carefully laid back down in bed and nodded, "thanks."
Shalimar got me some water to drink and put it on the nightstand along with a bag of chips that she found in the mini bar.
Shalimar sat down, "Lex said it's okay that you missed the fitting, it's strange because I thought Lexa would be one hell of a bridezilla, you know?"
I laughed, "Isn't that a miracle. Maybe marriage will change up her attitude…" We started watching some television and I fell asleep.
When I woke up it was morning, Shalimar was gone but Jeremy was lying with me…he must of told Shal to go when he got back. Today was the wedding, which was at three o'clock sharp. At least I was feeling a bit better after getting a remarkably good night sleep with Shalimar there. There was a knock at the door. "Jer? Someone's here…"
"yeah…" he mumbled and put on some pants before goes to the door.
It was Adam with some other guy carrying a bag.
When they came in they came towards me and the man sat down next to me, "Hi Valerie, I'm Dr. Wyner. You don't remember me but I'm the one that performed your stitches and I'm just here to check and see how they are holding up. Infection can be a real nasty thing." The guys kinda stayed out of the way while the doctor looked the stitches. "Well…It seems like they doing great. They should be ready to come out in a few days, maybe even quicker since Adam informs me that you are a feral and they tend to heal faster."
"Yeah…that's a relief."
He also said it was okay that I go to the wedding just as long as I didn't do anything too strenuous, and then he left with Adam.
"I'm going to take a shower first then if you want I can help you with yours," he smiled.
I threw a pillow at him, "yeah I bet you would like that…"
He held onto the pillow and returned after starting the shower. Jeremy put the pillow down, "I just want to help and get through this alive, you know?" he smiled but I frowned, his words reminded me of dream I had last night. "What's wrong?" He asked alarmed. "Nothing…just, that I love you."
Jeremy looked relieved, "Mmm I like the sound of that," He gave me a kissed then said he'd be right back.
After the painful process of getting ready we headed out to the beach where the wedding would be taking place. It was a pretty setup, with a red and white theme. Shalimar and I wore red dresses while the guys wore cream suits with red ties. Lexa came out wearing a beautiful white gown and Jesse had on a classic black suit with red tie to make him stand out from the guys. Of course there was crying, and to our surprise tears from Lexa, really good cake, and lots of pictures. It was a happy, small, and fun wedding with just our little group. After the toasting, the presents and food we all went our separate ways for the rest of the time in Quinta Roo as planned.
Adam was the first to head back home; he had a lot on his shoulders still about the future of Mutant X. Lexa and Jesse seemed to switch gears to their honeymoon and Brennan and Shalimar seemed to be enjoying the city more. As for us, well I finally got my trip to the beach with Jeremy after my stitches got taken out. We actually had lots of fun and it almost seemed like those first couple of days were forgotten. Since I was happier I was also feeling better mentally and I didn't want to leave when the time came.
