Barbie Boy Chapter 4: My Bridesmaid was a Toy Soldier

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Mrs. Keehl decided to hold a Tupperware party to introduce Mrs. Jeevas to some of the other women in the city. Gina wasn't thrilled at the idea—her usual method of making friends consisted of a keg of Tequila and a round of poker—but she promised herself she'd give it a chance.

Matt couldn't wait to go to Mello's house. He mentioned it over breakfast...He talked about it as he watched his Squirtle evolve into a Wartortle. He even drew a picture of 'Princess Meadow' and stuck it on the fridge. Although, he was sad when his yellow crayon broke and he couldn't finish coloring his hair.

"Ummn…Umn…and when we go to Meadow's house, I'm going to show him my army men. And we can umn…play Battle Ship. Right, mom? Umn...and we can make all the vegibitals asplode!"

Matt hated vegetables. He thought broccoli was some kind of 'alium brains'. Mushrooms frustrated him. The striped child couldn't fathom why eating them didn't make him grow big like a mountain or tiny like a flower…When Mario ate mushrooms, he could run super fast and knock out 'Koopas'…His mom surely was buying broken mushrooms if they couldn't do any of those things. He'd be sure to ask Mello if he knew where you could get some magic mushrooms.

The morning of the Tupperware party, Leanne asked her children to stay out of sight and to behave. Misa was supposed to watch over Mello, and when he came, Matt. Misa wasn't keen on the plan, however, as she would much rather stal—Ahem…'watch' the neighbor boy playing tennis. She often watched the kid, Light Yagami, as he played tennis and badminton with his friends. Sometimes he'd even play with her brother, which gave Misa an excuse to talk to Light. Mello didn't mind that Misa barely paid attention to him, as long as she let him borrow her pretty things like her dresses, hair accessories, stuffed animals, and anything else he fancied. And Misa wasn't selfish…just a little distracted, but she understood the importance of wanting to impress a friend. So when Mello told her about Matt coming, she decided to be as helpful as she could.

When Mrs. Keehl ushered Matt into the playroom, her son was nowhere in sight.

"He's hiding." The blonde girl blinked at her mother. "He wanted to play hide and seek with his friend."

The mother smiled because hide and seek was a perfectly non-gendered game. She left Matt alone with Misa and returned to her entourage of guests. The two children looked at each other awkwardly until Misa led Matt to an elaborately decorated plastic tea-table. There was a set of chairs, each occupied by a stuffed animal. Cookies and apple juice were on the table. Matt sat down and Mello suddenly emerged from inside a large wardrobe, wearing a long white summer dress and Misa's shiniest plastic heels. He was holding a bouquet of dandelions. A top his head was one of those flimsy paper crowns you get from Burger King when it's your birthday…

Matt stared, his mouth open a little, "You really are a princess!"

Mello smiled because he felt just like a princess, and he couldn't help but want to think that Matt was his handsome prince. They'd even kissed already!

"Let's play dragon!" Misa piped up suddenly, gnashing her teeth together and stomping towards her brother with her hands spread into 'claws'.

"No! Save me!" cried Mello.

Matt picked up cookie from the table and threw it towards the blonde girl. It hit Misa squarely between the eyes.

"Oww."

Mello ran to Matt and flung his arms around him, thanking him for saving him from the 'mean dragon'. Matt stared sheepishly at the blond boy; Mello was even prettier when he smiled. Suddenly, he touched his lips to Matt's cheek. Mello backed away a little to see the redhead's reaction, unsure if his game would work or not. But Matt only smiled, his grin ever widening, because surly, he'd just saved a princess, which meant….

"Does this mean we get married now?" he asked his friend.

Mello was the happiest he'd ever been as he clutched Matt's arm as the two of them stood before Misa, who held a coloring book in her hand, reciting their 'vows' together.

"I promise to always give Mello my chocolate pudding and hug him when he cries."

"I promise to always make Matt smile, and punch anyone who hurts him."

"You can kiss now," said Misa, wiping real tears from her eyes.

And kiss they did.

Thus Matt and Mello got 'married' while the women in the house, entirely oblivious to the ceremony taking place just a few rooms away, crowded around Mrs. Jeevas to ask her questions.

"Well, we've only lived here for two weeks, so I'm not familiar with anything, really…" She began.

"What kind of jobs do you and your husband have?" came a pompous voice that Gina recognized as Halle Lidner, the woman she'd argued with in the park.

"My husband is a marine. I used to be as well, but when my son was born, I took an indefinite leave of absence."

"Oh! A real patriot. How refreshing. It must be lonely for you when your husband isn't around…"

The women continued like this for a very long time. They asked rather prying questions that Gina either dismissed or dodged. She found that she didn't particularly like these women, and was only too glad when her husband called on her cell phone to say he was around the corner and was coming to pick them up. When the doorbell rang, Leanne Keehl went to fetch it, like a good hostess should.

"Hi. My name is Asisclo. I'm here to pick up my wife and son. You must be Leanne. Nice to meet you." the man extended his hand towards Mrs. Keehl.

She could only stare at the soldier in front of her.

He frowned at her lack of response, "This is the Keehl residence, isn't it?"

Leanne found that she could nod, but she would not take the man's hand. She would not shake it. She would pretend he wasn't standing there on her doorstep, breathing the same air as her and her house of guests. Because of all the things Gina Jeevas had described about her husband, she'd left out one key detail, something that could cause only problems with the neighbors and the community at large. Mr. Jeevas would never be accepted there, nor would anyone else like him…Suddenly Leanne felt anger well up inside her. She'd been played a fool! Instead of inviting the man inside, she slammed the door on his face. Then she walked right back into her living room and glared at the redheaded woman sitting on her couch.

"Why didn't you say that your husband was black?"

A/N: No, Matt, those mushrooms aren't broke LMAO XD Ah, but can you imagine a six year old asking for shrooms? Tsk Tsk, the druggie tendencies are showing even without him meaning that XD jk :P

*cringes* Yeah. Multi-racial families don't rly get a good reception in this community, and Mello's parents are not exempt from the bigotry. This will definitely affect Matt and Mello's "marriage"! Anyhow, thanks for reading. Hope you liked it. Do you hate Mrs. Keehl lots? You'll hate her more as time passes…

Oh and, Matt and Mello get a little naughty in the next chapter. :D Hey, it's a honeymoon after all...

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