Finally, I have done the bridal shower. Enjoy…

25th October, 7p.m, Loft.

Lilly called just now. She wanted to know about my bridal shower. I told her I didn't want one. She just said rubbish and hung up the phone.

I swear, Lilly has a lot in common with Grandmere.

I called Michael after that.

As he picked up, I asked him.

"Michael, are you planning a bachelor's party?"

"A what?"

"A bachelor's party."

"Why would I have one is so lame. Besides, bachelor's parties are for those people who want to remember being a bachelor. But trust me; I want nothing more than to be married to you."

Awww, so sweet of him. Don't you think?

26th October, 11 a.m, Plaza

I saw Lilly walk out of the Plaza as I walked in.

"Lilly? I asked in disbelief. Lilly never made her hatred and disapproval of Grandmere a secret. "What are you doing here?"

"Oh nothing." she said, in a deeply suspicious manner.

"No, hate my grandmother. Then why should you come here."

"I do not hate your grandmother. I think she is a wonderful person with strong views and respectable opinions."

Okay. What?

Lilly thinks Grandmere is a wonderful person?

Lilly?

Something is definitely wrong.

Before I could ask her anything else, she just said.

"If you don't mind, I have to go. We have a lot to do for tonight."

"For tonight? What are you going to do tonight Lilly? Why don't I know about this?"

But Lilly refused to answer and she walked away.

I don't know what I am going to with a grandmother and best friend + soon to-be sister-in-law, who are both, insane.

27th October, 1 a.m, The Plaza.

Okay. Now I know why Lilly was acting so secretively and why she wanted to meet Grandmere.

It is because she and Tina were planning a bridal shower for me!

I am not even kidding.

It turns out that she was here at the Plaza to ask Grandmere to make arrangements for the place to hold the bridal shower. So Grandmere got a big suite here.

Okay, here is what happened.

I was peacefully sitting in my home, editing my new novel, when Tina called me.

"Mia."she said. "Please get ready. We are coming to pick you up."

"What? Are you going somewhere Tina?" I asked, confused.

But when the answer came, it was not Tina's voice. It was Lilly's

" get ready. We will be there in 15 minutes. If you are not ready by then, we are going to force you, no matter what. And make sure your wear pajamas."

And then, she hung up.

I didn't know what to do. I didn't want to go anywhere. But if I didn't go, Lilly and Tina are going to force me.

And wear pajamas? They want me to dress in pajama?

I knew I had to do.

So reluctantly, I dressed myself in a pair of my best pajamas and my Harry Potter collectable sweatshirt.

Exactly fifteen minutes later, I heard a knock on the front door. Rocky was at the house of a friend of mom's and mom and Frank went out a couple of hours ago.

I opened the door and found Lilly and Tina waiting outside with Lars.

As soon as she saw me, Lilly grabbed my hand and said.

"Come on Princess, we are going."

I let Lilly pull me to the limo. Halfway through, Tina produced a piece of cloth and blindfolded me.

"Hey what are you doing?" I protested.

"Our secret. Our rules." said Tina, giggling

The limo stopped and we got out, Tina holding me so that I won't fall or hit someone.

Then suddenly, Lilly was saying.

"Lars, I don't think you would want to come with us. Why don't you join Michael and the rest of them at this address?"

I didn't see the address. But what did she mean, Michael and the rest. Where was she taking me?

And suddenly, we stopped. I could hear slight then Lilly removed the blindfold.

I saw a HUGE suite at the Plaza. A long red carpet ran from the door of the room to the center of the room

It was lit with bright lights. And I saw all my friends gathered around, looking at me.

I saw Shameeka, Ling Su, Trisha, Lana, Alison, Melissa, Violet and all of my friends. All of them were wearing pajamas.

There was this spotlight shining.

I turned to look at Lilly and Tina and raised my eyebrows. They shook their head and said.

"You said you didn't want a bridal , we wanted one." said Tina.

And they pushed me inside.

Lilly cleared her throat.

"Well, we have our bride-to-be here. So why don't we start the party."

Lilly took me to a chair and seated me on it.

I took out my phone to call Michael, but Lilly grabbed it from me and asked.

"You can't call anyone now, especially Michael. He won't be available?"

"What?"

" and Boris planned his bachelor's party tonight. That's where I send Lars."

"But he didn't want to go." I said.

"Oh, believe me. They are making him. They told him that they are going to lock him on his wedding day if he doesn't show up."

I sat back and remembered Michael's words last night and grinned.

"Why would I have one is so lame. Besides, bachelor's parties are for those people who want to remember being a bachelor. But trust me; I want nothing more than to be married to you."

I looked around the room.

There was a screen.

A poster was on each corner of the room, showing pictures from my favorite movies.

Father of the Bride,27 Dresses, Made Of Honor, The Runaway Bride, Sweet Home Alabama, Harry Potter, Dirty Dancing,P.S I love You, Star Wars, Legally Blonde, Beauty and the Beast,Racheal Getting Married, Devil Wears Prada,Get Smart,Titanic,Enchanted.

Tina got up and said.

"Well, we have our theme selected here. With the help of our friends," she nodded at Lana and Trisha, "we have decided on the thing Mia loves , we will do a mix of a pajama party, with a Hollywood theme."

"NOW, let's begin."

Lilly brought a box and handed it to Tina. She grinned at Lilly and said.

" box contains papers with questions about different movies. All of you are supposed to pick a question and ask she knows the answer, kudos to her. If she doesn't, she has to put a gum in her mouth of each of the wrong , ready all of you?"

Then she looked at me and winked.

"Don't worry. We have chosen questions about the movies you have seen."

Everyone laughed

Tina stretched the box to Shameeka first. She took one paper, opened it and grinned. Then she said.

"Mia, what was Mary Fiore trying to rescue in 'The Wedding Planner?' when she was knocked to the ground?"

I have once seen The Wedding Planner, when I was 14.I racked my brains, searching for an answer.

"A shoe." I said brightly.

Shameeka laughed and said.

"Quite right."

Next, it was Ling Su's turn. She opened the paper and said brightly.

"Mia, what does Jane leaves behind in the cab, which Kevin finds later, in 27 Dresses?"

"Her day planner."I said.

I had the seen the movie six times, just behind the number of times I have seen Beauty and the Beast Musical.

Next was Lana.

"What did Brian give Annie as a wedding gift in the Father of The Bride?"

Oh no.

"Er, a necklace?" I said.

Lilly brought a gum and asked me to open my mouth.

"It was the wrong answer?"

"Of course it is." she said, putting a piece of gum in my mouth and asking me to not stop chewing. "He gave her a blender, not a necklace."

What kind of guy gives her fiancée a blender as a wedding gift?

"Okay, me next." said Trisha.

He picked up another piece of paper. Her eyes glinted as she asked.

"What is the first name of Meryl Streep's character, in Devil Wears Prada?"

I watched Devil Wears Prada with mom. She was laughing at the whole thing.

"It is Miranda, isn't it?" I asked.

"Right again." said Trisha.

Next Tina picked.

"What was the name of Kym's brother, who drowned, in Rachael Getting Married?"

I remembered watching Rachel Getting Married, with Michael. I was so bored with watching those sci-fi movies with him, that he took me for a romantic movie.

I remember crying onto Michael's shoulders, when Kym was telling about this incident.

"Ethan. Kym's brother's name is Ethan."

Tina smiled and nodded at me.

Then we moved on to another game.

"Okay." said Tina. "We are going to ask her questions about her prince charming. If she answers the questions correctly, she knows her fiancée very much. Lilly's going to take it from me."

So Tina sat down as Lilly got up. She held a paper in her hands.

Lilly grinned at me.

"So, let's see how well you know my brother."

"The first question. In what city was Michael born?

Easy." York."

"Right. The second question. What did he want to be when he grew up?"

"He wanted to be an astronaut."

"Good. What was Michael's favorite pet as a kid?"

Oh, that's difficult.

"Er, didn't he have that one dog called Creepy, before he got Pavlov?"

Lilly looked at me and burst out laughing.

"God, did you go back in the past or something? Michael never told anyone about Creepy."

"Why? asked my friend from colleage, Alison Finnigan.

"Because, when we went to visit Grandma Esther in Florida, when he was 10, Grandma Esther was angry at Creepy for chasing her favorite cat, told Michael that it was her or the , Michael chose Grandma."

Everyone laughed.

"Okay, next question Mia. To where has he always wanted to travel?"

"To Greece."

Lilly nodded and said.

"What physical feature of you does Michael like best?"

I blushed.

"Why don't you ask Michael?"

"No, you have to answer that Mia."

"Well, he once told me my eyes mesmerized him. So maybe my eyes?"

Lilly nodded and said.

"I can't believe Michael actually said that. When I asked him, he was becoming red with each passing moment."

All gathered in the room laughed.

"If Michael could change something about you, what would it be?"

"Michael told me he hated it when I was clueless about something. So yeah, I think he would want to change that."

"First time I agreed with my brother." Lilly said.

I glared at her.

"So Mia, last question. What is his favorite food?"

"Italian."

Lilly gave me an approving glance and said.

"Michael didn't even tell me about some of the things before, until I asked him tonight."

A few more minutes of the game and then Tina and Lilly bought of popcorn and soda.

Then Tina said.

"We are going to have a movie marathon now. So just make yourself comfortable and grab some popcorn."

They all did grab the popcorn and soda and settled down in front of the screen. I joined them. The first movie Lilly put on was my favorite, Dirty Dancing.

All I have to say is thank god; this suite took most of this floor. Otherwise, we certainly would have had the concierge up here to yell at us for the voice we are making.

Please review. I am from India, and therefore, have never seen or attended a bridal shower, so please forgive me for any mistakes that have occurred. Thanks to various websites that provided me with information for this bridal shower. And also, thanks to the wikipedia for providing information about many movies like Devil Wears Prada, Racheal Getting Married etc, which I have never seen. Please review.