Saturday Afternoon
Sunlight peeked through my bedroom curtain and hits my face. I groaned and slowly opened my eyes. The clock said 12:30 PM. I tried to remember what happened last night, but I can only recall bit and pieces. I remember a poker table, a stinging pain in my right ankle, the smell of hair dye, and an organ playing. I suddenly realized that I wasn't wearing anything and that someone else was in bed with me. I tried to move around to see who my bed mate was when an all too familiar voice sleepily whispered in my ear, "So blonde!"
I froze up. Dom? I turned my head and I'm face-to-face with the slumbering drummer. He giggled in his sleep and wrapped his arms around me. Shaking, I brushed some of the hair from his face and almost shrieked at the sight of a HUGE diamond ring on my left hand.
"What have I done?" I whimpered. Dom's eyes fluttered open. "Good mor…". He stopped, peering into my face. "Isabelle?" I nodded. He quickly sat up in bed. "Oh my God!"
"What's going on?" Matt said from the other side of Dom, rubbing his eyes. Dom and I yelled and jumped out of bed. I covered myself with the curtains while Dom wrapped a towel around his waist. Matt realized where he was and sat there in shock. Someone started moving underneath the blanket next to Matt. Lucinda sat up in bed, hair and makeup messed up. Oh come on! How many people could fit in this bed?
"What's with all of the shouting?" she mumbled. She shrieked at the sight of us and stared horrified at Matt. "Tom!" she whispered before bursting into tears and running out of the room, taking the blanket with her. Matt jumped in surprise and covered himself with the pillows.
"Tom is going to kill me!" Matt groaned. Dom and I glanced at each other. "Why are you blonde?" Dom asked. Confused, I peer into a mirror hanging on the wall opposite me. My normal dark brown hair was now bleached blonde, except for one electric blue strand of hair on my face. I was also wearing a white, poofy veil.
"Dom", I said slowly, not wanting to freak him out, "We got married last night." I showed him my ring. Dom gasped and looked at his hands. He was wearing a gold band on his ring finger that was not there last night. He looked like he was about to faint so I pulled the curtain from the rack, wrapped it around me like a towel, and guided Dom to the bed.
"It's okay", I said, rubbing his shoulders. "Just breathe. We're going to fix this." Dom looked at me sadly. "I'm really sorry Isabelle", he said. "You know this is not like me right? I've never had a blackout before."
I nodded and hugged him. "Relax, I don't go around getting married every time I get drunk." Dom chuckled a little. Matt slid off the bed and pulled on his clothes that were lying crumpled next to the bed. "Isabelle. What is that on your ankle?"
I look down to where Matt is pointing. On my ankle is the name 'Dominic' tattooed in flowy handwriting. I show Dom and we burst into laughter. "That explains the pain I remembered!" I giggled.
"What other shenanigans did we get into?" Matt giggled. We looked around the room to see if we could find any clues. There were clothes and candy wrappers everywhere. There was also a large wedding cake sitting on the dresser with icing smeared all over the walls. A few bottles of wine lay opened on the nightstands. Next to the door were five briefcases. Matt walked over and opened one.
"Jesus, did we rob a bank?" he gasped, turning the case around. It was filled with money. "The case has your name on it", Dom said, pointing out the label on the side. "This one does too", Matt said, getting excited. He looked at the others. "These two are for Isabelle and this one is for Dom." He handed us our cases. "We must have won big last night!"
I opened my cases and was pleased to see it filled with money. I play poker well when I'm drunk! Dom looked very shocked. "What is this?" he demanded. Matt and I looked inside his case and doubled over laughing. It was filled with candy, lots and lots of candy!
"Looks like you won the candy lotto!" I giggled, taking out a chocolate bar. Dom looked disappointed. "I can't believe this!"
I saw my digital camera on the ground. "I bet the camera will show us what happened last night", I said, turning it on. Matt and Dom moved closer to see. The pictures started out with the last thing we did before the wedding, which was go to a bakery to buy the cake.
"It looks like we decorated the walls with the cake rather than eat it", Matt commented. Next were photos from the tattoo parlor, a few photos of me and Dom holding hands while I got my tattoo. There were also a few pictures of me with Billie Joe Armstrong of Green Day.
"I met Billie Joe and I don't even remember it?" I asked sadly. Afterwards was the hair parlor where I dyed my hair. The next set of photos was from the casino, with me and Matt playing poker together and doing really well. There was also a priceless picture of Dom happily holding up his briefcase of sweets.
"Ah, here is where the trouble began", Matt said when I got to the pictures from the nightclub. We observed a picture with me sitting on top of Dom's lap trading our Volcanos….with our mouths. There were several glasses with glowing liquid inside them next to us.
"Damn those Volcanos", I muttered. Dom sighed next to me. "I didn't plan on things going so far last night."
"Tell me about it!" I spotted a DVD case on the ground with the title 'Dominic and Isabelle Howard'. I nervously placed the DVD inside the player, turned on the TV, and pressed 'Play'. The movie began with a shot of a chapel. Matt was attempting to play 'Megalomania' on an old organ, but he gave up and stood next to Dom at the front of the aisle. Paul, Tom, Melrose, and Aurora were the only people sitting in the pews. Lucinda and an elderly woman stood next to Matt and Dom. A man began to play 'The Wedding March' on the organ and the camera turned to the back of the room, where I entered. I looked excited as I made my way down the aisle, practically jumping on Dom. We began kissing furiously until the old woman chuckled and pulled us apart.
"You will have plenty of time for that later", she said softly. "Welcome to the Lotus Chapel!" she said, opening her arms wide. There was cheering from the pews. Dom and I drunkenly exchanged vows and rings and then we were declared husband and wife.
The video skipped to the wedding reception. Dom and I fed each other pieces of cake while Matt attempted to give a 'Best Man Speech', his arm around Lucinda's waist. "Dom is my b-best mate", he slurred. "He has been with MANY women, but you're the first to make him this happy Isabelle! Here's to a happy, Zeta-free marriage!"
Dom nodded and added, "I've always been in love with you Isabelle. Until tonight, I've been too afraid to express how I felt about you, like a stupid chicken."
"Aw, Dom!" I said. "You're my stupid chicken! We should have gotten together a long time ago!" Dom smiled and kissed my nose.
The movie skipped again to me and Dom slow-dancing to 'Unintended'. We continued to kiss and giggle 'I love you' to each other. Matt and Lucinda were crying and holding each other. "They're so beautiful!" Lucinda wailed. I had to admit, even though we were completely drunk, we still looked like a happily married couple. "That right there is the meaning of true love!" Matt sniffled.
"Are you ready for the greatest night of your life?" Dom asked, picking me up. I squealed and wrapped my arms around him. "We can use my fancy camera!" I yelled as Dom ran out of the room, still carrying me. Matt and Lucinda ran after us. The last shot was of Tom, Melrose, and Aurora singing 'Plug in Baby' loudly while carrying the cake out of the room. Paul was nowhere to be found.
I shut off the TV and the three of us stared at my large camera, hanging from a lampshade. "Do I even want to know?" I asked nervously. "Might as well get it done and over with", Dom said, picking it up and turning it on.
We looked at the first image. "Is that supposed to be a leg?" Matt asked, tilting the screen in confusion. We went through the rest of the images, but they were just as confusing. An elbow, Matt's eyes, shoelaces, blonde hair. I breathed a sigh of relief. "Nothing bad", I said, going to the last photo. My mouth dropped and the camera fell from my hands.
Matt picked it up. "Oh boy", he said weakly. The picture was pretty dark but you could tell that I was kissing Matt while Dom was undressing Lucinda.
"Not even an hour into the marriage and we already cheated on each other", Dom commented. "Now I have to worry about Tom killing me." Matt let out a nervous giggle. "I know we share things as band mates but I don't think this is what we had in mind."
The bedroom door opened and Lucinda walked in, eyes red and puffy from crying. "Lucinda", I said, walking over to her and giving her a hug. Lucinda sniffled and put her head on my shoulder. "I can't believe I've done something so stupid!" she said, "Just when Tom and I were about to start a great relationship, I go and sleep with one of his best friends!"
"Actually…" Dom started to say before I glared at him to shut up. Lucinda looked at us both. "What?" I grimaced and gave her the camera. The color drained from her face. "I need to tell Tom", she said, walking out of the room. The three of us followed after her.
Tom was in the living room dressed in only his boxers and rubbing his eyes. He looked worried when he saw Lucinda walking up to him. "I have something to tell you", they both said, standing in front of each other.
"You go first", Tom offered. Lucinda hesitated. "I-I slept with Matt and Dom last night!" she said quickly. Tom looked shocked. Matt and Dom braced themselves for the upcoming outrage, but it never happened.
"I slept with Melrose and Aurora last night", Tom muttered. I pinched myself to make sure I wasn't in some crazy dream, but this was reality. We all slept with each other! Lucinda and Tom stared at each other in silence, and then they began to chuckle. Soon, they were laughing loudly and hugging each other.
"I'm really sorry!" Lucinda giggled. "I was drunk and I never meant to do it." Tom kissed her. "Imagine my surprise when I woke up and found them in my bed!" he said. "I ran out of there as fast as I could!" The two burst into laughter again. The rest of us joined with them.
"We were worried you were going to kill us!" Matt said. Tom shook his head. "I know you guys didn't mean anything by it. You're my closest friends and would never do something like that to me on purpose."
"Aw, group hug!" Dom said. We all hugged the happy couple. "Are you wearing a ring?" Tom asked me. Me and Dom stepped away from the group. "We got married last night", I said.
Tom whistled. "About time you settled down Dom!" he laughed. We both blushed. "We're going to fix this", I said. I turned to Dom. "Let's change and find that old woman so we figure out what to do." Dom nodded and we returned to our rooms to change.
Dom and I walked off the elevator into the lobby. I found a sign pointing to the chapel at the end of a long hallway. The place was empty except for the woman from last night, who was talking on a cell phone. She saw us and quickly ended her call.
"The happy couple!" she said excitedly. She pulled out some things from her large bag and handed them to us. "I was on my way to 'Reception' to have these dropped off at your room, but you just saved me the trip!" In my hands were a wedding album and a marriage certificate.
"Here's the thing", I said gently, "Dom and I are just friends. We got really drunk last night and things got out of hand." The woman looked broken-hearted. "But you two look so good together! Don't you agree?" Dom and I looked at each other, not answering.
"I'm afraid I can't help you", the woman sighed. "I create marriages, not end them. You will need to talk to a lawyer."
"Thanks anyways", Dom said. We both turned to walk out the door. Before we left, the woman called out, "Do you really want to do this?"
I looked at Dom and was surprised to see him look so uncertain.
"Yeah, we need to", I answered.