22nd July 2013 Monday

Day 203

I don't know the time differences of everyone, but I hope you're having good summer/winter holidays or are enjoying you days back at school/work. Saying something nice once a day could help make someone smile.

Disclaimer: You own more than you realise. (Enough talk, let's get back to the story.)

"Ok, just bear with me on this…" Jane tried to comfort Jenny in to the conversation, but the clone already had her arms crossed. Jane had been organising what she called "Jenny's wedding checklist" in which everything needed in nine days time was to be packed in a special bag, or everything must be double checked that it's booked for use on their special day.

So far, the dress and shoes had been packed, and even to Jenny's dismay, Jane had posted the invitations to the entire town. The clone was not expecting good news.

"…but check this out," an image popped up on the screen, showing an all too familiar golden building.

"Is that?" the clone began, eyes widening in fear.

"Yep," the entomologist jumped in excitement, misreading the expression on the engineer's face. "It's the manor house where Dex and I were married. I tell you Jenny, it was fate; the tenth time I called, tenth time, I found out there was a cancellation around the time you said you guys were getting married. I wanted to surprise you earlier, but then there was this whole debate about where to have it and what to do with it, but, what do you think?"

Jenny blinked slowly as she tried to process Jane's speech, hoping that when her eyes opened, this whole meeting would just be a dream. Unfortunately, the yellow building was still shining on the screen, staring her right in the face. Jenny turned to face Jane, her mouth still hanging open. Once her eyes locked on to the eager older woman's stare, an overwhelming sensation of pity washing over her instantly.

"Yeah, it's…it's great," she mumbled half-heartedly, her head dropping to look at the floor. Jane squealed in delight at her words.

"Oh, I knew you would like it," she said, her voice as happy as it could be. Jenny looked back to the screen, trying to be okay with the change. It seemed the more Jane took part in the wedding preparation, the more the simple image of whatever Jenny had planned was slipping out of her mind.

"Right, I'm just going to-" she began to take a few steps towards the door, subtly signalling that she was leaving. Jane nodded her head, a clip board suddenly in her grip.

"Ok, I'm just going to double check that the band I hired will still be playing," she said, eyes scrolling through the list.

In utter disbelief, Jenny moved briskly towards the door in a fast attempt to escape the woman. She closed her eyes and placed her forehead against the door, thinking of the situation she had found herself in.

"What are you doing out here?" Zap, who had noticed his fiancé leaning against the wall, walked up to check on her.

"I didn't have anything planned," she whispered, not lifting her face from the wall.

"Um, what?"

"I never had a wedding planned," she said a little louder, pulling herself off the cold metal. "So I suppose what Jane is doing is really nice; she's planning a wedding for someone who has no plan at all."

Zap stood beside her, raising his eyebrow in confusion at the conversation.

"Ok," he drawled out, eyebrow still raised towards her. "And for the record, you did have a plan."

"What do you mean?"

"The ceremony at sunset," he said plainly, a smile growing on his face. "That's what you wanted, and that's what I thought was perfect."

Jenny pouted her lips in sympathy and thought. "I wish you'd have told me that sooner; Jane's already booked their wedding hall for ours. We're too far along."

"I'll talk to her," Zap said, activating the door. "But like you said; it's only one day, and so long as we're together, everything should be fine."

She smiled bashfully towards the ground, scuffing her shoe like a child. "I love you."

He smiled in return, blue eyes meeting green for just a moment. "I love you too."

Cheesy ending, but who doesn't like cheese? Getting closer to the wedding, but I'm still drawing a blank for the next four chapters (maybe less). I'll figure out something, hopefully. R&R!