Here is your new chapter. So I have some news to share, a couple of chapters ago, I explained why I wasn't updating as often as I was; which was that my sister was having major health issues. So, after my sister was transferred to Stanford, she was put in the mental ward. She was diagnosed as "mentally unstable" and they say the seizures were self induced. So...
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Lanie and Kate browsed the internet for well on an hour, but were interrupted by Rick. "Uh, Kate, Lanie, Alexis is on the phone. She would like to speak to you." he said in a timid voice, afraid of the consequences if he said something wrong. Kate and Lanie both made a gimme gesture and Rick slowly approached the two women with the phone. He handed the portable home phone to Kate, and retreated quickly into his office.
Kate hit the speaker button and said, "Hello?" Kate and Lanie heard Alexis's voice come through the phone, "Hi Kate, it's Alexis." "Hi," Kate replied.
Alexis hesitated a little, "Is Lanie there with you?" Lanie answered her question, "Yes I am." Alexis nodded even though the two couldn't see her, "So, if Lanie is your maid of honor, can I be one of your bridesmaids?" Kate let out a breath, "Oh, Alexis. You don't have to ask, of course. I would love to have you as a bridesmaid." Lanie spoke up, "Honey, if you want you can take my spot as maid of honor." Alexis giggled, "Lanie, I could never boot you from being Kate's maid of honor. You're her best friend."
Lanie and Kate smiled, "We're looking for dresses right now, if you would like to join us." Kate said. "Of course, I'll be there in fifteen minutes." Alexis hung up, and so Kate and Lanie followed suit. The two women stopped browsing and waited for Kate's soon to be daughter-in-law to arrive.
Fifteen minutes later Alexis was planted on the couch between Kate and Lanie, looking at dresses. "Okay, so since my dress is red, I was thinking we could do like royal purple for your guys?" Kate stated.
"Or maybe we could be in sea green?" Lanie suggested. "What if we all matched?" Alexis included her opinion. Kate looked at the two women sitting to the left of her. "I like Alexis's idea. What do you think Lanie?" Lanie looked across the redhead, and over to her brunette friend. "I like it. Let's go with that."
"Okay, so it's settled. You, Alexis, Maddie, and Jenny, will all be wearing dark red, floor-length sheath style dresses. Now to decide, strapless, one strap, or straps?" Kate asked.
"I vote straps. Just 'cause it's hard to keep the girls up with no bra. Unless it's really tight, and almost stripperish. But it's a wedding so, no stripper outfits." Lanie said.
"What if we did it, so that each dress compliments the wearer?" Alexis added.
Kate nodded, "Okay, sounds good. So what if we had the bridesmaids in order, so it went, straps, one strap, strapless?"
"I like it. So now it will be just to figure out, who would look best in what." Lanie said.
"Okay, so Lanie said she needs straps to conceal her bra. I look best in one strap than none." Alexis said. "Right, and then Jenny looks good in strapless, and then that would leave Maddison with straps. So it will go, Lanie, Alexis, Jenny, and then Maddison." Kate looked to Lanie, and then to Alexis, waiting for them to confirm that she was right.
"Yeah," and "Sounds good to me," came from Alexis and Lanie. "Okay. So it's settled. Red, Lanie with straps, Alexis with one strap, Jenny with strapless, and Maddie with straps."
Lanie and Alexis nodded in agreement. Kate clapped her hands once, "So who wants lunch?" she asked. Words of agreement came from Kate's two companions. Alexis closed the lid of the laptop, lifted it off her lap, and set it on the coffee table. Lanie got up first, followed by Alexis, then Kate. The trio headed into the kitchen to see what they could either find or make.