Title: Torture
Genre: Friendship
Pairing/Character: Abby, Sarah, Jenny, Connor, and Elizabeth (Connor's cousin)
Rating: K
Warnings: None
Time Frame: follow up to Proposal and Wedding.
Inspiration: Say Yes to the Dress, Don't tell the Bride, my cousin's wedding.
Author's Notes:I'm normally against OC's but I needed someone from Connor's family and we get nothing about his family so yeah and I actually like Elizabeth.
Disclaimer: You love to hurt me don't you stupid disclaimer?
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"Do we really have to do this?" Abby asked.
"Yes," Sarah and Jenny grinned together.
"We're going to find you the perfect dress," Sarah told her.
"Why does this seem like torture?" she sighed.
"It won't be. It'll be fun," Jenny assured her.
"Sick sense of fun if you ask me," she grumped.
"Oh happy up, and we didn't ask you," Jenny laughed smacking her lightly on the arm. "Now, let's go."
"Connor, help!" Abby cried as they passed the couch were he was watching some car show that Jack had gotten him addicted to. At least it wasn't sci-fi.
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"They're taking me dress shopping," she shuddered.
"Oh well, have fun," he grinned, grateful that it wasn't him going.
"We will," Sarah beamed happily, dragging Abby towards the door.
"Traitor," she grumbled, throwing him a look.
"Hey guys, try to bring her back in one piece. If it gets too much, let her go look at the lizards at the pet store next to the dress shop," Connor laughed.
"You think a few lizards will make it better?"
"Doesn't it always?" he laughed.
Well, he did have a point. "Let's get this over with."
Connor chuckled.
"Hey, don't get too happy. You have to go tux shopping next," she warned.
"Yeah but I get to go with Cutter, Becker and Jack."
"And one Sir James Lester," she laughed.
"What?"
"Well you did want your cousin in the wedding. We didn't have enough groomsmen. Elizabeth's going down the isle with Jack. Jenny with Lester and Sarah with Becker. Besides, Lester will make sure the tuxes match the dresses," Abby told him. "At least you've only got one evil one going with you. I've got these two and Elizabeth. Don't get me wrong, I love Beth to death but God, the girl can shop."
"I'm sorry. I really do get the lucky group," he said coming over and kissing her goodbye.
"Okay, now let's go," Sarah sighed, tugging at her arm like an eager child.
"Okay, okay, I'm ready now," she said giving Connor one last peck on the lips before leaving.
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"Hey Abby!" Elizabeth smiled when she saw her enter the shop.
"Hey Beth," she smiled back, giving her a hug. "This is Jenny and Sarah," she said pointing to each of her friends in turn. "And this is Connor's cousin, Elizabeth."
"Are you guys from the ARC too?" Elizabeth asked.
"What?" Sarah asked.
"How do you know that?" Jenny asked.
"Yeah, you know how Jack figured out about it, well turns out Elizabeth is just as nosy," Abby told them.
"Well the stupid detector wouldn't stop beeping. It woke me up and then Connor, being the idiot that he is, mentioned the anomaly and of course Rex isn't just some exotic lizard. Anyone could figure that out," Elizabeth explained.
"Oh God, you better hope her and Jack never team up," Jenny laughed. "Your and Connor's life would be hell."
"Too late. When I introduced the two, Connor was having issues with Nancy so I went up to help him. When we came back down, Jack had her pressed up against the wall and they were snogging each either senseless."
"We were not!" Elizabeth protested.
"Hey, Abby can't really talk. We found her and Connor doing the exact same thing in the plant room," Jenny told her.
"Only Abby had Connor pressed against the wall. Then Connor decided to actually be a man and crawled over her on the table. I'm surprised they didn't break any beakers, honestly. I think they forgot that the glass is clear and you can see through it though," Sarah laughed. "We all got a show and Becker says there's a video of it somewhere in the files."
"Okay, we said we would never bring that up again. Remind me to find and burn that tape," Abby blushed as the other three girls laughed.
"Maybe we should see if we could find it and play it at the wedding," Elizabeth laughed.
"Can we just go try on dresses on now?" Abby huffed.
"Did you check to make sure that the pet store's open?" Sarah mock whispered to Sarah.
"It's open until eight. We're good."
"You know I can here you right?" Abby asked her two friends.
"Of course," they grinned.
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Six dresses and some more teasing later, Abby came out of the dressing room beaming.
"This is it," she told them.
IT was a fairly simple dress with a simple bodice, strapless top, and full pinched up skirt. What she really loved though was the black ribbon that tied across her waist.
"It's prefect!" Elizabeth clapped.
"You look beautiful," Jenny grinned.
"You have to get it," Sarah agreed.
Abby smiled into the mirror once more before going back in the dressing room to take it off. She bought the dress and then turned to the other three. "Your turn."
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"So what exactly are we looking for?" Sarah asked.
"A little black dress," Jenny told her.
"Black?" Elizabeth asked.
"It's a black and white wedding. Connor and I agreed on something simple. Oh and Jenny I want your dress to maybe be a bit different, yeah?'
"Okay and thanks for making me your maid of honor."
"You're my best mate, well aside from Connor of course."
"Oh and Nick told me to tell you that he's really glad you asked him to give you up."
"So when are you two going to tie the knot?"
"We've actually talked about it a bit," Jenny admitted with a grin.
Abby smiled. "Oh hey, it looks like they found one," she said as Sarah and Elizabeth came back holding matching dresses.
"What do you think?" Elizabeth asked.
Abby admired the dresses. "They look perfect. Go try them on," she urged. She had to admit now that her dress was picked out and secured she was actually enjoying picking out the bridal parties dresses.
"The best thing is that they can even add a white ribbon to Jenny's," Sarah told her.
"Well let's see them on!"
"You too Jen, yours is in the dressing room," Elizabeth told her.
The three came out a few minutes later and Abby nodded her head grinning. They hit each girl just above the knee and had spaghetti straps and an empire waist. They were perfect for the outdoor wedding they were planning.
"What do you think?" Abby asked.
"Hey love it's all your choice," Elizabeth smiled.
"I love them but if you don't speak up."
"They're perfect," Jenny smiled seeing how much her friend loved the dresses and they really did look great on all of them.
"These for sure," Sarah nodded.
"And you thought this was going to be hard," Elizabeth laughed.
"Maybe Connor really will have the worse group," Abby smirked.
"I say we celebrate with lunch. There's this great little café down the road. The food there is great and pretty inexpensive as well," Elizabeth suggested.
"I second that."
"Me too," Jenny nodded.
"Let's go," Sarah smiled.
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Yes, I know, I have a current obsession with weddings. I blame the wedding shows and my cousin's wedding.
Spike.