Chapter 5: Before the I Do's
Two weeks flew by for Jinx. She was dreading this so called "wedding of the century" as the news named it. You couldn't turn a corner without hearing about the wedding, and it was driving Jinx crazy.
The café was a buzz with gossip about it, the daily customers would come in and chat about what dress Linda's going to wear and what the venue would look like.
Jinx nearly poured coffee over these girls who would not shut up about it, she could still hear there annoying voices. "Are you going to the wedding, cause I am" one girl nearly screamed as she held up her invitation.
"I'm so going, mostly to ogle Kid Flash, he's so attractive I can't believe he's getting married. I mean, Linda is beautiful and all, I can definitely see them getting married but you know I just kinda wish he'd marry me. We'd be so perfect together I just know it." The second girl said looking off into the distance picturing her and Kid Flash most likely.
"Any more coffee?" Jinx said restraining herself from dousing them in steaming hot coffee.
"Oh, no we need to get going we have to get a party dress for the wedding, if we don't go soon all the good dresses will be taken." One of the girls said as they got up and headed toward the door.
"I just want this damn wedding to be done and over with, I can't stand it." Jinx thought to herself as she was finishing up her shift.
"Oh, hey Jinx I was wondering if maybe you'd like to go dress shopping with me." Macy said putting on her best puppy dog face. She was a fairly pretty girl with dirty blonde hair and green eyes, she had a shy demenor about her.
"Do I have to?" Jinx said exasperated from the nonstop wedding talk.
"Well since you're new to town I doubt you have one, besides we have to look nice for Linda, please Jinx. Macy said pleadingly as they closed up the shop for the afternoon the whole town was closing early since the wedding was the next day and most of the town was invited.
"Fine, let's go and get this over with" Jinx sighed as they began walking to the shopping district.
About an hour and a half later they both seemed satisfied with their choices. Macy chose a sky blue sleeveless knee length dress, that flared out. It was definitely her she was twirling around in it the moment after she tried it on.
Jinx on the other hand wore a short sleeved black dress that reached just above her knees, it was skin tight until the waist it then flared out like Macy's but it had pink lace on the hem of the dress it was just her and plus she liked to think that the black was to protest this awful wedding she had to attend.
"Jinx that dress is so you, but are you sure you want to wear black to a wedding? I hear that's frowned upon." Macy said as they went up to the counter to pay.
"It'll be fine, besides it'll match my boots." Jinx said looking down at her slightly worn out boots, she then grabbed the bag the cashier handed her and began walking toward the door "I guess I'll see you tomorrow Macy, bye."
"Bye, Jinx" Macy said as she headed in the other direction of Jinx toward her home.
"One more day of this hell, and then I'll be at peace." Jinx said as she took the long way home. She always loved the town at night it was quiet and exciting. "I wish I could just up and leave this city, but I'm too far in. I have a good job and a decent apartment. Okay crappy apartment but still I've made a life for myself." Jinx thought as she remembered how her heat barely works and how the water never seems to run in her apartment. She was passing a park when she noticed a rose bush right by the sidewalk she was walking on, she moved over to it and saw the deepest red colored rose and Jinx couldn't help but think of that stupid speedster. "I don't miss him, I don't even love him I'm sure of it... We wouldn't have worked anyway, he deserves her, not me. I'm better off alone and I always will be." Jinx thought aloud to herself as she turned away from the rose bush and headed to her apartment.
"I don't love him, I don't!" Jinx eternally screamed at herself for feeling the way she did. She had a knot in her stomach and she felt awful, she'd give anything if this stupid feeling would just go away.
The same two weeks went by far too slow for Wally's liking. He spent most of the time being dragged to interviews so him and Linda could tell all of their personal life to a reporter. "I just wish we could all this wedding stuff over with and return to our lives." Kid said to Linda as the walked down the street after another interview.
"It'll be fine Kid, besides the wedding will be so much fun all of this planning will be worth it." Linda said as she opened the door of her apartment and closed the door behind him.
"I know it's just annoying, I mean as much as I love the public attention, this is huge. Wouldn't it be better to just have a small personal wedding?" Wally said as he sat on Linda's couch clearly exhausted from all they've been doing. Interviews, visiting shops and caterers, and of course inviting people in person as Linda said it would be polite.
"We can't do that we'd disappoint everyone if we did that, besides we know basically everyone showing up. It'll be fine Wally." Linda said as she sat down next to Wally on the couch and pulled out her wedding binder. "I just love you so much, this will be the best day of our lives you know?"
"Yeah I know, and I love you too. This is just tiring is all." Wally sighed as he sunk further into the couch.
"It'll be done soon, the wedding is tomorrow after all and then we can start our lives together."
Kid was fairly ecstatic when his communicator went off, finally something to get his mind off all the planning. "Sorry babe, duty calls." Kid said standing up and racing out the door.
"What's up Robin? Did I not do well enough watching your city or something?" Kid said jokingly.
"Just get over here, we need some back up and you can get here the fastest." Robin said as something exploded behind him.
"Be right there." Kid said racing toward Jump City.
After dealing with a decent sized gross swamp creature Kid ran back to his apartment and got in the shower to wash whatever that monster was made of, off him. "The wedding will be fine. Linda is great and everyone likes her, she'll make a good wife." Wally said as he looked in his bathroom mirror. "I can do this!"