A Very Merry Superhero Wedding (Adventures of Lewis and Clarke) by Kitty Bucholtz Page B
Authors: Kitty Bucholtz
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smile. “Just trying to figure out what to say that doesn’t make things worse.”
“Worse as in trying not to call my family members a-holes,” Tori half-laughed, “or worse as in trying not to agree with everyone that I shouldn’t get married right now?”
Hayley flipped the eggs and toast, and pulled two plates from the cabinet. She didn’t smile.
Tori felt her stomach drop. Hayley didn’t think she should get married either?
“Eggy in a basket for two,” Hayley said, setting the plates down. She got two forks out of the drawer behind her and sat next to Tori. She took a bite of her breakfast, chewed, smiled, and swallowed. “I was so hungry. You know I can say the wrong thing when I’m cranky, and I was getting close to cranky-hungry.”
Tori just stared at her, waiting for the bad news.
Hayley gestured. “Eat.”
Tori sighed. “Talk.”
Hayley looked down at her plate. “Okay, if you eat. You’ll feel better.”
Tori took a bite and closed her eyes for a moment. No one made eggy in a basket like Hayley. She took another bite. Maybe she did feel a little better.
“Pinky-swear honesty?”
Tori nodded. If her best friend couldn’t be honest with her, how could she figure things out?
“Ever since you introduced me to Joe, I haven’t stopped being shocked. I mea n shocke d , Tori,” Hayley said. “How in the world did you two find each other? To only live a few blocks apart for years and then suddenly run into each other? And then , ba m , you fall in love just like that. And then you decide to get married a few weeks later?”
Hayley shook her head and chewed another bite. “You two are like a romantic comedy. I kept waiting for the other shoe to fall, but it hasn’t. And I’m beginning to think it won’t.”
Tori looked up, feeling hope wash away the sick feeling. “But Mom is positive things will be easier if we wait to get married. Do you think so?”
Hayley shrugged. “You know how we used to laugh at those old re-runs o f The Love Boa t , about how people would fall in love in seven days? Did you know Kelly’s boyfriend’s dad did that? Apparently, he and the woman he married two weeks after they met have been married for something like four years. So who’s to say what’s the right or wrong way to do this?”
Tori cut a corner of the toast and a piece of the middle of the egg and put them in her mouth together. It was true, no two courtship stories were the same.
“A couple weeks ago,” she told Hayley, “Stacy who runs the youth group at church told me that when she and her husband Gary were dating, they broke up and got together again seven times in five years. Now they’ve been married for eleven years.” She looked at Hayley and they both shrugged.
“So who’s to say?” Hayley asked.
“But not everyone who gets together, stays together. What if my mom is right and things would be easier if we waited?”
“Not to put too fine a point on it, Tori,” Hayley said, pointing her fork at Tori, “but I’ve seen you two together. You really think you can make it until next summer without giving in? And how are you going to feel about this magical love you have if yo u d o end up moving the wedding date up because you’re pregnant?”
Tori thought about Friday night. No matter how strongly she believed in her choice to wait, she wasn’t sure she could make it six more months. “Not being able to keep our hands off each other isn’t much of a good reason to get married.”
Hayley tilted her head. “Is that why you’re getting married?”
Tori shook her head firmly.
“So what’s really bothering you?”
She thought about it for a moment. Thought about yesterday’s conversations with various family members on both sides. Thought about her nightmare and the other bad dreams and what they might mean.
She chose her words carefully, not wanting Hayley to know about the shrink and the meds any more than she wanted Joe to know. “What if there is
“Worse as in trying not to call my family members a-holes,” Tori half-laughed, “or worse as in trying not to agree with everyone that I shouldn’t get married right now?”
Hayley flipped the eggs and toast, and pulled two plates from the cabinet. She didn’t smile.
Tori felt her stomach drop. Hayley didn’t think she should get married either?
“Eggy in a basket for two,” Hayley said, setting the plates down. She got two forks out of the drawer behind her and sat next to Tori. She took a bite of her breakfast, chewed, smiled, and swallowed. “I was so hungry. You know I can say the wrong thing when I’m cranky, and I was getting close to cranky-hungry.”
Tori just stared at her, waiting for the bad news.
Hayley gestured. “Eat.”
Tori sighed. “Talk.”
Hayley looked down at her plate. “Okay, if you eat. You’ll feel better.”
Tori took a bite and closed her eyes for a moment. No one made eggy in a basket like Hayley. She took another bite. Maybe she did feel a little better.
“Pinky-swear honesty?”
Tori nodded. If her best friend couldn’t be honest with her, how could she figure things out?
“Ever since you introduced me to Joe, I haven’t stopped being shocked. I mea n shocke d , Tori,” Hayley said. “How in the world did you two find each other? To only live a few blocks apart for years and then suddenly run into each other? And then , ba m , you fall in love just like that. And then you decide to get married a few weeks later?”
Hayley shook her head and chewed another bite. “You two are like a romantic comedy. I kept waiting for the other shoe to fall, but it hasn’t. And I’m beginning to think it won’t.”
Tori looked up, feeling hope wash away the sick feeling. “But Mom is positive things will be easier if we wait to get married. Do you think so?”
Hayley shrugged. “You know how we used to laugh at those old re-runs o f The Love Boa t , about how people would fall in love in seven days? Did you know Kelly’s boyfriend’s dad did that? Apparently, he and the woman he married two weeks after they met have been married for something like four years. So who’s to say what’s the right or wrong way to do this?”
Tori cut a corner of the toast and a piece of the middle of the egg and put them in her mouth together. It was true, no two courtship stories were the same.
“A couple weeks ago,” she told Hayley, “Stacy who runs the youth group at church told me that when she and her husband Gary were dating, they broke up and got together again seven times in five years. Now they’ve been married for eleven years.” She looked at Hayley and they both shrugged.
“So who’s to say?” Hayley asked.
“But not everyone who gets together, stays together. What if my mom is right and things would be easier if we waited?”
“Not to put too fine a point on it, Tori,” Hayley said, pointing her fork at Tori, “but I’ve seen you two together. You really think you can make it until next summer without giving in? And how are you going to feel about this magical love you have if yo u d o end up moving the wedding date up because you’re pregnant?”
Tori thought about Friday night. No matter how strongly she believed in her choice to wait, she wasn’t sure she could make it six more months. “Not being able to keep our hands off each other isn’t much of a good reason to get married.”
Hayley tilted her head. “Is that why you’re getting married?”
Tori shook her head firmly.
“So what’s really bothering you?”
She thought about it for a moment. Thought about yesterday’s conversations with various family members on both sides. Thought about her nightmare and the other bad dreams and what they might mean.
She chose her words carefully, not wanting Hayley to know about the shrink and the meds any more than she wanted Joe to know. “What if there is
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