Chapter 8
They sat outside under the warm sun, not even saying a word. Shannon looked over and noticed that Justin had fallen asleep. She couldn’t help but smile when she looked at him. She was lost in thought until she was snapped out of it by a voice that sounded a little too happy being that it was only 10 in the morning. Joey came bouncing from the house, spreading his own rays of sunshine across the yard. Smiling at him, she wondered how he could always be so happy. Following behind him was Lance and JC. She stood up and gave Joey a friendly hug. "What are you guys doing here?" she asked. Joey gave her a playful punch in the shoulder while he laughed. Looking confused, she realized why they were there when she saw a book under Lance’s arm. "Modern Bride" the title read. How could she forget? She wanted to plan the wedding, but completely forgot that she invited them over to help. Looking embarrassed, she told them to have a seat in the kitchen; they could plan it there. Grabbing her glass of iced tea, she followed them in. She still wondered how Joey could have so much bounce in his step. "Maybe Justin should take some lessons from him," she thought.
Sitting down at the table, JC looked around the room. "Where is Chris? Isn’t Justin going to come in? Did you do something different in here?" He seemed quite hyper as well, asking all those questions at once. A smile escaped from her lips as she answered the questions slowly; much slower than what JC had asked them. "Chris went out for some fresh air, don’t know where though. Justin is sleeping. And no, you just haven’t been in here for a long time." Lance started in as soon as she was done speaking. "Okay, now that it is settled, when is the big day?" She put her head down; she hadn’t even thought of it. The thought to herself, brushing away the hair that fell into her eyes. "Well, next year sometime. I want to have dated Justin for at least two years." JC gave her a puzzled look but just shrugged it off. Joey did the same but then started back into his way too happy mood. "Well, alright! Lets get this party started then!" Lance and JC just rolled their eyes at their hyper-active friend. They started looking through the magazines filled with beautiful dresses as the phone rang. Shannon got up to look at the caller id. Most days, she just let the voice mail pick up. There was no data on the caller id, so she just picked up the phone. "Hello," she stated plainly. She stood there for a moment, rolling her eyes as she listened. "He’s not here right now, please stop calling here. He doesn’t want to speak to you." She sat back down at the table, an angry look on her face. "Was it Britney?" Lance asked slowly. "The one and only Britney!," Shannon mocked her voice from Justin’s birthday. They all laughed at her subtle joke until JC broke through, almost yelling. "Why the hell can’t she leave Justin alone!? If it weren’t for her, he wouldn’t be the way he is!!" Joey nearly spilled his coffee; the force of JC’s voice startled him to no end. "Don’t worry about it. Lets just look through these magazines and keep your mind off of her," Lance started as he pointed down to the pile on the table.
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