Chapter 8: Once a Brute, Always a Brute

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Juliet's P.O.V

"Why are you here so early?" I raised an eyebrow at Tom.

"We're going to the wedding today, remember?" he said coming in.

"Yes I know that, but that isn't 'till two in the afternoon," I said, shutting the door.

"Can't I come over a little early?"

"It's eight in the morning."

"Details, details," he said waving his hand in the air, "What's for breakfast?"

"You're in luck, I made pancakes. Have a seat and i'll serve you a plate."

"Good, I'm starving," he grinned.

"So what's the real reason you're here?" I asked, placing a plate in front of him.

"Maybe I just didn't want to cook breakfast," he shrugged.

I crossed my arms in front of me, staring at him until he caved.

"Fine you got me," he sighed, " I want you to tell me about yesterday."

"Yesterday? Oh that."

After work he kept bugging me about my lunch with Mr. Mercier so I had told him I would tell him tomorrow. I hadn't really planned on talking about it, I just wanted him to shut up.

"Why do you care?"

"I just want to know if he said anything inappropriate, I know how he is."

"Actually, it was pretty nice. He wasn't his usual cold self," I shrugged.

"Really?"

"Yeah, I guess he isn't as bad as I thought," I shrugged.

Am I attracted to Mr.Mercier? Maybe just a little bit.

Tom scoffed, taking a bite of pancakes, "Don't speak too soon."

~*~

Tom left three hours later to get ready for the wedding, and I did the same.

I took a shower and did my hair into an up do, when I finished I laid out my dress and shoes before doing my makeup.

The dress I had decided on was an all over purple lace dress that went just above my knees. I picked a simple black clutch to take with me, I put my phone in it along with some cash. When I was younger my mom had taught me to always carry money with me for emergencies.

As I was putting my shoes on, there was a knock on the door.

"You ready?" Tom grinned.

"Yup, what do you think?" I asked stepping back letting him see my dress.

"That's it?"

"What? Does it look bad?" I frowned looking down at it.

"No, you look great," he smiled, "I just thought you would wear something a little more... revealing."

"We're going to a wedding, not a club," I scoffed grinning.

"We'll have to do that sometime," he smirked.

"Come on, let's go," I laughed rolling my eyes.

I grabbed my clutch and my keys, locking the door behind us before making our way to his car.

It took about half an hour to get to the church, when we reached the doors an usher handed us programs and we took our seats on the bridal side.

After all the guest had arrived and been seated, the groom came in and walked to the alter. As the ushers rolled out the bridal carpet, I felt butterflies in my stomach. No matter how much i'll deny it to my mother, I had always dreamed about what my wedding would be like and I was excited to see one in real life not just on the internet.

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