The bride i couldn't be

Issues and boyfriends

PART I

Ring... Ring.

A persistent ringing noise occurs, the alarm clock on the bedside drawer vibrating terribly as Jeanette raised her palm using more force than necessary to shut it off.

Ring... Ring.... Ring

Heavy taps on the alarm clock turn into violent slaps but the noise persisted. Her upper abdomen vibrated, her phone was ringing and the caller ID displayed her best friend, Monica.

Panic settles, today is Monica's wedding... Oh no she couldn't have slept through the wedding. It couldn't be because if she had, Monica would have TPed her house but no sign of airborne toilet paper.

"Hello?" Her voice groggy.

"I have an emergency".

"Cold feet, don't worry every bridezilla... I mean bride gets it before a wedding".

"My... Issue".

Jeanette is fully awake, parts of being best friends means code words and those code words refer to a critical medical predicament Monica had and would probably die off.

"I'm on a plane to Switzerland, I had an episode in a restaurant. I have a weird favor, no one except you knows about this and I want to keep it that way.

Cover for me".

" AT YOUR WEDDING? "

"Calm down Jen, pretend to be me till all this blows over. If my mom finds out about this she'll cancel this wedding, it'll be for a few weeks".

"YOU'RE FRIGGING STUPID, THE BOUNDARIES OF BEING DOUBLES STRETCHES AT IMPERSONATION ".

They looked exactly alike, a game of theirs had been to dress as the other and spend a night in the other's home to see whose family discovers first but no family had ever discovered.

"Just like high school, Jen I have saved your empty butt dozens of time like the time your drink got spiked at a college frat house and need I remind you what could have happened then.

You broke your brother's iPhone and I gave up my savings for you to avoid a beat down, got detentions standing up for you".

Jeanette felt guilty, then she had been quiet obsessing over A's than fashion and Monica has stood up for her against her family and enemies. The real reason she didn't want to do this is BRANDON.

handsome British new kid, all the girls trying to catch his fancy but he strode confidently to talk with Jeanette Monroe. Risking social stigma, the only boy she ever loved and at sixteen she had sketched their entire family.

Until he had met Monica thinking she was Jeanette, they got talking and after Monica confided her new feelings in Jeanette. It dawned on her that she would never chase after her best friend's man.

"Are you still there?"

"Yea".

"Any questions?"

"Yes... Wedding night jitters".

"You'll think of something, you always do and you're too goody two shoes to cheat".

"Can't I tell Brandon?"

"No, he's overprotective and he'll be on the first flight to Switzerland before letting my mother know".

"Safely a few thousand miles away".

"That wouldn't stop Mom".

Mrs. Redmond, Monica's mother is an upper class socialite with no visible emotions and the only woman still intimidating wearing a Spongebob bath robe. Brandon was terrified of her and Mrs. Redmond took joy in making him miserable.

"So how do I do this?"

"You're agreeing, that was easier than I thought. I have a makeup appointment in the next thirty minutes and a last minute dress fitting in the next hour and a half's time , I'll email you the schedule".

"Good luck".

"Yeah".

The phone call hung up, Jeanette stood up speed dialling her boyfriend and beginning her mission to find a bright outfit that looks like something an bride would wear.

"How are you?"

"Busy".

Jeanette was taken back, his tone is rude and cutting. She got the fact he is a surgeon specialist used to travelling to different countries, getting thirty minutes of sleep to survive but that gave him no right to be an as***le.

"I'm sorry, I'm swamped. I have to get to Switzerland to perform several critical fibrosarcoma removals".

"Okay, when do you think you'll have free time?"

"My schedule booked for the next month or three, enough about me let's talk about you".

"Nothing nuclear at the front, the branch manager continues to ignore me and Mr. Deloris has ignored all my personnel correspondence. We have a major deal, the wife is having cold feet though and there's a high risk of jettison so naturally I'm to sell".

"Sir but Dr. Stephanie is waiting to begin the appendectomy".

" Bye honey bun".

*****

I'm the writer of this book, all characters are fictional including the elephant...

😞. I need to keep my big mouth shut... Sorry for the spoiler.

Hope you love it... Anyways I'm dedicating this chapter to a particular Wattpad writer Joymoment.

I might probably do an Aesthetic chapter later... What else does a writer tell their readers?

Yeah... Vote and comment. I judge a book on the No's of comments sometimes.

I'm aware that most won't understand the medical terms.

Appendectomy ; appendix removal.

Fibrosarcoma ; malignant tumor of the fibrosis connective tissue.