Human Medicine, chapter 31
"Jem! Thats the second time you've dozed off! Now, what do you think?" Jess called, Jem woke suddenly and looked around at the white dress that Jess was modelling.
"It's lovely," Jem said sarcastically.
"You don't like it?" Jess said flatly.
"NEXT!" Jem called.
Jess went inside the changing rooms again, only to emerge 10 minutes later in a silk white long dress, straps and corseted at the top, it belled out at the hips, like a ballgown, with white sewn hearts on it, subtle but perfect. Jem jumped up. "It's just right," Jem said with a smile.
"Really?"
"Really, Tre will love it" Jem beamed. Jess replied with a happy smile.
Next was Jem's dress finding, only Jess's phone rang so she had to leave the shop to answer it. "Hello?" she asked.
"Hey sweetie? Are you dress shopping?" Tre asked, Jess could hear the smile in his voice.
"Who wants to know?" she giggled.
"Well, I need you to do a favour for Billie Joe..."
***
Jess went back into the shop, Jem was standing in front of a mirror, wearing a knee length purple bridesmaid dress. "Uh, Jem, I think we should look at these for you," Jess said, pointing to the white dresses.
"I'll look like a bride," Jem laughed.
"So? It would take Billies breath away."
"Nah, I want to blend in."
"NO! I forbid it" Jess said, making Jem jump. "It's my wedding and you will try this, this and this." Jess said running round picking up wedding dresses and giving them to Jem. "GO!" Jem jumped again but agreed. In the end the pair decided on the same dress, but on the bottom, Jem had stars sewn on. Jem looked beautiful. "Billie Joe will want you out of that as soon as he sees you in it" Jess giggled, Jem hit her playfully but couldn't stop smiling.
***
The night before the wedding, the guys decided to go out on the town and get smashed. By 11.30 the three were quite out of it. "Lets go and get a tattoo," Mike suggested. Billie Joe, who had been examining the bottom of his glass nodded drunkenly. Tre smiled happily at strangers and Mike took that as a yes. They stumbled across the street and entered a tattooist, no-one was around. The three fell against the customer desk.
"I'm getting married" Tre announced to the tattoo artist instead of saying 'Hi I'd like to get a tattoo'.
"Ookay," The tattoo artist replied, "You here for a tattoo?" Billie Joe nodded.
"All three of us are." The artist looked all of them over and then dropped his jaw, finally realising who they were
"Oh, shit, youre Green Day!"
"Mhmmm," Mike nodded, interested in a fake plant on the desk.
"Oh this is an honour, I've never had celebrities in here before, my name's Jeff."
"Hi Jeff," Tre slurred, slouching against the counter.
"Can I get a rubber chicken tattoo?" Mike inquired.
"Sure, where do you want it?" Jeff asked.
"On my ass," he joked. "No, uh...right here" Mike lifted up his shirt a little and pointed to the bare piece of flesh on his pelvic bone. "Right here," he repeated, not sure if he'd said it the first time.
"No prob...that all?"
"No," Tre shook his head. "I want my wide, oh, sorry, uh -"
"Girlfriend," Mike whispered.
"Fiancee," Billie shouted.
"Thats the one! Her name is Jessica...on there," Tre pointed vaguely to his forearm. Jeff looked over to Billie Joe
"And you? What do you want?"
"I want...a name too...Jemma...on my forehead," Billie said seriously.
And so the big day arrived.
"It's lovely," Jem said sarcastically.
"You don't like it?" Jess said flatly.
"NEXT!" Jem called.
Jess went inside the changing rooms again, only to emerge 10 minutes later in a silk white long dress, straps and corseted at the top, it belled out at the hips, like a ballgown, with white sewn hearts on it, subtle but perfect. Jem jumped up. "It's just right," Jem said with a smile.
"Really?"
"Really, Tre will love it" Jem beamed. Jess replied with a happy smile.
Next was Jem's dress finding, only Jess's phone rang so she had to leave the shop to answer it. "Hello?" she asked.
"Hey sweetie? Are you dress shopping?" Tre asked, Jess could hear the smile in his voice.
"Who wants to know?" she giggled.
"Well, I need you to do a favour for Billie Joe..."
***
Jess went back into the shop, Jem was standing in front of a mirror, wearing a knee length purple bridesmaid dress. "Uh, Jem, I think we should look at these for you," Jess said, pointing to the white dresses.
"I'll look like a bride," Jem laughed.
"So? It would take Billies breath away."
"Nah, I want to blend in."
"NO! I forbid it" Jess said, making Jem jump. "It's my wedding and you will try this, this and this." Jess said running round picking up wedding dresses and giving them to Jem. "GO!" Jem jumped again but agreed. In the end the pair decided on the same dress, but on the bottom, Jem had stars sewn on. Jem looked beautiful. "Billie Joe will want you out of that as soon as he sees you in it" Jess giggled, Jem hit her playfully but couldn't stop smiling.
***
The night before the wedding, the guys decided to go out on the town and get smashed. By 11.30 the three were quite out of it. "Lets go and get a tattoo," Mike suggested. Billie Joe, who had been examining the bottom of his glass nodded drunkenly. Tre smiled happily at strangers and Mike took that as a yes. They stumbled across the street and entered a tattooist, no-one was around. The three fell against the customer desk.
"I'm getting married" Tre announced to the tattoo artist instead of saying 'Hi I'd like to get a tattoo'.
"Ookay," The tattoo artist replied, "You here for a tattoo?" Billie Joe nodded.
"All three of us are." The artist looked all of them over and then dropped his jaw, finally realising who they were
"Oh, shit, youre Green Day!"
"Mhmmm," Mike nodded, interested in a fake plant on the desk.
"Oh this is an honour, I've never had celebrities in here before, my name's Jeff."
"Hi Jeff," Tre slurred, slouching against the counter.
"Can I get a rubber chicken tattoo?" Mike inquired.
"Sure, where do you want it?" Jeff asked.
"On my ass," he joked. "No, uh...right here" Mike lifted up his shirt a little and pointed to the bare piece of flesh on his pelvic bone. "Right here," he repeated, not sure if he'd said it the first time.
"No prob...that all?"
"No," Tre shook his head. "I want my wide, oh, sorry, uh -"
"Girlfriend," Mike whispered.
"Fiancee," Billie shouted.
"Thats the one! Her name is Jessica...on there," Tre pointed vaguely to his forearm. Jeff looked over to Billie Joe
"And you? What do you want?"
"I want...a name too...Jemma...on my forehead," Billie said seriously.
And so the big day arrived.
