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… Eve at the door. Ringing,
knocking.. nothing.
“Rae... Rain! Oh damnit.. we’re
late, bi..” the door opens when she insists on the doornob. It wasn’t locked.
On entering the hall, she searches
everywhere with her look. “Rain, wow.. good thing that I came earlier.” In the
kitchen, lying on a carpet, her back supported by a part of the armchair and
her legs up on a stool, Rain sits motionless with a bottle of vodka in her
right hand. Dry tears on her face, her makeup all over her cheeks, her hair a
mess.
“What the.. no.. no! Don’t do this,
not today.. come on, get up, get up right now! ( trying to lift her rock-alike
body )... know what? You can kill yourself with this (reaching for the
bottle).. anytime babe.. but not today. Not this day. Hear me?”
(Laughing, not looking at Eve)
“Evelyn.. Eve.. Evie.. I’m not going. Look at me.. I’m in my underwear.. I’m
not going... Gimme back my friend!” Barely lifting her hand, it falls on her
lap. Too much of an effort.
“Look.. I understand. I’m the one
who’s always said that it doesn’t matter. You shouldn’t care about anyone else.
But this isn’t about them, Rae. It’s about you. I’m not saying you’ll get over
this cause it’s been such a long time since i first said that and it hasn’t
come true, but you should get over THIS DAY. Okay? Just today. Get over this
wedding.”
“Heh.. It’s been.. how old am I?
Twenty.. hm.. one? Oh my God, has it been that long? Am I that retarded?”
“Honey, you’re twenty-three. Your
birthday was half a year ago. Yes.. no you’re not retarded.. you’re.. blessed
to love one man for eternity.. and to also keep your castity..forever. You’re
Mary.”
“Look at you making up crap for me. Why
didn’t we get married? We’d make a lovely couple. We should do it. I love you.
Marry me. Now..”
“I’m not doing it... no. I won’t
let you use your dirty mind on me. I know you’re a little perv. Now, get up and
let’s get you dressed”.
( Turning her head, fixing Eve) :
Damn! You’re hot!
She is. Evelyn is wearing an olive,
medium-lengthed satin dress, her earth-brown hair fixed up into curls, and she has
that jewelry set she got as a present from Rain last winter. Simple, but
breathtaking. Offering her hand to Rain:
“Let’s make you hotter!”
“Ughh.. fine. First row, "family"
member. Special guest, the groom’s best friend. Like a slap on the face.. You
know, I’ll do it. I’ve done so many good deeds lately that if I’m not going to
Heaven, God’ll hear some from me. Hear me, God? You owe me. Big time.”
“You’ve just taken God’s name in
vain..”
“Ay..ay.. I belong in hell anyway.
Heheh, I’m there already. Look at this! (tapping the floor with her left foot)
It doesn’t burn! Yet the pain is fairly more visible. Screw it! Can i get drunk
after the bastard marries the fatty?”
“Be my guest.”
“Hello, Jack, I’m coming, Jackie!
(turning to Eve..) What does Rain Daniels sound like?”
Finally getting to the bedroom, Eve reaches
for her mobile phone and begins dialing. Rain throws herself on the bed, facing
the ceiling.
“You know, if I think about it...”
“DON’T think about it.. God, Rae,
just.. oh, hello Janet. Yes, hi. Look, I need a little favour. Could you come
to Rain’s in..5 minutes? We have a..situation. Oh, you’re a doll. Thanks. Bye.”
Eve exits the dorm and returns
with two giant bags.
“Get off” she says, emptying one
of them.”Okay, so this is your stuff. Let’s begin with the dress and shoes,
then the jewelry, and after that we shall fix your hair.”
“Please, I might as well go in my
pajamas. All I’m gonna do there is get
drunk. That’s my no. 1 reason.”
“Pajamas sound really sexy, but
let’s play this makeover game.”
Hearing the door bell, Eve shouts
at Janet to enter.
“Okay, Aloha. What do we have
here?” (seeing Rain’s messed up face).. “Ohh, damn. This will take a while.”
After three hours of hard work, Rain’s
ready. Looking in the mirror, she balances her waist left-right, and starts
turning. Yes, she’s tolerable..she can see that. That tight chinese-flowered
crimson dress suits her perfectly.. and those golden sandals that Eve’d picked
are great. Then she looks up. Her ash-blonde hair is pulled back with pins,
rebel curls let to fall down. Her wide, green eyes accentuated with golden
eyeshadow and black dipliner, and her lips red. She smiles.
Turning to Eve, breathing into
her face : “Oh, God, how can i thank you for this? I love you so much, Evie!”
and gets closer, trying to hug her, but Eve cringes back – “Oh, oh.. we HAVE
GOT to do something about that breath!” and pulls the minty spray out of her
purse, handing it to Rain.
Lifting one eyebrow : “Yea,
Okay.. too much vodka i guess..”
“Hmm.. too many days of vodka and
no toothpaste!” says Eve, smiling.
“You look marvellous! Well, my job
here is done.. call me if u need anything... kisses, chicas! I’m out..”
“Thanks so much, Jan, (kissing
her cheek).. I owe you one!”
“I’ll keep that in mind, you
know..” she says, smiling, then reaches for the doornut. “Bye, girls.. have
fun, Rae.” She winks, and walks away grinning.
“Uh-huh... fun. Okay, Eve, let’s
go.. i can’t wait for the fun to begin boiling in my blood.”
...
The taxi parks in front of the
chapel. The back window opens and an empty vodka bottle is thrown out, breaking
with a sound that catches eveyone’s attention. A tiny, blond head is seen at
the window, that starts talking loudly:
-Yooooo, ma` people, is
everybody havin’ a hell of a time? I bet y’all do, cuz this is the wedding of
the century! Woah, hell, the queen would pay to see this wedding, yeah those
royal bastards can’t compare to the personalities getting married today, I
mean...
Eve (interrupting her, and
pulling her back): “Cut it out Rae, God, you’re already drunk. I said ONE drop
for courage, not the whole bottle”
Rain: It just slipped right
through my throat, what’s a gal to do? Ahh, don’t be mad, it’ll be fun you’ll
see, we’ll find you a nice looking guy who’s not gay to hook you up with...
Eve: Just... shut up.
They get out of the taxi, and
on the way to the chapel Rain bumps into a woman.
Rain: Duude, what’s the deal?
Can’t you see I’m walking here? A little respect please! (a long burp comes out
of her mouth after this, letting the woman speechless).
Evelyn takes her hand and
hurries her into the chapel:”Okay, from now on, you’re not allowed to talk to
anybody!”
Dirk spots Rain and quickly
comes near her: “Hey, green eyes! You lookin’ good tonight!”
Rain: “And yo` momma...” but
doesn’t finish the line, because Evelyn comes and takes her to their seats.
Clueless and almost numb,
Rain’s eyes stop on someone. A tall, dark-haired man dressed in black, with
flowers on his left part of the collar. It’s him alright. Looking better than
ever. In a minute, everyone in the chapel takes their seat and, slowly, silence
spreads in the room. Mozart’s “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” begins playing, and then
Rain whispers, a little too loudly: “Damnit! This is the song I wanted for MY
wedding! I told this to the idiot and he stole it from me! Asshole!” Everyone in the room starts looking at her,
but their eyes quickly lay on the bride, that makes her way to the aisle. Rain
turns to look. Could she feel any more awkard? Tears appear on the corner
of her eyes, but she calms down and smiles. Diane reaches the aisle and grabs
Richard’s arm, looking into his eyes. Everyone stares at them with emotion,
when a voice is heard whispering “Meh, she looks fat in that dress. No wait, it’s
not the dress, she’s actually fat!”
