BPOV

    I still couldn’t believe that I’d just spilled my sad, depressing, life with Jacob to Alice. That really was not what I was planning to do. We were still sitting on the couch, still talking. But about happier things.

    “ Oh,” I started, getting a new story in my head to tell her. “ Mike and Jessica got married right?” she nodded.

    “ Two conceited people. They’re so great for each other.” I laughed at that before continuing my story.

    “ Okay, so they had been engaged for a few weeks, and they were at a restaurant discussing wedding plans. I was sitting in the booth behind them with the kids, and I happened to over-hear their conversation. Jessica was talking about her bridesmaids choices. Angela and Lauren. And then Mike had the nerve to say, “ Hey what about Bella? You would want someone beautiful like her standing next to you, right?”

    We both started laughing our heads off.

    “ What did she say?” Alice asked in between her giggles.

    “ I seriously thought that she was going to stab him with her fork. The look in her eyes….and then she noticed that I was sitting so close to them. And I thought that she was going to stab me. But, thankfully, she just stood up, and stalked away.” I chuckled at the memory. “ Later, Owen asked me why she was looking at me like she was going to hurt me.” Alice laughed at that.

    “ What happened then?” Alice asked.

    “ Oh, I was uninvited to the wedding, but Angela got pictures for me.” I stood up, ran to the bookcase, and pulled out a giant photo album. I went back to the couch, curled into Alice’s side, and opened it to those pictures.

    The first was one that looked like Jessica was constipated. It was even better, because Angela had written under it what was happening in that picture. It only said,  Mike still hasn’t said ‘I Do’. Alice laughed at that. The one under that showed Jessica with a look of relief on her face, and Mike looked like he’d just run over a cat. Under that it said, ‘ I Do.’ God, I still didn’t know why they even got married.