That Thursday afternoon Harmony and Bette had an emergency meeting with the girls.  They had gotten on the horn asap when they decided to get hitched that Saturday.  They left for lunch early and met outside The Planet to go inside.  They walked inside power suited up both wearing big dumb grins.  They walked in to find the entire gang, including Roxy and a few of Harmony’s friends, sitting at two tables in the back.  They had expected to come in to find everyone there laughing and smiling ready to plan a pop wedding.  Instead they came in to find two tables of 10 women with pads, pens, and very stern faces.

Harmony:  “Yikes.  Who died?”

Bette:  “Did something happen?  Is everything alright?”

Even Shane was looking rather somber.  Alice, of course, was the first to speak

Alice:  “Hello Bette, Harmony.  Thank you for joining us at…”

She looked at her watch.

Alice:  “17 past the hour.”

Harmony started to speak.

Alice:  “Please Harmony, it’s alright.  We have no time to nit pick.  We all have a lot of work to do in a very short amount of time.  You two left us no time to properly prepare for this event so we must all try our best to get things done in a short amount of time.”

Both Bette and Harmony simply looked at Alice and nodded.

Bette:  Why do I feel like I’m being reprimanded?

Harmony:  Am I in trouble?

Alice:  “Ok we have selected committees to handle the different areas that need to be handled. Obviously Carmen will be on music and we have enlisted Harmony’s friend Janelle to assist her with that."

Janelle offered a small wave.  Bette and Harmony sat there feeling as if they were the subjects of an intervention for substance abuse.  Alice continued.

Alice:  "Jenny will be on invitations.  Shane of course will be on hair.  Helena will be on decorations and location.  Do you have any preferences?"

They looked at each other.

Harmony:   "Well we haven’t really thought about it…"

Alice:  "Of course you haven’t."

Bette:  "Someplace intimate."

Harmony:  "Maybe outside?"

Bette:   "That would be nice."