My husband and my best friend

My husband and my best friend


Scott sighed as he looked inside of the glass of the showcase, at the jewellers. Marie needed an engagement ring, an engagement ring that was bought for her and not Jean. He wouldn’t dare give her the ring he had given Jean, which she had given back to him when she left him for Logan.

He had far too much respect for Marie, and loved and cared for her, to go a head and insult her by giving her the ring that had once encircled the finger of another woman. Marie, she would have willing sucked the life out of him if he did, and he wouldn’t have blamed her in the least.

He sighed as he looked at ring after ring, hopping to choose the right one that would suit the southern belle and not Jean Grey the Doctor. He remembered that he and Marie had come here to the same shop the previous weekend to chose, buy and have their wedding bands adjusted to suit the size of their fingers.

They had chosen his and hers matching white ivory golden bands. His was a plain band and thick, whilst Marie’s was thinner and more delicate with a small diamond incrusted into the centre of the band.

He and Marie were due to come and collect their bands in two days, meaning they would have their bands the day before the wedding was due to go a head. They realised they were cutting it very fine, but who these days could plan a wedding and reception in three weeks without cutting it fine, honestly?

Alex came up behind his brother and looked over his shoulder and asked “So have you found anything yet, anything you think will suit the lovely Marie?” Scott sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. This had been less difficult when he had been shopping for Jean’s ring. He never imagined he would be shopping for a ring for another woman, a woman that wasn’t Jean.

He sighed again and shook his head in a negative gesture, causing Alex to sigh in part annoyance and part sympathy. He hated that Jean had and could still affect his brother like this. It was so wrong in his opinion. It really made him dislike Jean.

Alex was about to say something to his brother, perhaps suggest trying a different section of the shop or try a different shop instead and to see if their selection was any better. When suddenly he noticed the small smile that graced his brothers lips, as he nodded in approval, having obviously found what he was looking for.

Alex watched as his brother called over one of the sales ladies. Scott then pointed to a certain ring on the royal blue velvet pad behind the glass case. Alex smiled and nodded approvingly when he saw what had caught his brother’s attention, it was prefect.

It was a delicate ivory white golden band, just like their wedding rings were. A medium sized princess cut square diamond was mounted in the centre with a small sapphire on either side. It was exquisite. Jean’s had been on a thin delicate golden band with a medium sized ruby cluster in the centre with small diamonds encircling the ruby.

Scott realised that the ring was prefect for Marie. It was the opposite too what he had chosen for Jean. Jean liked rubies and diamonds and yellow gold, whilst Marie was fond of ivory white gold and diamonds and sapphires. There was a huge contrast to both women’s tastes, Scott immediately noticed this.

Scott told the woman “Yes, this is definitely the one. Its prefect for her I’ll take it, but do you have it in a smaller size?” The woman asked what sized he required. Scott told her and the woman nodded. She told him she could have it ready for collection in three days.

Scott agreed and paid with his credit card. He knew what size ring Marie took and she him, because of the fact they had been measured for their wedding bands the previous week end.

This meant Marie would have only had her engagement ring for just over a whole day, which in Scott’s opinion seemed unpractical, considering Jean had worn hers for over three and a half years before she had left him for Logan.

He sighed it couldn’t be helped; the whole situation had been forced on all of them without any warning. They only had three weeks to work with, meaning their schedule had been more then a little on the tight side to say the least.

Once they left the shop Alex asked Scott what they had to do next. Scott replied “We need to go and collect the tuxes” Alex asked “Are Bobby and John meeting us there at the tailors?” (Pyro doesn’t join Magneto in my story) Scott replied “Yeah they are, after they’ve had lunch with Kitty and Jubilee.” (Bobby is engaged to Jubilee and John is married to Kitty) John, Bobby and Hank were going to be Scott’s ushers.

It was later that day as Scott was sitting in Charles’s office, making last minute preparations for the wedding, when Charles asked if everything was underway and on schedule.

Scott replied “Yes Charles, everything is going smoothly and should go a head as planned if no unexpected disasters should occur before hand.” He added “I chosen and paid for Marie’s engagement ring, and it should be ready for collection on Wednesday along with our wedding bands.”

Charles asked “And how are you going to distract Marie so she does not see the ring before you want her to, after all she needs to go with you when you collect you wedding bands?” Scott nodded and replied “Simple, I’ll take Alex and Rini with us. So when we’ve got the bands, I’ll ask Rini to take Marie and distract her whilst I collect the ring with Alex.”

Charles nodded and added “I have dealt with the arrangements for the ceremony and the reception afterwards. The food has been approved by both you and Marie. Ororo is still waiting for Marie to approve of the floral arrangements tomorrow afternoon.”

Scott nodded and said “Good, the tuxes have been collected this afternoon, I, Alex, John and Bobby went. And as for the brides and bridesmaids dresses, Marie and the women have taken care of those three days ago. They will be going to collect their dresses two days before the wedding, after whatever alterations need to be made.”

Charles nodded once more and sat back in his chair, as he and Scott continued to go over the list of thing had been done and still needed to be done. They had just over three days until Saturday, if you included the current day, when Scott and Marie were to marry. No time was most definitely not on their side.