My husband and my best friend

My husband and my best friend


Marie giggled as Kitty shot Jubilee a glare, after Jubilee had sprayed a perfume with a highly undesirable scent under her nose. Kitty commented coolly “I am not wearing that, and if any of the others have any self respect and don’t want to make their other halves ill, then they’ll stay clear of that monstrosity as well.” Jubilee sniffed and went back to applying her own make up.

Marie looked in the mirror and smirked as she saw Ororo wrinkle her nose in distaste at the less then pleasing smell, as she continued to style Marie’s hair in a fancy and complex looking bun at the back of her head.

Marie thought it looked lovely. Ororo had taken strands of Marie’s auburn hair and twisted them tightly and pinned them behind her head, until it resembled a complex and elaborate looking bun. The twisted strands were held tightly in place with hair grips with little blue rhinestones on them.

The stark white strands were lightly curled and left to frame her face. Rini grimaced and coughed slightly at the smell that currently lingered in the room, as she curled said white strands.

They all looked up when there came a knock on the door. Marie called out “The door is open.” A moment later the door opened to reveal Hank. He beamed at Marie and said “Charles asked me to deliver these gifts to you, to wear, and to cover your something new and your something blue traditions.” He added “He would have come himself, but he was caught up in some last minute business.”

Marie nodded and watched as Hank frowned and asked “What may I ask is that peculiar and unpleasant stench. It smells like something died some poor animal in fact” the others coughed trying to stifle their laughter while Jubilee scowled.

Hank sighed and shook his head and told Marie that he would see her down stairs in the garden with rest of the group. He then quickly left grimacing as he did, closing the door firmly behind him.

Ororo smiled and shook her head before putting the finishing touches to Marie’s hair before spraying a light layer of hair spray on her hair to keep her style in place. Rini then proceeded to work on her sister’s make up while Kitty gave Marie a French manicure with a square shaped nail.

An hour later found Marie and the others dressed, with their hair and make up and nails completed. Fifteen minutes before they were due to go down stairs for the ceremony, Marie opened the two pink velvet boxes Charles had sent up. One was small and the other was twice as big.

Marie gasped at the sight that met her. For inside the smaller box was a set of earrings. They were a mixture of diamonds and sapphires and dangled slightly past her ear lobe. Marie carefully took them out of the box before carefully placing them in her ears. They were exquisite.

And finally she opened the bigger box of the two. She gasped and placed a hand over her heart. Ororo and the others also gasped. Lying innocently on a bed of pale pink silk was a choker that matched the earrings.

As Ororo helped her put the choker on, Jubilee commented in awe “Whoa. They must of coast a fair mint girl. There gorgeous. Oh wow.” Kitty and Rini merely shook their heads as they stared in awe at the sparkling gems around Marie’s neck and in her ears.

Ororo said in hardly a whisper “They are exquisite, and look even better on you then they had in the box, you look stunning Marie, your going to shock Scott beyond belief.”

Marie smiled a watery smile and commented “Oh that sweet adorable man. They must have cost a fortune, honestly.” She shook her head in wonder, as she nervously fingered the choker.

Jubilee sighed dreamily before quickly snapping out of her daze and grinning wildly as she removed a ring from her own hand and took Marie hand, placing the ring on her ring finger on her right hand.

It was a solid silver ring with a small yellow coloured stone mounted in the centre in the shape of a heart. Much too everyone's surprise the ring was neither tacky nor cheap, it was very beautiful. Marie raised a perfectly shaped and manicured eye brow in question.

Jubilee rolled her eyes and sighed “It was a Valentines gift from Bobby last February. It will cover your something borrowed tradition. Look after that, I’m very fond of that ring, and the fact your one of my closest friends, means I trust you to take care of it for me until after the wedding.”

Marie beamed at her friend, realising even though Jubilee still had her moments she had grown up. Marie hugged her friend and whispered in her ear “Thank you Jubilee, I promise I shan’t remove it until after wedding when I give it back to you.” Jubilee nodded gratefully before pulling away and going to stand next to Kitty.

Ororo then stepped forward and held out a golden bangle with pretty engraved patterns all the way around, in tiny little purple stones. She explained as she placed the bangle around Marie’s right wrist. “This was given to me by my mother when I was sixteen. I want you to wear it today, to cover your something old tradition.”

Marie smiled gently and nodded as she accepted the thoughtful gesture. She realised she had the best group of caring and loyal friends that anyone could ever ask for or possibly want. She cherished their friendship and companionship, and hopped they knew how appreciated they were to her.

And finally Rini stepped forward and told Marie to lift her gown. Marie did as she was told as her younger sister bent down and revealed a white garter with a pale lilac lace trim. She explained as she rolled it up Marie’s leg until she reached her mid thigh.

“I want you to use this. I originally bought it for my wedding but never got around to actually wearing it, seeing as I and Alex were the only ones who were there beside the priest and two witnesses.”

Marie nodded and smiled gratefully. Thinking that at least one member of her biological family would be present to watch her get married, for that she was deeply thankful.

They turned just as they were about to leave to go down stairs, when there came a knock on the door once again. Marie sighed and rolled her eyes and the others stifled a giggle. “It’s open, come on in” Marie called out.

The door opened to reveal a genuinely smiling Pyro instead of his usual smirking. His smile soon turned to a grimace of disgust as he sniffed the air. The room still had a slight lingering quality, of what Jubilee had sprayed earlier on. It wasn’t as over powering as when Jubilee had first sprayed it, but it was still noticeable.

He asked as he made a gagging sound in the back of his throat and placed a hand over his nose “Whoa who or what died, what is that damn smell? It reeks. Did one of you strangle an animal in here and left the poor beast to rot?”

Jubilee growled and commented irritably “For your information Pyro, it was a gift from one of the students here, after I helped them with their home work.” John smirked and replied slyly “Well, you mustn’t have left much of an impression on them, for them to give you that disgusting smelling piss.”

The other girls had to clamp a hand over their mouths as they turned the other way. The expression on Jubilee’s face combined with the hysterical and sly quality to what John had said had the other women in silent hysterics, while Jubilee glared and silently fumed at her currently smart arsed friend. This in return caused John’s smirk to widen and become even slyer.

His eyes soon fell upon his wife and brightened as he took her in. She looked stunning in his opinion, with her crème and golden embroidered dress. Her hair pin up in curls on top of her head with tiny peach roses in random places. She was holding a small posy of pale peaches roses in her gloved hands.

He also noticed she was wearing the golden bracelet, earrings and neck lace that had small emeralds on them, that he had bought for her birthday just gone. He fell even more in love with her if that were possible.

He turned to his gaze upon the other women after he had walked over to Kitty and placed a gentle and warm loving kiss upon her glossy lips. He smiled against her lips and commented so only she could hear “You look gorgeous love, just wait until I get you alone later.” Kitty flushed at this.

He noticed that all the women looked beautiful. Ororo was wearing an identical dress and gloves like his Kitty, but her hair was half up and half down and framed her face in light bouncing curls. She also had pale peach roses in her hair and was carrying an identical posy to Kitty.

Rini and Jubilee were dressed also identically to Kitty and Ororo, except Rini’s hair was in a French twist with a few curls framing her face. And Jubilee had her hair up in a pleat.

But the main one who stood out was Marie. The woman he had once desired and imagined for him self. He was glad she was marrying a decent man who would take care of her. Just because he no longer had any desire to jump her bones, didn’t mean he did not still care deeply for her.

He smiled at Marie and commented “You look stunning Marie; the girls really did a great job.” He let out a low whistle when he saw the earrings and choker. He commented “Nice very nice. No second guesses as to who gave you those. They are something the professor would give you and that screams money.”

He finally looked at his watch and said “Well, ladies, we better get going. We need to be down stairs, as the ceremony is due to start in ten minutes, and we all still need to get into our places.” He added as he took Kitty’s arms and laced it though his own “Rini Hank is waiting to escort you down the isle, as is Bobby for you Jubilee.”

He concluded, as he headed for the door with Kitty “Marie, the professor is waiting for you at the bottom of the stairs. We’ll see you in a minute.” And with that the others followed him out of the door.

Ororo was the only one who stayed behind for a moment. She smiled at her close and dear friend and said “Good luck Marie. Scott is a good kind and decent man. You are both very lucky to have each other in your lives. Take care of each other.”

She added teasingly before turning to leave “Well, I’ll see you down stares in a minute Mrs. Summers.” Marie grinned and nodded as she watched Ororo leave with one last smile in her direction.

Marie was finally alone. She took a deep breath and looked in the mirror one last time. This was it; she was finally going to marry Scott. He may have not been who she had dreamed of marrying after she had met Logan, but he would more then do for her. He was worth more then he could have ever possibly have known or imagined.

Marie nodded at her reflection in the mirror before gathering her bouquet of blood red roses, and then lifting up the hem of her gown slightly with her free hand. She sighed as she looked around her bare room and took a deep breath before exiting her room for the final time.