London Wedding
Noiz got an e-mail from a person that she thought she would never hear from
again.
“Hm?” she asked. After determining that it wasn’t spam, but an actual e-mail,
the kitty girl clicked on the message. Her eyes grew wide.
“Professor Cook?” she asked. Noiz read the e-mail with her mouth agape.
Dear Noizchild,
You are invited to the wedding of Sarah Cook and Robert Yorke. Set the date for
October 10th, 2007 at 15:00. Formal attire. RSVP.
Noiz scrolled down to see the engaged couple’s picture. A little smile came onto
her lips.
“Well I’ll be damned,” she said. “She finally found a man.” Judging by the look
of him, he had to at least be Spanish or half. Noiz chuckled as she remembered
her professor back into her university years. Sarah taught classical literature.
She had an elegant reading voice. But, her lectures would go off on a tangent
about her love life. Sarah would lament about how she couldn’t get a man.
Sometimes it was funny and other times it was just pathetic. So good that she
wouldn’t die alone like she cried about.
Noiz looked over at her calendar. “September 20th? Damn, that’s only three weeks
away.” She looked around her room.
“I better start packing,” she said. The kitty replied to the invitation and hit
“send”. Then, she leapt up from her seat and started packing.
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Noiz left a week before the wedding. She left lesson plans for the academy
staff.
“I will be back the next day,” she told everyone in an e-mail. “Please behave
until then.” And she was off to London.
When was the last time she was here? Two years? Three years? It felt so much
longer. Who else did Sarah invite to the wedding? How were Alex, Serena, and
Geoffrey doing? It would be a surprise to see them again. Noiz looked around the
crowded airport. Where should she start? She pulled out her cell phone and
dialed the first number she thought of.
“Hello?” a woman’s voice asked on the other line.
“Alex!” the kitty cheered.
“Noiz? Is that you?” the woman asked.
“Yep,” her old friend said. “I arrived in London for the wedding.”
“That wedding?”
“Yeah.”
“Yeah, the professor did say she was inviting you. But, I didn’t think you would
actually show up.”
“I figured I might as well. What’s the guy like?”
“I don’t know. I haven’t met him myself.”
“What good are you?”
“Hey, I’m just as surprised as you are. So when are you coming by?”
Noiz looked around the airport for a clock. “Hm… About one o’clock.”
“Nice. Do you have a place to stay?”
“Not yet.”
“Come stay at our place. We’ll come to pick you up.”
“Cheers, mate. Love ya. Buh-bye.” Noiz smiled as she hung up. This was going to
feel just like old times.
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Noiz and Alex met up at the terminal. The women embraced.
“How have you been?” Alex asked.
“Great,”
Noiz said. “And you?”
“I’ve been ace, but bored,” her friend said. The kitty looked around behind her.
“Where’s Steven?” she asked. Alex frowned on her shoulder.
“We’re over,” she said. Noiz turned her head.
“What?” she asked. “What happened?”
“I don’t want to talk about it,” her friend said. The kitty girl put her arm
around her shoulders.
“There, there,” she said. “It’s okay. I’m sorry I brought it up.” Alex smiled
and shook her head.
“It’s okay,” she said. The ladies headed out of the airport.
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Noiz and Alex made it back to Alex’s flat. To the kitty’s surprise, Sarah sat in
the living room, watching cartoons.
“Professor?” Noiz asked, covering her mouth. The bride smiled and waved.
“Hello there,” she said.
“What are you doing here?” her former student asked. Sarah threw back her head
and groaned.
“I had to get away from them,” she said.
“What?” Noiz asked.
“Mum and his family were driving me nuts with the wedding,” the bride said. “So,
I called around to my former students and Alex let me stay here.” Noiz turned to
her old friend. The blonde-haired woman shrugged and shook her head.
“Okay then…” Noiz mumbled. Sarah jumped up and spun around.
“This is going to be great!” she said. “It’s going to be all four of us
together!” Noiz and Alex forced themselves to smile.
“Oh boy…” Noiz mumbled. Still, this shouldn’t be too bad, right? Just get
through the wedding and everything will be fine.
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-Day of the Wedding-
Noiz and Alex stood by the front door, dressed in their best. The kitty girl
looked at her phone.
“Is she ready yet?” she asked.
“Professor!” Alex yelled.
“Hang on!” Sarah shouted back. “I’m coming! This dress is slowing me down.” Noiz
sighed and dropped back her head. Thirty minutes later, Sarah came down the
hallway. She looked like a fairy princess in her faded rose-colored wedding
dress. Her train and veil could put Princess Diana to shame. She had dark purple
and like pink flowers in her bouquet. The little lavenders in her long wavy
brown hair added to the fairy princess look. Noiz whistled as her former
professor approached the women.
“How do I look?” Sarah asked.
“Beautiful,” Alex said.
“Did you pick this design yourself?” Noiz asked.
“Why yes,” her former professor said. “I always wanted to wear this dress and
veil for my wedding day.” The kitty girl nodded.
“I see,” she said. “Shall we get going?”
“Take me to my dream wedding,” the professor said. Alex and Noiz took her by the
arms. The kitty girl took the bouquet before the ladies headed to the car. The
wedding dress took up most of the room in the back seat of the limo. Sarah
herself wouldn’t stop grinning. Noiz and Alex were just happy that their
lovelorn professor was finally getting married.
“Think this will last?” Noiz whispered.
“Let’s hope it does,” Alex said back.
“What are you saying?” Sarah asked.
“Nothing,” her former students were quick to say. The bride sat back, smiling.
This was her day and no one was going to ruin it!
Here Comes the Fairy Bride