glass
“Come on, you have to take it now,” he demanded as he
handed her the glass. Julie smiled and then closed her eyes before
she flashed down the contents of the shot glass.
“ Oh
my God!” she screamed as she felt the warm sensation burning
its way down her throat. She looked at him and smiled. “That
hits the spot,” she giggled excitedly. The group laughed. They
had traveled with Barb and Ken, their closest friends from college.
Julie looked at Evan and smiled. “This trip was a great idea,”
she said. Evan smiled and took a long sip of his beer.
“ Best
road trip ever!” he and Ken toasted in unison before they
clinked their bottles together. They did it so hard that Julie was
actually scared that the bottles might break.
“ So,
what’s next?” Barb asked, looking at the three.
“ I
don’t know really? None of us can drive…how about we
just turn in?” Julie suggested.
“ Hell
no! This is a once in a lifetime opportunity,” Evan replied..
“ Fine
but where do we go? I’m not in the best state of mind to be
thinking of anything,” Julie said. “Honestly I don’t
even think I can,” she added.
“ I
got a crazy idea,” Barb volunteered.
“ Okay,”
Ken said as he draped an arm around her shoulders. “What is
it?”
“ Let’s
go check out the crazy wedding chapels. Maybe we can find one with
Elvis presiding and take a few photos,” she said. The four
looked at each other and shrugged.
“ Why
the hell not? And it’s only a few blocks away. We don’t
have to drive,” Ken agreed looking at Julie.
“ He’s
got a point there, babe,” Evan admitted looking at Julie.
“ Fine,
you guys win. Let’s do it,” Julie said. “But we
can’t post anything on Facebook. My dad is on there. I’d
hate for him to see me drunk,” she told them as they got out of
the bar.
That
was the last thing Julie remembered. The only other thing that came
to her mind was waking up in the hotel room with Evan. Ken and Barb
were on the floor…passed out or that is where they decided to
have their escapade and Julie and Evan might have been too drunk to
hear them. She didn’t really care. All that mattered was the
fact that she had completely lost four hours of her life and she
couldn’t account for them. The only thing that was sure was
that in the four hours she couldn’t recall, she and Evan made
vows to each other…
“ I’m
so fucked,” Julie
thought as she looked at the two business cards on her desk. She took
a long, deep breath just as Meg walked into her office.
“ Hey,
you’re missing out on your own party,” Meg said smiling
at her. Julie looked up and gave her a tired smile. “What’s
going on?” she asked. She knew that look all too well. Julie
shrugged. “Come on, I know there is something bothering you.
Out with it,” Meg pressed.
“ Apparently
Evan and I are married,” Julie confided as she leaned back in
her seat. Meg’s eyes grew wide.
“ What?”
Meg asked surprised. Julie nodded.
“ Oh
yeah. Trust me I was more surprised than you are at this moment,”
she said.
“ What
the hell are you talking about?” Meg asked. Julie shrugged and
shook her head.
“ I
just found out that I have been living the last seven years of my
life as Mrs. Lockwood,” she explained.
“ Seven
years?!” Meg asked Julie could tell that the surprise was
growing. “How the hell did this happen?”
“ Vegas.
One too many shots and a wedding chapel. Maybe some guy dressed up as
Elvis Presley married us for all I know. The important thing is I
have to take care of this ASAP,” she groaned. “And to
think I didn’t even have any idea,” she added shaking her
head.
“ Are
you saying that you didn’t even have a dream about it? Because
I heard people dream about stuff like that, you know, because of your
subconscious or something of the sort,” Meg said. Julie laughed
and shook her head.
“ Nothing,”
she answered. “I would have probably taken care of it a long
time ago