Everything was quiet. Shelby was up in her room with Lulu, happy as can be. Mike and Daniel were in the basement playing pool, while Keith, Drew and Ace played dice on the dinning room table. Sasha, Liz and Nellz were laughing in the living room, watching some ridicules show on t.v. Bre was in the kitchen on the phone with her ex, and they surprisingly weren't fighting. While Izzy and Denny were playing cards on the back porch. The girls sent Norland and Michael to the store, simply because they didn't want to go.
Shelby looked over at Lulu and rushed him out of bed. “What?” Lulu asked as he was dragged down the stairs.
“I have an idea.” Shelby said looking at the girls in the living room. “Where is everyone?” She asked looking at Sasha.
“Bre's in the kitchen, Daniel and Mike are in the basement, Denny and Izzy are on the back porch, and the others are in the dining room.” Liz said as Shelby looked around the room.
“GUYS!” Shelby yelled waiting for everyone to come into the living room. Once everyone took their seats Shelby spoke. “We should have a house party. We always used to complain that Sasha's house was too small, and Aunty Kathy wouldn't let us have one at Lu's anymore. We have like the perfect house, and the only people who have seen it is us.”
“Wiferz! That's a great idea!” Liz said standing up.
“Party.” Sasha said thinking.
“It could be like an engagement party!” Nellz suggested.
“Oh my god. Yes.” Shelby said looking down at her ring. Lulu looked at Shelby and pulled her close.
“We can have decorations and everything.” Sasha said.
“And liquor!” Liz said laughing.
“So it's decided? Party here?” Keith asked as a smile appeared in the corner of his mouth.
“Hell fucking yeah.” Drew said drinking his beer.
“Win.” Shelby said looking up at Lulu.
“This is going to be so much fun.” Shelby said crawling into bed.
“Lets hope so.” Lulu replied as Shelby put his arm around her.
“What do you mean?”
“I just mean that at these types of things, shit can easily get out of hand.”
“Very true.”
“I just don't want you to be surprised if people you don't like show up.” Lulu said after a few seconds of silence.
“Huh?” Shelby asked looking up at him.
“Like Moncia, Lola, those types of people.”
“If she shows up, I'm saying something.”
“What are you going to say Shel?”
“I'm going to tell her that she needs to stay the fuck away from you. That you're mine and I'm not going anywhere.” Shelby said kissing Lulu's cheek.
“Just don't cause a scene.”
“Why not? It's a party for us.” Shelby said looking at the ring.
“You're so sexy when you're jealous.”
“I'm not jealous. I'm standing my ground. There's a difference.”
“You're all mine. No one can take you away from me Shibb.”
“That's not what I'm worried about.” Shelby mumbled rolling over.
“Huh?”
“Nothing.” She said closing her eyes. She wasn't afraid of someone taking her away from Lulu. She was afraid of someone taking Lulu away from her. She was worried that another girl could easily slip in and make Lulu forget about her. She was worried about another girl being more important to Lulu than she was. And her fears and worries could easily take over.
“So an engagement party?” Liz asked once the boys and Shelby left the living room.
“Hell yeah!” Nellz said with a smile.
“I think that’s a little too informal.” Bre said putting her feet up on the couch.
“What do you mean?”
“I mean that like an engagement party is dresses, wine, small talk, toasts. But Shel seemed to want loud music, liquor, and loud conversation.”
“Well nothing about Shelby and Lulu is traditional. They probably wouldn't even want a quote-unquote formal engagement party.” Liz butted in.
“You only have a first marriage once, you have to do it right. You can fuck up with the next marriage.”
“Shelby doesn't like traditional.”
“Well are you her Maid-Of-Honor? I didn't think so. So maybe we should go with my idea.”
“She's not going to like a formal fucking party. That's not the type of person Shibbz is.”
“It's not the type of party that you want.”
“Listen. I threw out the idea of the 'house party' as being an engagement party, and Shibbz loved the idea. Maybe this isn't what you seen as her big engagement party but she loves the idea.” Nellz said, trying to stop Bre and Liz from arguing.
They just had a different view of perfect. Briana wanted to make sure that this was a start to a perfect, normal wedding. She wanted things to be traditional. While Liz on the other hand just wanted Shelby to be happy. She knew that Shelby hated getting all dressed up, and she hated wine. Why should they throw her a party where she can't be herself and she won't be happy?
“He's really going to marry her.” Drew said sitting at the bar in the basement.
“Yeah. I think only the girls and him are excited about that.” Daniel said racking up the pool balls. He looked at Mike and waited for him to pass a pool stick.
“Shouldn't you be happy though?” Keith asked Daniel.
“Yeah, I should be. But I'm not. I don't like Lulu, and I probably never will.”
“You don't like Lulu or you don't like Shelby with any guy?”
“A little of both. But I never liked Lulu.”
“You're just worried that my primo will take Shelby away from you. We understand.” Drew said laughing. He couldn't help it.
“Fuck you!” Daniel said shooting the white ball across the table.
“Just saying. We all know how possessive you are. We seen you rat out Lu and Bre.”
“I was fucking drunk.”
“That don't mean that you didn't want to do it sober.” Ace said.
“Well none of us want Shelby and Lulu together. But if we try and stop this shit that we'll get lost in the cross fire.” Denny said opening a beer.
“What the fuck does that mean?” Mike asked laughing.
“I mean that like, trying to break them apart will only pull them closer and push us away.”
“She forgave Daniel.”
“Yeah, but where is she now? She's will Lulu. She could be down here playing pool with jack ass, but she's up stairs with Lulu.”
“True.” Mike said trying to figure out what ball he wanted to sink.
“There has to be a way to knock some sense into them.” Izzy said looking around the room.
“Maybe there is.” Drew said as Keith shook his head. He thought that as long as Shelby and Lulu were happy together everyone should leave them the fuck alone. But if he said that then he'd be outted.
“What do you mean?” Izzy asked as Daniel stopped playing pool.
“I mean I have a plan.” Drew said with an evil smile on his face.
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