Episode 359: I Told You So

Both Bowie and Avalon stopped unboxing the new shipment of magazines and books that had just arrived at the bookstore. Ava staring in surprise. Bowie all glares.

"I was kidding, gosh, you two might want to get yourselves a sense of humor, huh?" Lila shook her head. Did Bowie think she’d lost her mind? Or rather, reverted back to her old ways? The grass is always greener mentality that had nearly cost her everything. She knew better than to consider contact of any kind with Avalon’s rock star. "I’m not sharing my discount wedding with anyone, thank you very much."

Bowie winced. "Do you have to keep calling it that?"

"I don’t mean it in a bad way." she replied honestly. For so long she’d thought everything had to be bigger and better. Funny how happy she was now, with part-time work as a shopgirl, taking Jess to school, playing with Nate, and scouring the city for the inexpensive ingredients for her perfect upcoming August wedding. "We’re going to have the most beautiful, special day, a lack of money is forcing me to be creative, to make it really personal like it should be."

Of course, she hadn’t undergone a complete lobotomy. Her eyes narrowed on pretty without a darn stitch of make-up Avalon. "Though when you’re marrying your Prince Charming, nothing else really matters. You naturally won’t know that feeling Ava, since you’ve chosen the dark knight over a guy who threw away the life he knew to better himself for you."

Bowie gave Lila a slyly approving look. He normally wasn’t one for petty jabs at people but he didn’t like the idea of his best friend hooked up with the rock star and even he’d admitted to her how genuinely sorry he felt for Sebastian after he stopped by one night, totally gutted.

"Given how long it took you to realize you had a Prince Charming, it’s no surprise you can’t see that I am marrying mine," Ava said coolly.

"Are you sure about that?" Bowie asked in an ominous tone as he opened a box of magazines. "As anticipated solo disc awaits release, on-the-verge rocker Xavier Rafi’s dark secrets could change everything."

All three adults instantly paled at the headline.

Episode 360: Party For Two