That Wedding

"It kinda matters to me."

Lori sighs. "Jade, for a girl that barely gives anything she says or does a second thought, oh my gosh, you way over process everything in your mind when it comes to Phillip. Why don't you put that brain to better use and start pla

"One, I like the boy. And two, I am working on the wedding."

"Really?!"

"Well, sorta. We watched that show you told us about, but we also drank a whole bottle of wine, and then Phillip kinda attacked me. Lori, he's so freaking sexy. And the sex, oh my gosh, the sex is so...."

"Jade, I thought you wanted my advice." She is not impressed.

"I do."

"But you're not go

"Well, I'm not going to forget about this, if that's what you mean. I can't!"

"Why does it matter?"

"I'm trying to determine why I attacked him in the dreams because I have a wild idea."

"Wow, now I'm really impressed you're asking ME for advice. Aren't wild ideas like Da

"Yes, they are, but I called you because I'm thinking about making those dreams come true."

This sinks in, and she says, "Oh my! As in act them out? Oh, Jade, he'll like that!"

"Well, I hope so, but if I don't understand the dream, it won't be right."

"Hmmmm, hang on. I'm go

I knew I should've just called him in the first place, but I'm happy I called Lori first because she seems so happy about it.

I hear Da

And I'm like, "So last night, Phillip told me that he used to have naughty dreams about me."

Da

"You did!!??" I say.

"Well, a couple, sure. I mean we were together all the time."

"Da

"Well, duh, lots of girls."

"Crap. Now I'm depressed. Phillip probably did too."

Lori chimes in and explains to Da

Da

"He told you about them?" Lori and I say at the same time.

"Well yeah, some of them. We've always talked about everything. You know that."

"Dang, I thought you guys told me everything too. Now, I'm sad."

"Don't be. In high school, our dreams were certainly more exciting than what we were actually doing."

"Da

"Not really. Think about high school sex. It was do it quick, don't get caught, pray her parents don't come home early, pray she doesn't get pregnant. Not exactly dream worthy."

"I think Jade was considering trying to fulfill some of Phillip's dreams," Lori says.

"Like his fantasies? Wow, lucky guy. He'll definitely like that."

"Well, I was thinking about it, but now that I know he had them about other girls, I don't know if I want to."

Da

"He told you that?"

"Kinda, yeah."

"So what you're saying is that you really don't know?"

"No, they were mostly about you. I know that because when they weren't, and they were about like a Victoria's Secret model, he would tell me. And most of the time, he wouldn't tell me who the girl was. I would ask, and he would always say, It doesn't matter. It all makes sense now. It had to be you. So you wa

"Yeah, but which one? If you talked about it, do you remember, did he have like a favorite?"

"Yes, actually, he did. It involved you and me getting it on in that little tent we used to camp in."

"So it was a threesome?" I ask.

Lori says, "I can't imagine Phillip dreaming that."

"OH. MY. GOSH!" I say. "Is Phillip bisexual!!??"

Da

Lori hmmphs.

I'm like, "Da

And he goes, "Ha. Ha. I'm just kidding. And jeeze, Lori, I was fourteen. Okay, so back on track here. I remember one he used to have a lot. We were at the ball field, and someone attacked him on the hood of his car. Of course, that was you. Remember how the three of us used to do that? Sit there drinking my special Gatorade/vodka mixes and eating sunflower seeds? But there was also a spin the bottle one that I never really understood."

Lori is like, "I know that one! Jade, remember when I told you it was time to play spin the bottle again?"

"Yeah." I can't help but smile about that.

"Did that happen?" Da

"Kinda. Remember when Mary Beth had a crush on him, and he was in the closet with her for seven minutes of what were probably pure hell at Lisa's fourteenth birthday party?"

"I did hear about that part. He told me he wouldn't kiss her because she was gross and mean to you."

"Awww, really??? That's sooo sweeettt. Phillip's so sweet."

"The story, Jay?"

"Oh, yeah. So later that night, we played spin the bottle, and the bottle landed like right between me and Mary Beth. He pointed the bottle toward me, and then he kissed me. He was just trying to piss MB off. That was the last time I really kissed him until after your engagement."

"Makes sense now. So Jay, did you have any dreams like that, and how many were about me?"

"I didn't have any dreams about you like that, but I do vividly remember one I had when I was dating Jake. We were all playing football. I was mad at Phillip because he was being a jerk about something, so I accidentally on purpose tripped him, and we both fell down."

"The flag bikini day?" Da

"Yeah, that's it. I was mad because he told me he didn't like my swimsuit. Remember how he was so pissed and was sitting on top of me?"

"Yeah."

"Well, that happened in my dream. He leaned down to yell at me, and instead, he started kissing me and, um, doing a lot of other stuff too. You sorta disappeared."

"I think I did disappear that day. It looked like he was go

"The dream really upset me, back then."

"Why?" both Da

"Cuz Phillip was like my brother. It was like, I don't know, practically incestuous."

"Jay."

"Well, he was, and the problem was I liked it and kept wishing I'd have the dream again. I felt very conflicted."

Lori says, "Oh my gosh, you two were so dumb."

Da

"Da

"Oh, dang. Sorry."

"Da