Me Vs. Me by Sarah Mlynowski

Author:Sarah Mlynowski [Mlynowski, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Phoenix (Ariz.), Manhattan (New York; N.Y.), Contemporary, General, Romance, Fantasy, Reality, Fiction
ISBN: 9780373895885
Publisher: Red Dress Ink
Published: 2006-07-31T23:00:00+00:00

“I love you.” I murmur into Cam’s ear in the morning. I cradle my forehead into his neck.

He pulls me in closer.

10

The Search Is On

In Arizona, I spend my days looking for a place to hold my wedding that doesn’t involve a tent or pool covering. I spend my evenings ordering take-out Chinese or pepperoni-and-pineapple pizza (Cam’s favorite). I spend my nights cuddling with my fiancé.

In New York, I spend my days working, my evenings picking up sushi and my nights cuddling with my BlackBerry. It buzzes at least every twelve minutes. Disease. Death. Is starlet too skinny? How skinny is too skinny?

I wipe the bad date with Brad clean from my mind. It’s not as if I have time for dating, anyway. I’m always working. I’m in the office by 8:00 a.m., out by 9:00 p.m.. When I’m not at the station, I’m in the apartment watching the news. I order everything I need online, so I never have to venture too far from a television screen.

This obsession seems to be working. Except when I ask my Pilates instructor if she minds turning on the news in her studio while I work out, and she suggests that Pilates might not be the right exercise for me. So I join the gym, where I can plug my headphones into the StairMaster and watch CNN.

But the most important news happens on December eighth in Arizona. This is when we book the location for our wedding.

Tricia shows us around the Sunset Hotel. It’s hotel Number Twelve. It’s not as nice as the last eleven, but Alice seems to be a little less nasty about it, since one of her friend’s kids got married here. Personally, I liked number eight, where the terrace overlooked the Camelback Mountains, but Alice didn’t like the look of the manager.

This hotel can host the ceremony outside, on the lawn. The ballroom, where we would have the reception, features a stage, a large circular wooden dance floor and a nice crystal chandelier. It’s pretty, the price is right, and Alice doesn’t hate it. Sold.

“Not as nice as my backyard. But it’ll do,” Alice says, eyeing the chandeliers suspiciously, as if they could fall and squash her like a bug at any moment.

I’d better be careful what I wish for. In my universe, wishes come true.

“Do we have a winner?” Tricia asks, clearly exhausted. Whatever my mom is paying her, it should have been more.

“It’s fine,” I say. Not my dream location, but I don’t care anymore. “Done.”

Alice hesitates. “I’m not a hundred percent sold….”

“Yes,” I say. “You are.” I can feel a showdown coming, but this time I’m not backing down.

We face each other and stare into each other’s eyes. Her eyes look like Cam’s but older. And colder. I’m not blinking. This is it. It’s my wedding and I’m not giving in.

She’s staring, staring, staring…and she blinks. Ha! She looks away and shrugs. “If you want to get married here, get married here.”

“Good. I want Cam to see it, and if he likes it, it’s settled.

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