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sort of wedding. Instead of wearing the amazing wedding dresses we
dreamed about but couldn’t afford, we pinned magazine cut outs of
them to our t-shirts. Her brother, who had gotten some sort of license
on the internet, officiated the ceremony in the living room of our
fourth floor walkup.
“Ok,” I reply, really just to make her happy. “But let’s wait
until they have a chance to clean up.” By ‘they’ I meant the
alligators.
#
To get to the bridal store, we have to navigate a maze of
downed power lines and cracked, jagged pavement, all the time trying
to be stealthy enough to avoid any trouble. It got pretty ‘Road
Warrior’ after all the shit went down, but there’s so much uncleared
rubble obstructing traffic where we live downtown that roving bands
of crazed, blood thirsty pirates hasn’t been much of an issue. Our
biggest fear has really been the alligators, along with various other
creatures it has rained, and the myriad gangs that seem to spring up
each day.
We’ve both been runners since high school, so our strategy so
far has been to evade with speed, armed with some cricket mallets we
found in Ollie and Simon’s apartment. Ollie and Simon were the best
man and best man at our wedding. They already killed themselves. A
lot of people have. It’s sort of ‘in’ right now. Kara and I have talked
about it – I mean every couple has – but we have decided to ride it out
for now, at least until our food starts to run low.
“Move!” I shout as I catch movement out of the corner of my
eye. We both break into a sprint across Cherry Square. If we had had
alligators chasing us back when we were in high school, I know two
girls who would have made it to state finals.
We make it to the store and survey the square from inside.
We can’t see anything, but both of us hear something ominously large
splash into the fountain.
You have to stay frosty in the apocalypse.
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Kara pulls a gown down from the rack for me to try, but I’m
hesitant. I worry it will make my ghetto booty look even more
pronounced. So I start tearing through the racks and try on gown
after gown, becoming increasingly frustrated with each one.
Of course Kara finds an elegant sheath that’s perfect for her
right away. She looks so beautiful. She’s one of those women that
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