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Catra groaned as she rubbed her temples, already feeling her head throbbing as she held the phone to her ear where squeals of joy erupted from. She ran her hands through her curly threads before pulling her car keys out of her leather jacket. The brunette wanted to get home as soon as possible considering it was a Friday, but it seemed that fate had other plans for her that day.
She had received a call from her two friends that had gone on vacation. The two of them calling to inform her that they had gotten engaged during their trip even though they were still midway through their actual vacation. Guess they were very excited to tell Catra the news.
Catra wished that Scorpia and Lonnie had waited until later to contact her regarding the matter so that she would have had a chance to take something to deal with her headache. But unfortunately, that wasn’t the case and her head was still pulsing against her scalp, the high-pitched squeals from Scorpia not helping the ache. Don’t get her wrong, she was happy for her two friends but having just got off from working at a high school left her head pounding after teaching a theatre class of 50 students.
“Scorpia, Lonnie. I’m happy for the both of you and I do wish you both the best. But can you please keep the squealing to a minimum. I had the kids do song performances today and some of them… do not know how to control their volume and pitch.” Catra said as she chuckled a bit, walking over to her car and pressed the button to unlock the vehicle.
“Sorry Wildcat! I’m just so happy that she said yes!” Scorpia replied, letting out another high note of a laugh that was unmistakably filled with joy.
Catra laughed a bit and shook her head. “I get that, but you really need to take a breath before your fiancée kicks you out of the room or you two get a noise complaint from the guests because you got reported to the front desk.”
Another voice laughed in the background, the sound of shuffling coming from the other end for a moment before Lonnie took over the call. “Hey Catra, sorry about that. We’re both very excited about the engagement. She had been planning the proposal for months. If it’s of any consolidation, she managed to somehow catch the proposal on view. So, you’ll be able to see what happened firsthand.”
The brunette on the other side of the line rolled her eyes in amusement. “Don’t tease her too much, the poor girl was a complete ball of nerves. Who do you think helped her plan everything out?”
A gasp could be heard, making Catra laugh again.
“Wait, you knew?!” Lonnie accused, her eyebrows rising towards the sky.
“Of course, I knew, Lonnie. Do you think that Scorpia would have been able to push through the nerves alone? That girl loves you, but she was so nervous about the almost nonexistent possibility that you’d say no that she needed some support.” Catra mused, smiling as she settles into her car seat. “But I’m really happy to hear that you said yes. I know that I’ve known you since we were kids, but you better make sure to treat Scorpia well, okay?” Catra said firmly as she connected her phone to her car radio via Bluetooth before carefully maneuvering her car out of the school parking lot.
“You bet I will, I’ll let you punch me if I don’t treat her right,” Lonnie replied, Scorpia letting out a love-filled sigh in the background from the sweet words spoken by her fiancée. “Speaking of, I have something that I wanted to ask you.”
Catra hummed softly, intrigued by the seeming change of subject. “Well, ask away.”
Lonnie sighed and paused for a moment before continuing with her question. “I was wondering if… you wanted to be my maid of honor?... For our wedding.”
The driving brunette had to do a double-take, glad to have been at a stoplight because the question would have made her shake the stirring wheel a bit with how unexpected it had been.
“Lonnie…are you sure that you want me to be your maid of honor? I honestly didn’t expect you to ask that of me.” She questioned her friend, still feeling shocked that Lonnie had chosen to ask her out of everyone in their friend group.
Lonnie huffed and rolled her eyes on the other side of the line. “If I wasn’t sure I wouldn’t have asked. Catra, we have known each other since our orphan days. I want you to be my maid of honor at my wedding because you’re my oldest friend and the one that has been there for me for the majority of my life... even if you are an asshole.”
Catra couldn’t stop herself from smiling, sighing in playful annoyance before she replied. “Well… I suppose since you asked so nicely, I can’t say no. I’d be happy to be your maid of honor… you asshole.”
Scorpia’s booming voice echoes from the speakers, making Catra wince for the umpteenth time that hour. “Thank you! This is great! Oh, the wedding planning is gonna be so much fun with you there!”
That made Catra freeze and blink a few times. “What do you mean? Wedding planning?”
“You didn’t know? Bridesmaids are always part of the wedding planning process, especially the maid of honor.” Scorpia replied joyfully, making Catra groan.
“Ugh…Fine, but only because I care about the two of you.” The brunette replied just as she parked into her apartment's parking lot, thanking whatever deity she could think of that she had managed to find an apartment so close to her workplace so she wouldn’t be stuck in traffic for hours.
“Great! Thanks for agreeing, Catra… Hey, we’ve got to get going. Scorpia schedule a couple’s massage for the two of us in a few minutes. We’ll discuss details later when we get home.” Lonnie informed her, making her roll her eyes once more.
“Yeah, yeah. I’ll see you when you get back. Just give me a time and place when you two wanna meet up. Have fun. Bye.” Catra said, her two friends echoing the promise to meeting later before hanging up.
“What in the world did I get myself into?” She murmured to herself as she got out of her car and gathered her things to head into her apartment. She had no idea what to expect from her agreement, but she hoped that it wouldn’t end up causing her another pounding headache.
Oh, Catra had no idea what she was about to get herself into.