JUNE YOUR KILLING ME
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Sure enough the next day, June insisted that we head out to find the girls dresses. Lara Jean would try them on, and we would take pictures of them and send them to the other girls if I like them. At least that was the plan we had been in this one bridal shop for over two hours before I started to get annoyed and June looked at the clock and told Lara Jean "you better get dressed dear if we don't feed Elle soon she will be ripping our heads off." Margot who had tagged along looked at me, "I thought you wanted to be a lawyer?" "Yep, I do why?" "Well, if you need to eat on time isn't that a dangerous occupation for you." I laughed, "Oh, I only really get hangry when I am forced to do something I don't like. Shopping for dresses is one of the things I don't like, and I already went through it yesterday." We all piled into the car and drove down to a Korean restaurant that we all loved down in the Asian district. I jumped out of the car "Yes, Lee is not here." June started laughing, "Yeah, that is why I came here, so we don't have to listen to his whine."
As we walked in, I heard Margot "ok, Lara Jean, prepare yourself this place is probably not going to be authentic." All of a sudden, I hear Mrs. Kim scoff, "excuse me, but if you have not tried our food, how would you know." "Uhm sorry, it is just we didn't expect this place to be run by someone that understands real Korean cuisine." Lara Jean was shaking her head "I could have told you Margot if you asked Elle, Noah and Lee have been coming here forever with their family. Lee only complains because Elle loves Asian food period. She orders things most Americans wouldn't order." I grin "That is because Mrs. Kim here would make us all try something new every time we came, she would make us something special. We have been coming here to Seong Buk Dong since I was little." "Yes, you all have, and I have even prepared you stuff not on the menu that I make for my family at home just so you can try the food you, Noah and Lee are always so adventurous when it comes to your food." "Now, where is Lee...wait I see a ring does that mean you finally forgave Noah." I started laughing, "yes, I did, and he proposed Mrs. Kim." "Ahh, I used to wish you and my Jae-Hwa would fall in love and get married." I hear from the kitchen, "Eomma leave eolin-i alone she is in love with Keon geos is her ssang with them." "Nope, my balamdung-i. I am looking for bridesmaid dresses for mine and Noah's wedding." He walks out and pulls me up "so my gorgeous eolin-i you and Keon geos are finally getting married does your ssang mind." "Yeah, we are finally getting married, and I expect you and the whole family to show up to the wedding." He pulls me in "Anything for you, my sexy eolin-i." I laugh, "now what would Lucy say if she heard you my balamdung-i." I see Lucy walk out "I would say he better be talking to Elle Evans or else he will be missing something he loves very much. Hey, there Elle now did I hear right you, and that tall drink of water are finally getting married." "Yep, we are." Margot looks at me, "you speak Korean." I laugh, "Nope, I only learned our nicknames. Eolin-i is little one, Keon Geos is big one, and ssang is twin Eomma is mom, and I call Jae-Hwa flirt." She looks at me, "wow, Elle, you surprise me all the time so we can call you Eolin-i?" Jae-Hwa stares at her, "no, you may not, that is a special nickname my family gave her." I look at Margot "you would not want to use Lee's and Noah's nicknames either one time a classmate of ours overheard the Kim family using them with us and let's say it wasn't pretty."
The rest of the meal we talked, and I exchanged numbers with Lucy and my Balamdung-I. Right before walking out the door I hugged Jae-Hwa and had Lucy take our picture after sending it to Noah he responded: "now I don't want Lucy and I consoling each other if you leave me for your Balamdung-I." When I showed it to Jae-Hwa, he laughed and grabbed my chin "Now promise me Eolin-I don't stay with him to make everyone else happy make sure you are too. I know Eolin-I you always put others before yourself." I look up at him throw my arms around his neck I promise Balamdung-I I love you, and all the Kim's give everyone hugs and kisses for me." "I will and before you, Keon Geos and your ssang leave back to Boston come to see us and we will send you off with some good home cooked hotoki." "Oh hell yeah I love your hotoki." Margot looked at me "Elle, his mom probably makes them." "Nope, my Balamdung-I always makes my hotoki for me well ever since he taught me how to make them."
We left the restaurant, and I saw this vintage shop down the way and walked in and instantly fell in love with this royal blue vintage a-line silhouette dress. It hit just above the knee it had a satin underskirt and bodice that was squared off above the breasts with a royal blue lace overlay that had a scalloped neckline above the satin bodice with just a little bit of lace over the shoulder. It had a flared and pleated skirt. I talked to the girl, and she explained the dress was just a display and that they make all the dresses there. I asked if we could do four dresses in Royal Blue and one in purple. She smiled and told me yes we can and by when do you need them "Well, right now I have the girl that will be wearing the purple dress I am not sure when I can get the rest from Boston." She smiled at me, "lucky for you, my sister runs a boutique in Boston and can get the other four dresses done." I looked at Lara Jean; you think you can come back by spring break to try on the dress. The girl stopped me "no, no this won't do I will measure her and send the measurements to my sister, and then you all can do all the fittings there. Don't worry all the money goes into one bank account and my sister and I get paid the same well I will get 5% more since I made the sale." I laughed, "Oh, can I also get for the girls one Royal blue bolero jacket for the purple dress..." She cut me off and "four purple for the other girls." "Yes, exactly and can they be out of lace." "Oh, yes, that is going to be gorgeous." After measuring Lara Jean and me deciding on one that had a purple underskirt and a blue lace overlay with a purple bolero vest for me to wear for the bridesmaid dance we took off and headed home.
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