The One After
*Rachel's P.O.V*
I stared at my reflection in the mirror as everybody huddled around me trying to make me look as perfect as a fresh rose petal. I was already late but I didn't care, I was too nervous that I couldn't even think straight. I glared into my own eyes and found myself in my thoughts; what if he rejects, what if I break down, what if nothing goes to plan.
"Rach...Rachel?"
I finally snapped myself out of my deep thoughts and eventually heard someone call my name. I turn around and my best friend Phoebe is looking at me with her eyebrows risen.
"What? Sorry?" I could feel my cheeks begin to burn up and I feel goose bumps forming on my arms as if I was out in the freezing cold.
"I said, are you ready?" A smile began to form on Phoebe's lips.
This was it. In five minutes I would be walking down the aisle, with every face in the room focused on me. I let out a big breath of air and rubbed my arms to try and cover my cold looking skin.
"Yes, I think" My voice was slightly shaky, I tried to cover it but I failed.
I take one last glance at myself in the mirror and then slowly walk to the huge wooden door that led to the ceremony. I stand in silence trying so hard not to show my feelings. Monica hands me my bouquet of flowers and she puts her hand on the brass door handle. I look at the intercut designs that were pressed on the dark oak wood. My view is then blocked by Jill, my sister. She takes a strand of my hair that was set by my ear and slowly puts it behind. Jill is a perfectionist and she thinks she is perfect in all ways possible. I roll my eyes at her but she just smiles.
"There, now you can open the door" Jill moves to the side guides my daughter, Emma in front of me with her woven basket of silky flower petals. Monica and Phoebe take a door handle each and ease the wooden door open slowly. The music I and Ross had picked out starts to play and everybody rises from their seats and all their eyes focus on me.
*Sorry it's short but it was just to start it off, the next chapters will be longer. Hope you enjoyed it, please comment and/or follow if you like it :) x*
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