"No, none of these dresses are what I want. This wedding is not that big and Deacon doesn't want something crazy. I need to find something else." Rayna slumped down onto the podium and buried her head in her hands.
"Sweetie, we can go pull more dresses. That's why we're here." Tandy threw a look at her nieces, who shrugged, before she looked back down at her little sister.
Rayna picked her head up and groaned. "My wedding is in three weeks. I don't have time to try on dresses-I need to find one now. Why is this so stressful?"
Tandy looked back at Maddie and Daphne and sighed. "Girls, find a couple more dresses for mama, and if doesn't like these ones, we'll call it a day." The girls nodded and jumped up. "Do you remember her size?" They nodded and walked off into the dresses.
"Wedding planning sucks. And why are we having it soon?" Rayna looked up at Tandy. "I've had less than a month to plan a whole wedding and now it's not going to be ready and I just..." She trailed off, trying to hold back tears.
"We don't have to do this anymore today if you don't want. I'll go get the girls and we can go home. I'm sure you want to see your future hubby." Tandy sat down next to Rayna and threw her arm around her shoulders. "It's totally your choice."
Rayna nodded. "Yeah, I'm ready to call it a day. I'm exhausted and I want to see Deacon." She smiled faintly at Tandy, who stood up.
"Okay, you get your stuff together, and I'll go get the girls." She turned on her heel and walked into the sea of dresses to find her nieces.
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"How'd it go baby? Did'ya find a dress?" Deacon pulled her into a hug, kissing the top of her head.
Rayna shook her head. "No. Nothing's ready for this wedding and it's in three weeks and I can't do this in three weeks." She pulled away and leaned on the counter, looking down at the floor.
"Ray. We can push it back. We don't have to do this so soon. I just want you to be happy, so it's your choice."
She sighed. "I don't want to push it back, babe. I just want to plan everything so it's perfect and it's not going to be in three weeks." Rayna buried her head in her hands.
Deacon places his hands on her hips. "Baby, look at me." His fiancee picked her head up. "Our wedding is going to be perfect, because I'm marrying you. You're going to look beautiful, so are the girls, and everything is going to be wonderful. Just relax, darlin'."
Rayna sighed and kissed Deacon lovingly before falling into his arms, hugging him tightly in the middle of their kitchen.
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"Mom! Try on that one with the fringe that we picked out. I think that's going to look stunning on you." Maddie smiled up at her mom, who was inspecting her current dress in the mirror.
"Okay, but this one's going to be tough to beat." She smiled and stepped carefully off of the podium and back into the dressing room.
"Do you think she's going to find the dress today?" Tandy asked the girls.
Maddie nodded. "I think this one is going to be the one. If it's as beautiful on her as it is on the hanger, she's going to love it. I'm excited. She's stunning." Tandy nodded in agreement. "Do you need help, mom?"
"No!" Rayna yelled from the dressing room. "I'm just looking at it, and you were right. It's gorgeous, sweetie." She opened the door slowly and walked out, and the girls' mouths dropped. Rayna stepped up onto the podium again to face the mirror, and she gasped. "Oh my gosh..."
"Rayna, you look absolutely gorgeous. Oh my goodness."
"Mom, I love it. It's beautiful on you." Maddie was gawking over the dress on her mother.
Just then, Rayna broke down crying. "Oh, honey." Tandy said and walked up the stairs to stand next to her sister. "This is the one. It's so obvious. You only cried over this one." Rayna giggled and wiped her eyes. "Go take a walk in it, see how you feel."
She helped her sister down onto the floor, and Rayna grabbed her daughters' hands. "Since y'all are walking me down the aisle, let's practice with the dress. This is the one."
The girls smiled and walked down the hallway with their mom, smiling up at her. Tandy smiled and placed her hands over her heart, tears in her eyes.
This is going to be perfect. She thought to herself as she watched her sister and nieces.
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"How'd it go?" Deacon asked when Rayna walked into their bedroom.
Rayna smiled. "Amazing. And you know what?" She sat down the bed to take her shoes off.
"What?"
"Our wedding is going to be perfect. I can't wait to become your wife in three weeks." She kissed Deacon when he came up to her.
Deacon smirked. "See? I told you to relax. It's all going to work out." He squatted down and grabbed her hands, looking up at her. "I love you."
Rayna leaned down to kiss him and smiled when they pulled away. "I love you, too."
She stood up to walk into the bathroom, a smile plastered to her face. For the first time in two weeks, she was excited and happy.
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