An hour later, James came back up stairs with the dress Jessi was supposed to wear.
"Here is your dress, Jessi" said James hanging the dress on the full length mirror.
"Whatever," said Jessi from the vanity.
James started to say something, but decided against it and walked away. Jessi got up and walked over to the dress. She unzipped the bag and pulled the dress out.
The dress was a corset/Cinderella style. The top was beaded and laced with small diamonds and rubies. The bottom half of the dress was also laced with small diamonds and rubies. Jessi dropped the dress and fell on the bed crying.
"What's wrong?" asked Ville.
"The dress," said Jessi through chocked sobs.
"What about it? It's beautiful," said Ville picking up the dress.
"I know. It was my mother's" said Jessi sitting up. "They changed it from emeralds to rubies."
"So what is wrong?" asked Ville confused.
"I always said I wanted to wear it when I got married," said Jessi crying again.
Ville walked over to her and sat next to her on the bed. After twenty minutes, James came up to see if Jessi was ready, to find her on the bed still crying.
"What's wrong with her?" he asked Ville.
"The dress set her off," said Ville from the bed.
"I told him not to use mom's dress," said James. "Come on Jessi. Gotta get you ready."
Jessi sat up. She was still crying, but she complied with her brother. Ville and James helped Jessi into the dress. Two of the women who had done Jessi's hair came into lace up the dress and to do jessi's make up.
Ville sat in the chair and watched the two women lace the dress, he couldn't help but laugh at a small joke.
"What's so funny?" asked Jessi gasping.
"Nothing," lied Ville.
"Tell me," said Jessi.
"Your boobs look huge in that dress," laughed Ville.
Jessi turned towards the mirror when they finished lacing the dress. When she looked at herself, she started laughing.
"Oh god! You're right!" laughed Jessi.
Ville stood up and let Jessi sit in the arm chair while the two women did her make up.
A few minutes later James came back in the room.
"Wow," said James.
Jessi stood up and walked to the mirror again. She looked absolutely gorgeous. Her hair was pulled into a half bun with the majority of her dark hair hung down. There were also tiny ruby pins in the bun. Her make up was simple but elegant. She had light, almost neutral shadows on her lids and a light pink eyeliner. Her lips were a deep red from the lip stick.
"You ready?" asked James.
"No," said Jessi not moving.
"What are you missing?" asked James looking around.
"Nothing," said Jessi.
"Then why aren't you ready?" asked James.
"Cause I don't want to go through with this," said Jessi.
"Come on," said James. "Oh. I almost forgot. Here."
"Roses" said Jessi. "My favorite."
"Come on," said James sticking out his arm.
"Um…" said Jessi.
"What?" asked James.
"I want Ville to walk me down the aisle," said Jessi.
"I don't think…" started James.
"Then I wont go," said Jessi sitting on the bed.
"Fine. Dad's going to be mad," said James. "What are you wearing down their?"
"Huh?" asked Ville.
"Sorry. What clothes are you wearing down there?" asked James.
"This," said Ville.
"" said James walking away.
"Guess I've got to go now," said Jessi standing up.
"Guess so," said Ville extending his arm.
