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"Come on girls!" Princess sang. "It's time to find the perfect wedding dress!"
Two other girls, who were also bridesmaids got into the limousine. Buttercup was forced to join them. With a sigh and a bored face, she practically dragged herself into the limousine.
…
The store employee jumped out of the dressing room in front of the bridesmaids and smiled. "Ta da!" he sang.
With a big smile, Princess walked out of the dressing room to show the bridesmaids the dress she had tried on. The wedding dress was a classic ball gown. Imagine Cinderella's dress, just modified. Buttercup believed almost every girl can pull off a classic ball gown like that, but no. Put it on Princess and it looks like Cinderella exploded before her ball. Princess's frizzy orange hair did not do wonders for her.
"Okay, okay," Princess said, "I know it looks kind of bad right now. But imagine my hair in soft, romantic, long curls instead of this mess." She giggled – or as the Puffs and Ruffs would say, she cackled nasally.
'At least she knows she looks bad.' Buttercup thought to herself.
"Uhm…" one of the bridesmaids, Jessica, said, "Uh no. I don't really like it."
"Yeah, I'll have to agree with Jessica," the other bridesmaid, Cassie, said. "It's just not you."
"What do you think?" the employee, Jeffery, asked Buttercup with a big smile. (A/N Sorry for all these new names. You don't have to remember them really. I just don't want to keep writing "one of the bridesmaids" and "the employee" for this chapter. Hehe. Thanks)
"It's not the dress," Buttercup said, imitating those girls. "It's just you." Then she smiled.
Princess scoffed but didn't want her day ruined, so she smiled. "Then I guess we'll have to find a different one." She walked away back into the dressing room, yelling, "Jeffery! Find me a better dress! Why on earth did you pick this one? I don't even…" Her voice trailed away as she walked farther.
A while later Princess came out of the room with a different gown. This time, imagine Belle (from Beauty and the Beast) in her ball gown. Make it white and take away the gloves.
Buttercup remembered when her sisters and her had watched Beauty and the Beast when they were younger. She remembered how beautiful she thought Belle looked. Now looking at Princess… No words can… It's just… No. That's all she could say: no.
Princess looked in the mirror, stared at the dress, then turned to her bridesmaids. "Well?"
No one had answered. All three bridesmaids were just looking at the dress – Buttercup looking with disgust. Without saying a word, Princess went back inside the dressing room.
Jeffery followed. "Don't worry honey. Jeffery is here to help you make your dream wedding come true!"
"Ugh, that was just hideous," Buttercup said to herself.
"I know right," Cassie said with annoyance. Buttercup looked at her, surprised.
"I think we're going to be here for a while. Princess does not look good in these dresses," Jessica commented.
"I thought you were her friend," Cassie said to Buttercup. "I thought Princess had an actual friend as a bridesmaid."
Buttercup laughed. "No, I hate that red-headed bi–"
"I'm back!" Princess sang, interrupting what Buttercup had to say. "Well, what do you think?"
The three bridesmaids shared a glance at each other. They all knew they did not want to stay any longer. As ugly as this dress was on Princess, they do not want to tell her it sucks.
"I think it's perfect," Jessica said with a smile.
"I agree," Cassie said with a grin, "It is wonderful. It really shows how beautiful you are, Princess."
At this, Princess smiled. She did like the dress, but she didn't realize how ugly it looked on her. In her eyes she was as beautiful as a diamond. But one person can bring this thought down. Buttercup. As much as she hates Buttercup, her opinion on how she looks kind of depends on how she sees it. She knows that it is hard to impress Buttercup. So if she did impress her, she'll know she's done best.
"Buttercup, what do you think?" she asked, not expecting a good comment however.
Buttercup had serious face on, as if she was inspecting the dress. "It's alright. I think it's as good as it gets really. I think you should take it."
"So," Jeffery smiled, "Is this the dress?"
Princess took a long look in the mirror. "Yes!" she squealed. "This is the dress!" She and Jeffery shouted for joy together.
The three bridesmaids took sighed in relief.
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"So meet me at the Star Dance Studio tomorrow at 3," Princess informed the bridesmaids.
"Why?" Buttercup asked.
"We are rehearsing the dance for the wedding, of course. We will all be doing the waltz. And I want this to be perfect," she said, stressing the word 'perfect.'
"Yeah, yeah, yeah," Buttercup murmured. "Can I leave?"
Princess glared at her. "Fine. Then you won't be with me to shop for some shoes. Hmph," she said, as if Buttercup would be missing out on fun.
"Fine by me," Buttercup smirked, walking away.
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Buttercup pushed open the doors of the coffee shop. She was exhausted. She immediately sat down and rested her head on the table.
Something landed on the table, in front of her head. "Here," she heard Butch's voice say. "Your paycheck."
Buttercup's head slowly rose. She stared at the paycheck and gave a faint smile. Then her head dropped again, leaning on the table. She heard Butch sit down on the opposite side of the table.
"Long day?" he asked. Buttercup just groaned in response. He took that as a 'yes.'
"What happened?" he asked again. He heard a short sigh from Buttercup. Then she lifted her head to look at him.
"Your stupid fiancée took me to a wedding dress store thing," she replied. She notice Butch roll his eyes when she said 'fiancée.' "It took hours to find the 'perfect' dress."
Butch snickered. "So… Did you have fun?"
Buttercup punched him in the shoulder. "Shut up." She got up and walked away to get changed into her uniform.
When she got back out, she saw Butch talking on the phone. She started taking people's orders when she heard a loud sigh coming from Butch. First she thought to herself, 'Do I care enough to ask?... Uh… Nah. He'll come up to me and talk about his problems anyway.' She went back in to get a tray full of coffee and cake from Henry.
"Hey Buttercup!" Butch said as she turned around.
She nearly dropped the tray out of surprise. "What?"
"I'm supposed to go to this dance rehearsal thing?"
Buttercup gave him an obvious look and walked around him to give the coffee to table 4. Butch followed. As she set down the coffee to the customers, she sarcastically said, "No, Butch. You don't have to go to that rehearsal. As her fiancé, you don't need to go to this wedding practice. I don't think it's even logical to go to your own dance rehearsal."
"Ugh, so I do have to go to this thing," Butch sighed.
"What did I just say?" Buttercup remarked. "Anyways I have to go too so the both of us will be having fun, dancing for your wedding." She saw Butch wince at the word, 'wedding'.
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Buttercup arrived at the Star Dance Studio at 3:45. She looked around and saw Butch, three other guys, Cassie, and Jessica. No sign of Princess.
Jessica sighed. "She specifically said to be here at 3. Where is she?"
Another guy came out of a room. Buttercup guessed it was the dance instructor. He clapped his hands. "Are we all here?"
"Princess still isn't here," Butch said bluntly. He was obviously tired from waiting, not that he minded that he was away from Princess however.
The dance instructor looked at his watch. "I have another appointment in an hour or so. And my partner, who is supposed to assist me today, is not here yet. Let's make do without them then."
"She's the bride," Buttercup said. "Don't we need her to dance with Butch?"
"Ah yes. But obviously, honey, Princess is not here," he rudely stated. Buttercup didn't mind; it was better compared to Jeffery, who always so happy. "So Butch will have to dance with someone else for now. Why not you?" He walked up to Buttercup and gently pushed her towards Butch.
In the center of the studio, the instructor stood next to them. He clicked a remote and music started to play. It was a soft melody playing.
"Now Butch, hold her right hand with your left," he instructed. Butch did as he was told. "Now put your hand on her waist. And you, put your hand on his shoulder. Now, watch me." He started to demonstrate the footwork for this dance. "Now you do it."
Butch led Buttercup into the dance for a while. "Now spin her," the instructor said. "And back to your regular positions." They continued dancing around the room.
They heard the door open but ignored it. It was the instructor's partner that walked in. She sat down next to Cassie and watched the couple dance.
"They are really good," she said quietly to Cassie.
"They are," Cassie agreed. "They look like they are enjoying each other's company right now. Don't they look happy?"
"Yes," the partner replied. "They look like the happiest couple I've seen. They must be lucky to be getting married to one they love."
Cassie turned to her. "No, no. They are not the engaged couple."
She laughed. "How could they not be?" she said looking at Butch and Buttercup. "They look so happy to be with each other. They look perfect."
Cassie knew she would get nowhere with this girl. But now that she looked closely at it, Butch and Buttercup did seem like they were the happy engaged couple.
Suddenly lights started flashing from outside the windows. It was the paparazzi taking photos of Butch and Buttercup. They did not seem to care however. Their thoughts were elsewhere.
The music stopped playing but the dancers did not. Butch and Buttercup continued to dance around, looking at each other. Everyone was watching with interest and joy, that they didn't even notice the person who walked in.
"Ahem," a loud voice said. They all turned to see Princess. Butch and Buttercup stopped dancing and turned to Princess.
"What do you think you are doing?" she yelled.
To be continued... unfortunately. Sorry. I'll update soon as possible.
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