Chapter Ten:

They arrived at the shop, the beautiful material like barrels of snow flooding the large room. The sweet decoration neatly added where it was suited and clearly presented. The ladies walked into the shop, the door sounding a light ring assistanting along some older ladies who knew the trade and their business off the top of their heads. "You must be Kirsty, Kirsty Trueman" Kirsty smiled, she never been called Trueman before, yet she looked down at her daughter cheeking her face, her emotions showing the sadness that she wasn't connected to her father, Warren anymore. "Mum I'm okay" Nita told her, pushing towards the ladies so they could measure her and find the perfect sized dress for her. "Okay if you follow us please" Kirsty left the open room, being walked into a smaller room attached onto the building being put into a dress design she liked when they spoke on the phone a few days ago.

In the room, Jessica & Nita sat on the small chairs side by side. "So Nita what happened to your dad?" Jessica asked she tried to sound interested; she was used to having teenage children and knew who difficult they could be. Nita looked down at her feet, moving her toes inside her conversers. "He died" she sighed. She never wanted him to leave her, or Kirsty. But knew he'd be so much happier alone, and he couldn't hurt them again. "Oh I'm so sorry darling" Jessica felt so stupid for mentioning it, she could see the look in the teenager's eyes, the pain she was still pretending to live with, but more like surviving on the surface. "You know its fine" Nita hide her feeling, the tears ready to fall down her face she stopped by the edge of her finger, rubbing her eyes. As the silence became lifted again, Kirsty appeared from the door. "Mum, you look amazing" Nita screamed running towards her mother as she rubbed the material feeling the softness on her fingertips. "It suits you Kirsty" Jessica shouted. She stood up approaching Kirsty, as she help fit the tiara and veil onto the top of her head, brushing the piece of hair in front of her ears. "Perfect" she smiled; she bounced on her feet, as did Kirsty. She had her eye on her daughter at all times. "So Nita, when I was in the room, I had a word with the ladies" Kirsty circled her daughter, who was laughing at her mum's dramatic way of explaining. "Guess who my bridesmaid is?" she squealed. Her daughter's expression showed how happy she was. "Thank you mum" she hugged her mother, wrapping her arms round the widely fit dress as Kirsty kissed her cheek. Nita went off with the ladies, getting her bridesmaid dress fitted. "Jess" Kirsty called out, she looked up and walked over. "I know I don't know you that well, but would you be my maid of honour, for Adam, and me" she suggested. She knew Adam wanted her involved in his life again, not romantically but she knew by the glint in his eyes that once Jessica was so special to him, this way she could make him happy. "I'd love too" she excitedly declared. Nita came rushing through the dress suiting her skin colour and flowing perfectly on the small curve she had growing on her body shape. "You look gorgeous Darling" Kirsty proudly said, kissing her daughters forehead. Nita's phone began ringing. "Hello…Yeah I'll ask" She put the phone onto her shoulder speaking to her mother. "Mum, that's Casey can I sleep round her's tonight she got a new dog" Nita excitedly begged, she'd seen the pictures of the dog as a puppy growing up and was excited as her best friend. "Of course sweetie" Kirsty smiled. Nita picked up her phone once again. "Yeah it's fine" she squealed, jumping slightly in the dress as it remained dragging on the floor. Jess soon came back through, wearing the same colour as Nita, a rose colour dress. "Aww Jess" Nita smiled. Another phone began to ring "Mum that's yours" Nita reminded Kirsty. "Hello..Yeah that's okay. I'll be right there" Kirsty sighed, she walked into the room hiding behind the curtain removing her dress. "Who was it mum?" Nita called out, she was also getting changed to go to her friends that night. "Oh work, I'm working now" Kirsty spoke. "Jess you alright to get home by yourself?" Kirsty asked, she knew that she hadn't lived around here for years and didn't know if she remembered the roads and the city much compared to when she lived here. "Yeah I'll be fine. So it's just me and Adam tonight?" Jessica smiled, finally what she wanted, to be alone with Adam. "I'll take good care of him for you Kirsty" she evilly added.