Chapter 12: She's Beautiful…
"Mia! If you come near me with that stuff, I will cause harm to your person." Letty said half-jokingly.
"Letty, it is just make-up. And it won't be a lot. Just a little eyeliner and eye shadow."
"I can do that myself." Letty said.
"Fine. Touchy, touchy." Mia said, putting her empty hand up in surrender. "Now what was I about to do?"
"Hair." Letty reminded her.
"Oh yeah, half up and half down or what?" Mia asked.
"All down. Remember prom?"
"Spiral curls?! You really want me to do spiral curls again?! You told me never again!" Mia asked becoming beyond giddy.
"Yeah, well, I lied. Besides, Dom liked that." Letty said. Mia smiled at her in the vanity mirror.
She grabbed a bottle of something that Letty could not identify, squirted some in her palm and rubbed it through Letty's wet hair.
"That smells good." Letty said. She picked up the bottle and smelled the clear jelly substance. "What is it?"
"It's anti-frizz stuff." Mia answered absentmindedly. She was too busy plugging the hair dryer up.
Meanwhile…
"Dom, you're burning a hole into the floor." Brian said. Dom had been pacing back and forth ever since he and Letty had split up.
"You'd think she was heroin and you were a junkie." Leon said to him.
"Leave it to you to use a drug reference." Vince responded. Brian and Dom laughed.
"Look, Mia is going to take very, very good care of Letty, Dom. She's in good hands. Don't worry." Brian said.
"I know, bro. I'm just a little anxious that's all."
"As well you should be. Oh, I want to talk to you about something, bro." Brian said.
"Cool, let's go." Dom said. He and Brian walked outside and Brian pulled something out of his pocket and handed it to Dom.
"I was hoping that maybe, I'd, uh, you know, get your blessing." Brian said nervously.
"Blessing? As in, to marry my sister?" Dom asked crossing his arms.
"Well, yeah, I mean, I love her and everything and I, uh, I really want to make her my wife." Brian said as Dom examined the ring.
Dom stared at Brian for what seemed like an eternity and then finally his face broke out into a smile.
"Of course, man. Welcome to the family." Dom said. He and Brian grasped hands and Dom pulled him into a brotherly hug.
"Thanks, bro. You have no idea how nervous I was to ask you."
"Aww, I don't know why. I know you love my sister. Remember what I told you before your first date with her?" Dom asked.
"Yeah, you said if I broke her heart, you'd break my neck." Brian replied.
"That offer still stands." Dom said. Brian smiled at Dom and they bumped fists.
"It won't happen. I promise." Brian said.
"What time is it? Those girls better hurry up."
Brian looked at his watch. "Yeah, everyone should be headed to the beach now. It's six-forty-five."
"We should go get ready too." Dom suggested.
"Yeah."
Back in Mia's room…
Mia had slipped on her dress and was putting the finishing touches on her make-up when Letty walked out of the adjoining room in her wedding dress.
Mia turned around and her mouth fell open.
Letty looked amazing. The Christian Dior wedding dress wasn't like an average wedding gown.
On Letty, the silk off white and champagne colored dress stopped just above her knees and an elastic hemline held the dress snugly where it stopped.
There was a halter top and there was a plunging neckline. Around her bust, the dress was slinky. Only the top half of her back was out and one would have to look extremely hard to find the zipper on the side of the dress.
In all honesty, the dress looked more like an extremely elegant cocktail dress on Letty's amazing figure. The off white limited edition Manolo Blahnik rib-cage stilettos accented her legs, as well as the dress, perfectly.
"Mia, close your mouth, you'll catch flies." Letty joked. Mia smiled at her.
"Letty, you look…amazing!" Mia spat out.
"Thank you. You look great too, Mia. Really." Letty said. Mia had on a simple champagne colored satin dress. Her long curled hair was pinned up exquisitely.
"Jewelry?" Mia asked.
"On the vanity." Letty replied. She and Mia put on their jewelry quickly.
"All right, stay here. I'm gonna go tell the guys to head to the beach now."
Just as Mia opened the door, Dom stood on the opposite side with his fist up as if he were about to knock.
"Jesus Christ, Dom! You scared the shit out of me!" Mia exclaimed. Dom was too busy staring at Letty and she was staring back at him.
"So much for not seeing the bride." Mia said.
Dom looked handsome in his off white linen pants. Under his opened off white linen button up shirt was an off white tank.
"I just came to tell you that we were gonna head off to the beach. Hector called. He says everyone's there, including the pastor. That just leaves us." Dom stated not taking his eyes off of Letty.
Letty blushed and smiled. She loved when Dom looked at her like that.
"All right. We'll leave right after you guys do." Mia said.
"Okay." Dom said. He turned to leave and stopped. "Oh and you ladies look beautiful."