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Alice couldn't be more proud of her big sister in this very moment, watching Donna beaming with such love and happiness in her eyes stood before her reflection, the mirror stood in front of. Because today she was getting married. A day Donna has probably looked forward to as long as she could remember. That's Donna for you. Alice thought to know how much she had talked about it, but she loved her big sister all the same. Because she and Donna don't anything lying down from anyone without a fight. They did have the best of each other.
"You look stunning, sis," Alice complimented with a gentle smile. She honestly did, the dress she and their mother helped Donna pick out was gorgeous, and it made Alice grin from ear to ear at how amazing it made her sister look.
"Oh, don't be so ridiculous, because I don't feel like that I look beautiful," the older Noble blushed from her sister's compliment.
"Hey what have I told you about putting yourself down all the time. You look beautiful,"
The young redhead scolded her sister, grabbing her the shoulders turning Donna to face her, staring her right in the eyes, "Don't let anyone tell you that you're not; because you know you are," Alice always hated when Donna put herself down on anything she did in her life, that she didn't feel like she wasn't worth anything to anyone. But she was hoping and praying that Lance would treat her sister nicely. If not he'd have her to deal with when she threatened the man after finding out about her sister's engagement. Yet she didn't know even know the man from here to Timbuktu, something about him just seemed off about him but rid her head of it for now. Because all that mattered to Alice is that he made Donna happy, but it somehow didn't make that uneasy feeling go away when she was with him.
Donna responded with a nod of confidence, and Alice gives her a comforting hug. They both break apart soon as there's a knock upon the door and the voice of their father filtered through.
"Girls! It's time!"
"Coming dad!" Alice called back, "We'll be down in a moment!" she turned back to Donna, giving her shoulders a squeeze of reassurance, "So are you ready for this sis?"
"More than anything," Donna sighed heavily, to Alice she looked pretty nervous. Which was a rather rare sight for her to see.
"Come on, Don it'll be alright there's no need to be nervous," Alice called her by the nickname that she only could use but anyone else who did would be heading for a slap. She gave her big sister's shoulders another squeeze, "Like seriously, what's the worse that could happen?"
Yet Alice Noble...didn't know how far from the truth that she was. With the events that would soon transpire.
"Ignore me I'm just being silly."
"You're only human Donna," the young sniggered, going to peck her cheek. Linking her arm through hers, with a big cheese-eating grin, "Now let's get you hitched."
"You think you're just such a clever clogs don't you?" Donna asked mockingly as they walked towards the door.
"Oh, yeah I'm exceptionally smart," the young woman returned in the same manner. Both the sisters paused for a moment after Alice had finally finished speaking, only for them to start burst out laughing as they closed the door behind them.
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Alice tried her best to hold back her laughter, just as their father, Geoffrey, as he linked arms with his youngest daughter instead of his eldest on the other side. Donna sharply coughed as the sisters switched positions.
"Sorry, love," their father apologised.
The young Noble giggled slightly and Donna looked back at her with a scowl.
"Oi, that wasn't funny."
She cleared her throat awkwardly, "Sorry."
The church organ now began playing. As Donna let out a sigh of happiness, the scowl having now vanished from her face, the whole congregation standing to their feet at the sight of her before them. Her eyes catch Lance's stood right at the front before the alter and returned equally anticipated smiles. Peering over her shoulder at to still see Alice there. Who gives her a thumbs up and a wink, silent mouthing with a proud smile.
"You've got this, Don."
This made her smile much wider before returning to face everyone again, meeting her future husband's eye as the music continued. Alice hated to admit this to herself but Lance did indeed look handsome in his suit, but not entirely. There was probably other men out there in the world who looked a far better sight in a suit than him...much better.
Every person in the congregation was passing looks of happiness as Donna passed down the aisle, well maybe for except Nerys, who Alice could see giving her sister nothing but looks of contempt. She shook her head and rolled her eyes about it. How on earth her sister became friends with a woman like her? Alice didn't know what Donna had seen in her that she couldn't.
She returned her attention to the wedding, but when she did. Alice's mouth dropped open at the sight of her sister glimmering with a golden light around her.
"Donna!" the young woman shouted, long and hard. As right before the congregation's eyes, Donna vanished in a puff of gold dust as everyone talked amongst themselves, as Alice stared at the spot where her sister had stood.
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Things had gotten crazy over the last couple of hours, as Alice paced back and forth with worry as the large crowd of family and friends were flitting about madly about the charge, as they tried to understand what was going on. From the corner of her eye, Alice's mother Sylvia was on her phone, talking rather loudly as she shoved herself through groups of people.
"No, she didn't run away. We're not talking jitters. She vanished. Now, go and check the house and see if she's there," Slyvia hangs up before going to scold her niece Angelica, "Oh, Angelica, that's not helping, is it? Now, smarten up."
"Sorry."
Alice stopped her pacing to notice Lance approaching her mother, "Lance...any sign?"
"I've looked all around and I can't find her. Where the hell did she go?" he goes disappearing back into the crowded room and Alice goes up to her mother, opens her mouth about to say something to her only to get cut off, when Sylvia implies to husband and youngest daughter, "Showing off, that's where she is! The first day of school she got sent home for biting someone."
Despite being annoyed at her mother, Alice's voice remained calm despite the scowl upon her features, "Donna isn't showing off, mum," she tells her, "Even if she was, she's never vanished out of thin air before," she crossed her arms over her chest, "On her wedding day of all things! Tell why on Earth she'd go and do that?"
Her dad nodded, "She's got a point there love."
"She didn't disappear, it's a trick! It's one of her silly 'look at me' party pieces," soon as Sylvia had finished speaking, a sudden look worry appeared on her face. Alice saw a glint her mum's eyes that something has crossed her mind, "What if she's dead?"
"Oh, don't say that!"
"Come, mum, this Donna we're talking about, I'm sure she'll be fine," the young woman tried to other her some reassuring words, giving her shoulder a comforting squeeze, "She's very capable of looking after herself."
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Another hour goes drifting by and Donna was still nowhere to found. Alice knew deep down in her heart that she was fine, but now worry was beginning to set in and it seemed like she was the only one who cared. Everyone else was more bother about having a good old time and had decided to go ahead with the reception. Alice had insisted that they cancel it, but they just didn't listen, sending daggers to everyone throughout the room, dancing on without a care.
She shook her head at them, before turning back to the bar and ordering a drink, "Rum and Coke, please."
"Sure," the bartender nodded and began doing the drink. Before passing it to her a few short minutes later.
Awhile later sitting on a bar stool, nursing what must be her third rum and coke, moving the lime wedge around her glass out of pure boredom with a straw. Knowing she should be partying and having fun with the rest of her family, but it wasn't a party without her big sister. Donna was always the life and soul of the party in Alice's eyes. It was never a dull moment when she was around.
The young Noble let out a sigh when suddenly the music stopped playing and livid the familiar voice of her sister, "You had the reception without me?"
Beaming with joy, Alice quickly got off her stool swaying on the spot for a moment and goes in the direction she can hear Donna's voice only to find someone else was with her. The man looked to be into his mid to late '30s, was tall and rather slender, with brown hair seemed to have a whole life of its own, her not so subtle drunken thoughts wonder what it is like to run her hands through it and the suit he wore was brown with blue pinstripes.
With a shake of her head from her thoughts, Alice quickly pulled Donna into an almost bone-crushing hug, "Donna!" she cried, "Thank God!"
Donna gives her little sister a small pat on the back, returning a smile before letting her go to ask once again, "You had the reception without me?"
Lance shifted awkwardly on his feet before Nerys, "Donna what happened to ya?"
Donna's voice goes up another octave and again repeated more firmly, "You had the reception without me!"
A deafening silence suddenly filled the room until gets broken by the grinning man beside her sister, as he greeted with a wave, "Hello! I'm the Doctor."
"Doctor?" the young Noble asked, her face screwing up in confusion, "Doctor Who?"