1 Three Months Later, Wedding Dress Shopping
"Come on! We need to get to the store!" Steph yelled down the New York street. She, Hunter, Jeff and myself had decided on the double wedding held in Cameron. Then Jeff and I were going to fly to Tokyo and have a Shinto ceremony. "Trista isn't gonna wait forever!"
"Calm down, woman! Trista is not going to leave." Hunter grunted at his fiancée. We were headed to Setsuna's boutique, which recently opened in New York.
"Hey guys!" Trista yelled from the back where she was pulling out more dresses as we walked into the quiet little store. "Come on over to the back. Guys through the left door, girls to the right. My assistant will help the boys with the tuxes and I'll get the dresses."
"Have fun." Jeff whispered to me before heading to the left door.
"Here, Akiko. I got you two dresses. Well, a dress and a kimono." She said, handing me two outfits that she designed just for me. "And Stephanie, the dress you wanted." I held the white dress up and gasps in its splendor. It had a high waist, tied off by a ribbon. It had 'off- shoulder' sleeves and the top was embroidered with silver designs. The skirt was a silvery-white color that flowed down past my ankles and barely brushed the floor. It had a small trailing train with silvery-white shoes to match. (Author's note: I really like designing dresses and this was one of them! So are the rest of the dresses described in the story!)
"It's so pretty!" Steph squealed in excitement as she examined her dress. Her dress was a white with pink-ish twinge. It also had a high waist with spaghetti straps. The skirt flowed down, also barely brushing the ground. The top was embroidered with pale pink flowers and little pink roses to separate the top from the skirt. Her outfit was topped off with pale pink heels. "Lemme see your kimono!"
"Hang on!" I said, slowly placing the 'traditional' dress down. The kimono was like any other, with flowing sleeves and a ribbon to tie at the waist. My kimono was red, with a pink cherry blossom design. The wide ribbon was also red and the pants that were worn underneath were of the purest white.
"Do you like the dresses?" Setsuna asked. We had worked for days coming up with the designs and she had worked for hours on end, putting everything else on hold as she made our dresses.
"Like them? What's wrong with you? I love them!" I shouted as I ran over to the dressing room to try my kimono on. It was a perfect fit and the only change was moving the hem up about a quarter of an inch, though it didn't bother me. It bothered Setsuna who insisted on changing it.
"My turn!" Steph said, running to the room before I could get there. Stephanie looked brilliant in her dress. The pink really brought out her hair, with in turn brought out her eyes. "Put on your other dress. That way we can go show the guys!"
"Okay." I carefully put my ravishing dress on and stepped out of the dressing room. Setsuna and Stephanie gasps. "What's wrong?" I asked, scared that the dress didn't look good on me, or that it had a rip in it or something.
"Nothing." Steph quickly answered. "You look so pretty!"
"Hang on. You're both missing something." Setsuna said, getting up and leaving the room. She came back a few minutes later with two boxes. "These are presents from your father, Stephanie." She said giving us each a box. Inside were two beautiful tiaras.
"Oh my god! Are these real?" Steph asked, raising her tiara out of the box.
"Yes. Real silver, real diamonds, real jewels. Your dad told me to tell you 'now you really are a billion dollar princess'." Trista answered, helping us put the expensive coronets in our hair. We both turned and looked in the mirror. The tiaras completed our garments and made us look like fairy tale princesses.
"Let show the boys." Steph whispered in awe.
"Come on! We need to get to the store!" Steph yelled down the New York street. She, Hunter, Jeff and myself had decided on the double wedding held in Cameron. Then Jeff and I were going to fly to Tokyo and have a Shinto ceremony. "Trista isn't gonna wait forever!"
"Calm down, woman! Trista is not going to leave." Hunter grunted at his fiancée. We were headed to Setsuna's boutique, which recently opened in New York.
"Hey guys!" Trista yelled from the back where she was pulling out more dresses as we walked into the quiet little store. "Come on over to the back. Guys through the left door, girls to the right. My assistant will help the boys with the tuxes and I'll get the dresses."
"Have fun." Jeff whispered to me before heading to the left door.
"Here, Akiko. I got you two dresses. Well, a dress and a kimono." She said, handing me two outfits that she designed just for me. "And Stephanie, the dress you wanted." I held the white dress up and gasps in its splendor. It had a high waist, tied off by a ribbon. It had 'off- shoulder' sleeves and the top was embroidered with silver designs. The skirt was a silvery-white color that flowed down past my ankles and barely brushed the floor. It had a small trailing train with silvery-white shoes to match. (Author's note: I really like designing dresses and this was one of them! So are the rest of the dresses described in the story!)
"It's so pretty!" Steph squealed in excitement as she examined her dress. Her dress was a white with pink-ish twinge. It also had a high waist with spaghetti straps. The skirt flowed down, also barely brushing the ground. The top was embroidered with pale pink flowers and little pink roses to separate the top from the skirt. Her outfit was topped off with pale pink heels. "Lemme see your kimono!"
"Hang on!" I said, slowly placing the 'traditional' dress down. The kimono was like any other, with flowing sleeves and a ribbon to tie at the waist. My kimono was red, with a pink cherry blossom design. The wide ribbon was also red and the pants that were worn underneath were of the purest white.
"Do you like the dresses?" Setsuna asked. We had worked for days coming up with the designs and she had worked for hours on end, putting everything else on hold as she made our dresses.
"Like them? What's wrong with you? I love them!" I shouted as I ran over to the dressing room to try my kimono on. It was a perfect fit and the only change was moving the hem up about a quarter of an inch, though it didn't bother me. It bothered Setsuna who insisted on changing it.
"My turn!" Steph said, running to the room before I could get there. Stephanie looked brilliant in her dress. The pink really brought out her hair, with in turn brought out her eyes. "Put on your other dress. That way we can go show the guys!"
"Okay." I carefully put my ravishing dress on and stepped out of the dressing room. Setsuna and Stephanie gasps. "What's wrong?" I asked, scared that the dress didn't look good on me, or that it had a rip in it or something.
"Nothing." Steph quickly answered. "You look so pretty!"
"Hang on. You're both missing something." Setsuna said, getting up and leaving the room. She came back a few minutes later with two boxes. "These are presents from your father, Stephanie." She said giving us each a box. Inside were two beautiful tiaras.
"Oh my god! Are these real?" Steph asked, raising her tiara out of the box.
"Yes. Real silver, real diamonds, real jewels. Your dad told me to tell you 'now you really are a billion dollar princess'." Trista answered, helping us put the expensive coronets in our hair. We both turned and looked in the mirror. The tiaras completed our garments and made us look like fairy tale princesses.
"Let show the boys." Steph whispered in awe.