Alison stared in awe at all of the wedding and bridesmaids' dresses. There
must have been at least a few hundred there, possibly more! There were the
colors of purple, blue, yellow, maroon, green, pink, red, orange, and black
for the bridesmaids' dresses and mainly just plain white for the wedding
dresses. She had never heard of green being a color for a bridesmaid's
dress! They were really expensive, some of them being $1000. She was
eyeing this really pretty dress. It was pretty plain; in fact it was
basically a prom dress. It was just what she had wanted though: white and
spaghetti strapped, with rhinestones glued all around it, and it fell just
a little past her ankles. Best of all, it was only $250! Alison went into
one of the other rooms to try it on.
"Oh Alison, that looks absolutely darling!" Lucy exclaimed as Alison walked out of the room.
"Yeah Ali, that looks so pretty," Serena said, admiring how the dress complimented her looks.
"Thanks you two. Hey listen, I just wanted to thank you for everything, Lucy. You have really been like a mother to me, and I'll never forget it. And Serena has been like the sister I never had. I would like you and Serena to be my maids of honor. I've already asked Kate too. She couldn't make it today, so I scheduled for her to be fitted tomorrow. I know there's only supposed to be one maid of honor, but I can't choose. So I'm going to have three. And I would also like Christina to be my flower girl."
Lucy was on the verge of tears. "Oh Alison! I would be so honored to be your maid of honor." She gave her a hug, then laughed when she realized how corny that sounded. Serena hugged Alison too. Then Alison bent down to hug Christina. As Lucy and Serena were fitted for their dresses (Alison had picked pink, as a symbol of the pink rose), she suddenly remembered something.
"Oh my gosh! Lucy, did you call everyone to make sure they weren't doing anything next Saturday?"
"Yes, don't worry. And I also made sure that all the girls were free Friday night so we can throw you the best darn bachelorette party in the universe!"
"Aw, thanks Lucy. You're the best."
Lucy's cellphone rang and she stepped away to talk for a minute. When she came back, she had a look of disgust on her face.
"Little bit of a problem at home. That was the delivery guy. Seems today is the day that Doc's birthday present is being delivered. He's going to be home any minute now, which means I better get home before he does."
"Ok Lucy thanks again. The dresses will be ready Thursday at noon."
"Anytime. Ta!"
"Bye Serena and Christina." They all waved and they left the dress shop. Alison then remembered she had to go to the church to make sure everything was set for next Saturday. And she had to hurry because the pastor wasn't going to be there much longer! She grabbed her purse, made the down payment on the dresses, and hurried out of there.
Back at the house, Rafe couldn't help the funny feeling he was getting. He couldn't explain it and didn't know why he had it. Whatever the feeling was, he knew he had to find Alison, and right now. He grabbed his keys and ran out the door as fast as he could. He knew she had gone to the dress shop with Lucy, Serena and Christina, so he checked there.
"Sorry, she just left here about a minute ago," the woman who ran the shop said.
"Did she say where she was going by any chance?"
"No she didn't, I'm sorry. She just seemed like she was in a real hurry."
"Ok, well, thanks anyway." Rafe rushed out there, leaving the woman to wonder why everyone was in such a hurry that day.
He searched up and down every street and alley and made sure to look in all of the shops. Then finally he saw her standing on the corner, looking for something in her purse, and he breathed a sigh of relief. She looked up and smiled when she saw him, and motioned for him to come over there. As he was walking he noticed two guys right by Alison who were fighting pretty violently. One of them was holding a gun and it looked like the other was trying to get it off of him. As they were struggling, they both got a hold of the gun, pointing it at Alison by accident. Not wasting a moment, Rafe rushed over to push Alison out of the way, and in the process, he was shot.
"Rafe!" Alison screamed as she clutched him before he hit the ground. She immediately took off his shirt and used it to help minimize the blood flow. She looked at the two boys. "Don't you even dare think about going anywhere!" She got out her cellphone and called 911, explaining what had happened to the operator. The operator assured her that the paramedics would be there in about two minutes, since the station was only down a few blocks. She sat there, holding the shirt over his gunshot wound and whispering to him, "Don't worry sweetheart, it'll be alright. Help is on the way. You'll be fine."
The paramedics arrived, instantly putting Rafe on the stretcher and hooking him up to the oxygen. Alison followed them into the stretcher, holding back tears and praying that he'd be ok. All of a sudden when they got to General Hospital, something went wrong.
"Alright we're losing him here. Stand clear!" The paramedics hovered around Rafe, shocking his heart. "We have to get him into an operating room, he's losing blood fast. Let's move!" They wheeled him down to the nearest open room they could find, paging for Dr. Ian Thornheart. Alison was keeping her cool pretty well, considering what was going on. Fifteen minutes later Ian emerged from the operating room.
"Alison, I'm sorry."
She simply looked at him. "He lost too much blood, he didn't make it."
Alison looked back at the operating room, then back at Ian. She let out a long, hard sob. She had lost Rafe again, and this time she couldn't get him back.
"Oh Alison, that looks absolutely darling!" Lucy exclaimed as Alison walked out of the room.
"Yeah Ali, that looks so pretty," Serena said, admiring how the dress complimented her looks.
"Thanks you two. Hey listen, I just wanted to thank you for everything, Lucy. You have really been like a mother to me, and I'll never forget it. And Serena has been like the sister I never had. I would like you and Serena to be my maids of honor. I've already asked Kate too. She couldn't make it today, so I scheduled for her to be fitted tomorrow. I know there's only supposed to be one maid of honor, but I can't choose. So I'm going to have three. And I would also like Christina to be my flower girl."
Lucy was on the verge of tears. "Oh Alison! I would be so honored to be your maid of honor." She gave her a hug, then laughed when she realized how corny that sounded. Serena hugged Alison too. Then Alison bent down to hug Christina. As Lucy and Serena were fitted for their dresses (Alison had picked pink, as a symbol of the pink rose), she suddenly remembered something.
"Oh my gosh! Lucy, did you call everyone to make sure they weren't doing anything next Saturday?"
"Yes, don't worry. And I also made sure that all the girls were free Friday night so we can throw you the best darn bachelorette party in the universe!"
"Aw, thanks Lucy. You're the best."
Lucy's cellphone rang and she stepped away to talk for a minute. When she came back, she had a look of disgust on her face.
"Little bit of a problem at home. That was the delivery guy. Seems today is the day that Doc's birthday present is being delivered. He's going to be home any minute now, which means I better get home before he does."
"Ok Lucy thanks again. The dresses will be ready Thursday at noon."
"Anytime. Ta!"
"Bye Serena and Christina." They all waved and they left the dress shop. Alison then remembered she had to go to the church to make sure everything was set for next Saturday. And she had to hurry because the pastor wasn't going to be there much longer! She grabbed her purse, made the down payment on the dresses, and hurried out of there.
Back at the house, Rafe couldn't help the funny feeling he was getting. He couldn't explain it and didn't know why he had it. Whatever the feeling was, he knew he had to find Alison, and right now. He grabbed his keys and ran out the door as fast as he could. He knew she had gone to the dress shop with Lucy, Serena and Christina, so he checked there.
"Sorry, she just left here about a minute ago," the woman who ran the shop said.
"Did she say where she was going by any chance?"
"No she didn't, I'm sorry. She just seemed like she was in a real hurry."
"Ok, well, thanks anyway." Rafe rushed out there, leaving the woman to wonder why everyone was in such a hurry that day.
He searched up and down every street and alley and made sure to look in all of the shops. Then finally he saw her standing on the corner, looking for something in her purse, and he breathed a sigh of relief. She looked up and smiled when she saw him, and motioned for him to come over there. As he was walking he noticed two guys right by Alison who were fighting pretty violently. One of them was holding a gun and it looked like the other was trying to get it off of him. As they were struggling, they both got a hold of the gun, pointing it at Alison by accident. Not wasting a moment, Rafe rushed over to push Alison out of the way, and in the process, he was shot.
"Rafe!" Alison screamed as she clutched him before he hit the ground. She immediately took off his shirt and used it to help minimize the blood flow. She looked at the two boys. "Don't you even dare think about going anywhere!" She got out her cellphone and called 911, explaining what had happened to the operator. The operator assured her that the paramedics would be there in about two minutes, since the station was only down a few blocks. She sat there, holding the shirt over his gunshot wound and whispering to him, "Don't worry sweetheart, it'll be alright. Help is on the way. You'll be fine."
The paramedics arrived, instantly putting Rafe on the stretcher and hooking him up to the oxygen. Alison followed them into the stretcher, holding back tears and praying that he'd be ok. All of a sudden when they got to General Hospital, something went wrong.
"Alright we're losing him here. Stand clear!" The paramedics hovered around Rafe, shocking his heart. "We have to get him into an operating room, he's losing blood fast. Let's move!" They wheeled him down to the nearest open room they could find, paging for Dr. Ian Thornheart. Alison was keeping her cool pretty well, considering what was going on. Fifteen minutes later Ian emerged from the operating room.
"Alison, I'm sorry."
She simply looked at him. "He lost too much blood, he didn't make it."
Alison looked back at the operating room, then back at Ian. She let out a long, hard sob. She had lost Rafe again, and this time she couldn't get him back.