CHAPTER TWENTY IN BLONDEMOMO'S SENIOR STORY, my opal

                                "Here comes the bride"

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Today was the wedding, and Lily could not stop pacing the halls of her house. Alene was sitting at the kitchen table marking things down and crossing things off on her list of things to do. Lily kept pacing the hallway right next to Alene and biting her nails and wringing out her hands.

"Lily, if you do not stop pacing, I might have to get married in your place. At this rate you'll give yourself a heart attack!" Alene confronted her.

"In your dreams," Lily laughed and took her nails out of mouth, "but what if something goes wrong? Or, or it rains? Maybe someone will be at the park or I could get sick or Sven could forget to come or—"

"Shut up, Lily. The wedding of your dreams is happening in less that 6 hours and you and Sven are going to live the dream life of the world."

"Ahhh…I love you! But what if—" Lily started to name of her worries again.

"SHUT UP! YOU'RE MAKING ME NERVOUS!" Alene said and picked up her pad and pen and walked out the front door.

"WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!? DON'T LEAVE ME! I CAN'T OPERATE HEAVY MACHINERY OR BE AROUND SHARP OBJECTS RIGHT NOW. Too much Valium, sorry." Lily said running after Alene on the sidewalk now.

Alene looked Lily Square in the eye, "Lily Shut up. Let's go get you ready. You're getting married today." Alene nearly whispered.

Tears streamed down Lily's face as she thought, "If he only knew."

"Okay, let's go, Alene," Lily said holding Alene's hand as they hailed a cab to get to Eau de Parfum, a makeup and hair studio about 2 miles away where the girls would dress and get ready. The owner, Jean-Luc, was great friends with Lily and Alene.

The wedding dresses were all there hanging in a line as Jean-Luc, the hottest gay man alive, ushered them in.

"Lil-lee, ve shall haf to dew yor hair weeth me new prode-ucts! JEAN LUC by Jean Luc," as he fluffed Lily's gorgeous red hair around her face.

"Jean-Luc, that would be wonderful. I can't wait. Let's hurry! We have but 4 hours, my dear."

Jean Luc clutched his chest in shock, "FOUR HOURS, LIL-LEE? Ve must chop chop; hurry hurry!" And with that nodded to the 4 other hairdressers and makeup artists in his studio.

~4 hours later~

The women looked like goddesses. Every single one of them was flattered by the dresses, hair, and makeup. The silky aqua dresses made them look wonderful and the colors were very complimentary to each one of them. They hugged in all the perfect areas and since they had no sleeves, more like tube dresses, they all looked sophisticated/sexy. If Lily wasn't getting married she could have had any guy she had wanted. Lily could be mistaken for Aphrodite if you didn't know Aphrodite was a myth. The simplicity of the elegant gown just added to the beauty.

Jean-Luc broke down crying. Lily held him as he sobbed he had never wanted to become a woman more than at that moment. She told him that it was going to be okay.

The lovely goddesses piled into the waiting limousine. When they arrived at the park around 3:50 pm, Lily asked Alene what to do.

"There is a little building I have put up for us to wait in…over there," she said pointing through the window, "now, we will wait there, since the makeshift alter has been put up with all the chairs right by the fountain. We wait, the music comes, and we walk. Get it? Got it? Good." Alene finished.

Lily looked at her and nodded. Alene was completely in control, and Lily felt completely okay with it. "Okay," Lily said so intelligently!

Lily and Alene and the rest of the ladies piled out of the limousine and quickly hurried out of the guest's sight to the little building. It was no bigger than a large sitting room, yet it held all of them.

Lily began to cry.

"No, no, no. I won't allow tears. Stop," Alene ordered.

Lily sniffed, "I just—want—" she stopped. She would not ruin what she had with Sven for some now mythotical man, nothing more than an airy dream.

"I know. It WILL be perfect, I promise." Alene said gently, like a mother speaking to a child in pain.

Lily cried, as Jean-Luc broke down again on another bridesmaid's shoulder. "I just think this is so beautiful." He told everyone through his tears.

Lily sarcastically glared and tried to pocket her laughter, but started giggling. She couldn't help it. It was hysterical!

Everyone started laughing to keep the bride happy and then they heard it…

The music beckoned the lovely women.

"All right, Lily. This is it! It's going to be perfect. Here we go!" and kissed Lily on the check as her escort, Jean-Luc, pulled on her arm.

Alene waved at Lily, "Good luck, honey!" and winked.

Lily was by herself. "This is it. This is all you ever wanted. Someone to love you unconditionally. To love you and whom you love. An adorable man to live with you for the rest of your life and to be yours forever. This is all I wanted. But I—"

A little voice in the back of Lily's mind cut her off, "No, you have to marry him. This is perfect and you know you wouldn't have it any other way!" the little voice disappeared.

"I have to. This is right. It is so right. We were made for each other. But it's so wrong," she thought and started walking down the aisle, crying silently inside.

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