A.N: Only two more chapters! (counting this one) I'm so excited! I can't wait to know what all of you think of it!
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Chapter 17: The Wedding; Part One- Beauty:
Karen rushed down the stairs of her mansion and answered the door. Grace walked in and her eyes widened when her friend rushed back up the stairs and past Lorraine. "She's nervous." Lorraine took Grace's coat and hung it up as another knock came from the hall. "Go ahead upstairs, I'll get it." Lorraine opened the door and saw an older woman standing in the hall.
"Hello, this is Karen's apartment isn't it?"
"Yes, may I ask your name?" Lorraine didn't know who this was but there was a familiarity to her face.
"I'm Lois, her mother." Lois smiled at Lorraine.
"Oh, um, okay, come in." Lorraine let her in and led her upstairs to Karen's bedroom. "Karen, there's someone here for you."
"Who is-?" Karen turned around from her vanity and gasped. "Mother what are you doing here?"
"I came to see you. Your wedding is today, and I wanted to be here for you." Lois went to her daughter and held her arms out. After a moments hesitation Karen hugged her mother.
"Thank you, I guess."
"Hello Grace!" Lois hugged Grace and turned to Lorraine. "You must be Lorraine, Jack told me about you." They shook hands and Lois looked at the bed. "Are these the girls?"
The three girls were playing with blocks on the bed. "Yes, they just started crawling and sitting up. The one with the block in her mouth is Scarlett Rei, the one throwing things is Haven Ember Melissa, and the one playing with her hair is Cloe Ann." Karen watched with a smile as her mother picked up Cloe and smiled.
"You take after your mommy don't you little one, she was always worried about her hair." Lois laughed as the baby blew a spit bubble, and Karen blushed.
"Karen why don't you and Grace get your hair and makeup ready and then get into your dresses, Lois and I can get the girls ready." Lorraine smiled at Karen and picked up Scarlett.
"Alright, come on Gracie." Karen and Grace went into the closet and shut the door.
"So how long have you been living here?" Lois asked as Lorraine got out the girls dresses.
"Oh I'd say about five or six months." Lorraine took off Scarlett's outfit and began to put on her white dress. The conversation continued as Karen and Grace got ready in the closet.
"Grace, you haven't seen my dress yet have you?" Karen asked from behind the screen she was using for cover. She had decided to pick her dress out on her own.
"No." Grace glanced over Karen's way and smiled. When Karen came out from behind the screen Grace gasped. Karen's dress was a really soft blue, it looked like a princess's dress, just not as poofy ( for lack of another word). It was sleeveless and had tiny rosebuds around the bottom of it. Her hair was up but a couple of strands hung down by her cheeks.
"Do you like it?" Karen asked.
"Yes…it's beautiful." Grace hugged Karen. "I'm so glad you guys are doing this, it's amazing to see how much you love each-other."
"Thanks Grace." Karen smiled and put her started to do her makeup.
About twenty minuets later Karen and Grace emerged from the closet. Grace was wearing her bridesmaids dress, it was a pale pink slim fitting dress. In her hair she wore a small pink rose and she was smiling.
"Oh Karen you look gorgeous!" Lorraine stared at Karen with her mouth open. "Grace you look beautiful." Lorraine hugged them both and then went to change into her dress.
"You both look stunning." Lois smiled and almost began to cry. "I never thought I'd be invited to one of your weddings." Karen hugged her mother. "Thank you for coming mom, it means a lot."
"Karen," Grace said looking at the bed. "Look at your girls." They all laughed as they watched the girls play with each others ribbons. Their dresses were white with little pink bows around their waists. They were pulling at the ribbons and Haven kept tugging at Cloe's hair.
Karen picked Scarlett up and sat on the bed, the other girls soon crawled onto her lap. "Oh girls, you look so sweet."
Lorraine ran out of the closet in her dress with her hair barely done. "We've only got fifteen minuets to get there and get ready!"
"Oh my god!" Grace grabbed Cloe and Lorraine took Haven and the six of them ran down the stairs and out the door, they caught the elevator and rushed past the people to the limo.
They barely made it into the church on time. "There's the bride!" Beverly Leslie strutted over to the ladies as Karen handed Scarlett to Grace. "Jack's getting worried, he's afraid you've left him at the alter." He smiled and she bent down to hug him.
"Never." Karen smiled and Beverly and Lois went to sit down.
Everyone got into their places and the music began to play. Karen suddenly felt nervous and scared as she rounded the corner.
Jack stared with a smile on his face at the end of the isle. The music had just begun to play, he felt a surge of a thousand emotions well up inside him, and, in an instant, there she was.