Sam woke up first, she was on the sofa while Gina, Jo and Abi were asleep on the floor. Sam and Hugh were going to just see each other before they tied the knot and deal with it but Jo and Gina wouldn't allow it so the girly hen night was held at Jo's house instead. Sam shook them awake and each were hung over with a splitting head ache. Her sister Caroline had been around but couldn't stay as she had to get back to her seven year old daughter Rachel who had a babysitter. As it was a close - knit family Caroline's husband, Gareth, was at Hugh's stag night. With Caroline, Sam stayed sober. Allowing her baby to be safe. Sam went to have a shower while Jo sorted her hung over guests out with aspirin.

By the time Sam got out the shower Abigail had already left to get ready. Despite Sam wanting her to be a bridesmaid Abigail said she couldn't mainly because she thought Hugh would find it 'inappropriate'. Jo did Sam's make up while Gina did her hair beautifully, she pinned it up with clips. The loose hair was curled at the back then with curls framing her face. It was a change Gina being feminin, although it was also funny when Gina burnt her fingers on the curling iron. Sam and Jo attempted to keep sympathetic, straight faces but found it incredibly hard.

"Go on, laugh!"

Sam and Jo obliged at once so even Gina cracked a smile after swearing. Jo and Sam were in hysterics, crying with laughter.

"Watch it babe, you're going to make your mascara run." Jo warned Sam. She got a tissue and extremely carefully wiped Sam's happy tears away.

Jo and Gina got themselves ready but Sam stayed in her dressing gown, saving her dress to be the very last thing. The door went and Sam answered it, Caroline was back, this time with Sam's niece Rachel. Jo and Gina greeted them both as friends, growing closer over the numerous dress fittings. Sam sat Rachel on her lap, careful of her bump. Sam buried her head in her nieces strawberry blonde hair. She watched them taking sips of champagne while she and Rachel had simple orange juice. "This sucks." Sam laughed. "You lot get to drink and I can't have anything to calm my butterflies."

They laughed at her. "Aww poor Sam."

Sam put Rachel down and with forty minutes left went to put her beautiful gown on. It was an elegant maternity dress, off the shoulders going across it went down to the floor, floating more after the waist with a small train behind her. It was white satin with dainty lace patterns over the top and the sleeves went out slightly so there was extra float. She had flat, white dolly shoes on. Pregnant women and heals was not good a idea. She also wore white beads, which she had wrapped around her neck once and of course her lovely engagment ring. She went to the lounge where they were putting the finishing touches on their outfits. They look up at her and cooed, she looked splendid. Caroline put her veil on for her. "You look lovely Sam, doesn't she Rach?"

"Yep, you're the prettiest lady I ever sawed." Rachel said sweetly.

"Oh, well thank you very much madam!" Caroline pretended to be hurt.

"I'm sorry mummy but Auntie Sammy is prettier." After Hugh, Rachel was the only one who ever called her Sammy. It was because her dad used to call her it before he died, and she'd been extremely close to him so she disliked being reminded of his pets name with those two exceptions. He had died when Caroline was twenty five, she was twenty three and her much younger brother, Paul, was three. Her parents had had Paul at the late age of forty five, like herself except she was forty one. Her dad had died at the age of forty eight of Lukemia. It was old for young children, but young for death.

Paul was now twenty and he was really close to Sam because she'd grown up looking after him and being closer to him than their mother. Sam sat down in a daydream.

"Did daddy leave because I was born?"

"No darling, daddy's up in heaven. Looking down on you, me and Caroline. He loves us alot, and he loved you. He would never have wanted or chosen to leave. He wanted to watch you grow up like he did see Caroline and I. Yet still he's missed out on a lot of our life." Sam explained, bouncing four year old Paul on his knee.

"I miss daddy." Paul's bottom lip wobbled.

"So do I but eh, you still got me. And mummy. And Caroline."

Paul now owned a salon up North though and couldn't make it. Which made her sad and added to the sadness that no one was giving her away. Jo got her attention and she smiled as Jo took her picture. She took a picture of her with Caroline and Rachel. Then all of them together, by setting the camera on automatic. Her bridesmaids had long green dresses that had calm ruffles at the chest area where as Rachel's had more ruffles and also had a ribbon around the middle, tying at the back.

"I think you should have gone and gatecrashed his stag party." Abi muttered as they sat at the back of the church. Watching Hugh pacing nervously. "You could have handcuffed him to a lamppost naked or even better, stalled the wedding by getting him drunk and sending him to Wales by train."

Phil laughed. "You're mischevious."

"Get it from my mother." Abi grinned.

The car arrived and they all climbed in, remembering Sam's boquet of white lillies and Rachel's basket with little Green petals in. Sam sat, nervously clutching Gina's hand, she was also excited that marrying Hugh would make her an 'honest woman'. Gina gave her hand a squeeze. "It'll be ok."

"I'm going to have to walk down that aisle on my own, everyone'll be watching me." Sam whispered, extremely worried.

"Don't think about anyone, just keep looking ahead at Hugh."

The car stopped and they all piled out again, they went up to the church. Two hands snaked around Sam and covered her eyes. She giggled and broke away, when she turned she was astounded to see Paul stood there with a big grin on his chops. She threw her arms around her younger brother.

"What ... what are you doing here?" Sam asked.

"Abi and that bloke Phil arranged for me and my girlfriend to come so I could give you away. While she was around your house last night Phil drove up to collect me and Gabrielle. I can't let you get 'stage fright' while walking down there now can I?"

"No, thank you so much!" Sam exclaimed.

Paul left the part about them telling him horror storied about evil Hugh out of it, but they didn't tell him that Phil loved her. Thinking it was too complicated for him. Sam watched and listened to her brother, amazed that Phil would bring Paul back to her. He had gone to so much trouble just for her to marry Hugh.

She took a deep breath as the music started playing, firstly Rachel went scattering the green petals. Followed by Caroline then Jo and Gina walking together. Sam linked her arm with her brother as they walked. She passed Phil in a suite, Abi in a burgundy number with a boy next to her who she guessed was Todd but she couldn't figure out whether the woman next to Phil or next to Abi was Gabrielle, she gave them a wide smile before looking straight ahead at Hugh. She smiled at him, unsure whether he could see her smiling or not. Hugh shook Paul's hand, knowing him from old times before lifting Sam's veil, ready to begin.