"Okay! So I'm going to use all natural colours for your face, but a smokey look on the eyes. For the smokey look I'll just use purple and black. How about some black eyeliner instead of pink? I think it would look good. And then a light pink lipstick. Sound fine?" I sighed. This was going to be a long couple of hours. "I still think your overdoing it. Promise me it won't take that long. I still haven't had anything to eat. And I don't even know if a salad will fill me up. Why not... a doughnut! Please, please please?" I tried to convince her but she wouldn't cave. "No Rose. You can't eat fat food before your wedding. Thats only if your nervous, and I can tell through the bond that you are just hungry for sugar. No" I groaned. I now officially hate wedding mornings. I mean its not like I'm going to gain an extra 5kg and not fit into my wedding dress. Please! I know better than that. "Just hurry up please Lissa. My stomach won't keep the gurgling sounds in for long."

She got straight to work. A good thing I haven't used all my concealer because she forget to bring hers. The Royal Court don't have supplies like that, and its rare that we go on shopping trips. I still remember my last shopping trip with Lissa to get my wedding dress.

*Flashback*

"Come on Lissa. The next store will have plenty more shoes. They might even have your size for the bridesmaid." She turned to me and glared. What had I done now? She walked up to me. "Rose, this could be the last time we ever go shopping by ourselves. Please just let me have more of a look." She had her puppy dog eyes on. But, it was getting dark and Strigoi could just be waiting to pounce. "Lissa, its starting to get dark and I can't hold off all the Strigoi that will be thrown at me. Please lets hurry up and get our things and call the Court. Your lucky Adrian hadn't come. He very nearly did." After that we went to another 5 stores and called the Court. They had picked us up. But we had run into a group of 5 Strigoi. They had been from Galina's Estate.

*End of Flashback*

She had finished my make-up in record time. Only 2 hours this time. This did also include my beautiful hairstyle. Which she only curled the front bits and kept it down. Adrian liked it that way. That made a thought occur. Dimitri had aswell. I shook away the memory and smiled in the mirror. In an hour and a half, I would be Mrs Rose Ivashkov.

She grabbed the wedding dress and shoes. "Lissa don't forget to get the veil. I'm kinda gonna need that." She frowned and once again checked the wardrobe. "Its not in here Rose. Where is it? Where did you put it last?" I thought back to earlier the s'morning when I was marvelling at how pretty everything looked. "Its in this room somewhere. I just can't remember where. You've got to help me look for it." We started looking around frantically for it.
I checked my whole wardrobe and still couldn't find it. I looked under my bed, and Lissa checked in my bathroom. There was a knock at the door. "Come in." I shouted. In walked Mia. "Mia! Oh my God, I forgot you were arriving early." I ran up and hugged her. Lissa came and joined us. She then looked at us wih a confused stare. "What weere you guys doing? You should be getting changed." Lissa and I frowned with guilt. Mia had bought me this veil. Lissa knew this too. "We're looking for the veil. Rose lost it." Said Lissa. I turned and looked at her. "Don't blame this on me. I was just looking at how pretty all my things looked." After that we all started looking for it.

20 mintues later I heard Mia yell,"Found it!" We all rushed to find her in my dirty washing basket. Under my PJ's was my lovely veil. "Phew! Thankyou Mia. Now lets get her ready." They were helping me get dressed and then Lissa had to fix a bit of my make-up were it had smudged. And soon I was ready. They left me and told me that my dad would soon arrive. And when he did, I was so happy that I fainted.