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Emily slowly drifted back to consciousness, her eyes fluttering open. Her first instinct was to roll over and kiss her love good morning; but when she reached over all her hand met were the sheets. A jolt of panic ran through her body as she rolled over completely and saw a note written and left on the bare pillow.
Don't worry Fields, you'll see me later today. I'll be the one waiting at the altar ;)
Love,
Paige 3
Emily felt a smile stretch across her face as she reread the note twice more. Emily finally leaned over to look at the clock and saw that it was only 9:00 in the morning. She frowned when she realized she had to wait six more hours before she could see Paige. The wedding was set to be held in a beautiful clearing in the woods that had been completely designed for them; from the color of the leaves strewn over the ground, to the vines that wrapped around all the trees surrounding the clearing. Every last detail had been planned- by Spencer of course.
Emily had made herself sick with worry trying to decide which of her friends was going to be the maid of honor, but before she could even make a decision, Aria and Hanna told her that they knew it should be Spencer. Organization was definitely her thing.
With all the will power she could muster, she dragged herself out of bed and meandered down the hall to their kitchen where she was greeted by a very excited Aria and Spencer.
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Paige set herself an alarm to wake up at 7 that morning because she knew Emily wouldn't be up yet. When she heard the beeping, she bolted up and turned it off so as to not wake up Emily, who was sleeping so peacefully next to her. Not wanting Emily to worry she scribbled a note and left it on her pillow, and ever so gently placed a kiss on her forehead. She quickly got dressed and left to go to Hanna's house. Hanna had been so sweet and offered to make Paige up for her wedding, leaving Spencer and Aria to work on Emily.
When she arrived at Hanna's house it was about 8:00 and to her surprise Hanna was up and ready to go.
"Thank you so much again for doing this, it really means a lot to me and to Emily." Paige was truly grateful that Emily's friends had accepted her completely into their group. "Please, this is going to be the most fun I've had all year!" Paige loved Hanna's enthusiasm for makeovers. "Okay, well let's just make sure Emily can still recognize me when you're done." She didn't want to end up looking ridiculous, but she knew Hanna wouldn't let that happen. "Oh honey, my only job is to highlight your natural beauty." "I guess I should have come over earlier then, this might take longer than you thought," She half-joked. Paige's confidence had grown exponentially since being with Emily, but every now and then her old self-consciousness showed through. "Oh shut up. You're totally hot. If I was into girls, I'd totally be into you." Hanna could always be counted on for a joke. "Well thank you, but really, we better get started because I have no idea what I'm doing with my hair." Paige wasn't much of a stylist herself. "Well good, because I know what I'M doing to your hair!" Hanna said as she grabbed Paige's hand and dragged her up the stairs to her master bathroom.—-
It was know almost noon and Emily had been sitting in her bathroom for nearly three hours while Spencer and Aria did god knows what to her hair and makeup. They had turned her back to the mirror because they wanted it to be a surprise, but Emily couldn't help but feel a little anxious as she waited to see the finished product.
Finally, they were done-
"Alright, are you ready?" Aria asked. "I think so…" Emily braced herself for her reflection.Spencer turned her chair around and Emily actually let out an audible gasp. Her hair was in a half up-do and there were beautiful, little, white flowers perfectly placed around the crown of her head. They seemed to have be trying to accentuate the woodsy theme, and man, did they nail it. The hair that was left down fell in beautiful wavy curls down her shoulders; the hair that was pulled up was held in place just right, framing her face perfectly. Aria had done an exquisite job on her makeup, making her skin look so delicate and soft. Emily couldn't believe the reflection she saw in the mirror was her.
From Emily's inability to speak, Spencer and Aria knew they had succeeded and shared a little victory dance while Emily continued to stare at her reflection in disbelief.
