Disclaimer: I don't own Austin and Ally or the Disney Channel. I do own my original characters.
Ally's POV
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Ally arrives after her short drive to her parents house in her sleek red convertible. She pulls up and parks on the left side of her parents driveway behind Trish's white Lexus. She parks the car and Ally hears screaming coming from inside the house, she's greeted by Kate and Trish literally running out the door waiting to greet her.
"ALLY! ALLY! ALLY! Oh my god Ally! We've been waiting for you!" Trish and Kate both scream again in unison. I swear that they don't even know each other that well yet it seems like they're alike in their thinking. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they are going to get along great.
" KATE! TRISH! Oh my god! I'm so happy to see you! Come on, let's go inside! Mom and Dad should be around and we have some time to kill before our appointment at the bridal boutique."
"Ally! You look so gorgeous today!" Kate says to her cousin.
"Thanks Kate, but I'm not tall, blonde and thin like you are. You're the hot one!" Kate smiles because she knows that Ally's right. Kate's 5'8 has platinum blonde hair with green eyes, the figure of a barbie doll. Kate may be from New York, yes she can be pretty high maintenance but she really does have a heart of gold.
Ally and Kate turn to Trish, "We love that leopard print bag you have Trish! It's so cute!" typical girls.
They continue to compliment each other and the three women walk into her childhood home and are greeted warmly by her parents.
"Ally! Oh baby! I missed you so much!" Penny hugs her so tight she can barely breathe and it sounds like she's going to cry. I love my mom, but seriously she's gotten even more emotional since Austin and I got engaged.
"Hi Mom! It's so great to see you, but you do realize that we just had you over for dinner last night? -" Ally's cut off by her second favorite guy in the world, next to Austin that is. Truth be told, she can't choose between either of them as to who her favorite is because she's daddy's little girl.
"Daddy!" Ally runs into his arms to squeeze him as tightly as she possibly can.
"Hi sweetheart! Take it easy on your mom alright? She just loves you so much, we both love you so much and we -" Lester starts to get choked up as well.
Trish and Kate aren't used to this sort of behavior from either of Ally's parents. So, they decide to interrupt what could result in a sob-fest if they don't act quickly.
"Hey! Why don't we get something to eat and just chat for a little while." Trish suggests sweetly.
"Yeah! Aunt Penny and Uncle Lester! I'm kind of hungry. My flight was scheduled to come in on time originally, and then a half hour later it was delayed and I had a tiny snack before we left. " Kate's stomach starts to growl so she definitely needs to eat something.
"Of course! I think it's safe to assume that you want to eat light being that you're trying on dresses today?" Penny smiles already knowing their answer.
"YES! That sounds great! Thank you!" Ally, Trish and Kate all say in unison.
Penny, Lester and the girls walk down the narrow hallway that leads into the kitchen area. Penny stands at the island counter in the center and fixes the girls some turkey, mayo and cheese sandwiches while she makes Lester a ham and cheese sandwich as well. Penny hands the girls and her husband and their sandwiches as they all sit down at the kitchen table and discuss Ally's wedding plans. Penny was supposed to go with the girls to the bridal salon but something came up last minute so the girls are going to send pictures or so that's what Ally thinks. You know what they say time flies when you're having fun.
"Kate! Trish! Our appointment at Belle's Bridal Boutique is in a half hour and it'll take us about fifteen minutes to get there. We need to finish up and get ready to go. I'm sorry mom and dad I'd love to stay and chat longer but you know how I am with being on time..." Ally trails off worrying that she's going to disappoint her parents.
"Oh honey! It's fine, just head on out. We'll see you soon. Love you!" Penny and Lester chuckle because they know for a fact for adamant Ally is about being on time for everything and just how anxious she gets if she's going to be late. Ally smiles and is grateful that her parents knew her so well.
"Thanks Mom & Dad, love you too! Trish! Kate! Why don't we just take my car over to the boutique and I'll drop you guys back off here right after?" Ally suggests but there's really not an option because really it's what will be easier.
"But All-" Trish starts to whine but Ally cuts her off.
"No Trish! I know that you want to drive, but really it'll be the easiest right now since I'm blocking your car in and trust me it's totally cool." Ally smiles genuinely at her best friend.
" I got shotgun!" Kate yells to Trish and runs to the car and hops in.
"No problem Katycat! I have shotgun on the way back from the bridal boutique though!" Trish gets in the sleek red convertible in the passenger seat for now. Ally walks over to the drivers side and gets in the car.
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Ally and the girls just listen to music while driving and catching up with each other on the drive over. Their trip is short and before they know it they're already here pulling up to Belle's Bridal Boutique's parking lot.
They park the convertible, Ally locks it as they walk up to the glass doors of the boutique which has a single red rose on it. They're greeted by the sales associate with cascading long brown curls with green eyes who looks to be in her early twenties, "Welcome to Belle's Bridal Boutique! I'm Isabelle and I'll be your bridal stylist today. Are you Ally Dawson?"
"Yes I am! I have my Maid of Honor Trish and my bridesmaid Kate here with me today. We're scheduled to have our appointment at 2:00pm and I know we're fifteen minutes earlier than expected so we'll just wait."
"No Ms. Dawson, it's not a problem at all. It's refreshing that you're early. So what do you say we get started? Before I start pulling dresses for you, what kind of wedding ceremony are you having?" Isabelle says with a smile on her face.
"I'd love that! My fiancé and I are having a beach wedding." Ally can't stop smiling this whole day seems surreal to her.
"Alright ladies, why don't you look for potential bridesmaid dresses with Ally? I'm going to go pull wedding dress styles I think that she'll like."
The girls set off on a mission to find the right style bridesmaid dresses for them. They look at each other and start to chuckle after seeing how hideous some of these bridesmaids dresses are.
Kate holds up a dress that makes her want to vomit, " Wow, this is the ugliest brown dress I think I've ever seen in my life. I mean just look at it."
Trish and I look at each other and she scoffs, "You're right what on earth do you even call that brown? It's not pretty like the honey brown color, and it's light like a champagne but it's God awful ugly. What do they even call it?"
"Eh hem! Latte! Who on earth would put their bridesmaids in dresses this color?" I ask completely baffled.
"A bride that doesn't want her bridesmaids to outshine her. I know it's totally ridiculous. I'm not worried Ally, you won't ever put Trish or I in a color that hideous ever!" Kate states with no hesitance in her voice.
Trish pulls up another dress that looks like it belongs in a circus and it's got a million different layers to it, "This one looks like it belongs in a circus. It's like a million different colors threw up and were splashed onto this dress and it's over $300."
"Girls! Don't worry! I'd never put you in a horrible color, so that's why you will be wearing red."
"Red!" Trish and Kate scream excitedly, "Yes! Auslly colors!" I just chuckle and shake my head lovingly at them.
"Okay girls, why don't we stop making fun of the obviously atrocious dresses and find you guys some dresses that are actually suitable? Let's look for light fabrics for you guys like chiffon and taffeta. We need to find you guys three or four dresses to try on. Oh, are you thinking short dresses or long dresses?"
"Alright, I'm on it." Kate being a fashionista from New York and Trish with her awesome sense of style will definitely find appropriate choices for them. Kate sets off and finds two long dresses while Trish comes back and finds two short ones.
"Hey Ally! This is what we've found to try on. Let's wait to see what Isabelle pulls for you to try on though because we want our dresses to compliment yours." Trish says and Kate nods her head in agreement. As soon as Trish finishes her statement Isabelle comes back with at least five dresses in her hands.
Isabelle smiles, "Okay Ally! I've pulled these dresses for you based on where you're getting married and a couple also just for fun to try on so you get the whole dress experience. I've pulled sweetheart a-line dresses, mermaid style dresses, and even a trumpet style dress along with a full ball gown that zips up in the back just for fun."
Ally walks into the fitting room. Which one should she try on first? She's got five dresses in here, Isabelle hands her the first dress. The first dress she is handed is a simple A-line lace gown with flowers on it, with very intricate detail but goes straight across the bust. There's a corset that needs to be laced up in the back, but Ally think it's pretty enough and the train isn't insanely long. This is it! I can't believe that I am trying on the first wedding dress ever! I wish my mom was here but she had something important for work last minute. I wonder if I'm going to get the OMG this dress is it feeling that everyone talks about when I find it. Okay, well we're about to find out if dress number one is a contender.
Ally walks out of the fitting room and sitting in front of her is Trish, Kate and Penny. Ally's in complete disbelief because she knows how important her mom's work is to her.
"Mom, what are you doing here? I thought -"
Penny cuts Ally off, "Oh honey! I told my boss that whatever the issue was with the gorillas that it could wait a few hours because I had somewhere much more important to be - and that's with you and experiencing this."
Ally walks over to her mom and just hugs her to let her knows that she appreciates that she's here with them. "So, what do we think?"
"Well, it's pretty but we don't want to settle on the first one when we have four other dresses to see on you." Penny says while Kate and Trish nod in complete agreement.
Ally walks back into the dressing room and decides to try on the full ball gown just to see what it looks like on her. She slips the dress on and Isabelle zips her up. She feels like the dress is literally overpowering her and to top it all off it's heavy. Ally walks out of the fitting room once again and shows the others dress #2.
Everyone smiles at Ally but they all know that this was the "just for fun" dress since Ally doesn't want the over-the-top wedding.
Kate decides to give her opinion, "Ally you look beautiful in this dress, but it's just too much. You and Austin want an intimate beach wedding, and this is that over-the-top gaudy type of dress that Carrie from Sex in The City would've worn if Mr. Big actually married her when he was supposed to."
"Yeah Ally, this is a Cinderella dress, but it's sparkling so much that it's even hurting my eyes. I never thought I would say that." Trish couldn't have been more right. The bodice was glitzed to the max that it might as well have been a disco ball and the bottom half was just a fulle tulle skirt. The dress added another twenty pounds for Ally to carry on top of her body weight.
"Alright Isabelle, I think that it's time that I get out of this dress. I'd like to try the next one on." Ally says with anticipation in her voice because she just has a feeling that one of the five dress is going to be the dress.
Ally and Isabelle walk into the fitting room and put on the next dress. Dress #3 is a strapless organza and tulle high low style ballgown, with a dropped waistline and beaded flower appliques draped diagonally on the left side of the wedding dress. The fabric is so light and looks perfect for a beach wedding. There's only one word to describe this dress: Breathtaking. Ally slips on the dress and Isabelle and zips up the dress. Ally walks out of the dressing room and over to her mini entourage.
Wow. Gorgeous. Stunning.
Trish, Penny and Kate are at a loss for words in this moment. Ally hasn't seen herself in the mirror just yet so she's unsure why the normally boisterous women are silent. Penny is the first to speak and wants to cry but holds back tears threatening to fall,
"Ally, you look like a bride in this dress. It just truly enhances your beauty. You look stunning baby girl."
Trish is trying to hold back the tears in case her best friend isn't sure that this dress is the one. "You look just - wow! Ally I can't believe this is really happening. We're all grown up and getting married and I just - wow. You look absolutely beautiful." Ally's not sure whether this dress is a hit or not with the others as she hasn't seen the dress yet, but Kate's the last one so let's see what she thinks.
" You look gorgeous Ally! Really you do! I'm just so happy to be in your wedding and it sucks that I live far away from you but just know that I will always be here for you and I love you. Okay?
"Promise?"Ally says to Kate with her heart filled with happiness
"Promise." Kate says as she gives Ally her pinky to seal the deal.
"Isabelle, I'd like you to turn me around so I can see this dress in the mirror please."
Isabelle responds happily, "Of course Ally. Ready... one, two, three. "
Isabelle spins Ally around to face the mirror and as Ally looks at herself for the first time in the mirror in this particular dress she starts crying. She's never seen herself look this beautiful before. She thought with her pale skin that she wouldn't look good in white, but she was wrong, oh boy was she wrong. Ally zones out for a few minutes completely overwhelmed with so much happiness that she starts shaking.
Isabelle asks, "Ally, what do you see when you look at yourself in this dress?"
Ally smiles through her tears, "Austin. I see Austin. I see myself walking down the aisle and marrying Austin in this dress. This is the one. This is my wedding dress without a doubt. I don't need to try on any other dresses because I know that the others just won't be as special. " Penny, Kate and Trish are also in full blown tears right now as well. Ally opens her arms wide and the three other women join her for a group hug. Everyone's mascara is running right now, but not a single one of them cares at all.
"ALLY! YOU FOUND YOUR WEDDING DRESS! YOU HAD THE BRIDAL MOMENT THAT NOT ALL WOMEN HAVE WHEN THEY GET MARRIED! YOU'RE SO LUCKY!" Trish screams and cries in the middle of the boutique and she doesn't even care.
"Really, thank you so much for sharing this moment with me. You three are the most important women in my life and I'm just so grateful to have you. So, let's stop crying. I'll stay in my dress because I don't want to take it off yet. Trish and Kate, I want you to start trying on some bridesmaid dresses. Now, short or long?"
"Long!" They both say.
Kate states,"Especially since your wedding dress makes you look like you're floating on a cloud. Long dresses are much more elegant anyways."
"Alright then, so instead of trying on all four dresses we'll just have you guys try on two. How does that sound?" Ally says smiling.
Trish and Kate grab their dresses and go into separate fitting rooms while Ally and Penny wait outside the doors for them. Trish's dress is a one- shoulder adorned with a delicate flower applique at the top along with an asymmetrical neckline and ruching down the silhouette. Kate's dress is a strapless straight across draped criss-cross netting with a soft flowing sash down the center.
Trish and Kate step out of their dressing rooms and walk to Ally and Penny. Both dresses look absolutely stunning but which one is going to work best with Ally's dress? Which one is going to make both of the girls feel confident and look beautiful?
"You both look amazing! Is there anything that you guys don't like about each dress? I think this might be a tough decision for all of us." Ally says extremely impressed with both dresses.
"Ally, when Kate and I were driving back from the airport... we agreed we just want you to be happy. Both dresses are beautiful and I'd be happy to wear either." Trish says with confidence, "But if you need me to make this a little easier on you. Kate's rocking that bridesmaid dress she's wearing."
"I agree with Trish! Hey Isabelle, since it seems like the dress I have on we're leaning towards can you grab Trish a dress in her size as well?"
"Not a problem! I'll be right back" Isabelle says and before we know it she's literally back only a few minutes later.
"Here you go Trish! Now, let's get this dress off of you and the other one on." Isabelle goes to help get Trish in the new dress that everyone can't wait to see on her as well.
Trish comes out and Ally's jaw almost hits the floor. She can't get over how gorgeous this bridesmaid dress looks on both girls. Penny also smiles approvingly as she just sits back and lets the girls talk about the bridesmaid dress that suits them. It hugs their curves perfectly, the chiffon material is so light and airy that it'll be perfect for a wedding ceremony on the beach. Kate and Trish stand on opposites sides of Ally and Ally's vision just became a reality.
"Trish! Kate! I love this dress on you! You both look incredible in it! Do you love it?"
"Yes, yes we do. We're ready to buy the dress right now." Trish and Kate both say in unison.
"Well, that settles it. Isabelle, we can't thank you enough for all of your help today. I'll be purchasing and paying for my wedding dress in full and the girls will be paying for their dresses as well."
"Okay, great Ally so we will need to schedule your fittings now. Your first fitting will be in March, your next fitting about April, and your last fitting will be in June one month before your wedding. Isabelle sets up Ally's fittings for her. The ladies all thank her one last time and then exit the boutique arm in arm.
Talk about a successful day.
A/N: You guys rock! Reviews appreciated. xo