Please don't kill me for not updating sooner! I've had some writers block! I know exactly how I'm going to end my story, it's just hard to come up with what's gonna happen until then. Anyways, enough of my blabbering! Enjoy!
Kim Pov
I woke up at 12:30 the next day. I was exhausted from what had happened last night. Sneaking out, getting attacked, and almost kissing Jack again sure wasn't the way I was planning last night. It was Sunday morning so my parents would be home from work.
I hopped out of bed and walked to the bathroom. I looked in the mirror and saw a droopy eyed, ratty haired girl staring back at me. Yikes. I ran my hands under some refreshing cool water and splashed my face. I dried my face with a towel then brushed out my hair. I put my hair in a neat ponytail and ran downstairs.
My mother and father were sitting at the dining room table eating what looked like baloney and cheese sandwiches. I walked over to the table and sat down.
"Well you're up late." My father said.
"I'm sorry father. I couldn't sleep last night." I explained.
"Excited about the wedding?" My mother asked and smiled.
I forced myself to smile back. "Yes mother, I am very excited."
She squealed like a little girl and I just rolled my eyes.
"Pancakes or a sandwich, Miss Kimberly?" The butler interrupted.
"Pancakes please." I said. Then I turned back to my mother and fathers conversation.
"So when are we going wedding dress shopping?" I asked my mother.
"Oh my goodness I forgot about that! And here I was, expecting you to just show up in one for the wedding!" She laughed at herself. "We can go today if you would like." She finished.
I had to admit I was kind of excited to go wedding dress shopping. It would be fun picking out that one perfect dress that I would be wearing while everyone stared at me walking down the aisle. Was I excited about the wedding? No. Was I excited about the dress? Absolutely.
"Kim?" My mother asked, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"Oh- yes mother I would love to go shopping today." I replied.
She squealed again. "You could invite some friends to help you pick out your dress." She suggested.
"I think I'll just bring Jack." I replied.
My mother looked at me suspiciously.
"Why would you want to do that?"
"I um-well, I uh- I thought since he knows Milton so well, he would know what kind of dress Milton would think looks best on me." I said. Nice save.
"Then why don't you just bring Milton with you to pick out the dress?" My father asked.
My mother gasped. "You know it's bad luck for the groom to see the bride in her wedding dress before the wedding!" She practically yelled. My father put his hands up in defeat.
"I'll call Jack's parents and see if its okay. You go get ready. We're leaving in an hour." My mother said to me.
I nodded and ran upstairs. I decided to wear nice blue jeans, a red cardigan over a white tank top, a necklace, and my sparkly silver Jack Rogers. I decided to straighten my hair, then I put on a little more makeup then usual, finishing it off with some lipgloss. The whole process took about 45 minutes, which meant we would be leaving in 15 minutes. I went downstairs and found my mother sitting on the couch watching the news.
"Oh- Kimberly! Jack will be here soon." My mother said. I nodded in response. I decided to take a seat on the couch next to my mother and wait for Jack's arrival. For the next 20 minutes or so we watched the news and had some small talk. I was so excited about hanging out with Jack that I had butterflies in my stomach and I was starting to get nervous.
Knock knock knock
"I'll get it." I said to my mother. I got up and opened the door. I saw a cute brown haired boy standing there with- with a huge red mark on his face?
"Jack? What happened?" I asked concerned.
"Hello Kimberly." he said, completely ignoring my question. My mother was still concentrating on the TV.
I lowered my voice so my mother couldn't hear me. "Jack, what happened to you? Why is there a huge red mark on your face?" I asked.
He sighed. "Let's just say my mother wasn't too happy when she found out I snuck out last night." He explained.
"Your mother did this to you?" I asked, shocked.
"Yeah." He said quietly and looked down at his feet.
My mom walked up to us.
"Well, time to go!" My mother said while walking out the front door. She was obviously ignoring his affliction. My mother didn't really care about Jack; all she cared about was making Milton and his parents happy. Jack was just a pest that was always hanging around. We walked out of the house and I closed and locked the front door.
It was about a 10 minute drive. I was sitting in the limo with my mom on my left and Jack on my right. I loved being near Jack. Just the thought of him made me smile. I looked over at him and saw that he was staring at me. We smiled at each other. I could feel my cheeks getting red. He grabbed my hand and entwined our fingers. I could feel my cheeks getting really hot. Luckily, my mother was too fixated on her iPad to even notice. We finally reached the mall and Jack let go of my hand. We got out of the limo and started walking to the nearest bridal shop.
We reached a cute little boutique full of wedding and bridesmaids dresses. I looked around for almost 10 minutes and couldn't find anything satisfactory. My mother kept trying to help me pick something out, but she didn't have very good taste and I rejected all of her suggestions. Jack tried to help me but whenever he came over to help I kept getting sad about having to marry Milton. I was basically looking for a dress by myself. I was looking through a rack when something caught my eye; it was a gorgeous strapless wedding dress. I grabbed it and admired its beauty.
"Mother! I found one!" I said happily. Jack and my mother came over and looked at it.
"Wow! It's beautiful!" My mother said and squealed.
The sales lady came over to us. "Did you find a dress that you like?" She asked.
"Yes she did!" My mother exclaimed enthusiastically.
"Great! Why don't we get you into a dressing room?" She said. She led the way to an aisle in the back filled with stalls. There was a mirror on the outside of every stall door, a mirror in the stall, and a big full length mirror on the back wall. I got into one of the stalls and slipped my wedding dress on. I admired it and how it looked on me. Perfect.
I walked out of the stall and saw Jack standing there with his mouth wide open.
Jack Pov
Oh. My. God. Kim looked absolutely stunning. Her wedding dress looked perfect on her.
"Jack?" She said, snapping me out of my thoughts.
"Huh?"
"You weren't answering me! I said, how does it look?" She asked.
"Oh. Sorry. It looks- it looks beautiful." I said. I could see her cheeks starting to turn red and I chuckled.
Her mom looked over and squealed. "Kimberly! You look stunning!" She exclaimed. "You'll look so beautiful walking down that aisle!"
My stomach clenched. It killed me to know that Kim was getting married; and to my own brother!
"This wedding will be amazing! We'll get a full orchestra, doves, and flowers! Lots and lots of flowers!" Her mother exclaimed.
I saw Kim smile but I could tell it wasn't genuine. I couldn't believe Kim was getting married. I wanted to be with her. She should know that! I had to do something. I have to stop the wedding. But how?
Sorry for any errors! I wanted to get this chapter to you guys asap! Well, please please please review! Lets try and hit 100! If that happens I will love all of you so much! Okay, well stay tuned for chapter 9!