16-Getting Ready

"Come on, Arianna." Courtney pleaded, sticking her bottom lip out in an attempt to pout. It wasn't working very well. Arianna was determined to stand her ground until the very end.

"Nooooo!" The blonde protested.

"Why not?" Courtney asked, hands on hips as if getting serious now.

"Because I want to be a bridesmaid!"

The truth was Arianna did want to be a bridesmaid. However, according to the 'rule book', Arianna, being Queen of Scarlatina, had to officiate the ceremony. Arianna was not happy about this one bit. She kept complaining and complaining, but there was just nothing she could do about it. Rules were rules; Kaly was making sure of that one.

"Can't Eric do it?"

"That's childish!" Courtney told her, but Arianna didn't seem to care.

"So?"

Belle was standing nearby, watching the scene unfold between her mother and her aunt. It was quite a funny sight for a young child like herself, who couldn't resist the giggling or the non-talking for much longer.

"Please, auntie Arianna." Belle smiled, flashing her big blue eyes up at Arianna. "You wouldn't want to ruin mommy and daddy's special day, would you?"

Arianna was just a sucker for those big, blue eyes of hers. Mainly because they were the exact ones she had fallen in love with on Eric.

"See!" Arianna pointed down to Belle, looking straight at Courtney. "This is why I don't like little kids. They're so sweet and innocent, and good at getting me do things!" Arianna frowned. "Evil little-"

"Arianna!" Courtney reminded her that Belle was still in their presence. "So you'll do it?"

Arianna sighed, thinking everything over in her head. It wasn't like she was ever going to have the chance to be a bridesmaid ever again; it wasn't as if she knew a lot of people who would let her. But, this was Courtney and Duncan's big day. She knew she had to respect the wishes of the happy couple, or at least Courtney, since Duncan had left everything up to her.

"Fine, I'll do it." Arianna agreed.

"Thank you!" Courtney squealed happily, squishing her cousin in a hug.

Belle spun around, faster and faster, until she was just a blur of blonde and pink. She didn't show any signs of stopping, or getting dizzy anytime soon. She just kept spinning and spinning in front of the mirror.

"Do I look pretty?" She called.

The young girl was wearing a dainty pink dress with two lighter pink stripes across the middle. It was her flower girl dress for her parents wedding. It was the first time she had seen it, let alone tried it on. She felt a Princess to herself, despite the fact she was one anyway.

"You look very pretty." Arianna replied, smiling at the mini-cyclone.

"Stop spinning around before you fall over." Courtney told her daughter.

"But I won't fa-" But Belle had spoken too soon. Her tiny white socks slipped on the polished surface, making her land smack down on her bottom. "-Never mind..." She mumbled.

A/N: QUICK UPDATE!

I know, I know...I have been soo tired today...And lazy...Mostly tired...

I had my additional science exam today...IT WAS STUPID AND HARD! I swear...The questions were nothing to do with the freak' paper! GRRR!

I have told ya'll once, I am telling ya'll again! NEVER TAKE ADDITIONAL, DOUBLE OR EVEN TRIPLE SCIENECE! IT IS STUPID, HARD AND NOT WORTH IT UNLESS YOU PLAN ON USING SCIENCE IN WHATEVER YOU PLAN ON DOING WITH YOUR LIFE! I swear...If there had been ANYTHING better in that column, I would NOT have chosen Additional Science...BLEH!

So...As I said before...TIRED!

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