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December 11, 2011
Lauren's POV
I lay on the couch after taking some Advil, trying to get rid of the enormous headache I had. I was just starting to doze off when Tyler walked into the room and sat down on the edge of the couch.
"What's wrong?" Tyler asked as he ran the back of his hand over my forehead.
"Horrible headache." I answered.
"You need to stop stressing yourself out." He said.
"Thirteen days, Tyler." I stressed. "We are supposed to be getting married in thirteen days. There is nothing left to do but stress."
Tyler and I have been together since middle school. We actually started dating on Christmas Eve, so we thought it would be perfect to get married on Christmas Eve. Everybody has been telling us that getting married on a holiday is a bad idea. But we aren't getting married on a holiday just for the sake of it, but for sentimental reasons.
Everything was perfect, the date, the wedding planner, the wedding details, the dress, everything. Everything was ready, we were ready, and we just had to wait for Christmas Eve, and finally say 'I Do'.
That was until we realized that our lovely wedding planner had made absolutely no wedding plans, and had run off with all of our money. We were part of a scam, and our dream wedding was ruined.
For the past couple weeks we have been frantically trying to re-plan a wedding. It has been very hard to do with no money. We went cheap on everything and we were able to get everything except one thing.
"I can't find a cheap wedding dress anywhere." I sighed.
"We could get married down at La Push at the beach." Tyler joked.
"Yeah, who doesn't want to get married in shorts and a t-shirt on the water front in December? Sounds romantic." I said sarcastically.
"I know we both want to get married now, but its fine if we wait." He said as he smoothed my hair back from my face. "We can get married next year, and we will have more money and you can have the wedding of your dreams."
It would be nice to wait until we had more money, but I knew it meant a lot to Tyler to do it now. He was only saying he was fine with waiting for my benefit. Two year's ago Tyler's mom was diagnosed with cancer. She has been putting up a very good fight, but recently she has started to lose the battle. Tyler wants his mom to be there when he gets married; she won't be here next year. So, waiting is not an option.
"You know what?" I said pulling him down to lay next to me. "I don't want to wait. We could make everybody stand, have no music, serve hotdogs, and I could wear a bag. As long as our family and friends are there and you meet me at the end of the isle, it will be perfect."
Tyler kissed the top of my nose and said, "You are so corny sometimes."
"You love my corniness." I laughed.
"I really do." He said before he claimed my lips with his own. After a few minutes he pulled back looking deep into my eyes and said, "Are you sure? We could wait. My mom would understand, and you could have enough time to be a bridezilla."
I laughed and pushed against him. "I don't want to be a bridezilla. I will just go look around in Port Angeles again. Some angry jilted bride had to have sold her wedding dress to a consignment store."
"I would be happy getting married naked as long as we are getting married." Tyler laughed. "Hell, that's a good idea. It would make it easier to start the honeymoon."
I rolled my eyes and shoved Tyler off the couch.
~*CM*~
"So where are we off to?" Tanya asked as I hopped into the front seat of her car.
"I don't really know. I want to look around some stores in Port Angeles." I answered.
Tanya is my best friend and also my maid of honor. Her girls, Samantha and Alexis, are our flower girls. Tanya has been driving me around trying to help me find all the things we need.
Port Angeles was turning out to be a bust. We found some cheap wedding dresses but they were cheap for a reason. They were either ugly or stained or both.
"Hey, is that Alice's shop?" Tanya asked as we sat at a red light.
I looked over to where she was pointing to and saw the sign for Alice's boutique in the middle of a small strip of stores.
"Yeah." I said. "We should go in and say hello. I have never been there."
Tanya pulled over and parked in front of Alice's store. A jingly bell rang as we walked into the store. Alice looked up at the sound and broke out into a large grin.
"Lauren." She sang. "How weird, I was just going to call you."
"What are you calling me for?" I asked. Alice and I have always been friends but not really close enough that she would be calling me from work just to chat.
"For your dress fitting, silly." She said as she skipped over to us.
"Dress fitting?" I asked. "What are you talking about?"
"Your wedding dress." Alice answered. "You have to try it on so that I can make any adjustments it needs."
"I'm confused." I said. "You made me a wedding dress?"
"Yes." She said sounding as confused as I was.
"Why?"
"I got an order to make a wedding dress for you." Alice said.
"Oh, Alice, I can't afford a brand new wedding dress." I said.
"It's already been paid for. Actually I was paid extra to put a rush on it. I have worked on nothing in the last two weeks except your wedding dress." She explained.
"Who ordered and paid for the dress?" I asked.
"I don't actually know." Alice said her eyebrows furrowing. "I got the order through email and the payment was direct deposited."
"That's weird." I said.
"Are you ready to try it on?" Alice said clapping her hands together and jumping up and down.
"I guess so." I laughed.
I held my hand over my mouth as I looked at the dress. It was absolutely beautiful. It was white satin with small red and white pearls sewn across the chest, sleeveless, it flowed out from the waist, and a silk red sash across the middle that tied into a bow on the back. It was the perfect Christmas wedding dress.
"Do you like it?" Alice asked nervously.
"I love it, Alice." I gushed. "It is gorgeous, and perfect."
"I'm so glad you like it." Alice beamed. "I was given free artistic range; the only thing that was mandatory was the red bow."
I tried the wedding dress on and it was a prefect fit. Alice had to make no alterations. Alice bagged up the dress and boxed up the white satin heels, and accessories that went along with the dress.
I was stunned silent all the way home that someone had bought me a brand new wedding dress. Tanya pulled into my driveway and we got out and headed for the house. On the door there was a note taped to it. I pulled the note down and walked inside, gently placing the dress across the couch. I opened the note and on top there was three phone numbers and then,
Lauren,
No bride should have to settle for a mediocre wedding.
You deserve the best and will have the wedding of your dreams.
The numbers at the top are expecting your call, call as soon as you can.
Enjoy your wedding and have a great Christmas.
Santa
I called the first number and it belonged to a talent agent in Port Angeles. A live band had been hired for the reception, all they needed was a time and place to come and play.
The second number was to a flower shop. The woman who answered was excited that I called and said she had been waiting to get started on flower arrangements. We set a time to meet to go over flower options.
The third number was to a catering company. We set up a time for Tyler and I to meet with them to pick out our menu for the reception.
And of course, all the people said that everything was already paid for.
"What's wrong?" Tyler asked frantically as she rushed in the door and saw me crying.
"Nothing." I smiled. "We are going to have a perfect wedding."
I handed Tyler the note as I explained about the dress and the phone numbers.
"This note is right." Tyler said as he wrapped his arms around my waist. "You deserve nothing but the best. But I'm still all for the naked wedding idea, if you want."
I laughed at Tyler's statement, I couldn't help myself. "Wait till you see the dress, you will forget about the naked nuptials."
"I can't wait." He said becoming very serious. "I really can't."
I don't know who helped with our wedding, and probably never would, but I was extremely thankful. Just being together saying 'I Do' would have been enough, but now it would be perfect.
A/N: I hope you liked this chapter. This chapter started with Lauren having a horrible headache because I really do have the world's worst headache. I almost didn't write this chapter today, but I said I have to write it, my awesome readers need their next miracle. So I fought through the pain and got it done. Now, I'm off to die of a head explosion.
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