A/N: I'll be starting to finish this off soon...They'll probably be around 5 more chapters max. So if anyone has any other fic ideas they'd like me to explore, I'm all ears... I'd probably prefer it if it was either Waterloo Road, Casualty, Holby City or Once Upon A Time though... :) xxx

_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ The wedding day _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_

(Poppy's POV)

Adam and Phillip had gone off to get ready leaving me and Rachel alone in the house. The original plan had been for me to go with Adam and Phil to stay with Rachel, but it turned out Phillip wasn't any good when it came to hair and make-up... Rachel sat in her room in front of the mirror with wet hair wearing her dressing gown. Her dress hung off the wardrobe door still wrapped in its dry cleaning bag.

I plugged in the hair dryer and got to work drying her hair before I put the curlers in. I'd always assosiated curlers with old ladies and couldn't help but have a little giggle. While Rachel's curlers were working their magic I put mine in.

"Okay make-up time!" I smiled

"Go easy!" Rachel told me "I want to keep the natural look"

"Natural smatural" I mused "Relax I'm not going to turn you green or anything"

I started with the primer then foundation using a brush to blend in the edges, Then it was mascara and eye liner, I had to stop with that because it was Rachel and she didn't really do the whole gothic eye thing... I used a pale brown eyeshadow just enough to make her eyes shimmer a little. I was leaving her lipstick until after her hair was finished...

She was sat facing me and I wasn't letting her see until I was finished. I took the curlers out and arranged the curls in an up do before pinning them with tiny pearl pins.

"Can I look yet?" Rachel asked

"Nope. I'm not done yet" I told her "Stop looking so worried by the time I'm finished you'll be lucky if Adam doesn't pass out at the altar"

I put a couple of normal pins, holding her fringe to the side... And then did the finishing touches to her make-up and sprayed a little bit of hairspray so it stayed perfect and she was finished... She turned around and stared at the mirror for a few long seconds.

"You don't like it?" I asked nervously

"No...I love it! You done a fabulous job sweetheart" Rachel smiled

She pulled me into a light hug being careful not to ruin my work.

"Right you get changed..." I smiled "While I get ready"

I went to my own room and got to work on my make-up, unlike Rachel's natural look I went for natural foundation with smokey eyes and a lot of eyeliner and sparkly lips. My hair was much like Rachel's, But only part of mine was pinned back while the rest hung in loose curls around my shoulders. My dress was a strapless one that flared out just above my waist finishing just before my knees, it was a mixture of cobalt blue and violet, like an indigo colour...

I pulled on my locket and my heels that matched my dress. I picked up my bouquet, which consisted of purple and white flowers and went downstairs to wait for Rachel. She came down in her dress holding white flowers, her dress was unusual but nice... It was dressing gown like style but crafted beautifully. Rachel looked like some sort of egyptian godess.

"You look amazing" I smiled "Adam's a really really lucky guy. He's not just a wife, he's getting a best friend and a family. And I'm getting two parents who also both double up as my step parents depending which direction you look at it from..."

"You look really grown up... I'm so proud of you" Rachel said

"Why? Because I look older than I am?" I asked confused

"No... Because you've been through a lot and you've dealt with stuff that most teenagers couldn't... I love you" she smiled

"I love you too mum" I replied, taking a deep breathe "Okay enough soppy stuff, If you ruin your make-up I'll have to send you to your room so you can think about what you've done and then we'll miss the wedding..."

Rachel laughed gently. "Come on let's go"