Marissa picked Kendall up from Fusion after work in order to drive then across town to go dress shopping for the wedding. There was really only one little dress shop Marissa was interested in visiting. One she knew was Bianca's favourite.
The proprietor met them at the door with a glass of champagne and they were escorted to the back room where a rail of clothes was already waiting for them to admire.
"Now this is the kind of shopping I like!" said Kendall taking a sip of her champagne and running her fingers along the soft fabric of the row a beautiful dresses.
"Bianca brought me here when we were getting our dresses for New York." Marissa explained.
She however only gave the row of dresses a brief glance. What she was looking for wasn't there.
"Excuse me!" Marissa exclaimed calling back their hostess. "When I came here last year, we bought a dress… maroon with black embroidery… fitted bodice… long train… I was looking for something more like that!"
"I don't know it." the hostess said.
Unsure how else to describe it, Marissa pulled out her phone.
"I won't be a moment." she said.
She was right; it took no time at all to search online for an image of her and Bianca sharing a kiss on the red carpet at the Erica Film Premier.
"That dress." said Marissa passing her phone to the hostess.
The proprietor looked at the image. She made no comment on the kiss only admired the gown.
"I remember it now." she said. "It was a special in-house design… um. We have something similar in black."
Marissa scowled.
"I was hoping for something more colourful."
The hostess smile though.
"If you give me a moment I shall go and talk to our head seamstress. May I take you phone?"
Marissa nodded.
"If it means you come back with a dress, then yeah."
Kendall, who had been happily rummaging through the rack turned back to Marissa.
"You know that sounded very expensive talk." she said.
"Bianca's worth it." said Marissa.
Kendall gave Marissa a sweet smile.
"You two." she said with a laugh.
Kendall turned back to her perusal of the dresses when she cried out with delight. She pulled a dress from the rail.
"This is it! This is the dress I need!" She put down her champagne glass and hurried to the nearest mirror to hold the dress up against herself. "It's the right colour and everything!"
Marissa grinned. It was actually a dress Bianca had tried on the last time they were here. Dare she tell Kendall it was a year out of date?
"It suits you." she said instead.
Kendall spun back, still holding the dress against herself.
"Then I'm going to buy it!" she exclaimed. "…I'm just going to try it on first…"
She disappeared into one of the changing rooms while Marissa settled to wait on one of the couches.
"So," Kendall called through the changing cubical curtain. "While I've got you alone and we've time to kill… let's talk more about you wedding. What have you planned for your Hen Night..!"
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