A.N- sorry if this seems like a bit of a 'filler' chapter. Don't worry - Christian will have his conversation with Elaina!
Jade was out with Mia at a fitting in a boutique across the City. Her own dress was now finished and she wanted to see the finalised alterations to Mia's.
They'd had brunch with Ana and it seemed everything was going well with the wedding planning.
Despite the fact that they were Aunt and Niece, Jade and Mia had been raised more as siblings. Because of this, Mia had been the first person she had asked to be her bridesmaid, and she was going to be maid of honour as well. Luckily, Mia was more than happy to organise nearly every aspect of the Sawyer-Grey wedding anyway, and both the bride and groom were working full time. Sawyer was seemingly with Christian all day, and Jade was now spending all her time on either paintings, drawings or meetings with clients. After the success with the images she had created for the house Elliot had made, she had been asked to create nearly thirty for other people across the City. Because of this, Jade and luke had decided to hold the wedding two months from the proposal. This meant that Jade would have her work mostly done and they could go away on a honeymoon,
Mia's voice made Jade turn around from staring at the window display. She had just come out of the changing room and was displaying her dress off. It was perfect, a short length purple silk dress that the boutique owner and Mia had created themselves.
Jade smiled 'oh that looks amazing! Well done- oh it's perfect' she ran over and hugged Mia as the bell in the door chimed lightly, announcing a customer. Jade glanced over and gasped, a huge grin in her face. 'You made it!' the woman at the door was in her late twenties, with tanned skin, dark wavy hair, brown eyes and a toned physique. She was wearing jeans, a green top and a leather jacket, and when she spoke, her accent was heavily Israeli 'Of course, I am only just off the plane, but I come'. Her English wasn't perfect but it was passable and Jade introduced her 'Mia, this is Aliyah, Aliyah, this is Mia, my Aunt'. They kissed each other warmly on the cheek and Aliyah looked over at Mia's dress 'bridesmaid dress? It's beautiful' Mia smiled and it seemed that they were going to get on well.
About twenty minutes later the rest of the expected group had arrived. Lexa Sawyer was the first after Aliyah, looking much healthier than she had in a long time. Lexa was Sawyer's twelve year old sister and another bridesmaid, which was something she had been incredibly excited to accept. She was small for her age after years in and out of hospitals but she was still happy and very energetic, with long curly blonde hair, a huge perfect smile and facially she looked identical to Luke. Lexa was incredibly excited about trying on her dress and had immediately disappeared into the changing room with it.
Lexa had arrived with her mother Callie, who looked like an older version of both of her her children, long dark blonde hair, pale skin and a slender figure. She was stunning and pulled Jade into a tight hug as she came in. Following closely was Grace and Jenny, a childhood friend of Jade's who was at Stanford law School and had made the journey up. She was tall with reddish brown hair and freckles.
Everyone was waiting for Jade to come out in her dress, which none of them had seen other than Grace and Mia. The Bridesmaids Grace, Jenny, Lexa and Aliyah had tried on their dresses and were back in their clothes, waiting for Jade.
The dress was simple, a lace overlay that pooled on the floor around her feet and created a small train behind her. There were small sleeves and her chest was covered by lace, purposely covering the scars on her. She looked amazing and quickly everyone was either crying or squealing loudly at the sight of it. Grace had immediately burst into tears and Callie had pulled her into a crushing hug.
After changing back into her normal clothes, Jade couldn't get rid of the enormous smile on her face and Aliyah was grinning widely. 'Jade, I've got a surprise for you' she raised an eyebrow 'you've only been in the country for a few hours' Aliyah shrugged 'your father helped'. Jade looked surprised and Aliyah glanced at her watch 'we should go'. Grace turned to them 'are you two alright?' 'I have a surprise for Jade. We go now' Grace smiled 'well have fun, get her home in one piece' Aliyah laughed 'her father told me the same. We should go'
Aliyah linked her arm through Jade's as they walked down the street, casually lapsing back into Hebrew as they spoke. Jade spoke both Hebrew and Arabic fluently but Aliyah's first language was Hebrew and she spoke less English than Jade did of Hebrew. Taylor was waiting for them beside a car, smiling slightly. 'Did the fitting go well?' she nodded, smiling broadly 'it seems like we're finally ready' Taylor laughed 'well the Wedding is in three days, I should hope so! Now we should be getting to your surprise'.