Chapter 4
Church had finished and Maya was exhausted. She didn't sleep well after that whole ordeal with her mother. She should just elope right?
Wrong. She couldn't bring herself to leave her defenceless mother. Her mother would have cracked if not for her and if she just packed her bags, despite not having anywhere to go and left, her mother would probably be wheeled off to the mental asylum and she'd have to live with that guilt forever.
Anyway, Maya yawned as Missy was chatting to her.
"You're coming over to mine right? I want you to check out my wedding dress. I feel as if you're not a snake and wouldn't tell anyone about what it would look like," Missy whispered. Missy's blonde haired friend came and asked if she could check out the dress.
"I'd love to but you remember what happened with Dorothy Green a couple of years back when her best friend told the whole village about her dress and nobody was that impressed on the wedding day? I'm not going to let that happen to me. I'm so sorry. I hope you understand," Missy said.
The blonde haired girl frowned and nodded, dragging her feet. Missy pulled Maya's arm and broke off into a sprint, running to her house. She unlocked the large door that was about the size of her small home and led her up the spiralling, classy stairs and into her princess themed bedroom. Maya's mouth dropped when she saw Missy's room. A princess bed and a massive window with the windowsill cushioned, a couch and a massive wardrobe with a massive body sized mirror.
"Wow. Your room is amazing," Maya whispered. Missy smiled at the comment and picked up the pink box on her bed. It had white ribbon and a bow on it.
"The dress arrived this morning. I hope the tailor lady got the design right…" Missy said, crossing her fingers. Maya smiled at her nervousness.
"What are you waiting for? Try it on," Maya said, turning around.
"Oh no, wait downstairs! I want to make a grand entrance," Missy replied, pushing her out of the room. Maya walked down the stairs and stood not too far from the staircase and not too far from the front door. Missy's younger brother, mother and Katy had arrived.
"Good afternoon Maya, I bet Missy dragged you and couldn't wait to show you the dress!" Amelia said. Maya nodded.
"She hasn't shown me yet. She told me to wait downstairs," Maya stated.
"Ooh I can't wait to see how she'll look though! You're daughter is a very beautiful girl so I bet she can pull off anything," Katy gushed to Missy's mother Amelia. Amelia smiled, playfully slapping Katy's arm and saying 'Stop it'.
Maya's phone started buzzing and she picked it up, turning to face away from everyone else.
"Hello?"
"Maya it's me Riley! Guess what? My hamster video got viral and so famous that I'm gonna be on a new show! It's called-" Riley started but paused when she heard a scream.
"Maya what was that noise?" She asks, worried.
"Riles? Could you call me back tomorrow? There's a bit of a crisis."
"Uh… Sure."
Maya put the phone down and saw Missy sticking her head from the top of the staircase.
"I really hate it. I look terrible!" Missy wailed. Maya shook her head.
"Honey, just come down," Amelia insisted.
"No mother I absolutely can't! I feel like I've been cursed with this awful dress," Missy yelled.
"Missy, please come downstairs. Let me see what the dress looks like and we could get it fixed?" Maya asked. Missy slowly walked down the stairs and the dress really was a horrid sight. All the measurements were correct but the sleeves were puffy, there were awkward bits of fabric layering which was unnecessary and frills. Missy looked like Little Bo peep but embezzled wedding dress edition. Missy was crying.
Matthew was laughing after he got over the initial shock but his mother slapped his head.
"Matthew, go feed the animals!" Amelia scolded her son, pushing him towards the kitchen and out of the back door. Maya circled the upset Missy.
"It's fixable…" Maya mumbled, looking her up and down. Missy looked hopeful.
"Is it really?" Missy sniffled. Maya nodded, smiling.
"Just get me some sewing essentials, a sewing machine and a measuring tape. I'll start on it right away," Maya reassured. Missy screamed in delight, jumping up and down.
"Thank you thank you thank you THANK YOU!" She screamed, hugging Maya and jumping. Maya laughed and asked her to hurry up and get the essentials. Missy ran right away to get all the things she needed and helped take it to Maya's home. Maya measure Missy and asked her to leave the style and such to her because she knew what she was doing. Katy pushed a sobbing Missy out of the door who was too grateful and Maya went into her room, getting to work.
She stayed up all night getting it right and held up the masterpiece, hanging it on a hanger and zipping it up in a large plastic bag from one of her expensive dresses. Maya walked to the Bradfords and Amelia answered in her night gown, exhausted.
"Sorry for knocking on the door so late but I figured Missy would need this tomorrow morning," Maya said. Amelia's tired eyes woke up and she attempted to open the bag to check the dress. Maya stopped her.
"Don't worry. She'll look better than she ever has before," Maya whispered, winking. Amelia's eyes got watery and she hugged Maya, kissing her on the cheek.
"You're a God-send. God bless you Maya Hart. You are one of my own now," She whispers back. Amelia closes the door after watching Maya enter her own home and wipes away her teary eyes, wishing and hoping that Missy would love this dress and look great.
Maya was looking forward to the wedding tomorrow. It reminded her to ask Missy about the arrangements and how this all happened.