1 week later
"C'mon Willow, we have to go!" Valentino shouts, trying to get me to hurry up yet again. An irritated noise rumbles in my throat and I pack away the matte beige lipgloss that I was putting on. Stumbling out of the bathroom in these ridiculous heels that are a champagne colour as well, I question myself how I'm going to walk in these the whole time. I'll probably take them off.
I'm glad that the bottom half of the dress is loose and not tight, I'd probably get strangled wearing a tight dress. My hands grip the banister as I slowly descend the staircase, I look down to see Valentino standing there looking all clean and tidy. He is wearing a simple black and white suit, he checks his Rolex watch then looks up straight towards me. His eyes widen and I stop once I've reached the bottom of the steps. He takes a step forward and I take a moment to check him out, wrong or not I don't care.
"You....." he clears his throat and shakes his head to himself. "You look absolutely stunning," he finishes his sentence and grins, I smile shyly and look down. My hair falls around my face and he chuckles lifting my chin up so I'm looking at him.
"Thank you," I finally reply, he nods and grabs my hand. Valentino drags me out of the house and opens the car door for me, I sit down in the passenger seat. Once he closes the door, he runs around the front of the car and gets in the drivers seat. He backs out and begins the ride to the beach, the place where the wedding will be held.
After a ten minute car ride of silence we both arrive, I open the door in anticipation and look around. It's a bright sunny day, the water is a dark blue and the waves are crashing onto the sand bank. From a distance away, people are swimming and or trying to get a tan. But they are most likely going to skin cancer. Valentino chuckles when I waddle down the stairs then growl angrily, stepping out of my shoes and holding them in my hand. It's not like anyone will see that I'm not wearing heels.... or shoes for that matter.
Some people have arrived, the bride and groom are obviously getting ready at this very moment. I see two white tents, one saying bride and the other saying groom. They are separated from each other so the bride or groom doesn't try and get a sneak peek. All of the chairs that are set up are white, the alter is also white with fairy lights and flowers hanging around the alter. The floor isn't a mass of sand, it is in fact those puzzle brick things that I was talking about. But some sand from people's feet will most likely spread on the ground they have set up. Then the after party will be held somewhere else so no sand gets in the food. Don't want to eat a mouthful of sand, am I right?
"I'm going to go and see Nova," I tell Valentino then leave before he can reply. I barge through the tent, holding my heels in one hand. She looks at my reflection in the mirror that she is looking into while the hair stylist does her hair. "Nova, darling!" I exclaim in glee, she grins and waves at me.
"You can not believe how nervous I am, Willow. But at least I had a massage before my makeup and hair, it relaxed me. Anyway, is the girls here yet?" She asks in a panicky state. I shrug and walk over to a plush couch and sit down making myself comfortable.
"Well I haven't seen them as of yet," I reply. "And don't stress Nova, remember, all you need to do is focus on Mike. Only him, okay?" I slowly say so she can process this all, right now she is in stress and wedding mode. A crazy bride.
"Right," she nods firmly and takes deep breaths. I click my fingers and point to the female that is sitting down, whom I'm assuming is the massage lady.
"You need some relaxation, Nova. You're the massaging lady, right?" I ask and she nods, I grin. "Could you please massage my lovely best friends feet, just to get her mind off the whole wedding; just to calm her nerves," I raise an eyebrow.
"Of course!" She exclaims, I click my tongue and smile. I walk to the tent door and look back at Nova whom is now panicking.
"Where the hell are you going?!" I roll my eyes and wave her off.
"I'll be back in a moment. You just relax, focus on your breathing, close your eyes and let the other lady do your hair." I send her a wink then zoom out of the tent before she can protest me leaving. "Valentino!" I shout standing in front of Mikes tent, where he is getting ready or doing something else at this very moment. Valentino's head pops out of the tent and he looks at me, his blue eyes running up and down my body. He's checking me out... "come here," I point to the ground. He holds up a finger before vanishing back into the tent, I sigh and impatiently place my hands on my hips.
A minute later, he walks out with his hands tucked into his black trouser pockets. He looks at me in questioning, "yes, Willow?" His lips quirk up and I cross my arms over my chest.
"Is anyone else here yet?" He nods and walks down the steps, towards me. "Who is here?" I ask looking around the area for any familiar faces.
"Aidan is here, he was saying that Cadence was taking too long so she will call him ten minutes before she's finished getting ready. Then, he will pick her up and bring her here. Amalia and Jarrad are right there, also." He points to the stairs that we had walked down only 8 minutes ago, Amalia and Jarrad are walking down them with their hands intertwined.
I honestly think Amalia was bluffing when she said that she would leave Jarrad if he kept killing. She loves him too much to do that. Love can overpower anything. Including hate. Sometimes.... "Oh," I reply and he nods. "Amalia! Jarrad!" I shout, their heads turn towards where Valentino and I stand. They both walk over towards us, Jarrad is wearing the exact same suit as Val and Amalia is wearing the same dress that I described last night. Amalia hugs me as soon as they reach us, I hug her back and grin. "Let's go see Nova, bye guys!" I exclaim dragging Amalia to Nova's tent.
"Ugh that feels so good!" Nova moans, Amalia and I look at each other, both thinking dirtily.
"What is going on in there?" I grin, I already know what's going on in there; Nova is getting a much needed massage and she's enjoying it, so she is expressing how she's feeling through moans. We walk in the tent and Amalia sighs in relief when she sees it's just Nova getting a massage, "hey Nove!" Amalia exclaims, her eyes pop open and she grins at Amalia.
"Hey Malia," Nova calmly greets her, her face relaxed. I shake my head and chuckle, Nova ignores me and I grin at this. Emberly and Cadence walk in the tent holding a bottle of wine each. They place it on the table that's set up in the room and then sit down. Nova stands up and walks over to a changing section.
"Everyone looks beautiful," Cadence grins looking at all of us. We all agree and Nova walks out with the dress on; the top is heart shaped, it then has a brown ribbon wrapped around the waist and then the dress frills out with its own frills. Her hair is done up into a bun with curls falling out, her makeup is natural- brown eyeshadow, contour, highlighter, no lipstick. Her eyebrows are done though, I think she looks beautiful. We all gasp and compliment her.
"We'll see you out there," I wave, David- Nova's father walks in and hugs me, he's like a father to me. I quickly walk out, Mike is standing at the end of the isle, a white suit, his hair neatly combed back and he's talking to Valentino. All of us girls walk down the isle and stand next to where the bride is supposed to stand when she reaches the end to speak her vows and say 'I do'. Valentino mutters something then walks over towards me, he smiles.
"Don't you look even more beautiful than the last time I saw you, aye?"
My stupid cheeks decide to go red at his compliment and I flash him a smile, momentarily forgetting my hatred towards this man. "Thank you," he smirks and nods. When the wedding music starts playing, he walks back to his assigned position; which is next to Mike. Everyone stands and turns their heads as Nova walks down the isle, clutching her dad's arm for support and grinning with tears in her eyes.
I look at Mike, his eyes are teary- good, good. He looks away for a moment to wipe his eyes then turns back to where the love of his life is walking down the isle. She stops in front of him and kisses her dad on the cheek and grabs Mike's extended hand. "You look so gorgeous," he whispered to which she blushed.
The vows were then proceeded and everyone stared in awe and excitement, "you may now kiss the bride." Mike grins and grabs her by the waist and pulls her in for a kiss that will seal their love. A kiss that means so much. Nova Forbes is now Nova Saunders.
Everyone cheers, happy that their marriage is now sealed. It's their happily ever after.
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"Great after party, am I right?" A random guy that is most definitely younger than me says, trying to somehow flirt with me. I give him a look of annoyance, he's been flirting with me for he past half an hour! Valentino obviously knows I'm not interested because he looks rather amused with the situation, seeing my suffering. Gee, a lot of people like to see that these days.
"Just dandy," I say through clenched teeth and shuffle away from him, my politeness is holding on by a very thin thread. I'm about to turn into a god dam pepper, all hot and spicy!
"You're rather hot, would you like to go out some time?" I gape at him. That is one of the worst things to say when you're trying to pick up a girl. Here is the order of words you should say to shouldn't.
1. Beautiful
2. Stunning
3. Gorgeous
4. Pretty
5. Cute
6. Hot
7. Sexy
8. Sex worthy
Maybe some girls may like that but not me. If any guy said the 6,7 and 8, I would definitely count them as creepy and a stalker. "I've got a boyfriend," I blurt out, trying to stop his lame attempts of flirting with me. He raises an eyebrow and looks around.
"I don't see him anywhere," this guy is so dumb. Just because you can't see him doesn't mean that he isn't here, plus, he wouldn't even know the guy! "Where is he then?" I'm so dumb for doing this, but I point straight at Valentino. In my defence if I said any other guy, they would've been killed in a second flat, then it would look like Val and I are dating with his over protective ways and possessiveness.
"There he is." Valentino raises an eyebrow, I make all sorts of gestures that silently mean come here. But he isn't picking up on my secret language and message. I groan, "Val, come here!" He grabs his beer and walks over to where the creepy dude and I are standing. The guy honestly looks scared, I would be too; Valentino is intimidating.
"Yes?" He questions. I mentally grimace at what I'm about to do, it hurts thinking of it. I grab his hand, intertwining our fingers. He looks at our hands in confusion and surprise then looks up, "what are you doing?" He asks suspiciously, I almost stand on his foot for that.
"Um Val.... you're my boyfriend, I can do this whenever I want. Because you're my boyfriend," I even put an emphasis on the word boyfriend to put deeper meaning into what I mean. He smirks in realisation and grins cheekily, he's up to something. He pulls me to his chest and nuzzles his head in the crook of my neck, "I will destroy your balls," I whisper to him.
He chuckles, "baby, you made me mad today." I roll my eyes and stomp on his foot, he doesn't flinch. "Can I get a kiss so I can feel better?" So that's what is up to? HE WANT'S A GOD DAMN KISS!
I pull away and fake cough, "I'm sick though.... I don't want to get you ill like me." He chuckles and shakes his head, the guys keeps looking at our exchange, can he go away?
"Awe baby, I miss kissing you though. I miss doing a lot of things with you, don't you remember last night when you were screaming my n-" I clamp his mouth shut with my hand and give the younger pervert a smile.
"He's just kidding, could you give us some privacy?" He shrugs and walks off, as soon as he is out of sight I hit Valentino as hard as I can. "I seriously hate you!" I exclaim and he laughs.
"But... But I'm your boyfriend, you have to love me!" He smirks then pouts, I glare and slap him across the cheek then storm away ignoring his laughter.
"That was.... Interesting," Cadence finishes off and chuckles. I cross my arms her my chest and sigh, I wish the ground could swallow me whole like Alice in Wonderland. Well, it didn't really swallow her whole... She just fell.... Into a bunny hole.
"Don't speak of it, again," I dryly order. She laughs and I glare, she sticks her hands up in surrender then grins.
"Time to cut the cake!" Nova shouts, informing everyone of yet another special moment.
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I hope y'all enjoyed this chapter. It had more of Val in it, I was falling asleep at the end though because of how tired I am.
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These are the bridesmaids dresses, there are only three but oh well, I made up a fourth.
This is Nova's wedding dress, simple but beautiful :)
Keely xoxo