Ok... so the first chapter was very cluttered looking. So I am going to repost it and then I am going to post Chapter 2! Please enjoy and comment comment comment!
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Chapter 1
* Ding Dong *
I ran down the stairs as fast I could, rollers bobbing on top of my head. As I reached the bottom step, I tripped a little bit and felt my knee slam into the door. I flung the door open and found one of my best friends standing there.
“Oh My Gosh. Are you ok?” my best friend Kristi said looking amazing in a black knee length Chanel dress with matching black Christian Louboutin Pumps.
“Just a little bump. Besides I don’t have time to worry about that, the wedding starts in 2 hours” I said frantically.
“How long is it going to take us to get there?” Kristi asked. I grabbed Kristi by the arm and dragged her upstairs.
“Well, to get there, and if you include traffic, and then trying to find a place to park, it’s going to take about 45 minutes. And look at me, I am still in shorts and a tank top” I stated over my shoulder.
Kristi and I made it to the top of the stairs and walked into my room that looked like a natural disaster had struck it.
“You have like an hour to get ready, what have you been doing all day?” Kristi asked looking around at the massive mess.
“Well…” I started off, slinging clothes everywhere, “I got up, and sat on the couch and watched some TV. Oh yeah, I had some cereal and then decided to play some piano. Then I came up here, and had a little nap…”
“A little nap?!?! How long did you REALLY sleep?” Kristi asked, knowing well that it wasn’t a little nap, not with me.
“Ok ok ok, so, I accidentally laid down and slept for… 3 hours” I said, hiding behind a dress.
“CARA!!” Kristi shouted at me.
“I know! I didn’t mean to. And now I am freaking out because I am running late and I have no idea what to wear. And I don’t know what to do with my hair or my makeup” I said throwing my hands up in the air in frustration.
“Ok ok, calm down. Just take down your hair from the rollers and just run your fingers through it. I will do your makeup and here… put this on, it will look stunning with your eyes” Kristi said handing me my dark green Bianca Nero beaded neck dress. “Now, follow me to the bathroom so I can do your makeup. But, first we need a little mood music.”
Kristi walked over to music setup, and before she even turned on the music I knew what was going to start playing. And sure enough I heard the first couple of notes of ‘S.O.S.’
“Much better, now lets get you ready!”
I sat the dress down on the bed and followed Kristi into the bathroom. I sat down on my stool as she began to assort my makeup.
“I can’t believe Amanda is getting married!” Kristi said with excitement as she began putting face primer on my face.
“I know! It just figures she would be the first to get married. I just feel bad that I haven’t seen her but like 4 times in the past 4 years since we graduated. And I feel even worse that I haven’t had a chance to meet Greg” I said as Kristi started putting on my foundation.
“Same here. He seems like a really nice guy or at least he sounds like a really nice guy from what Amanda says. Didn’t she say he was a musician?” Kristi asked as she finished up my blush.
“Yeah, I don’t think she ever told me who for, but I think they are pretty popular. Maybe we will find out when we get there. I just can’t believe we all graduated from a small town high school in Alabama. And here we are in Los Angeles. Amanda with her job as an accountant, you starting your cosmetic line, and me almost finished with Nursing school. It’s like we are all living the life we wanted growing up” I stated.
“Awww, look at you being all sentimental.”
“Well, its true.”
“I know I am just teasing. I agree with you. Life here is the life that we imagined growing up and I am glad that we finally get to live it. It will just be different now that Amanda is getting married. We won’t get to see her as much as we use to, and even then that wasn’t a lot. I am almost done with your eyeshadow and then you can put on your mascara” Kristi said as she put my mascara in my hands. “There, you are done. And you look great! Now throw on some mascara and lipgloss, take down your hair, throw on yours dress and shoes and lets go!”
Kristi left the bathroom and I began taking down my hair. My brown curls cascaded down my back. I put on some mascara and a quick hint of lipgloss before stashing both in my clutch for the night. I went into my room where Kristi was nowhere to be found, she must have been downstairs. I put on my dress, and searched frantically under the pile of clothes for my black Manolo Blahniks. I grabbed the jewelry from my dresser, switched off the Jonas Brothers just as ‘When You Look Me In the Eyes’ begin to play, and with my clutch in the other hand, handed down the steps.
“Wow! You clean up nicely!” Kristi said smiling.
“As do you darling!”
“Are you ready to make a night of it?” Kristi said with a smirk on her face.
“Of course, its girl’s night at the wedding!”
“Wait, is David not coming?” Kristi asked about my boyfriend.
“No, he can’t make it, which I am really upset about. He said something about a business meeting with the Los Angeles Dodgers that he couldn’t get out of. But, it just upsets me, because he knows how much Amanda means to me, and he can’t even come to her wedding for me, but, whatever. It’s not my day, it’s Amanda’s! And we better get going or we are going to be late.
Kristi and I both rushed to my car and got in. 45 minutes later we arrived at the church. It must have been the place to be because I had never seen so many people turn out for a wedding. There were a lot of people I didn’t recognize and there were a couple of famous faces I saw here and there mixed in the crowd. There were also several people I recognized from Alabama and you could tell that they looked out of place at the big event.
The usher took Kristi and I to our seats, which were pretty close to the front. More and more people kept filing in and before long the string quintet started playing different songs. Next thing we knew all the groomsmen came out of a side door followed by the best man. I looked over at Kristi and she looked at me. I could tell we were thinking the same thing.
“Does the best man look familiar to you?” I whispered in Kristi’s general direction.
“Yeah, I was just thinking the same thing, but I can’t put my finger on…”
At that moment the groom came out of the side door to stand next to the best man. Kristi and I both looked at each with a shocked expression on our faces.
“Oh My Gosh! Amanda is marrying Garbo!” Kristi whispered in complete shock.
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