After All This Time

Chapter Forty-Three

"What was your Ben like?" Sloane asked me.

"Well..." I tied and bit off the thread from the last sewed side of her dress, "Our Ben was very kind. He was the kind of person to come up to you while reading a book and ask if you wanted a glass of water, if that's a good example."

"That sounds nice. I just wish our Ben was like that." Sloane nodded.

"Yeah, he was actually pretty similar to you. Well, personality wise." I slid the silk off of her from the open side. "But enough about Ben. Your day. Now go take a shower, I can finish the rest of this dress in less than 5 minutes." I smiled.

"Okay." Sloane chuckled, then she went into the bathroom connected to the room, which for some reason she had one, unlike the rest of the hotel.

I heard the shower start and then I grabbed her dress and lifted it in the air, the open side of the dress facing me, next I grabbed the invisible zipper and lined it up perfectly with the un-sewn fabric and put thread into the needle again. I held firmly in the air and then quickly thread the needle through the zipper and fabric. And as soon as I got to the top, I went down twice and up again, and then repeated the same thing on the other side of the zipper. Then I started smelling some kind of cooking meat all the way from the kitchen on a different floor, it smelt good, but not good enough that I would eat meat again. I zipped the zipper up and down to see if it functioned properly, and thank God it did. Then for the moment of truth, I flipped the dress inside out, the correct way and looked at it. Everything looked perfect, except a couple of loose threads which I tied and cut easily. Not to brag, but the dress was gorgeous. It was exactly what I envisioned, and I'm hoping it's what Sloane envisioned, too. I looked around to see what I had to do before I left the room and took a shower myself. I picked up all of the sewing stuff off of the floor and bed and put it in a corner because, you know what happens after weddings. And then something clicked into my head, she needed a bouquet. So I got some ribbon off of the floor quickly and cut it, then I opened the door that led into the hallway and saw a table with some decorative white flowers in a vase. Perfect. I picked up the flowers with my mind and quickly brought them to me. I shut the door as I tied the small band of flowers together and set them nicely on her bed next to the dress. I double checked everything in the room, and thought everything looked okay, so I grabbed the jumpsuit that Sloane found for me and then left for the bathing room down the hall. I entered the spa room and walked over to the showers, hung my jumpsuit on a curtain rod one shower over from the one that I entered, and then undressed. I turned the water on hot as I set my old clothes right outside the curtains and started to do my business. I quickly took my hair out of the ponytail-braid, washed and brushed out my hair with one of the new spare conditioners in the stall, and then washed my body, trying to do all of this as quickly as possible so I could help Sloane get ready, but also so I have actual hygiene. I got out of the shower feeling fresh, and I used my powers and brought a towel over to me and quickly dried off. I put on the jumpsuit and went over to the sink and looked into one of the mirrors as I brushed out my hair again. The piece of clothing felt really nice, and it looked really nice on me too, complimenting my body frame. And when I stood regularly, it looked like a dress, but when I walked it looked like a jumpsuit. Sloane did a damn good job finding this, because it was perfect. I was thinking about leaving my hair down for the wedding, but I knew that Sloane would and I didn't want to steal her hairstyle. I grabbed some of my hair from the front and pulled it to the back like I was going to put my hair half up, but instead I started braiding each side and pulled it back, and put the two small pieces of braided hair into a low ponytail. So, my hair was still partially down, but also out of the way. I turned around and grabbed my things and set them down next to me on the edge of a bathtub as I put my socks and boots back on. I grabbed my stuff and exited the large room, and then walked down a hallway where I could see Five and I's room. I used my powers and flew my extra clothes into the room, unlocking it, and then shutting the door again and walking back to Sloane and Luther's room. As soon as I entered the room, I heard Sloane taking deep breaths and sniffling. I looked at the bed, and noticed that the flowers were in a different spot and the dress was gone.