Thrown Through Time

Chapter 1

Waving as she left the pharmacy where she worked, Sophie let out a sigh and checked to make sure her cell phone was off. It was the beginning of two weeks vacation and she had warned them she wouldn't be taking any phone calls. There were plenty of other pharmacists they could call in case of an emergency, though typically the only issues they ever had was getting the correct information from the doctors who sent the scripts over.

She walked the six blocks to her apartment and took the elevator to the fourth floor. She had just moved in a few months earlier and she still had a few pieces of furniture she wanted to order, but the place was starting to finally look and feel like home to her. Life was finally starting to be just how she'd always imagined.

The first thing she wanted to do when she stepped inside was to change into something more comfortable, but that would have to wait. Her best friend was getting married the following  weekend and had sent over a dress for her to try on. She pulled it out of the entryway closet and held it up. There wasn't much shape to it and she stared at it for a moment before realizing there was a note pinned to the shoulder.

'Sophie, I know it looks plain, but you have to try it on and we'll get it altered on Saturday if it needs it!' Lisa had written in her scrawling handwriting. 'There are more pieces to it, they're just being custom made. Don't freak out!'

"Don't freak out?" Sophie laughed softly. "I never freak out!" She walked to the bathroom and changed into the dress, managing to tie the laces across the back, though they were a little crooked.

Walking out into the hallway where a full length mirror hung on the wall, she stared blankly at her reflection. "What on earth are you thinking, Lisa?" she mumbled. The dress was a soft green color, but looked like something out of a historical film, just without all the accessories. It was, simply put, very plain.

The phone rang and she walked into the living room to pick it up. "Hi Lisa, I was just trying on the dress." she said.

"Okay, so don't judge me, okay?" Lisa said. "There are more layers to it, I just needed to know if it was totally huge on you, or if it was too small. I totally guessed on the size."

"It's a little loose all over," Sophie replied. "But it's not huge. What on earth are you planning? Because this is not the typical bridesmaid dress. At all. Not even close."

Lisa laughed softly. "Promise you won't laugh at me?"

"I promise. Well, no, I take that back. I might laugh. But it's your wedding, so you do what you want to do."

"I'm having a theme wedding."

"A theme wedding? Like, what kind of theme?"

"Fourteenth century."

Sophie thought for a moment. "Like a renaissance theme?"

"Yes! I'm so excited!"

"That is not what I was expecting, at all!" Sophie said. "What made you want to go with that?"

"Because Todd is my knight in shining armor," Lisa said. "So, he's going to be dressed as a knight, and I'll be dressed like a princess!"

When Sophie finally hung up the phone, she let out a long sigh and flopped down on the couch. She was trying her best to imagine how the dress would look with another skirt over it, plus a corset but she just couldn't picture it. Lisa's seamstress was going to have to perform a miracle to get such a plain dress to look suitable for a bridesmaid.

Laying back on the couch, she knew she needed to start dinner, but it was the start of her vacation and she didn't feel like doing anything. She had a week before she had to fly out on the following Friday and she'd be staying with Lisa until the wedding on Sunday. They had just a couple of days to make sure the dress fit properly, but she had a feeling that if everything was going to lace up how Lisa had described, it wouldn't matter much if it didn't fit perfectly. She already had a pair of brown boots just like the picture Lisa had sent over weeks ago, and she'd been practicing how to french braid her hair. There wasn't really anything else to do but relax and enjoy the next few days. Besides, she was tired and she closed her eyes. "Just for a minute," she murmured.