Leila
"LEILAAAAAA! Leila, Code Red, bitch!!" Nia shouted. I stormed into my sister's dressing room connected to the chapel. I find Imani crying and screaming hysterically. Her makeup is running and she's all over the place.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"My dress!! I'm getting married in less than an hour and my dress is ruined!" There's a medium sized tear on the side of her dress. Oh shit.
"Shit, not only the dress..." Iesha quietly pointed out.
"What??"
"No, Imani, wait!"
She rushes to the mirror. "Oh my God!?! What the fuck is thaaat? I look like BooBoo the fucking Fool!" She turns back to me and her bridesmaids. "That's it! This wedding is over! I can't get married like this!"
"You're right you're not. Everybody out except my sister." The girls rushed out the room.
"How am I supposed to get this fixed?"
"I'm sure I know someone. Gimme a sec." I grabbed my phone from my clutch and dialed his number. "Hey. No, I need you. It's an emergency. No, not for that. Can you just bring my makeup and sewing kit out of the car? And I need another favor when you get here." I hang up the phone.
"Who was that?"
"Damian."
"What can he do??? My makeup is fucked and my dress is torn. What can Damian do to fix tha-?"
"Just shut up and trust me. Let me handle the makeup and he can handle the dress."
Two minutes later there's a knock at the door, I allowed Damian to walk through as he hands me my makeup box. "What's wrong?"
"Take a look."
He finds a crying Imani and jumps back. "Oh!" I smacked him on his arm. "My bad, uh, what else did you need again?"
"Her dress is torn on the side. I need your sewing skills."
"Uhhh, Lei. I thought we agreed we wouldn't tell nobody about that." He tries to keep his words low for no one else to hear.
"I know, baby. I'm sorry, but this is an emergency. She needs this done now or else this day is over for everyone." I grabbed for his hand. "Please, baby?" Sending him my pouty face.
"Alright. Alright. Hand me the needle and white thread." I do as he asked. We have forty minutes left until my sister has to walk down the aisle and Damian finishes her dress in under ten minutes.
"Oh my Goodness! Damian, it's perfect! How'd you learn how to sew?"
"I, um, that's not important right now. What is important is that you need to get out there and marry my brother already. He's waiting for you."
"He still wants to marry me?"
"Of course he does. Otherwise, none of us would be standing here right now. I never seen him this happy with anyone else. That man loves you to death. I know you feel the same about him, too. Y'all are real good for each other. I want y'all to last until y'all are old and wrinkly. All you gotta do is say "I do"."
Imani pulls Damian in for a hug as he follows through with the embrace. This is about to make me cry. They've came such a long way.
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