48 hours with you

The Past

It had been a few weeks since Luke proposed to me, and I was so excited planning the wedding. The wedding was in less than 2 months, and I had so much planning to do that I had to ask Mom for help. Luke's family was big, and so was mine. The list was of 700 people, this included almost every single person I think both families knew. The worst part was I wasn't even in charge of the guest list. My future Mother in law and my Mom were, so I just let them handle it. Unfortunately for me they felt like half the city neede to be invited to the wedding. The invitations would be sent out in about 2 weeks and in a few days I was supposed to review the invitations and envelopes to make sure everything was spelled correctly and nothing was missing. I grabbed my bag and headed to my fitting appointment, I was nervous for some reason and I didn't really know why. I got in my car and set the GPS to my location. The drive was 30 minutes, I guess if you want a good dress you have to go far. The drive wasn't as bad as I thought it would be, it's a good thing I booked my appointment early, if not traffic would have been a nightmare.

I arrived at the store, and it was a tall two stories building. I head to the door, I opened it, I was greeted by a few ladies I walk to the receptionist desk and let her know of my appointment she then told me to wait a few minutes and there came Angelo, you know that friend that you have that was always very stylish, always thought all the guys were hot, but he never wanted to admit he was gay? Well that's Angelo, he's been my friend since the 3rd grade and well I always knew he was different. Yet just recently about 3 years ago he decided he was ready to be himself, I'm so glad because since then, he has been happier.

"Hey girl, how are you?" He said, he then kissed me on both cheeks, I gave him a hug.

"How have you been?" I said,

"You know Me Darling, always making up a stir"

"Oh I wouldn't doubt that at all I said, same you as always, always causing some sort of trouble"

He just laughs and wraps his arm into mine

"Shall we?" He says.

"We shall" I reply.

He takes me to a back room and says, "You're lucky I worked today... They would have paired you with Nicole. She's been in a mood recently."

"Oh really, who is Nicole?" I asked.

"Honestly sweetheart I don't even care for her, but you know me everyone tells me the gossip, even when I don't want to know, what do I do? Cover my ears." He mockingly put both hands over his ears.

"Oh, stop, you know you like the gossip."

"Girl, stoppp, you know I can't help myself."

"Let me go get the dresses you ordered."

I start to undress and grab the white robe they had hanging in the dresser. After a bit, Angelo came in and his complexion looked a bit different.

"Are you okay, Angelo, do you need to sit down?" He looks at me and smiles, "I'm okay." He grabs the dresses and starts to hang them up on the wall hooks. He open the bags and pulls the first dress out. Angelo proceeded to assist me into the dress, zipping it from the back. I stood in front of the mirror, admiring it, but it just wasn't for me. I looked at Angelo, and he had a few tears in his eyes.

"Are you sure you are okay?"

He wiped his tears away quickly.

"I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm just a bit emotional, that's all." I grab his hand,

"You know you can tell me anything, right?" He smiles,

"I know Darling..." I turn around, and He unzipped the dress, as I take it off he reaches for the second dress, he bends over to switch the dress and then helps me put it, he zipped it right up once I had finished adjusting it. I stopped and looked at myself, I actually really liked this dress the way it hugged my hips and the fact that it wasn't too tight, I could still breathe. The lace texture was very beautiful, it was conservative from the front with the lace sleeves and heart shaped bust but the hanging pearls that fell right on my spin, gave it a sexy flare I was in love. I looked at Angelo and gave him an approving nod. I stayed silent still letting the beauty of this dress sink in, I looked at Angelo from the mirror's reflection.

"I want to see the dress Luke ordered, the one he had made?" He stayed quiet for a second, "I'll go check." Angelo stepped out so fast he didn't help me out my dress. So I sat down on the White love seat.

Thirty minutes passed, and he still hadn't returned, I walked to the door, as I reached the door handle Angelo came in. He looked panicked.

"Darling, you need to get dressed and go." He turned me around and unzipped the dress, He reached to get my clothes off the hanger and handed it to me.

"Is everything okay?"

He looks at me and says "I'll tell you once you leave, okay?"

I turn Around and grab my yellow sundress and put it on. He opens the door and looks around. And grabs me by the hand and pulls me to the back door. "I'm sorry darling, but you'll have to go out this way for now I'll meet you in the front". Angelo pushed me through the emergency exit. I was confused and frustrated, I had no idea what was happening, I headed to my car and realized I forgot my keys. I walked to the front of the store and opened the door. I saw Angelo talking to someone. I walk toward him and I say "Hey, I forgot my car keys In the room." He turned around and the color from his face drained. He turned as white as a piece of paper. I see the girl in front of him. Her eyes were bloodshot red and her mascara and eyeliner smeared all over her face. Could she be the hysterical girl Angelo was talking about earlier? She was holding a dress, but not just any dress, the one Luke had gotten custom-made for me. "Hey, there is my dress!" As soon as those words left my mouth, she pushed toward me. "You took him away from me" she yelled.

Angelo looked like he's about to faint.

"He loved me, He told me He loved me." She cried,

I couldn't help but laugh, "You must be mistaken, I don't know what you are talking about?"

She then reaches for her phone. Angelo hurriedly says, "Let's just step out." I tried to take the dress from her, but She yanked it from my hands. The nerve.

"Give me the dress!"

"NO" she yells.

"Nicole? Is your name right?

"Give me the dress, it is mine."

She held her phone tight in her hand, she wanted to show me something, but Angelo wanted us to leave. She took a step back.

"I was supposed to wear this dress... He told me it was for me... Then all of a sudden he's supposed to marry you."

I sigh "Nicole I think you have the wrong person now can you please give me the dress?"

"I don't have the wrong person, you're supposed to marry Luke Miller,"

She caught my attention. "What about Luke? How do you know him?" I could see she had me right where she wanted me, and now she had my full attention.

After a few moments of silence, she started to talk.

"Me and Luke have been seeing each other for 6 months. When he had this dress designed, he said it was for me told me I'd wear it one day, he also said he would be leaving you for me. Until I found this dress today... with your Name on it." I could feel my heart racing and my mind going blank. I felt light, I felt like I was floating and then Darkness.