𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐈𝐑𝐋𝐒 ᶠⁱⁿⁿ ˢʰᵉˡᵇʸ

𝟎𝟏𝟖: 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟖
𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬

"Ada, I look silly." A now seventeen Aurora fussed as Ada buttoned the back of Rory's dress for her. It was a light pink dress and looked beautiful on her. "No you don't." Ada assured. "You look beautiful." She said. Ada leaned in, "Finn will love it."

Aurora rolled her eyes and walked away from Ada, taking the lipstick to gently paint it onto her lips. Ada laughed to herself.

It only took the family a month to realise Aurora and Finn had gotten together. It wasn't hard. Anyone with a brain could've guessed. They couldn't stay away from each other. And two years later, they still couldn't.

"Speaking of.." Ada nodded toward the door. Finn stood in a suit and, for once, no peaky cap on his head. Finn had a small, loving smirk on his lips and he leaned against the wall. "You look nice." He complimented. Ada hummed. "See," she whispered, brushing past her younger brother and leaving the room.

Aurora smiled and leaned up to kiss him, draping her arms around the back of his neck. "Where's your cap?"

"You told me you don't like it—" he defended. She laughed. "I'm only joking, Finny. You look very handsome." She said with a satisfied look on her face. Finn raised his brows and kissed her again. "We need to go," he said, "Tommy won't be happy if we're late for his wedding."

Aurora rolled her eyes and used her thumb to wipe the lipstick that had transferred from her own lips to his.

-

Aurora and Finn walked into the church as people had began gathering to wait for Grace. Aurora departed from Finn and went to Tommy who was waiting patiently with Arthur at his side. "Relax, Tom." She stopped in front of him, looking up.

He let out a breath and shook his head.

"You'll be great. I know it." Aurora patted his shoulder. "Thank you, Rory." Tommy sighed and cleared his throat. "I'm glad you came today." he said.

"I wouldn't miss it for the world." Aurora assured him, looking for Finn as she went to where the Shelby side had gathered. She tutted and leaned up to fix his collar. "Do you not wear this kind of stuff every day, hm? Do you not know how to fold a collar properly?" She teased quietly.

Finn tilted his chin up as she fixed it for him and kept his hands in his pockets.

Aurora let her arm fall and land around his upper arm. Finally, Grace appeared at the end of the church with a cavalry man on her arm. "Here come the cavalry— late as usual." John mumbled to himself and warned a glare from both Esme and Ada.

Aurora sniggered to herself and watched Grace walk in her purple dress.

She looked up at Finn. "Purple?" He twisted his face into confusion. Rory matched his expression and held back her laugh. She could hear Finn's poor attempt to avoid laughing and smacked his arm. "Stop it!" She hissed, still trying to contain herself.

He took a deep breath and stared up at the ceiling, tears of laughter brimming his eyes.

-

Aurora stood with Charlotte and Alfie as they watched both Mikey and Harvey try to chat up two girls. "God, they're hopeless." She whispered to herself. Alfie had his arm around Charlotte's shoulders and they laughed, finding their friend's behaviour embarrassing to watch.