The Shy Girl's Secret *rewriting*

Thirty-four

*Four months later*

"Mom?" I asked as she stood on my doorsteps with a huge grin on her face "Honey." She said in a way to chirpy tone the morning "It is 5 am, mom. What could you possibly need at this time?" I asked as I rubbed my eyes"Babe whose at the door?" Ryder called out from inside. My mom smirked at me "Mom." I yelled back her smirk widen "Oh hey mom." He said as he reached the door, "Or your mom." He said hugging me from the back. He said. He liked hugging me from behind, it gave him peace knowing that I was safe, His words not mine. I don't mind it honestly, I loved it when he holds me like this.

 "Well ... If you guys didn't forget. This week is an important week." She said with a beaming smile, "How?" We both asked completely confused. What was so important? "And you guys forgot." She said with a facepalm and a sigh. I stood there confused, what was so important? "Forgot what?" I asked "The wedding." She mumbled and I raised my brows. I forgot.

 "Ohh ... I totally forgot."I said, "Yeah so did I." Ryder said with a slight chuckle, "So you're here because?" I asked still confused. I mean it's five in the morning. "I'm here to take you shopping." She smiled. I groaned and saw my other mom coming down and turned into a temporary human "Yeah. We're here to take you shopping get dressed." She smiled "Hey mother nature." Ryder said "Hey Mr danger." She smirked. I rolled my eyes and got myself out of Ryder's grip and ran upstairs to get dressed.

*

Shopping for a wedding gown was way harder than I initially thought, I never thought that there would be so many dresses to choose from. Every time I'd try on a dress, I'd walk out to voice my opinion on the dress and listen to the inputs my friends and family had to say about the dress. I don't even like dress shopping so this was just torture for me.

"That's too fluffy!" Mother said, "It looks nice." Mom said as she stared at my dress. "What do you think?" Mia asked "Its not my ideal dress, or even outfit. Can't I just go in shorts and a white shirt?" I whined "No, idiot. It is a wedding. The moment of your life ... Maybe yours was forced but still. You can't say that you're not starting to fall in love Ryder." Savannah said with a small grin on her face. I rolled my eyes, "I hate you." I grumbled secretly pouring a bit of water on her. She only laughed "No you don't." She said and like the childish person I am, I stuck my tongue out. "Real mature." Stacy laughed "Shut up." I shot back trying on my fifth dress. "What do you guys think?"

"TOO old fashion," Mia said

"It's ugly," Stacy said

"Looks like it was flushed and had to be remade with towel paper." Mother said

"Something I wore to marry your father." Mom said

"Hell no," Savannah added

"Next dress!" I called out after everyone's opinion was put in. I looked in the mirror and said "No way."

"Too flashy," Savannah said

"Looks like something the bridesmaid would wear," Mia said with a raised brow

"I can see your tattoos." Mother said

"You have tattoos?" Mom asked in shock

"No. I don't like it." Stacy said with a shrug

"Since when did you have tattoos?" Mom asked

"Stop talking about the tattoos it's about her dress," Stacy said to my mom who joking raised her hands up in defense.

I chuckled helplessly, I hate shopping. This is only stressing me out "Okay! Lunch break! I think we need a lunch break." I said "Sorry,-" "Look. I'm hungry and cranky. Let's have a lunch break." I snapped. Everyone got quiet and I left the store and went straight to the food court.

*

After a long day, I finally got to pick out the dress I wanted and the dress for the maid of honor plus the bridesmaids. I chose my sister to be the maid of honor. I'm kind of surprised she agreed because she always swore to herself that she wouldn't attend a wedding because she thought it was stupid. Yet here she is, extremely excited to be apart of this wedding. 

She didn't let her opinion go unheard though, She wasn't a fan of the dresses and didn't like the color scheme because it looked too traditional. Hell, I don't even like the color I chose. I only gave in and chose the traditional colors because this wedding wasn't serious. "Babe are you home?!" I heard Ryder yell from the living room. "In the kitchen," I yelled back and he walked into the kitchen with a smile on his face,

 "Hey, bighead." He smiled as he leaned in, kissing my forehead "Hey retard." I said mirroring his smile. "How was shopping?" He asked "Don't even get me started. I got a migraine from it. Never knew shopping for a wedding could've been so tiring." I mumbled. He picked me up and placed me on his lap "Well ... Was there any progress?" He asked "Lots. I don't have to go shopping anymore." I said smiling at the thought "I would love to stay up and talk to you about shopping but it's nearly midnight and we have to go to school tomorrow. Can I get a goodnight kiss?" He asked I leaned in and gave him a small kiss which quickly turned into a heated make-out session. He pulled away and I pouted. 

He looked down at my bottom lip and bit it playfully before pulling away. "Let's go to sleep." He whispered "Yeah. Let's do that." I mumbled and let him carry me all the way to bed. "Goodnight Bighead." Was the last thing I heard him say before I fell asleep.

*The day before the wedding*

"You're not worried about anything?" My mom asked and my eyes widen as my nerves took over. "I AM MOM! WHAT IF MY DRESS RIPS! I'm not worried about him walking out on me because I know he wouldn't. He can't," I snapped at the woman in front of me "And you know this how?" She asked, "He confessed his love for me last night." I said nonchalantly with a shrug, this caught everyone's attention "HE WHAT?" All the girls at the door exclaimed "I'll explain at the party. But he was just straight forward and he wasn't overly sappy with his confession, which I loved." I said a small smile playing at my lips.

 "I don't even wanna know anymore." Savannah grumbled and I laughed, "Oh well. Can we go now?" I asked, "We sure can." Stacy smirked "Babe!" Ryder called out from the hallway "What?" I yelled back "NO STRIPPERS!" He shouted "SIR YES SIR!" I responded back before leaving with the girls. "We're breaking the rules," I said the all squealed in happiness as Stacy drove us to the farthest strip club which was basically a town away. "Time to live life girls," I smirked as we got out of the car. Since Savannah knew the bouncer we got in without a problem ignoring the protest from the others waiting in line.

"UH OH! I heard we got a bride in the house!! Give a round of applause as she comes up to the pole to receive the Bridal lap dance!" The DJ said. I smiled as I focused on not blushing. I went to the chair that was next to the pole and watched as the strippers walked passed with with a smile on their face, Congratulating me on completing a milestone in my life.

A female stripper came from around the corner with a full smirk and sat down on me.  Most strippers around here went topless but she wasn't, she had a bra on much to my relief. She began to do some other crazy shit on me while the crowd cheered "Go feisty! Go feisty!" And the cheering sort of went with the beat. Once she was done she left with a wink and a male wearing a firefighters attire came into view with a smirk on his face. I stared at my friends who grinned at me and gave me a thumbs up. That's when I knew shit was going to go down.

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