Steam rises around me as I take a shower, and I do my best to let it calm me down. It's 6:30 in the morning, an hour before the wedding, and the nerves are just kicking in now.
I'm careful not to wet my hair; my freshly styled and dyed hair. The style ladies dyed it a deep raven black, and cut it more evenly. It's up in rollers now.
Taking deep breaths, I step out of the shower, rubbing my body with lavender scented oil as I was commanded, before slipping on my new lace underwear set(I don't even want to think about why i'll need it) and wrapping myself in a plush towel. I step out of the bathroom, and let out a shriek.
"Megan?!"
My best friend stands at the nightstand, slipping a pair of silver hoops in her ears, and grins when she sees me, her multicolored eyes lighting up the room and making her few freckles stand out. She runs over and hugs me.
"Kortney! When were you planning on calling me with the news? I haven't heard a word from you since you left after running from your fiance-I was worried."
To be honest, i'd been so busy, i'f forgotten about her... but I can't tell her that.
"I'm sorry, i've been really busy, Meg. A lot has happened. Who told you?"
She tucks a stand of her long auburn hair behind an ear, and smiles smugly. "Mark called, and I actually flew over with them. But I got a hotel to keep it a secret."
Those devils... I love them so much. "Well i'm so glad to see you. I was starting to panic a little."
She pats my arm comfortingly. "I know, this is huge. But from what Mark has told me, this guy must really love you if he called the cops on his own grandfather."
I look down at her dress, and squeal again. It's a mid-thigh length, black and strapless number, with a wide silver diamond-studded belt. And her heels are silver pumps with diamond studded heels. "Oh my gosh! That dress is hot, Meg. And those shoes. When did you get them?"
She twirls for me. "On the last 'family outing' my mom took me on. It was more like a business outing..." Her face falls, but she smiles again, covering it up like only she can do. "Thanks for giving me an occasion to wear it."
I frown, seething on the inside at her parents. "Well you know you're practically my sister, so you don't have to worry about them."
She nods, the shadows disappearing from her eyes. "Yeah well, I need to score a husband next, so i'm going for the goggle eye factor."
I laugh and go sit on the bed. Mrs. Thomas and mom come in, carrying my dress between them, looking close to tears. I slip into it without too much trouble, and mom really does start to cry.
"My baby is getting married," she sobs, grabbing me into a big, crushing embrace.
Megan starts taking the curlers out of my hair, and I watch in the mirror as all of my hair is released into a long, curly mass around my head.
"It's amazing," I breath as I arrange it around my face.
There's a knock at the door, and Mom opens it to reveal Mark and the guys, all dressed up it their tuxes, and obviously hating every minute in them.
But they freeze when they see me. I smile, a bit embarrassed.
"Kor?" Mark looks shocked, like the others, and I spin slowly.
"So? Do I look like a beautiful bride?"
Peter steps forwards, kneeling. "Zach doesn't deserve you Kor. Marry me instead?"
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Now I Panic
أدب المراهقينKortney is a regular sixteen year old girl. Or, at least, she is now. But it's a little hard to be normal, when your parents are billionaires... which is why, when her older brother Mark moved out, she went with him. But one day she's called back t...
