Me And My JJ

55

Anaya P.O.V

I'm literally stressing out. Why did I say I wanted to get married? I'm only twenty. How am I meant to live like a married woman?

The door knocks and I sit up in my bed. Mum walks in and frowns at me.
"You're getting engaged today! Why aren't you up?! Your makeup artist is coming in an hour!" My mum says quickly

I look at the time and huff. I get out of bed and make my way to the shower. I have a shower and it actually really helps. It's relaxed my muscles and I don't feel so tense anymore.

I wrap a towel around my body and sit on my bed. I'm not regretting the fact that I agreed to marry Harris but aren't I too young?

I look at the time and realise I only have half an hour left before the woman comes to do my makeup. I get up off my bed and put on a clean pair of nighties. I sit at my dressing table and start drying my hair and after that I straighten it.

As soon as I'm done the door knocks. I open it and see a lady with a suitcase in her hand. She must be the make up artist. She gives me a warm smile and I smile back and let her in.

And the caking begins... Yay!
*note the sarcasm*

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"How you feeling?" Fayzaan asks as we get out the car
"Oh I'm fine, I mean at least I'm not a twenty year old girl getting engaged today" I say sarcastically and he sighs

"You'll be fine trust me" he says giving me a reassuring smile
Except it is wasn't so reassuring
"At least you weren't so young when you got engaged" I mumble as he walks away

My mum leads me to the back room and then leaves. Why would anyone ever leave me alone on the day  of my engagement? I walk over to the mirror in the corner of the room.

I stare at my reflection. I see a confident, grown up woman but I still see the little ten year old shy Anaya. To be honest, Harris is a big part of why I got more confident. He makes me feel confident about myself, and that's why I love him.

The door knocks and I turn around and see four of my favourite girls walk in.
"You look amazing" Aaliyah compliments me and I thank her shyly

"You haven't seen Harris yet have you?" Iqra asks me teasingly and I shake my head, laughing
"Why do you look so scared?"Amina asks
"Are you having second thoughts?" Safaa asks

I sit down and shake my head and they walk closer to me.
"I'm not having second thoughts because I love Harris and there's no doubt that I do but we're only twenty, why rush it? I mean, I will always love him so what harm would it do if we got married later?" I explain and Safaa sighs

"Babe listen, I know them aren't the only reasons why you don't want to get married so early and I know it's mostly because you're worried about what people will think about you, isn't it?" She asks and I shuffle around in my seat awkwardly

I swear, she is a proper mind reader it's freaky.
"Naya, forget what other people think, to be honest they're just jealous that you've found someone and they haven't" Amina says and I give her a grateful smile

You know, they're right. I shouldn't care about what others think because it's my life and I'll do what ever the fuck I want. And right now, this is the second most amazing thing I've done right after keeping in contact with Harris.
"Are you okay?" Aaliyah asks and I nod
"Thank you" I say

"We'd hug you but your fiancé-to-be is out there waiting and I doubt he's gonna wait any longer" Iqra laughs and I blush

We walk out the room and Aaliyah helps me on to the stage and I sit next to Harris. I look around and see how many people actually turned up to my engagement. I can see my friends, all my family, my cousins...