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38. dress

Amanda was handed a couple of wedding dresses by Alesha. All of them were picked out by either Alesha, Hollie, or Lexi and she was going to try on each dress until she found the perfect dress to walk down the aisle to Simon in. She went into the dressing room with the load of dresses and hung them on the hooks. There was no attendant helping them pick out the dress as Amanda had only wanted her best friend and her daughters to help her pick out the dress.

Amanda undressed to her knickers and took off her bra as most of the dresses had built in ones as almost all of them were strapless ones. The first dress that was in the pile was an off-white princess style gown. It had no straps and jewels all down the bodice. It felt heavy in Amanda’s hands as she put it over her head and zipped it up. It fit perfectly and she looked at herself in the mirror of the dressing room. She walked out of the dressing room, holding the sides of the dress so she wouldn’t trip over the hem, and made her way to where Alesha, Hollie, and Lexi were waiting for her to come out.

Lexi’s eyes widened as she saw the dress and her eyes went to the bodice of the dress.

“Mum! That dress looks beautiful on you!” Lexi exclaimed.

“You look like a princess now, Mummy,” Hollie added in.

“The dress is gorgeous, ‘Manda, but do you love it?” Alesha asked as she took in the dress as Amanda spun in a small circle for them.

“I don’t like the bottom part of it but I love the jewels on the bodice but it seems like a little too much for me with it all over my torso. I love it otherwise,” Amanda replied.

“Try on the next one then,” Alesha replied. Amanda walked back into the dressing room and she took off the wedding dress that she was wearing, putting it back onto the hanger and placed it on the chair in the dressing room. That was where she was going to put the dresses that she had tried on but wasn’t the perfect dress.

She lifted the next dress from the pile and this one felt lighter in her hands as she put it on and zipped it up in the back. This one was also a strapless dress with a sweetheart neckline but there wasn’t much detailing on the dress. It was also a princess style dress with the fabric gathered at Amanda’s natural waist and it had white chiffon for the skirt. Amanda picked up the dress so she wouldn’t step on the hem and walked out of the dressing room.

From the faces of Alesha, Hollie, and Lexi, she knew that they didn’t like the dress that uch either.

“It’s too plain for you, Mum,” Lexi said. “It looks more like a dress for a formal dance than a wedding dress because it’s so plain.”

“I think Mummy looks pretty,” Hollie countered. “She looks like a princess again.”

“Thank you, Hollie. I don’t like this one at all. It’s way too plain and it doesn’t feel like a wedding dress because of the skirt,” Amanda replied.

“Try on one of the mermaid style dresses. You might like those ones better, Mandy,” Alesha added in.

Amanda went back into the dressing room and went through the pile of wedding dresses, looking for the mermaid style dresses that had been picked out by either her, Hollie, Lexi, or Alesha. She found three mermaid style dresses. One of them was strapless and two had sweetheart necklines but the other one had lace that went down her entire arm and across the top of her torso with a cutout in the fabric of the dress in between her breasts with the lace going into it. The one strapless mermaid style wedding dresses had sheer paneling going down the sides of it and went across her stomach. There was boning in the dress that went underneath her breasts and the bottom of the dress started to flair out where it hit her knees.

The third dress had had sheer lace that went around her collarbone, up to her neck and it was sleeveless. The lace continued on to where it started to flair out and it was made to look as though the lace was being absorbed by the fabric. There was small crystal detailing all throughout the dress on the lace and stopped where the lace ended. There was a belt that was sewn onto the dress and it was also covered in the crystal detailing. It was a beautiful dress so Amanda picked up the third one.

She slid the dress over her head and all of the fabric hit her curves in the correct places. She walked out of the dressing room and Alesha's eyes widened when she saw the dress as did Hollie and Lexi's eyes.

"Amanda, you look amazing in that one," Alesha breathed. "Let me do your hair."

Alesha got up from her seat and she put Amanda's hair into a small messy bun.

"Take a look at yourself in the mirror, Mum," Lexi said. "You look beautiful."

"Better than a princess," Hollie added in.

Amanda turned around and faced the mirror. What she saw almost made her cry with joy. She looked absolutely beautiful with the dress on and her hair in the messy bun that Alesha had done. A tear welled up in Amanda's eye and she wiped it away with the back of her hand. She looked and felt beautiful in the dress.

"I think this is the one for you, Amanda. Do you like it?" Alesha asked gently.

"Yes, I love it! I think this is the one I'll be walking down the aisle in. This is the one," Amanda replied, wiping away another tear that was threatening to fall down her face. "I'll be marrying Simon in."

[] hey guys! Amanda has picked out her dress! I couldn't find the picture of it again tonight so I will try tomorrow. What do you think is going to happen next and what did you love about this chapter? Bye until the next chapter!