Through Thick and Thin.

Chapter 11: A Wedding and a Surprise

We are running around and making sure everything is where it needs to be.
Make sure the flowers are where the flowers go. Make sure that everybody knows where to go.
Today is the dress rehearsal. The church is beautiful with white walls and a glass ceiling. The carpet is a brownish color. The pews are reddish brownish. And they even have a grand piano. Over all the church is amazing.
We are all running around asking questions and getting dressed.
Getting ready for the wedding took an hour. The actual rehearsal took two hours.
But I will spare you the long details.
It went along pretty smoothly except when I looked over and saw my mom trying to get the flowers set up and tripped over a chord and landed face first onto the piano. She was bleeding but she was alright.

Phew, it was a long day! But tomorrow is the wedding! I CANT WAIT!!! But right now I am pooped... and hungry.
I made myself some Mac n cheese. I sat down on my bed and started watching 'Dinners, Drive Ins, and Dives.' I was watching it and eating.
I finished eating and set down the bowl. I kept watching it and at some point I fell asleep.

Me and Lizzy were watching a chick flick (like we love to do). It was really touching and both of us were crying.
Then all of a sudden Ryan slammed open the door, picked me up, a drove me to the forest. That's where he had a lovely picnic waiting.
It had a table with a red and white checkered cloth with a candle in the middle and peanut butter sandwiches laid out. MY FAVORITE!
He sat me down and kissed my cheek. Then he sat down. We prayed over the food and started to eat. It was delicious. Not very fancy, but delicious.
We laughed and talked an laughed some more and talked some more. It was the best night of my life!

ERR!
ERR!
ERR!

My alarm went off. I swung my arm over and pressed snooze and started to fall asleep again.

Knock!
Knock!

"Come in!" I yelled half asleep.
"It's just me, oh, GET UP! GET UP!" Lilly yelled once she noticed that I was asleep.
"What... why?" I rolled over.
"It's my wedding day! duh silly"
She pushed me out of bed.
"Oh right.... I totally forgot there for a second!"
I jumped up and ran to the bathroom. I brushed my hair and my teeth. I washed my face and put on some lounge wear, we are going to get dressed at the hotel anyways.
We are getting ready in a hotel and getting our hair done and our nails done. We are putting on our dresses at the church so they don't get all wrinkly.

We got into Lilly's car and headed over to the hotel. I felt like a spy. The boys room is right by ours so we have to hide from them. My sister wants to keep it traditional and not let Toby see her until she walks down the isle.

As we walk in we see the boys. They are about to get into the elevator. We duck into some near by hotel plants. Once the elevator door closes we dart to the other elevator.
We waited there for around two minutes. Once the elevator comes we step in and the door closes. The elevator has red carpet and it has mirrors all around so that wherever you look you can see yourself.
We are on floor eight. When we got up there we turned the corner carefully but the boys had already gone onto there room.
We dashed across the hall and into our room, room 297. The room was amazing! It had a king sized bed with tan covers. The carpets were white with brown and black specks. Also a beautiful chandelier hung over our head.
We got everything set up. We waited for the rest of the girls.
First, mom came. Then the cousins. Then everybody else.
Once everybody was here we started to do our nails an our hair and our make up. We did moms hair and make up and nails first. She looked amazing!
She had a braid leading to a braided bun. She had light pink eye shadow and some blush, she also had some dark red lipstick. For her nails she had a pink base with white and purple flowers.
It's my turn! They tugged and pulled at my hair. Then they did my make up and nails. When I turned around I looked AMAZING! I had waterfall braids, I had pink nails with flowers and glitter, and pink eye shadow and blush and a lightish darkish lipstick.

"How the heck did you do this?" I asked Lilly astonished, still taking it all in.
"I didn't. They did" she said pointing at her two best friends, Kristen and Kylie.
"Oh, well thank you very much! It looks AMAZING!" I said turning towards them.
"No problem" Kylie answered.
"We love playing with hair!" Kristen said. As they both giggled.

Everybody chattered while everybody got there hair, nails, and faces done.

FINALLY!! The wedding!
We all got into cars and headed down to the church. We ducked into a room and started to get dressed into our dresses.

We all got the flowers we needed and we all got ready for the music to start.
The music for this one song is on a sound track but once I get in there I will play the piano.
The sound track started and we all filed out with the groomsmen at our sides.
Once I got down the isle I sat at the piano. When the sound track ended I started to play the piano and Lilly came out and walked down the isle.
She reached the front of the church and a very good family friend handed her off to Toby because well you know about our dad.
Once the song I was playing ended I went back to my spot right behind Lilly.
We were half way through the ceremony when a strange guy walked in with his face covered. I didn't let it bother me and I focused back on the wedding. I stood there and just took in the beauty of the church.
Once the man said "you may kiss the bride" Toby and Lilly kissed for what seemed like five minutes. Everybody clapped and a sound track went on again because I have to go back down the isle. We all filed out just as we had come.
We went and got our picture taken with the bride and groom.
After the picture I started in to get changed into my after party dress. Then someone called my name. I turned around to see who called and I saw the strange guy coming toward me.
He uncovered his face. IT WAS RYAN!!!!!!!!! I ran up and jumped into his arms and he kissed my head.
"How... I mean why... I mean" I stammered to astonished to talk.
"I couldn't miss your sisters wedding and plus I missed you to much" he said still holding me tight.
"I missed you too." I said still out of breath. I also had a death grip on him like he might vanish if I let go.
He started stroking my head and kissing back of my neck.
I loosened my grip and kissed him. It felt like we were the only ones there.