What Can I Say?

Ch. 13: The Last Morning

"WAKEY WAKEY!!"

Oh no. 

"Emily Andrews! Time to get up!"

Seriously?!? 7am??! "Claire! It's seven in the morning! What could we possibly need to do right NOW?!" I groaned with a smile. "Well excuse me! Need I remind you it's your WEDDING DAY!" Claire ended with a sing song voice, "you know, for someone getting married, you're not very excited." She added with a wink.  

I throw my pillow at her and it hits her arm. "Ow!" she laughs, "what was that for?!" 

"For waking up the bride! Hello! Aren't you big on beauty sleep?! What happened to me being 'Queen of the Day' or whatever you said." I mumble, turning onto my stomach with a groan.

"Come on! Aren't you excited to start the day?" 

"Of course I am. I'm just...terrified." I admit.

"I see. You wanna talk about it??" she sits on my bed.

Claire has always been the best at comforting me. She is always there, with the best advice too. If I ever wanna talk, it's always with her. 

"It's just.." I roll over facing her "I can't believe this is my last day being Emily. Just Emily. Just me, Emily Rose Andrews. Who am I kidding? It's not even my last day, it's my last morning. And all these people. This whole thing is just insane! We are nearly filling up half of Saint Patrick's Cathedral! There are tons and tons of paparazzi all around, swarming this hotel! All these people I feel like I need to impress, and I'm moving out of my apartment, I'm gonna be traveling all the time! Life is just about to get crazy in a matter of hours, and I guess it's just now falling on me." I feel tears fall down my face, and then Claire brings me in for a huge hug. She hands me a tissue and we sit in silence for a second while I breathe. 

"First of all, life is crazy. It's not ABOUT to get crazy, it's always been crazy! You're dating a boy band member for crying out loud! It's all about the craziness, that's what makes life, life! That's what keeps it interesting and fun and exciting! Where would we be without a little crazy?" Claire smiles.

"Yeah, I guess you have a point there." I sniffle as Claire hands me another tissue. 

"Em, you are about to enter into situations that are gonna be a lot different than what you're used. Marriage is not something you adjust to overnight, it takes time, patience, a lot of love, and practice. And your first year of marriage is not gonna be like most peoples, considering you'll be traveling and may be even spending some time apart, but when you're traveling you're on tour, which means you're gonna have a whole bunch of people, loving you, helping you, guiding you, supporting you, and just wanting what's best for you both. " 

I smile at the thought of everyone who I've become so close with on the boy's team.

"And your apartment? Well honey, I can assure you living with Niall is gonna be a whole lot more fun than that, after a couple days you won't even miss it!"

We both laugh. "I don't know, I really love that place!" I wink.

"Also, drama queen, we are not filling up half of Saint Patrick's Cathedral, if we were that would be 2,400 people! Who do you think y'all are, Kate and William??" I laugh and roll my eyes at that one. "Don't worry for one second about paparazzi or crowds or anything like that. You know we have the absolute best security teams out there! Not only do we have all of the boy's security team, we have Little Mix's, and the hotels, and obviously all of the guest's teams as well. With all this security people might actually think this is the royal wedding!" We laughed as she hands me yet another tissue. 

"The ONLY people you have to impress today are Niall, and most importantly, yourself. If you feel beautiful and happy, then absolutely nothing else matters today but you two and celebrating your love! That's what this whole day is about anyway!" 

"It gets lost in the craziness, the whole meaning, you know?" I say. "Oh yeah, I remember you telling me all about it before the bridal shower!" Claire smiles.

"And as for today being your last day as Emily Andrews. Emily, you will always be an Andrews. It's who you are, it's you're family. No marriage could ever change that. You've created so many memories as an Andrews! You started life as Andrews! But today you get to start a new life, as a Horan. And while you may think of your last morning as an Andrews, think of it as your first day of your new life, together."  Claire smiled. 

I collapse into her arms, "Claire, I love you so much, thank you. That's exactly what I needed. You always know what to say."

"Aw! I love you too Em! Feel good now?" 

"Yup! Just a little bridezilla moment!" I chuckled. 

"Wouldn't be a wedding without one! What do you say we go wake up the girls?" 

"Let's do it!"