Lean on Me

Part Three - Chapter Two: Preparing for the Wedding

Cassidy smiled as she looked at herself in the mirror that was in her bridal suite, she was finally dressed in her white A-line V-neck chapel appliques wedding dress paired with white heeled sandals; she couldn’t believe that in less than an hour she was going to be Mrs Cassidy Torres.

Cassidy took a deep breath as she ran her hands down the material of her dress, she knew that everything was going to be fine but she couldn’t help but be a little more nervous that something could go wrong.

“Doesn’t your mama look pretty?” Cassandra asked entering the room with Leia in her arms, the one year old was dressed in her red and white petal flower girl dress; she smiled at her older sister knowing that everything was going to be okay.

Cassidy smiled as she moved forward and cooed at her daughter, she knew that everything was going to be perfect now that she was going to marry Fernando; she had a little surprise of her own for her lovely future husband and she hoped that he liked it.

“Is everyone ready?” Cassidy asked with a smile on her face, Noah was with his father and everything was going to plan so far; Cassandra nodded her head as she watched her sister knowing what she had planned and she thought it was sweet.

Andria stepped into the room holding the hand of Nora, who was also wearing a red and white petal flower girl dress; no one was quite sure how Cassidy had pulled it off but she had managed to do something that not even Fernando had managed.

“Don’t you look pretty Nora,” Cassidy said with a smile, this was probably going to cost her later on but she had done this for Fernando and she hoped that this would make their day even more special.

***

“Is Noah ready?” Fernando asked smoothing out his suit, he looked at his sister who grinned and nodded her head knowing that her brother was nervous; she couldn’t believe that he was finally going to marry Cassidy.

Fernando sighed as he ran a hand over his head and closed his brown eyes, he couldn’t wait to finally be able to call Cassidy his wife and the short wait before their wedding was starting to annoy him; he wanted time to move faster.

“Here he is,” Flori Torres called entering the room where her son was preparing to get ready, she smiled as Fernando turned to face her with Noah and the look on his face as he realised that both of his sons were in the room.

“Papa,” Leo said as Flori released him to go and hug his father, she held him close knowing how much it had hurt him that they wouldn’t be at his wedding and now to have them here it meant the world to him.

“How?” Fernando asked holding Leo close to him, there was no doubt in his mind that if his son was with him then Nora would be with Cassidy; he had tried everything to convince Olalla to allow the children to come to his wedding but she had denied him at every turn.

Flori and María Paz shared a look knowing that this was only the icing on the cake for the footballer and they hoped he realised just how special his fiancée was.

“We don’t know… it was all Cassidy’s doing,” María Paz said making Fernando look at her, he nodded his head wishing that he could see his fiancée before the wedding; he held Leo close knowing that he would never be able to thank the brunette for what she had done.

***

Cassidy smiled looking at herself in the mirror, her eyes making sure that not a hair was out of place knowing that she had to look perfect; the brunette glanced behind her as someone slipped into her bridal suite and squeaked when she realised that it was Fernando.

“What are you doing here?” Cassidy whispered looking at her fiancé, he had a hand over his eyes so that he couldn’t see and she couldn’t help but smile at the sight of him; she knew that he was doing that for her and she was grateful.

Fernando carefully moved forward as he kept his hand over his eyes, he didn’t want to ruin the image that he would get when he saw her walking up the aisle to become his wife; he had been dreaming of that moment since she’d said yes to his proposal.

“I had to come see you,” Fernando said as a smile graced his face, he allowed Cassidy to take his hand as he made sure that his brown eyes were closed before he lowered his other hand.

Today was the most important day in his life and so far it surpassed his first wedding day to Olalla.

“Gracias,” Fernando said moving closer to her, he wanted nothing more than to pull her close especially after what she had done for him; she had somehow convinced Olalla to allow his elder children to attend their wedding day.

Cassidy smiled as she nodded her head, she was still wearing the rhodium and rose gold plated bracelet and the 9ct white diamond heart slide pendant; they were both gifts from Fernando and she couldn’t find it in her to take them off.

“It’s fine… I knew how much you wanted them here,” Cassidy said running her hands down Fernando’s suit, she smiled to herself as she noted how handsome he looked.

“How did you get her to change her mind?” Fernando asked curiously taking Cassidy’s hand, he pressed a kiss to it knowing that if he kissed her lips then he wasn’t going to be able to stop himself; he couldn’t wait to have her as his wife and in less than half an hour that was who she would be.

Cassidy stared up at Fernando’s face, she knew that she had to tell him but she truly didn’t want to make anything sour on a day like today; she could only imagine how he would react when he learnt what she had done to get Nora and Leo to their wedding.

“It doesn’t matter… we can talk about it later,” Cassidy said making Fernando frown as he wondered what she had done, she was his fiancée and he hoped that Olalla hadn’t made her do something that would come back to haunt her.

Fernando opened his mouth to protest when he heard the door to the bridal suite open, he flinched as he felt someone grab a hold of him and start to usher him out of the room.

“You aren’t meant to see the bride before the wedding,” Andrea said pushing Fernando out of the room, she couldn’t believe that he had snuck in to see Cassidy like that; she knew that she should have expected this but it was still a surprise.

Cassidy smiled as she watched her mother close the door on Fernando as he called his goodbye, she knew that it wouldn’t be long now until she saw him again anyway; she could wait until then to show him how she felt about him.

Andrea turned to look at Cassidy and smiled knowing that none of this was going to change anything, the wedding was going to go on without a hitch and everyone that was there was determined to see that happen.

“Everyone is getting into position and the photographer is here,” Andrea said smiling at her eldest daughter, she felt emotional knowing that she was going to watch her move on with her life.

Cassidy had been through a lot since she had met Fernando and she had never seen her daughter this happy before.

Andrea only hoped that it would last.