Personal Stylist: The Sequel

Chapter 2

* Ariel's P.O.V *

"I never ever thought this day would come!" I said, looking at myself in the full length mirror. "Girl, me either honestly. How do you feel?" Gia asked me. I sigh and feel all these emotions. It's probably the pregnancy hormones. Gi did warn me about them.
Brandon and I have been together for 8 years now and I couldn't be any happier. We've been engaged for about 2 years and I'm now 4 months pregnant. Brandon and I have decided to just have a small wedding at the courthouse with only a few people there. After the baby is here we're having a huge wedding for all of our family and friends. That'll give me some time to really get this body together.
Anyway, it was about 6 pm and I was on FaceTime with Gia. I had the phone propped up against my MacBook so that she could help me choose what to wear the day of the wedding. Of course I was wearing white. At the moment, I was wearing this cute off white dress. It was had spaghetti straps, and stopped right at my knees. This was the 3rd dress that I tried on in the past hour.
"I feel amazing! Brandon and I have been through so much together. And you know this." I say. "Yeah, I know." She said. "Even though we've been together for 8 years, I feel like everything is happening so fast." I admit. "Trust me, I know. But you guys were just made for each other, you know?" My best friend tells me. I smiled and took another look at myself in the mirror. "You know everybody says that." I said. "Speaking of everybody... what about your mom?" Gia questioned. I rolled my eyes and looked down at my growing belly.
My mother and I haven't spoken in almost a year. My abusive ass father was in jail facing a life sentence for something he did to my sister and I when we were kids. And now our mother was in a new relationship with yet another abusive ass motherfucker. I honestly don't know what it is, it's like she attracts them at this point. She's also smoking that shit again.
"What about her?" I said, nonchalantly. "Is she coming to the wedding?" Gia pressed. I laughed dramatically. "Now why would you ask me some crazy shit like that?" I said. "Come on, Ari! When's the last time y'all talked?" Gi wanted to know. "Honestly? I haven't talked to her in almost a year. The last time I had a conversation with her, she had relapsed." I explained. "I'm sorry to hear that, babe. She told you that?" My best friend said. I grabbed my phone off my desk. "She didn't have to tell me. She looked crazy. She was super skinny, she looked like she hadn't showered in days. It was a hot ass mess." I said. "That's crazy." Gia says. I sighed. "Yeah,I know." I say, sitting on my bed. It was quiet for about 10 minutes. "Alright, I'm gonna get out of this dress because I think I hear Brandon pulling into the driveway. I don't want him to see." I said. "Okay, come over tomorrow if you can. I miss you!" Gia says. I laughed. "I miss you too! I love you." I say. "I love you too, bye bye!" I hung up the phone.
"Babe, I'm home!" I heard Brandon yell from downstairs. I quickly changed out of my dress and put it back into the closet. Next, I throw on my nightgown and slip on my slippers. "I'm in the bedroom baby!" I yell back. I lay down on my bed and pick up my favorite book. Before I knew it, Brandon was standing in the threshold. "Hey sexy mama!" He says to me. I smiled. "Hi papa." I said,reaching my arms out. He made his way over to me and he had bags of food. First, he kissed me on the forehead, and then he had kissed my lips. "I got you some In N Out." He tells me. This man really loves me. That's literally all I've been craving. "Ooh, I love you!" I said to him. He laughed and handed me my food. "I love you too, baby." He says. "So how was your day?" I asked him. He took his jacket off and threw it on the other side of the bed. Then, he laid down next to me. "It was pretty good. What about you?" He says, returning the question. "Amazing! My dress finally came in the mail today." I said. "Ooh, can I see it?" He asked. I sucked my teeth. "Absolutely not! That's bad luck." I said to him. "Whatever, babe." He joked. I laughed and continued to eat my food. "Anyways," Brandon said, reaching into his pocket. "I got you something pretty!" He says, handing me a tiny box. "Baby, you shouldn't have!" I said,opening the box. Inside, was a pair of diamond earrings. I looked at him and smiled like a fool. "I love them, baby thank you!" I said. I kissed him. He stay having me iced out. "Wait until you see your push gift." He tells me. I gasp. "You already got my push gift?" I questioned. "Nah, but I got my eye on a lil some some." He said. I laughed at him. "I love you, crazy!" He kissed my forehead. "I love you more." He says.