“Um, Ellie…we really need to get you back and start getting ready. ”
I looked at Gunner and made a sad face.
“Soon, baby……soon. ” He slid me down his body in that oh so slow way he had.
“See ya soon?” I said as I looked up at him.
“See ya soon baby. ”
After we got back from checking everything out I felt so much better. I think just being in Gunner’s arms is what calmed me down. The cabin was so full of hair spray I thought I was going to die. Jenny must have sensed it was bugging me because she told her friends Ron and Jet, who were stylists from Austin, to spray outside from now on.
“I just cannot figure out what the hell is wrong with him. ” Ari was saying to Amanda. I was pretty sure she was talking about Jefferson. I needed to push that from my mind today. I looked their way and they both looked beautiful. Ari, Amanda and Heather were all wearing their hair down but curled. Heather was getting hers curled right now and then she would be next for the spray down.
Jet was doing my hair and I loved it! She curled it all in big curls and then piled it all on my head. She pulled pieces of my hair down to frame my face and the back of neck. I
smiled as I watched her put baby’s breath all throughout my hair. I gave Gunner five minutes before he was pushing a piece of hair back behind my ear.
Jet was going on and on about something. I had tuned her out after the first five minutes and just thought about Gunner. I closed my eyes and pictured his blue eyes looking into mine as we said our vows.
“Ellie did you hear me honey?”
I opened my eyes to see Jet staring at me.
“Oh, I’m so sorry; what was that?”
“How do you like it honey, your hair. Do you like it?”
I looked into the mirror. I looked perfect. I had just a small amount of makeup on but the way Ari did my eye makeup really made my blue eyes stand out. The tint of pink on my lips was perfect and my hair…. . . my hair looked beautiful. Was that even me in the mirror?
“Jet……it is just so amazing. I love it so much! It looks elegant yet simple. ”
Jet smiled from ear to ear then picked up a can of hair spray and sprayed the shit out of my hair. God I needed oxygen by the time she was done. Clearly she didn’t hear the NO spraying hair spray inside rule.
I didn’t even notice Ari, Amanda and Heather each going behind the giant sheet that was placed so everyone could change. I looked over and saw Ari walking out in the pale pink sleeveless sundress. Oh my…. . . she took my breath away. The gray silver cowboy boots she had on were perfect……just like she said they would be. She smiled at me as she put on her white cowboy hat. I wanted to jump up and down it looked so fucking good! Just then I saw Amanda and then Heather. They looked like super models……all three of them. I just stared at them. They started to laugh and Ari said something to Heather about getting the same reaction from Josh. Heather hit Ari in the arm and told her to go to hell.
Then Jenny walked up to me.
“Ellie, it’s time to put your dress on. ”
Oh wow……this was it. I was putting on the dress that the four of us spent days searching for. We ended up finding it at the last bridal store we went to in Austin. I was so sick of trying on dresses I was ready to give up. I told Ari I was trying on one more dress and that was it.
When I looked at myself in the mirror before stepping out to show the girls I almost cried. MaryBeth, the bridal consultant who had been helping me try on dress after dress, leaned over and said, “That’s the one. When you look in the mirror and want to cry…. . then that’s the dress meant for you. ”
I looked over at her as I felt the tears roll down my face. I didn’t even bother wiping them away. I had to show the girls that very second.
I stepped out and heard three gasps at the same time.
“HOLY HELL!” Amanda said.
“Oh my Ellie it’s perfect honey!” Heather said.
“JESUS, MARY and JOSEPH, holy fucking shit…. . . that dress is beautiful!” Ari screamed out as she jumped up. MaryBeth helped me up onto the platform and spread the train all out. Oh my god it was beautiful.
MaryBeth started to tell us about the dress as I stared at myself in the mirror.
“Ladies, this is a Jim Hjelm wedding dress. It is a Silk Satin faced Organza A-line dress with a strapless embroidered bodice with crystals and hand-cut Silk Organza, Chiffon and Charmeuse. The natural waist is accented with a Platinum moire ribbon and has a bias cut asymmetrical ruffle skirt with a chapel train. ”
All three of them just stared at poor MaryBeth. “Yeah……. whatever the hell all that means…. . . Ellie it’s beautiful! Just perfect! Get it……. Gunner is going to be jizzing in his pants when he sees you in this!” Ari said as she jumped up and down.