I let out laugh as I thought about that day. I stood up and walked over to the curtain. Jenny and Ari stepped behind with me and helped me get dressed. I started with a white lace bustier along with a pair of blue panties that Ari bought for my something blue. I slipped the garter belt on that had been used by Emma in her wedding, my something old, and started to roll on my satin thigh high sheers on. I was wearing cowboy boots under my dress but Ari insisted I wear thigh highs with a garter belt because it would driver Gunner mad when he saw me. I slipped the garter around my leg and up my thigh. It was pale pink and a gift from Heather, my something new. Now for the dress…. . . I was shaking from head to toe.
Jenny and Ari carefully helped me into the dress and helped to adjust everything just right. I loved the platinum ribbon belt so much! Ari helped me slip on my cowboy boots and I walked out from around the sheet.
Amanda and Heather both let out a gasp and Heather started to cry.
“Don’t make her cry! Damn you Heather, you’re such a fucking sap!” I looked over at Ari and she was the one starting to cry!
Jenny’s cell phone rang as Jet was handing the girls all their bouquets of daisies.
“Okay, they are here. ”
Gunner would not tell me how I was getting to the wedding sight; he just kept saying it was a secret. Jenny had a huge smile on her face as she handed me my bouquet of pink roses that had a small hanky that Emma carried with her bouquet, my something borrowed. I smiled down at Lauren, the flower girl. She was so sweet in her pale pink dress and pink cowboy boots. Matthew was beyond handsome! Gunner picked out what Matthew was wearing. He had on blue jean overalls, cowboy boots and a cowboy hat.
Amanda and Heather put their cowboy hats on and walked out first. The photographer had been there ever since we started to get ready and she had been snapping away. Then Ari, Lauren and Matt walked out. Jenny stepped aside so I could move out the door while she and Jet carried my train. I stopped dead in my tracks.
A carriage?
Fuck me…. . . I looked over and was shocked to see another one! Ari was helping Lauren and Matthew climb up into a pink carriage…. a carriage for Christ sakes! My future crazy romantic husband had carriages picking us up. I had to laugh.
Oh…. . …I was so going to give him a blow job tonight for this!
Jenny gave me a little nudge to move me along. I was helped into a beautiful white Cinderella looking carriage and I was shocked to see Garrett sitting there.
“Hello my sweet darling girl! Oh my holy hell……if you ain’t the most beautiful bride I have ever laid eyes on! And don’t you be going and telling Emma I told you that!”
“OH MY GOSH Garrett! What’re you doing here?” I reached over and hugged him.
“Well sweet girl, your brother really wanted to be able to walk you down the aisle but seeing as he is the best man, he asked me to do the honor for him. ”
Okay…. . . now I might cry.
“Don’t you dare…. . . Ellie…. . . don’t you cry. ” Garrett said.
I started to laugh.
“Okay, I won’t!”
Once they got my train all in Jenny ran over to her truck and took off like a bat out of hell. I was really going to have to do something special for her. I already had to force her to let us pay her for helping to plan the whole wedding.
We pulled up a little ways away from our tree. The first thing I saw was all of the people sitting on the hay bales. I still had not met Gunner’s parents. I wasn’t even sure if they would be showing up which broke my heart. Of course I hadn’t spoken to my own mother in months. She was not invited to the wedding. When I called to tell her I was getting married she laughed and asked what I had to do to get Gunner to marry me and then she asked if I was pregnant. I decided that was going to be the last time I ever talked to that woman again.
Amanda, Heather and Ari had pulled ahead of us on the way over so they were the first to get out. Amanda and Heather helped Lauren and Matthew get ready to walk down the aisle. I was watching them and my heart just melted. I was too afraid to look up and see Gunner. I knew the moment I saw him I would start crying so I just didn’t look. Garrett got out and walked around to help me down. Jenny held my train up and off the ground. The music started playing so the kids must have started to walk. Ari was now by my side.
“Ells, breathe sweets. Deep breaths in and out. ”
I smiled at her. I really was feeling rather calm……which was strange.
“How does he look?”
Ari smiled. “He looks so handsome Ellie and he has the biggest goddamn smile on his face I’ve ever seen!”
”Ari, Ellie, Garrett……are you ready?”
We started to walk and stopped right behind a horse. Jenny sure knew what the hell she was doing because once I got down out of the carriage I was blocked by horses and another carriage.
Ari leaned over and gave me a kiss.
“Here we go sweets…. . . ” She winked at me and took off.